Wisdom of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney

"Sometimes, temptations are useful in making us recapture our lost sense of the presence of God by means of an act of love or a short prayer."

--Saint John-Marie Vianney, Sermon on Temptations.

The holy Curé reminds us that we are not set in this world as in our resting place, but in order to combat bravely. If the Lord allows us to be tempted, it is so we do not fall into a different trap of the devil: lukewarmness or tepiditiy.

- Fr. D.B. Thompson