How does Satan tempt man?
Genesis 3:1 1: Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of
the
field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2: And the woman said
unto
the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3: But of
the
fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
shall
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4: And the serpent
said
unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: 5: For God doth know that in the
day ye
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing
good and evil. 6: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with
her;
and he did eat. 7: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that
they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
He tries to tempt you each day of your life. He even tried to tempt Jesus
many
times.
Satan is the father of lies. John 8:44 Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it.
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July 22nd - St. Wandrille, Abbot
(Also known as Wandregisilus, Vandrille)
Born near Verdun about 600, France; died 668. Saint Wandrille was born into
a noble family related to Blessed Pepin of Landen and raised at the
Austrasian court. He was a courtier of King Dagobert of Austrasia, where he
had among his fellows seven or eight future saints. In spite of his desire
for the monastic life, Wandrille was appointed count of the palace and
married out of deference to his parents. About 628, by mutual agreement, he
separated from his wife. She became a nun and he became a monk at the
Benedictine abbey of Montfauçon in Champagne under Saint Balderic (Baudry).
A few months later he left to become a hermit at Saint-Ursanne in the Jura
Mountains, where lived in a log hut for about five years. Then Wandrille
went to Bobbio. After a pilgrimage to Rome, in 637, he entered
Romain-Moûtier Abbey on the Isere, where he spent the next decade and where
he was ordained by Saint Ouen of Rouen.
He left Romain-Moûtier to found the famous abbey of Fontenelle in Normandy,
which he developed into a missionary and spiritual center, including a
school of arts and crafts. He became involved in helping and preaching to
the inhabitants of the surrounding area. The abbey-church, which came to be
called Saint-Wandrille, was consecrated in 657. Soon Fontenelle had a
community of over 300 monks, which adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict after
his death.
Wandrille's relics were moved during the Viking invasion to Étaples,
Chartres, Boulogne, and Mont-Blandin (Ghent). His feast spread from Ghent
and was celebrated in southern England before the Norman Conquest. His abbey
had at least three cells in England- the most important at Ecclesfield in
South Yorkshire and Upavon (Wiltshire). From these cells, his cultus spread
to other English monasteries, including York and Hereford. A fine,
11th-century illustrated Life of Wandrille survives at Saint-Omer. At least
some of his relics were recovered by his abbey, where his feast is still
celebrated (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer).
Saint Quote:
All our good and all our evil certainly lies in the character of our
actions. As they are, so are we; for we are the tree, and they the fruit,
and, therefore, they prove what each one is.
-St. Augustine
Bible Quote
13 Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are
able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear
it. (1 Cor. 10:13)
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Canticle Apocalypse 19
The wedding of the Lamb
Alleluia.
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, because his judgements are
true and just.
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Praise our God, all his servants, and you who fear him, small and great.
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
For the Lord reigns, our God, the Almighty: let us rejoice and exult and
give him glory.
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
The marriage of the Lamb has come, and his spouse has made herself ready.
Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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