Sloth is a reluctance to attend to duty, and, according to Cassian, it is especially a weariness or distaste for spiritual things. The peril to
The joy of a good conscience is always accompanied by that blessed hope of which the Apostle speaks when he tells us to rejoice in
Anger is an inordinate desire of revenge. Against this vice the Apostle strongly speaks: “Let all bitterness and anger, and indignation and clamor, and blasphemy
Gluttony is an inordinate love of eating and drinking. Our Savior warns us against this vice, saying, “Take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be
Having thus regulated the body and all it senses, the most important reformation still remains to be effected, which is that of the soul with
Consider also the danger of vainglory, the daughter of pride, which St. Bernard says, enters lightly but wounds deeply. Therefore, when men praise you, think
We have generally called the deadly or capital sins the sources of all iniquity. They are the roots of the mighty tree of vice, and
The greatest privilege attached to virtue is the care which God exercises over those who serve Him. From this, as from a fountainhead, flow all
The liberty of the children of God is the cause of another privilege of virtue, no less precious than itself – the interior peace and
The end, it is said, crowns the work, and, therefore, it is in death that the just man’s life is most fittingly crowned, while the
“We must bear in mind an undeniable principle, concerning which St. Augustine and all the holy Doctors are agreed – namely, that as true repentance
“Grace, finally, qualifies man for all good, smooths the way to Heaven, makes the yoke of Christ sweet and light, cures man of his infirmities
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