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𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭

𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 (𝗠𝘁 𝟰:𝟭-𝟭𝟭)

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹. 𝗛𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, “𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱.” 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆, “𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, “𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲.” 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, “𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻, ‘𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁.’” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, “”𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗲.” 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, “𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻! 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺.

Why did God create the devil? 

Catholics believe that the devil is an angelic person whose will is fixed forever in evil. When God created the angels, He made them good and gave them a share in His own divine life. But before they could enter heaven, they were tested by God.  Some of the angels failed the test and sinned grievously against God. They are called evil spirits or “fallen angels.” Their leader is named Satan (which in Hebrew means the enemy), Lucifer or simply, the devil. 

The devil is a spiritual being who has no body and that is why we cannot see him. Because he has intelligence and free will, he is a personal being. He is evil through his own fault.  He was good when created by God, but he freely made himself evil by abusing his freedom.

The devil is under God’s control and cannot act without God’s permission. He is allowed to incite us to sin (temptation), to enter human bodies and move the imagination and locomotive faculties (diabolical possession). However, he has no power over our free will.  He can never force our consent to evil. Although the devil is clever and as a roaring lion, goes about seeking someone to devour (1 Pt. 5:8), we should not be afraid of him for, “God is faithful and will not permit you to be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also give you a way out that you may be able to bear it” (1 Cor. 10:13). 

If God destroyed the devil, he would violate the precious gift of freedom and deprive man of opportunities for virtue and merit. To destroy free beings would mean God’s failure to fulfill the plan of creation.  Besides, it is a far greater punishment for the devil to suffer eternally than to be snuffed out of existence. As the last, God will take from him all power and thrust him back, hopeless and helpless into hell forever.

Satan And His Legions 

Satan, “the adversary,” is the brilliant chief of the fallen angels, exiled from heaven because of his envy and pride. He and his demons are a personal, malign force at loose in the world which seeks to thwart the designs of God by tempting men. “Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world.” (Ephesians 6:11 — 1 2). 

Satan is also identified by Jesus as “the Prince of this world” (John 14:30), a murderer, and the father of lies (John 8:44). Tempting Christ in the wil- derness (Matthew 4:1-11) Satan claims to have the world in his gift and is not contradicted. He is a formidable opponent who knows Scripture well and quotes it aptly. 

Satanists view the principle of evil as sharing equally with good in ruling the universe. Thomas Aquinas, expressing the orthodox Christian view, says that good is the only reality and that evil is a contingent deprivation. Satan as a person, a fallen angel, expresses this situation perfectly. Satan was created by God, banished by God, and holds his influence by God’s sufferance. The saints are confident that God loves and controls everything, and they are not daunted by the existence of apparent evils that cause such difficulty in the thinking of unbelievers who mock the idea of a just God who can allow suffering to exist.

Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with hell cannot be engaged by men, not even the most clever.

– MAXIMILIAN KOLBE 

Now, schemes for working evil come easily to the devil, so when it was nighttime, they made such a crashing noise that the whole place seemed to be shaken by a quake. The demons, as if breaking through the building’s four walls, and seeming to enter through them, were changed into the forms of beasts and reptiles. The place immediately was filled with the appearances of lions, bears, leopards, bulls, and serpents, asps, scorpions, and wolves.

– ATHANASIUS, The Life of Anthony 

Demons are very cowardly, always anxious about the fire that has been prepared for them. To bolster your courage against them, take this sure sign. When some apparition occurs, do not collapse in terror, but whatever it may be ask first, bravely, “Who are you, and where do you come from?” If it is a divine vision, they will give you assurances and change your fear to joy. If it is some devil, it will immediately be weakened by your formidable spirit.

– ANTHONY OF EGYPT 

Be eager for more frequent gatherings for thanksgiving to God and his glory, for when you meet thus, the forces of Satan are annulled and his destructive power is cancelled in the concord of your faith.

– IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH 

It was the ground that God cursed, not Adam. And he cursed the serpent; and the fire was prepared originally for the devil and his angels, not for man.

– IRENAEUS

Christ did give the devil power over Him that He might be tempted and led into danger and persecuted even unto death, in order that He might thereby liberate man from the devil’s power.

Our Lord’s body became a bait for death so that the dragon, hoping to swallow him, might vomit up also those whom he had swallowed.

– CYRIL OF JERUSALEM 

The Lord called his disciples the salt of the earth because they seasoned with heavenly wisdom the hearts of men, rendered insipid by the devil.

– CHROMATIUS OF AQUILEIA 

You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do. Therefore, in the name of Almighty God I tell you to do whatever God allows you to do to my body. I will gladly endure it since I have no worse enemy than my body. If you take revenge on my enemy for me, you do me a very great favor.

– FRANCIS OF ASSISI  

The way to overcome the Devil when he excites feelings of hatred for those who injure us is immediately to pray for their conversion.

– JOHN VIANNEY  

In the case of those who are making progress from good to better the good angel touches the soul gently, lightly, sweetly, as a drop of water enters a sponge, while the evil spirit touches it sharply, with noise and disturbance, like a drop of water falling on a rock. In the case of those who go from bad to worse, the contrary happens, and the reason for this is the disposition of the soul. When the soul is contrary to these spirits they enter with perceptible commotion, but when it is similar to them they enter in silence, as into their own house, through open doors.

– IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA  

Every evil is based on some good. Indeed, evil cannot exist by itself, since it has no essence, as we have shown. Therefore, evil must be in some subject. Now, every subject, because it is some sort of substance, is a good of some kind. So, every evil is in a good thing.

