I received a comment on my blog recently that went like this: "This is from a Vatican exorcist:
"EVERY HAIL MARY IS LIKE A BLOW ON MY HEAD. IF CHRISTIANS KNEW HOW POWERFUL THE ROSARY WAS, IT WOULD BE MY END." - Father Gabriel Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (when one day a colleague of his heard the devil during an Exorcism). "When I am asked how many demons there are, I answer with the words that the demon himself spoke through a demonic: "WE ARE SO MANY THAT, IF WE WERE VISIBLE, WE WOULD DARKEN THE SUN." No wonder Jesus said "Pray without ceasing."
The Rosary is definitely powerful. In this post, however, I want to speak about, "WE ARE SO MANY THAT, IF WE WERE VISIBLE, WE WOULD DARKEN THE SUN." I've read a few articles over the years that seem to discredit Fr. Amorth but I believe that these particular words are true. And there are a number of reasons that I believe we are under greater attack spiritually these days than at any other time (so far) in the history of our world. I can't fit it all into one post, so I thought I'd start with a personal story and then get into my other reasons for agreeing with Fr. Amorth on this issue in a later post.
I am very sensitive to the presence of evil spirits. Why? I do not know, but it has been this way for a good portion of my life and increased by a large measure soon after my experience in the presence of the Divine Rays of Mercy emanating from the Heart of Jesus. After that, many wonderful events happened in my life but some things became unbearable to me. I've spoken about the "Holy Spirit dreams" that started up after this experience but I've spoken very little about the vivid dreams of demonic attacks that occurred also. One of the times I was in bed but awake and could clearly see the clock - it was 2:01. The attack was so fierce and the presence so evil that I felt like I was being suffocated. It let up as soon as I called on St. Michael the Archangel. There have been numerous other "incidents" over the years too. After my healing from Myasthenia Gravis the attacks were so fierce as to be almost indescribable. And the sensitivity to the presence of evil spirits grew to an even larger degree after the healing. I cannot "see" them but I am often aware of them. The blessing in all of this is that I am also often greatly aware of the presence of saints, angels, Our Lady, and Jesus too. I cannot "see" them with my physical eyes but I can sense they are there and have even smelled them at times (as weird as it sounds each heavenly being has their own unique fragrance). St. Joseph smells particularly wonderful.
I cannot have any New Age books in my home, no heavy metal music (another story in itself), dark movies, books that are unclean, etc... (The list goes on and on.) Night clubs? Forget about it. Not that I go to them but I attended a benefit recently at one and the presence of evil spirits was so burdensome that I could barely wait to get out of there. No doubt some people simply think this is ridiculous but it's the truth and I just have to accept that people think I'm odd.
I gave this background information because I want to tell you what happened this past week. The story actually began soon after I moved into our new house. I began to experience constant headaches and pressure in my head whenever I was in the house. I also came under tremendous psychological attack and had a constant ache in the spirit. At first I thought it was simply a heavy duty prayer burden but I would notice that the spiritual pressure would lift to a degree when I left the house. We had our house tested for radon but that was fine. The headaches continued to increase in both length and intensity and I eventually had a CT scan done to rule out any physical problem. The scan came out fine. Meanwhile, the spiritual pressure continued to build. I spoke to my mom and sister about it many times and a number of people were praying for me. The more time I spent in my house, the worst things would get. What's interesting is that my sister would get headaches and a wrenched gut when she came into my house too. My daughter kept getting sick and my husband was getting hurt all the time (including a major tumble down the stairs). I was finding it increasingly difficult to pray in the house and would often go for a drive and pray in the car instead. The only time I would get relief was at Mass and Adoration - tremendous relief, at that -the pressure in my head would go and so would the spiritual pressure. Still, when I went home, it would return. I was having dreams that evil spirits were attacking me at night and the days weren't any better. Randy would come home from work and I'd tell him, "I have to get out of the house for a while!" (At the time, he probably thought it was related to "hormones" or something...lol.)
It all came to a head this past week. Tuesday night, Randy came home from work and the minute he walked through the door I said, "I have to get out of here! I just have to get out of this house for a bit!" I left in my car, drove around and prayed, prayed, prayed. I begged the Lord for help in overcoming these demonic attacks and to "please, please, get rid of whatever was in my house because I couldn't stand their presence anymore".
"It's beyond unbearable, Lord! Help me."
When I got home, my husband was waiting for me at the door. He took Holy Water and blessed me three times in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Immediately, the headache and the spiritual pressure disappeared. He then told me that while I was gone, the Lord had given him a word to go around the perimeter of the house and sprinkle Holy water and to "bless your wife three times when she gets home".
