August 4
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

priest, the Curé of Ars · 1786 – 1859
Man has a beautiful duty and obligation: to pray and to love.
— Catecheses

He was almost refused ordination because he struggled with his studies. He was sent to a small forgotten village, to which thousands came within a few years. God does not seek the most capable, but the most willing.

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