Be At War With Yourself
(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) 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