Thursday, February 23, 2012

SELF-DENIAL OR ACTIVE PURGATION


SECTION III

SELF-DENIAL OR ACTIVE PURGATION

“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me'' (Luke ix. 23). In these words Our Savior invites us to follow Him in the three phases of the way to perfection. They are: (1) self-denial, or rising above the natural man by self -discipline and prayer; (2) taking up our daily cross by the practice of virtue; (3) following the Master in doing God's will in all things.

In studying the subject of self-denial we will consider Self-denial in General, Self-examination, Self-castigation, Subjugation of the Carnal Man, Subjugation of the External Senses, Subjugation of the Internal Senses, Subjugation of the Sensitive Appetites, Subjugation of the Will, Subjugation of the Mind to Truth, and Subjugation of the Creature to the Creator by the Use of the Means of Grace.

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