Fr. jocis syquia catechesis on delivernce and exorcism

Catechesis on theMinistry of Liberation

“We preach this, not because our discourse about the devil is sweet to us, but because the doctrine about him is full of security for you”

Saint John Chrysostom

As a Catholic Nation, why are we open to demonic harassments?

As a Catholic Nation, why are we not becoming holy and there is misery around us?

“Some of you might say: ‘But Father, how old fashioned you are to speak about the devil in the 21st century!’ But look out because the devil is present! The devil is here… even in the 21st century! …We must learn from the Gospel how to fight against Satan.”

Pope Francis

Saturday 12 April 2014

“The kingdom of heaven is

at hand! Cure the sick, raise

the dead, cleanse the lepers,

cast out devils.” Mt 10: 8

“And these signs shall attend those who believe: in my name they shall cast out

devils.” Mk 16:17

“Then having summoned the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all the devils and to cure diseases” Lk 9: 1-2

“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and he went about doing good and healing all who were in the power of the devil” Acts 10:38

The Ministry of Liberation

In a lecture given on October 24, 1995 the future Pope Benedict stated that “preaching is connected with the “casting out of devils” (1:39): …preaching takes shape in no bright,

happy world, but

in a world tyrannized

by demons, into which

it intervenes so as to

liberate”.

And in his book, Jesus of

Nazareth, the Pope tells us that

“The first task is preaching: to

give people the light of the word,

the message of Jesus … because

the world is ruled by the powers

of evil, this preaching is at the

same time a struggle with those

powers”.

“Our struggle is not against human foes, but against cosmic powers”St. Paul

Demonic Strongholds can cause the following;- Extraordinary Demonic Attack of Possession, Oppression, Obsession and Infestation

- Blockages to God’s blessings, guidance, protection and graces

- Outbreak of paranormal and psychic phenomena

- Sufferings that are not crosses anymore; they are burdensome, make us miserable; they are not life-giving

- Temptations that very strong and persistent -Varied and unrelenting harassments and blocks to the spiritual life-Uncaused anger, sadness and fears -Series of “bad luck” and freak accidents-Obstinacy in sin

- Non commensurate results to energy expended in spiritual endeavors and programs

St. Pope John Paul II said, “The devil

is still alive and active in the world.“

Pope Francis

"We must always remain vigilant, on guard against deception, against the seduction of evil ", because the devil, against whom Jesus truly fought and won, " always tries to come back," to "take possession of us. "

“This matter of the devil and of the influence he can exert on individuals as well as on communities, entire societies or events, is a very important chapter of Catholic doctrine which should be studied again, although it is given little attention today”.

- Pope Paul VI

Notes from the Vatican

Fr. Pedro Barrajon, LC- When Christianity is forgotten, the vacuum is

filled with the occult (more than rationalism)

Msgr. Luigi Negri - The Church betrays Itself when It denies Its

power of exorcism which is a work of charity

- The devil has created a dominant culture that brings about individual possession

Dr. Carlo Climati -In today’s society, there are more young people into the occult and Satanism - Occult practitioners take advantage of the sufferings of other people; when they are vulnerable

Fr. Francesco Bamonte, ICMS - In today’s culture, we see the greatest

esotericism / occultism, widespread magical practices, Divination, spiritism, Satanic sects

- Occult practices are the major causes of possession

- Uncertainty in life and loss of Faith

makes person turn to occult and

even Satanism - We must exhort faithful not to go

to magical practitioners

- Some causes of possession are those who participate in spiritism, mediumship, have amulets and are victims of curses (due to a third party)

Fr. Gabriele Nanni - Demons take many forms of the

deceased- There is an increase of victims of

the devil with fewer priests and

even fewer exorcists

-Studies have shown that in Italy (15-18 years old);

= 76% are attracted to the occult

= 78% have contact with satanism (44% through music)

Fr. Rene Laurentin -Children are victims of satanic rituals-In Africa, 20 years ago,

there were no exorcists and

there was the fear of the witches,

today with the coming of exorcists,

they have removed this fear

US ReportThe Rev. David Fleming … is one of 50 U.S. priests recently chosen to train in the rite of exorcism.

It is the church’s first effort in the United States to coordinate a “comprehensive and systematic formation process for this particular ministry,” Fleming told the Catholic Mirror, Des Moines’ diocesan newspaper.

