The 8 Spiritual Diseases: Understood Through Looney Tunes

Many people are familiar with the 7 Deadly Sins, but outside of Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Christians, many do not know of the 8 Spiritual Diseases. The 7 Deadly Sins were actually derived from the 8 Spiritual Diseases by Scholastic theologians in the Middle Ages. These theologians combined Vainglory and Pride into just Pride, viewing Vainglory as a "species" of Pride, thereby reducing the number of sins to seven to coincide with the 7 Virtues. These 7 Virtues are the 4 Cardinal Virtues (Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance) and the 3 Theological Virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity) combined.

Using the motifs of Looney Tunes characters and the teachings of the Catholic Church through Christ Our Pascha: Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, we will explore the 8 Spiritual Diseases. In the Eastern tradition, these are viewed as the primary passions that "blind the eye of the soul," (Nous) and understanding them is the first step toward spiritual healing and the restoration of the image of God within us.

In the Eastern Christian tradition, sin is not merely a violation of God's law. The word 'sin' originates from an archery term meaning 'to miss the target.' In the East, this missing of the mark is often understood to stem from logismoi—disordered thought patterns or intrusive thoughts

Gluttony (Gula) Tasmanian Devil:

A soul consumed by its belly and a whirlwind of disordered consumption, the Tasmanian Devil is a prime example of the spiritual disease of gluttony. Taz doesn't even look at what he's eating; he simply devours everything as a living tornado of teeth and fur. He neither gives God thanks for his meal nor enjoys it, lacking both decorum and table manners. His consumption is not only greedy—it is inherently destructive.

759 Human beings have a natural need for food and drink; food is necessary to support life. However, an excessive desire for food distorts anatural human need. This leads to the sin of gluttony, wherein food becomes an end in itself. There are various manifestations of this sin. The first of these is excess in food and drink. The Holy Fathers taught that food consumed in excess harms the soul. The second manifestation of gluttony is the quest for food and drink primarily for pleasure. A lack of self-control in eating and drinking leads to voraciousness in everything else, since one seeks to satiate the hunger and thirst of the soul by overindulging the body. Saint John Cassian notes: “We cannot possibly scorn the gratification of food presented to us, unless the mind is fixed on … the delight of things celestial.”⁴⁷⁰ 

760 The sin of gluttony can be overcome by the virtue of temperance in food and drink, which we achieve through fasting. Saint John Chrysostom teaches: 

We have, you see, a gentle and loving Lord who demands nothing of us beyond our capabilities. In other words, it is not arbitrarily that he looks for fasting and abstinence from food to be performed by us, nor simply for the sake of our remaining without food, but rather that we may be detached from things of this life and devote all our spare time to spiritual matters.⁴⁷¹

Citation:
Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §759-760.

Philippians 3:19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.[a]

Lust (Luxuria) Pepe Le Pew:

Pepe Le Pew is a pungent mammal who persistently and blindly chases a cat—a creature not even belonging to the same species as his own. His lust blinds him to this reality; or perhaps he is so depraved that he willfully ignores the poor disguise of paint or flour on the unfortunate feline. Lust reduces others to mere objects of self-gratification. In this state, people are treated as a means to an end—the pursuit of a most 'icky' and destructive satisfaction.

761 The sexual impulse is natural for a human being. The essence of the passion of lust lies in the unrestrained and disordered quest for bodily gratification, when a person is driven by self-love and a desire to please oneself, often at the expense of one’s own dignity and the dignity of another person. Lust leads to a variety of sins: pre-marital sexual relations (fornication) and extramarital sexual relations (adultery), sexual slavery, and the commodification of the person. This passion is dangerous not only for the body but also for the soul, because it enslaves a person and destroys the ability to love. The spiritual Fathers consequently stress the necessity of constantly struggling against this passion.

