Complete Perfection 12/07/2009
Now if you who are an imperfect being and who have not the most delicate conception of all that is fine in life would have wished for the loveliest of mothers, do you think that our Blessed Lord, who not only pre-existed His own mother but who had an infinite power to make her just what He chose, would in virtue of all the infinite delicacy of His spirit make her any less pure and loving and beautiful than you would have made your own mother? - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, on the Immaculate Conception of Mary | Fasting prayer and alms; self-denial, devotion and charity; these are the principal good works at this and every time; but they are more urgent now than usual, if we wish to obtain the special fruit of this holy season.
- Father George Mary Searle (1839-1918), Paulist priest Author and Website Designer
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