Sunday, January 29 : Saint John-Mary Vianney
Just as the good soldier is not afraid of battle so the good Christian has no fear of temptation. (…) The greatest temptation is not to have one! It might even be said that we are fortunate to have temptations: these are the times of spiritual harvest when we gather up for heaven. (…) If we were thoroughly saturated with God’s holy presence it would be easy for us to resist the enemy. With the thought ‘God sees you!’ we would never sin. There was a saint who complained to our Lord after being tempted and said to him: “Where were you, my most loveable Jesus, during that awful storm?” Our Lord answered: “I was in the center of your heart…”
Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team
