"A Call to Persevere"
But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful of the words which have been
spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who told you, "In
the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly
desires."
These are the men who divide you, ridiculing all revealed truths,
abandoning themselves to their passions and lusts. Sensual men, having
not the Spirit and enslaved by the pleasures of the senses.
But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
— Saint Jude Thaddeus (The Epistle of Jude 1: 17 - 21)