Fascinating article: US bishops publish English-language translation of exorcism ritual

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It’s hard for me to picture a priest who’s going to drive away the Devil and is taking special training to do so being “intimidated” by Latin, but whatever works, I guess.

I’m sure “Prayers Against the Power of Darkness” will be a Catholic best seller.
 
It’s funny how times I get warned for posting what was catholic doctrine before francis.
 
If Pope Francis, under the divine guidance of God, moved the Church in a new direction, you should be supporting his efforts or at least trying to understand them, not undermining the Holy Father.
 
That should of never been done. Another failure of francis
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It’s funny how times I get warned for posting what was catholic doctrine before francis.
I have, quite literally on my desk within my reach, a copy of the 1952 printing of the Rite of Exorcism in English.

So, my question is: do you consider Pope Francis to be responsible for this 1952 book?
 
I see Prayers Against the Power of Darkness already up for pre-order on the USCCB site. I may throw down for a copy. It would beat finding old prayers on the web and having to wonder if it’s okay for me as a lay person to say them. The last exorcism prayer I said after somebody broke a window in my home turned out to be something that we were discouraged from saying if not prohibited (I think it was okay for private use but not encouraged).
 
I see Prayers Against the Power of Darkness already up for pre-order on the USCCB site. I may throw down for a copy. It would beat finding old prayers on the web and having to wonder if it’s okay for me as a lay person to say them. The last exorcism prayer I said after somebody broke a window in my home turned out to be something that we were discouraged from saying if not prohibited (I think it was okay for private use but not encouraged).
You don’t have to buy it from the USCCB. Copies in English have long existed. Here is just one example: https://www.amazon.com/Rite-Exorcism-Catholic-Church/dp/1976004845
 
I’d rather give some money to USCCB, I give enough to Amazon, mostly because I have a lot of Amazon Pay and points accounts to get free things there.
 
It’s Pope Francis. Failure to use his lawful title shows a certain disdain for the papacy which is highly offensive.
 
Having looked in Fundamentals of Catholic Doctrine by Dr. Ludwig Ott and not finding it, perhaps you could direct us to where it is found as a matter of doctrine?
 
I’d rather give some money to USCCB, I give enough to Amazon, mostly because I have a lot of Amazon Pay and points accounts to get free things there.
You could always enroll your parish (if it has not already been done) as an Amazon partner, where it would get a % of each sale you make and others that designate your parish.
 
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I’ll look into that. I think I have done that before with a cat shelter. Anything to get money out of Bezos’ hands, I cannot stand him.
 
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I see Prayers Against the Power of Darkness already up for pre-order on the USCCB site. I may throw down for a copy. It would beat finding old prayers on the web and having to wonder if it’s okay for me as a lay person to say them. The last exorcism prayer I said after somebody broke a window in my home turned out to be something that we were discouraged from saying if not prohibited (I think it was okay for private use but not encouraged).
You don’t have to buy it from the USCCB. Copies in English have long existed. Here is just one example: https://www.amazon.com/Rite-Exorcism-Catholic-Church/dp/1976004845
I am a bit hesitant about that.

It might just be someone’s private translation of the Latin ritual.
 
Are you against the Catholic Church’s work against the devil?
One potential problem here is that people who are not qualified exorcists, and a large sub-set of that is people who are not validly ordained priests, will pick up these books and attempt to do things beyond their understanding and their competence.

Demons don’t play games. Neither do they allow beginners an opportunity to learn as they go along; the way that when someone is learning a new sport, the experienced players might say “go ahead and throw that again, we’ll let you do it over because you’re new.” No, demons are not like that.

Access to rituals like this have been restricted for very good reason.

I am concerned, yes truly, that people who do not know anything about exorcisms might easily acquire these books and attempt sort of do-it-yourself exorcisms. That’s a recipe for disaster.

The good news is that the texts of the major exorcisms are being restricted as to who can purchase them. I just wonder how long that might last in this digital age–not long, I presume.

As far as the English language itself goes, or for that matter any other vernacular, these texts have already been available to priests for decades now. It is only the updated rituals that have not been translated until recently.
 
According to the article the distribution of this book is restricted to bishops and persons that they choose to share them with (I.e. the priests that they assign to do the exorcisms. There is an appendix of prayers that are permitted for the laity to say.
 
According to the article the distribution of this book is restricted to bishops and persons that they choose to share them with (I.e. the priests that they assign to do the exorcisms. There is an appendix of prayers that are permitted for the laity to say.
How long before they show up on the internet?

Probably already there, but I’m too lazy to google it right now.
 
I don’t think there would be anything wrong with them putting the appendix of prayers approved for the laity.
 
I have my doubts.

I know that “approved for the laity” means exactly that. Approved. Not my place to un-approve.

My concern is that people attempt doing things with regard to evil spirits, but not knowing or accepting their own limitations–not even knowing what those limitations might be.

There is a certain appeal of “excitement” about doing an exorcism—at least for those who have never actually experienced one. I haven’t.

My concern is that a lot of people just won’t know when to stop, or won’t know when they shouldn’t even be starting.

Too many times in my life I’ve seen laypersons attempting things they shouldn’t be doing, such as attempting blessings. I suppose I can characterize my concern by saying that if we can’t stop lay people from pretending to bless Holy Water, why would we think those same people aren’t going to attempt things with regard to evil spirits which are beyond their competence?
 
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