𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.

St. John Vianney was a humble parish priest from France, who would spend hours and hours in the confessional each day. All of his actions were directed at the salvation of souls and motivated by his deep love of God.

Below is a prayer he wrote that expresses that love. It is a prayer that we can make our own, even if our heart is not at that exact level of love.

Vianney’s love of God should inspire us to think about our own lives and whether we desire to love with with the same passion that he had.

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.