Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"Here""My"We86 THE CUIlri OF ARS.is a good rule for our conduct : to do nothingbut what we can offer to God. Now, we cannot offerHim detraction, calumny, injustice, hatred, revenge, impurity, dances, plays, &c ;and yet the world is full ofnothing else. St. Francis of Sales said of dances, thatthey were like mushrooms,the best of them were goodfor*nothing. Mothers say, Oh, I watch over my daughters ; they watch over their toilette, but they cannotwatch over their hearts.Those who have dancing in theirhouses incur a terrible responsibility before God ;they areresponsible for all the evil which is done, for the badthoughts, the evil speaking, the jealousy, the hatred, therevenge, which are its consequence. Ah, if they didbut understand this responsibility, they would have nodancing. Like the authors of bad books, bad pictures,and bad statues, they are responsible for all the evil whichthese things shall produce as long as they exist. Oh, itisenough to make one tremble !See, my children, we must consider that we have asoul to save, and an eternity awaiting us. The world andits riches and pleasures shall pass away, but heaven andhell shall never pass away. Let us take care, then. Thesaints did not all begin well, but they all ended well. Wehave begun ill, let us end well ;and we shall one day goto dwell with them in heaven."The Sacraments.children, why are there no Sacraments in otherreligions ? Because there is no salvation there. Wehave Sacraments at our disposal, because we belong tothe religion of salvation.are bound to give hearty thanks to God for it,for the Sacraments are the souses of salvation. It is not