DAILY CONTEMPLATION

May 27, 2026 ~ Pashons 19, 1742

But when the Lord came upon earth … from that time forth, Satan,
who promised himself the occupation of the whole world,
is for His sake mocked even by children: that proud one is mocked as a sparrow.
For now the infant child lays his hand upon the hole of the asp, and laughs at him that deceived Eve;
and all that rightly believe in the Lord tread under foot him that said,
“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the Most High” (Is 14:14).
Thus he suffers and is dishonored;
and although he still ventures with shameless confidence to disguise himself,
yet now, wretched spirit, he is detected the rather by them that bear the Sign on their foreheads;
yea, more, he is rejected of them, and is humbled, and put to shame.
For even if, now that he is a creeping serpent, he shall transform himself into an angel of light,
yet his deception will not profit him
St. Athanasius