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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