762 Saint Cyril of Jerusalem affirms that the decisive rejection of lust is an essential element of the Christian belief in the resurrection of the body: “He who believes that his body shall remain to rise again, is careful of his robe, and defiles it not with fornication; but he who disbelieves the resurrection, gives himself to fornication, and misuses his own body, asthough it were not his own.”⁴⁷²

 
763 A human being achieves chastity in the sexual life through the virtue of wholeness of being. This virtue orders the sexual impulse through love of neighbour and self. Chastity allows a person to control one’s sexual impulse and restores the harmony of body, soul, and spirit.

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church  §761-763.

Proverbs 5:3-5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

³ For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
and her speech[a] is smoother than oil;

⁴ but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁵ Her feet go down to death;
her steps follow the path to[b] Sheol;

Avarice (Avaritia)  Yosemite Sam:

Yosemite Sam is defined by the relentless pursuit of treasure, land, and property. Driven by greed, he seeks to acquire anything of monetary value through sheer force, defending his ill-gotten gains with the violent roar of his twin six-shooters. In Sam’s world, possession is not just nine-tenths of the law—it is the only law, enforced by gunpowder and fury.

764 Avarice is a passion for money and material goods. The Holy Fathers taught that love of wealth is not part of man’s innate nature, but appears as a distortion of man’s desire for eternal life.⁴⁷³ The passion for acquiring wealth, which takes possession of a person, makes one a slave to money. The acquisition of wealth becomes an end in itself and leads to various sins. Such a passion gives rise to the illusion of one’s self-sufficiency as we come to rely solely on material goods. Saint –John Chrysostom teaches:

Wealth is not a bad thing, but avarice and love of money are. A covetous person is one thing, and a rich person is another thing.

The covetous person is not rich; he is in want of many things, and while he needs many things, he can never be rich. The covetous man is a keeper, not a master, of wealth; a slave, not a lord.⁴⁷⁴

Saint John Climacus regards avarice and greed as idolatry, since in such blindness a person places all his hopes in earthly goods.⁴⁷⁵

765 The virtue of generosity and its concrete expression, almsgiving, make a person capable of properly managing material goods and growing rich in God. Saint John Chrysostom exhorts: 

And let there be no gold lying by in your houses, but that which is more precious than millions of money, that is, alms and love to man, for your treasure. For this gives us boldness toward God, but the other… causes the devil to bear hard upon us… Arm your right hand against him… stow away all your fortune in your mind, and instead of a chest and a house, let heaven keep your gold… Why then do we, to the neglect of our own selves, waste all our attention upon those things, which when we are gone we can no longer reach, and often even while we stay here we cannot keep hold of, when we might have such riches as to be found not in this life only, but also in that, in the easiest circumstances? ⁴⁷⁶

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §764-765.

Proverbs 11:24
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

²⁴ One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Wrath (Ira) Wile E. Coyote & Elmer Fudd.

Wile E. Coyote and Elmer Fudd are quintessential adversarial figures, relentlessly preying on the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny. Each episode concludes in a state of blind rage, inevitably leading to their own defeat or self-destruction. Their pride and fury lure them into Bugs Bunny’s carefully orchestrated traps; or their own contraptions malfunction, they remain so blinded by hatred that their obsession becomes the very instrument of their humiliation.

768 Anger as a passion is not merely a feeling of malice. It is the state of a person who aggressively defends his or her existence without hope in
God and to the detriment of one’s neighbour. The Holy Fathers differentiate between three types of anger: 1) anger that burns within – this is a state of the soul in which a person loses internal tranquillity and is overcome by feelings of malice, offence, and irritation; 2) anger manifested in word and deed, in speech that is coarse and devoid of gentleness
and love. The most common manifestations of this anger are flashes of rage, the intentional humiliation of one’s neighbour, giving offence to another, and calumny. Saint John Chrysostom teaches:

“When you inflict insults, then you are defeated, not by another person, but by what is far more disgraceful, by the slavish passion of anger. However, if you remain silent, then you will conquer;” ⁴⁷⁸ and 3) anger that seethes for a long time or resentment – this sort of anger is particularly ruinous for a person, since he or she consciously refuses to forgive an insult or a wrong, and burns with a yearning for revenge.

