The Divine Spirit is a spirit of holiness. It is He who creates the Holy Church. He does not make it free from every stain, or make its members–even its heads–impeccable, but sets within it a source of sanctity. Just as a river runs swiftly at the middle and sleeps sluggishly at its banks or in its backwaters, so it is with the stream of sanctity in the church; and each of us, with the aid of God, may choose the pace that he wills. The essential thing is to reach these Waters.

Come, ye men, sinners in Adam, by yourselves always exposed to the danger of sin, guilt always to some degree, pitifully weak–come! Regeneration awaits you here, and with it strength and protection. –Father Sertillanges ‘What Jesus Saw from the Cross’

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