VI. “And Lead Us not into Temptation”

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The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the
growth of the inner man,¹⁵² and temptation, which leads to sin and
death.¹⁵³ We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to
temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object
appears to be good, a “delight to the eyes” and desirable,¹⁵⁴
when in reality its fruit is death.
God does not want to impose the good, but wants free beings…. There is a
certain usefulness to temptation. No one but God knows what our soul has
received from him, not even we ourselves. But temptation reveals it in order to
teach us to know ourselves, and in this way we discover our evil inclinations
and are obliged to give thanks for the goods that temptation has revealed to us.¹⁵⁵

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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