55.4月17從生活中驅逐魔鬼的10 種方法－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

God is the ultimate power, so the devil need not be feared, but the devil should be always avoided for our own spiritual well-being. He likes to work undercover to ensnare people in his traps.

Here are 10 things considered harmless by many that are ways that the devil has slips into a soul.

天主有至高無上的力量，所以不必害怕魔鬼，但是為了確保我們自己屬靈的健康，應該經常躲避魔鬼。牠喜歡臥底，將人們誘捕至牠的陷阱中。

以下10種方法，是許多人認為不傷大雅的事，卻是魔鬼侵入靈魂的方式。

1. Horoscopes, which claim power to know the future that is not from God.

1. 星座運勢，聲稱有能力預知，並非來自天主的未來。

2. Mediums. Some claim to speak with the dead. Psychics, fortune tellers, mediums and the like, are either scammers or draw their power from the devil. The Old Testament in Deut. 18:10-11 and Isaiah 19:3 condemns conjuring up the dead. That is not the same as not praying to saints asking for their intercessory prayers.

2.靈媒，有些人聲稱能與死者交談，例如：通靈者、算命師、靈媒等，若不是騙子，就是從魔鬼那裡獲得力量。舊約申命記18：10-11和以賽亞書19：3譴責召喚亡者。這與不向聖人們尋求代禱是不同的。

3. Paranormal tourism. Visiting haunted houses, now so popular. Real haunted houses are cases of either souls in purgatory in need of prayer or evil spirits.

3.神秘之旅，參觀鬼屋，現在非常受歡迎。真正的鬼屋是在煉獄中需要祈禱的靈魂，或是有邪靈的情況。

4. Wishing for someone to burn in hell.

4.希望別人下地獄被焚燒。

5. “Knock on wood” and other superstitions. Rabbit’s feet, good luck charms, and any sort of superstition may seem harmless, but they seek to use powers not of God. Instead of knocking on wood or making a wish, pray instead.

5.「敲木頭」等迷信，兔子腳、護身符和任何形式的迷信，可能看起來無傷大雅，但是它們企圖運用不是來自天主的力量。與其敲木頭或許願，還不如祈禱。

6. Fortune tellers, palm readers, Tarot card readers and the like.

6.算命師、看手相、塔羅牌占卜等。

7.Consumer products that offer powers. Crystals and essential oils — perfectly good and natural materials — are sometimes used and sold by companies claiming they have supernatural powers. For real power, talk to the Creator of the Universe and receive supernatural graces through the sacraments.

7.提供力量的消費產品，水晶和精油—純天然的材料—有時被稱為具有超自然力量的公司，所使用和銷售的產品。為了獲得真正的力量，應該要與宇宙的創造者交談，並藉由聖事來接受超性的恩寵。

8. Unforgiveness. When you remain unforgiving intentionally, you allow the devil to influence you against God’s will.

8.不可寬恕的，當你故意陷於不可寬恕的情況時，你就允許魔鬼違反天主的旨意來影響你。

9. Pornography. It enslaves people and destroys relationships — just as the devil wants.

9. 色情，它奴役人們並破壞關係—正是魔鬼想要達到的目的。

10. Following apparitions condemned by the Church. Sometimes, the devil uses false apparitions to lure people against the Church.

10. 跟隨被教會譴責的幻影，有時，魔鬼使用虛假的幻影，來引誘人們反對教會。