– THOMAS AQUINAS  

The demons were not created as the figures we now identify as ‘demonic’, for God made nothing bad. They were made good, but falling from the heavenly wisdom and thereafter wandering around the earth, they deceived the Greeks through apparitions. Envious of us Christians, they meddle with all things in their desire to frustrate our journey into heaven so that we might not ascend to the place from which they fell.

– ANTHONY OF EGYPT

Heed not the demons even if they awaken you for prayer, or counsel you to eat nothing at all, or level accusations and reproaches for actions for which, at some other time, they urged excuses on you. They do these things not for the sake of piety or truth, but to bring the simple to despair and to declare discipline useless. They want to make men sick of the solitary life.

– ANTHONY OF EGYPT  

Consider that the devil does not sleep but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.

– ANGELA MERICI  

First tell the Devil to rest, and then I’ll rest too.

– JOHN BOSCO 

Devil: Definition 

– from the “Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible” 

1. The name given to any of the fallen angels, who sinned before the creation of Adam and have been damned to hell. The devils did not lose all of their original greatness and power after their sin, and they use all their cunning now for evil. The common teaching is that their sin was one of pride: Suarez taught that theirs was a refusal to worship the Word Incarnate when God revealed to them the Incarnation.

All the gods of the Gentiles were devils. Men offered them sacrifices even of their own children (Ps. 106:37; Bar. 4:7). This was specifically forbidden (Lev. 17:7). They were driven out of possessed persons by Our Lord (Matt. 8:16, 31; 9:33; 17:17; Luke 4:35; 8:2, 28; 9:43; 13:11). They were subject to the disciples (Luke 10:17; Acts 5:16; 8:7; 16:18). They recognized Christ (Matt. 8:29; Mark 3:11; 5:7; Luke 4:33, 41; 8:28; Acts 19:15). 

2. The name given to the chief of the fallen angels, who is also called Satan (“the adversary”). Sin entered the world through his jealousy (Wis. 2:24). He is always seeking to injure men (Gen. 3:1; 2 Chron. 18:21; Job 1:11; Zec. 3:1; Matt. 8:28; Luke 8:12; Eph. 6:11; Rev. 2:10; 12:9). He tempted Our Lord (Matt. 4). He transforms himself into an angel of light to deceive men (2 Cor. 11:14). He can act only as God permits (1 Kings 22:22; Job 1:12; 2:6; Matt. 8:31; 2 Tim. 2:26; Rev. 20:7). He is the father and prince of the world and of all the wicked (John 8:44; 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; Acts 13:10; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:2; 1 John 3:10). His empire was destroyed by Christ (Matt. 8:16; Luke 10:18; 11:22; Col. 1:13; 2 Tim. 1:10; Heb. 2:14). 

The Mobile Phone 

It makes me ignore everyone and everything. It leads me in the path of sex and violence. For the sponsor’s sake. Yea, though I walk In the shadow of Christian responsibilities, there will be no interruption. For he Mobile Phone is with me. It prepares a commercial for me. in the presence of my worldliness consumerism. My coveting runs over. Surely, laziness and ignorance shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of watching the Mobile Phone forever.

SATAN’S GREATEST WORKS 

• Abortion
• Atheism& Materialism 
• Sexual Perversion 

Young people beware ! 

The Devil is Real ! 

Logging on to pornography or obscenity  

You’re logging in to HELL! 

SATAN’S Bad-ATTITUDES

THE TRICKERY OF THE DEVIL & HELL

Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians. 

—They are my best workers. 

“Blessed” (sic) are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked. 

—I can use them. 

“Blessed” (sic) are those easily annoyed. 

with a bit of luck, they may stop going to church. 

—They are my missionaries. 

“Blessed” (sic) are the troublemakers. 

—They shall be called my children. 

“Blessed” (sic) are the complainers. 

—I’m all ears to them. 

“Blessed” (sic) are they who are bored with the priest’s mannerisms and mistakes. 

—For they get nothing out of his homilies. 

“Blessed” (sic) is the church member who expects to be invited to his own church. 

—For he is a part of the problem instead of the solution. 

“Blessed” (sic) are they who gossip. 

—For they shall cause strife and divisions that please me. 

“Blessed” (sic) are they who are easily offended. 

—For they will soon get angry and quit. 

“Blessed” (sic) are they who do not give their offering to carry on God’s work. 

—For they are my helpers. 

“Blessed” (sic) is he who professes to love God, but hates his brother and sister. 

—For he shall be with me forever. 

“Blessed” (sic) are you when you read this and 

think it is about other people 

Prayer For Protection Against Demons (St. John Bosco) 

O Mary, powerful Virgin,
You are the mighty and glorious Protector of the Church.
You are the Marvelous Help of Christians.
You are Terrible as an Army set in Battle Array.
You alone have destroyed every heresy in the entire Church.
In the midst of my anguish, my struggles and my distress,
Defend me from the power of the enemy,
And at the hour of my death,
Receive my soul into Paradise.  Amen. 

Prayer for Spiritual Deliverance from Evils 

In virtue of my baptism and confirmation I break all chains and bonds which bind me and pray to Almighty God by the intercession of the Most Blessed and Immaculate Virgin Mary, St. Michael the Archangel, my guardian angel (include other angels/saints to which one is devoted, and/or the saint of the day) that He might deliver me from all diabolical temptation, infestation, vexation, obsession and influence, especially (name the type of evil) in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.  (Hail Mary) 

After each Mystery of the Rosary  the “Fatima Prayer” is said.
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fire of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy. 

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