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Christian Self-Mastery: How to Govern Your Thoughts, Discipline Your Will, and Achieve Balance in Your Spiritual Life Paperback – Abridged, March 1, 2001

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This is the book you need for those times in your life when even your most strenuous efforts to follow Christ end in frustration. Christian Self-Mastery explains why following Him can be so difficult and how you can start now to make progress even in the most vexing areas of your life.

Author Fr. Basil W. Maturin insists that no matter how hard you're trying now, you can have a better relationship with God and greater self-mastery if you follow his simple steps to getting your passions in check and improving your knowledge of your own motives, desires, and fears.

Fr. Maturin emphasizes the crucial role that self-discipline plays in your spiritual life and gives you solid ways you can distinguish it from counterfeits and avoid common mistakes people make when they try to change their habits and live for God.

This extraordinary book will help you in myriad ways to rise above your limitations and truly meet God!

Start on the way to true self-mastery as you learn:


  • Two things you must know in order to make any progress at all in your spiritual life
  • Why it's dangerous for you to try to adopt a large number of spiritual disciplines all at once
  • Self-knowledge: why it involves so much more than its contemporary counterfeit, self-analysis
  • Two ways to avoid self-deception when you look at yourself (caution: you'll probably be surprised at who you really are!)
  • Why self-control and self-denial are not morbid and gloomy, but hopeful and even joyful when undertaken properly
  • Self-discipline: how it will restore your soul to its full power. Three things you must have in order to gain this power
  • The mistake many people make when trying to rid themselves of evil thoughts: are you falling into this trap too?
  • Love: the holy school that will purify and ennoble yours and help you steer clear of prevalent modern counterfeits

    And more that will show you the value of self-mastery and give you solid directions for attaining it!

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    Sophia Institute Press
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    March 1, 2001
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  6. ISBN-10
    1928832210
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1928832218
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"A thought-provoking guide to bringing all of life into conformity with Christ. Essential for everyone who wants to overcome sin." --Patrick Madrid

"Wise, clear, specific, fully biblical, and fully Catholic." --Thomas Howard

"Timeless advice for personal self-discipline and perseverance in the spiritual life. I recommend this classic to all who seek a deeper understanding of themselves and of the Lord." --Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York

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Fr. Basil W. Maturin (1847 1915) was an Anglican priest who became a Catholic priest at age 51. Both before and after his conversion, he was famous for his preaching and psychological insight: he had a profound gift for guiding souls. In 1915 he was on board the Lusitania when a German U-bost sank the ship; he drowned after helping numerous other passengers to safety.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sophia Institute Press; Abridged edition (March 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1928832210
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1928832218
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
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Tom in PalPark
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Helpful!
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2010
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I agree strongly with the review by Cameron B. Clark, so I won't bother going into much detail. I will add only this:

I am a clerical (priesthood track) Brother with a Roman Catholic religious congregation in New Jersey. I purchased this book last year and found it so helpful to my spiritual and psychological growth that am about to order another copy for one of my brother Brothers.

I will also say this. I would urge Brian K., who gave the book such a negative review to give the book another try. I know what he means by "A tenth grade level lecture on sin, with little or no help on how to deal with it." I have wasted precious time and money on such books myself in the past, and I too despise them. They are exercises in negativity, more consonent with Calvinism than Catholicism. This, however, is not such a book. Take, for example, this passage from the chapter called "Control you thoughts."

"He ... who wishes to overcome any habit of evil thoughts must do so indirectly rather than directly, trying not so much not to indulge in anger as to fill the mind with loving and kindly thoughts, meeting discontent by rejoicing in the will of God, self-consciousness by wrapping himself around in the presence of God..."

This is indicative of Maturin's approach throughout the book. The way to get rid of the negative is not by dwelling on it and fighting it, but simply by overwhelming it with that good which is its opposite.

It is true that Maturin discusses our fallen nature, i.e., our sinfullness, especially in the first half of the book. This is only natural, as sin is with us always, causing us and those around us much grief. To avoid the topic would not only be dishonest, it would destroy the need for the rest of the book. After all, if I were not a sinner then, by definition, it would mean that I had already masterd myself, no?
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Michael Mckeown
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2021
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I don’t know why but I seem to be drawn to spiritual writers who converted from Anglicanism. Father Maturin is no exception. His writing has a way of speaking to the heart and helping readers to understand our humanity in a way that allows for understanding our weakness and yet calls us to a higher union with Christ. I would recommend this book to anyone seeking wisdom and insight into the struggles of the human heart.
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YogaGirl
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece!
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2016
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I spent over a year studying this book while an Adoration guardian. I would say it was the catalyst that opened up my mind to the fact that most of us really don't know who we really are or how we affect the lives of others with our behavior. The study of this book led to my reading The Imitation of Christ. Both books have had a profound effect on my life. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to discover the reasons why it is so hard to live the life you wish to live, and why so much of our own behaviors create so much personal suffering.
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Melekali
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantabulous!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2014
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I read this book once in short order and then went through to read it more thoroughly and highlight areas that struck me so I could learn it better. Fr. Maturin is an expert at least in guiding souls to Christian perfection, giving the read all the tools to live a holy life with understanding and comprehension of the issues, dangers and pitfalls in trying to live a good Catholic life. I could not more highly recommend this book than I have here. It is truly a gem everyone should not only have in their library, but should read, study and implement in their life.
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Jennifer A. Brannon
4.0 out of 5 stars Poetic!
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017
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Beautiful writer. I would have loved more concrete suggestions, however. I still highly recommend this book, though! A great read!
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Russ Muller
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the Soul and Mind
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2015
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If you really want to find your REAL self and God and have Jesus come to your heart this book should do it. I highlighted many passages for reference it's very inspiring, there is another of his books that I want had a long time ago and not sure which one but it also had some very inspiring words of wisdom also.
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Monalisa
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully written and valuable book.
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018
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This book reads like poetry in the early pages. It is a very valuable book for those seeking mastery over their will, thoughts, and body.
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D. J. Mahoney
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2018
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Christian Self-Mastery spoke to me in many ways. It is a book that I will be reading again as there is so much thought provoking passages.
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AJL
5.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful!
Reviewed in Australia on July 13, 2020
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According to Kindle, I am 18% of the way through this book, and thus far, I have found it to be incredibly insightful, and enjoyable to read. I highly recommend this book on Christian self-mastery.
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Robert Albertini
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on October 17, 2014
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Sebastián Chacón Pabón
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all, not the best either
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2016
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It indeed talks and expounds a nice perspective of self-mastery and control, I personally enjoyed the description of the different laws that works on us and it's terminology it is easy to follow and clear. Nevertheless it would've been nicer if it focused more in how to apply it?, than just describing why shall we why apply it?.
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