Voodoo and santeria plz help

[chris007]

hello to all y name is chris and i was raised as a christian but because of my foolish mistake i took on santeria as a second religion and now i regret it. i have a want to return to GOD but i must dispose of the items aquired how should i do this? i heard from one person who is in the santeria religon to put all items in a box and forget about but to not throw it away .i heard from another to throw them in the trashwhat do i do have you known someone who has left this before?has thier life changed?

please help me i know you dont know me but i begging here

 

[Trishie]

Chris, do not keep them, a person in the religion isn’t the best person to ask, of course the person doesn’t want you to throw them away hoping you would come back to that.
Regardless of anything else, you should get rid of these things if you are serious. If you are serious, don’t pass them to anyone else as that encourages what is wrong.

scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a1.htm
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Superstition
2111 Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.41
Idolatry
2112 The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of “idols, [of] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.” These empty idols make their worshippers empty: "Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them."42 God, however, is the "living God"43 who gives life and intervenes in history.
2113 Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc. Jesus says, "You cannot serve God and mammon."44 Many martyrs died for not adoring "the Beast"45 refusing even to simulate such worship. Idolatry rejects the unique Lordship of God; it is therefore incompatible with communion with God.46
2114 Human life finds its unity in the adoration of the one God. The commandment to worship the Lord alone integrates man and saves him from an endless disintegration. Idolatry is a perversion of man’s innate religious sense. An idolater is someone who "transfers his indestructible notion of God to anything other than God."47

 

[chris007]

i am serious and i do repent ever doing it may GOD forgive me i know i was wrong and felt that way the whole time btw thanks for your response

 

[Trishie]

I thank God for touching your soul and leading you to desire to live as a good Christian.
May God free you and fill your being with His grace.

oswc.org/

catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=5299&CFID=99915786&CFTOKEN=83183514

** Divination and magic **

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still,    a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into    the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up    all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a    lack of responsibility. 
2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or    demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to    "unveil" the future.[48] Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading,    interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and    recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history,    and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to    conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving    fear that we owe to God alone. 
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame    occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a    supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of    restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.    These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the    intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the    intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism    often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part    warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures    does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation    of another's credulity.

scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a1.htm

 

[BluesPicker]

You can bless the items with Holy Water and burn them. What can’t be burnt destroy them and throw them in a river or something. If you feel that something is infested or anything related to blood sacrifices contact your priest and give it to him to dispose of. There is a variant of this Santeria that deals with human remains and the consumption of them. If anything happened like that and you possess these things certainly this is a matter for an exorcist to oversee. There have been people that became possessed after participation in some of the rituals and ceremonies of the extreme variants related to all this

 

[Sonic]

oswc.org/

Trishie, I don’t recommend sending anyone to the Ohio Spiritual Warfare Center. The fidelity of the website has been strongly called into question by Catholic Culture. See the link:

catholicculture.org/culture/reviews/view.cfm?recnum=4255

Instead, I recommend contacting the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter for advice, and/or contacting the local diocese and Bishop to get in contact with the official exorcist.

Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
fssp.org/en/index.htm

Also, Fr. Ripperger is a trusted source for information:

www.sensustraditionis.org

 

[odile53]

Get them out of your house at once, and bag them up. Then call your parish priest and ask him how to dispose of them. If you know what the items are for, or what their history is, let him know. I’m assuming you’ll be confessing getting involved with this in the first place. Probably the items themselves don’t have any special power, but in a weak-faith moment, they would pose a “near occasion” of sin.

 

[Trishie]

Trishie, I don’t recommend sending anyone to the Ohio Spiritual Warfare Center. The fidelity of the website has been strongly called into question by Catholic Culture. See the link:

catholicculture.org/culture/reviews/view.cfm?recnum=4255

Instead, I recommend contacting the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter for advice, and/or contacting the local diocese and Bishop to get in contact with the official exorcist.

Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
fssp.org/en/index.htm

Also, Fr. Ripperger is a trusted source for information:

www.sensustraditionis.org

Thank you for your advice, Sonic
I’ve made a note of you suggestions for future reference.

 

[chris007]

man i just wanted to say thank you to all you guys for the help and support i will be going asap to a church to give em to a pastor to dispose of and once again thanks for the guidance i will report if things change in my life after doing so and once more thank you all:thumbsup:

 

[domandcarols]

man i just wanted to say thank you to all you guys for the help and support i will be going asap to a church to give em to a pastor to dispose of and once again thanks for the guidance i will report if things change in my life after doing so and once more thank you all:thumbsup:

Good for you, man. You should also arrange a meeting with the pastor and talk to him.

 

[TLKnight]

man i just wanted to say thank you to all you guys for the help and support i will be going asap to a church to give em to a pastor to dispose of and once again thanks for the guidance i will report if things change in my life after doing so and once more thank you all:thumbsup:

Hello Chris, my name is Tina. I read your posts, and I just want to say that God loves you. It sounds like you have some things to rid yourself of. My late husband was a freemason, and after his passing I learned alot about what he had bound me to. He had alot of symbols and things, I threw them ALL away, and prayed and asked God to remove any curses that was brought onto me and my family. I truely believe God has removed all of those things and He has restored my life. Im not familar with what you were in, but I believe if you repent of it and ask God to show you what you need to do, He will. I believe you will overcome.

 

[chris007]

Hello Chris, my name is Tina. I read your posts, and I just want to say that God loves you. It sounds like you have some things to rid yourself of. My late husband was a freemason, and after his passing I learned alot about what he had bound me to. He had alot of symbols and things, I threw them ALL away, and prayed and asked God to remove any curses that was brought onto me and my family. I truely believe God has removed all of those things and He has restored my life. Im not familar with what you were in, but I believe if you repent of it and ask God to show you what you need to do, He will. I believe you will overcome.

thanks tina i sadly report i have not yet done what i need to do . i am scared of the reprocusions if i spelled that right lol it might take a little time but i have the intentions.i removed a chain that was bound on my ankle and i gotta say i feel better. i dont know how long it will take me to gain the courage to do the rest but i know i must.i have read that people who have removed the rest :elegua la casuela oggun and osun from thier life have regressed i dont know when or how but im trying to find a respectful way to give these back.i know GOD is the almighty alpha and omega and yet i cant understand why i am having such a hard time.i can only talk to you guys about this as my family does not know i was in this… the support i have recieved has been very helpfull i thank you all from the bottom of my heart and will continue to report as time goes by and the steps i take

dissapointedly reporting chris

 

[Monica4316]

thanks tina i sadly report i have not yet done what i need to do . i am scared of the reprocusions if i spelled that right lol it might take a little time but i have the intentions.i removed a chain that was bound on my ankle and i gotta say i feel better. i dont know how long it will take me to gain the courage to do the rest but i know i must.i have read that people who have removed the rest :elegua la casuela oggun and osun from thier life have regressed i dont know when or how but im trying to find a respectful way to give these back.i know GOD is the almighty alpha and omega and yet i cant understand why i am having such a hard time.i can only talk to you guys about this as my family does not know i was in this… the support i have recieved has been very helpfull i thank you all from the bottom of my heart and will continue to report as time goes by and the steps i take

dissapointedly reporting chris

please don’t keep the items and don’t give them to anyone, that would be like encouraging them to sin. Destroy the items or ask a priest to destroy them. Ask a priest to pray for you and give you a blessing. Use holy water. Don’t be afraid! If demons are attached to these objects it is very dangerous to keep them around.

God bless

 

[BluesPicker]

Chris you need to get rid of that stuff as it gives authority to Satan. I mean break the chain and bless it with Holy Water and then do the same for all that other stuff. Burn it can be burned. Then bring it to a priest for him to bury. No body can do it for you.

