Don Dolindo Ruotolo

Day #15: The Spirit of Jesus Christ MARY: Opposed to the spirit of the world, which is a mass of duplicity, resentment, struggles, presumption and degradation, is the spirit of Jesus Christ,

Day #16: Renouncing the Demon THE SOUL: I know that in holy Baptism I renounced the demon and I?m happy with that renunciation.

Day #17: The Passions and the Flesh MARY: The demon penetrates into you by means of the passions and,

Day #18: My Miseries THE SOUL: At your feet, O Mary, I want to consider once again the miseries of my nothingness in order to appreciate better the solemn renunciation which I made…

Day #19: Soldier of Jesus Christ THE SOUL: I was signed with holy Chrism, O Jesus, I girded myself with a mystical sword and solemnly said: I will do combat for your glory!

Day #20: Spiritual Combat MARY: The life of man is warfare on the earth. He, like a soldier,

Day #21: Human Respect MARY: Among the enemies you must fight against, my child, there is one which is small, wretched, foolish, but which can paralyze you.

Day #22: The Misery of Human Judgment MARY: You are so afraid of human judgment and so many times you betray God in order not to contradict a poor creature,

Day #23: The Aspirations of the Heart MARY: A soldier who wants to keep himself really faithful to his duty should not be one who serves under constraint; he should have an ideal…

Day #24: A Canticle of Love (According to the Spirituality of the Canticle of Canticles) THE SOUL: O Jesus ... the only desire of my soul, only good of my being, come!

Day #25: The Eucharist MARY: Jesus was not content merely to open to you the channels of grace with the Sacraments; he wished to give you himself so that you could live totally…