Do you remember the case where the disciples could not cast a demon out and they asked Jesus why and he said, “This type can only be removed by prayer and fasting”
:yup: I just finished reading a new novel (Ignatius Press) about the life of St. John of the Cross. Taken from contemporaneous remembrances of him, it shows - among other things - what an effective exorcist he was. This is no doubt attributable to his great sanctity built on his life of prayer and fasting and the mortifications he willingly embraced to save souls.
) and also Fr. Amorth’s An Exorcist Tells His Story.MarcoPolo -Some exorcisms are brief and some are longer, as JohnMPhilomena said some require much more time. I highly recommend Matt Baglio’s book The Rite which details many exorcisms brief and long (my review of the book is here
Forgot which gospel…but in one instance…the demons asked to infest/possess swines after being exorcised…which Jesus said ok.
Thanks Pablope. Jesus cast the demons into a herd of swine and they went over the cliff. I’m thinking or asking more about a house or objects in a house.
Both The Rite and An Exorcist More Stories, if I remember right, refer to “cursed” objects. I don’t know about “possessed” objects. There is a term if there is an evil spirit indwelling a house, for example. And this is called demonic “infestation.” Another one you might want to check out, and is on my to-read list, is Fr. Fortea’s Interview with an Exorcist. You can hear audio of actual exorcism workshops to priests by Fr. Fortea here. (I think part 1 is a different speaker as I recall, but the rest are all Fr. Fortea)