[Aquinasfan]

You are 100% on target. Bishop Sheen said he knew when there were souls in his audience under the thrall of Satan by their reaction when he would talk about the Cross.

Fr. Corapi mentioned Bishop Sheen last night when he was speaking about sacramentals. He heard Bishop Sheen tell the following story. Bishop Sheen was on a plane on his way to a speaking engagement. The flight attendant offered him lunch. He said, "no thanks, I'm fasting for Lent."

He noticed that the woman next to him also declined. "Are you fasting for Lent too?" "No," the woman replied,"I'm a witch, and I'm fasting for abortion."

Fr. Corapi's point: the dark side inverts sacramentals. They have their own perverted version.

Which brings me to some things I've seen at pro-life marches. In one march a group of people waved a 20-foot inflatable penis around in front of a group of 50 nuns who were praying. At another march, a group of men (who looked like derelicts and must have been satanists) were holding signs which said, "Kill Jesus," "Eat Babies," "Kill Babies." There were cursing and blaspheming.

I'm sure they were there yesterday. Perhaps the most frightening form of possession is "perfect possession." These people welcome possession, so show no outward signs of it.

[clamper1797]

I'm not a deeply religious man ... that being said ... I can tell the "dark side" when I see it.

[Fast Ed97]

I heard Fr. Corapi tell that Bishop Sheen story as well last night, I tried to search the internet for more information on the story but was unable to find any since I found it so troubling-

[hellinahandcart]

These people welcome possession, so show no outward signs of it.

Still slips out, IMO. Check out the black uterus in this sign. It simply screams "I hate myself and I am looking forward to death."

[sauropod]

Can you expand on this business of "perfect possession?"

[NYer]

Caught that same story on EWTN last night! Sent shivers down my spine.