been darkened; we are not as responsive to God as we were meant to be, and our sinful tendencies have become a disease from which we cannot heal ourselves. This leads us into the passions. The English word “passion” is linked to the Greek word pascho, which means “to suffer.” Certainly the passions cause suffering, to ourselves and others, and trying to overcome them definitely leads to suffering as we try to reshape our lives according to the image of God. The fact is that