Author Topic: Becoming holy in the world (Read 86 times)

Maria Dolorosa · « **on:** **Today** at 02:14:37 PM »

From "The School of Jesus Crucified" by Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist

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THE INTERIOR LIFE RENDERED EASY TO ALL CHRISTIANS.

The Interior Life is a life of silence, recollection, prayer, detachment and separation from creatures, remembrance of the presence of God, and repose in God alone. Such was the life of Jesus Christ; such were the lives of the Saints; and such should be the life of every Christian.

This life is a hidden source of sweetness, graces, virtues, and merits, and is a pledge of eternal bliss. It is unknown to the worldling, and despised by the carnal man; but he who is in possession of it knows its value and enjoys its sweetness with an eagerness that is never I satiated.

Its Acts and Practices are —

1. To see God: that is to say, habitually to dwell and to perform all our actions in His presence.

2. To listen to God: that is, to be attentive to the interior motions of the grace which is drawing us ever nearer to God, and which sweetly speaks to our hearts, and to be faithful in following His divine inspirations.

3. To speak to God: that is, to converse habitually with Him, speaking to Him rather with the heart than with the lips, by frequent ejaculatory prayers, by pious reflections, and by the sweet repose of our heart upon His adorable Heart.

4. To do everything — prayer, work, study, recreation, eating, &c. — by the impulse of the Spirit of God, solely to fulfil His holy will, and for His greater honour and glory, without at all looking to ourselves, or acting with a desire of gratifying our own inclinations, or any other created being.

The Means of Attaining to the Interior Life are—

1. Great purity of conscience: that is, a great horror of every sin, imperfection, or infidelity; a great desire to preserve ourselves from every stain, and a great anxiety to purify ourselves from all defilement of sin.

2. Great purity of heart: that is, great detachment from all created objects, such as the riches, pleasures, and conveniences of life, relations and friends, reputation, the esteem of the world, spiritual consolations, health, and even life itself.

3. Great purity of spirit: that is, assiduous and constant care to banish from the mind all useless thoughts and reflections concerning the past, present, or future, that so there may be nothing to prevent it from being sweetly occupied with God alone.

4. Great purity in our actions. We should take charge of such affairs only as our duty prescribes, repress all over-eager solicitude or over-anxious diligence, and perform every action quietly, peacefully, calmly, by the impulse of the spirit of God, in His presence, and for His greater honour and glory. Before proceeding from one action to another, we should be most careful to pause and recollect ourselves for a moment, to renew our intention, and offer to God the action upon which we are about to enter.

5. A spirit of recollection and mortification: that is, we should separate ourselves as much as possible from creatures, in order to converse with God alone; we should not frequent places of profane and worldly amusements, nor enter into dissipated society and worldly assemblies; we should also keep a watch over our sense, and never allow ourselves one single useless look, or idle word, or the indulgence of vain curiosity.

6. Great modesty and simplicity in our dress, furniture, conversation, manners, carriage, and whole deportment.

7. Great bodily mortification. We should never allow ourselves any satisfaction which has not reference to some virtuous object; we should seek out and impose upon ourselves some penance in everything that we do, and mortify our senses in proportion to our fervour, with the approbation of our confessor.

8. Great care to regulate all our daily actions: the hour of rising, of going to bed, of working, of all other occupations, of prayer, of taking what food we may require, of our exercises of piety and charity, and, in short, of all our actions; we should punctually perform each at its own proper time, that so we may never act from mere natural impulse, but solely to obey the will of God.

9. Great exactitude in the performance of all our exercises of piety, such as our prayer and meditation in the morning, our particular examination in the middle of the day upon some predominant fault, such as, for instance, dissipation of mind, or the too great liberty we have allowed our senses; or else upon some particular virtue, as, for instance, interior recollection, purity of intention, submission to the Divine will, &c. We should be exact, towards evening, in saying the Rosary, reading some devout book, making our visit to the Blessed Sacrament, saying our prayers and making our meditation, reciting the Angelus Domini, and carefully saying grace before and after meals. We should also carefully avoid too great anxiety and dissipation of mind; we should beware of performing our actions from custom, and without reflection; and when we pray, we should not try to say many words, but to enter into the whole spirit of our prayer, and pause thoughtfully from time to time to listen in silence to the voice of God.

