Thomas Aquinas wrote that there are two causes of despair. One is the lack of striving for heaven, and the other is an attachment to worldly pleasures. On the one hand, a lack of faith can lead to a lust for material pleasure and on the other hand a lust for earthly pleasure can result in a turning away from God, which leads to despair. A lot of time wa…
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