Words
to Live By – From Catholic Tradition
Let us beware of bad companions!
St. Gregory Nazianzen, Doctor of the Church, warns us:
It is an illusion to seek the company of sinners on pretense to reform or convert them; it is far more to be feared they will communicate their poison to us.”
Butler’s Lives of the Saints, vol. 2, June 14th, St. Basil the Great.
Catholic Candle note: This allusion (to which St. Gregory Nazianzen refers) is called “a temptation under the appearance of good”, about which St. Ignatius of Loyola also warns us.
For a thorough explanation of this tactic of Satan, read this article: https://catholiccandle.org/2022/03/27/lesson-8-explanation-of-the-second-week-rules-for-the-discernment-of-spirits/