10. Great familiarity with God: doing everything in His presence, often speaking to Him in love and simplicity, telling Him of all that concerns us, and consulting Him with confidence in all that happens to us.

11. To neglect nothing that can serve to strengthen tender, affectionate piety in us, keep up devotion, and preserve a spirit of interior recollection; carefully to avoid all that can weaken devotion, or cool our fervour, without however attaching ourselves too much to spiritual sweetnesses, and without making violent efforts to procure them.

12. Often to make our particular examination upon our own conduct, both interior and exterior. We should ever be upon our guard against our own heart and our own thoughts and affections, that they be not usurped by any creature, and we should keep a continual watch over our senses, thus more easily to remain habitually and modestly in God's holy presence.

13. Often to offer and consecrate our hearts to God, renewing our sincere protestations that we will never more commit sin, nor do aught than can offend His supreme goodness.

14. To receive all from the loving hands of God, accepting everything that befalls us, whether agreeable or otherwise, willingly, and with humble resignation to the Divine will.

Twice dyed · « **Reply #1 on:** **Today** at 07:58:25 PM »

Quote from: Maria Dolorosa 4/28/2026, 1:14:37 PM

From "The School of Jesus Crucified" by Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist

THE INTERIOR LIFE RENDERED EASY TO ALL CHRISTIANS.

The Interior Life is a life of silence, recollection, prayer, detachment and separation from creatures, remembrance of the presence of God...

Its Acts and Practices are —

1. To see God: that is to say, habitually to dwell and to perform all our actions in His presence.

2. To listen to God: that is, to be attentive to the interior motions of the grace which is drawing us ever nearer to God, and which sweetly speaks to our hearts, and to be faithful in following His divine inspirations.

3. To speak to God: that is, to converse habitually with Him, speaking to Him rather with the heart than with the lips,...

The Means of Attaining to the Interior Life are—

4. Great purity in our actions. We should take charge of such affairs only as our duty prescribes, repress all over-eager solicitude or over-anxious diligence, and perform every action quietly, peacefully, calmly, by the impulse of the spirit of God, ...n His presence, and for His greater honour and glory. Before proceeding from one action to another, we should be most careful to pause and recollect ourselves for a moment, to renew our intention, and offer to God the action upon which
we are about to enter.

5. A spirit of recollection and mortification: that is, we should separate ourselves as much as possible from creatures, in order to

... time to listen in silence to the voice of God.

10. Great familiarity with God: doing everything in His presence, often speaking to Him in love and simplicity, telling Him of all that concerns us, and consulting Him with confidence in all that happens to us.

... thus more easily to remain habitually and modestly in God's holy presence.

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Very engaging. Thank you for posting; much appreciated.
"...by Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist. ... Actually, today it is the Feast of St Paul of the Cross, who founded the Congregation of the Passionists. He and his brethren preached the mystery of the Cross and of devotion to the Passion. Died 1775.

So I attach a formatted Holy Face from the Holy Shroud, which perfectly follows the OP, and compassionate Our Lord who suffered for mankind. The features are slightly more pronounced by applying the blue tint...that was my intent.

Photographic negative of the Holy Face visible on the Holy Shroud of Turin. (1931 AD.)

Excerpt:
...Emerges a portrait perfectly expressive, thanks to a positive photograph. It is the most remarkable portrait of Christ that ever was, because it is the direct reproduction of his features, his...true photo, revealed since 1898!

Source: CRC 257, 1989, p.19

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Author Topic: Becoming holy in the world (Read 86 times)

Maria Dolorosa

Becoming holy in the world

Twice dyed

Holy Face Image, (1931 AD. )