It has been said that the glory of God is man fully alive. The closer we come to being conformed to Christ, the more we become who we were created to be. As we draw closer to the light, the more we are lit up. The opposite is also true. Lucifer was created as the bearer of light, the day star, full of light and beauty, the closest to the throne of God. He was truly an angel of light. This all changed in an instant when he rebelled against God. He became the polar opposite of what God had intended him to be. He became utterly perverted. It is a species of madness, total insanity. Someone I know who was possessed described the presence of the demon within as producing a feeling of being “demented” or “deranged”. I have had a few encounters myself with the darkness but don’t dwell on it. It is best avoided.
Exorcist: Satanists Have Cursed Me December 3, 2019 by sd We spoke the other day with an exorcist from the upper Midwest who offered some intriguing tidbits about his work. At the behest of his bishop, he must remain anonymous. This is something we have heard before: the requirement, for certain exorcists, of anonymity. Why — one wonders — is that? As it turns out, there are two main reasons, the exorcist explained. One is that when an exorcist’s name gets out, he may start hearing from a slew of people who are emotionally disturbed. Of course, it’s often difficult to know when emotional disturbance is caused by natural or supernatural forces (or both). Suffice it to say, there can be a flurry of distraction. The other reason for keeping names quiet: satanists and others involved in occult practices are known to actively curse local diocesan exorcists. In the case of this priest, there have been at least a couple instances, he says, in which statues of the demonic Mexican “saint,”Santa Muerte, have been planted in the front yard of his rectory. That was when he was working in a large Hispanic community. The “saint,” he explains (“Our Lady of a Holy Death”), is a mockery of Our Lady of Guadalupe. “Satan makes a mockery of everything holy,” he points out. “In theological language, it is an anti-sacramental, a malefice.” Sometimes, the spiritual resistance to exorcists comes in a way that is obviously preternatural. Call it the “evil eye.” Sitting in a restaurant, the exorcist once noticed — and clocked — a man staring at him (with an evil expression) for a solid eight minutes. The presence of an exorcist, he says, “rattles” spirits. “About once a month, someone — a possessed person — will manifest in front of me, screaming at me. You see it over and over,” he told Spirit Daily, after clearance from the diocese. There are also “suspect” individuals who request personal meetings. This he and the diocese avoid like the plague. “I’ve gotten e-mails from people who are more than dubious asking for a meeting because they need help,” he says. “When I list the conditions, they back down. I tell them we’re not going to be alone, and that they will have to bring a photo identification and go through an interview process.” As for spirits rubbing off — transferring — he says, “I think every exorcist experiences some form of oppression. It’s good to have exorcists perform minor exorcisms over each other to clean up residue.” Otherwise, observes this exorcist, who was trained in Rome, there can be that oppression — “physical ailments or something happening in your sleep — night after night of sleep deprivation and when you do sleep, nightmares.” Often such attacks happen just before an exorcism. And the devil seems especially to come around at three a.m. “It’s a mockery of the hour of Passion,” says this Midwestern cleric, who is in his fifties and has conducted more than fifty formal rites of exorcism. “Everything Satan is going to do is a cheap imitation of what the Catholic Church does.” What are some of the strongest manifestations he has witnessed? Besides the relatively pedestrian ones (a person speaking in a foreign language, or knowing something secret about those in attendance), he has witnessed transmogrification: the heads and faces of those possessed “morphing” into someone — or something — else. An example of this was an Afro-American woman who during exorcism “sprouted a goatee” (which convinced a skeptical husband that something preternatural indeed was afoot!). The priest also has seen “the shape of a head changing into the head of a serpent — elongation of the jaw and a flattening of the forehead.” He never has seen levitation but probably would have, he notes, if they hadn’t held down a man whose shoulders were rising. There is debate about whether demons can “read” our thoughts. He is one who thinks not. He believes when they exhibit knowledge that seemstelepathic, it can be one demon implanting a thought in a person’s head and then relaying what was implanted to a second demon that feeds it into the head of another person. Hmmm. They can, however, he said, access our memories. Reiki, yoga, tai-chi: all no good, he warns. As for generational demons: he believes the jury is still out. There are indications that it is a real manifestation, and he does believe a generational demon can be assigned to a family. He doesn’t believe that spirits of the deceased haunt people and places; instead, he argues, it’s a demon emulating the dead. That’s another issue subject to extensive dispute. “There are souls in purgatory that are benign and make their presence known so people will offer Mass for them — special prayers and Masses,” he says as a qualification. “They’re to be treated with charity.” Demons often claim to be Judas or Hitler or someone equally nefarious. A con job, from spirits of deception? Whatever is the case, “you just treat them all in the same way,” he says, describing hell as “an excommunication from everything.” Demons make themselves more than they are — especially when we let them. Any darkness should be cast out at the first sign of it. Strong sedate prayer goes a long way. So does praying for a buffer of protection. Especially, stay away from any form of sin. Sin is a portal. Watch the tongue! “Sacramental grace and prayer and virtue,” he says, “protect against the [evil] extraordinary.” https://spiritdailyblog.com/spiritual-warfare/priest-satanists-have-cursed-me
I honestly ignore "it" as much as possible. I've found that, aside from prayer, simply IGNORING "it" is like an added defense shield. But then I've long been on the receiving end of A LOT of darkness and abuse (not trying to sound special here, btw); I'm rather inured. Also, certain types of people have often come at me like moths to a flame. I finally learned how to deal with that as well (without getting overly anxious or "freaked out").
