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Satan and his demonic minions hate the sacrifice of the Mass and Eucharistic adoration in general because they are daily reminders of Christ overcoming them and their infernal kingdom through the Cross.
Jesus proclaims that Satan “is a liar and the father of lies” and “when he lies, he speaks according to his own nature.” Our Lord adds that the devil “has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him” (John 8:44, emphasis added).
Does this mean that the devil is incapable of telling the truth?
No, because Scripture teaches us that the demons accurately identify Jesus as “the Son of God” (Matt. 8:28–29).
Rather, Satan and his demonic minions are irredeemably opposed to the truth. They hate the truth. More to the point, they hate him who is “the way, and the truth, and the life,” our Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:6), who definitively defeated them through his one paschal sacrifice (see CCC 635–636), a victory he extends through the Church’s offering it anew sacramentally in every celebration of the Mass.
Consequently, Satan and his demonic minions really hate the sacrifice of the Mass and Eucharistic adoration in general because they are daily reminders of Christ overcoming them and their infernal kingdom through the Cross.
Which means we can trust the devil to tell the truth when he expresses unvarnished hatred for something—and especially Someone. And that’s how the demonic desecration of the Holy Eucharist becomes a perverse witness to the Real Presence.
All creatures must recognize Christ the King (Phil. 2:10–11), and Eucharistic hatred is Satan’s way of recognizing the Lordship of Jesus. This truth should be proclaimed loudly at the National Eucharistic Congress, and in catechetical lessons for all ages, because people often pay more attention to the devil and his ways, rather than God and his way. And the Eucharist is definitely a surpassing matter on which we can learn the truth from the devil—and thus better positioned not to be deceived by him otherwise.
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Jesus proclaims that Satan “is a liar and the father of lies” and “when he lies, he speaks according to his own nature.” Our Lord adds that the devil “has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him” (John 8:44, emphasis added).
Does this mean that the devil is incapable of telling the truth?
No, because Scripture teaches us that the demons accurately identify Jesus as “the Son of God” (Matt. 8:28–29).
Rather, Satan and his demonic minions are irredeemably opposed to the truth. They hate the truth. More to the point, they hate him who is “the way, and the truth, and the life,” our Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:6), who definitively defeated them through his one paschal sacrifice (see CCC 635–636), a victory he extends through the Church’s offering it anew sacramentally in every celebration of the Mass.
Consequently, Satan and his demonic minions really hate the sacrifice of the Mass and Eucharistic adoration in general because they are daily reminders of Christ overcoming them and their infernal kingdom through the Cross.
Which means we can trust the devil to tell the truth when he expresses unvarnished hatred for something—and especially Someone. And that’s how the demonic desecration of the Holy Eucharist becomes a perverse witness to the Real Presence.
All creatures must recognize Christ the King (Phil. 2:10–11), and Eucharistic hatred is Satan’s way of recognizing the Lordship of Jesus. This truth should be proclaimed loudly at the National Eucharistic Congress, and in catechetical lessons for all ages, because people often pay more attention to the devil and his ways, rather than God and his way. And the Eucharist is definitely a surpassing matter on which we can learn the truth from the devil—and thus better positioned not to be deceived by him otherwise.
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When the devil <i>does</i> tell the truth
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