“REFLECT frequently, therefore, that a single aspiration, an ejaculatory prayer, a genuflection, the least mark of respect for the divine majesty, is of greater value than all the treasures of the earth, and that every time a person mortifies his inclinations, the angels present him a crown of glory in recompence for the victory gained over himself. On the contrary, God withdraws his graces by degrees from the slothful who neglect them, and heaps them on the fervent who by their means, as faithful servants, may one day enter into the joy of their Lord, Mat. xxv. 21.”

— Dom Lorenzo Scupoli, The Spiritual Combat

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