> [[at-sl-16|← B1 Ch. III]] # "Footnotes — Book I, Ch. Iii: Mortification" 1 ST. THOMAS, whose principal texts are quoted by TH. DE VALLGORNERA, op. cit., q. II, disp. II-IV; PHILIP, A S. TRINITATE, op. cit., Ia P., Tr. II, disc. I-IV; ALVAREZ DE PAZ, t. II, lib. II, De mortificatione; SCARAMELLI, Guide ascétique, Tr. II, a. 1-6; RODRIGUEZ, Practice of Christian Perfection, Part II, Tr. I and II: TRONSON, Exam. part., CXXIX-CLXIX; MGR GAY, Christian Life and Virtues, Tr. VII; MEYNARD, Tr. de la vie intérieure, L I, ch. II-IV; A. CHEVRIER, Le Véritable disciple, IIe P., p. 119-323; ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Devout Life, Part. III, C. 23-28, 34; MEYER, Science of the Saints, C. 5-7; MATURIN, Self-Knowledge and Self-Discipline; MESCHLER, Three Fundamental Principles of the Spiritual Life, P. II. 2 Luke, XIV, 33. 3 Luke, V, 11. 1 Luke, IX, 23. 2 Coloss., III, 5. 3 Rom., VIII, 13. 4 Galat V, 24. 5 Coloss. III, 3. 6 Rom., VI, 4. 7 Coloss., III, 9-10. 8 II Tim. IV, 7. 1 Matth., V, 28. 1 Matth., V, 29. 2 Rom., VIII, 13. 3 We treated more at length of these occasions of sin in our Synopsis Theologiæ moralis, De Pænitentiâ, n. 524–536. 1 The Following of Christ, Bk. I, C. 25. 2 These motives are similar to those we explained with regard to penance, n. 736 and foll. Penance is in reality but mortification that repairs past faults. 3 Cat. for an Int. Life, P. I, Lesson IV. 1 OLIER, Cat, for an Int. Life, Part I, Lesson VII. 2 Following of Christ, Bk. II, C. XII, v. 7. 3 Luke IX, 23. Read the beautiful commentary on this text in the Circular Letter to the Friends of the Cross by the Blessed L. GRIGNION DE MONTFORT. 1 Sermo V in festo omnium Sanctorum, n. 9. 2 Coloss., I, 24. 3 Heb., XII, 4. 1 Cor., IX, 25. 1 Examens part., Ier Ex. de la Mortification. 2 Matth., XIX, 29; Mark, X, 29-30, where it is said: “An hundred times as much, now in this time.” 3 Philip., IV, 7. 4 II Cor., VII, 4. [1] The Following of Christ, Bk. II, c. 12. [2] Since mortification is defined as the struggle against our evil inclinations, it must be practiced first of all in resisting temptations. This aspect of mortification will be treated in nos 900 and following. It is next practiced in overcoming our evil inclinations, our vices. This will be seen in nos 818 and following. Here we speak only of the mortification of our faculties, or rather of their inordinate tendencies. It must be noted that the word mortification is not used in exactly the same sense when we speak of the mortification of our sins and vices as when we speak of the mortification of our faculties. In the former case it means destroying, putting to death; in the latter it means correcting, training, disciplining. [1] Devout Life, Part III, c. XXIII. [1] I Cor., IX, 27. [1] I Cor., VI, 15. 19. [2] Devout Life, Part III, c. XXV. [3] To resume the practices of corporal mortification is one of the most effective means of regaining lost joy of spirit and fervor of soul: “Let us go back to our bodily mortifications. Let us bruise our flesh and draw a little of our blood, and we shall be happy as the day is long. If the Saints are such gay spirits, and monks and nuns such unaccountably cheerful creatures, it is simply because their bodies, like St. Paul’s, are chastised and kept under with an unflinching sharpness and a vigorous discretion.” (FABER, The Blessed Sacrament, Book II, Section VII). [1] Matth., V, 28. [2] Eccli., IX, 5. [3] I Cor., XV. 33. 1 Proverbs, X, 19. 1 St. THOM., Ia IIæ, q. 22-48; SUAREZ, disp. III; SÉNAULT, De l’usage des passions; DESCURET, La médecine des passions; BELOUINO, Des passions; TH. RIBOT, La psychologie des sentiments; La logique des sentiments; PAYOT, The Education of the Will; Cursus Asceticus, I, P. 157–236; MEYER, The Science of the Saints, II-IV; MESCHLER, Three Fundamental Principles of the Spiritual Life, P. II, C. X-XV; P. JANVIER, Caréme 1905; H. D. NOBLE, L’ éducation des passions. 1 De la connaissance de Dieu et dc soi-même C. I, n. 6. 1 The Ascent of Carmel, Bk. I, C. VI; See chapters VI-XII of the same book, wherein the Saint explains in a wonderful way the hurtful effects of the appetites, that is, of the passions. We but briefly sum up his thought. 1 Ascent of Carmel, Bk. I, C. XI. 2 Ascent of Carmel, Bk. I, C. XI. 1 EYMIEU, Le gouvernement de soi-mème, t. I, 3e Principe. 1 Ps. CXVIII, 163. 1 Mark., VI, 31. 1 Cursus Asceticus, I. P., 94-102. MATURIN, Self-Knowledge and Self-Discipline, P. 141-179; PAYOT, The Education of the Will, Bk. II, C. I, III. 1 S. BERNARD, In Cant., sermon XXXVI, n. 3. 2 Epist., LV, C. 22, n. 39, P. L., XXXIII, 223. 3 SCUPOLI, Spiritual Combat, C. IX. 4 Loc. cit. 5 Sermo III Paschæ, n. 4. 6 DENZING., n. 1796. 1 Acts, IX. 6. 1 Phil., IV, 13. 2 Ps. CXVII, 14. --- > [[at-sl-16|← B1 Ch. III]]