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SUMMARY:Saint John Vianney
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Curé d’Ars | Luant\, France | photo by François Goglins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint John Vianney\nSaint of the Day for August 4\n(May 8\, 1786 – August 4\, 1859)\nSaint John Vianney’s Story                Click to hear audio clip ►\nA man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that seem impossible. John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager formal schooling\, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. \nHis failure to comprehend Latin lectures forced him to discontinue. But his vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After a lengthy battle with the books\, John was ordained. \nSituations calling for “impossible” deeds followed him everywhere. As pastor of the parish at Ars\, John encountered people who were indifferent and quite comfortable with their style of living. His vision led him through severe fasts and short nights of sleep. \nWith Catherine Lassagne and Benedicta Lardet\, he established La Providence\, a home for girls. Only a man of vision could have such trust that God would provide for the spiritual and material needs of all those who came to make La Providence their home. \nHis work as a confessor is John Vianney’s most remarkable accomplishment. In the winter months he was to spend 11 to 12 hours daily reconciling people with God. In the summer months this time was increased to 16 hours. Unless a man was dedicated to his vision of a priestly vocation\, he could not have endured this giving of self day after day. \nMany people look forward to retirement and taking it easy\, doing the things they always wanted to do but never had the time. But John Vianney had no thoughts of retirement. As his fame spread\, more hours were consumed in serving God’s people. Even the few hours he would allow himself for sleep were disturbed frequently by the devil. \nWho\, but a man with vision\, could keep going with ever-increasing strength? In 1929\, Pope Pius XI named him the patron of parish priests worldwide. \n\nReflection\nIndifference 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. \n\nSaint John Vianney is the Patron Saint of:\nParish Priests\nAll Priests
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