What if the very name of God is enough to make demons tremble—even when unseen? Today’s readings circle around one central theme: the inescapable presence and power of God, even when He remains hidden from our senses. Irenaeus challenges the bizarre Gnostic claim that the Creator of the world was ignorant of the Most High, arguing instead that even demons fear God instinctively, and angels—though unseen—must have known Him through reason and dominion. Augustine, wrestling with nocturnal temptations, pleads for a fuller healing of his soul, asking God to purify not only his waking life but even his dreams, trusting that God can “do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20). And Aquinas reminds us that the soul cannot directly perceive its own habits like courage or wisdom by their essence—we know them only by their fruits, the way Zachary at the piano rediscovers music not by memory, but by movement. Together, these readings compel us to believe in a God who governs from the unseen and to trust that His power reaches even the deepest, most hidden corners of the soul (1 Corinthians 15:54).

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