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maxim[5][9] = "When a scrupulous person has once made up his mind that he has not consented to a temptation, he must not reason the matter over again to see whether he has really consented or not, for the same temptations often return by making this sort of reflection."; | maxim[5][9] = "When a scrupulous person has once made up his mind that he has not consented to a temptation, he must not reason the matter over again to see whether he has really consented or not, for the same temptations often return by making this sort of reflection."; | ||
maxim[5][10] = "If those who are molested by scruples wish to know whether they have consented to a suggestion or not, especially in thoughts, they should see whether, during the temptation, they have always had a lively love to the virtue opposed to the vice in respect of which they were tempted, and hatred to that same vice, and this is mostly a good proof that they have not consented."; | maxim[5][10] = "If those who are molested by scruples wish to know whether they have consented to a suggestion or not, especially in thoughts, they should see whether, during the temptation, they have always had a lively love to the virtue opposed to the vice in respect of which they were tempted, and hatred to that same vice, and this is mostly a good proof that they have not consented."; | ||
maxim[5][11] = "The scrupulous should | maxim[5][11] = "The scrupulous should submit to the judgment of their confessor always and in everything, and develop a contempt for their own scruples."; | ||
maxim[5][12] = "Scruples are an infirmity which will make a truce with a man, but very rarely peace; humility alone achieves victory over them."; | maxim[5][12] = "Scruples are an infirmity which will make a truce with a man, but very rarely peace; humility alone achieves victory over them."; | ||
maxim[5][13] = "Even in bodily indispositions, spiritual remedies are the most helpful."; | maxim[5][13] = "Even in bodily indispositions, spiritual remedies are the most helpful."; | ||
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Virgin Mary, Mother of God
- Maxims from September 7 and 8
- To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me.â€
- When we make this prayer to our Blessed Lady, we give her every possible praise in the least possible compass, because we call her by her name of MARY, and give her those two great titles of Virgin, and Mother of God, and then name JESUS, the fruit of her most pure womb.