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414 Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels who have freely refused to serve God and his plan. Their choice against God is definitive. They try to associate man in their revolt against God.
You said:
Why do people follow the devil when they
know that following the devil would mean
a dead end?
I have heard so many stories where
some priests, in the day, would worship
the Lord Jesus, and in the night, would worship
the devil.
Because these priests have had poor, if not terrible, seminary training. Any philosophy, theology, or advanced studies they receive will be useless, in their priestly ministry, if they have not been given a solid spiritual foundation. The basis of this foundation can be found in:
a daily prayer life which includes a devotion to Mary and reading the Scriptures
regularly attending Eucharistic Adoration on a weekly basis and
reading the lives of the Early Church Fathers and saints of the Church.
In addition, all pastors and priests at all Catholic parishes should be saying the St. Michael Prayer given to us by Pope Leo XIII, after his vision of Hell and should be making it publicly known to:
faith-leaders of their town
as well as their secular civil leaders.
Saint Michael the Archangel Prayer
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host —
by the Divine Power of God —
cast into Hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
In the past, this prayer was always said after the Mass had ended, meaning when the celebrant said, Go, the Mass has ended. For some unknown reason this prayer was stopped after Vatican II.
Why?, I have no idea!
If our seminarians are given a poor formation, they will only believe in realities
they can see.
Since our guardian
angels and the demonic angels are
invisible; if the Christian has been
uncatechized, they won't believe
in them, unless they see them.
Everyone is tempted with being
pulled into unhealthy spiritual habits
and, if one is not vigilant, the
demonic bastards will bring them
down.
satan is hitting the person the
hardest when (he|she) starts
to think of thoughts of despair. Despair or hopelessness only comes from one source, Hell, and those who suffer in it. This
may be why Pope Benedict
wrote one of his first encyclicals on the topic of hope:
Spe Salvi, (In Hope We Are Saved.)
[Vatican][EWTN]
There is always hope in the Church,
via Confession and Our Lord Jesus
Christ. There is no sin that
is so big, that it
can't be forgiven.
This is
important for all Christians
to remember.
Mike
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