The spiritual relief was immense. I wish I could say the story ended there but it did not. The next day, after I woke, the presence of evil and the spiritual pressure was so strong that I told my husband I couldn't stay in the house and would have to go stay at my mother's until something was done about the evil in the house. He calmed me down and said he would get to the bottom of the situation. He called our pastor and explained what was going on. Father said he would come out and bless our house as soon as he could but in the meantime he told us to pray Psalm 35 and 91 because these often worked for spiritual attacks. He also said to place a blessed St. Benedict Medal in the house. (I wear the St. Benedict Cross every single day, by the way.) Randy also found a prayer that "cleanses" homes of evil spirits. That evening we went all went to Adoration (which was beautiful) and later that night prayed Psalm 35, 91, and the cleansing prayer. I felt some relief.
The next day I woke up with the "headache" and spiritual pressure once again. My sister picked Michaela and I up because we were going to a shrine for Confession and to visit their store to pick up a few things. (After I left the house the headache and pressure went away.) We bought some St. Benedict Medals and a few other religious items and had one of the priests bless them, including blessed salt which is a powerful sacramental. I left the Shrine of St. Joseph the Worker feeling wonderful!
And then I got home. I walked in the door and the spiritual pressure hit me like a ton of bricks. Michaela and I grabbed a few things and left the house to go swimming at my sister's house - I didn't really feel like hanging out at home, that's for sure.
That evening, after Randy got home, we placed the St. Benedict Medal on our mantle, prayed the Psalms and the house cleansing prayer and Randy started going from room to room with the blessed salt while calling upon the name of Jesus and asking Him to reveal to us the problem. My "headache" and spiritual pressure increased as we walked upstairs. First he blessed our bedroom and then we walked into my daughter's bedroom. Upon entering her bedroom, a piercing knife-like pain went through my head and I immediately sensed the presence of evil spirits. I cried out, "Oh my gosh, Randy, they are in our little girl's room!" Randy sensed it too. The hair on our arms was standing on end. He walked around the room sprinkling the blessed salt and asked the Lord to reveal to him the problem in my daughter's room. Immediately after asking the Lord this question he walked over to her nightstand picked up a Pokemon Black and White Book and said, "This is it! It's the Pokemon stuff she has!" I immediately had an overpowering witness from the Holy Spirit that this was indeed what was causing the severe oppression in our house. Then I watched in amazement as Randy, led by the Spirit, zoned in on every area in her room and in the house that contained Pokemon items. He knew exactly where they were. Let me tell you...we swept through the entire house removing every single Pokemon item from the house.
I should have known. The Lord had been giving me hints for a while about this. Every time my daughter would want to play Pokemon a strong feeling of revulsion would come over me and I would tell her I hated that game. Pokemon got into our house quite by accident. My daughter watched a few Pokemon videos at someone else's house and soon got obsessed with them. Shortly after we moved to the new house we attended a book fair at her school where she purchased a number of Pokemon items. It was after this that I started having problems.
Children's toys... who would have thunk it.
(I know this is a very long post. I researched Pokemon online after these things went on and realize now that these are no innocent children's toys but are actually very much based on the occult. A famous fast food restaurant is giving these out to millions of kids right now. I'll be doing another post about this subject.)
48 comments:
Great post, Mary. I was riveted. I am a believer too and sense the lifting of heaviness after praying the St. Michael prayer. I don't think I sense the presence of them as much though. God bless and defend you!
A very well-written and much needed post.
Many reading this would scoff and laugh. Not believing that the devil exists at all. But he does.
And he only attacks those close to the Lord to varying degrees. It's no point attacking non-believers, is there?
As I read this post I kept saying "Bless the house. Bless the house". Years ago, priests used to visit homes and bless every room. Doesn't happen so much now. Perhaps because even Christians laugh at the idea!
I was not aware about children's toys. Thanx for the warning.
Thanx Mary for being so brave as to even write this post. Many would have hesitated and said: "Nah !!! It's all in my head!"
God bless you and your family.
Mary,
This is an amazing story. I thank you for sharing this personal experience. I think sometimes people think these things only happen in movies.
The Pokemon thing is really scary, but oh how typically subtle of the evil one.
I am glad you and Randy were able to get to the bottom of this.
May peace return to your home.
Great post Mary!
Thanks for sharing.
Some people have these same symptoms (the feeling of headache and pressure) when a curse or spell has been cast on them even though there may not be anything in their house such as occult 'blessed' items....
