True purity of intention

“God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.”  — Saint Augustine

Several years ago, I was coming out of the chapel and happen to look outside to see one of our priests washing my car. He had just finished washing his car and was in the process of scrubbing down mine…he did not look for a “pat on the back” or a return favor later on, and if I hadn’t said anything, it would have gone completely unnoticed. Now that is true purity of intention!

 

 

About Father Michael Sliney, LC

Father Michael Sliney was ordained a priest in Rome on December 24, 1998. He studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University for two years before entering the Legion. As a seminarian he earned a bachelors in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas and degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum College in Rome. He works with youth groups in the Washington D.C. area.
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