I can see demons

[Jesus_123]

+Re sacramentals . . . blest physical objects . . . below is a sharing by a teaching Catholic priest:

. . . :coffeeread: . . .
Why Sacramentals?
by Father Albert Joseph Mary Shamon

1. **To crush the pride of Satan.

**It is beneath the dignity of God to take on Satan directly. **God **would not give him that satisfaction. So He used **St. Michael the Archangel **to kick him out of the created Heavens :bible1: (Revelation 12:7-9), and a frail woman’s seed to crush his infernal head :bible1: (Genesis 3:15)

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, asks this question: “If a fellow attacked my opinions in print, would I reply? Not I.” And the reason he gave for not responding was the Hydrostatic Paradox of Controversy. Then he explained: "Take a bent tube, one arm of which was the size of a pipe-stem, and the other big enough to hold the ocean. Water would stand at the same height in one as in the other.

Controversy equalizes wise men and fools in the same way
— and the fools know it (p. 89)."

For **God the Creator **to take Satan on directly would dignify the fiend. Instead, God uses creatures, the weak things of the world, to confound the proud. Imagine mighty Lucifer being curbed by such weak and simple things as water, the **Sign of the Cross **, beads, a cloth Scapular … the Rosary …

St. Teresa of Avila tells us in her autobiography that when the devil attacked her in bodily form and she made the** Sign of the Cross **, he would fly away but return again later that day. However, she said, when she sprinkled **Holy Water **at him he would fly away and not return again that day. How that must crush his pride.

1. God uses sacramentals to give us an opportunity to make an act of faith in Himself.

So often we cut God down to our size; we think if the task is big, then God must expend a big effort to do it.

… Many of us are afflicted with the Naaman syndrome. The prophet Elisha told Naaman to go bathe seven times in the Jordan, and his leprosy would be cured. Naaman was furious; there seemed to be no proportion between the problem and the cure. Naaman would have shunned the cure had it not been for the better judgment of his servants (2 Kings 5). God can do a lot with a little.

God demonstrated the same thing to the Apostles. When there was a problem of feeding 5,000 people, they never believed five loaves could solve it (John 6:1f). They didn’t take God into consideration. God can do a lot with a little. That’s what sacramentals say. We must believe.

1. **God uses sacramentals to accomodate Himself to our limitations. **

We are not angels — pure spirits who can communicate by extrasensory perception (ESP). We are animated bodies. All our knowledge comes to us through our five senses. *Nisi in intellctu nisi quod prius est in sensu—*which means “There is nothing in our minds that has not first come through our senses.” Thus, a person born blind cannot conceive of color:

My senses five are five great Cups
Wherefrom I drink delight!
For them to God a grace I sing
At morning and at night,
For five fair loving cups are they
That feed me with delight.
(Rachel Taylor)

That is why the Church has her rites and rituals in her liturgy and worship of God.

When Jesus cured the blind man, He smeared mud on his eyes and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam (John 9:1-7).

On the deaf-mute, Jesus used spittle, touched his mouth and ears and said, “Ephphatha” (Mark 7:34).

1. Finally, sacramentals are an attempt to bring our daily lives into a continuing relationship with God.

It is strange, is it not, that so often the sophisticate who pooh-poohs holy pictures, medals or Rosaries, himself uses mementos and keepsakes when he is in love. Photos, pins, rings …

So **God **who loves us would have us who love Him use [sacramentals] …

There are two extremes to avoid regarding sacramentals:

One is SUPERSTITION—to treat the sacramentals as if they have magical powers. … The sacramentals are not magical charms; they are a calling upon God to act.

The other extreme is SOPHISTICATION—to pooh-pooh the sacramentals as the tools of the weak and ignorant. The trouble with the sophisticated person is that he or she seeks to shape God according to their own image and likeness, to cut Him down to their size. They seek** God** their way, not His way. Thus Lucifer rebelled against God …​

1. **What does the Church think about sacramentals? **

In her Enchiridion of Indulgences, she writes: “the faithful who devoutly use an article of devotion (crucifix or cross, Rosary, Scapular or medal) properly blessed by any priest, obtain a partial indulgence” (#35).

