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maxim[4][4] = "When sensual thoughts come into the mind, we ought immediately to make use of our minds and fix them instantaneously upon something or other, no matter what."; | maxim[4][4] = "When sensual thoughts come into the mind, we ought immediately to make use of our minds and fix them instantaneously upon something or other, no matter what."; | ||
maxim[4][5] = "Never say, “What great things the Saints do,†but, “What great things God does in His Saints.â€"; | maxim[4][5] = "Never say, “What great things the Saints do,†but, “What great things God does in His Saints.â€"; | ||
maxim[4][6] = "In the warfare of the flesh, only cowards gain the victory; that is to say, those who | maxim[4][6] = "In the warfare of the flesh, only cowards gain the victory; that is to say, those who run away from temptation."; | ||
maxim[4][7] = "We should be less alarmed for one who is tempted in the flesh, but who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid the occasions."; | maxim[4][7] = "We should be less alarmed for one who is tempted in the flesh, but who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid the occasions."; | ||
maxim[4][8] = "When a person puts himself in an occasion of sin, saying, “I shall not fall, I shall not commit this sin,†it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with all the greater damage to his soul."; | maxim[4][8] = "When a person puts himself in an occasion of sin, saying, “I shall not fall, I shall not commit this sin,†it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with all the greater damage to his soul."; | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 6 April 2016
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.