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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…
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CHAPTER XL. Counsels to Widows. SAINT PAUL teaches us all in the person of S. Timothy when he says, “Honour widows that are widows indeed.”…
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. Counsels to Married People. MARRIAGE is a great Sacrament both in Jesus Christ and His Church, and one to be honoured to all,…
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CHAPTER XX. Of the Difference between True and False Friendship. TAKE notice, my child, that the honey of Heraclyum, which is so poisonous, altogether resembles…
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CHAPTER XIII. How to maintain Purity. BE exceedingly quick in turning aside from the slightest thing leading to impurity, for it is an evil which…
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CHAPTER XII. On Purity. PURITY is the lily among virtues–by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity…
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CHAPTER IX. On Gentleness towards Ourselves. ONE important direction in which to exercise gentleness, is with respect to ourselves, never growing irritated with one’s self…
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CHAPTER II. The same Subject continued. SAINT AUGUSTINE says very admirably, that beginners in devotion are wont to commit certain faults which, while they are…
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Love has no vice. Love has no pride. Love cannot be arrogant, or inflated. Love is all gift. To be made perfect in love is…
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…