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“In this little Host is the solution to all of the world’s problems.”
Saint John Paul II
I find Fr Pope’s personal experience fascinating. It is no coincidence that it happened in the Latin Mass.
Stationed in Al Hillah, Iraq from 2005-08 - historical Babylon...there are many cold and dark things there...even in the extreme heat...prayer returned the calm and the light...
I don’t believe in Christ - I know him to be true!
I can’t say whether any Lutheran Eucharistic hosts have even been stolen, but the Lutheran assertion of the Real Presence of Christ in the elements sets it apart from the generic Protestant belief in the bread and (usually) grape juice being symbols rather than the Presence Himself. Any demon who showed up at a Lutheran service of the altar would certainly shudder in the Presence.
Which leads to an interesting question, for which I don’t think anyone can honestly say s/he has the answer. If Christ is present in the consecrated bread and wine, would that Presence depend upon the belief of the recipient? To put it another way, is the Presence of Christ to be found in the bread and grape juice of a Baptist or AG or Word of Faith communion, even if the recipient believes s/he is only taking physical food as a memorial of Christ’s sacrifice? The Presence of Christ is under the control of Christ. OTOH, the workings of Christ require our faith to be manifest: cf. the numerous times Jesus told people that it was their faith that healed them, or in Hebrews that without faith it is impossible to please God. (Personally, I lean towards the Presence being in any believer’s communion, but I am not so arrogant as to think I can know for certain.)
One more comment...if a demon were to manifest in the middle of the consecration, I would think the correct action would be to place the host upon the altar, turn towards the demon, and rebuke him in the Name and Power of Christ. It would be, I think, the equivalent of Jesus exorcising on the Sabbath: sending a demon back to hell and freeing one of God’s children takes priority over the sacrament. You can always have the Eucharist, but demons don’t always provide an opportunity to be exorcised.
I actually saw this happen at a funeral mass, of all things.
I don’t know how they caught it, but all of a sudden the altar serves etc. hustled over to a woman who was trying to slip out the side door with a eucharist.
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Great story and great news, mr. O’malley. Yet this Lutheran must also echo the eloquent comments of mr. Teppe.
The Lord’s Supper is the draw that keeps me going to church even when my weak flesh protests. The true body and blood of my savior is the gift served to me every week, which cannot be found elsewhere, and which demons correctly assess as their greatest threat. Our dead and risen Chist conquered all.
My favorite part of the liturgy is the Nunc Dimittus (song of Simeon) sung after communion: Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word . . . For mine eyes have seen thy salvation which Thou has prepared for all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel . . . Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost . . . As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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This missive moved me, this morning. Thank you.
I wonder what happened to that person who was so tormented. It makes me sad to think he may still be so tortured (or worse).
Shamefully, demons sometimes manifest more faith (out of fear) in these things than actual believers who ought to revere them out of loving faith.
Very sad but very true....
Light does not fear Light, only darkness fears Light. Thus a prayerful blessing to an evil man is like placing hot coals upon his head. When you are filled with the Light, the only way you can see it is to look within.
This attribute is what protects me when I am doing this work. It is the Light of the Holy Spirit flowing through me. For some reason, I physically see and feel both the Holy Spirit and the darkness of evil. The best way to describe the Holy Spirit is that it appears as liquid Light and feels like pure unconditional Love.
The reason this works in this manner is that the high frequency of consciousness will always appear to a lower level of consciousness as Light. It is the same reason that Neals Bohr, the Danish atomic physicist who discovered atomic structure found that an electron going from an outer orbital to an inner orbital gives off light. It is the inherent energy contained in the higher level vibration. The mass of the physical body usually holds the energy level of consciousness down, but just as Einstein showed in his E=mc2, as consciousness is no longer attached to the matter, the energy level of consciousness increases.
Placing low frequency matter in high frequency consciousness is like placing a piece of metal in the microwave. The high frequency of the microwave heats up the metal and the sparks fly. The same is true of any low frequency dense thought such as fear, guilt, anger, or jealousy. It cannot exist in the higher prayerful consciousness. This is also the reason why Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Daniel 3 were thrown into the fire that killed the guards who threw them in but did not harm them. It's also the reason that the eunuch was killed when he touched the Ark when he tripped.
I'm just explaining what I see as God is working through me.
Most of the spirits that have been recruited by satan are merely good souls that have become weeds by going astray. They have at the core of their soul the Light of God essence that created them. satan knows that if these misguided souls get into the Light, it will remove the shackles he has place upon them. Thus he teaches his minions the great lie that God's Light will kill them or that it will melt them. He does this in order to not have them exposed to the Light where they will be redeemed from his power. They must deny the Light within their soul.
There are many aspects of how this works on demons. The high up true demonics will sting the people who use Jesus' name but who do not know Jesus. The demons know when a person is issuing false or idle threats. Only those who are connected can deal with this level of evil, while many other people can deal with the low level misguided spirits who can't tell difference. The demons also know every sin, fear or weakness in your soul and will use it against you.
The words in 1 John 4:1 on testing spirits is a very powerful scripture. Dark spirits cannot answer it falsely. I've had this scripture come out of my mouth to test spirits whom appeared to be ok. They will first try to give a non answer such as "We know Jesus." But if you repeat the question exactly as in the scripture their true nature will come out. Yes, they are afraid of Jesus' power. One other thing that happens is that even a total stranger who is possessed will get angry and scream at me when they first meet me. They can't come close to me even though I have said nothing. They feel the energy flowing through me.
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Satanists are smarter than prots. That is my take away.
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I would suggest that Fox news not attend this .Plus it’s not a true black Mass without a consecrated Host and right now only 13 people are attending.Looks like only his group which is a pretty sad number.Probably paid more than that in advertising,.After reading about him and his wife this is a scam as was his last adventure which was cancelled.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/08/satanists-plan-to-stage-black-mass-in-oklahoma-city-sparks-outrage/
“This Satanic ritual is deadly serious,” he wrote. “It is a blasphemous and obscene inversion of the Catholic Mass. Using a consecrated Host obtained illicitly from a Catholic church and desecrating it in the vilest ways imaginable, the practitioners offer it in sacrifice to Satan.”
On Thursday the head of the Tulsa Archdiocese, Bishop Edward Slattery, issued a similar message. He urged his parishoners to fast and pray for the event’s cancellation.
Coakley told FoxNews.com he could not just ignore what the satanist’s planned to do even though their event in the Civic Center’s 92-seat basement theater has sold only 13 tickets to date. The satanists are also planning an exorcism to rid a person of the Holy Spirit.
“They intend to commit an act of blasphemous sacrilege against the Catholic Eucharistic host,” the archbishop said. “It is my duty to prevent this blasphemy from taking place in a public venue.”
On its website, Dakhma of Angra Mainyu says the black mass at the Civic Center has been toned down to allow it to be performed in a public government building. “The authenticity and purpose of the Black Mass will remain intact while allowing for slight changes so that a public viewing can occur without breaking Oklahoma’s laws based on nudity, public urination and other sex acts,” the website says.
The group paid $420 to rent the theater. Its self-described high priest is Adam Daniels, 35, of Oklahoma City.
He acknowledged in an interview with “The Oklahoman” news paper last month that he was a registered sex offender. He said he was convicted in 2009 for an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at a prison where he worked as a correction officer.