This topic is so vast.....
May God, His Saints and Angels continue to be with you...
WoW Mary. What insight. I bet there are things in our houses that the "normal" individual would not think to have any demonic significance on it.
I know I do not let just anyone pray or lay hands on me that I do not know. Because, they could easily hold a evil spirit and I do not want anything prayed in me through them.
You have certainly a gift of discernment of evil. As well as Randy.
Was your daughter okay in you getting rid of her Pokemons?
Hugs.
Hi Colleen,
You and me both! What was very interesting about all this was that in each spot that Randy and I found a Pokemon item we would also find a religious object such as a St Michael prayer card, medal, or statue. Michaela was named after St. Michael and over the years has picked up numerous St. Michael things which we would have blessed. I believe he was protecting her. Randy also pointed out that Psalm 35,which our Pastor told us to pray, contains the words "O Lord, who is like you" - this is very similar to the meaning of St. Michael's name, "Who is like God?"
I know this presence, Mary. It's clammy, stifling and frightening. It tries to steal away hope and confidence in the Lord. Lately, I've noticed it coming a little while after an intense experience of Jesus' love (the most recent during the Gloria at Mass). The experiences haven't been as mysterious as yours and the recognition grew over years of explainable events rather than as a mystical experience.
Just once, it happened at night in a dream which became a waking nightmare. There were no events to explain the presence in that case and nothing to see, but it was actually the scariest moment of my life - someone was trying to persuade me that Jesus was a fake and I was terrified. I knew it wasn't an ordinary dream, although I do still question myself about it.
Thank you for posting this, Mary. I'm not a mystic so it's helpful to learn about these things through your experiences.
Also, the Pokemon - I've just remembered that this was one of those occult things that I felt afraid of, even though I knew nothing about it. There have been others, too. I wonder whether God sometimes protects us even when we're not aware of it.
Gee, such a long comment when I was in two minds over writing about this!
God bless, Mary:-)
Thank you, Victor :) After removing the Pokemon items from our house I have felt absolutely wonderful. Our pastor is still coming out to bless our house next week and to consecrate it and us formally to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Who would think that these books, toys, and cards aimed at children would be awful enough to cause such a disturbance in my household? But it did. I am just grateful that the attacks were not upon my daughter to the degree they came upon me.
Lol on the "Nah!! It's all in my head" comment! Though I certainly did consider this. The fact that my sister would get the same symptoms upon entering my house put an end to that consideration. She is the most practical person and not much disturbs her.
Karin,
Thank you - peace has returned to my home :) Pokemon is very subtle - it starts with the cute little Pikachu and Squirtle (etc...) and spirals downhill from there into "dark types", "psychic types", "ghost types" and the like. I plan on doing another post about it soon. I researched it quite a bit after all this occurred.
Madeleine,
You bring up an interesting point here. This was Fr. Rick's first thought on the matter for various reasons. One being that we purchased the house from a building company who fixed it up and "flipped" it. My sister found out it was a foreclosure later and Fr. Rick said it was possible that the the former owners simply "wishing ill" upon whoever bought it can be enough to cause disturbances in a home. He has run into this problem in the past. There has also been some hideous comments left on my blog by people (which I delete). One led me to a site which blasphemes Christ - it was horrifying and so perverse. I was totally disgusted by it.
Hi Grace,
No, I don't let people I don't know lay hands on me either! I've had a bad experience in this area a while back and am very careful about this (a long story).
Yes, I have a gift in this area though it is relatively mild compared to some people I know. Randy too.
I believe God "prepped" my daughter at Adoration the previous night because she never batted an eyelash when we tossed her stuff. We didn't go into great detail with her because of her age but simply told her that Pokemon was not of God and He would prefer us not to have these things in our house. While speaking to her I was aware of the presence of Mother Mary by my side.
Wow (mouth hanging open)!
I think one of the things that struck me is your husband's concern and support...you are a united front against the attack of demons in your family.
I noticed this since my husband and I have been praying prayers from the Auxilium Christianorum. They are powerful and my oldest daughter ended a unhealthy relationship in her life...something we were praying for.
I use blessed salt in cooking and I take blessed oil and trace crosses on all the doorways, bedroom doors, beds and when I can sneak it, on any electronic equipment : ) I still have to get some St. Benedict medals.
Great post...thanks for sharing this testimony.
Sorry Mary. I forgot to add that you are very brave and courageous to write this article here. Many others would have thought twice and probably not bothered to write it for fear what people might think of them.
