Thursday, March 30, 2006

Sinner, Know Thyself

If your like myself, you find that time after time you pretty much bring the same sins to the confessional. It seems we all have a predominant fault or two to struggle against in our attempt to progress in the spiritual life.

Recently, I came across a
quiz on the FISH-EATERS website entitled "Your Medieval Personality Type". It's become a new tool that has given me hope of overcoming or, at the very least, lessening the times I fall victim to my predominant fault. If you take the time to answer the questions honestly as you work through the quiz, you should determine the type of temperament you possess. Once determined, you are given a description of your temperament taken from "The Four Temperaments" by Reverend Conrad Hook.

Here is where the real knowledge of thyself begins. First your given a general overview of your temperament. From this point a more in-depth study begins: the fundamental disposition; peculiarities; the bright side of the temperament; the dark side of the temperament; methods for self-training and important points of training.

Armed with this knowledge, one soon begins to recognize the situations in his daily life that hold the greatest potential for sinning. We may not always gain a total victory over our predominant fault but every weapon we can add to our arsenal in the spiritual combat is one more aid in our attempts to foul the snares of the devil.

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