Learn how to serve God with your own strength

June 27

How happy is the inner realm where this holy love reigns there!How happy are the powers of our soul when they obey a king so wise! No, my dear father, under his obedience and his kingdom, he does not let us have no serious sin or disordered affection, not even mild. True, he leaves them close to the border, in order to exercise the inner virtues in combat to make them stronger, it is also true that it allows the spies, which are venial sins and imperfections, run back and back in his kingdom, but he allows this to let us know that without your help, we would be prey to our enemies. Humble ourselves much, my good father, and confess that, if God is not our armor and our shield, we would be immediately injured by all sorts of sins. And that is why we must always rely on God, persevering in our exercises and learning to serve God with our own strength.
(July 23, 1917, Fr Benedict of San Marco in Lamis - Letters. I, p. 914)