My
little children, reflect on these words: the Christian's treasure is
not on earth but in heaven. Our thoughts, then, ought to be directed
to where out treasure is. This is the glorious duty of man: to pray
and to love. If you pray and love, that is where a man's happiness
lies.
--
Saint John Vianney
Saint
John Vianney's patronage:
confessors; Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary
Vianney; parish priests (proclaimed on 23 April 1929 by Pope Pius
XI); all priests (proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI during the year of
priests); archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; diocese of Kamloops, British
Columbia; archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas; diocese of Lafayette,
Louisiana; and archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
