Today is the feast of S. John Vianney (Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars), who died in 1859 and was canonized in 1925. He is especially known as a dedicated parish priest and confessor, and miracles are associated with his priestly ministry and with his intercession. On one occasion, he consecrated his parish of Ars to Our Lady Conceived without Sin, and around the neck of her image he hung a heart, which contained the names of all his parishioners, written on a white ribbon. May his example and intercession encourage ever more and more to avail themselves of sacramental confession.
Here is his Prayer to Jesus:
- I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life.
I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, - and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You.
- I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally.
- My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You,
- I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath.
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