"We tend to concentrate on ourselves, we tend to think of what we can or cannot do, and we forget about God and his will and his providence.” —Walter J. Ciszek SJ

Be At War With Yourself



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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

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