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discerning life as a consecrated virgin.
Watching her walk this path is a grace.
It is beautiful.
It is brave.
It is a path of courage,
a path of trials,
a path of love that longs to belong wholly to Christ.
And today,
the Church gives us St. Agnes—
a young girl who walked that same narrow road.
Scripture shows David before Goliath,
small and unarmed,
yet strong in the only way that matters.
His strength came from a heart anchored in God.
Agnes stood in that same place.
She faced an empire built on weapons, wealth, and control.
But she knew a deeper truth:
God’s power moves through the heart that is undivided,
the heart that is entirely His.
Agnes’ chastity was not fragility.
It was courage—
the courage of someone who knew
her dignity came from God alone.
Her purity was not about avoiding something;
it was about choosing Someone.
Choosing Christ as the center of her desire,
her identity,
her future.
In a world that confuses love with possession
and strength with domination,
Agnes stands as a steady witness.
She reminds us that real strength
is born from a heart rooted in God.
That chastity orders our love rightly.
That purity frees us to love
without fear,
without grasping,
without compromise.
Her life whispers the same truth David proclaimed:
“The battle is the Lord’s.”
And when the battle is the Lord’s,
purity becomes possible,
courage becomes steady,
and love becomes victorious.
May St. Agnes teach us
to live with that same single‑hearted trust—
pure, courageous,
and entirely given to God.
Prayer
Lord Jesus,give me a heart that is —
pure, steady, and anchored in You.
Teach me to choose You above fear,
above pressure,
above every false promise of the world.
Order my love,
strengthen my courage,
and make my life a witness
to the power of a single‑hearted trust in You.
Amen.
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