Friday, September 26, 2008

Just for Today, September 27

Son, thou must diligently make it thy aim that in every place, and in every action or outward employment, thou must be inwardly free and master of thyself; and that all things be under thee, and not thou under them.

That thou mayest be lord and ruler of thy actions, not a slave or bondsman, but rather a freeman and a true Hebrew, transferred to the lot and to the liberty of the children of God. Who stand above the things present and contemplate those that are eternal: who look upon passing things with the left eye, and with the right those of heaven.
-Bk. III, ch. xxxviii.
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We read that in the old days the Jews rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem holding a sword in one hand as they worked with the other (II Esdras, iv, 17). That is a figure of what we should do: work hard with one hand and with the other ward off dissipation of mind, which would hinder our union with God.
-Conseils et Souvenirs.
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.

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