Thought of the Day June 19, 2025 What is our focus?

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 "A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either rule them or be ruled by them. It is better to be the hammer than the anvil." St. Dominic


It is hard but not impossible to govern our passions. How often people prefer to be hammered by their passions into a type of slavery than to choose with grace to master the passions. The reason we fail many times is that we make the passions the center of our lives, to which we bow down in worship as to an idol. What would happen if we make Jesus the center of our lives, bowing down only to him? Our passions will remain, but they would lose their power over us. This will not happen quickly, since the dominance of the passions has taken place over a long period of time. But if we persist in focusing on Jesus, even if we fall short at times, then this focus will become stronger and remain longer. 

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