"Temptation overcome," Francis said, "is in a way a wedding ring with which the Lord espouses the soul of his servant to himself. There are many who flatter themselves over their long-standing merits and are happy because they have had to undergo no temptations. But because fright itself would crush them even before the struggle, they should know that their weakness has been taken into consideration by the Lord. For difficult struggles are hardly ever put the way of anyone, except where virtue has been perfected."
Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
CHAPTER LXXXIII
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