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(Yes, I know. That doesn't change the fact that this is a really good book on the subject)
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(Yes, I know. That doesn't change the fact that this is a really good book on the subject)
I hope that is performed when King Obola and the Wookie keaves the White Hut. Lord knows what demons lurked in there.
Bishop Coakley’s words concerning demons sound terribly judgmental to me. I hope he doesn’t get investigated by Rome.
I wondered if anyone was going to take the demons now living in the Civic Center seriously.
As a combination Christian and “hard” scientist I must say that devil worship must require a special kind of stupid.
A sane agnostic would say that he doesn’t know if there’s a God, but he hopes that there is.
A sane atheist would say that he doesn’t believe there’s a God, but he hopes that he’s wrong.
If you could supply proof of the existence of a devil then you have proved the existence of God. Thus, believers in the devil MUST believe in God.
If someone believes in God, and they purposely poke a stick in his eye, they are indeed a special kind of stupid.
Even seemingly benign public events and venues may present a risk of spiritual attack. A middle aged married couple I knew attended a New Age type talk in Atlanta. That night, at 3 AM, they awoke in bed to a terrible smell and a dark mass with glowing eyes at the foot of their bed. Unable to move, the couple engaged in a desperate struggle of wills against the intruder, finally succeeding only after a supreme effort. Their sense of the episode was that something foul had followed them home from the New Age talk.
We have many weapons and great armor for our spiritual warfare as a Church. I think we should use them all.
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Amen! and Amen!
And we need to call on St. Michael the Archangel for help:
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle,
be our protection against
the malice 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 evil spirits
who wander through the world
for the ruin of souls. Amen.
BTTT!
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Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, judging from the words “prayers of exorcism”, the new watered-down ritual was used. I fear it was ineffective. A real exorcism involves an official delegate of Christ COMMANDING demons to depart. It’s the same with the watered-down ritual for confecting Holy Water: no exorcisms, just blessings - resulting at best in Happy Water. Most bishops these days shrink from commanding anyone - except for commanding their sheep to shun the “schismatic” SSPX.