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By William Kilpatrick, Turning Point Project - It’s often said that Satan’s greatest achievement is to convince people that he doesn’t exist. If we believe he doesn’t exist, then there is less motivation for us to avoid temptation and more likelihood that we will fall into sin more often—the very thing that Satan seeks... By implication, the belief that Hell is empty will have similar consequences. As Eric Sammons puts it, “[If] you believe everyone is getting to Heaven regardless of how they live here on earth…then the importance of both practicing the Faith and sharing it with others collapses.”

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - In the Holy Mass, Scripture and homily should play more the role of reproof, while the Eucharist of comforting.  What he means, St. Gregory says, “is well signified by that ark of the tabernacle, in which, together with the tables, there as a rod and manna; because, if with knowledge of sacred Scripture in the good pastor’s breast there is the rod of constraint, there should be also the manna of sweetness.”... Do not be deceived, Gregory says:  Only in the supreme governance of God are justice and mercy so thoroughly intermingled that His mercy simply is His justice.  Subordinate authorities such as bishops must attain to each separately, while combining them.

By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange - I gave a talk some years ago to a group of faithful on the need to be engaged in spiritual warfare today. After the talk, one of the attendees said to me, “Father, I am certain that I would not be able to sleep this night after listening to your talk on the demons and their activities in our lives.”... Her words reflect the sad attitude we have today regarding the reality of demons and their activities. We think that demons will just leave us in peace if we do not speak or think about them. ...