Here are the first 15. Read the rest at Canterbury Tales.Maxims for the Direction of a Soul that Desires to Obtain Perfection in the Love of Jesus Christ
by Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ.
- Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
- Often to meditate on his Passion.
- Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love.
- To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions.
- Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
- Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
- To desire Paradise and death, in order to be able to love Jesus Christ perfectly and for all eternity.
- Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
- To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
- To rejoice in the happiness of God.
- To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
- To desire and to endeavor that all should love Jesus Christ.
- To pray always for sinners and for the souls in purgatory.
- To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
