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There is no doubt that the devil preys constantly upon mankind in his unrelenting war against Jesus and us. He knows that he cannot bring God down, so instead, like the mafia, he comes after us—His children—preying on our souls relentlessly. The devil hates us because he knows that we, lowly humans, will one day inherit his place in heaven, which he disowned through his pride.
However, the devil is unwittingly helping God separate the wheat from the chaff. How? Because God sends everyone torrents of grace to overcome Satan’s wiles. The wheat accepts this grace and overcomes him through increased faith, humility, and good works, while the chaff rejects this grace and submits to Satan’s temptations. The wheat then becomes glorious beacons of light (reflecting God’s light, not our own) in an ever-darkening world, while the chaff becomes like black holes in space, sucking in everything and everyone around them in sinful pleasure, endless lust for money, hatred of the Church, and prideful self-righteousness against everything holy. Those who accept grace and use it to build up the Kingdom are like a very bright searchlight in the dark of night, pointing up to the sky to lead the lost to their home in heaven above.
St. Peter, in 1 Peter 5:8, says that the devil goes around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. This means that we humans here on earth, when we sin mortally, are like cattle being fattened for the slaughter (Proverbs 7:4–22). If you’ve ever been around a feedlot, where cattle are constantly fed fattening food in a tight pen and cannot move freely, then you know how much it stinks. More and more, it seems mankind is becoming just like that feedlot—stench and all—with sinful addictions such as pornography, cursing, the occult, skipping Mass on Sunday, etc., becoming the norm in our lives and killing our souls.
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However, the devil is unwittingly helping God separate the wheat from the chaff. How? Because God sends everyone torrents of grace to overcome Satan’s wiles. The wheat accepts this grace and overcomes him through increased faith, humility, and good works, while the chaff rejects this grace and submits to Satan’s temptations. The wheat then becomes glorious beacons of light (reflecting God’s light, not our own) in an ever-darkening world, while the chaff becomes like black holes in space, sucking in everything and everyone around them in sinful pleasure, endless lust for money, hatred of the Church, and prideful self-righteousness against everything holy. Those who accept grace and use it to build up the Kingdom are like a very bright searchlight in the dark of night, pointing up to the sky to lead the lost to their home in heaven above.
St. Peter, in 1 Peter 5:8, says that the devil goes around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. This means that we humans here on earth, when we sin mortally, are like cattle being fattened for the slaughter (Proverbs 7:4–22). If you’ve ever been around a feedlot, where cattle are constantly fed fattening food in a tight pen and cannot move freely, then you know how much it stinks. More and more, it seems mankind is becoming just like that feedlot—stench and all—with sinful addictions such as pornography, cursing, the occult, skipping Mass on Sunday, etc., becoming the norm in our lives and killing our souls.
The Devil’s Stench
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