It is a big moment for exorcists. Dioceses in Italy and Spain are also increasing their ranks because of an “unprecedented rise” in demonic possession, Madrid Archbishop Antonio Maria Rouco said last year, after nominating eight priests to undergo training to rid people of their demons.

Church leaders attribute the rise in possessions to people who are dabbling in the occult: practicing witchcraft, visiting a psychic, even playing with a Ouija board.

Mexico Report

To some it may seem extraordinary, but priests say the country is under attack by Satan, and that more exorcists are needed to fight him.

"We believe that behind all these big and structural evils there is a dark agent and his name is The Demon. That is why the Lord wants to have here a ministry of exorcism and liberation, for the fight against the Devil," says Father Carlos Triana, a priest, and an exorcist, in Mexico City.

Mexico's exorcists say there is unprecedented demand for their services. Some are even not taking new cases, as they are having to exorcise demons almost every day. "This didn't happen before", says Father Francisco Bautista, another exorcist in Mexico City.

Who are exorcists? The instructions from the Roman Ritual point out that an exorcist is someone who is expressly and particularly authorized by the Ordinary (bishop) to perform an exorcism.

According to Canon Law Canon 1172 no.1, “no one can legitimately perform exorcisms over the possessed unless he has obtained special and express permission from the local ordinary.”

Exorcists use the Roman Ritual

of Exorcism

Exorcism, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 1673) is “when the Church asks publicly and authoritatively in the Name of Jesus Christ that a person or object be protected against the power of the Evil One and be withdrawn from his dominion.”

Exorcist Who are exorcists? “The exorcist is an explicit symbol of the battle between the Church and the devil”

Deliverance Minister Who are deliverance ministers? They may be priests, religious or lay persons with the charism of deliverance.

They use deliverance prayers (Minor exorcisms and Prayers of liberation and not the Roman Ritual of Exorcism) to expel evil spirits from the demonically obsessed and oppressed.

St. Alphonsus Liguori (17th century) the noted moral theologian and Doctor of the Church said that “private exorcism is permissible to all Christians; solemn exorcism is permissible only to ministers who are appointed to it.”

Different Forms of Spiritual Warfare Prayers

Prayers of Liberation

Lay, religious, priests, exorcists

Minor Exorcisms Priests, exorcists

Major ExorcismsExorcists

Why are we under attack? Why is there misery?

Why are we not growing in holiness?

SyncretismOur Pagan Past and our

Catholic faith

Animism / Paganism

Foundational beliefs

Pantheism - The universe is God; hence nature has powers which can be used for good or bad.

Man does not worship and serve the powers of nature as ends in themselves, he has an ulterior motive; the desire to control it.

Power is needed to make rain, give good crops, secure employment, heal diseases, guarantee fertility.

Man prays, implores and sacrifices not out of devotion but to manipulate the spirit world.

Sacrifices and offerings are not made to expiate sin but to maintain filial relations with the spirit world. There is no sin, only taboo

Polytheistic - Animists believe in a plurality of gods, both co-equal or in hierarchy. These gods are believed to have specific spheres of control. There is belief in a supreme deity but one who is uninvolved (deism) or unconcerned with man’s welfare so man seeks out lesser powers and gods to meet their desires.

Animism is therefore pantheistic, power and fear based, man-centered, polytheistic and

deistic.

The Church and Paganism Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God. 1 John 4:1

The Breaking of the First Commandant

“I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt not have strange gods before Me”

In the Old Testament, Paganism was Idolatry

In the New Testament world, Paganism was Demonic

“They sacrifice their sons and their daughters to devils, to the idols of Canaan”

Ps. 105:37.

“They sacrifice to devils and not to God, to gods whom they know not”

Deut. 32:17

“So what am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything? No, I mean that what they sacrifice, [they sacrifice] to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons.”

St.Paul

“To sacrifice to an idol is not only an act of weakness, but an act of adoration of the devil, a blasphemy against Christ, an act deserving damnation.”

St. Justin the Martyr

“The pagan marvels were the work of demons, in the arrogance of their foul pride which made them ambitious to be the gods of the pagans”

St. Augustine

The fundamental cause for the worship of idols “must be sought in the devils, who cause men to adore them under the form of idols, therein working certain things which excited their wonder and admiration.”

