Resolve: At the end of prayer, take one insight — Francis de Sales called it a "nosegay" (a small bouquet of flowers). Write it on a sticky note or in your phone.

Resolve: At the end of prayer, take one insight — Francis de Sales called it a "nosegay" (a small bouquet of flowers). Write it on a sticky note or in your phone. Carry it through the day. When you encounter it later, pause briefly, close your eyes, recollect yourself, and return to that moment of grace. Also: use the daily Mass readings as your starting text to move with the liturgical rhythm. (Ep 552, 596)

Resolve: At the end of prayer, take one insight — Francis de Sales called it a "nosegay" (a small bouquet of flowers). Write it on a sticky note or in your phone. Carry it through the day. When you encounter it later, pause briefly, close your eyes, recollect yourself, and return to that moment of grace. Also: use the daily Mass readings as your starting text to move with the liturgical rhythm. (Ep 552, 596)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

But the greater part being too cowardly to undergo the toils of virtue for righteousness’ sake, persisted in their wickedness to the last; of whom our Lord says, Every one that does evil, hates the light. He speaks of those who choose to remain in their wickedness.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Resolve: At the end of prayer, take one insight — Francis de Sales called it a "nosegay" (a small bouquet of flowers). Write it on a sticky note or in your phone. Carry it through the day. When you encounter it later, pause briefly, close your eyes, recollect yourself, and return to that moment of grace. Also: use the daily Mass readings as your starting text to move with the liturgical rhythm. (Ep 552, 596)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

But the greater part being too cowardly to undergo the toils of virtue for righteousness’ sake, persisted in their wickedness to the last; of whom our Lord says, Every one that does evil, hates the light. He speaks of those who choose to remain in their wickedness.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Doctrinal Foundation

T4.G.010 (Sententia communis (common teaching)): Prayer is a necessary means of salvation for adults. God grants the grace of perseverance to those who pray for it perseveringly. Without prayer, the necessary graces for salvation will not ordinarily be received.

  • Scripture: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

  • Fathers: He who prays well, lives well. He who lives well, dies well. He who dies well, all is well.

From the Sources

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

But the greater part being too cowardly to undergo the toils of virtue for righteousness’ sake, persisted in their wickedness to the last; of whom our Lord says, Every one that does evil, hates the light. He speaks of those who choose to remain in their wickedness. ALCUIN. Every one that does evil, hates the light; i.e. he who is resolved to sin, who delights in sin, hates the light, which detects his sin.

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

He does not say this of those who are brought up under the Gospel, but of those who are converted to the true faith from Paganism or Judaism. He shows that no one will leave a false religion for the true faith, till he first resolve to follow a right course of life. AUG. He calls the works of him who comes to the light, wrought in God; meaning that his justification is attributable not to his own merits) but to God’s grace. AUG. But if God has discovered all men’s works to be evil, how is it.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

When she had appeased her sisters, she had to meet other troubles: the people of Avila had been also disturbed, and a new house of religion seemed for the moment to be an offence to them. The magistrates of the city resolved to suppress the monastery, but on finding that it was lawfully established with the consent of the bishop they had recourse to the courts of law.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

They felt it very keenly, for a monastery of the same order founded close to their own showed that there was something wrong, and they knew that the blame would.

not be Phrown wholly on the friars of the reform. They

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resolved to send some of themselves to Fray Jerome to ask the meaning of his act, and the two friars deputed for the purpose were the sub-prior and Fray Diego de Leon, who was now bishop of the Isles in Scotland.

Resolve: At the end of prayer, take one insight — Francis de Sales called it a "nosegay" (a small bouquet of flowers). Write it on a sticky note or in your phone. Carry it through the day. When you encounter it later, pause briefly, close your eyes, recollect yourself, and return to that moment of grace. Also: use the daily Mass readings as your starting text to move with the liturgical rhythm. (Ep 552, 596)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

But the greater part being too cowardly to undergo the toils of virtue for righteousness’ sake, persisted in their wickedness to the last; of whom our Lord says, Every one that does evil, hates the light. He speaks of those who choose to remain in their wickedness.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Doctrinal Foundation

T4.G.010 (Sententia communis (common teaching)): Prayer is a necessary means of salvation for adults. God grants the grace of perseverance to those who pray for it perseveringly. Without prayer, the necessary graces for salvation will not ordinarily be received.

