Destroying Sin

Destroying Sin
(Taken from Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.)

"Jesus, our Head, invites us, His members, to unite with Him in His work of destroying sin: to destroy it in ourselves down to the very roots, that is, in our evil inclinations, and to destroy it likewise in His other members by allowing Him to work in us."

"This is the law of solidarity, for the misfortune of one is the misfortune of the others; each sin is a burden on the whole world and disturbs the equilibrium of God's plan."

"Therefore, every Christian, and more especially, every soul consecrated to God, must throw himself ardently into the battle against sin and fight it with the proper weapons: penance, expiatory prayer, and most of all...love."

"When the love of charity is perfect, it destroys sin more efficaciously than the fire of purgatory."

"In this we see why the saints were able to convert so many souls. God used the fire of their charity to do away with sin in sinners."

Divine Intimacy pg. 295

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