Devotion of the day: remedies on dominant passion

Resolve in fighting it. The dominant passion is generally the most difficult internal cross to bear; it is a martyrdom for good souls! Always fought, always rising again; when you believe it has been won, it still shows strength. The continuous falls discourage: after twenty years of struggle, finding ourselves all over again arouses melancholy and distrust in us: everything is believed to be lost!, .. Courage, fight again; as long as you are victorious in the last moment of life, that's enough, says the Imitation.

General remedies. 1 ° It is necessary to know it to know how to fight it; and this comes with the careful examination of conscience, with the questioning of a sincere friend or one's confessor. Have you practiced it? 2 ° To be convinced of the importance of fighting it; here there is no means: either to win, or to remain defeated! If we are its slaves in life, we will be victims of it in eternity ... Do you think about it? 3 ° They help to victory, meditation, the Sacraments, mortifications.

Special remedies. 1 ° To make internal and external acts of the opposite virtue to the dominant passion: of humility for the proud, of patience for the angry, of gentleness and charity for the envious, of purity of intention for the vain. 2 ° To use great diligence in preventing opportunities from falling, offering us the means to win. 3 ° Take the particular exam on passion, to know our progress. But who uses these means sure of victory? Let's practice them.

PRACTICE. He takes the particular exam on the dominant passion.