Self-Conquest

#selfconquest
The conquest of self is the grandest triumph that man can achieve.

Once a day, at least, recall very earnestly that

“You are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.”

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Ꚛ Tenth Day of August

Self-Surrender

“Into Thy hands I commend my spirit.”
Jesus came on earth as our master, and he wills that we should learn from Him the lessons of full and entire submission to the will of God. His life was one uninterrupted act of self-abandonment, beginning with the “Ecce venio” of the Incarnation, “Lo, I come to do Thy will,” till the final commendation of His soul on the cross. Like Him, we must yield ourselves as living sacrifices to God, content, as far as our will goes, to accept health or illness, wealth or poverty, interior peace or the conflict with temptation. God know what is best, and He can and will provide the necessary means of sanctification for each of the souls that are so dear to Him, and this thought should help us cast all our care on Him.

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Ask yourself: how does this matter affect me personally, what lesson does it convey to me, what suggestion for a better life, how can I improve my conduct; resolve to become a saint at any cost; think upon the eternal years; pray to the Holy Ghost that He may lead you in the way of perfection; finally recite attentively and devotedly the following Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit:

Oh Holy Spirit, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to Thee my understanding, heart, and will, my whole being for time and for eternity. May my understanding be always submissive to Thy heavenly inspirations, and to the teaching of the Church, of which Thou art the infallible guide; may my heart be ever inflamed with love of God and of my neighbor; may my will be ever conformed to the divine will, and may my whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtue of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to Whom with the Father and Thee be honor and glory forever. Amen.

Self-Conquest. Rev. F. X. Lasance. 1936. @selfconquest