 

[BluesPicker]

Chris,
I meant to burn the stuff that can be burnt, The chain break it. Same for all the other things. and bring them to a priest. Remember part of this ruckus is that they use tricks to make you believe they are more than they are. You have to make choice.

 

[perro_sarnoso]

hello to all y name is chris and i was raised as a christian but because of my foolish mistake i took on santeria as a second religion and now i regret it. i have a want to return to GOD but i must dispose of the items aquired how should i do this? i heard from one person who is in the santeria religon to put all items in a box and forget about but to not throw it away .i heard from another to throw them in the trashwhat do i do have you known someone who has left this before?has thier life changed?

please help me i know you dont know me but i begging here

Hello my friend,

Here is your step by step answer:

Gather all items…all items! Take the to the backyard or some other location and sprinkle holy water on them. The ones that will burn easily - burn them. The others, destroy as much as you can without to much fanfare. Bury all the items to include the ashes or burnt remains of the other items. Sprinkle more holy water and cover the hole.
Pray the Saint Michael Archangel prayer and sprinkle more holy water on the site.

Leave it and forget it. Go to Confession and make a really good confession. A good confession is more effective than an exorcism.

You must, from this point on, lead a life of prayer and a life of the spirit - nurtured by the Sacraments, especially Confession.

Place Crucifixes on the outside of doors that lead in and out of the house. Use holy water in the house. Do not put rose petals or other Santeria items in the holy water.!! Just holy water.

Pray the Rosary everyday…and do the basic Catholic things really, really well.

Dios te Bendiga mi amigo.

 

[JG_91]

Hi Chris~

God bless you for listening to your heart and trying to follow through with the positive changes God wants you to make in your life. You can do it! God has placed this on your heart and it appears obvious you have the will and ability to do so. Don’t worry, you can do it! God would not have placed this on you otherwise. Change can be difficult, but regarding matters such as yours they can sometimes feel a little overwhelming and sometimes scary.
From the experiences I know of, I can tell you the following:

This is something God wants you to do and you are more than capable. This is something you MUST do… You mentioned something about people who had regressed due to getting rid of these things and making changes and seem worried about this occurring to you as well. You sound as if your faith in God is strong. Never, ever forget- He will always be with you and protect you at all times. Always. Just keep your focus on your faith in the Lord and always when in doubt, remember the cross. The fear or hesitation you have comes from the enemy as do the suggestions of keeping the items. This is why it is imperative to go ahead and move forward with this. It is not scary. If anything, you will feel a release and an overwhelming amount of peace you probably haven’t experienced for quite some time. From people I have known with these situations, it is imperative for you to get rid of them ASAP. Just as you felt better after breaking the chain- you will feel better, lighter and happier after removing these items. If at any time you feel fear or worry, pray and know Jesus Christ is with you and by your side that very moment. He is always with us.

Now, my suggestion for ridding yourself of these items are similar to the other posters.
-Do this as soon as possible. ASAP!

• I would strongly suggest having a prayerful friend with you for support. A priest or preacher would be great, but if that’s not possible, a friend in Christ will give you the support you need. If you have a priest or preacher (you said you were Christian, but didn’t state denomination) you can call beforehand and ask them to pray with you before you begin and that would be beneficial. I would even ask if they would mind staying on the phone with you initially as you begin- most will.
• Bless yourself with the holy water and ask for God’s protection.
• sprinkle the items with holy water and all items that can be burned should be burned. You mentioned voodoo… If you have any voodoo dolls, they should be pulled apart first as many times objects are sewn in them. Burn it all. If you have any of the dolls and they were given or wrapped in a particular manner- simply post how they were wrapped… Burn all the items. Burn them until you only have ashes or close to ashes. Sprinkle with holy water. After they have cooled down, bag them up and throw out with the trash. DO NOT bury these items on your or anyone else’s property- period. Throw them out. DO NOT flush them down a toilet or throw them in a creek or river, etc. Throw them in the trash or take to a trash bin.
• the items that can’t be burned- sprinkle with holy water and … Easiest way would be to go in the driveway take a hammer and destroy them. You don’t have to crush them to smithereens, but you get the idea. Bag them up, sprinkle with holy water, and off to trash. Say a prayer, thank the Lord and I assure you better things are in your future. This is why the enemy wants you to hold on to them or worry about how to get rid of them. The enemy knows he is losing and will lose and you will be on to a brighter path. He really wants us to stay in darkness and misery so don’t let him trick you or cost you your happy future.
  Just remember to continue to be prayerful and trust in the Lord. You will be fine!

