Sanctity and St Ildephonsus

The essence of sanctity is love of the will of God. Our holiness depends on the degree to which we conform ourselves to God’s will (and not our will). It helps to distinguish between God’s signified will and His will of good pleasure. Our country is in a terrible spiritual state because the vast majority of Americans are not being faithful to the will of God. Let us pray for the conversion of our country. St. Louis de Montfort teaches that we can never honor Jesus and Mary enough. St. Ildephonsus, Archbishop of Toldeo, Spain in the 7th century, wrote a treatise defending Our Lady’s purity. The Lateran Synod of 649 accepted it to fight against heresies denying her Perpetual Virginity. In thanksgiving, Our Lady gave him a supernatural chasuble (a relic one can still venerate). Let us pray like our Lady: “Thy will be done.”