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The evil spirit often disguises himself as an angel of light, and now and then tricks us by his illusions.
All of us must be ever alert for these tricks and should pay particular attention to learning how to recognize and overcome them.
—St. Vincent de Paul
You need great discrimination in order to distinguish between good and evil. So do not readily or lightly put your trust in appearances, but weigh things well, and after testing everything carefully cleave to what is good and reject what is evil. You must test and discriminate before you give credence to anything.
—St. Gregory of Sinai
However great may be the temptation, if we know how to use the weapon of prayer well we shall come off conquerors at last, for prayer is more powerful than all the devils. He who is attacked by the spirits of darkness needs only to apply himself vigorously to prayer, and he will…
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These strategies are most helpful. Thanks.
This wisdom is so helpful. We have to be strong and realize we make our own choices by our own will. With God and prayer we can overcome any struggle or spiritual battle!
the Holy Spirit reminds me of the words our Blessed Savior gave us by example to aid us on our walk. when satan tempted Him with appealing deceits, Jesus commanded, “get thee behind me, Satan.” i have also learned that the spirit of evil has no interest in staying near when i whisper the name of Jesus.
Really , there are so many different spirits, good and bad, in our daily living of our faith in God.It is our duty and obligation to be prepared to fight the good fight . It is only possible in prayer which is man’s strength and God’s weakness.