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Honestly incredible. Some of these reflections would have been so helpful in seminary but the honest part of me also recognizes that I probably wouldn’t have received them to the extent that I am now as a priest and having experienced some of the things he mentions.

The daily rosary is a powerful weapon in the fight for chastity, as is the custom of saying three Hail Marys before going to bed for holy purity.

Loneliness is a call to prayer.

There is no progress in the spiritual life without chastity. Sexual sins, even relatively minor ones, choke the flow of grace in our souls.

Holy purity protects your capacity to love. It is the art of loving well.