Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint John Chrysostom
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Let’s given mercy to the three children slain by Linsay Clancy. Genesis 9:6!
SATAN
Satan is a plus or minus zero with not a trace of goodness in him; pure evil.
When Satan tempted Eve, Satan promised Eve that she would be like God. Adam and Eve were created in the image and likeness of God. God, the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, gave Adam and Eve everything except infinity which a created being by virtue of his being brought into being, that is existence, is not capable of having.
When Satan tempted Jesus Christ in the desert, Satan promised Jesus Christ all the sovereign nations of the world if Jesus Christ bowed down to the devil. Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, the Son of God would not have bowed down to Satan if Satan had all the sovereign nations of the world, but the devil is nothing and owns nothing. Satan cannot give all the sovereign nations of the world because Satan does not have all the sovereign nations of the world to give.
The devil is a liar. Some lost individuals worship Satan in fear, but even these people are created by God, not Satan.
Remind Satan that even he is created by God as Saint Lucifer, the great angel of light. And in rebellion Satan was thrown into hell. God might have evaporated, annihilated Lucifer, but God does not contradict Himself. Once created always created in spite of the evil being done by devils.
God always brings good out of evil.