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maxim[1][16] = "They who really wish to advance in the ways of God must give themselves into the hands of their superiors always and in everything; and they who are not living under obedience must subject themselves of their own accord to a learned and discreet confessor, whom they must obey in the place of God, disclosing to him with perfect freedom and simplicity the affairs of their soul, and they should never come to any resolution without his advice."; | maxim[1][16] = "They who really wish to advance in the ways of God must give themselves into the hands of their superiors always and in everything; and they who are not living under obedience must subject themselves of their own accord to a learned and discreet confessor, whom they must obey in the place of God, disclosing to him with perfect freedom and simplicity the affairs of their soul, and they should never come to any resolution without his advice."; | ||
maxim[1][17] = "There is nothing which gives greater security to our actions or more effectually cuts the snares the devil lays for us than to follow another person’s will rather than our own in doing good."; | maxim[1][17] = "There is nothing which gives greater security to our actions or more effectually cuts the snares the devil lays for us than to follow another person’s will rather than our own in doing good."; | ||
maxim[1][18] = "Before a man chooses his confessor, he ought to think well about it | maxim[1][18] = "Before a man chooses his confessor, he ought to think well about it and also pray about it; but when he has once chosen, he ought not to change, except for most urgent reasons, but put the utmost confidence in his director."; | ||
maxim[1][19] = "When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."; | maxim[1][19] = "When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."; | ||
maxim[1][20] = "Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or labor, are any hindrance to the service of God."; | maxim[1][20] = "Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or labor, are any hindrance to the service of God."; | ||
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