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The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord

" II.--The Good Pastor " III.--The "House of Providence" and the Tribulations " IV.--Pilgrimage to Ars " V.--Miracles wrought by the Cure of Ars " VI.--The Interior Life of the Blessed Cure " VII.--Death and Beatification of the Blessed Cure Litany and Prayer in honor of Bless...

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8. CHAPTER VII.

IT was in the summer of 1859, that the venerable cure showed that his energies were nearly spent. He was then heard repeatedly to exclaim: "Alas, the sinners will kill the sinner."

5. CHAPTER IV.

NOT only to the villagers, but in a greater degree to the pilgrims who journeyed to Ars, Father Vianney's departure would have been particularly disappointing. As early as the p...

6. CHAPTER V.

INNUMERABLE were the miracles worked by the holy man whose history we are relating. They resemble in their marvellous scope and variety, those of the Divine Master, who foretold...

4. CHAPTER III.

IN 1825, seven years after Father Vianney had been appointed to the parish at Ars, he resolved upon a new and important undertaking. He wanted to bring together in one home all...

2. CHAPTER I.

JEAN Baptist Marie Vianney, afterwards to become famous as the cure of Ars, was born May 8th, 1786, at Dardilly, in the South of France, not far from the City of Lyons, and was...

3. CHAPTER II.

WHEN Jean Baptist Vianney entered his parish on that winter evening in February, 1818, he quickly realized the religious indifference prevailing there and the contrast in this r...

7. CHAPTER VI.

IN the preceding chapters we have recounted many things both edifying and interesting in the external life of the pious cure. But for a better knowledge of his noble personality...

1. Chapter I.--Childhood and Youth of the Saintly Cure

" II.--The Good Pastor " III.--The "House of Providence" and the Tribulations " IV.--Pilgrimage to Ars " V.--Miracles wrought by the Cure of Ars " VI.--The Interior Life of the...