He, who is the God of love and who loves us with infinite tenderness, does not wait for us to be perfect in order to love us and use us as his instruments. He allows us to do good to others while we are very miserable, being deeply wounded and full of flaws: he looks at that great desire we have in the depths of our hearts, and because of it, he forgives us everything.
(Cardinal Charles Journet /1891–1975/, correspondence)