"My Son, thou art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armour will always be needful for thee as long as thou livest.
Thou dwellest among foes, and art
attacked on the right hand and on the left.
If therefore thou use not on all sides the shield of patience, thou wilt not remain long unwounded. Above all, if thou not keep thy heart fixed upon Me with steadfast purpose to bear all things for My sake, thou shalt not be able to bear the fierceness of the attack, nor to attain to the victory of the blessed.
Therefore, must thou struggle bravely all thy life through, and put forth a strong hand against those things which oppose thee. For to him that overcometh is the hidden manna given,
but great misery is reserved for the slothful."
Thomas a Kempis
The Imitation of Christ
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