Purifying our lives is hard, but God gives us supernatural help through the awesomeness of his grace. For more on the topic of this podcast, see GNM’s video "Understanding the Mass: The Penitential Rite" @ https://gnm-media.org/3-take-eat-drink-understanding-mass-penitential-rite/.  The text of this podcast can be found on our website @ https://gnm.org/daily-reflections/2023-04-24/   Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net