If we desire to acquire faith the foundation of all blessings, the door to God’s mysteries, unflagging defeat of our enemies, the most necessary of all the virtues, the wings of prayer and the dwelling of God within the soul–we must endure every trial imposed by our enemies and by our many and various thoughts… if we forcibly triumph over the trials and temptations that befall us, it will not be we who are victorious, but Christ, Who is present in us through faith.