“The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying himself for the love of Christ. Where there is no mortification, there is no great sanctity.”

                                                        -St. Philip Neri

For Reflection:

As I begin this season of Lent, how is God asking me to mortify myself that I might be filled more with the things of God than the things of the world? How does this show my love of Christ and lead to greater sanctity?

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Chapter One   Page 5 Importance of This Life of Union

Shortly after, thanks to a fellow religious and to spiritual direction, I saw even more clearly that it was necessary, not to put the Blessed Virgin in my spiritual life, but to find her there, to realize her maternal role.....Now I find that this union is of prime importance, for it assures total success.