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“The devil has two strategies: the seduction of worldly promises, and when this fails, that of rage,”
The first ploy attempted by Satan to separate us from Christ will always be that of a “worldly spirit,” Francis said, where he offers “self-realization, careerism, and worldly success, as ways to cover up the cross of Jesus.”
“there is more, there is humiliation, there is rage. And when there is fury in the persecution of a Christian, the devil is present”
The devil knows no middle ground,” the pope said. “His pride is so great that he enjoys destroying with rage."
Pope Francis: The Devil Assails Christians with Vanity and Rage
The first ploy attempted by Satan to separate us from Christ will always be that of a “worldly spirit,” Francis said, where he offers “self-realization, careerism, and worldly success, as ways to cover up the cross of Jesus.”
“there is more, there is humiliation, there is rage. And when there is fury in the persecution of a Christian, the devil is present”
The devil knows no middle ground,” the pope said. “His pride is so great that he enjoys destroying with rage."
Pope Francis: The Devil Assails Christians with Vanity and Rage