“But I am so imperfect,” you say. I believe it, indeed! Therefore do not hope to be able to live without committing imperfections, seeing that this is impossible while you are this life. It is enough that you do not love them and that they do not remain in your heart. That is, you do not commit them voluntarily and you do not want to continue in your faults.
That being so, remain in peace and do not trouble yourself about the perfection you so much desire. It will be enough if you gave it in dying. Be not so timid! Walk confidently! if you are armed with the armor of faith, nothing can harm you.
An excerpt from Sermons of St. Francis de Sales For Lent
