“Take away self-will, and there will be no Hell.”

                                                  -St. Bernard

For Reflection:

How has my self-will created a Hell for me at various times in my life? Does this encourage me to surrender all to God’s will?

In Conversation With God Vol 2 - Lent and Easter Francis Fernandez-Carvajal     Pb 609 pgs Click Here For More Information

Page 4 1.2 Works of penance.  Frequent confession, mortification, alms-giving.

You are not mortified if you are touchy; if your every thought is for yourself; if you humiliate others; if you do no know how to give up what is unnecessary and, at times, what is necessary; if you become gloomy because things don't turn out the way you had hoped.  On the other hand, you can be sure you are mortified if you know how to make yourself 'all things to all men, in order to save all' (1 Cor 9:22)