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By Msgr. Charles Pope - A central work of the Church is to deliver people from the power of Satan,to transfer them from the kingdom of darkness unto the Kingdom of Light, to shepherd God’s people out of bondage and into freedom. When people come to us tormented by demonic incursions, we can and ought to pray for them. Parishes should be places where people can find clergy and others trained in deliverance ministry to lay hands on them and pray for their deliverance.

By Casey Chalk, The Catholic Thing - I sometimes wonder what would happen if I devoted as much of my intellectual, emotional, and spiritual energies to appreciating the Eucharist as I do to reading, writing, and fellowship with other Catholics… I would be a more prayerful, more thoughtful, and more saintly Catholic, drinking deep from what St. John Paul II called “the Church’s treasure, the heart of the world, the pledge of the fulfillment for which each man and woman, even unconsciously, yearns.”

By Edward P. Sri, "Resenting Chastity", Lay Witness - Why is virtue resented by many people today? First, living the virtuous life is not easy. It requires a lot of effort, practice, and self-denial. We are constantly battling against our fallen, selfish human nature. This side of the Garden of Eden, it is a lot easier to give in to our emotions and desires than it is to control them. For example, it is easier to indulge our appetite than it is to eat with moderation.