Finally, our battle has to confront what we experience as failure in Prayer: discouragement during periods of dryness; sadness that, because we have "great possessions," 15 we have not given all to the Lord; disappointment over not being heard according to our own will; wounded pride, stiffened by the inDignity that is ours as Sinners; our resistance to the idea that Prayer is a free and unmeRited Gift; and so Forth. the conclusion is always the same: what good does it do to pray? To overcome these obstacles, we must battle to gain humility, Trust, and perseverance.