You, however, went ahead and warned others.
Mary, I truly believe that you are blessed as a family. Your healing, Michaela's birth and other events are witness to this. And you have been called to witness for Him in return. What a priviledge and honor.
God bless.
Hi Vicky,
Well, I'm glad one of those minds was working better than the other ;) Thanks for leaving this comment as I think attacks like these are far more common than people speak about. the way you described your experience is similar to some of mine. I always unite them with Jesus' Agony in the Garden and offer them up. God allows them and He brings good out of everything, even stuff like that.
I should have researched the Pokemon thing before this. They repulsed me and a red flag should have gone up immediately. I am very careful with what my daughter watches on TV and reads but this one slipped past. Randy is still shocked by the whole experience. God is very good. He clearly showed us the occult connection with Pokemon. You were right in your sense of fear over this.
Theresa,
Thanks for letting me use your comment by Fr. Amorth by the way. I planned on using it in a different post and may use it again but I felt led to use it in this one too.
I hope people will visit the site you've recommended both here and on your own blog. It is powerful. Works fast too, doesn't it? Thank you for sharing the story about your daughter - I hope people will take note on the importance of a united front when it comes to families concerning these matters. The prayers of parents are powerful.
My husband sealed our house too :) He had done this at the Condo and just did it here at the new house. I use blessed oil and Holy Water too. I'll have to cook with the salt :)
Hi Victor,
Thank you for your kind comment. I was concerned that people would think I was "over the top" but I was even more concerned over the millions of children that play with Pokemon. I wrote this in hope that this post could help others who are unaware of the occult aspects of Pokemon. As we speak, a fast food chain is passing out these toys in kid's meals and I don't want what happened to us to happen to others.
The simple truth is that I am not over the top at all - the world is not taking God seriously enough. Pokemon might seem a small matter in people's eyes but God loves children so much and can't stand to see them led astray like this. It is not a small matter to Him.
Yes, we are blessed and I thank the Lord for His kindness to us. We are far from perfect but His love is great :)
Mary, Padre Pio also said that if we could see the demons as he saw them, we'd be terrified because they could block out the sun.
Here's something to consider, though: angels (and demons) don't have physical form, so they can take any form they want and any size they want "if they were visible" (but they're not) and they can manipulate human vision as well, so if they had permission from God, they could well make it seem as if the sun had been blotted out. So that testimony under exorcism may well be "true" but it's not "the truth." The demon's still trying to manipulate the information to frighten us.
So they're scary, but keep in mind that what the demon is saying is only true in a slantwise fashion. "So many" that they could block out the sun might mean three of them if they only could get permission to take visible form in shapes large enough to block the entire visible skyline, or even "block the windows in the room where the exorcism is taking place." Or, "If I were visible, I could put my hands over your eyes and darken the sun." Right?
They're tricky. Don't trust a word they say, even the ones that are backed up by common sense and the Bible, because they never have anything worthwhile to say and it's never entirely without a slant to try hurting us and our faith.
And....right I forgot this. Revelation indicates Satan took a third of the angels with him when he rebelled. I don't know how many that is, but God isn't stingy about creating in general, and if you figure most guardian angels come from the 9th choir and every human has/had a guardian angel and there have been 40 billion humans so far, and nine choirs, that's a HUGE number.
Satan has half as many angels at his disposal as St. Michael does, but Satan doesn't necessarily care whether he's had those demons out in the field for so long that they're burnt out or hurt or exhausted. Rather, Satan has them terrified of him in addition to hating us, so they're going to be out in the field working CONSTANTLY until they're pretty much used up, and then he keeps them there anyhow, and they take it out on us.
Satan's got the numbers, in other words, but God's got the might, the power, the authority, and the good guys also have a command chain that cares about them. The demons have got...well, they've got wishful thinking. They can scare us. They can give you a headache. They cannot take God's love away from us and they can't steal our salvation if we fight them.
What they want is for us to give up hope and to feel so overwhelmed that we stop trying. What you did that was best of all was you didn't give up, you didn't stop trying, and you kept bringing it to God and following His promptings.
Think how galling the enemy has to find it when they're defeated by obedience and trust.
This feels eery, now. When this has happened, I have felt as though I was in the Garden of Gethsemene - not through conscious effort but taken there. And, I remember once feeling as though something was bleeding. I'm not sure whether it was my heart or mind but it felt real.
It felt a bit like crazy talk before.
