41 RESOLUTIONS OF ST. GABRIEL (POSENTI) OF THE SORROWFUL MOTHER
1. I will keep my rule, even the smallest thing.
2. I will not neglect any of my spiritual exercises.
3. I will shun idleness.
4. I will be punctual.
5. I will obey the sound of the bell as though it were the voice of God.
6. I will receive all things from the hand of God, as being sent by Him for my own personal benefit.
7. I will profit by every occasion for mortification that may occur.
8. I will fulfil exactly my ordinary duties, mortifying self in whatever would prove an obstacle to perfect obedience.
9. I will mortify my eyes and my tongue.
10. I will not leave my cell without necessity.
11. I will not inquire after anything through curiosity.
12. I will check my desire to talk.
13. I will increase the number of such like acts daily.
14. I will not take any food outside of mealtime.
15. I am poor and I should act accordingly.
16. I should be willing to put up with any inconvenience gladly.
17. I will not eat with avidity, but rather with reserve and with modesty, subjecting my appetite to reason.
18. I will mortify myself in ordinary things and whatever I feel inclined to do, saying in my heart: “O my God, I will not do this thing through mere inclination, but because it is thy will”.
19. I will be reserved toward those to whom I feel most inclined, prudently avoiding their presence and conversation.
20. I will not utter a word that might, in the least, turn to my praise.
21. I will not take pleasure in any praise bestowed upon me.
22. I will never excuse myself when I am blamed or corrected, nor even resent it interiorly, much less put the blame upon others.
23. I will never speak of the faults of others, even though they may be public, nor will I ever show want of esteem for others, whether in their presence or in their absence.
24. I will not judge ill of anyone.
25. I will show the good opinion I have of each one by covering up his faults.
26. I will consider everyone my superior, treating all with humility and reverence.
27. I will rejoice at the good done by others.
28. I will not permit myself to become interested in vain and useless things.
29. I will rejoice at the success of others.
30. I will practice charity and kindness, assisting, serving and pleasing all.
31. I will shun particular friendships, so as to offend no one.
32. Every morning and evening I will practice some act of humility, and gradually increase the number.
33. I will close my heart against disquiet of any kind.
34. I will suppress immediately all emotions of impetuosity and all affections that might cloud my mind, even lightly.
35. I will obey the voice of the Superior as if it were the voice of God himself.
36. In my obedience I will neither examine the why nor the wherefore.
37. I will conform my judgment to that of my Superior.
38. I will not employ time in conversing about purely worldly matters.
39. “Faithfulness in little things” is the motto I will always follow in my efforts to reach holiness.
40. I will try to reproduce in myself whatever I see edifying and virtuous in the conduct of others.
41. I will give to God the best that I have — the entire affection of my heart.
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