” If we keep ourselves near to God, He will enlighten us. And therefore I beg you as far as I can, that we all purify ourselves in consideration of the adorable purity of the coming of our Lord and Master, and again in consideration of the feast we shall celebrate tomorrow, of the Immaculate Conception of our Lady and glorious Mistress and Protectress, and that we pray her, since the least imperfection was never found in her, to obtain for us faithfulness in purifying our hearts and that we may render them a dwelling well-pleasing to her Beloved Son by their candor and true purity.”
St. Jane de Chantal, Exhortation II
