The Devil

[ronh4]

He tries to convince a soul that evil is not evil; then, when evil is done, he tires to convince it that there is no hope. Thus does presumption beget despair. Satan refuses the humiliation of pardon both for himself and for others, but Mary asks pardon even for those who, as agents of Satan, would recrucify Her Son.
From **The World’s First Love **by Fulton J Sheen

 

[Jaypeeto4]

Thank heavens that Mary prays for such people.
And may the Holy Mother of God PLEASE PRAY
for a wretch like me,
and for my dear family: mom, dad, and sister.
And for all of the people here at CAF.

 

[Telstar]

This subject should be talked about much more often than it is. It’s one aspect of the faith that I think most Christians (of all denominations) either try to ignore, or refuse to believe that they really need to know very much about it, at all. They’re afraid of the devil (as well we should be) so even talking about him makes them feel uncomfortable. Some people are under the mistaken notion that there really isn’t a ‘devil’, or even a ‘hell’. Maybe they don’t want to acknowledge that he could be real because of their own fears about the state of their own soul. But, the devil is very much real, alive and active in the world. In fact, he’s getting even more active as time goes by because he knows his ‘time’ is getting shorter by the day.

 

[ronh4]

I very much agree with you. People fear him and Hell, not nearly enough talk about either, and as far as I am concerned, they are very important in our way to Heaven. We are so easily moved from our path.

Only Mary can help us, but we have to ask her.

 

[Little_One0307]

This subject should be talked about much more often than it is. It’s one aspect of the faith that I think most Christians (of all denominations) either try to ignore, or refuse to believe that they really need to know very much about it, at all. They’re afraid of the devil (as well we should be) so even talking about him makes them feel uncomfortable. Some people are under the mistaken notion that there really isn’t a ‘devil’, or even a ‘hell’. Maybe they don’t want to acknowledge that he could be real because of their own fears about the state of their own soul. But, the devil is very much real, alive and active in the world. In fact, he’s getting even more active as time goes by because he knows his ‘time’ is getting shorter by the day.

Or people are convinced that He and his demons are mere literary devices. It’s sad, and I am glad to see these threads coming up.

People need to know that the Devil is real. That Hell is real and that you can be sent there according to your choices you make in your life.

Thanks for posting this post.

God bless.

 

[Telstar]

People would rather not think he’s real, but the truth is, he loves it when people think he’s just a ‘literary device’ used to scare people into being good. It gives him the upper hand. People are much easier to seduce when they think you’re not really there, trying to seduce them. I’ve had enough experiences with him and his little mind games to realize that he’s very real. Don’t let him fool you.

 

[Little_One0307]

People would rather not think he’s real, but the truth is, he loves it when people think he’s just a ‘literary device’ used to scare people into being good. It gives him the upper hand. People are much easier to seduce when they think you’re not really there, trying to seduce them. I’ve had enough experiences with him and his little mind games to realize that he’s very real. Don’t let him fool you.

Yeah I used to think he did not exist, but I have had some experiences in my life that points that he is real as the sun shining outside my window this afternoon. My life is in shambles and I am having to rebuild with God’s grace and the help of the Church.

God bless.