Posted on 11/06/2009 10:27:21 AM PST by NYer
Very useful. Thanks for the lesson.
I saw it in the theater when in high school. Scared spitless.
Also read the book around the same time.
In the early 80’s became extremely interested in Christianity and committed a huge amount of time and effort into my studies. During one 3 week in residence seminar the movie was used as a training tool because of its authenticity. The Hollywood-isms were pointed out but there were many many lessons from it just the same. And during this time we had lectured from occultists, paganist, wiccans, etc. It was very intense to say the least but we all came out with significantly improved appreciation for what God through Christ accomplished and how we wrestle not with flesh and blood.
Some of those lessons would be quite valuable later but, as they say, that is another story! LOL
There is probably a reason why the Bible contains, in one form or another, the phrase, "Fear not" around 365 times. Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not on thine own understanding." That's good enough for me.
Ahh, the golden years of SNL.
Our little nuns used to tell us to pray for the person using God's name in vain. I still do. It's automatic now, but I find I'm doing it a LOT more often now than I ever did then.
Guy’s got wrong.
The Devil is only afraid of God.
FYI...don’t burn black and/or orange candles either.
Lol!! Great post, Alex :-)
“God did not choose to become one of the angels. God chose to be one like us.”
Rather, I would say that God chose a being OTHER than the angels to be created in His likeness. Then, God chose to manifest Himself in our form and suffer the ultimate degradation to save us. God chose to humble Himself on our behalf and suffer out of love for us. God’s preference for us, flawed as we are, is what galls the angels who fell. We aren’t perfect and emotionless; we are flawed and yet capable of great love. God in His infinite mercy seems to prefer us to the perfection of angels. That is what they couldn’t accept: God loves us more than the angels. God loves something flawed by free will and its consequences. Lucifer was appalled. But no matter. God sent His son to love us and suffer for us and redeem us!
Thank you, Lord!
“Glory be to the Father, etc.”
What is the et cetera?
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. AMEN.
It’s also good to pray when one hears an ambulance or fire engine. Kind of off-subject, but thought I would just throw it in. My little boy is trained well in this and often reminds me when I forget. We say a Hail Mary and then Jesus, Mary and Joseph, please help whoever is in trouble.
Just yesterday, one of the ladies in our parish suffered a heart attack in the middle of Divine Liturgy. We were all praying for her, obviously, even though the Liturgy still proceeded.
How is that possible? Was she way in the back?
We have an extremely small parish which meets in a borrowed building. She was able to get up and walk to the vestibule, where her husband and concerned friends determined from the symptoms she reported that there was a good possibility she was having a heart seizure, and her husband put her into the car and rushed her to the hospital. No update yet, which (hopefully) might mean good news. It was all very low key.
Also read the book around the same time.
I have not had the guts to either see the movie or read the book. However, I have been reading a lot of Catholic books on the topic lately (on and off over the past 2 years, or so), and have been discussing the topic from time to time with various people. Very odd things are reputed to happen in this area. If even half of them are remotely true, it is quite scary. Either way, I have become courageous enough to read Malachi Martin's book, so maybe I will try the novelization of The Exorcist someday. However, I am in no rush!!
: )
It is the background info on that story that really gets spooky.
On the one hand, one can ‘know’ that the power of Christ is inviincible yet also realize how frail our human will can be, and that gets scary, too.
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