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souls come out of their sinful ways and are snatched
from the claws of the dragon; and as there are innum
erable souls who fall into such a dreadful state, that they
need a powerful aid, the most holy Queen interposes
hers, whenever the angels fail in their defense. The
demons are fiercely tormented by their own fury when
ever they perceive any sinner calling upon or remember
ing his Queen; since they know by experience how
kindly She receives sinners and how readily She makes
their cause her own. Without hope or spirit of resist
ance the devils immediately give themselves up as foiled
and vanquished. It often happens, when God desires
to bring about some special conversion, that the great
Queen herself peremptorily commands the demons to
withdraw from that soul and sink into the abyss, and her
commands are always obeyed. At other times, without
such peremptory orders, God permits them to see the mys
teries, the power, and holiness of his Mother, and this
new knowledge, filling them with consternation and con
fusion, puts them to flight. If the souls respond and
co-operate with the grace obtained for them by the
heavenly Sovereign, they are freed from the attacks of
the demons.
295. Yet though the intercession of the great Queen
and her power is so formidable to the devils and though
the Most High confers no favor upon the Church or
upon the souls without Her, there are nevertheless many
occasions in which the humanity of the incarnate Word
itself battles for us and defends us against Lucifer de
claring Himself openly with his Mother in our favor
and annihilating and vanquishing the demons. So great
is his love for men and for all that pertains to their
welfare, that this happens not only when the demons
are made to feel directly the virtues of Christ and his
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