"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

Confronting Temptation

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In our combating of temptation there are six main things to be done: forestall temptation by watchfulness and prayer; resist it manfully; avoid the presumption that you can dally with evil and conquer it at will; avoid the occasions of sin persons, places and things; acquire a healthy distrust of self and confidence in God's help; and resist temptation promptly and perseveringly. 

Father Charles Hugo Doyle

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