Good is Triumphant

As often as it may appear to us—as we witness the path of human life in the world—that evil is triumphant, it never is and never will be; for we have been promised so by the Christ, whose promises are always kept; in opposition since the beginning, to Satan, whose promises are never kept.

And though the evil one often rules men through principalities and powers, providing them worldly riches and glories, creating the appearance of battles being won, evil is not triumphant, and cannot prevent us—the faithful of the Catholic Church Militant—in our work of building up God’s reign, as the Catechism teaches us:

“394 Scripture witnesses to the disastrous influence of the one Jesus calls "a murderer from the beginning", who would even try to divert Jesus from the mission received from his Father. "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil." In its consequences the gravest of these works was the mendacious seduction that led man to disobey God.

“395 The power of Satan is, nonetheless, not infinite. He is only a creature, powerful from the fact that he is pure spirit, but still a creature. He cannot prevent the building up of God's reign. Although Satan may act in the world out of hatred for God and his kingdom in Christ Jesus, and although his action may cause grave injuries - of a spiritual nature and, indirectly, even of a physical nature- to each man and to society, the action is permitted by divine providence which with strength and gentleness guides human and cosmic history. It is a great mystery that providence should permit diabolical activity, but "we know that in everything God works for good with those who love him."