769 Anger is an especially dangerous passion because it gives rise to violence, murder, division, and war. In The Shepherd of Hermas, anger is called the angel of evil which rules over a person: “When anger comes upon you, or harshness, know that he [the angel of malice] is in you.” ⁴⁷⁹

770 The virtue of long-suffering, which we also call patience or quiet gentleness, is characterized by confidence in the protection of God, and thus allows one to resist human anger. “Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers! ... Hope in the Lord, and do good; so you will dwell in the land and be fed with its wealth … Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him” (Ps 36[37]:1, 3, 7). Saint John Chrysostom teaches: “For if we show patience, we shall be invincible; and there is nobody either great or small, who will have power to hurt us.”⁴⁸⁰

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §768-770.

Proverbs 14:17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

¹⁷ A man of quick temper acts foolishly,
but a man of discretion is patient.[a]

Sorrow (Tristitia) Sylvester.

Sylvester’s catchphrase is more than just a lisp; it is a verbalization of his internal state. He views himself as a victim of the universe. When his elaborate schemes fail, he often looks at the camera with a face of total despair—a spirit of dejection and a gloom that doesn't lead to growth, but only to deeper bitterness and 'succotash.' He isn't merely hungry; he is tormented by the fact that Tweety remains out of reach while living a life of ease. This 'sorrow at another’s well-being' is a classic symptom of the disease, blinding him to the reality that a bowl of cat food likely waits for him in the kitchen.

766 The Holy Fathers, in accordance with the teaching of the apostle Paul, distinguished between salvific sorrow for one’s sins and melancholy as
a passion: “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death” (2 Cor 7:10). Sinful melancholy as a passion reveals itself in one of two ways. Most often it is roused by some other passion, when we desire something but cannot satisfy this yearning. This gives rise to depression, which can lead to despair and even suicide. Melancholy can also arise fromexcessive anxiety about one’s future, from attempting to control one’s life by relying only on the self and not on God. Saint Basil the Great teaches that melancholy is a sign of the weak in spirit, since they lose spiritual equilibrium, inflict spiritual suffering on themselves, and thus risk definitively losing their hope in God.⁴⁷⁷

767 The Spirit-Comforter (or Advocate) is the source of the virtue of Christian joy, which liberates from the passion of melancholy. He grants one
the joy of experiencing closeness with God. The apostle Paul exhorts: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Phil 4:4-6).

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §766-767.

Sirach 30:22-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² Gladness of heart is the life of man,

    and the rejoicing of a man is length of days.

²³ Delight your soul and comfort your heart,

    and remove sorrow far from you,

for sorrow has destroyed many,

    and there is no profit in it.

²⁴ Jealousy and anger shorten life,

    and anxiety brings on old age too soon.

²⁵ A man of cheerful and good heart

    will give heed to the food he eats.

Acedia Barnyard Dawg.

Acedia often manifests as a 'hatred of one’s calling.' The Barnyard Dawg, literally tied to his house by a rope, embodies this spiritual listlessness. He doesn't protect the yard out of duty or joy, but with a heavy, dragging spirit—the image of the 'weary monk' who remains in his cell but finds no peace. The Desert Fathers described Acedia as the sensation that 'time is standing still.' We see this in the Dawg’s relationship with Foghorn Leghorn: a cycle of repetitive, uninspired pranks that seeks no higher resolution. It is a monotonous struggle going nowhere, the boredom of a soul that has simply stopped striving for anything better.

771 The Holy Fathers described despondency (in Greek, akedia) as exhaustion and fatigue of the soul. A melancholic person underestimates the power of the Lord, but a despondent person underestimates God’s mercy. Melancholy drives a person to rely only on his or her own strength, while acedia completely deprives him or her of hope. The Holy Fathers called acedia the “noonday demon” (see Ps 90[91]:6). It
extinguishes one’s vigour for spiritual development. Acedia gives rise to feelings of desolation and aversion for life, and a sense of its emptiness,
as well as to a loss of confidence in one’s salvation. It leads to a person’s psychological and physical exhaustion; one succumbs to laziness and
becomes discouraged and incapable of spiritual combat.

