Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God!
St. Matthew 5:8
According to St. Gregory the Great, there are several types of devils. The one presented today in the Gospel is the devil of impurity. This unclean spirit seeks to taint souls sanctified by our Lord, and tries to turn them from spiritual into carnal, and even bestial. He tries to plunge them into a state of abjection that makes them worse than animals. And our Lord wants us to have a particular revulsion for this devil of impurity, among all the devils, for, according to St. Gregory the Great, that devil is the most common cause of man’s damnation.
To fight against this devil, there are means of prevention and others of cure. One of these is the use of the sacrament of penance. It is important to know that the devil tries at the time of confession to arouse in man that shame which he took from him at the time of the sin. We should be ashamed of the sin, but not of admitting the sin! So let us take care never to make a sacrilegious confession by false shame. Moreover, let us not forget that, in the accusation of a serious sin, we should always specify the number or the frequency as well as any circumstances that change the nature of the sin.
Next, let us love to approach the Holy Eucharist often. A heart to heart with our Lord is the best antidote to disordered attachments. And to the supernatural means, let us unite the practice of natural means. Let us fly everything that opens the door to these sins: internet, violent and desensitizing electronic games, bad films, gatherings that are too worldly, indecent dress, bad companions… Let us also fly idleness, which is the mother of all vices. Mostly let us love God above all things as well as His holy Mother, Queen of purity.
Lord Jesus, give me the courage never to let myself be caught in the trap of cowardly human respect by giving in to the pressures of fashion, and make it so that I never offend You by immodest dress, incompatible with my dignity as a child of God.
(Taken from Toward Easter by Fr. Patrick Troadec)
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