The world, the flesh, and the devil

[Therese]

Please forgive me for not giving citations for my above quotations and for not putting them in quotation marks.  Here are the citations for replies 19, 20 and 27:

Reply 19: No Crisis in the Church by Simon Galloway, p. 69-70
Reply 20:                          "                               , p. 74
Reply 27:                          "                               , p. 56

God bless you!

[whiterockdove]

Odhiambo, I found  some saints quotes on your topic of the world, the flesh and the devil.
I think about this a lot and  I sure fall down a lot in this area!
 The battle is in the heart! Thanks be to God, I am not totally lost all the time.



"The intellect will go on looking for sensual pleasures until you subjugate the flesh and devote yourself to contemplation."
St. Thalassios The Libyan


"Who could count all those who had wealth, power, honor?
But their glory, their riches were only lent to them and they wore themselves out in preserving and increasing that which they were forced to abandon  one day.
_St. Ignatius of Loyola

These are a few, I will look for more.

God Bless you, my friend!

[Shin]

Yes we have to devote ourselves to contemplative prayer to free ourselves from the natural life..

It reminds me of a quote about how important it is to start the day off with prayer, lest the entire day be lost.

[whiterockdove]

Yes!
 Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all the prayers, works, joys and sufferings of today; in union with the Holy Sacrifice  of The Mass, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the world, for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, for the intentions of our associates, and for the intention of our Holy  Father.
Amen!

I'm saying this as soon as I wake up.