Can a demon posses a priest?

[VonDerTann]

Hi folks. Sorry to join late.

There is an excellent book on possession I’ve read: “Hostage to the Devil,” by Fr. Malachi Martin, a former instructor at the Vatican’s Pontifical Institute if memory serves. It is both enlightening, and totally, totally terrifying, so much so as be hard to read…but read it I did, & I recommend it.

Father Martin details several actual diabolic possessions, including the possession of a priest. Apparently when celebrating mass, the priest began to subtly change words, to make the masses slightly non-liturgical…then more than slightly…eventually he fell away from the Catholic Church…while forming his own church…which no doubt (wrongly) influenced a lot of people…

I strongly recommend the book.

 

[Jesness]

No, in the possession of any Christian, priest or not, unless that person is in mortal sin and has made a pact with the devil, the “heart” or the will has not chosen the possession; the soul has not been possessed (cannot be possessed) thus the person desires the Eucharist, and in the case of the priest he can still confect the Eucharist and receive it without any sin involved because his soul is not in mortal sin.** It is not the demon that is receiving the Eucharist, but the soul. No doubt the demon would be in agony by its proximity to the Holy and would try to do all it could to keep the priest from celebrating Mass.** In my earlier post I included a link to a post on the subject wherein I quoted from the account of a priest who was possessed. This is what he writes in regards to the Eucharist:

Thank you. This answers my question. I’m sorry if I didn’t make it clear enough before. I couldn’t figure out how a possessed person could eat the Eucharist and the demon not be exercised or the person’s body be harmed, simply from a holy sacrament being introduced into the body.

First, a question for Jesness: How are you lucky enough to chat with a priest about demons and temptations? I would love to chat with the priests of my parish, there are only two and over 4000 parishioners. Even with daily mass, I can only talk to our priests during confession, and then it is hurried because there’s a line. As far as I can tell, there is a group of older women who head the priest off at the door of the church and corner him at every opportunity.

There are two priests by the parish nearest to my house (where I usually attend church with my mother.) It’s a school parish- that is to say, a church that is a part of a Catholic School, I don’t know how many parishioners there are, but I doubt it’s anywhere near that number. I estimate it at about half of that of your church. And I’m being very generous. Anyway, if I need counsel I will either call the rectory office durning the week or when I see them on sunday morning I ask if there would be a time convienient for them when we could talk privately. The assistant pastor told me to drop by the rectory any time; which I took him up on once. However, on the occassion mentioned upthread, I just got lucky to have caught him after church as he was closing up on a sunday afternoon. I would just say persistance and patients, MtnDwellar. I mean, I understand it’s not a good idea to be a pest or anything, but I figure that the priest expects that at some point someone is going to ask him questions about the faith. (Oh the scandal! ) Hope that helps you catch your priest. If not try bait. Invite him to your house for coffee.

 

[BlueShadow123]

They are probably more rare here because Satan doesn’t want people to know that he exists. I mean think about it, he already holds sway the minds of the media, which control the opinions of many in this country…destruction from within is much easier then destruction from without, especially if people don’t even recognize the termites in their walls…
In 3rd world countries, people are less hampered by material things, and more likely to believe in the spiritual. Thus Satan has to work harder, perchance, to corrupt…whereas here, no need for direct confrontation, mere behind-the-scenes corruption is good enough.

Perhaps there are three classes of people:
(1) Sinners who are truly striving to become more holy. Satan has to work harder to corrupt them.
(2) Sinners who don’t care, go with the flow, I’m a “good person”, just chill man, I’m spiritual not religious etc…The truth about Satan would probably frighten them out of their lukewarm bath, so he keeps them in the dark…no “supernatural occurences”, etc…
(3) Sinners who actively seek to serve Satan, or the darkness.

Perhaps Satan no longer needs to actively possess people as much not because people have become smarter since the “dark ages”, but because he has become more prevalent in the world, part of the backdrop that makes up our culture.

Something to think about…

To ‘know’ he doesn’t exist?
You can’t be serious…

I don’t need to find a possessed person to know that satan exists. I can walk outside and find lust everywhere. There is evil and sin EVERYWHERE you go, even places you would least expect it. And I think fallen priests are a great example of that.

The good in this world is fading away day by day. But that only makes sense, because thats what Jesus predicted anyways.

 

[lil_flower_luv]

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”

-----French poet Baudelaire

 

[jagger3320]

Hey yall,

I’m an ex proclaimed stanist. demonic possession can happen to anyone that wants it. we needs we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds more priest that can under do the demonic possessions of the worldddddddddd. I’m talking that bi-location baby.