26 April 2025
The beginning of all temptation lies in a wavering mind and little trust
in God, for as a rudderless ship is driven hither and yon by waves, so a
careless and irresolute man is tempted in many ways. Fire tempers iron and
temptation steels the just. Often we do not know what we can stand, but
temptation shows us what we are. Above all, we must be especially alert against
the beginnings of temptation, for the enemy is more easily conquered if he is
refused admittance to the mind and is met beyond the threshold when he knocks.
Saint Francis de Sales
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