Mortification
“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.” — St. Matt. 16:24.
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.
Let no day go by without trampling under foot your own will. The day upon which you are not faithful to this advice will be a day in which you are not a religious. — St. John Climacus.
St. Magdalene of Pazzi looked upon as lost the day on which she had not conquered in some way her own will.
St. Catharine of Siena heard these words from Our Lord: “Think of Me, and I will think of thee; think of doing My will, and I will think of what is for thy good.”
Prayer.
Lord, give me courage to break my will in all things, to trample under my feet my own desires. In all that I do I will think only of doing Thy will. I would do Thy will with the same love that the saints accomplished it.