The demon rules the world and its influence is noticeable in the actions and thoughts of mankind. Without shyness, it now commits the most despicable acts. It gives no account of what it does, but outdoes itself in the means of harming its neighbour. For it is the spirit of unkindness that drives them to act and think in this way. People are devoid of all love and this low level of their soul is reflected in their actions. They will never be constructive but always destructive, be it earthly or spiritually. They will want to suppress the truth and spread lies, they will suppress every spiritual trend but approve and favour everything that is hostile to faith, they will not respect property but try to seize it unlawfully. They will not shy away from any means that promise earthly advantage, even if they are despicable, for evil does not ask for justice and fairness but proceeds illegally and with violence. And people are already completely under the spell of evil, they have placed themselves under its power through their desire for earthly possessions, through their unloving nature and their self-love, and therefore the demon has good success with such a kind of humanity. For they fail to ask God for help against the enemy's power. Instead, it agrees to everything that the evil power demands, and so the divine moves further and further away from it. The separation between God and people becomes more and more visible, indeed, open action is taken against God and His followers. But where the activity of God's opposing power is so visibly evident, God also expresses Himself just as visibly in order to guide humanity back, He gives extraordinary evidence of His omnipotence and love by awakening people everywhere who proclaim His will to humanity. Yet how few realize this gift of grace and how few comply with the divine will.... What the world does, and thus through it the adversary, is accepted without resistance; however, what God offers people in His great love is first subjected to scrutiny and then often rejected because it is of no earthly benefit. And so the good fights against the demon in man, and if God did not want to help and clearly illuminate the adversary's work, humanity would be in danger of complete ruin. But God sets limits to the adversary's work.... He gives the inhabitants of the kingdom of light the task of taking care of misguided humanity and guiding it in such a way that it clearly recognizes the evil as evil and now seeks to serve God with the greatest devotion. And the power of evil will be broken and it will no longer have any influence on the thinking of people who have God within themselves, who love the truth, who believe and testify to their union with God through loving activity.... For these people recognize what is bad and want what is good, and thus they are stronger than the demon, for they have found the divine lord and saviour and the evil power bounces off them without effect.... love is predominant in them, because love is the demon's fiercest opponent....

Amen

This proclamation is not used in any themebook.