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Today is September 29, the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels.
We read at today’s Mass, “War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it” (Rev 12:7-9).
St. Carlo Acutis knew that holiness means entering into a battle. He once said, “After the holy Eucharist, the holy Rosary is the most powerful weapon for fighting the devil and the shortest ladder for climbing into heaven.” He understood that the strength to resist temptation comes from Christ himself. Carlo was not naïve about evil. He saw how sin distorts lives, how addiction to technology or pleasure can enslave us and how Satan tries to separate us from God.
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We read at today’s Mass, “War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it” (Rev 12:7-9).
St. Carlo Acutis knew that holiness means entering into a battle. He once said, “After the holy Eucharist, the holy Rosary is the most powerful weapon for fighting the devil and the shortest ladder for climbing into heaven.” He understood that the strength to resist temptation comes from Christ himself. Carlo was not naïve about evil. He saw how sin distorts lives, how addiction to technology or pleasure can enslave us and how Satan tries to separate us from God.
Weapons of grace
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Angels in spiritual combat
St. Carlo Acutis shows us how to fight evil with prayer and faith— guided by Christ and defended by the Archangels in spiritual combat.
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