ESPRESSO SHOT: The False Promises of our Sins

There is something deeply unsettling about temptation, not because it shouts, but because it borrows the language of Christ. Our Lord says, "Come to me, all who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." Sin whispers nearly the same invitation: Come to me. I will quiet your loneliness. I will ease your pain. I will satisfy your hunger. Every addiction makes the same promise, and the devil…