St Thomas Aquinas

Occult PowersThe Power in

Paganism

Occultism is the theory and practice invoking superhuman, but not divine, powers in order to obtain results that are beyond the capacity of mere nature

Occult Powers and God “When you

come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you, must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of these nations. No one shall be found among you who makes a Son or daughter pass through fire, or who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or sorcerer, or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead.

For whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord; it is because of such abhorrent practices that the Lord your God is driving them out before you.”

Deut 18: 9-12

"Many persons of both sexes unmindful of their own salvation and straying from the Catholic Faith, have abandoned themselves to devils, incubi and succubi, and by their incantations, spells, conjurations, and other accured charms and crafts … are a cause of scandal and danger to very many”Papal Bull of Pope Innocent VIII against Witchcraft

“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 supernatural power over others – even if this were for the sake of restoring their health – are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.”

CCC 2117

“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.

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.”

CCC 2116

Folk Catholicism Inculturation is important in evangelization but the challenge here is that we must be very careful in order that we do not inculturate elements of our animistic / occult idolatrous past. Then we fall into Syncretism. What is inculturated are our traditional Filipino values.

“Those who, in the name of inculturation, run into syncretism”

The “need for constant vigilance against all possible forms of syncretism”

“Syncretism is harmful” St. Pope John Paul II

“Interreligious dialogue when badly understood leads to muddled thinking or to syncretism”Pope Benedict XVI

“The correct integration of the authentic values of cultures into the Christian faith. It liberates from occultism and vanquishes evil spirits, for it is moved by the power of the Holy Spirit.

POPE Benedict 16th

Nov. 2011. Ouidah, Benin

Catholicism

Paganism

Folk Catholicism

Spirit-world contamination

Idolatrous Beliefs and Superstitions

Blocking of Blessings

Occultism / Esotericism

Vulnerability to spirit world attacks

Spiritual Effect of Syncretism

Syncretism in the Philippines

Catholic Faith + Folk Religiosity Catholic Faith + New Age Movement

Scapular

Anting-anting

Novenas

Orasyons

Devotion to the angels

“Alagang dwende”

Sacred Heart statue

Buddha

Image of the Child Jesus

Good luck figurine

House Blessing

“Padugo” and Feng Shui

St. Benedict’s Medal

“Tabi-tabi po”

Belief in Heaven

Belief in Reincarnation

Mass for the Dead

Incense for the Dead

Anointing of the Sick

Energy and Magnetic Healing

The Spiritual WorldThe Angels

The Faithful Angels The Fallen Angels

ManAlive on the Earth

In Heaven In Purgatory

In Hell

Elementals

Wandering souls

Nature Spirits or elementals.

–Some examples are fairies, elves, dwarves, mermaids, gnomes, pygmies, satyrs, salamanders (balls of light), sylphs (air fairies), undines (water fairies) , nymphs,, etc.

–In the Philippines they are known as diwata, gigante, tikbalang, dwende, nuno sa punso, siokoy, sirena, tiyanak and the like.

According to Fr. Gabriele Amorth, it is wrong to “accept the prevalent opinion that there are spiritual beings that are not mentioned in the Bible. These are the invention of spiritists, of followers of the occult, of those who espouse reincarnation, or of those who believe in ‘wandering souls.’ there are no good spirits other than angels; there are no evil spirits other than demons.”

“A demon can also deceive men by some action from without. By his natural powers he can fashion from the air a body of almost any form and shape, and then assume it and appear visibly therein; he can clothe or vest himself with material substances and thus appear in sensible form”

St. Thomas Aquinas

Wandering Souls

Is there such a thing as “wandering souls”; that is, souls who do not know that they are dead and must be helped by psychics to go into the light in order to leave this world and enter a higher plane of existence?

The teaching of the Church is very clear; “The New Testament … repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith” (CCC. 1021) and again “Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment”. (CCC. 1022)

“(Evil) spirits are deceivers, not by nature, but by malice. They make themselves gods and souls of the departed, but they do not make themselves devils, for they really are so.”

