19 January 2021

Catechesis: Our Father

This, then, is what “leading us not into temptation” means: when God gives us power and strength to resist, even though the attack is not removed or ended.—LC III:106

But no one can be harmed by merely experiencing an attack, as long as it is contrary to our will and we would prefer to be rid of it... But to consent to it is to give it free rein and neither to resist it nor to pray for help against it.—LC III:108

If you attempt to help yourself by your own thoughts and resources, you will only make the matter worse and give the devil a wider opening.—LC III:111

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