God Bless

Holy Michael, the Archangel, Defend Us in Battle
Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

 

[odile53]

It’s odd. I was talking with my spiritual director about this stuff, because my mother, who considers herself a Catholic, is very involved with some really questionable practices, such as astrologers and psychics. She received a mass mailing from one of these people who claimed to be an Indian healer, who told her that there was an “evil spirit” on her doorstep who was the cause of her “bad luck.” This so-called Indian healer said that he could rid her of this spirit, for a fee, naturally. The scary thing about this particular piece of junk mail, to me, anyways, was the fact that it named this demon.

It must have disturbed Mom, too, because she told me that it bothered her and she had never received such a letter before.

I glanced at the letter, took it outside, fired up the barbecue and burned it. Then I let the grill cook for awhile longer, and sprinkled the grate with holy water. I didn’t even want the ashes of that stupid letter around. I said a lot of prayers while I was doing this. Then when I spoke with my spiritual director Monday evening, I ran it past him. He is a Jesuit, and is very well-versed in the dark power types of things. He told me this: People who claim occult or magical powers are frequently charlatans who are operating from a scam posture. One of the real keys to discerning whether or not any of this is the real deal is if the practitioner of this type of thing asks you for money. Very few are actually in touch with some sort of evil power.

They worm their way into your life by trying to manipulate you into thinking that they have some special power, and that you are bound to follow what they say. Many of them function out of nothing better than the desire to subjugate others to them, at least psychologically, and as he mentioned above, usually with some sort of financial gain as their goal.

He advised me that the best thing to do with such mailings is to get them out of the house and destroy them as soon as possible once you realize that it is this kind of mailing. He wasn’t in the least bit concerned that there was a name of a demon on this letter, he said it could have been any word whatsoever that the so called spiritual healer had come up with. He did stress that the only real power that any of these people have is the power that their victims give them by listening to them and believing their bogus claims.

In other words, just get rid of the stuff as soon as possible. Don’t worry about how you dispose of them, just dispose of them. Hanging onto them because you fear repercussions is exactly what these manipulative con artists want you to do, so they can continue to try to influence you. Get rid of the stuff, go to confession, and in the future trust God rather than attempt to manipulate courses of events by a naive and superstitious reliance on the trappings of occult practices. Place your trust in Jesus, He alone is the One who will not disappoint you.

My prayers are with you. Ask St. Michael for the strength and resolve to get this stuff out of your life!

 

[Sonic]

He advised me that the best thing to do with such mailings is to get them out of the house and destroy them as soon as possible once you realize that it is this kind of mailing.

Odile53, I don’t think the OP is talking about scam emails from obvious charlatans out for money. If you read Fr. Amorth’s books, then you will find that he is in complete agreement with you concerning charlatans. Most people claiming such powers are charlatans. He also mentions that many of these charlatans end up being spiritually attacked and having to come to him (or other exorcists) for help. This is due to their sins of trying to scam people.

If the OP is talking about amulets, potions, candles, statues, etc; used for worship in Santeria and Vodun (voodoo), then he/she needs to have them properly destroyed and disposed of.

My personal opinion is that a priest needs to dispose of such items, and not the individual who has them. I believe a priest has the training to do such things, and has the authorization to perform blessings (and also exorcisms by permission of his bishop).

 

[Holly3278]

First, I would destroy the items. Then, I would throw them away. And finally, I would bless your house or apartment with holy water and blessed salt if you have some.