THE WAY OF PURIFICATION... AFTER CONVERSION... The Predominant Fault... Think
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Posted:Apr 19, 2007 1:15 am
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION
AFTER CONVERSION
CHAPTER 32
The Predominant Fault
THINK,
Every man has a predominant fault, that is, an outstanding one, because of which he commits most of the sins in his daily life. Conquering that fault means overcoming many different sins. This fault will not die easily, but sincere and continued effort will weaken it more and more. Our Lord will not let me fight in vain. He will give me strength to make true progress against this fault. I need only to continue trying, doing whatever is necessary to overcome this fault.
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My
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CONFRATERNETY
OF THE
PRECIOUS
BLOOD
Book 1 ‒ The Way of Purification
Part 2 ‒ After Conversion
Page 62-64
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION...AFTER CONVERSION...The Predominant Fault
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Posted:Apr 19, 2007 1:10 am
Last Updated:Jun 1, 2007 7:56 pm 1151 Views
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION
AFTER CONVERSION
CHAPTER 32
The Predominant Fault
CHRIST,
MY , I give strength to those who make an honest effort in fighting against their faults. The harder they try, the more will mistakes they advance in virtue. The self-control which I give is a man’s greatest glory because he approaches closer to My perfection.
2. No two men have the same combination of faults, nor have they the same combination of faults, nor have they the same amount of grace. I give more grace to those who make good use of what they have already received.
3. As you make progress against your main fault, you will find your other faults easier to control. Once you are the master of your heart, you will be the master of your life. Your intelligence will be guided by My grace and your will, will follow My wise and holy law.
4. Begin at last! Attack first your most frequent fault. When you fall back into that fault, instead of becoming sad and discouraged, prove your sorrow by beginning again. You will find selfishness at the bottom of every fault. Your feeling will rebel, but you must fix your eyes on Me, and let your will stand firm on My law.
5. Prayer, penance and My sacraments will help you to see Me near, and will give you the strength to follow My Will.
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My
Daily
Bread
CONFRATERNETY
OF THE
PRECIOUS
BLOOD
Book 1 ‒ The Way of Purification
Part 2 ‒ After Conversion
Page 62-64
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Hebrew 11:1
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Posted:Apr 19, 2007 12:37 am
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
--Hebrews 11:1
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION... AFTER CONVERSION... The Honest Admission of One’s Defect... Pray
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Posted:Apr 15, 2007 2:27 am
Last Updated:May 12, 2024 11:44 am 1149 Views
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION
AFTER CONVERSION
CHAPTER 31
The Honest Admission of One’s Defect
PRAY,
Dear merciful God, at last I understand. I will no longer become paralyzed with sadness or discouragement, over my faults. I shall do what You desire of me. I will prove my genuine sorrow for my sins by fighting against them in my daily life. Show me which fault displeases You most, and I will at once begin a campaign against it. I may never get rid of it, Lord, but at least I keep on trying each day. I cannot offer You much in my life, but this honest daily effort against my main faults I can offer as a proof that I am truly sorry for offending You. Amen
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My
Daily
Bread
CONFRATERNETY
OF THE
PRECIOUS
BLOOD
Book 1 ‒ The Way of Purification
Part 2 ‒ After Conversion
Page 60-62
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION.... AFTER CONVERSION... The Honest Admission of One’s Defect.. Think
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Posted:Apr 15, 2007 2:22 am
Last Updated:Apr 15, 2007 2:28 am 1117 Views
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION
AFTER CONVERSION
CHAPTER 31
The Honest Admission of One’s Defect
THINK,
God loves an honest man. Why should it be so hard to admit what I am? If I hide the truth from myself, how can I ever become pleasing to God? I need not become depressed and discouraged as I look at my many faults. All that God expects of me is that I begin today to fight against them. Being a sinner is not the worst thing. The worst thing is to remain a sinner. God loves the repentant sinner, that is, one who detests his sins and makes an honest effort to be rid of his faults.
