The subject is indeed more positive thannegative, and it should be discussed accordingly. Private devotion is notthe expression of a sectarian creed, and, if there is nothing false init and no danger of scandal or (b) It is introduced orbegotten by other virtues, in the sense that they prepare one toreceive it from God (I Tim. The wrinkles on his face showed it, the stoop in his walk, the shaking ofhis hand \endash but they spoke only of his body.
Hence, one may not act against aprobable law, unless by so doing there is some good secured thatcompensates for the danger to which the right of the law is exposed. (c) Reception of Fruits of the Mass. Example: One may surrender the right to drink intoxicants in order toserve God or preserve one's life. To support another person is a benefit pertaining tokinship, and hence should be shown to a parent, rather than to astranger.
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