“God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous sins once, twice, and a third time, God still looks for him, “so that he may be converted and live.” St. Caesarius of Arles
Are you embarrassed about your college days? Do you have some major bumps in your adult life? Have you turned away from God? Just look at St. Augustine (licentious lifestyle until 33), St. Mary Magdalene (former prostitute), St. Francis Xavier (party animal in college), and so many others. You too can be a Saint!! Trust in God’s infinite mercy, go to Confession, and don’t waste precious time and energy wallowing in the past!!
Take advantage of the Sacrament of Confession
Seeing Christ in others
“In the faces of men and women I see God.” Walt Whitman
Seeing Christ in the poor
Letting go…
“What’s gone and what’s past help, should be past grief.” William Shakespeare
Time and energy wasted on the past
Courage
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Courage
Good character
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.” William Shakespeare