(In order to bless an article of devotion properly, the priest uses the prescribed formula; otherwise, he makes a simple Sign of the Cross toward the article of devotion, audibly adding the words, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”)

. . . all for Jesus+
. . . thank You Dear lord+
. . . thank you Holy Mother Church+
**. . . St. Michael the Archangel+
guide and protect+
**
:bible1:​

 

[BluesPicker]

Sometimes people see demons and they have not sinned. Sin is what separates us from God. We all need to pray for Brittiany that she may continue her walk with Jesus Christ. These things are distractions from her pursuing entering the Catholic Church. That is about all one can say. We need to pray that she may be strengthened. She needs the Church and We need her as is the case ideally for every member of the Human Family. We need each other and of course we need Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd who never neglects even one lost sheep, said “Where ever two or more are gathered in my Name, I am present.”

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[CatholicgirlUSA]

I would recommend holy water, St. Michael’s prayer, and prayers of binding Satan. This is a spiritual attack. He does not want you to become Catholic. He hates for any of us to grow closer to God. To cast him out, use the holy water and say a prayer of binding such as:

I bind you up Satan, in the name of Jesus. I cover myself and anyone and anything in any way connected to me with the blood of Jesus. I send you away from me and into the hands of the Father. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

On Christmas, I was experiencing an ocular migraine. I was losing the sight in one eye. I realized it was him. I said this prayer and put holy water on my forehead and instantly, I could see clearly.

When he knows you are growing closer to God, his attacks grow stronger. You just need the right weapons. Holy water, mentioning the blood of Jesus, and binding prayers. Spending time in adoration and praying the rosary . Going to mass.

May God bless you. Don’t give up on pursuing Jesus. He is wonderful.

 

[littleone]

I have been searching for the truth for years. I am a Christ follower and I have begun and stopped RCIA many times due to being taunted by demons. It scares me away from God’s One Church. People say I am either crazy or truly blessed. I am craving the Eucharist. I currently go to a Protestant church and I feel something missing. When I prayed about it, I got my sign when this church did a symbolic gesture of The Last Supper today. Just a symbol, IRK! I have to experience the body and blood of Christ! That is what is missing for me. But when I get closeto The Church, His Church, I put myself to sleep saying Hail Mary’s to fight against demons that scare me. They go away when I am not persuing the Catholic Faith. I have been seen by psychologists and therapists because I was afraid I was crazy. Well, I’m not. This is real. Any advice on how to fight this or anyone who has gone through thistoo please help.

Please read this…read this…
This person is not saying they are posesed or that any other person is but that they are seeing what many others see. The difference is that some become very scared and ask for help which is (I think) what this person is asking for.
they are not…NOT saying they are posessed, so why would they need exocism? It seems they need assistance with having some information as to how or what they can say to possibly scare these spirits off.

Earlier i wrote that you could do what I found many saints do and that is to rebuke the spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. NEVER tell them to “go to hell” because you could be telling them to go into some person near you. Remembering that Jesus tells us that "Heaven is within "…yes within us. So if Heaven is not within a person then there is only one other thing that is… HELL!!! So NEVER tell satan to go to hell, never. But you have the right to rebuke it in the Name (and only in the name of Jesus) on Jesus Christ.

Godbless
littleone

 

[Jesus_123]

Please read this…read this…
This person is not saying they are posesed or that any other person is but that they are seeing what many others see. The difference is that some become very scared and ask for help which is (I think) what this person is asking for.
they are not…NOT saying they are posessed, so why would they need exocism? It seems they need assistance with having some information as to how or what they can say to possibly scare these spirits off.

Earlier i wrote that you could do what I found many saints do and that is to rebuke the spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. NEVER tell them to “go to hell” because you could be telling them to go into some person near you. Remembering that Jesus tells us that "Heaven is within "…yes within us. So if Heaven is not within a person then there is only one other thing that is… HELL!!! So NEVER tell satan to go to hell, never. But you have the right to rebuke it in the Name (and only in the name of Jesus) on Jesus Christ.

