As a Mother's Day treat for myself, I wandered about our Trinity Church bookshop and came upon this little book entitled "The Catholic Warrior" by Robert Abel. It's a bit ex in my opinion at $14.90, but hey, I thought, I should treat myself a little, right? So I got myself the book. Here's how it looks like.
I've only read it a quarter-way, but it's a great book to explain why there's this constant spiritual battle between God and the evil one (I call it the Giant Toad. Don't ask me why, but it's a term I had used with Tiffy when she was very very young, like 2 years old? Just using his actual term scares me and the little ones). It also explains why the serpent tricked Eve and why both Adam and Eve had to leave the garden of Eden.
It quotes the numerous biblical text especially during Jesus' public ministry, where He cast out demons from people. There's a very vivid text about the man at Gerasen who was possessed by about 2000 unclean spirits. Jesus drove them out and into the swines and the whole herd of swines rushed down into the sea and drowned.
The author shared about how our "little" sins can open the door to unclean spirits to dwell within us. We need to go deeper within ourselves (just like what ME workshop couples do) to really identify where this door is, then to seal it with confession with true repentance, and ask Jesus to seal it. Then and only then can the Holy Spirit dwell within us.
The best part is, it's written in simple and plain English that even I can understand :)
A recommended read.
Love
Theresa
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