772 Evagrius Ponticus describes the manifestations of acedia:

[The noonday demon] instils in the heart of a monk a hatred for the place, a hatred for his very life itself, a hatred for manual labour. He leads him to reflect that charity has departed from among the brethren, that there is no one to give encouragement… This demon drives him along to desire others places where he can more easily procure life’s necessities, more readily find work and make a real success of himself… No other demon follows close upon the heels of this one (when he is defeated), but only a state of deep peace and inexpressible joy arise out of this struggle.⁴⁸¹

Prayer, work, and constant spiritual training (ascesis) help to combat acedia.

773 The virtue of cheerfulness of spirit or sobriety of mind gives a person the means to renew one’s spiritual strength and continue spiritual combat
with the help of God’s grace. “Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed” (1 Pt 1:13). Saint Isaac the Syrian teaches: “If we observe the law of vigilance and practise discernment with knowledge, from which the fruit of life is reaped, then the struggle
with the assaults of the passions will in nowise draw near our mind.”⁴⁸²

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §771-773.

Psalm 118:28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

Psalm 119 in (RSV-2CE)

²⁸ My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.

Vainglory (Vanagloria) | Foghorn Leghorn.

Vainglory cannot exist in a vacuum; it requires a witness. Foghorn Leghorn is rarely seen alone, constantly seeking out an audience to 'teach.' His repetitive chatter—'I say, I say, pay attention, son!'—is the frantic sound of a soul terrified of being ignored. The Desert Fathers warned that vainglory manifests as a desperate desire to be seen as wise or capable, and Foghorn personifies this by 'explaining' things he doesn't understand. This is the 'empty glory' that defines the disease. It provides a sharp contrast to a character like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof; while Tevye might bluster about tradition and 'the Good Book,' (Torah-Old–Testament) he ultimately has the humility to admit, 'I don’t know.' Foghorn, however, would never admit ignorance, for his importance is built entirely on the illusion of his own expertise.

774 Vainglory (also known as vanity) is the passion for earthly and human glory, and all manner of honours. The root of vainglory is found in a person’s dependence on what others think of him or her. Manifestations of vainglory include intolerance of criticism, a refusal to acknowledge one’s mistakes, and a constant desire for praise from others. Vainglory manifests itself in boasting of one’s material achievements or intellectual abilities and talents, as well as bringing attention to one’s spiritual accomplishments.

775 Attachment to earthly glory makes a person’s spiritual growth impossible. This is because it replaces the pursuit of God’s glory with a pursuit of human glory. In teaching about the vanity of temporal glory, Saint John Chrysostom asks:

If you are looking forward to the resurrection and retribution, why go chasing the values of this life to such an extent? … The cause of all evils, however, is vainglory and the desire to give one’s own name to property, baths, houses. What good is it to you, human being that you are, when in no time a fever comes upon you, your soul suddenly takes wings and leaves you alone and naked—or, rather, stripped of virtue but encumbered with injustices, robberies, acts of greed, groanings, lamentations, orphans’ tears, plots, intrigues? … You would therefore have to remain outside, and lumbered with these burdens to repent too late.⁴⁸³

776 The virtue of humble-mindedness makes a person capable of perceiving oneself as a creature of its Maker and of living for God rather than for oneself. When one humbly accepts oneself as he or she is in God’s eyes, that person becomes truly wise. The humble-minded person accepts all things sent him or her by God and does everything for his glory. “Strive first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Mt 6:33). Saint Isaac the Syrian teaches: “Humble-mindedness is the raiment of the Godhead. The Word who became human clothed himself in it, and therewith spoke to us in our body. Every person who has been clothed with it has truly been made like unto him who came down from his own exaltedness.”⁴⁸⁴

Citation:

Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §774-776.

Proverbs 18:2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

² A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,

    but only in expressing his opinion.

Pride (Superbia) Bugs Bunny. 