  • Scripture: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

  • Fathers: He who prays well, lives well. He who lives well, dies well. He who dies well, all is well.

From the Sources

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

But the greater part being too cowardly to undergo the toils of virtue for righteousness’ sake, persisted in their wickedness to the last; of whom our Lord says, Every one that does evil, hates the light. He speaks of those who choose to remain in their wickedness. ALCUIN. Every one that does evil, hates the light; i.e. he who is resolved to sin, who delights in sin, hates the light, which detects his sin.

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

He does not say this of those who are brought up under the Gospel, but of those who are converted to the true faith from Paganism or Judaism. He shows that no one will leave a false religion for the true faith, till he first resolve to follow a right course of life. AUG. He calls the works of him who comes to the light, wrought in God; meaning that his justification is attributable not to his own merits) but to God’s grace. AUG. But if God has discovered all men’s works to be evil, how is it.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

When she had appeased her sisters, she had to meet other troubles: the people of Avila had been also disturbed, and a new house of religion seemed for the moment to be an offence to them. The magistrates of the city resolved to suppress the monastery, but on finding that it was lawfully established with the consent of the bishop they had recourse to the courts of law.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

They felt it very keenly, for a monastery of the same order founded close to their own showed that there was something wrong, and they knew that the blame would.

not be Phrown wholly on the friars of the reform. They

XXXVII1 INTRODUCTION

resolved to send some of themselves to Fray Jerome to ask the meaning of his act, and the two friars deputed for the purpose were the sub-prior and Fray Diego de Leon, who was now bishop of the Isles in Scotland.

Additional Sources

St. John of the Cross (ascent_of_mount_carmel.txt):

After profession he completed his studies at Salamanca and was ordained priest in 1567. But, shrink- ing from the responsibilities of the priesthood, he resolved to pass over to the Carthusian Order—a step open to> almost any Religious, and frequently taken—when he was introduced to S.

St. John of the Cross (ascent_of_mount_carmel.txt):

These habitual imperfections are, for instance, much talking, certain attachments, which we never resolve to break through—such as to individuals, to a book or a cell, to a particular food, to certain society, the satisfac- tion of one’s taste, science, news, and such things.

St. Francis de Sales (03_catholic_controversy.txt):

EDITION: Third Edition, Revised and Augmented (1909) PUBLISHER: Burns & Oates, Limited, London PUBLIC DOMAIN STATUS: Published 1909, in the public domain This work contains the message or teaching of St. Francis de Sales to the Calvinists of the Chablais. Written because they would not go to hear him preach.

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St. Ignatius of Loyola (autobiography_oconor_1900.txt):

" A few others were Descartes, Buffon, Justus Lipsius, Muratori the historian, Calderon, and Vico, the author of "Ideas of History," Richelieu, Tilly, Malesherbes, Don John of Austria, Luxembourg, Esterhazy, Choiseul, St. Francis de Sales, Lambertini, afterward Benedict XIV, the most learned of the popes, and the present Pontiff, Pope Leo XIII, renowned for his learning and wisdom.

St. Ignatius of Loyola (autobiography_oconor_1900.txt):

On this occasion, however, after I had spoken to him, he reflected upon it alone. He was favorably inclined toward it. From the way he spoke, it was evident God had enlightened him. He had resolved to manifest the main points of his interior life up to the present, and had concluded that I was the one to whom he would make these things known.

Church Fathers (Confessiones_english.txt):

I resolved, therefore, to be a catechumen in the Catholic Church, which my parents had commended to me, until something settled should manifest itself to me whither I might steer my course.

Catechism sources (PD) (baltimore_catechism.txt):

I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. The substance of this act is: O my God!

Catechism sources (PD) (baltimore_catechism.txt):

Imperfect contrition is sufficient for a worthy confession, but we should endeavor to have perfect contrition. 206 Q. What do you mean by a firm purpose of sinning no more? A. By a firm purpose of sinning no more I mean a fixed resolve not only to avoid all mortal sin, but also its near occasions. "Fixed." Not for a certain time, but for all the future. 207 Q. What do you mean by the near occasions of sin?