to sacrifice all that he has, even his very life, to obtain it, honour it and defend it. These letters, though not actual historical letters, do reflect correspondence and conversations on these topics over the years, with Amanda but also with many other women and men. Her personal case inspired the particular approach these letters take – which may surprise some –, starting with good, pious women who, though dressing modestly at church and most of the time outside of church, will nevertheless be led every now and then to fail, and sometimes gravely, in modesty. There are many women in this case in our churches, even in traditional circles. Even where church garb is excellent, peer pressure outside leads them on occasion to follow the crowd, even to spiritual disaster. Amanda’s evolution and growth in the spiritual life has been amazing. Starting with the veil at Mass, she came to realise the much more vast implications of modesty at all times, and from there she has been led to a very deep and fruitful spiritual life lived for God alone. My hope is to ultimately reach the legions of women out there who simply are clueless about modesty, many of whom, often through no fault of their own, have fallen prey to the ideology of the cultural revolution and as a result have lost nearly all moral compass in matters of dress and comportment. I feel that Amanda’s itinerary can be an inspiration to many of our good women, both young and less young, and they in turn can then go out and convert their sisters, helping them discover God’s mercy along with their own true worth, dignity and beauty. 6
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