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Libranos del mal is a cry for rescue from all three. But especially the third. Here is our great spiritual mistake: we spend our lives trying to build walls against the evil out there , while the evil in here (our own resentments, fears, and selfishness) runs the show.

Libranos del Mal: Why We Need to Rethink the Darkness We Fear Most Libranos del Mal

Deliver us from evil.

This is more subtle. It’s the gossip that feels justified. The indifference that masquerades as “minding your own business.” The systems we benefit from that crush the vulnerable. This evil doesn’t wear a black cape; it wears a business suit or a polite smile. We participate in it daily without ever feeling like a “bad person.” Libranos del mal is a cry for rescue from all three

Because until we are delivered from the evil within, no wall we build will ever be high enough to keep the evil out. Libranos del Mal: Why We Need to Rethink

We want to be protected from liars, but not from our own self-deception.

The Three Faces of Evil When we pray “Libranos del mal,” what exactly are we asking to be delivered from?