on one's own initiative

“Modifying on one’s own initiative the form of the celebration of a sacrament does not only constitute a liturgical abuse … but a wound inflicted upon the ecclesial communion,” the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said in the note .

“No member of this court or any other person is able to go online and publish an article on Oath’s HuffPost website on one’s own initiative.”

The outcome, several experts said, can be a confounding mix of overreaction to orders and reluctance to act on one’s own initiative.

It is never permissible to wait until driven into action by superior commands, but one must always endeavour to reap, on one's own initiative, the utmost possibilities the situation holds out.

If undertaken on one's own initiative it might be risky, and certainly always is a highly expensive affair.