Friday, August 8 : Saint John-Mary Vianney

My brothers, if we had the happiness of knowing the value of our soul, with what care would we cherish it? Alas! We will never understand it enough! I want, my brothers, to show you the greatness of the value of a soul but this is impossible for a mortal. There is only God alone who knows all the beauties, the perfections of which he adorns a soul. I will only tell you that all that God has created: Heaven, Earth and everything they contain, all these wonders are created in his favor. (…) This soul has, like God, the power to know, to love and to determine itself freely in all its actions. Here, my brothers, the most beautiful praise that we can make of the qualities that God embellished our soul, created by the three people of the Holy Trinity and in their image. A spirit, like God, eternal for the future, capable of knowing the beauties and all the perfections of God as much as possible to a creature. A soul, which is the subject of the delight of the three divine persons. A soul, which can glorify God in all her actions. A soul, the whole occupation of which will be to sing the praises of God for endless days. A soul, which will be luminous with the happiness of God itself. A soul that has such freedom in all its actions, that it can give its friendship, its love to whom it seems good to him. (…) Let’s say everything in one word, my brothers: our soul is something so great, so precious, that it is only God alone that surpasses it.

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