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765 (SICKNESS/ SPIRITUAL WARMTH - ZEAL) Your main concern should always be your spiritual state, your mental tone and your mental well being! Even when you are sick, make sure you do not stray from this goal! And if you do not make it, just tell God: "My Jesus, at

764 (CHILDREN/ HUMBLE SPIRIT/ SIMPLICITY/ FAITH) In the midst of all the worries, anxieties and fears by which we humans are dominated, we realize the need to approach God with the mind of an infant! (a little child!) The frail and weak body of the infant (or the one who

  763 (ANGER/ DISPUTE/ SOBRIETY/ NEIGHBOUR)  It sometimes happens that we are verbally attacked by someone. Either directly or indirectly (sometimes the latter is worse), or, as I said, hurling words at you directly to your face.  And it is true that in such cases, this operates in us the

  762 (JOY/ SORROWS/ TEMPTATION/ DEATH)  Beware of too much joy (I mean outward joy and too much comfort, for these are a temptation even more difficult than sorrow. During this temptation the person relaxes (in the wrong sense) his spiritual struggle and diminishes his spiritual "nerve".  Let us remember,

  761 (PASSION/ FALL/ REPENTANCE)  Why do we often fall into that passion, that bad habit, even though we decided never to do it again?  This occurs due to three reasons: The lack of sobriety, i.e. alertness and attention to ourselves. With sobriety, you become aware of the danger at

  760 (FALL/ BAD HABITS/ SIN/ ALERT/ REPENTANCE/ STRUGGLE)  Truly, there is no other way to avoid the ever-repeated sin than to be careful and avoid little things (i.e., the small retreats associated with it). According to the Patristic sayings: "He who is careful of the little things will not