vices

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “The way traced out by the apostle Paul to the Christian is to strip himself of the vices of the old man, that is, of the earthly man,…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “St. Paul experienced very severely within himself the rebellion of the senses and of the passions, for which he uttered this lament: ‘Therefore, I myself, with the mind…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “ ‘I find then a law’ says St. Paul ‘that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.’ To feel the stimulus of…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “The most seducing passions that vent themselves in manifold actions are those of the sense which are (according to the apostle Paul) fornication, uncleanness, impurity, tainted concupiscence, and…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “Persons dominated by vices are called by St. Paul “sons of incredulity”, being the vices those which most blind man, making him most easily lose from his sight…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “The vices with which one can most offend his neighbor interiorly with the heart are, according to how the Apostle of the gentiles presents is to us: anger,…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “Anger is a moral passion common even to the just man. In and of itself it is not a sin; but if one does not know how to…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “Indignation is a vice that sprouts from anger. One has it when he esteems others unworthy of possessing what he has; it would like to see the other…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “Blasphemes, impure conversations, and lies are all vices and sins that constitute the old man, the earthly man, the carnal man. It is of these that the Apostle…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “To the crucifixion of the flesh is united the crucifixion of the vices and of concupiscence. Now, the vices are all sinful habits; the concupiscence is the passions.…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “Not wanting to submit one's own judgment to that of others is a sign of little docility; it is a much too evident sign of secret pride. Take…

Ave Maria!-- April's Theme: Vices “When you are assailed by the vice of pride, say to yourself: what good have I within me that I have not received? And if I have received…