Allow yourself to seek purity in yourself, in others. Allow yourself time for reflection on God, on the blessings and gifts you have received from God, on how to better serve God. Allow yourself time for remembrance of all those who have loved you, both those who are alive and those who are dead. Allow yourself time for reverence before God.
A life with proper reflection on God, with proper remembrance of all love received, with proper reverence for God will avoid making bold resolutions. Purity of heart and soul asks for consistency and propriety; it is a lifelong quest to be experienced gradually, with grace, hope, and love which leads to God.
All thoughts should lead to God.
Let prayer fill our imagination with glorious images of God's love, with glorious images of each one of us loving God, with glorious images of each one of us loving our neighbor.
And here is a moment of delicate welcome, the lingering embrace of remembrance and forgiveness which recalls last year's hope, last year's love, last year's humility, last year's charity.
May tenderheartedness and warmheartedness guide each Christian's heart, guide each Christian's daily decisions, guide each Christian closer to God.
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