Meditation For The Day- Devotion to the Soul
'Those who intend to fulfill the Christian way of life
to the best of their ability must first devote all their attention to
the rational, discriminative and directing aspect of the soul.
Perfecting in this way their discrimination between good and evil, and
defending the purity of their nature against the attacks of the passions
that are contrary to nature, they go forward without stumbling, guided
by the eye of discrimination and not embroiled with the impulses of
evil. For the soul's will is able to preserve the body free from the
vitiation of the senses, to keep the soul away from worldly distraction,
and to guard the heart from scattering its thoughts into the world,
completely walling them in and holding them back from base concerns and
pleasures. Whenever the Lord sees someone acting in this manner,
perfecting and guarding himself, disposed to serve Him with fear and
trembling, He extends to him the assistance of His grace. But what will
God do for the person who willingly gives himself up to the world and
pursues its pleasures?'
