The face of the Lord is that image according to which we have been created “to his image and likeness.” We lose that image when we fall into sin. To find the lost image of God, we must examine every corner of our conscience, confess our sins and do works of penance.  Thus will we recover the image of the Lord.

The image and face of the Lord is recovered and preserved above all by the virtue of charity. As God is the cause and principle of all things, so charity is the primary virtue that must be acquired before all others. If it is mutual and constant, it covers a multitude of sins.

Charity, or love, is in reality the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. As charity covers a multitude of sins, so too does the grace of God, which makes one do penance.

–Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Easter

Let us pray...

O good Saint Anthony, Model of Holiness, attract my soul to your virtues, so that imitating your life of penance, I might always respond to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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