Self-Conquest
Once a day, at least, recall very earnestly that
I Cor. iii. 15Ꚛ Twenty-eighth Day of November
There are only two virtues in Himself which our Saviour expressly invites us to imitate. The first is charity: “A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another, as I have loved you.” (John xiii. 34.) The second is humility: “Learn of Me because I am meek and humble of heart.” (Matt. xi. 29.) Jesus, being most humble, was therefore most meek: “Who when He was reviled did not revile; when He suffered. He threatened not; but delivered Himself to him that judged Him unjustly.” (1 Pet. ii. 23.) “I have given my body to the strikers and my cheeks to them that plucked them. I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me” (Is. 1. 6). How often in the Passion those words recur: “Jesus held His peace!”
The moral power of meekness is irresistible; the hardest heart must yield to it. Let me practise myself in the use of this potent weapon, and conquer others by conquering myself; for the proud and self-assertive are hateful both to men and to God, and have no part in His kingdom.
―Thoughts of Many Hearts
Ask yourself: how does this matter affect me personally, what lesson does it convey to me, what suggestion for a better life, how can I improve my conduct; resolve to become a saint at any cost; think upon the eternal years; pray to the Holy Ghost that He may lead you in the way of perfection; finally recite attentively and devotedly the following Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit:
Oh Holy Spirit, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to Thee my understanding, heart, and will, my whole being for time and for eternity. May my understanding be always submissive to Thy heavenly inspirations, and to the teaching of the Church, of which Thou art the infallible guide; may my heart be ever inflamed with love of God and of my neighbor; may my will be ever conformed to the divine will, and may my whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtue of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to Whom with the Father and Thee be honor and glory forever. Amen.
Self-Conquest. Rev. F. X. Lasance. 1936. 
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