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Quotes from Pope Benedict XVI
"Whatever the less discerning theologians may say, the devil, as
far as Christian belief is concerned, is a puzzling but real, personal
and not merely symbolical presence."
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"The more one understands the holiness of God, the more one understands the opposite of what is holy, namely, the deceptive masks of the devil" (Read More)
Quotes from Pope John Paul II
"Begone, Satan!' The Messiah's resolute attitude is an example and an invitation for us to follow him with courageous determination. The devil, the "prince of this world", even today continues his deceitful action. Every man, over and above his own concupiscence and the bad example of others, is also tempted by the devil, and the more so when he is least aware of it." (Link to Vatican Website, Search: Angelus 17Feb02)
"In the inner heart of every person the voice of God and the insidious voice of the Evil One can be heard. The latter seeks to deceive the human person, seducing him with the prospect of false goods, to lead him away from the real good that consists precisely in fulfilling the divine will." (Link to Vatican Website, Search: Angelus 9Mar03)
"'Spiritual combat' is another element of life which needs to be taught anew and proposed once more to all Christians today. It is a secret and interior art, an invisible struggle in which (we) engage every day against the temptations, the evil suggestions that the demon tries to plant in (our) hearts." (Link to Vatican Website, Search: Address of the Holy Father 25May02)
"He who does not believe in the devil does not believe in the Gospel." (Read More)
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
VII. OUR FATHER PRAYER - "BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL"
2851 In this petition, evil is not an abstraction, but refers to a person, Satan, the Evil One, the angel who opposes God. The devil (diabolos) is the one who "throws himself across" God's plan and his work of salvation accomplished in Christ.
2852 "A murderer from the beginning, . . . a liar and the father of lies," Satan is "the deceiver of the whole world." ... We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.
(Link to Vatican online: Catechism of the Catholic Church)
Quotes from demons
(Quotes from demons recorded and document by Catholic
priests from the mouths of the possessed)
“No one wants to believe in evil, really, above all, not in an evil being, an evil spirit. Everyone wants to abolish the idea. To admit the existence of evil means a responsibility, and no one wants that responsibility. That is the opening through which the evil spirit crawls, stilling all suspicions, making everything seem normal and natural. This is the “thought,” the unwariness of the ordinary human being which amounts to a disinclination to believe in evil. And if you do not believe in evil, how can you believe in or ever know what good is?” - (Resource - Hostage to the Devil by Father Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic Priest - Click here to purchase book )
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“When I am asked how many demons there are, I answer with the words that the demon himself spoke through a demonic: ‘We are so many that, if we were visible, we would darken the sun.” (Resource – An Exorcist Tells His Story by Father Gabrielle Amorth, Roman Catholic Priest, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, Rome, Italy - Click here to purchase book )
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"The Devil fears the Virgin Mary more, not only than men and angels but, in a certain sense, than God himself. It is not that the wrath, the power and the hatred of God are not infinitely greater than those of the Blessed Virgin, since Mary's perfections are limited: it is because, in the first place, Satan, being proud, suffers infinitely more from being overcome and punished by the little, humble servant of God, her humility humiliating him more than the divine power; and secondly, because God has given Mary such great power over devils that, as they have often been obliged to admit, in spite of themselves, through the mouths of possessed persons, they are more afraid of one of her sighs of grief over some poor soul, than of the prayers of the saints, and more daunted by a single threat from her than by all their other torments" (Resource - Evidence of Satan in the Modern World by Monsignor Leon Cristiani, Roman Catholic Priest - Click here to read online - Click here to purchase book )
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Homage to Mary from a demon
O Mary, Mary, masterpiece of God's handiwork: God has made nothing
greater than thee! Incomparable creation, admiration of all the heavenly
host! All honour thee, all obey thee and acknowledge thee as Mother of
the Creator. Thou art raised above the angels and above all the court of
Heaven: thou art seated near to God, thou art the Temple of Deity, thou
hast carried in thy womb all that is strongest and greatest and most
powerful and most loving! ...
Mary, thou hast received in thy virginal womb Him who created thee, thou
art Virgin and Mother, there is none to be compared with thee. After
God, thou art the greatest; thou art the Strong Woman, there is more
glory to God in thee than in the heavenly host ...
In thee there has been no stain, Anathema be they that deny that thou
art Virgin and Mother; thou wast conceived without sin, thou art
immaculate! ...
I praise thee, O Mary, but all my praises of thee ascend unto God, the
author of all good. After the Sacred Heart of Jesus there is no heart to
be compared with thine. O loving heart! O tender heart! Thou wilt not
abandon even the most thankless or the most guilty of mortals. Thy heart
is overflowing with kindness, even to the unfortunate who merit
chastisement alone, yet thou obtainest for them grace and compassion:
the worst of sinners is converted by thee! ...
O, if all the inhabitants of the earth should know thee! If they could
understand thy tenderness, thy power, thy goodness, not one of them
should perish! All that turn to thee in trust and hope and pray to thee
continually, whatever their state may be, thou wilt save them, thou wilt
bless them eternally.....
I am compelled to humble myself at thy feet
and implore thy pardon for all the outrages I inflict on the one I
possess! ...
I confess today, one of the most solemn feasts of the whole year, that
thy divine Son compels me to say that it is the most solemn of all the
feasts.
(The little parish of Ars was to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is relevant to note here that the dogma of the Immaculate Conception had not yet been proclaimed and was not, in fact, promulgated until a year after this homage was recorded. Then an entirely unexpected event occurred. Antoine Gay (the possessed) was found kneeling at the foot of a statue of the Virgin, his arms extended in the form of a cross, and his eyes filled with tears. From his lips there streamed forth this solemn declaration which could only have come from the infernal spirit that possessed him, since Antoine Gay himself had not the theological background to pronounce such an impressive discourse.)
(Resource - Evidence of Satan in the Modern World by Monsignor Leon Cristiani, Roman Catholic Priest - Click here to read online - Click here to purchase book )
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"he tries to ruin all of you, he and his satellites, the spirits fallen with him at the beginning of time. There are millions of them. They roam around the earth, as thick as a swarm of flies, and you do not even notice it. It is not reserved to us damned to tempt you; but to the fallen spirits. In truth every time they drag down here to hell a human soul their own torture is increased. But what does one not do for hatred?" (Read More)