The Devil is a real!
he tempts us daily, even in my dreams he stalks me. Sometimes he uses rationalism like when I was tempted to study divination (which I did for 2weeks). In College, I studied Hypnotism; tried to hypnotize myself and didn't work; I quit.
Studying divination was a different matter. Tried to let the Tarot cards read my past and it did read it so accurately that I was scared witless. On the evening of the same day, I had a dreamt I was killed by someone stabbing me. In my dream, I shouted and pleaded telling myself to wake up. Took a long time for me to wake and when I did I was sweating profusely.
I immediately confessed to a Priest but still there are times my dreams are not good.
These events transpired last year, despite my service as a lay man. The devil used my own reasoning power against me. From the seminar, I learned that Satan is real, as is his minions. He would prefer it if you didn't believe in him; makes his job easier.
To see within me is to see myself
The seminar lead me to many things:
- Catholic apologetics, where no catholic ever says sorry in his effort to defend his faith (why call it apologetics when they don't apologize is beyond me, this is an attempt to humor albeit a crude one).
- Appreciating the gift of life
- Rekindling a devotion to the Holy Rosary.
"My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh."and so the war continues on....
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