Unlike the other characters who struggle, sweat, and fail, Bugs Bunny remains 'above it all.' This effortless superiority is a hallmark of Pride. He doesn't merely defeat his enemies; he mocks them with a casual dismissal—the 'What’s up, Doc?' of a soul that believes it is beyond reproach. The Desert Fathers warned that Pride often manifests as contempt for others, and Bugs embodies this by playing God with the lives of Elmer, Daffy, and Yosemite Sam. He manipulates their own vices to orchestrate their destruction, operating as a 'closed system' of total self-sufficiency. In the Eastern tradition, the remedy for every disease is Humility, yet Bugs remains the one character seemingly incapable of it. He is an 'immovable object' built not on the grace of God, but on the shifting foundation of his own ego.

777 Pride is the most dangerous passion and the mother of all sins. It was because of pride that Satan fell from God, and it is precisely pride that has ruined the prolonged endeavours of many an ascetic. Pride is a person’s idolatrous self-deification: a person exalts oneself over other people and puts oneself in the place of God. The proud person is closed to God’s grace: “The Lord opposes the proud; but he gives grace to the humble” (Prv 3:34, lxx; see 1 Pt 5:5 and Jas 4:6). Saint Augustine teaches that pride is the source of all evil, and in order to overcome all other sins, one must rid oneself of the root cause—pride: “Whence does iniquity abound? From pride. Cure pride and there will be no more iniquity. Consequently, that the cause of all diseases might be cured, namely, pride, the Son of God came down and was made low.”⁴⁸⁵

778 The proud person usually does not see his or her own sin. This person is filled with self-love, finds it difficult to forgive, and to ask forgiveness of others, and has trouble relenting. Such a person rejects all forms of authority and frequently flares up in anger. He or she bears grudges, constantly judges other people, and envies their successes. Pride deceitfully takes control even of those who, having achieved virtue, regard themselves, rather than God, as the cause of their achievements.

779 The most effective means of combatting pride is to train oneself in humility. This opens a person toward God and neighbour, and makes a person capable of receiving God’s transfiguring and liberating power. The apostle Paul declares: “We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle
raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Cor 10:4-5). Through the virtue of humility, a person stands in truth before the face of God. Therefore, Christian humility does not demean a person, but allows one to recognize one’s true dignity as a child of God. Saint John Chrysostom teaches:

He who places humility as the foundation of his character can safely build a building of any height. It [humility] is the strongestpalisade, an immovable wall, an impenetrable fortress; it supports the entire edifice and does not allow it to fall… it makes it inaccessible to all attacks… and through it God, the lover of mankind, pours out on us his plentiful gifts.⁴⁸⁶

Citation:
Christ Our Pascha Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church §777-779.

Proverbs 26:12

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹² Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

    There is more hope for a fool than for him.

By using the Scriptures as our guide—studying the practical wisdom of Proverbs, the Book of Wisdom, and the Gospels—we find the blueprint for a healthy soul. When we pair this with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, specifically the Christ Our Pascha (Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church) or the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we move beyond mere diagnosis. We learn to actively cultivate the virtues that heal the eight spiritual diseases.

Let us conclude with what the Scriptures say about sin and vice and the virtues. In these Scriptures we will focus on the dangers of sin and vice and then focus on the Beatitudes, Parables of Jesus Christ and the Armor of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral,[a] nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,[b][c] ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 5:19-21
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are plain: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, ²¹ envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Be sure of this, that no immoral or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Revelation 21:8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”[a]

The wages of sin are death—specifically eternal death if left unrepented. However, in the words of Jesus Christ and His Apostles, through whom He speaks by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are given the words that lead not only to a virtuous life but to life eternal.

 

Matthew 5:3-12
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

⁵ “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

⁶ “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

⁷ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

⁸ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

⁹ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

¹⁰ “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 6:19-21
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal, ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 10:29-31
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Galatians 5:22-23
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Wisdom 8:7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ And if any one loves righteousness,
her labors are virtues;
for she teaches self-control and prudence,
justice and courage;
nothing in life is more profitable for men than these.

1 Corinthians 13:13
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³ So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Ephesians 6:10-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸ Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

That’s All Folks!

​May this Lenten Season be very fruitful, yielding a virtuous harvest of God’s spiritual fruits.

​Glory be to Jesus Christ!