"We go to Holy Communion in order that those (proper) dispositions may be formed in us. Only, we must want them to be formed in us. The trouble, you know, about you and me is not that we aren't saints, but that we don't want to be saints. Lord, I am not worthy, because I am not humble; but I do want to be humble. Lord I am not worthy, because I am backward and slothful in your service; but I hate my backwardness, I hate my sloth. Lord, I am not worthy, because I am a bad sufferer; but how I wish it were otherwise! Let it be otherwise, Lord; speak the word only, and thy servant shall be healed."
—Msgr Ronald Knox
From Window in the Wall
Chapter XVI, The Challenge
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