Holy Purity: Seeing God Through Love and Vigilance

How does cultivating holy purity help us see God more clearly and love others more deeply? In this meditation, Fr. Paul Donlan reflects on holy purity as a virtue rooted in love of God and expressed through respectful, selfless love of others. Using Christ's encounter with the Samaritan woman as a model, he emphasizes that purity requires vigilance, prudence, self-denial, and God's grace, comparing the struggle to wings that become capable of flight through an updraft. He draws on St. Josemaría and St. John Paul II to discuss purity in marriage, family life, relationships, media use, and the protection of the heart, while encouraging devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and frequent recourse to Jesus in the Eucharist. The meditation concludes by emphasizing that purity is not merely avoidance of sin, but a disciplined pursuit of authentic love that reflects Christ's own holiness.