In this episode we read about the help St Philip gave to his own confessor, Persiano Rosa, as Fr Rosa was dying. The devil was tormenting him in the form of a black dog. It was only by the encouragement of Fr Rosa that St Philip even became a priest. But now as he was dying, Fr Rosa was helped to overcome the devil by his younger protege. Let us never forget it is Christ Himself who acts through his ministerial priests in the sacraments.