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It is the fire of Divine Glory that burns away all imperfection. Then there remains only what is true, eternal, pure and strong.

When a weak person implores God's help, His grace pours upon and through that soul, lavishly. The one who feels strong remains closed to God.

Christ brought my soul to a mountain-top and to His Holy Company; how many compromises and failings (I learned) had lengthened my journey.

In the heart of one who truly loves God, little weaknesses are like a 'muddy area' through which new shoots of grace emerge.

By seeing our daily life, in God's light, we see the 'layers' of praise, work, resentments, unforgiven sins, unremedied wrongs - like taking samples of core from the ground.

God's light, pouring into the soul of one who is reconciled, reveals only minor imperfections, which sometimes seem unavoidable in life on earth.

All strange creatures, like the insect this child observes, were made from God's generosity and for man's delight; yet now, we are imperfect and nature disordered.

A good person's real fault 'spoils' the soul as thoroughly as a bad patch, hidden within, spoils an apple.

A 'pile' of faults, sins, desires, ambitions or grudges can prevent Christ - Who loves us - from entering our soul with His light.

A 'pile' of faults, sins, desires, ambitions or grudges can prevent Christ - Who loves us - from entering our soul with His light.

Prayer, like a powerful injection in a weak organ, brings warmth, life and renewal to every part.

Christ took my hands during Holy Communion, saying: be confident, turn to me in everything, with every joy, problem or query.

One who stands very close the Christ is 'haloed' by His glory, although, alone, she is small, weak, and insignificant.

One who stands very close the Christ is 'haloed' by His glory, although, alone, she is small, weak, and insignificant.

By every honest confession, and every new admission of sin and failure, we remove the veils which hide God's glory.

By confession of my weakness and selfish hopes, it is as though I open a high window within my soul. Light pours within.

The Holy Spirit can help us in our weakness. Our sincere prayer calls down, it seems, a blazing torch to lighten our way.

Truth is attracted to truth like a magnet. God who is truth is powerfully 'drawn' to a truthful soul who confesses sins and weaknesses, in sincere prayer.

Truth is attracted to truth like a magnet. God who is truth is powerfully 'drawn' to a truthful soul who confesses sins and weaknesses, in sincere prayer.

After reflecting on my day I can 'strain' out faults and failings, by contrition, as I once 'sieved out' stones from a flowerbed.