The Mystical City of God in a Year with Fr. Edward Looney

How does worthy Communion disarm the demons and strengthen persevering souls?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 6, Paragraphs 496-504 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s instruction about the power of frequent, worthy Eucharist to terrify demons, fortify souls against temptation, and inspire constancy in prayer, mortification, and obedience to Church authority during spiritual struggle.

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How did Mary prepare the apostles for Pentecost through prayer, Mass, and mystical works?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 6, Paragraphs 489-495 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s ten-day vigil: she leads the apostolic community in Mass, is mystically taken to heaven, confronts demons, receives a heavenly temple, and distributes graces for the Church’s founding.

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How Mary’s remembrance of Christ’s Passion routs the demons and protects the Church.

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 6, Paragraphs 480-488 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s pilgrimage to holy sites where her devotion to the Passion repels demons, secures the early Church’s victory over Judaizing errors, and models prayerful humility for our Lenten practice and conversion.

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How does humble obedience shape the soul’s path to perfection and love?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 5, Paragraphs 473-479 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s insistence on continual remembrance of her mysteries and the centrality of humble, willing obedience—examining motives (love vs. fear), daily confession, and practical steps for interior growth.

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When life’s seas rage, will you turn to Mary as your captain and protector?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 5, Paragraphs 464-472 from The Mystical City of God. Turn present trials into prayer: learn from Mary’s calm courage during a miraculous storm, how her intercession saved John and the ship, and how we can seek her maternal help in our own tempests.

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Why did the early Church beg Mary to return to Jerusalem—what does her humility teach us?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 5, Paragraphs 456-463 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s humble obedience to the apostles, her pastoral instructions to the seventy-three women in Ephesus, and practical steps for cultivating prayerful community life and Marian devotion in your own spiritual routine.

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How does Mary’s humility defeat the devil’s fiercest temptations and snares?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 4, Paragraphs 448-455 from The Mystical City of God. Explore Mary’s divine armoring and humility: how God equips her with seraphic gifts to resist demonic flattery, and practical warnings to watch intentions, rely on grace, and remain vigilant against covert pride.

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How did Mary triumph over idolatry and reclaim chastity’s honor in Ephesus?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 4, Paragraphs 440-447 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s prayerful intervention at Ephesus: she confronts rampant idolatry, secures divine permission to purge the Temple of Diana, spares nine converts, and intercedes to obtain graces for the Church’s growth.

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How did a counterfeit ‘virginity’ become a tool of diabolical deception in Ephesus?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 4, Paragraphs 431-439 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary’s charitable intervention in Ephesus, the devil’s plot to establish a false virginal cult, and practical signs to discern and withdraw from religious deception in contemporary life.

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Will you grieve for lost souls and let Mary teach you to care for others?

Fr. Edward Looney reads and reflects on Volume 4, Book 8, Chapter 3, Paragraphs 422-430 from The Mystical City of God. Reflect on Mary as teacher and missionary: ask her to instruct your heart, grieve for lost souls, and take up active prayer and charity for others’ salvation rather than self-centered comfort.

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