
Day 18: Meekness and Controlling Anger (Introduction to the Devout Life)
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End Quote, You Will Ask, How Shall I Drive It Away?
St. Augustine: It is better to deny entrance to just and reasonable anger than to admit it, even in the slightest way. Anger can find a way to last until the closing of the day allowing the sun to set upon it - something expressly forbidden by the Apostle C. Ephesians 4, 26. He says we must invoke God's aid when we find ourselves excited to wrath for he will command our passions to cease. See Matthew 8, verses 24 through 26.
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