THE ANNUNCIATION
THE VIRGINAL PURITY OF MARY
5. Your Virginity.
Think often of the exceptional grace bestowed by God on the souls He has called to the state of virginity. If you are one of those chosen ones, be convinced of the privilege which is yours and give thanks to God. Show your gratitude in a practical manner, taking care that an interior and external modesty accompanies all your actions, your looks, enquiries, composure, clothing. Then foster humility, the basis of charity in your soul. Many have fallen into shameful sins on account of their pride. Cultivate mortification and penance so essential to this virtue. No sacrifice is too great, if it is necessary to keep virginity intact and flourishing. Finally, ask Our Lady the grace of imitating Her especially in her love for virginal chastity. Ask her to help you to cooperate with her in spreading love and reverence for virginity.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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