CHAPTER XII. Of Sadness and Sorrow. S. PAUL says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of…
CHAPTER XI. Anxiety of Mind. ANXIETY of mind is not so much an abstract temptation, as the source whence various temptations arise. Sadness, when defined,…
CHAPTER X. How to strengthen the Heart against Temptation. EXAMINE from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained…
CHAPTER IX. How remedy Minor Temptations. NOW as to all these trifling temptations of vanity, suspicion, vexation, jealousy, envy, and the like, which flit around…
CHAPTER VIII. How to resist Minor Temptations. WHILE it is right to resist great temptations with invincible courage, and all such victories will be most…
CHAPTER VII. Remedies for Great Occasions. SO soon as you feel yourself anywise tempted, do as our little children when they see a wolf or…
CHAPTER VI. When Temptation and Delectation are Sin. THAT princess, whom we have already taken as an illustration, was not to blame in the unlawful…
CHAPTER V. Encouragement for the Tempted Soul. GOD never permits such grievous temptations and assaults to try any, save those souls whom He designs to…
CHAPTER IV. Two striking Illustrations of the same. THIS distinction, which is very important, is well illustrated by the description S. Jerome gives of a…
Advent has become one of my favorite Liturgical seasons. After months of Ordinary Time, we change directions and start looking ahead. Our focus becomes preparation,…
