01454 – Dealing with Temptation
Merton, Thomas

The Fathers used to say: If some temptation arises in the place where you dwell in the desert, do not leave that place in time of temptation. For if you leave it then, no matter where you go, you will find the same temptation waiting for you.

But be patient until the temptation goes away, lest your departure scandalize others who dwell in the same place, and bring tribulation upon them.

from The Wisdom of the Desert

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