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The Cure of Ars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If people would do for God what they do for the world,
what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there:
If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames.
But gather these straws into a bundle and light them,
and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky;
public prayer is like that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary: a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every Consecrated Host is made to burn Itself up with love in a human heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St John Vianney on Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Consider, children, a Christian\u2019s treasure is not on earth, it is in heaven.<\/strong>
Well then, our thoughts should turn to where our treasure is. Man has a noble task: that of prayer and love. To pray and to love, that is the happiness of man on earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When the heart is pure and united with God it is consoled and filled with sweetness; it is dazzled by a marvellous light.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer is a foretaste of heaven, an overflowing of heaven. It never leaves us without sweetness; it is like honey, it descends into the soul and sweetens everything. In a prayer well made, troubles vanish like snow under the rays of the sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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