Question- are there different levels and degrees of mortal sin that a soul can enter into? Or is there just the one state shared by all those who fall in to this area simply by committing just one sin of this nature?
There are degrees of mortal sin as I understand it. Sins of the flesh unrepented will send a soul to hell but envy or pride are worse. Anyone else want to weigh in? I think I'm on solid ground but i have no catechism to hand as i write this.
Interesting how one person might have only one unrepented mortal sin and another could have many but both are equally condemned if they do not confess.
Mortal sin is called Mortal because it kills Light in the Soul. I think you can look at it as a ticket to hell. If you have one ticket to hell or a thousand tickets to hell you still get in there. The difference is that there are levels to hell, just as there are levels to heaven and to purgatory. We will not get placed on the same levels of any no matter where we go. So if we have commited numerous mortal sins I assume we would get a hotter more down seat in hell, closer to Lucifer.
Sometimes though I wonder if we do not get mixed up between venial sins and mortal sins. A for instance someone says something really , really nasty, evil and sadistic even to someone else. In the usual run of events we might consider this a venial sin, for after all we might think it is just words. But sometimes I think words can be so bad it seems to me so evil as to be a mortal sin. I was listening the other day to a wonderful talk on the conversion of an African American Gentleman who was executed for murder. He killed a white guy who was trying to rape his your wife. It made me think that everyone has a story.
I think you had a post Padraig some time ago about the levels of hell in the dreams of St John Bosco?
I suspect the original source may have been St Thomas Aquinas with his nine choirs of angels. This is mirrored in Hell and Purgatory. This has been reported by numeorus mystics/saints. I suppose the most famous writing was Dante. 'Inferno'. We appear to have a place, a seat in the choirs in heaven that is meant ofr us. If we don't make it we go to the opoosite place in hell. So the higher in heaven we were meant to be, the lower in hell we will be if we are damned.
So say soemone was meant to be a very, very great saint. But was sent to hell, you would expect him to be in the very lowest circle of hell. Judas is a good example who is reported by exorcists to be in the lowest circle right next to Lucifer.
Actually met a woman in Medjugorje this year who believed the Sacrament of Confession is no longer relevant in the Church and she said that her new local church was being built without a confessional as they didn't seem to think it was necessary nor did they have the numbers of those willing to receive the Sacrament.
Met another person over there a couple of years who claimed to be a Catholic who said they read the book "A Course in Miracles". This is a new-age book by a" channeled" spirit claiming to be Jesus. It is some form of new-age"update" on the Bible and has deceived many people. Before the start of English speaking mass in Medjugorje the priest usually gives a warning about the danger of new-age practices and how they are incompatible with the Faith.
It seems very few people in these times who profess to be Catholic actually accept the full doctrine and teachings of the Church and have ambiguities about certain areas of Church teaching such as those around contraception etc. As Fulton Sheen said" anyone who says 'I am a Catholic, but' is really not a Catholic".
Often times when you meet someone who questions areas of Catholic Doctrine, if you probe a little harder you will find areas of sin in their lives where in order to silence their conscience they go in this direction. I was taking to a very good Catholic Lawyer a few years back and was horrified to hear him support Divorce. But then when I thought about it I recalled he had serious issues in his marriage.
Sadly many Catholics are cultural Catholics. They are loosely connected and often badly catechized. I'm surprised you would find these sorts at Medugorge. I'm glad priests are warning against new age. It is pernicious --so so dangerous to souls.
I heard about "A Course in Miracles" in a book I had read. Definitely one to avoid as it is written by an evil spirit with ties to Gnosticism. Friar Benedict Groeschel knew the author who later in life said that having that book transmitted to her was the worst thing to ever happen in her life. I can't remember the full details, but I think the book denies the fleshly resurrection similar to other Gnostic texts over the centuries.
