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Oct 28, 2015 · These doctrines are ungodly, and the proof can be found in 1 Timothy 4:1-3. Here, God warns us against these evil men who would command the people to observe ideas that the Bible refers...
Oct 12, 2023 · Videos claiming to offer proof of the devil’s existence are legion on YouTube. Ms. Beckman counsels people to refrain from obsessing about the devil and to instead focus on Jesus.
Sep 11, 2023 · published 11 September 2023. The Catholic Church is not new to controversy. The institution's actions prompted The Boston Globe's Pulitzer-winning spotlight investigation detailing the...
May 29, 2019 · WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is releasing a commanding new book featuring a survey of Pope Francis’s important teachings on the history of the devil, his empty promises and works, and how we can actively combat him.
- Lie #1: You Don't Have Time to Pray.
- Lie #2: You Aren't Good enough.
- Lie #3: Be Anxious, For There Is Much to Worry about.
- Lie #4: You Have Lots of time.
- Lie #5: Your Past Is Unredeemable.
- Lie #6: You Don't Have to Worry About Satan (He Isn't Real).
The devil hates prayer. In the Manual For Spiritual Warfare(MSW), author Paul Thigpen says, "We can see how much the Devil fears those who pray, since there’s not a moment of the day when he tempts us more than when we’re at prayer. He does everything he possibly can to prevent us from praying. When the Devil wants to make someone lose his soul, he...
This common lie is an easy one to fall for, regardless of our vocation. As a mother of nine, I can feel overwhelmed and sometimes doubt my competency. This is exacerbated further when I see other mothers accomplishing so much with ease. I can quickly become frustrated with myself and become envious or worse, despairing. When we feel unworthy, we ca...
Satan wants us to look at our problems instead of looking towards God. The devil knows that the ultimate answer to our problems can only come from God and so he wants our minds to be preoccupied with those things that keep us from thinking about God. Fear is one of his most useful tools. This is not simply because fear causes us to lose trust in Go...
I once heard a talk by a nun who said that one of the devil's favorite lies is to convince us that we have more time. In other words, there is always time to get serious later. Satan convinces us todelay something so it never gets started or completed. It is not difficult to see the power in this lie. Just as the devil plays a game of diversion wit...
The devil wants us to lose hope, to despair, and to place our trust in anything but God. One way he does this is by using our past sins against us and convincing us that we cannot be redeemed. He nags us and tells us that our sins will always be our downfall and that we are powerless against them. Yet this is exactly the opposite of what Our Lord p...
The devil wants us to believe he is not real. His work in this world is much easier if we simply think he does not exist. How do we fight an adversary if we don't even know he exists? Yet as Thigpen writes, "The reality of demonic powers has been a constant doctrine of the Catholic Church ever since it was founded by Christ through his apostles. Th...
Feb 11, 2011 · The fact that the Catholic Church has made mistakes in how it governs itself, including grievous ones such as this scandal, is proof that it is run by men; the fact that it has survived...
Narcissism and the Dynamics of Evil. The first step to appreciating the subtleties of evil is to begin at the most basic level of philosophical inquiry, the philosophy of being.
