[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Happy 2021

[Brian Shaughnessy]

ONE PLACE WHERE THE BEST FEAR -- FEAR OF THE LORD -- COMES IN

"Kindness is always Satan's disguise when he presents himself.  He looks
like an ordinary person.  If souls are careful, and, above all, if they are
in spiritual contact with God, they perceive the warning that makes them
cautious and prepares them to fight the devil's snares.  But if souls are
distracted, separated from God by an overwhelming sensuality, and are not
assisted by prayer, which joins them to God and pours strength into the
hearts of men, then they seldom perceive the snares hidden under the
innocent appearance and they fall into the trap.  It is then very difficult
for them to free themselves.

The two most common means adopted by Satan to conquer souls are *sensuality*
 and *gluttony*.  He always starts from material things.  Once he has
dismantled and subdued the material side, he attacks the spiritual part.

First *the morals*:  thoughts with their pride and greed; then *the spirit*,
obliterating not only its love -- which no longer exists when man replaces
divine love with other human loves -- but also THE FEAR OF GOD.  [*my
caps]  *Then man surrenders his body and soul to Satan, only for the sake
of enjoying what he wants, and enjoying it more and more.

You saw how I behaved [during the vision of His Temptation in the Desert].
Silence and prayer.  *Silence*.  Because if Satan performs his work of a
seducer and comes round us, we must put up with the situation without any
foolish impatience or cowardly fears.  We must act with resolution to his
presence, and with *prayer* to his allurements.

IT IS USELESS TO DEBATE WITH SATAN.  HE WOULD WIN, BECAUSE HE IS STRONG IN
HIS DIALECTICS.  ONLY GOD CAN BEAT HIM. [*my caps*]  And so you must have
recourse to God, that He may speak for you, through you.  You must show
Satan that Name and that Sign, not so much written on paper or engraved on
wood, but written and engraved in your hearts.  My Name, My Sign.  You
should answer back to Satan, using the word of God, only when he insinuates
that he is like God.  He cannot bear that.

One must be determined to defeat Satan, and have faith in God and in His
help.  Faith in the power of prayer, and in the Lord's bounty.  Then Satan
can do no harm."
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aptYLJC,Twbd,ttM

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From: Catherine Walther <catherine.walther at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Sundaycommunity] Happy 2021
To: Brian Shaughnessy <bshaughn43 at gmail.com>
Cc: CNWE group <CNWE at googlegroups.com>, Sunday Community <
sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca>, Welcome to the Sunday Community News
Bulletin and Announcment Egroup. Please feel free to write messages. <
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When you look at the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit fear is nowhere to
be seen. Even the term ‘fear of the Lord’ means Awe and Reverence for God,
not scaredness.
So yes, Happy, Joyful, Thankful, Courageous, and Loving New Year to all,
Catherine

On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 5:34 AM Brian Shaughnessy <bshaughn43 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Happy" New Year?
>
> To be honest, I am more scared about our earthly future going into 2021
> that I have ever been starting a new year.
>
> And it is not even close.
>
> Paul for sure, but do the rest of you know the dystopian movie "V for
> Vendetta"?  That is the enslaved society that
> I fear we are very close to entering.
>
> The good news is that our Good God Who loves us as no other is forever
> fully in charge and ready to help us,
> that however bad it gets, it is but a test of our worthiness for what is
> to follow, and that He will stamp His
> "Enough!" on this world when the hour, that only He knows, is right.  :)
>
>         Brian
>
> aptYLJC,Twbd,ttM
>
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> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 3:43 PM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Happy and Healthy New Year Everyone!
>> ❤️ Catherine.
>>
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>> *May you walk in joy as love calls us on.*
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*May you walk in joy as love calls us on.*


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