US Exorcists: Demonic Activity on the Rise

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7_Sorrows said:
I certainly believe this to be true looking around at our world today.
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Sadly, it’s impossible to miss. :mad:

Pity exorcists couldn’t quietly turn up at “LGBT”, pro-abortion, radical feminist etc gatherings, and unleash their ammo.
Instead of having to put up with US flags being torched, maybe some of those “rainbow” flags could be made to disappear in a puff of smoke. 🤷

It’s good that Father Lampert warned: “The lay faithful should not give commands to demons…”
i knew an individual who appointed himself to be an exorcist, and, along with others, i’m sure that his fingers had been at least singed. He was strange!
Once, i hinted to him that he was suffering from DEMONTIA (not dementia).
Someone told him to clean up his own act before trying to clean up others’". (He wanted to pray over everyone.)
He used to try to get to two daily celebrations of the Mass, so that he could receive the Blessed Sacrament twice daily. Meanwhile, he was neglecting everything else. A good, orthodox priest called it “spiritual gluttony”.

He claimed that “The Spirit” spoke to him, one time telling him that a dying cancer sufferer would be miraculously healed. He told the sufferer’s wife the happy news… and the sufferer died (of cancer) on Christmas Day.
What “Spirit”? Definitely not the Holy Spirit!
 
I’m not surprised, given the state of the world and society as a whole. I often wonder if there are any priests reading Masses of Reparation as a combat to these things around the world. We often pray Rosaries for Remission of Sin, but the Mass is so much more powerful (and only a priest can say the Mass). It’s good that Fr Lampert warned against lay people tarrying with the devil through unauthorised exorcisms…
 
not surpising since those black satanic “masses” were done in Oklahoma City.

Satan may have been defeated at the Crucifixtion, but his demons are still wandering the world, seeking the ruin of souls.

The greatest Trick the Devil has ever played is convincing the world he does NOT EXIST.
 
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, Oh, price of the heavenly host
by the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the Earth
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. :knight1:
 
Nice! I’m glad they are starting to recognize the problem!!!
 
Ever notice how many things past generations used to blame on demons are now scientifically explained by ‘experts’ and the demonic is taken out completely? I do not think that is a coincidence at all, and those generations were probably right all along, its only our current secular world that wants to give everything a natural explanation.

I think its very curious when satan and the fallen angels were kicked out of heaven, where did God send them…down to earth…with us! Not to hell or some other place where there is no escape. That is very interesting.
 
mikekle said:
Ever notice how many things past generations used to blame on demons are now scientifically explained by ‘experts’ and the demonic is taken out completely? I do not think that is a coincidence at all, and those generations were probably right all along,*** its only our current secular world that wants to give everything a natural explanation.***
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How true! The demonic powers win a major victory when they can convince their prey that they don’t exist.

If Pope Leo X111’s alleged mystical experience showing God’s granting Satan increased influence for 100 years, is true, then, we can see the effects right now. The Church has been under demonic attack for 2,000 years, but, the unbelievable ferocity of the current demonic attacks on her, and on society in general, must be unprecedented.
Never before has it been so reassuring to recall our Lord’s words that the Church would endure (to paraphrase).

The Book of Revelation says that the Red Dragon would be released from the Abyss for a short time… (remembering that the Millennium isn’t a literal millennium)
Are we in that time? Maybe, maybe not…🤷
I think its very curious when satan and the fallen angels were kicked out of heaven, where did God send them…down to earth…with us! Not to hell or some other place where there is no escape. That is very interesting.
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Satan’s already in hell in the sense that he’s cut off for ever from God/the Beatific Vision, which a being of pure malice couldn’t endure anyway. Being spirit only, he can focus his intellect and will where ever he wants (God permitting).

At least this current phase of the spiritual war is starting to “separate the men from the boys”, the wheat from the chaff, as well?
 
Fiasco said:
How true! The demonic powers win a major victory when they can convince their prey that they don’t exist.

If Pope Leo X111’s alleged mystical experience showing God’s granting Satan increased influence for 100 years, is true, then, we can see the effects right now. The Church has been under demonic attack for 2,000 years, but, the unbelievable ferocity of the current demonic attacks on her, and on society in general, must be unprecedented.
Never before has it been so reassuring to recall our Lord’s words that the Church would endure (to paraphrase).

The Book of Revelation says that the Red Dragon would be released from the Abyss for a short time… (remembering that the Millennium isn’t a literal millennium)
Are we in that time? Maybe, maybe not…🤷

Satan’s already in hell in the sense that he’s cut off for ever from God/the Beatific Vision, which a being of pure malice couldn’t endure anyway. Being spirit only, he can focus his intellect and will where ever he wants (God permitting).

At least this current phase of the spiritual war is starting to “separate the men from the boys”, the wheat from the chaff, as well?
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I think that reference to Satan/ red dragon, being released upon the world again for a short time, was to happen after the second coming and 1000 yr reign of the Christ…but that is interesting in itself, why would he be released again, even if for a short time, who says he must be released? Sure seems like Satan is given special treatment for a being who is fallen, just like we are, if he must be released again, why are human souls in hell not eligible for the same thing, in other words, what makes him so special?
 
I meant to include a ray of hope in my original reply by quoting Matthew 16:18.

“And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”:knight2:
 
mikekle said:
Ever notice how many things past generations used to blame on demons are now scientifically explained by ‘experts’ and the demonic is taken out completely? I do not think that is a coincidence at all, and those generations were probably right all along, its only our current secular world that wants to give everything a natural explanation.

I think its very curious when satan and the fallen angels were kicked out of heaven, where did God send them…down to earth…with us! Not to hell or some other place where there is no escape. That is very interesting.
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I don’t think God “sends” them to earth. They had free will, and made their once-for-all-time decision, “Non Serviam”, in eternity, before there was an earth. God allows them to tempt us, but it is their will to come here. They know how much God loves us.

“I’m hopeful bishop are becoming more aware of their role as the ‘chief exorcist’ for the diocese,” Msgr. Esseff said. “There is also still some resistance of the reality of Satan,” in the Church, among priests and bishops, he added, “as if there is just evil and not the devil.
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Father Lampert cautions people not to give too much attention to the devil, as well."
(from article)

Starting in the late 1960s there was a rampant denial of the supernatural in catechesis, preaching, seminaries, and most Catholic writing. Religion was presented as a kind of Social Service, with emphasis on making people equal, at peace with each other and with themselves. I am sure many priests and bishops were impacted by that.

But what is the situation now? Are exorcists talking to seminarians? Are the religion textbooks that omitted mention of angels/devils still in use? I think that in my diocese the identified exorcist is the priest who is also the coordinator for Charismatic Renewal. It is good that he is made known to persons involved in that renewal, but the Charismatic Movement only reaches a tiny percentage of Catholics in the Diocese. The priest works with a healing team, including experts in psychology and related fields.

But I would guess the vast majority of Catholics, perhaps ignorant of the supernatural, would know of this exorcist’s or his team’s availability. The last sentence in the article is true for a few people, but denial or ignorance of the supernatural is 100 times more likely in my diocese. We are just, barely, at the point of re-establishing Confession as an available and useful resource, **maybe **reaching a slightly greater minority of Catholics now.

Much of this boils down to catechesis and preaching. It would not matter if there were many exorcists for each diocese, there won’t be any benefit until we re establish understanding of the supernatural among the laity and priests in general.
 
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