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To: HomerBohn; NYer
I think Satan has two grand strategies going on here:

(1) pry as many people away from the Church as possible

(2) get the rest so obsessed with the sins of others "in high places" that they neglect prayer, charity, and the duties of their state in life.

You can see how easy it is for him to find allies in these projects.

13 posted on 04/11/2016 2:45:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"...I saw two roads. One was broad, covered with sand and flowers, full of joy, music and all sorts of pleasures. People walked along it, dancing and enjoying themselves. They reached the end without realizing it. And at the end of the road there was a horrible precipice; that is, the abyss of hell. The souls fell blindly into it; as they walked, so they fell. And their number was so great that it was impossible to count them. And I saw the other road, or rather, a path, for it was narrow and strewn with thorns and rocks; and the people who walked along it had tears in their eyes, and all kinds of suffering befell them. Some fell down upon the rocks, but stood up immediately and went on. At the end of the road there was a magnificent garden filled with all sorts of happiness and all these souls entered there. At the very first instant they forgot all their sufferings" (Diary 153).
Visions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven according to St. Faustina

17 posted on 04/11/2016 3:18:05 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I think that’s pretty darn plausible.

Freegards


20 posted on 04/11/2016 5:08:15 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I agree wholeheartedly.


28 posted on 04/13/2016 8:23:54 PM PDT by tiki
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