satan 3

'you saw how I behaved:
silence and prayer

silence...
because if Satan performs his work 
of a seducer and comes around us...

we must put up with a situation
without any foolish impatience
or cowardly fears

we must react 
with resolution to his presence
and with prayer to his allurements'

'it is useless to debate with Satan

he would win
because he is strong in his dialectics
only God can beat him

and so you must have recourse to God
that He may speak for you, through you

you must show Satan that name and that sign
not so much written on paper or engraved on wood
but written and engraved in your hearts

My name, My sign...

you should answer back to Satan using the words of God
only when he insinuates that he is like God

he cannot bear that'

'then, after the struggle... 

there comes victory

and the angels serve and defend the winner 
from Satan's hatred

they restore him with celestial dews
with the grace that they restore full hands into the heart
of the faithful son with a blessing that caresses his soul'

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'one must be determined 
to defeat Satan

and have faith in God 
and in His help

faith in the power of prayer
and in the Lord's bounty

then, Satan can do no harm'


~bron~