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What God
expects of us, above all else, is a serious application to conquering our
passions…[in order to obtain Christian perfection] you must resolve on a
perpetual war with yourself…begin by providing yourself with four weapons,
without which it is impossible to gain the victory in this spiritual
combat. These four things are: distrust
of one's self; confidence in God; proper use of the faculties of body and mind;
and the duty of prayer.
Dom Lorenzo Scupoli