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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St John Vianney
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST JOHN VIANNEY \n◊◊◊ \nMy dear brethren\, not only is prayer very efficacious\, but\, even more\, it is \nof the utmost necessity for overcoming the enemies of our salvation. Look at all \nthe saints: they were not content with watching and fighting to overcome the \nenemies of their salvation and with keeping well away from all that could offer \ntemptation to them. They passed their whole lives in prayer\, not only the day\, \nbut very often the whole night. Yes\, my dear children\, we will watch over \nourselves and all the motions of our hearts in vain\, in vain will we avoid \ntemptation if we do not pray; if we do not have continual recourse to prayer\, all \nour other ways will be of no use at all to us and we shall be overcome. We can see \nplainly that in the world there are a great many occasions when we cannot run \naway; for example\, a child cannot run away from the society of his parents \nbecause of their bad example. But he can pray\, and his prayer will sustain him. \nEven supposing that we could run away from people who give us bad \nexample\, we cannot run away from ourselves\, who are our biggest enemy. If our \nLord does not watch over our preservation\, all of our efforts will come to \nnothing. No\, my [brethren]\, we shall not find any sinner who may be converted \nwho has not recourse to prayer\, not one who will persevere without having very \ngreat recourse to prayer\, and we shall never find a Christian damned whose \ndownfall did not commence with a lack of prayer. We can see too haw much the \nDevil fears those who pray\, since there is no moment of the day when he tempts \nus more than at prayer. He does everything he possibly can to prevent us from \npraying. When the Devil wants to make someone lose his soul\, he starts out by \ninspiring in him a profound distaste for prayer. However good a Christian he \nmay be\, if the Devil succeeds in making him either say his prayers badly or \nneglect them altogether\, he is certain to have him for himself. \nIf you wish to understand this even better\, consider [the times] when you \nhave been unable to resist whatever temptations [are] put in your way\, and [the \ntime] when you have left the door of your hearts open to the four winds—is it not \nsince you began to get careless with your prayers\, or have been saying them \nfrom habit\, by routine only\, or just to get rid of them\, and not to please God? \nYes\, my dear brethren\, from the moment that we neglect them\, we move with \nbig steps towards Hell: we shall never return to God if we do not have recourse \nto prayer. Yes\, my [brethren]\, with a prayer well said\, we can command Heaven \nand earth\, and all will obey us.
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