Godbless
littleone

+Priests who become exorcist :knight1: priests are carefully and expertly trained to “do :knight2: battle” with the enemy of souls . . . they don’t just deal with demonic “possesions” but also with demonic “oppression” situations . . . with the full authority of our wonderful Apostolic Holy Roman Catholic Church behind them in the Lord . . .

A gentle correction . . . As for “heaven” and **“earth” **and “hell” . . . these are actually specifically defined places in Sacred :bible1: Scripture . . . there is no dwelling within of either heaven or hell . . . when we are baptized our Wonderful Lord takes us into Himself as a member of the **Body of Christ **. . . and God comes to dwell within us . . . **Father, Son and Holy Spirit **. . .

:bible1:
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth,
was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Revelation 5:3

:bible1:
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth
as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10

God bless . . .

. . . all for Jesus+​

 

[raggetyann]

except SSPX… (they are schismatic)

but FSSP parishes are great

Dar Monica, what is this?
except SSPX… (they are schismatic)

but FSSP parishes Some people do not know what thes abreviations mean, I for one. Thank you ragetyann

 

[redrosetea]

If you can physically see demons, I would see a psychiatrist. Demons don’t have bodies…

I think they do take forms at times, but the church would always advise anyone to first seek medical attention to rule out other things, but she said she did this

I would go through my house if I were her and if there are anything dealing with the occult or porn or impure reading materials I would throw them out

I would go through my home with holy water and sprinkle every room reciting the Our Father

I would get some blessed candles and burn them…read scripture and attend mass…if they don’t go away I would get my house blessed by a priest

 

[raggetyann]

I guess they are checking with the priest about what i aked, in the mean time i would just pray to the Father like Jesus said to" Ask anything to the Father in my name, and it shall be given to you" Trust, and believe, and pray to the Father with true heart and he will bring you into the light. May God Bless you in Jesus name Amen! raggetyann

 

[redrosetea]

It’s all good, Shin. . Really, I DO appreciate authoritative references and it’s nice to be clear. (I was just referring to the Ten Commandments as my reference - didn’t think you needed: Exodus 20:2–17; Deuteronomy 5:6–21; Exodus 34:17 (lol))

Anyway. WE all understand that good practicing Catholics don’t worship the objects themselves, but I think it’s important on these open forums, lest our non-Catholic, and misunderstanding Catholic brethren become confused, that we state these things clearly.

Also, I think it’s common knowledge that if we purchase a blessed object, it is no longer blessed. I have heard this over and over. Have you heard this too? Someone even told me once that (and these were their words) that “some pope officially declared that to be so to prevent the sale of blessed objects.” Needless to say I took this last with a grain of salt, but even when we had visiting missionaries that had rosaries and chaplets to sell, our priest made himself available only after the sale to bless the objects, not before, for this reason.

Conversely, I’ve seen tons of purportedly “blessed” objects and “relics” for sale on ebay and have wondered how there can be a market for such things.

Doesn’t this “fact” (I’ve no real reference I can point to at this point) at least demonstrate that blessed items are not eternally blessed?

Some education regarding this would probably be helpful for this forum in general, too.

Yes a blessing can’t be sold that is called Simony, after Simon Magnus who tried to buy the Holy Spirit

But if you keep the item the blessing remains, it doesn’t have an expiration date…a blessed item given to another still holds its blessing

 

[InspiritCarol]

I guess they are checking with the priest about what i aked, in the mean time i would just pray to the Father like Jesus said to" Ask anything to the Father in my name, and it shall be given to you" Trust, and believe, and pray to the Father with true heart and he will bring you into the light. May God Bless you in Jesus name Amen! raggetyann

I assumed Monica4316 would respond but since they haven’t:

SSPX - the Society of St. Pius X - sspx.org
FSSP - Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri - in English - the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. - FSSP.com

And, don’t feel bad. I hadn’t the foggiest idea what was meant with these acronyms and I’m a mass-going cradle Catholic. lol Thanks google.

And - nicely said.

 

[jazzbass981]

For littleone - What is your theological/biblical basis for not telling satan to go to hell? If that’s the case where the devil will go into someone else, then the Prayer of St. Michael is null and void. We are commanding, not requesting, St. Michael to cast the devil into hell, not into another person. If a person IS possessed, that possession is allowed to occur by God. God allows evil to occur in the world in order that it brings about a greater good! By telling satan to go to hell, one is not telling him to go into another person!

