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Love God according to HIS WILL

Ask God everyday to give you a perfect desire to Love Him perfectly with your whole heart your whole soul with your whole mind and your whole strength, according to HIS WILL not yours! | Ask for a perfect and sensitive devotion to HIS Holy Mother.|

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Have to want to be holy

I think you first have to want to be holy before you can become holy.| |

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Necessity of weeding out bad qualities

It is hard to make any progress towards holiness if special attention is not given to weeding out our bad qualities. It won't matter much what good qualities we have if we still have bad qualities that lead us to sin. |Remember that it takes only one single un-repented mortal sin to send us to hell for all eternity, regardless of any other good we may have done in our lives|

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Trusting in God

I suggest working on trusting God. If you really - and I mean REALLY - trust God, you will learn to accept your crosses and to follow His laws always. People may say they trust God, but the contrary may be proven when they are tested. |We must really trust God even when things aren't going how we want. We must trust God in every single aspect of our lives. |Especially when we are called by God to do something that we find difficult, such as loving our enemies, forgiving others, or being generous, we must truly trust in God. If we do not, we will hold back and substitute our own will for God's.

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remove bad influences

we must remove bad influences from our live and also remove harmful worldly influences| |

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Don't play "pious mind games"

Ever notice Catholics playing "pious mind games"? Like on Ash Wednesday when some Catholics decide whether or not wash off ashes based on how they feel (want to leave them on?, take them off and vice versa). This is not right thinking. We must do |what is best and then conform our minds. When saints advise us to practice contrariety, this is for vices ONLY. While a holy instructor would advise a prideful person to practice humility, he would not advise a humble person to practice pride! Don't |fall into the mind game trap proposed by some Catholics. We must do what is good and then conform our minds to that action--not simply do the opposite of what one is inclined to do. This is a harmful mind game. And it can be exploited by Satan.

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Instead of complaint

When something disagreeable happens, rather than complain, say "I deserve to suffer this for my sins." This can aid humility and makes the occasion an opportunity for merit.| |

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Eucharistic adoration

Go to the source of holiness in the Holy Eucharist| |

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See Jesus' face in others.

Looking into anothers eyes reminds us that they, too, have an eternal soul and in God's image are Christ's brother/sister. Could I yell at Jesus? No.|Respecting others as if "Christ" themselves helps us to quickly assess our reactions. Can I envision myself as acting/reacting as I expect Christ would? Loving myself and others in this way helps to act and live in a Christ-like way, in all ways.|Praying in a busy family makes me visualize what Jesus' prayer life must have been like with 72 disciples and 12 apostles. It is easier to go to a quiet place to pray when the family is used to praying together.

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Pray for holiness

We have to pray for holiness and receive the sacraments frequently. We also have to want to be holy. We won't become holy if we aren't even trying.| |

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