Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-October 16

IF we wish to save our souls, we must resolve to suffer, and to do violence to ourselves. The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent bear it away. We must act in opposition to our rebellious nature.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927