Tag: devil
Learn to Recognize the Dark forces that Affect Marriage
One of the areas where spiritual warfare is most prevalent is in our homes and our marriages. Here Satan attacks with ferocity. His goal: division. He creates sudden upwellings of often vicious and irrational emotions. When we realize this, it has far less chance of what it seeks: Divide and conquer is his strategy. As… Read More ›
On the Devil and the modern rebellion against God
Perhaps no more than 100 years ago or so, I would think that society – both secular and religious – would have been shocked to see the amount of satanic artwork, music, and posturing exhibited by so many nowadays. One need only open their eyes and look around – the T-shirts covered in pentagrams and… Read More ›
We must always remain vigilant
Vatican City (AsiaNews) – “We must always remain vigilant, on guard against deception, against the seduction of evil ” , because the devil , against whom Jesus truly fought and won , ” always tries to come back,” to “take possession of us. ” Today’s Gospel in which Jesus responds to some who accuse him… Read More ›
Rosary Miracles: Rosary Saves King from Eternal Fire
From The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort Our Lady blesses not only those who preach her Rosary, but she highly rewards all those who get others to say it by their example. Alphonsus, King of Leon and Galicia, very much wanted all his servants to honor the Blessed Virgin by saying the Rosary…. Read More ›
Where Calumny is, There is the Devil
For the third time in as many weeks, Pope Francis has warned not to speak ill of others, and again mentioned the devil in another striking homily this morning in the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Martha residence. Calumny, he said, is worse than sin and is the direct expression of Satan. “We are all… Read More ›
When is a demon an demon?
When is something a demon and when is it something else — for example, a psychiatric effect? Or a superstition? Or the imagination (fiction)? There is “night terror” — a supposedly psychological circumstance in which people (especially youngsters) suffer such real fear during dreams that they sweat and shake uncontrollably or feel paralyzed. Just a… Read More ›
Meditation on Ephesians 6:10-20
You don’t hear much about the devil these days. Is he gone? Have his wiles so diminished that we no longer need to fight them by putting on “the whole armor of God” (Ephesians 6:11)? Hardly! Even though Satan and his underlings were defeated at Calvary, they still have some influence until Jesus comes again…. Read More ›
The Many Disguises of Satan
By: Msgr. Charles Pope It would be easy if Satan came as he is often portrayed, with horns and a pitchfork. We would naturally flee this ugliness. Alas, he often comes cloaked in beauty, in sheep’s clothing: He claims to offer us freedom and autonomy from an unreasonable God and Church, liberation from rules and… Read More ›
Blessed candles have a mysterious role against darkness
It is a time of darkness. It is a time of light. As evil surges around us, the illuminations of God intensify. But it does no good to deny the evil. Do things feel strange to you right now? Does it seem like there is a “lull” — a feeling of aridity, or vacancy; the… Read More ›
Look for the Church which the world hates
There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church—which is, of course, quite a different thing. These millions can hardly be blamed for hating Catholics because Catholics “adore statues;” because they “put the… Read More ›