My father sometimes knelt down to pray at his bedside in a solemn manner. My mother would talk to Jesus while sewing, washing dishes, or even smoking a cigarette. Most evenings we would kneel in the living room to say the Rosary together. No one ever missed Mass on Sundays unless he was seriously ill. By the time I was about five or six years of age, Jesus Christ was a very real person to me, but so also were Mary and the saints.
What you referenced was him speaking here as ‘a child’ ...my grandchildren have said their prayers and saw this in their parents as well..but there came a time for their own decision for Christ. They knew Christ as REAL as well but it was their own decision to understand and accept Christ for the truth that was revealed over the years to them which He led them to.
Further, and I will repeat, this mans testimony should not be attributed to satanic influences when clearly He proclaims quite the opposite and is now saved and at peace with God where once He struggled to put off the false teachings he now no longer abides by.
Each individual has Gods time to come away from that to His truth. Especially when Gods word reveals things are not kosher where they are at. God knows those who are seeking Him wholeheartedly and He will never disappoint them. Rather He loves to reveal Himself to the seeking heart...just as happened to this man.
Here is another man who speaks to God daily; Ayatollah Khomeini...Apparently he's a member of your Catholic body of Christ as well...
Problem is this Catholic Priest who prayed to God daily admitted that he was NOT in contact with our Lord...But NOW, he is...
I’m somewhat confused by your reference to this former priest being “taken away from the Body of Christ into darkness”. If, in fact, I, as an Evangelical Christian, a follower of the Lord Jesus, am considered by the Catholic church to be a “ separated brother”, having some, but not all of the fullness of the Gospel, how is this man any different from me? Either we are both “separated brethren” or we both live in spiritual darkness. Which is it?