Isn't this enough reason to fight?

September 5
Cheer up! Jesus, through whom he has chosen for your guide, also speaks to you the same voice that made St. Paul hear. Fight as brave and you will get the prize of strong souls. Never abandon yourself. In times when the struggle is tougher and the strongest dejection, he turns to prayer; trust God and you will never succumb to temptation. You must know that, if the Lord puts you to the test, He will never allow it to be superior to your strength. If the world despises you, rejoice, because the first hatred was borne by the author of life, the divine Master. If you live troubled and afflicted by all kinds of hardships, temptations and trials by the devil and his henchmen, look up, cheer up; The Lord is with you and there is no place for fear.
The enemy makes war on you, but he can never bite you. Fight as brave; Always fight against the appetites of the flesh, against the vanities of the world, against the seductions of gold and honors, with which the devil continually tempts you. It is true that the fight is terrible and the fight is painful; but, up hearts !; have your eyes fixed high; May they stimulate you the merit of triumph, the ineffable consolation, the immortal glory that with this we give to God.
 (September 4, 1916, to María Gargani - Ep. III, p. 241)

Spiritual direction should be something intrinsic, necessary, indispensable, essential in the lives of all Christians. Through the spiritual direction the path of evangelical perfection to which all people are called is being made. Obviously it is not an easy way, because the first step involves leaving oneself, of the "I" itself, to share it with the other. The other that comes to meet us, also with all its psychological, historical, cultural and spiritual burden. However, who has found someone whose trust has generated being accompanied by that "someone" to be better every day according to the Spirit of God, and not according to the world, is a great gift from God.
Through the spiritual director the will of God is discovered more clearly, and at the same time the guts of carrying it out are being carried out. God speaks, acts, and loves through the spiritual director. It is necessary to fight with the weapons of light. God is light and in Him there is no darkness. The fight is becoming increasingly difficult and intense. The physical forces are running out, and you can fall into the sin of temptation that fighting is no longer worth fighting, that nothing will change. Do not! Never succumb! Rush at the feet of Jesus, the Beloved Master who awaits you in the Eucharist to strengthen your soul, mind and heart, so that with new strengths you can lift your heart, with the trust always placed in Him that everything can, again You will be triumphant from the fight. No discouragement, Up, up hearts! Christ has defeated the world and if You remain with Him, you fight with Him, you will receive the unspeakable crown of glory. Isn't this enough reason to fight?Pue. September 5, 2019
Peace and good

Do not be afraid of temptations

September 3
Jesus wants to agitate you, shake you, move you and screen you like wheat, so that your spirit reaches the cleanliness and purity he desires. Could wheat be stored in the barn if it is not clean of all kinds of tares or straw? Can linen be kept in the owner's drawer if it has not turned candid before? And so it must be also in the chosen soul.
I understand that it seems that temptations rather stain that purifies the spirit; but, it is by no means so. Let us listen to the language of the saints in relation to this; and it is enough for you to know what the great Saint Francis de Sales says, that temptations are like soap that, scattered on clothes, seems to make it dirty, but it really cleans it.
(April 11, 1914, Raffaelina Cerase - Ep. II, p. 68)

In our daily life we ​​are constantly encountering a diversity of temptations, some large, some small, some transitory, others insistent. And, nevertheless, we can verify at the same time that they are very few, and most of the times we do not fall into any, by the grace of God. This has to make you realize that the greater and stronger the temptations in your life, and how much more you have the ability to overcome them, without falling into them, pay attention, not to not have them, not to not experience them, but If you are not a prey to their networks, the more virtuous your soul is. You have the strength and grace to face them day by day, with the weapons of God. So, do not be afraid of temptations, fear the tempter who wants to make you fall, but be more aware of God's grace in your life, than of temptation, because grace gives you strength and skill so you can Continue your life on the path of peace. What would happen to us if God left us alone? We would succumb to the first. We would be safe prey to temptations, but as God is with us, we should fear nothing. This is how God uses to purify you, to beautify you and make you more like Him. God is preparing you and training you more and more so that you can witness his love, his faithfulness and his mercy for means of the purification that you are experiencing thanks to the temptations that you are constantly overcoming. Trust Him and He will act.
Pue. September 3, 2019
Peace and good