Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations. The one who cries from the ends of the earth is in anguish, but is not left on his own… We have heard in the gospel how the Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
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