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On the Road to Perfection

• Practice great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was conceived full of grace, without sin, and does the will of God perfectly. Our Lady will help you, since you are her son or daughter, given to her at the foot of the cross by Jesus, her Son.
• Wear her Scapular of Mount Carmel as a sign of your humility. Be like her, a humble servant before her God.
• Practice charity and mercy in all your dealings with others.
• Deny yourself through Christian mortifications
• Frequent reception of these sacraments:
  1. The Sacrament of Reconciliation: to cleanse your soul of sin, and experience Jesus' forgiveness and healing
  2. The Holy Eucharist: to nourish your soul with His Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity
  3. The Sacrament of the Sick (Extreme Unction): when seriously ill to fortify you with His forgiveness and healing, and Communion; to prepare for death.
• Have confidence in God and in His boundless Goodness. Nothing offends Him more than indifference and lack of trust. He died for you on the Cross.
• Acceptance of the crosses he has given you. Your faith and trust in Him will mature to bear much fruit.
• Join the Association of the Holy Souls (offsite) Association entrusted to the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary
• Holy Acceptance of Death: placing your trust totally in His Goodness and Mercy.

Roadblocks on the Way

• Lack of Trust that He loves you unconditionally, without reserve.
• Pride: refusal to accept your 'creatureness', your dependency on God alone.
• Indifference: to His tender offer of loving you.
• Procrastination: presumption that you will live long enough to repent of your sins, do penance, and make reparation on earth.
• Fear of Death: focusing on eathly desires rather than His promise of eternal life