"We tend to concentrate on ourselves, we tend to think of what we can or cannot do, and we forget about God and his will and his providence.” —Walter J. Ciszek SJ

Had We Only Listened and Obeyed!

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The judgment of one’s state of grace obviously belongs only to the person involved, since it is a question of examining one’s conscience.  However, in cases of outward conduct which is seriously, clearly and steadfastly contrary to the moral norm, the Church, in her pastoral concern for the good order of the community and out of respect for the sacrament, cannot fail to feel directly involved.  The Code of Canon Law refers to this situation of a manifest lack of proper moral disposition when it states that those who “obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Eucharistic Communion".

Saint John Paul II

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