How can I keep my New Year’s Resolutions!
"Let us pass on now to the other question—namely, what you can do to strengthen your resolutions and make them succeed? There is no better mean than to put them into practice. But you say that you are still so weak that, although you often make strong resolutions not to fall into the particular imperfection of which you want to cure yourself, no sooner does the occasion present itself than down you go.
Shall I tell you why we are still so weak? ‘Ah! How much I wish that I could be steadfast and regular in my religious exercises; at the same time, I wish not to find them so trying—in fact, I want to find the work done for me. That cannot be in this life, for we shall always have to labor.’" [St. Francis de Sales, The Art of Loving God, p.97]
Select the Resolution that will be most spiritually beneficial for you and practice it every day. God’s grace will provide you sufficient help to succeed. Jesus’ love is more than sufficient, it is really all we need.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Saint Andre Bessette intercede for us.
May God Be Praised!
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