Self-Control
A Catholic Bible study: Self-Control.
The plan is free to read here. In the app it arrives one day at a time, with the full passage and audio.
What the plan covers
- Day 16 min
The Spirit's Power to Choose
Self-control is not a virtue the spiritually advanced achieve through heroic willpower. It is a fruit — something that g
- Day 26 min
Training the Body, Leading the Soul
Paul uses athletic language for the spiritual life repeatedly, and here he is most direct: he disciplines his body and s
- Day 36 min
Respond, Don't React
Proverbs places the self-governed person above the military conqueror: greater than the one who takes a city is the one
- Day 46 min
Winning the Battle of the Mind
Self-control does not begin in behavior. It begins in thought. Every action is preceded by a thought — or by many though
- Day 56 min
Delayed Gratification, Lasting Reward
The Christian life is a life in which grace trains us. Titus 2 makes this explicit: the grace of God has appeared — the
- Day 66 min
Mastering the Tongue
James sets a challenging standard and then immediately humanizes it: "we all make many mistakes." The person who never s
- Day 76 min
Living Free and Fully Surrendered
Self-control is not the virtue of the imprisoned — it is the virtue of the free. Galatians 5:1 announces this with extra