Self Conquest

Imprimatur, 1936. 270 page book. “Striving after perfection is but another way of saying: self-conquest.” Let your reflections upon the Thoughts contained in this present volume be thoroughly practical, so that they may culminate in a firm resolution, renewed day after day, to advance in the way of self-conquest and perfection; to overcome your evil inclinations and to practise those virtues which are exemplified in the lives of the saints. The purpose of this little book is to foster among the faithful in general the spirit of prayerful recollection, to the end that they may attain to the perfection which in inculcated so strongly and so persistently in the Sacred Scriptures.