Catholic Word of the Day: PURITY OF INTENTION, 04-16-10

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PURITY OF INTENTION

The perfection of one's motive inspiring human action. An act is more or less pure depending on the degree of selfless love of God with which it is performed.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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I think we all fall into doing many things when our intention is not really one of purity and love of the Lord.

Do we always have the right (holy) motive when we act?

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Contumely	Alienation	Ethics
Quam Singulari	Indissolubility	Celibacy
Comparative Religion	Founder	Edification
Noumenon	Stag	Ecclesia
Eternal City (Rome)	New Earth	Samuel
Benefice	Papal Regesta	Defender of the Faith
Sacrament House	James the Less	Devotion to St. Joseph
Vicar-General	Holy Doors	Te Deum Laudamus
Preconization	Determinants of Morality	Penitential Psalms
Hatred	Synoptics	Proclamation
Serra International	Purity of Intention

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Do we always have the right (holy) motive when we act?

Maybe Father Hardon did ;-).

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Earlier Catholic Words of the Day

Contumely	Alienation	Ethics
Quam Singulari	Indissolubility	Celibacy
Comparative Religion	Founder	Edification
Noumenon	Stag	Ecclesia
Eternal City (Rome)	New Earth	Samuel
Benefice	Papal Regesta	Defender of the Faith
Sacrament House	James the Less	Devotion to St. Joseph
Vicar-General	Holy Doors	Te Deum Laudamus
Preconization	Determinants of Morality	Penitential Psalms
Hatred	Synoptics	Proclamation
Serra International	Purity of Intention