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1 John 3:7-10
Psalm 98:1, 7-9
John 1:35-42
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but permits the temptation to continue troubling us. In such a case, let us understand that God permits even this for our greater good. When a soul in temptation recommends itself to God, and by His aid resists, O how it then advances in perfection. -- St. Alphonsus Liguori |