- St. Augustine - “City of God;”

How the devil attacks

Ordinary - Temptation

Extra-ordinary – Obsession, Oppression, Possession and

Infestation

Spiritual Faculties

Material faculties

IntelligenceWill

5 senses

Emotions Imagination

Psychic Faculty

Sin Occultism

Alternate States of

Consciousness

3 Openings to Extraordinary Demonic

Attack1) The Occult (Contamination and / or Victim) - Exorcist cuts curses and consecrations, renouncement

and confession of the victim

2) Obstinate Sinful Lifestyle- Confession and conversion

3) Psychically Open - Offering and Consecration or renouncement

EXTRAORDINARY DEMONIC ATTACKSOPPRESSION AND OBSESSION

Eyes – frightening apparitions

Ears – suicidal and blasphemous voices

Touch – bruises, pains, internal movements and sexual harassments

Smell – foul odors

Emotions – uncaused depression, anger and fears

Imagination – demonic images, superimpositions and sexual and blasphemous images

Memory – obsessive remembrances of past hurts and objects of trauma

Environment – paranormal and psychic manifestations

Will – addictions and obstinacy in sin

Intellect – intrusive thoughts, difficulty in concentration, paranoia and doubts regarding the Faith

Spiritual – dryness in prayer, sloth and spiritual desolation

Health – deterioration, non diagnosis of sicknesses, heaviness, drained, erratic blood pressure, tumors and freak accidents

Sleep – night terrors, uneasy sleep and insomnia

Relationships – divisions and deteriorations of relationships

Work – drop and failure in business and non commensurate results to energy expended

Possession

Full takeover of the body and its senses hence the effectiveness of the sacramentals. The victim will have no recollection once the state of crisis is over

Symptoms Convulsions with frothing or foaming in the mouth

Physical pain such as pinpricks, ants crawling under the skin to more tortuous pains like blisters and burns

Rigidity of the limbs

Muscular flexibility and contortions like arching of the back

Preternatural Strength inconsistent with the one’s age or physical appearance also turning one’s head to face the rear or to have it twisted almost round

Levitation or excessive weight making the body impossible to lift

Swelling of the throat, face, tongue, or stomach and the bulging of the eyes

Vomiting of alien objects. Pins and needles and also nails, glass, blood pottery, feathers, coins, hair, thread, etc.

Loss of bodily functions like temporary loss of sight, hearing and speech and falling into a cataleptic state or trance

Fasting or the inability to eat or drink for long periods of time

Language or the ability to speak in languages previously unknown to the demoniac and to understand questions put to them in those tongues

Voice becomes deeper than the normal voice of the afflicted. They speak from their bellies or from very deep in their throats. Sometimes the lips will not even move. The voice is more like that of an animal

Trance experience and visions

Clairvoyance or the power to perceive matters beyond the range of the senses. Knowledge of the secrets of others and the location of hidden objects

Blasphemy, obscenities and curses against the sacred

Immoral gestures and actions rejecting Christian morality and piety

ANATOMY OF POSSESSION

- Grandfather – Healer / Spiritist- Father - Mason

- Blood Rituals- Offerings - Imaginary Friend

- Brought to healers, fortune-tellers, sorcerers

- Talismans and amulets

- “Engkantos” in the house

- Good Luck Statues

- Pagan rituals for good luck

- “Padugo”

- Played spirit of the glass under a Balete Tree

- Ghost Hunting

- Developed Psychic Ability

- Tarot Cards

- No confession / Mass - No grace in soul - New Age powers - Wicca - No

Sacramentals- Passions are

not kept in check

Possession

Obsession

Oppression

80%Oppression

60%Obsession

40%5%

100%Possession

80%

60%

40%5%

100%

Deliverance Prayer

Exorcism

Fr. Gabriele Nanni, an exorcist and a lecturer at the course on Exorcism at the Pontifical

University, Regina Apostolorum, and had worked in the Sacra Romana Rota (the

top tribunal in the Vatican). He published a doctoral thesis on exorcism. He stated that in

a room filled with 3,000 people, 20 would be

possessed.”

Infestation Infestation is when extraordinary demonic activity is centered on an animal, thing or place. A “haunted house” would fall under the term infestation if the cause is proven to be demonic in origin.

HOUSE

ROOM BASEMENT

TOILET

ROOM RIVER

Type of Case

Pos-session

15%

Infesta-tion21%

Ob-ses-sion9%

Op-pres-sion55%

Remember: Animism is pantheistic, power and fear based, man-centered, polytheistic and deistic.