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My
Daily
Bread
CONFRATERNETY
OF THE
PRECIOUS
BLOOD
Book 1 ‒ The Way of Purification
Part 2 ‒ After Conversion
Page 60-62
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION... AFTER CONVERSION... The Honest Admission of One’s Defect
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Posted:Apr 15, 2007 2:15 am
Last Updated:May 27, 2007 6:27 am 1169 Views
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THE WAY OF PURIFICATION
AFTER CONVERSION
CHAPTER 31
The Honest Admission of One’s Defect
CHRIST,
My let my infinite wisdom teach what is best for you in your daily conduct on earth. Think of your sins with great displeasure and sorrow. Never consider yourself big because of your good works. The simple truth is that you are a sinner. Two often your actions are controlled by emotions or feelings rather than intelligence and grace.
2. If I leave you to yourself, you tend to what is wrong and fall into sin. You are easily overcome by selfishness. Your self-control falls apart in a short time. You are much weaker than you think. You have little reasons for humbling yourself.
3. Fear nothing so much as your disorderly tendencies and your sins. Run from them more than from anything else. They should displease you more than any other trouble. Be afraid of My judgment and fear the anger of the Almighty. Do not presume to criticize the works of the Most High. Look to your faults. Consider the wrong you have done and the good you have neglected.
4. Be angry with yourself, and do not let pride control you in anything. Foolish heart, what have you to complain about? Can you not accept the trials which comes to you, when you have so often offended Me and deserved hell? My love has spared you. Still, you must be honest with yourself. Face the truth about yourself and be patient with your defects and limitations.
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My
Daily
Bread
CONFRATERNETY
OF THE
PRECIOUS
BLOOD
Book 1 ‒ The Way of Purification
Part 2 ‒ After Conversion
Page 60-62
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John 20:1-9... The Empty Tomb
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Posted:Apr 9, 2007 6:13 am
Last Updated:Apr 9, 2007 6:17 am 1127 Views
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John 20:1-9
The Empty Tomb
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them. “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know were they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first, he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrive after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one had arrive at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
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365 Days with the Lord
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Luke 24:1-12...The Resurrection of Jesus
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Posted:Apr 8, 2007 1:53 am
Last Updated:Apr 27, 2007 9:40 pm 1191 Views
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Luke 24:1-12
The Resurrection of Jesus
But at the daybreak of the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you, while he was still in Galilee, that the of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.”
And they remembered his words. Then they returned from the tomb and announced all this things to the eleven and to all the others. The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, but their story seem like nonsense and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.
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John 19:25-34... The Crucifixion of Jesus... reflect
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Posted:Apr 6, 2007 12:19 am
Last Updated:Apr 6, 2007 12:20 am 1132 Views
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John 19:25-34
The Crucifixion of Jesus... reflect
At one point of his life, Moses asked God to show him his glory (Ex 33:18 ). God answered: “I will make all my beauty pass before you, and in your presence I will pronounce my name.” Then God passes before Moses and cried out as he passed: “The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity, continuing his kindness for a thousands generations…” In other words, already at the dawn of the biblical revelation, God was telling us that his beauty, his glory, is only one thing; love.
In his gospel, John is trying to tell us the same thing, not only about God but also about Jesus. Essentially for him, Jesus manifests his glory in the same way in which God manifested his glory in the Old Testament, namely, by showing love in his entire behavior and inner being. That is why, in contrast with the three Synoptic gospel when they narrate Jesus’ Passion and death, John injects into his account a kind of diffused light. In his description of the Passion, Jesus is presented as already triumphant; he overwhelms the soldiers who come to arrest him, he talks to Pilate as to an equal, he carries his cross without help, he seems in complete control of the situation. In a word, he is already glorious! Why? Because his Passion and death are the perfect revelation of his love. What God told Moses, Jesus tells us by his behavior; my beauty, my glory is only one thing; to love unto death.
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365 Days with the Lord
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John 19:25-34... The Crucifixion of Jesus
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Posted:Apr 6, 2007 12:11 am
Last Updated:Apr 6, 2007 12:14 am 1099 Views
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John 19:25-34
The Crucifixion of Jesus
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your .” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a spig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for the Sabbath day of the week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and they be taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
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365 Days with the Lord
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