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2744 Prayer is a vital necessity. Proof from the contrary is no less convincing: if we do not allow the Spirit to lead us, we fall back into the slavery of sin. ³⁸ How can the Holy Spirit be our life if our heart is far from him? Nothing is equal to prayer; for what is impossible it makes possible, what is difficult, easy.... For it is impossible, utterly impossible, for the man who prays eagerly and invokes God ceaselessly ever to sin. ³⁹ Those who pray are certainly saved; those who do not pray are certainly damned. ⁴⁰

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PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER

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SECTION ONE: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

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CHAPTER THREE: THE LIFE OF PRAYER

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ARTICLE 2: THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

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38 Cf. Gal 5:16-25.

39 St. John Chrysostom, De Anna 4, 5: PG 54, 666.

40 St. Alphonsus Liguori, Del gran Mezzo della preghiera.

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