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All
personal judgment laid aside, we ought to have a
prompt mind to obey Holy Mother the Church.
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To praise Confession to a
Priest, and the reception of the most Holy
Sacrament of the Altar.
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To praise the hearing of
Mass often, likewise hymns, psalms, and long
prayers, in the Church and out of it; likewise
the hours set at the time fixed for each Divine
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To praise much Religious
Orders, virginity and continence, and not so
much marriage as any of these.
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To
praise vows of Religion, of obedience, of
poverty, of chastity and of other perfections of
supererogation.
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To praise relics of the
Saints, giving veneration to them and praying to
the Saints; and to praise Stations, pilgrimages,
Indulgences, pardons, and candles lighted in the
Churches.
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To praise Constitutions
about fasts and abstinence, as of Lent, Ember
Days, Vigils, Friday and Saturday; likewise
penances, not only interior, but also exterior.
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To praise the ornaments and
the buildings of Churches; likewise images, and
to venerate them according to what they
represent.
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Finally, to praise all
Precepts of the Church, keeping the mind prompt
to find reasons in their defence and in no
manner against them.
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We ought to be more prompt
to find good and praise as well the
Constitutions and recommendations as the ways of
our Superiors. Because to speak against them
would rather give rise to fault-finding and
scandal than profit.
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To praise both positive and
scholastic learning. For as it is more proper to
the Positive Doctors, as St. Jerome, St.
Augustine, etc., to move the heart to love and
serve God in everything; so it is more proper to
the Scholastics, as St. Thomas, St. Bonaventure,
etc., to define or explain for our times the
things necessary for eternal salvation; and to
combat and explain better all errors and all
fallacies.
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We ought to be on our guard
in making comparison of those of us who are
alive to the Saints of the past.
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To have a proper esteem for
the Hierarchy of the Church.
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We must be cautious in
speaking of the Divine Mysteries of our Holy
Religion; so as not to mislead others.
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We must never speak as
though of the damnation of others is a
determined fact independent from free will.
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When speaking on faith,
neglect not the reality of charity and virtue.
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When speaking on grace, we
must never disregard the reality of free will.
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We must never
make little of the power of servile fear, which
leads to filial fear. |
