My Jesus! What A Lovable Contrivance This

In Temptations Against Chastity, The Spiritual Masters Advise Us, Not So Much To Contend With The Bad Thought, As To Turn The Mind To Some Spiritual, Or, At Least, Indifferent Object. It Is Useful To Combat Other Bad Thoughts Face To Face, But Not Thoughts Of Impurity.

He Would Be Guilty Of Mortal Sin, Because He Exposes Himself To The Danger Of Grievously Offending God. Hence, Before He Acts He Must Lay Aside The Doubt; And If He Has Not Hitherto Done So, He Must Confess It, At Least, As It Is Before God. But The Scrupulous, Who Have Doubts About Everything, Must Follow Another Rule: They Must Obey Their Confessor. When He Tells Them To Conquer Their Doubts, And To Act Against Scruples, They Should Obey With Exactness; Otherwise They Will Render Themselves Unable And Unfit To Perform Any Spiritual Exercise.

St. Francis Borgia Says That He Who Desires To Consecrate Himself To God Must, In The First Place, Trample Under His Feet All Regard For What Others Will Say Of Him. O My God, Why Do We Not Ask What Jesus Christ Or His Holy Mother Will Think Of Our Conduct?

The Sovereigns Of The Earth Do Not Always Grant Audience Readily; On The Contrary, The King Of Heaven, Hidden Under The Eucharistic Veils, Is Ready To Receive Anyone.

A Person May Be Baptized, And Yet Not Born Again To Grace, In Consequence Of Not Having The Necessary Dispositions At Baptism.