Double Fortification

The work of the spiritual life is two-fold regarding fortification.

The soul must first be fortified with God's grace, first through Baptism, then through all of the means which Our Lord has entrusted to His Church:  the Eucharist, regular Confession, the Rosary, the scapular, holy water, blessed salt, contemplative prayer, fasting, almsgiving, etc.  Then the soul, constructed into a Temple of God in Baptism, will be built into a glorious city where God is at its center and it stands...