 

[BrittanyLSailer]

This is all so over whelming. Thankyou for the responses. This is very difficult for me to talk about because of the negative responses I have gotten. No one in my family is Catholic and I don’t feel like I can talk to them about it. Tomarrow will be my first Mass in a long time. I am looking forward to it, but at the same time I am scared.

thanks,
brittany

 

[redrosetea]

There is nothing to be scared about…we don’t bite:thumbsup:

 

[jazzbaby1]

Brittany, do NOT be afraid. You are loved with the most overwhelming love in the universe and Jesus wants you. You have the whole communion of saints on your side. I’ve been experiencing attacks recently due to prayer for the conversion of someone else and one of the things that I did was post my intention and a request for prayer cover in the Prayer Intentions forum. You can do that, too. Can I suggest saying the rosary every day if you don’t already? You can also enroll in the Rosary Confraternity; your prayers and intentions are then amplified by the other members of the confraternity. Above all, though, do NOT be afraid. I’ll be praying for you.

With love,
jazzbaby1
(not to be confused with jazzbass)

 

[Angel7]

For those of you who have taken me seriously, I truly appreciate it. To those of you who have mocked me and sent unkind and unhelpfull messages, I pray that you do not have to see the things that I have. Or felt the things that I have.

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
John 7:24

It really helps when you know the battle is already won.
Christ won this for us all, whatever evil throws at us is just a trick,
I have asked my Gaurdian Angel to help you, I pray THE LORD helps you.

 

[jazzbass981]

Read books about the saints. St. John Vianney, St. Therese & St. Pio all tell of encounters with demons and the devil. St. Therese and St. John Vianney used to call them annoyances and just plain ignore them. Mass is wonderful. It is the best prayer ANYONE can be a part of! Mass is literally Heaven on earth!

 

[raggetyann]

Brittany, do NOT be afraid. You are loved with the most overwhelming love in the universe and Jesus wants you. You have the whole communion of saints on your side. I’ve been experiencing attacks recently due to prayer for the conversion of someone else and one of the things that I did was post my intention and a request for prayer cover in the Prayer Intentions forum. You can do that, too. Can I suggest saying the rosary every day if you don’t already? You can also enroll in the Rosary Confraternity; your prayers and intentions are then amplified by the other members of the confraternity. Above all, though, do NOT be afraid. I’ll be praying for you.

With love,
jazzbaby1
(not to be confused with jazzbass)

Hello, you see this person above meThis is the one you should listen to please this person has the Holy Spirit of God in them. I do not know this person but i can feel God there, and i am Protestant, Do what this person tell’s you in the name of Jesus. God Bless you! raggetyann

 

[Jesus_123]

**

Prayer to
Our Lady of Perpetual Help**

. . . Holy Mother Mary . . . Queen of the Angels . . .
we pray for a profoundly peaceful Holy Prayer of the Mass experience for Brittany,
please lovingly gather her into thy care under thy holy protective mantle
and set thy holy angels on :angel1: watch over her precious soul.

O Mother of Perpetual Help,
grant that we may ever invoke thy most powerful name,
which is the safeguard of the living
and the salvation of the dying.
O Purest Mary, O Sweetest Mary,
let thy name henceforth be ever on our lips.
Delay not, O Blessed Lady,
to help us whenever we call on thee,
for, in all our needs, in all our temptations
we shall never cease to call on thee,
ever repeating thy sacred name,
Mary.
_______

The Hail Mary

Hail Mary . . . full of grace . . . the Lord is with thee . . . blessed art thou among women . . . and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb . . . Jesus . . . Holy Mary . . . Mother of God . . . pray for us sinners . . . now and at the hour of our death . . . Amen . . .

