Aimee Cabo, #GodistheCure #aimeespurpose

In Catholic teaching, the devil’s special hatred for the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Mother of God) is rooted in Scripture, the Church’s tradition, and her unique role in salvation history. Genesis 3:15--The Protoevangelium After the Fall, God declares to the serpent: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; she shall crush your head, and you shall lie in wait for her heel.” (traditional Vulgate rendering used for centuries in the Church) Catholic tradition has long identified the “woman” as Mary, the New Eve. Her offspring is Christ, who definitively crushes the serpent’s head. The Church’s liturgy, art, and the Rite of Exorcism explicitly apply this verse to Mary, stating that “by her humility and from the first moment of her Immaculate Conception [she] crushed your proud head.”⁠ 🔹 Her Fiat and cooperation in the Incarnation: Mary’s free consent at the Annunciation (“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to thy word”-Luke 1:38) reversed Eve’s disobedience. By saying yes, she became the instrument through which the Redeemer entered the world. The devil’s plan was thwarted by the obedience of a humble Jewish girl. 🔹 Humility, purity, and the Immaculate Conception: Satan’s defining trait is pride. Mary’s defining virtue is radical humility and perfect obedience. Catholic exorcists (such as Fr. Gabriele Amorth) have repeatedly reported demons expressing particular rage at her because she is the humblest and purest of creatures while he is the proudest and most rebellious. 🔹 The dogma of the Immaculate Conception (defined in 1854): teaches that Mary was preserved from original sin from the first moment of her existence so she could be a fitting Mother of God. She was never under the devil’s dominion: an ongoing humiliation to him. 🔹 In the Church’s Rite of Exorcism and in the testimonies of many Catholic exorcists, invocation of Mary’s name, the Hail Mary, and the Rosary frequently provoke strong reactions from demons. They are described as especially humiliated by being opposed or defeated by “a simple creature” rather than by God alone. Popes and saints (including St. Louis de Montfort and St. Maximilian Kolbe) have taught that devotion to Mary is one of the surest protections against the devil. In short, Catholic theology presents Mary as the woman prophesied in Genesis, the New Eve whose yes made the Incarnation possible, the Immaculate Mother whose humility and purity stand in total opposition to Satan, and the one through whom Christ, and the Church, continue to crush the serpent’s head.