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20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles

them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil
thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery,
greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and

folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Gn 6:5 “the human heart is devious from youth”

WB Yates ”I must lie down where all ladders start, In the foul
rag-and-bone shop of the heart”

Need for Temptation
The symbolic meaning of temptation is that it reveals the
dividedness of our own wills: we are not as good as we

thought. Michael Casey Grace on the journey to God p.56 We
either Fall into discouragement or rigid high standards thus fall
into misery!

St Augustine “only by temptation we come to know ourselves”
John Cassie “there are resident vices present in every human
soul, pre elective tendencies that lead us away from God and

more importantly, cause us to become discouraged and loose
faithful in the possibility of attaining close friendship with God.”

Hebrews 4:1-13

There must still be, therefore, a place of rest reserved for God’s

people, the seventh-day rest, since to reach the place of rest is
to rest after your work, as God did after his. We must therefore
do everything we can to reach this place of rest, or some of you

might copy this example of disobedience and be lost.

Divine Office Prayers and intercessions Easter Monday MP

Christ, our shepherd, lying in the tomb you were hidden from
men;
teach us to love our real life, which is hidden with you in

God.
– Lord, have mercy on us.

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