May 18, 1977
GOOD AND EVIL: A TERRIBLE DUEL
Write, son; Father L. desires to speak to you.
Yes, brother; I also desire to speak to you.
All the good that a soul in grace realizes, just as the evil that a sinner does, is matter for a particular judgment and a universal judgment. If then a sinner is converted sincerely, God, the just judge, in his infinite mercy, will burn and destroy the evil realized before his conversion.
My brother Father Octavio, you already knew these things, and so you asked me why I am telling them to you. If I tell them to you, it is because they are like an antecedent to the message I am about to give you.
He who loves God with humility of spirit and sincerity of faith, with the will to know him and serve him always better, becomes the target of all the darts of the dark powers of hell.
The men of this materialistic century, the pagans of this generation, do not have, nor can they have, the slightest idea of what happens and unfolds between the soul resolutely faithful to God, and the dark powers of hell. The world, that is, those who are of the world and not of God, do not believe and cannot believe in the mysterious but real duel, that always takes place between holy souls and hell.
The good are tried in proportion to their goodness
The world is of Satan, who is darkness, and he can produce only darkness in the souls that listen to him.
The animal, who belongs to a kingdom inferior to that of man, is in total darkness about all the problems that stir up the mind and heart of man. A man in whom Satan has destroyed supernatural life, belongs to a kingdom inferior to the one belonging to a man in the grace of God, and the man who does not have in himself the kingdom of God, that is, grace, sees things only on a natural level; this also was said to you in a previous message; for a mysterious veil envelops the soul of those who are not in the grace of God; behold why many consecrated souls, whether they are at the top or on the bottom, do not see the veil that envelops them, which nearly always is pride, radix omnium malorum.
The hostility of the forces of evil is measured by the progress that the soul makes in perfection and in sanctity. The good souls are tried, in the measure of their goodness, while the indifferent are left without any disturbance, and the wicked receive favors in their material affairs, from the demons themselves.
This does not mean that the demons love the reprobate; they are incapable of love, even of the weakest act of love; they hate all souls with ferocity, for they hate human nature, which has made possible the Immaculate Virgin, the Christ, Lord and Redeemer, and the Church, and thus this forms the epicenter of all their hatred.
Why, Fr. Octavio, if the demons hate all men indistinctly, do they favor the perverse ones in their human aspirations? By a requirement of their strategy and their plan of eternal perdition for souls; it is not that they are patient, but rather, they know how to wait, maliciously.
What does it matter to them, if they hide themselves and their hatred for a few years, provided that they snatch souls away from God, from the Redeemer, Jesus, and from the Virgin Co-Redemptrix, provided that they can precipitate into hell the fruits of their unceasing activity, all directed to this finality?
My brother, Fr. Octavio, although many things have already been told to you about these unclean beings, I considered it opportune to add some new notions about their strategy and tactics, that are used in their perfidious activity.
Jesus works in light and in love; the demons work in darkness, and always animated by hate. Light and darkness are face to face; life and death, in a marvelous duel, have confronted each other, and still do so now, for Redemption is now taking place.
The rejection of God
In the new Church they should speak much about everything that was told to you, considering the incredulity of this century, that has become pagan, just as it was told to you: “They have made a god out of everything, except God himself.” This horrible sin of the rejection of God, that does not have a precedent in its extension and seriousness, will be wiped off the face of the earth, with such severe rigor, that it does not have a precedent in the history of the human race.
Fr. Octavio, I spoke to you about a confrontation and a harsh battle and conflict; this could lead you to think that the two sides were almost equal, but it is not so. Let no one be tempted to put the two opposite sides on the same level. God is infinitely greater than his enemy and ours. God could destroy his adversary, making use of his omnipotence, just as he used his omnipotence to create him.
Then, why does he not do so?
Because this does not enter into the design of his divine Providence. Ab aeterno he knew that, when he created the angels and humanity, there was going to be a great struggle, and the unbelievable rebellion of both natures, angelic and human.
God never withdraws what he has once given. To the angelic nature and to human nature, he gave, among other gifts, the gift of liberty, thus making responsible both natures; in other words, he has not withdrawn anything, either from the angelic or the human nature.
And the preternatural and supernatural gifts, freely given, to human nature?
Brother, they were not withdrawn by God, but rather destroyed by sin. Pay close attention: before our first parents were called by God to give an account of their disobedience, they realized that they were naked, an instant after their sin, and when God called them, they were ashamed; they realized that they had destroyed their nuptial garment, white and immaculate, and that it was not taken away by God, but rather ruined by the concupiscence of the spirit and of the flesh. This is the story that is repeated in every soul, each time that it sins mortally. It is sin that works our ruin; it is only and always sin, deliberately willed and consciously consummated.
To the angelic nature, since it is more perfect and powerful than human nature, it was not granted the possibility of repenting, and therefore of being regenerated.
Diverse artifices and strategies of the demons
Redemption is for all men, with the exception of those who deliberately reject it. The darksome powers of evil, envious, jealous, and filled with rage, for not having obtained what was granted to men of good will, use the gifts with which they were endowed, of intelligence and of will, to seduce men, to carry them away and to trap them, in their own state of despair.
In this their abominable activity, they use diverse artifices and strategies, according to the circumstances.
Behold the reason why, with chosen souls, who direct all their acts toward God, they make a frontal attack, without using ambushes. All the saints know, and have known, this tremendous battle, and by themselves, they never could have come out victorious, without a particular assistance from on high. With good souls, they limit themselves to actions of irritation, disturbances, and of temptations, even violent ones. With perverse souls, their tactic is to favor them in all their human aspirations, reserving for afterwards to vent upon them their sadistic hatred, in the moment in which they are certain that these souls now belong to them for ever.
Brother Octavio, courage. He never abandons one who hopes, believes, and trusts in him.
May God bless you now and always.
Father L.