Outline of Christian Morals

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“Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Science without humanity

Knowledge without character

Politics without principle

Commerce without morality

Worship without sacrifice.

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Responsibilities of flocks   ///

Accordingly to such a spirit and such care, the shepherds and flocks should not be motionless in the matter of salvation, but, betraying themselves to the formation of shepherds, as ready-made material, they themselves should in every way rush to this cause, assist them in this and facilitate their labors. ///

Hence the shepherds, jealous of their salvation, should receive, as the messengers of God, as God Himself, approaching through them; Shepherds, who are pastoral and common Christian virtues, to choose as a model of their lives and try to imitate them. If the pastors of the treasures of the Church are dispensed with, let them address all spiritual needs directly to them, and not somewhere else; and let everyone be in a hurry to his one shepherd, and herewith, when he teaches, to heed when he leads, to submit to obedience, also to ask for sanctification by the sacraments and fencing of his church prayer. ///

For the fact that the shepherd spends almost all the time in acquiring ways to act on them spiritually, they, for their part, should serve him materially, delivering ways of life and food. ///

The main work of the monks is the vigilant, unceasing prayer for the Church, the fatherland, the living and the dead. They are a sacrifice to God from a society which, by betraying them to God, constitutes a fence of them.

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