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Once you start your spiritual Journey, it is important to make resolutions.

So that we will not fall back into sin.

Some examples of resolutions are like this

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla saintgianna.org/ Resolutions:
  1. To do all things for the Lord… To serve God, I will not go to the movies without being sure that the film is suitable and not scandalous or immoral…
  2. I prefer to die rather than commit a mortal sin…
  3. To say the «Hail Mary» every day so that the Lord might give me a holy death…
  4. I wish to fear mortal sin as if it were a serpent and I repeat I would die a thousand times rather than offend the Lord.
  5. I wish to ask the Lord to help me not to go to hell and therefore to avoid all that would harm my soul.
  6. I beg the Lord to help me understand his great mercy.
  7. I propose to obey M.M. and to study even though I don’t feel like it, for the love of Jesus.
  8. From this day on, I wish to pray on my knees in the morning in church just as I do in my room in the evening at the foot of my bed.
  9. The way of humiliation is the shortest way to reach holiness. To pray that the Lord lead me to Paradise.
"Resolutions made by me, Dominic Savio, in the year 1849, on the day of my First Communion, at the age of seven.
  1. I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows.
  2. I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner.
  3. My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
  4. Death rather than sin.
St Gemma Galgani stgemmagalgani.com/ First Communion Resolutions
  1. I will receive Confession and Communion each time as though it were my last
  2. I will visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament often, especially when I am afflicted.
  3. I will prepare myself for every feast of our Blessed Mother by some mortification, and every evening I will ask my heavenly Mother’s blessing.
  4. I want to remain always in the presence of God.
  5. Every time the clock strikes I will repeat three times: My Jesus, mercy.

    I would have liked to add more resolutions to these but my teacher would not permit it. And she had good reason, for within a year after I returned to my family I had forgotten these resolutions as well as the good advice I had received and I became worse than before.
Some examples of resolutions, taken from St. Anthony Mary Claret’s resolution:
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Resolutions.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Timetable of a typical week (taken from carthusian monks, you can adapt to your schedule)
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Thisisatimetableofatypicalweek.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Books of prayer (you can make your own):
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Prayers.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

May the merciful Jesus bless you on your spiritual life.

Start makin resolutions, it will help you tremendeously to attain perfection and to be holy:thumbsup:

We are all called to be great saints, don’t miss the opportunity (Mother Angelica)

To be holy, we must read the lives of the saints, and imitate them:

saintsbooks.net
 
I adapted St. Anthony Mary Claret’s Resolution and some other saints’ compiled it in a ms word format, and my life has changed tremendeously!👍

I read it every sunday in imitation of him
 
mariafransisca1 said:
Once you start your spiritual Journey, it is important to make resolutions.

So that we will not fall back into sin.

Some examples of resolutions are like this

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla saintgianna.org/ Resolutions:
  1. To do all things for the Lord… To serve God, I will not go to the movies without being sure that the film is suitable and not scandalous or immoral…
  2. I prefer to die rather than commit a mortal sin…
  3. To say the «Hail Mary» every day so that the Lord might give me a holy death…
  4. I wish to fear mortal sin as if it were a serpent and I repeat I would die a thousand times rather than offend the Lord.
  5. I wish to ask the Lord to help me not to go to hell and therefore to avoid all that would harm my soul.
  6. I beg the Lord to help me understand his great mercy.
  7. I propose to obey M.M. and to study even though I don’t feel like it, for the love of Jesus.
  8. From this day on, I wish to pray on my knees in the morning in church just as I do in my room in the evening at the foot of my bed.
  9. The way of humiliation is the shortest way to reach holiness. To pray that the Lord lead me to Paradise.
"Resolutions made by me, Dominic Savio, in the year 1849, on the day of my First Communion, at the age of seven.
  1. I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows.
  2. I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner.
  3. My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
  4. Death rather than sin.
St Gemma Galgani stgemmagalgani.com/ First Communion Resolutions
  1. I will receive Confession and Communion each time as though it were my last
  2. I will visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament often, especially when I am afflicted.
  3. I will prepare myself for every feast of our Blessed Mother by some mortification, and every evening I will ask my heavenly Mother’s blessing.
  4. I want to remain always in the presence of God.
  5. Every time the clock strikes I will repeat three times: My Jesus, mercy.

    I would have liked to add more resolutions to these but my teacher would not permit it. And she had good reason, for within a year after I returned to my family I had forgotten these resolutions as well as the good advice I had received and I became worse than before.
Some examples of resolutions, taken from St. Anthony Mary Claret’s resolution:
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Resolutions.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Timetable of a typical week (taken from carthusian monks, you can adapt to your schedule)
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Thisisatimetableofatypicalweek.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Books of prayer (you can make your own):
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Prayers.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

May the merciful Jesus bless you on your spiritual life.

Start makin resolutions, it will help you tremendeously to attain perfection and to be holy:thumbsup:

We are all called to be great saints, don’t miss the opportunity (Mother Angelica)

To be holy, we must read the lives of the saints, and imitate them:

saintsbooks.net
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Everyone falls back into sin sometimes whether we make resolutions or not.
I’m generally against resolutions.
 
