Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis
de Ponte SJ
Chapter 3 Section 2– How prayer wrestles with the demons
Page 49 – The more fervent the Devil see us in prayer,
says St Bernard, [Sermo 4 de Quad.] the greater his energy in opposing
hindrances.
For this reason some of the Holy Fathers tell us that the
more excellent our prayer, the greater the difficulty shall we find in it: for
all hell seems to conspire against it. Nor is this anything strange, for great
undertakings are wont to present great difficulties. But if cowards are
terrified by the difficulty, the strong are spurred on by the greatness.
Both classes need generosity of soul and the necessity of
prayer is a strong stimulus to urge us on in this practice.
The very solicitude and effort with which the evil
spirits strive to hinder it sufficiently shows how important they deem it, and
ought to encourage us the more firmly to resist them and to continue the combat
till we overcome.
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