Tag Archive: lust

Mar 30 2009

The Essence of Purity

30 March 2009

I was listening to the homily for today’s morning Mass on EWTN radio as I drove to work. The homilist, Fr. Joseph Mary, paraphrased Dietrich von Hildebrand: The essence of purity is reverence. Fr. Joseph Mary added, “…reverence for the person, reverence for my own dignity, and reverence for God. That is what the essential …

Tags: belief, choice, control, definition, ego, false self, lust, pride, purity, relationship, reverence, see, sin, trust, utility

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Jun 08 2008

How Does the Devil Seduce?

8 June 2008

I discovered an old interview with Father Gabriele Amorth on the internet concerning Satan and exorcism. It is an interesting article, but this particular piece near the end jumped out at me. How does the Devil go about seducing men and women? AMORTH: His strategy is monotonous. I have told him so and he admits …

Tags: attachment, desire, devil, humility, Jesus, love, lust, power, pride, sin, temptation

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