. . . all for Jesus​

+
. . . thank You Dear Lord and our King+
. . . thank you dear Blessed Holy Mother+
. . . St. Michael the Archangel+
. . . please intercede, protect, guide and help+
. . . thank you dear Blessed St. Michael+
. . . Jesus I trust in You+
​

 

[jen_fla]

hi brittany. welcome to the forums.

i’ve been following this thread, but wasn’t able to type out anything before due to catching some cold and feeling totally out of it. i’m still kind of weak, so forgive me if this rambles.

obviously this could be psychological, but i have no doubt it can also be demonic as i have had encounters on and off all my life. i studied psychology and could see how very easily certain experiences could be explained away, but others could not as more than one of my five senses experienced the horror and in some cases other witnesses were present as well. every time they bother me, it’s when i am about to make another spiritual leap forward or in the case when i was 15, a great leap backwards due to messing around with the ouija and occult.

my friend has been going through some dark experiences with her husband. they had a great marriage (according to her) until the time when he started getting into animal spirit guides. don’t get me wrong, i respect the people that practiced this ages ago whereas Christianity was not brought to them so they are innocent. they knew enough to worship something bigger than themselves and that is more than i can say for many people today running around making themselves a god doing whatever is pleasing to them. but since we do have Scripture to tell us to stay away from that and her husband does know better, well let’s just say things have gone from bad to worse. her mother asked her to please read the Bible for once in her life and she did make an attempt, but when she first started she heard a voice tell her that, he would take her kids from her. you can imagine how terrifying that was, so she slammed the Bible shut and has never gone back to it. so who won that round?

a year or two ago, the thoughts of demons kept creeping in my head as i was falling more and more in love with my faith. i went to Mass one day and the priest told a story involving them about how the prayer to St Michael came to be recited in Mass. i don’t recall how, but i do remember being lead somehow to Father Amorth’s book: an exorcist tells his story.

i was too scared to read it and yet i knew God wanted me to for some reason so i said “God, you know this topic is very difficult for me and is utterly terrifying and so i need your help here.” then i called up the local bookstores to see if they had it in stock. they did not.

then i tried the two huge book chains that everyone knows. first one did not, so i tried the last one and they said they thought they had one copy in stock, but they would go look. so they put me on hold. now normally when a mega chain puts you on hold, you’ll either get silence or some typical advertisements or promotions, but NO…

she puts me on hold and then all of a sudden this song comes up that i had never heard of (and haven’t ever since) and some man sings:

“pushing the demons aside, pushing the demons aside”

as the good Lord is my witness i am not making this up… i know it sounds nuts (and no, there is no history of mental illness in my family from either side except for alzheimer’s). he sang the line two times and then the employee was back. i do not know how the she found the book so quickly, but she came right back on the line and said “we’ve got it!”…

well i started laughing and felt this intense inner joy, because i know with all my heart that that was not a coincidence and that God knows me and knows the best way to calm my fears is with humor and correct data. God did that! He is in control of everything. now since then i’ve had some bad encounters, and i know this was God’s way of preparing me for battle. there are other books that might be better regarding this topic, but i think there was some key information that was meant for me specifically with dealing with some individuals that practice dark and evil faiths in my town.

through it all it has only strengthened my faith. most of the comments are all great advice, pray the rosary, get Holy water and bless your home, etc… but this is key (bolded emphasis mine):

The word demon actually means “knowing one.” I don’t think all demonic attacks are bad. I believe that we are fundamentally affraid of the unknown, and we interperet painful experiences as evil. I went through a very scary and painful ordeal with some kind of spirit. It felt evil and life threatening, but when I emerged from the situation I found myself being a lot closer to Christ and His gospel. Now I consider the ordeal a blessing in disguise.

God allows this to happen for our own good. i have been blessed to see things from the spirit world (sometimes Holy and sometimes demonic) and God knows it is very easy for me to slip into the concerns of this material world and forget those things. so this was another gift so that i can not forget what i have seen and experienced. God willing i will never be conned by society into believing the spirit world does not exist.

the irony is that Catholics above all know what you are talking about, yet at the same time are extremely careful about jumping to conclusions. you will not be mocked here, but we must always rule out natural causes first.

you can PM me if you want to discuss further.

praying for you.

your not insane friend,
jen

 

[jen_fla]

hi brittany.

i hope you made it to Mass. did you get a chance to speak to a Priest… hopefully a different one?

you can also have salt blessed by a Priest and place that all around your house as well.

still praying for you,
jen