“If you are the Son of God…” Those words must have had some real force behind them if they were the beginning of Jesus’ temptation. For us, the devil questions us similarly: Do you really have what it takes? We have to recognize this lie and fight back.

Many of us are born into the mess called generational sin: The reality of a family or fatherly wound that often leads into sin for many generations. There are choices we can take to sever our relationship with these sins in our families.

After time spent in the confessional, a priest, in due time, will begin to recognize that the genesis of a great deal of suffering is due to sin.

The best way to engage in spiritual warfare, therefore, is not to pray against the evil directly but to pray for what is positive. The best way to counter all that is ugly, evil, and false is to support all that is beautiful, good, and true