Tell the USCCB!!!!
I have read a couple of Father Gabriele Amorth’s books....I had NO idea he was in his 80s. One of his books spoke of one of JP2’s exorcisms. The books were fascinating.
The aspect of the disappearance of the proper Litergy, rather than the disappearance of the Latin lanquage itself is probably the greatest happiness.
A Priest, converted from ECUSA, once told Neuhaus that the thing he missed most in Catholic Churchs today was the litergy in english. He was, of course, referring to the Book of Common Prayer as compared the the US Catholic liturgical desert, LOL
Hmmm...
Devil hates Latin.
Bishops hate Latin.
Nah, there couldn’t be any connection. It’s just a coincidence.
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LOL LOL
And he knows this how?
PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH, PRESS 2 FOR LATIN
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You guys keep telling us that Mary defeated Satan...Why does anyone have to worry about Satan???
That’s just silly.
FYI, any fellow Christians, did you know that our Holy Father has asked that we learn the basic prayers in Latin? To this end a neat, small, handy booklet has been compiled by the Dominicans, entitled “Praying with the Universal Church.”
It contains all the great “standards” (Pater, Ave, Acts of faith, hope, & love, Magnificat, Veni Creator, Anima Christi, etc) with English on one side and the Latin translation on the other.
Also has a simple introduction about the value and benefits of Latin.
Here’s the order info:
(Priests may want to order for congregations, as ours did?)
Stock item #3252 from
New Hope Publications
St. Martin de Porres Dominican Community
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New Hope, KY 40052
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Let's postulate for a moment that these people were indeed being harassed by demons (bear in mind that Jesus healed diseases as well as cast out demons; the latter doesn't always cause the former). I fail to see how Blessed Salt and Holy Water will help them. Indeed, it is that material point of view that would, IMHO, prevent them from being healed once and for all.
It is very interesting to read the accounts of exorcism in the Bible and compare them with what this man is saying. You will notice that demons were never cast out with the "aid" of physical objects. Off the top of my head I know of two things that seemed to have the desired effect. The power and authority of the name of God:
"She [the demon possessed] kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her." Acts 16:18, though with some caveat:
"Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. (One day) the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding." Acts 19:13-16.
And, to some degree, the spiritual strength of the one speaking:
"After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer.[b]" Mark 9:28-29 (the note says that some mss. say prayer and fasting).
Ultimately, this must be remembered above all: demons are stronger than we are and they are not afraid of Latin, water, or salt. They are afraid of the Holy Spirit of God living in us. Because of the gift of Jesus, and only because of it, is the power within us greater than the power in them.
To believe this one would have to believe that the delivery is more important than the content and meaning of the prayer.
If that is the case, then prayer becomes a magical incantation rather than a communication with God. Rote prayer without contemplation is not prayer.
I think it is much more likely that Father Amorth has a very intense love for the Church that goes back to pre-V2 days. The reaction of the devil is falsely attributed to the language of the prayers rather than the seriousness of the man delivering the prayers.
Just when I think I’ve heard everything, along comes something like this!
“The demons become very agitated at his presence,” Father Amorth says of the late Pope”
I’m more impressed with that than with anything I’ve heard of JPII previously.
I wouldn’t rely heavily on this. The Devil has composed some absolutely amazing works in Latin himself.
Ah, yes. Anybody who has read Moonfleet would remember this.
“Abite a me in ignem eternum qui paratus est diabolo et angelis ejus...”
Well it is the language Jesus spoke.
Wonder what he thinks about pig latin. lol