August
6
St.
Agapitus - The Pope of Rome:
Comment:
Indifference toward religion, coupled with a love for material comfort, seem
to be common signs of our times. A person from another planet observing us
would not likely judge us to be pilgrim people, on our way to somewhere
else. John Vianney, on the other hand, was a man on a journey with his goal
before him at all times.
Quote:
Recommending liturgical prayer, John Vianney would say, “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.”