Possible Demonic Encounter?

[raaucoin]

Several months ago I was very confident, proud, and strong in my Christian faith. Then out of the blue, one day I randomly began to feel a distaste towards Christianity. That night, I had a horrifying dream in which I was attempting to expel a demon from my home. As soon as I began to ‘win’ this battle, I was awoken by a terribly real sounding voice screaming “you shall not rebuke me!!!”

For about a month or two after that, I struggled with my faith, and at one point, lost it virtually completely. Things went back to normal as far as ‘paranormal’ acts. Just recently, I have realized my mistakes, and have turned back to Christ. Since then, coins have been appearing in random, inconvenient locations (supposedly a way the dead try to communicate with the living) and loud bangs have been occurring spontaneously, specifically from my basement.

Simply typing this is terrifying for me, as I feel that I am being watched.

Please help?

Don’t know about “demonic encounter” but you are being watched for God watches over all of us. And sends His holy angels to gaurd and protect us.

 

[Anathama_Sit]

I hadn’t realized before, when I read the post by someone saying you should recieve Communian, whichof course, it wouldn’t be right to do so right now (most likely you know this, but in great fear, people can forget pretty basic things some times) as you have never recieved Commanian before. (That’s one of the reasons you’re calling yourself an “onofficial Catholic,” right?) I’m still praying for you.

Greetings ChibiViolet,

That post would have been by me. I just realized that Tyler is not Catholic. Thank you for saying what you said. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I did not read the religious indicator. If I had known at the time he was not Catholic, I would have never advised him to have frequent recourse to the Sacraments.

Greetings Tyler,

In light of this new post, Partaking of Communion would not be the right things to do. HOwever, I would still recommend going to Mass as much as possible. You will be in my prayers.

God Bless You Both,
Anathama Sit

 

[BluesPicker]

From the Catechism of Catholic Church:

1669 Sacramentals derive from the baptismal priesthood: every baptized person is called to be a “blessing,” and to bless. Hence lay people may preside at certain blessings; the more a blessing concerns ecclesial and sacramental life, the more is its administration reserved to the ordained ministry (bishops, priests, or deacons).

    We are supposed to ask God to bless  everything.

BP

 

[BluesPicker]

I am sorry for the above post, it is out of context. Most definitely if a house is demoniacally infested, a lay person blessing would not be not any where as effective or efficacious as a priest’s blessing. One of the faculties conferred in Holy Orders is to be able to bless in the Name of the Church. Such a blessing actually confers Holiness as God Blesses. Actually the Blessing comes down from Heaven from God when a priest blesses. Remember when Christ gave St. Peter the Keys and said whatever is bound here is bound in Heaven & whatever is loosen here is loosened in Heaven?

   We should invite the priest to Bless our homes yearly.  Traditionally this was ritual was performed during the week of the Feast of the Ephiphany.  Now we can have this same Blessing on any day of the year.  Then daily we should ask God to bless and protect our homes.   However our prayers are limited by our personal faith & holiness.  When a priest blesses God surely Blesses.  Daily  I ask that God Blesses and  Protects my home and property.   But my prayers  I think of as spiritual maintance.

 The devil is all around us because Christ called him the prince of this world.  Our prayers and faith in God is what hold him at bay.  From the Old Trent Catechism we see the devil attacks those who come to Christ and follow Him.   The New Catechism and the theology of  VC II  are considered by  Fr. Fortea & other Catholic theologians to be among the very best or even the best documents put out by the Catholic Church.  I believe that the older catechism is worthy of study, particularly the elucidation of the Lord's Prayer.   I guess I like it because it is short too.

 I believe a house blessing by a Catholic priest  would end all these shanigans of the enemy.    It would be good if the priest would say a prayer of deliverance asking God to send the devil away and then bless the house to fill the spiritual void left by the devil's departure.   The Church allows this for people of all faiths.

BP

 

[Musician]

Get to a priest. Be open with your parents about your call to be Catholic.
Have your house blessed by a priest if possible. If not sprinkle rooms with holy water, saying a prayer to St. Michael in each room.
Demons are real, but they are pathetic next to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Concentrate on Him and His love for you, and on His Holy Mother. Say the rosary often.
Demons have no power over those of us who are devout Christians, although it can be really scary at times.

 

[jen_fla]

My dad was able to hear the bangs, others were not. My dad seems to also be a target of the coins, as they have been appearing in inconvenient locations for him as well. Last night the bangs were really loud, and thinking someone may have been breaking into the basement, we went to investigate, ultimately seeing that nothing was disturbed.
Last night while sleeping I kept waking up startled after feeling like someone was touching me on the shoulder or even massaging my shoulder.
As far as I know, I am the only one who has heard any voices.

hi tyler.

i’ve had some serious demonic encounters so i know that the possibility of this being something preternatural is real. and as i’m sure you have gathered from many posters on caf, it’s very common to be messed with so to speak, when someone is growing closer to the Catholic Church. it happened to me big time over many years as i was slowly making my way back.

however, when you mentioned the loud banging the first thing that came to my mind is your water heater. you should have all your plumbing down there checked out, but especially the water heater. they can and do make noises like you are describing and can actually blow up if your temp and pressure valve isn’t functioning correctly.

as a side note, if your water heater does need to be replaced i would suggest a tankless kind. i got one many years ago and absolutely loved it.

good luck and keep praying. i’d buy a St Benedict medal, get it blessed, bring home some Holy Water and say your rosary. once when i was wide awake, i was actually physically grabbed by something with talons or claws (could feel them digging into my skin) and i quickly said, “Jesus help me” and it went away. needless to say, i now pray the rosary every day.

peace to you and your family.

 

[knotanes]

Several months ago I was very confident, proud, and strong in my Christian faith. Then out of the blue, one day I randomly began to feel a distaste towards Christianity. That night, I had a horrifying dream in which I was attempting to expel a demon from my home. As soon as I began to ‘win’ this battle, I was awoken by a terribly real sounding voice screaming “you shall not rebuke me!!!”

For about a month or two after that, I struggled with my faith, and at one point, lost it virtually completely. Things went back to normal as far as ‘paranormal’ acts. Just recently, I have realized my mistakes, and have turned back to Christ. Since then, coins have been appearing in random, inconvenient locations (supposedly a way the dead try to communicate with the living) and loud bangs have been occurring spontaneously, specifically from my basement.

Simply typing this is terrifying for me, as I feel that I am being watched.

Please help?

Pray and keep praying. Find good work to do for others to keep your hands busy. We are struggling here too. But I remain confident these things can be overcome. Try not to be afraid. God is in His heaven.