Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[3][24] = "We ought to fear and fly temptations of the flesh, even in sickness, and in old age itself, aye, and so long as we can open and shut our eyelids, for the spirit of incontinence gives no truce either to place, time, or person."; | maxim[3][24] = "We ought to fear and fly temptations of the flesh, even in sickness, and in old age itself, aye, and so long as we can open and shut our eyelids, for the spirit of incontinence gives no truce either to place, time, or person."; | ||
maxim[3][25] = "Our sweet Christ, the Word Incarnate, has given Himself to us for everything that was necessary for us, even to the hard and ignominious death upon the cross."; | maxim[3][25] = "Our sweet Christ, the Word Incarnate, has given Himself to us for everything that was necessary for us, even to the hard and ignominious death upon the cross."; | ||
maxim[3][26] = "One of the most efficacious means of keeping ourselves chaste | maxim[3][26] = "One of the most efficacious means of keeping ourselves chaste is to have compassion for those who fall through their frailty, and never to boast in the least of being free, but with all humility to acknowledge that whatever we have is from the mercy of God."; | ||
maxim[3][27] = "To be without pity for other men’s falls is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly."; | maxim[3][27] = "To be without pity for other men’s falls is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly."; | ||
maxim[3][28] = "In the matter of purity there is no greater danger than the not fearing the danger: when a man does not distrust himself, and is without fear, it is all over with him."; | maxim[3][28] = "In the matter of purity there is no greater danger than the not fearing the danger: when a man does not distrust himself, and is without fear, it is all over with him."; | ||
