“I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him Who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and its lust: but he that does the will of God abides forever.” – St. John the Apostle
Comment: Throughout all stages of our lives, we are called to continual warfare. With the Enemy and against his works, with the World and against its system, attitudes, and values, and with the Passions, because the greatest conquest is the conquest of self. – DD