Demon and the Muteness

Gospel Thoughts*

*Lent : Third Week: Thursday*

*GOSPEL - Lk 11:14-23*

*First Reading - Jer 7:23-28*

*Demon and the Muteness*

*1) Demon makes a person mute or Speechless*

From the Gospel it is clear that a mute demon had entered the person's life.

Such a demon takes possession of the life of the person and makes the person unable to speak 

So man with this demon was not able to communicate, or to speak something

*2) Making a person unable to speak is one of the tactics of the Demon*

The moment a person is not able to speak, he/she becomes helpless 

At that moment they are at the mercy of others and others either can help them or manipulate them

In the case of demon it is always right that after making the person unable to speak, it will manipulate the person in all the ways 

*3) Demon's muteness has grave repercussions on our life*

It also makes us unable to speak and we become helpless 

In our day today life there may be many occasions where we feel that we are made unable to speak about something.

There may be many instances where we see such situations

*4) The various demons who make us mute or Speechless in our lives*

The demon of pride, makes us mute about humility

The demon of lies makes us mute about truth and sincerity 

The demon of revenge makes us mute about our forgiveness

The demon of jealousy makes us mute about the wellbeing of another person 

The demon of power and authority, make us mute about the pain and struggles of another 

The demon of anger makes us mute about our smile and peacefulness

The demon of pleasure makes us mute about our holiness 

The demon of selfishness and greed make us mute about our sharing 

The demon of hatred makes us mute about our Love towards another

The demon of self-centeredness makes us mute to sacrifice, service and helping others 

*5) Only After the demon left the person was able to speak*

The Gospel is very clear about this

Once the mute demon left he was able to speak and communicate 

So chasing or driving out demons is the necessity to speak the truth 

*6) Lent is the time to chase the demons*

There are various demons which make us mute in our day today life 

Lent is a special time with Special grace of God, which helps us to derive out various demons from our life 

Prayer, Fasting, and almsgiving are some of the important ways through which we can drive out all the above mentioned demons from our life 

Once we are free from these demons we are free to speak and praise God 

*7) Which are the demons make me mute and speechless?*

It is very important to analyse during this lent, to find out about these demons in our life

All of us suffer from either one or more demons who make us mute and speechless

Just reflect which are those demons and try to drive them out through the help of Jesus, so that you are free to proclaim Christ and His Kingdom

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim Dsouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*