Homily #090226 ( 07min) Play – Prayer is powerful because it is the key to becoming humble. It recognizes the truth of how great God is and how small and needy we are, especial for mercy for our sins.
Ave Maria!
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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

1 – “Have patience[…] in bearing your imperfections if your perfection is dear to you (i.e., if you have your perfection at heart). Remember that this is a very important point for the construction of the spiritual edifice; if we want this edifice to rise quickly and be majestic, let us accurately study how to patiently bear our imperfections.”

2 – “Do not be discouraged with your little imperfections. Try to always be vigilant over yourself so as not to fall, but if it should happen that you fall, do not get caught up in useless complaints, but bend your knee before God, confound yourself for your little fidelity, humble yourself profoundly, ask pardon to Our Lord, propose to be more vigilant for the future, and then get up immediately.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“Convince yourself that falls and little impulses of the passions are inevitable as long as we’re in this life, because, regarding this point the great Apostle, St. Paul exclaims to heaven: ‘Oh! Poor man, how unhappy I am…”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord, and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects but with a tranquil hatred, and never irritably and anxiously; it is necessary to be patient with them and draw profit from them by means of a holy abasement.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“Because of your lack of patience […] your imperfections, instead of diminishing, grow ever more, being that there is nothing which more nurtures our defects than agitation and solicitude in wanting them to get rid of them.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“We die little by little in the physical life, and this is an ordinary law upheld by Providence; in the same way, we must also make our imperfections die, day by day.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“O’ happy imperfections, we could exclaim, that make us know our great misery, that make us practice humility, contempt of self, patience and diligence; notwithstanding [these imperfections], God observes the dispositions of our heart, which is perfect.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“Let us content ourselves with walking humbly, as staying on the open sea makes us dizzy and causes us to have convulsions. Let us remain at the feet of the Divine Master with the Magdalene. Practice the little virtues suitable/fitted to your littleness: patience, tolerance of your neighbor, humility, sweetness, affability, the suffering of our imperfections, and many other virtues.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“Sometimes the Lord permits that the sneaks/spies, which are our venial sins and imperfections, run here and there in His kingdom. But all of this He does not permit except as to let us know that without Him we would be a prey to our enemies. Let us humble ourselves much and confess as well that if God was not our shield and armor, we would be immediately pierced by every kind of sin.”

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Ave Maria!— March’s Theme: Imperfections and Sins

“When you fall, do not remain there weighed down by the weight of your body and spirit. Humble yourself very much, but without losing heart. Lower yourself, but without degrading yourself. Wash your imperfections and your falls with sincere tears of contrition, without lacking faith in the Divine goodness, which will always remain greater than our ingratitude. Propose to amend yourself, without relying on yourself; but your strength must be placed in God alone.”

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