tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36600434.post5484364347805986926..comments2023-06-02T07:04:15.572-07:00Comments on Diakonia - Deacon Pat Kearns: Temptation is like a mean dog on a chainDeacon Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800236407881741454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36600434.post-22862062727359613492008-07-09T17:00:00.000-07:002008-07-09T17:00:00.000-07:00Funny thing as I was just reading a letter to Padr...Funny thing as I was just reading a letter to Padre Pio from Padre Benedetto about this same subject: Satan. I have my temptations like everyone else but sometimes we wonder what we did to deserve them. Well here's an answer, for me at least:<BR/>To Padre Pio,<BR/>"Let Satan make war on you; let him make an uproar; let him threaten at times to swallow you up. No matter, he can do nothing against your soul which God has by this time clasped to Himself and secretly sustains by His grace. Rejoice, my son, for I am telling you the truth: Do not consider that you are suffering in reparation for sins committed . . . Moreover, if you have offered yourself with Jesus as a victim for the world's sinners, what else can you expect but to be treated as Jesus was?"<BR/>How come I always forget that I offer myself every morning as a victim soul united with the Holy Eucharist in the hands of the priest? But I'm always happy when the temptations are gone!<BR/>Deacon John (Florida)Deacon Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122314555763113859noreply@blogger.com