Thursday, October 2, 2014

Five enemies against Five Virtues


Those are the five enemies we have to combat, of which the first is prudence of the flesh, the second is a wish to appear to be someone in the eyes of others, the third is the desire to have everyone always submit to our judgment and will; the fourth is to seek our own satisfaction in everything, and the fifth is insensitivity for the glory of God and the salvation of our neighbor. Let’s work courageously to destroy these enemies; let’s arm ourselves with simplicity and candor, let's give ourselves to God to acquire gentleness, humility, mortification, and zeal for souls. (22 August 1659; SV XII, 261)

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