You usually come across it when you read their website:

stgemmagalgani.com/
saintgianna.com/

Or read the works or lives of the saints

My compiled resolutions is from St. Anthony Mary Claret, St. Faustina Kowalska, and St. Dominic Savio’s resolutions.

They are found in these works
Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret
saintsworks.net/books/St.%20Anthony%20Mary%20Claret%20-%20The%20Autobiography%20of.pdf

Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska
saintsworks.net/books/St.%20Faustina%20Kowalska%20-%20Diary.pdf

Life of St. Dominic Savio, by St. Don bosco
saintsworks.net/books/St.%20John%20Bosco%20-%20The%20Life%20of%20Dominic%20Savio.rtf

They are available online and for free

saintsbooks.net/BooksList.html
saintsbookscatechisms.blogspot.com/
 
We do not need resolutions. All Catholics should do their best to live in accordance with the teachings of the Church. What else do we need??
 
mariafransisca1 said:
Once you start your spiritual Journey, it is important to make resolutions.

So that we will not fall back into sin.

Some examples of resolutions are like this

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla saintgianna.org/ Resolutions:
  1. To do all things for the Lord… To serve God, I will not go to the movies without being sure that the film is suitable and not scandalous or immoral…
  2. I prefer to die rather than commit a mortal sin…
  3. To say the «Hail Mary» every day so that the Lord might give me a holy death…
  4. I wish to fear mortal sin as if it were a serpent and I repeat I would die a thousand times rather than offend the Lord.
  5. I wish to ask the Lord to help me not to go to hell and therefore to avoid all that would harm my soul.
  6. I beg the Lord to help me understand his great mercy.
  7. I propose to obey M.M. and to study even though I don’t feel like it, for the love of Jesus.
  8. From this day on, I wish to pray on my knees in the morning in church just as I do in my room in the evening at the foot of my bed.
  9. The way of humiliation is the shortest way to reach holiness. To pray that the Lord lead me to Paradise.
"Resolutions made by me, Dominic Savio, in the year 1849, on the day of my First Communion, at the age of seven.
  1. I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows.
  2. I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner.
  3. My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
  4. Death rather than sin.
St Gemma Galgani stgemmagalgani.com/ First Communion Resolutions
  1. I will receive Confession and Communion each time as though it were my last
  2. I will visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament often, especially when I am afflicted.
  3. I will prepare myself for every feast of our Blessed Mother by some mortification, and every evening I will ask my heavenly Mother’s blessing.
  4. I want to remain always in the presence of God.
  5. Every time the clock strikes I will repeat three times: My Jesus, mercy.

    I would have liked to add more resolutions to these but my teacher would not permit it. And she had good reason, for within a year after I returned to my family I had forgotten these resolutions as well as the good advice I had received and I became worse than before.
Some examples of resolutions, taken from St. Anthony Mary Claret’s resolution:
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Resolutions.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Timetable of a typical week (taken from carthusian monks, you can adapt to your schedule)
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Thisisatimetableofatypicalweek.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Books of prayer (you can make your own):
sites.google.com/site/catholiclibrary1/catholic-books/Prayers.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

May the merciful Jesus bless you on your spiritual life.

Start makin resolutions, it will help you tremendeously to attain perfection and to be holy:thumbsup:

We are all called to be great saints, don’t miss the opportunity (Mother Angelica)

To be holy, we must read the lives of the saints, and imitate them:

saintsbooks.net
Click to expand...
Excellent links. Thanks for posting. Making resolutions is SO important. You’d laugh at a business that had no business plan, we should show even greater seriousness with our faith and strive for constant improvement and education. Making resolutions prevents stagnation. So what if we don’t achieve them all? Try again. To begin is to succeed.
 
thistle said:
We do not need resolutions. All Catholics should do their best to live in accordance with the teachings of the Church. What else do we need??
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What about the Act of Contrition, Where we say, “…I firmly RESOLVE, with the help of Thy Grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin”? I think we become more resolved by repeating the resolutions, even as often as we fall back. We must continually rise and try again.
 
MusherMaggie said:
What about the Act of Contrition, Where we say, “…I firmly RESOLVE, with the help of Thy Grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin”? I think we become more resolved by repeating the resolutions, even as often as we fall back. We must continually rise and try again.
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Very well said
 
MusherMaggie said:
What about the Act of Contrition, Where we say, “…I firmly RESOLVE, with the help of Thy Grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin”? I think we become more resolved by repeating the resolutions, even as often as we fall back. We must continually rise and try again.
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That’s not the general type of resolution the OP is alluding to. She is advocating hundreds of specific resolutions which I think is totally unneccessary.
 
Hundreds, no–a bit much. However, I think the few mentioned in the above posts are admirable and attainable, at least to some degree.
 
Thanks for the link–I’ve bookmarked it–may I share it with others?
 
Thanks for sharing this, dear MariaFransisca. You’re a blessing.

Love,
Jonathan
 
The book, secrets of sanctity is highly recommended. It will teach you the need to go to confession before receiving the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ in the eucharist.

After reading that, I try to prepare myself before receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, by going to confession weekly.

Eucharist is a source of Joy, it used to be a burden. Confession makes you pure in heart, and a pure heart can see God.
 
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