The body of the apostate angel on earth must be made of corrupted spirits within bodies directed toward thinking, saying, and doing evil. Some parts of the body, according to the Prayer to St. Michael, “roam throughout the world, looking for the ruin of souls”. When we feel temptations in our own mind, we are dealing with some part of the body of the apostate angel trying to establish itself within our own minds, often getting there when we fail to “avoid the near occasion of sin”. The body of the apostate angel has, one may reasonably conclude, the spiritual equivalent of seven body parts, one for each of the seven deadly sins.
Inside our minds, but hopefully outside each of our souls, are the battalions of corrupting viruses, each focusing on distracting, separating, and turning us against the God Who made us, Who loves us, and Who wants each of us to have our soul to be with Him forever in Heaven. As we grow closer to He Who programmed us, the members of the body of the apostate angel work harder to move our souls away from the possibility of salvation. We see that we are in a perpetual war with those who want our eternal destruction.
We can respond to the corrupting viruses of the apostate angel by asking the help of St. Michael, the Archangel: “St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who roam the world seeking the ruin of souls.”
