Chapter 2 Section 5.1 – AND LEAD US NOT into temptation

 Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis de Ponte SJ

Chapter 2 Section 5.1 – AND LEAD US NOT into temptation

 

What shall I say about the power of prayer to overcome the temptations which surround us on every side?

For it triumphs over:

1.     the suggestions of the Devil,

2.     the persecutions of the world

3.     and the passions of the flesh.

As often, says St Isadore, as thou feel thyself endangered by temptations to vice, have recourse to prayer which is the unique remedy against them.

Moreover, did not our Saviour say to his Apostles: Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation? [St Matthew xxvi, 41].

Prayer has the power to obtain 12 legions of Angels [cf St Matthew xxvi, 53] who will fight for thee against the evil spirits. What say I? Angels? The Lord of Angels Himself will come to our assistance; for he so loves prayer that wherever it is made he is straightaway present to deliver him who prays: because he asks and knocks