"God does not command impossibilities, but by commanding admonishes you to do what you can and to pray for what you cannot, and aids you that you may be able."
Oh how I need to do this, Lord, for my heart is very weary and I grow faint in the journey! Grant me the grace that I may have complete confidence and trust in the assistance of Mary, my heavenly mother. I pour out my heart to her, for she is listening ...
"Talk with Our Lady and tell her trustingly, O Mary, in order to live the ideal which God has set in my heart I need to fly very high -- ever so high!
It is not sufficient to detach yourself, with God's help from the things of this world, recognizing them as the merest clay. More is needed: even if you were to put the whole universe in a pile under your feet to get closer to Heaven ... it wouldn't suffice!
You have to fly, without the support of anything here on earth, relying on the voice and inspiration of the Spirit. And you will tell me: But my wings are stained and smeared with the clinging mud of many years.
And I repeat: Turn to Our Lady. Mary, you should say to her again, I can hardly get off the ground. The earth draws me like an accursed magnet. Mary, you can make my soul take off on that glorious and definitive flight which has as its destination the very Heart of God.
Trust in her, for she is listening to you."
St. Josemaría Escrivá
O Mary, Holy Mother of God and our Mother -- pray for us!!
"Remember that our soul is the temple of God, and as such, we must keep it pure and spotless before God and His angels."
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