“As soon as you are tempted to impurity,
endeavor to think of the Passion of the Savior of the world and make the following act: ‘My God is nailed to a cross, and shall I consent to these unlawful pleasures?'”
-St. Bernard
For Reflection:
To what extent do I meditate on the passion of Christ? How did His passion obtain for me the grace to resist temptation? Why, then, is meditation on His passion a good safeguard to all temptation including the temptation to impurity? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line to see what specific aspect of Christ’s passion St. Augustine found effective in his fight against temptations of the flesh.)
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Jesus also wants to meet us in the more intimate and personal aspects of our lives. He invites us to walk with him, and to meet him face-to-face. The best way to do this is by meditating on his life. When I say “meditate,” I don’t mean the type of meditation practiced by Eastern religions. That type of meditation involves emptying your mind. Christian meditation is different. Instead of emptying our mind, we fill it with the life of Christ. We do this by meditating on the gospel, and the best way to do this is through the Rosary.
