"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

How God Views Our Failings

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God detests failings because they are failings. On the other hand, however, in a certain sense, He loves failings since they give to Him an opportunity to show His mercy, and to us an opportunity to remain humble and to understand and to sympathize with our neighbor’s failings. 

Pope John Paul I

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