Know that the old enemy strives by all means to hinder thy desire after good, and to divert thee from every devout exercise; namely, from the veneration of the saints; from the pious meditation of My Passion; from the profitable remembrance of thy sins; from keeping a guard upon thy own heart; and from a firm purpose of advancing in virtue.
He suggests to thee many evil thoughts, that he may weary thee out and frighten thee; that he may withdraw thee from prayer and the reading of devout books. He is displeased with humble confession; and if he could, he would cause thee to let alone communion.
-Bk. III, ch. vi.
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You grieved Our Lord by not going to Holy Communion, and you distressed me. How astute the devil must be to deceive a soul in this way! He has achieved the very thing at which he was aiming. He knows that a soul that seeks God whole-heartedly cannot be drawn into sin, so he tries to make her believe that she has sinned. But even this does not satisfy him, he has something else in view...he wants to deprive Jesus of another tabernacle. As he himself cannot force an entrance into it, then he is determined that it shall remain empty. Oh! to what a sorry plight that soul is reduced! The devil has won by withdrawing a soul from Holy Communion, and Jesus weeps!
-Letters
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.
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