ROME — Pope Francis said Sunday that the devil tempts human beings with three “poisons,” namely attachments, distrust, and power, in order to separate us from God.
In his weekly Angelus message in Saint Peter’s Square, the pontiff reminded pilgrims that “devil” means “one who divides,” and that Satan always seeks to separate people from God.
Recalling Jesus’ temptations in the desert, the pope noted that the devil tries “to divide Jesus from the Father and to distract him from his mission of unity for us.”
Satan seeks to take advantage of the human condition of Jesus, who was weak after fasting for forty days, and tries to poison him with three types of venom to undermine his mission, Francis said.
“These poisons are attachment, distrust, and power,” he continued, and “we too live among these temptations, always.”
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