Moral Effect of Syncretism Catholicism

Folk Catholicism

Amoral

Rituals

Split Level Christianity

Power

Paganism

Sunday Catholic

Legalism“Spare tire

God” mentality

The New Evangelization is not anymore converting pagans to Christians but purifying the pagan dispositions in our Faith

Sacramentals

a. Holy water b. Exorcized / Holy Oilc. Exorcised Saltd. Blessed Candles

e. Blessed religious medals (like the St. Benedict’s medal and the Miraculous Medal of Mama Mary)

The rosary, the scapular, holy cards (especially those depicting the archenemy of Satan, St. Michael) and the blessed statues of the saints.

Occult and Esoteric Practices

“You shall have no other gods

before Me” Exodus 20:3

Archdiocese of Manila

Office of Exorcism•Witchcraft, Casting spells or

curses like •Evil eye•Gayuma•Barang, •Kulam

•Magick•Wicca• Developing Psychic Powers,

•Opening of the Third Eye• Power of the Mind


before Me”


Office of Exorcism•Science of the mind•Mind Control Programs•Silva mind control program•Mood altering programs

• New Age Movement• Gnosticism• Reading New age books

•Gnostic gospels, •Bible codes, “You shall have

no other gods before Me”


Office of Exorcism•Celestine Prophecy •Alternative religions

• Reincarnation and past life readings • Satanism • Satanic rituals•Satanic Bible•Foretelling, Fortune telling•Card readings, Tarot card

reading


before Me”


Office of Exorcism•Crystal ball or Crystal Gazing•Palm reading, Palmistry, Kudlit•Oracles•Reading of omens,

•tea leaf reading, •reading of animal body parts

•Psychic Readings•Horoscopes and astrology•Feng shui, Geomancy and

similar rituals•Numerology


before Me”


Office of Exorcism

•Water divining •Divination using rods, wands or

pendulums for finding water, treasure etc•Automatic hand writing or spirit

writing•Astral Travel/Projection, remote

viewing•Trance channeling, Mediumship


before Me”


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Consulting Spirit Guides, Familiar Spirits, Guardian Spirits, Ancestral spirits or NatureSpirits (like fairies, dwarves, elementals)•Séances, Spiritism, Necromancy,

Communication with the dead, Spirit Questing•Consulting

albularyo,mangkukulam,mangbabarang, mangtatawas, Curaderos, manghihilot


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Shamanism, Espiritista, spiritism•Animism and paganism •Ouija Board, Spirit of the Glass,

Spirit of the coin, Pendulums, etc. •Soul Attachments Ascended

Masters •Psychic Healing, Reiki, Crystal

Healing, Faith Healing, Pranic Healing, Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism, Energy Healing, Magnetic Healing


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Offerings to Pagan Gods, Idols, nature spirits and other similar rituals – Food Offering, Animal Sacrifice and blood letting•Voodoo, Santeria, Macumba,

Sufism and other forms of local witchcraft •Oracion - magical Incantations•Sorcery•Pyramid power and similar types

of practices


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Amulets & Talismans - anting-anting, charms, •Esoterism - Transcendental

Meditation •Heavy metal music, death metal

music


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Secret Oaths to pagan gods aspart of initiation ceremony into organization, fraternities, sororitiesand other organization which practice these ceremonies•Pacts with Satan or other deities

and pagan gods •Free Masonry and other Secret

Societies and their organizations


Office of Exorcism


before Me”

•Cults•Scientology•Cabala

•Edgar Cayce's teachings and readings•False Mysticism – consulting

angels

THE VATICAN WAS CONSECRATED BY POPE FRANCIS TO ST. MICHAEL LAST JULY 5.

“ST. MICHAEL DEFENDS THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM ENEMIES AND ABOVE ALL FROM THE GREATEST ENEMY OF ALL, THE DEVIL”

“The sculpture reminds us that evil is vanquished”

The mission of life of St. Padre Pio; “To wrench souls from Satan”

“It is the enemy that should fear us, and not we him.”St. Faustina of the Divine Mercy

If we are at war with the devil, we are at peace with God.

Saint John Chrysostom

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