If a man prays that he may cast throw out someone else’s demons, how much more so that he may cast out his own avarice? How much more so that he may cast out his own drunkenness? How much more so that he may cast out his own dissipation? How much more so that he may cast out his own impurity? How great are the sins in human beings? If they persevere in them, they do not allow them to enter the kingdom of heaven!—St. Augustine, Sermon 80 on St. Matthew
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