Saint John Maria Vianney is a great Saint!

Some years ago I have made a retreat in the Monastery of the Holy Cross, Anápolis, Brazil (Mosteiro da Santa Cruz) and that year was the Year of the Priests. So one of the preachings was about St. Jonh Maria Vianney. It was so impressive that I got very impressed about the “Cura D’Ars” (Parson of Ars?).

One of his sentences that I most like is this:

“It’s not the sinner that returns to God in order to ask him pardon, but the own God that runs after the sinner to make him to return to Him.”

“Não é o pecador que retorna para Deus para lhe pedir perdão, mas é o próprio Deus que corre atrás do pecador e o faz retornar a ele.”

I have posted other thoughts of him in my blog. If you want, you can check out in this link

http://alexbenedictus-et-patensis.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/algumas-frases-de-sao-joao-maria.html