No one was expecting that. Did you notice the gasps in the audience?
His mention of satanists cursing shipments of drugs was news to me, as was the "efficacy" of curses and hexes. I didn't know that they had real power, at least against those not in a state of grace. In an interview on Catholic Answers, I heard Fr. Lebar, an exorcist for the Archdiocese of NY, say that curses have no intrinsic power. I'm wondering who's right.
Always trust the sinner to tell you the truth!! Fr. Corapi bump!
When I read this last night, I couldn't reply because of the burp in the system, but I wanted to share a true story I read years ago in one of Edward Rowe Snow's shipwreck or disasters at sea books (haven't been able to find the exact one again to recheck it).
A priest (don't know if catholic or anglican) had come down to the dock area on the coast of England to bless a ship that was going out to sea which was no doubt customary at the time. Many of the sailors had been drinking, and when the priest gave his blessing, they taunted, abused and mocked him, all but one sailor.
The ship wrecked and all were lost except the one young sailor who hadn't behaved like his shipmates. He washed up safely on shore or managed to cling to a piece of debris until he was rescued.
So when I read about these people mocking this priest, I got shivers down my spine and thought of the above account which I will never forget.
And then there is the motorcycle rally somewhere in a small town in Kansas where bikers are coming in from all over to have their bikes blessed by a priest.
I'll bet those bikers showed that priest more respect than did the participants in this shrew fest.