St. Jean-Marie Vianney (Le Curé d’Ars), from one of his sermons: “We should do as the shepherds do in the fields during the winter—life is a very long winter: they make a fire; but from time to time they rush out to gather wood from all about to replenish it. If we were like these shepherds and knew how to keep the fire of God’s love always replenished with prayer and good works, it would never be extinguished.” (Quoted in “Secrets of the Saints” by Henri Ghéon, pub. by Sheed & Ward, New York 1949, Nihil Obstat Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D., Imprimatur +Franis J. Spellman, D.D.)