Rectitude

Rectitude by Antonin Sertillanges, OP, translated by the Dominican Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park, California, 244 pages

If "recollection" is the awakening of the mind to the order of the world, "rectitude" is the orientation of the will into harmony with that order.  The word Fr Sertillanges returns to again and again in these reflections is "integrity", by which he means, not merely "uprightness", but the disposition of every part of the whole human person according to the hierarchy of values.  This right order of the soul is built on a foundation of humility - humility, which is strong where pride is weak.  Sin disorders the soul and disintegrates the personality.

The meditations in Rectitude seem generally stronger than those in Recollection, although this is probably primarily the result of a tighter thematic focus.