Mortification
“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.” — St. Matt. 16:24.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.
I advise you not to indulge your own judgment. If you do, it is beyond a doubt that it will inebriate you, as there is little difference between an intoxicated person and one who is attached to his own opinions; one has no more reason than the other. — St. Francis of Sales.
St. Francis of Paula, founder of the Order of Minims, although gifted with prophecy, always took counsel, even in the least things, with those who made it a glory to obey him.
The Blessed Alexander Souli, Bishop of Corsica, who was very learned in theology, who was the director of St. Charles Borromeo, and who was called the model of bishops, never decided affairs of his diocese without consulting enlightened persons. He remembered the words of the Holy Ghost, Who says: Do nothing without counsel.”
Prayer.
My God, for love of Thee I renounce my own judgment. I will no longer be attached to my own opinions. I will undertake nothing important without taking counsel of others.