Christian quotations by Don Bosco: Mortification

"My dear boy, don’t you know that we must put up with a little suffering and learn to subdue our flesh in order to win Heaven?"

"[To the weak of health and the elderly]
As regard bodily penances, these are not good for you. For persons who are well advanced in age it is enough that they put up with the pains of old age for the love of God. For persons of weak health, it is enough for them to bear their discomfort patiently, for the love of God, and follow the advice of their doctors or of their relatives, in a spirit of obedience. Enjoy well prepared food out of obedience…. Submit to the holy Will of the most loving God in everything."

"To one who tells you that it is not good to treat your body so rigorously, answer this: “The one who on earth refuses to suffer with Jesus Christ will be unable to rejoice with Jesus Christ in Heaven.”"

"[To the directors of the houses]
Your mortification should be your diligence in doing your duties and in putting up with the annoyances of others."

"Mortify your eyes now, so that you may see the glory of Our Blessed Mother and the glories of Heaven in a purer way."

"Not all of us can fast, or undertake arduous journeys in God’s service, or give generous alms, but we can all love. All it takes is the sincere desire to do so."

"It [obedience] is the surest way to scale the heights of perfection. There may be some, for instance, who wish to do penance and fast although their superior advised otherwise. Let us obey, because then we shall be sure of doing God’s Will and climbing higher on the ladder of sanctity."

"Guard your eyes since they are the windows through which sin enters the soul."

"[To the first Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians]
Don’t walk either too quickly or too slowly. Your bearing should always be modest and recollected, but serene and unaffected. Keep your eyes down, but not your head. Let your whole way of acting show that you are religious, that is, consecrated to God."

"Begin to practice self-denial in little things, so that later you will be able to do so in bigger ones."

"Guard your eyes so that one day you may deserve to gaze upon the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven."

"There are plenty of ways to practice mortification! Just patiently endure cold, heat, sickness, troubles, people, happenings, and so forth."

"Do not pamper your body; guard your senses, especially your eyes. Above all, avoid bad reading. If a book, indifferent in itself, should upset you, put it away. Willingly read good books, preferably those which treat of the Blessed Sacrament and of Mary."

"[Regarding mortification of the eyes]
This act of self-denial is purity’s effective safeguard."

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