There are many people who, when they sin or are injured, frequently blame the enemy or their neighbor. (Gn 3:12-13) But it is not so, because each one has the enemy in his power, that is his body through which he sins.
Blessed is the servant, (Mt 24:46) then, who always holds captive the enemy delivered into his power and wisely safeguards himself from him, because, as long as he does this, no other enemy visible or invisible will be able to harm him.
ADMONITIONS X – CASTIGATING THE BODY
St. Francis of Assisi
Source: St. Francis of Assisi, The Saint, Early Documents
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