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“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12:10 . . . When we are attacked by weakness, sickness, and grief, then our strength will be made perfect; and our faith will be crowned if we confront the temptation with steadfastness … Finally, this is the difference between us and the others who, because they do not know God, they keep on complaining and grumbling during temptations, while we, on the other hand, temptations would never move us away from virtue and faith, but would rather justify us amid our sufferings. -St. Cyprian