Luke 11:15-26: Today’s Gospel has words of Jesus speaking about the devil, and the attempts of demons to overtake us. But if the devil is divided, he falls apart. Unity in the church is what keeps it together. Grace also gives unity to our soul. St. Therese of Lisieux recounts how one of her earliest memory was that of a dream. She saw the fiery looks of two devils staring at her in the garden at Alencon. But her gaze made them scamper away. She said the devil is a coward, and he flees from the simple gaze of a child, in the state of grace.
We too are filled with joy when we realize that God pours his divine grace into our souls. All we have to do is open ourselves to this grace, and we are transformed.

Music: Carlos Gardel, Amores de Estudiante, arrange for guitar by Bert Alink (2018)