Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34
Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding. The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.” And he said to them, “Go then!” They came out and entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea where they drowned.
The swineherds ran away, and when they came to the
town they reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they
begged him to leave their district.
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Reflection:
Are demons for real?
Demons are for real it’s just around us waiting to pounce upon us the moment they see that our faith in Jesus is weak. But it’s not anymore the typical frightening figure for it has also evolved with time. It disguises itself now in so many ways that we can hardly recognize it until it captures us and eventually destroy us.
It could disguise itself within us through our evil thoughts that comes to many us every once in a while. For example the feeling of lusting after someone even if it’s immoral or the strong desire to commit wrong. We would not be able to recognize it until it’s too late already.
In the secular world that we’re in the devil uses a lot of worldly things to keep our attention away from God. This is the reason why many of us become sinners for the simple reason that we’ve allowed the devil to capture us.
But let us not be fearful because there’s somebody who
can easily defeat these demons and it’s no other that Jesus. So we must always
be connected with Jesus by means of having an active prayer life and we must
always ask His help and guidance. For the simple reason that Jesus is more
powerful than all of the devils that exists in this world. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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