God bless, Mary:-)
Wow, Mary. Thank you so much. That was a very helpful post. I had stopped wearing my scapular for a while and was dealing with feelings that my life was worthless, that life in general was meaningless, that God hated me, and I just attributed it to depression. But I put the scapular back on on a whim, and the thoughts subsided. Thank you for writing this. I had a thought about Pokemon like that and wasn't surprised when I read (a few years ago) that it was so closely connected with the occult, just because of how much of an obsession they can become for kids. I have an inclination to throw out our Harry Potter books... I don't know if these are occult but I've always felt like something wasn't quite right with them, and there always seems to be a lot of clutter that builds up around that section of the bookcase. Anyway, please pray for me, I'm going through a period of spiritual dryness and everything Catholic has lost its flavor. I don't know why, but you're one of a couple blogger friends I feel especially close to. Hopefully we can meet someday. (I'm going to sneak the Potter books into the trash now...)
Very well written article. Thank you for sharing it.
This has reminded me that I have not worn my St Benedict medal for awhile. I have to go get it.
You have a gift. And your husband is awesome.
Hugs and prayers.
Hi Jane,
Padre Pio said that too? He should know what he's talking about - he certainly battled enough during his life here on earth. I guess the point he and Fr. Amorth are trying to make is that they are far more prevalent than we seem to think. I guess it's a great blessing that we can't see them from day to day, isn't it? We'd probably faint from fright :) The thing is that after we die we CAN see them or so a number of those with NDE's have claimed.
I guess we don't REALLY know what they truly look like since they do not have physical bodies as we do.
I think that even without satan, evil spirits would emanate pure evil and attempt to harm souls. Lucifer fell and took a third of the angels with him but each of those angels followed with complete consent of their will. They "knew" immediately what the consequences of their actions would be in it's entirety and still chose evil over good.
I agree that the words spoken by demons during exorcisms are a mixture of truth and lies but I think that the demonic world lives in terror of Our Lady because of her immense purity and holiness and that the Hail Mary prayer deals crushing blows to the forces of evil because of her intercession.
I also agree with your comment about God's power and authority. They obviously have permission to test us at times but they are still held back by God's power. The thing is that sin "feeds" satan and his minions, especially grave sin.
I'm not sure I really want to know how many there are and what they are capable of Jane ;) Have pity on me...lol.
Vicky,
If we unite everything with Jesus' life here on earth it has immense value in the eyes of God. Just like in our Morning Offerings we give Him all our prayers, works, joys, sorrows and suffering. Haven't we all spent some time in the Garden with Him at one point or another? Whenever we are crushed with sorrow and pain we can spend time with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane - this consoles His Heart and ours too. Plus, it brings others to Christ. Really.
Hi Maria,
You are reading my mind ;) I had the same thoughts on the Harry Potter books and won't allow Michaela to read them though half her school friends have seen the movie (yes, they are only third graders but many of them have seen the movies). still, I think the Pokemon are worse if the other day was any example!
I pray for you all the time, Maria. I know you suffer a lot. Unfortunately, satan attacks people with depression too. I know it adds to your burden but keep praying and DO continue wear the Scapular. You don't need more pain on top of what you are already going through.
Maria, you are welcome to come visit me. Right now Michaela is out of school for the summer so you'd have to come here or meet me somewhere in NH but in the fall I could meet you part of the way if you'd like (Massachusetts, maybe?) Seriously, if you'd like to get together at some point we could work something out.
Hi Colleen,
Love my St. Benedict medal...lol!! Yeah, my husband is awesome - he doesn't make chocolate chip cookies but his banana bread is pretty yummy;) The prayers of a spouse are powerful because of the Sacrament of Marriage. (Thank you, God!)
Mary
Just curious but what is your take on people who, without any effort on their own part, have premonitional dreams
I didn't realize you were in NH! I wouldn't mind taking a little road trip, I love driving. Here is my email: mariafitz1127 at gmail dot com.
Mary
I echo the comments here - thank you for being so brave and (A) sharing this and (B) fighting the fight. I always learn so much from you - including how to fight spiritual warfare.
God Bless you, your family and your home.
Hi Puff,
It can be a wonderful spiritual gift.
My mom's gift in this area has saved our lives (her children's) a number of times.
Ole Slewfoot likes to imitate this gift so it's very important to pray and ask for discernment in this area. Can I send you an e-mail about this?
Hi Maria! Oh, I thought you knew :) I'll e-mail you!
Hi Michael,
Thank you for commenting about this post. I really appreciate the feedback :) God bless you too!
Great post Mary. A mystic told us once to get rid of stuff like that (including the peace sign--which is supposed to be an inverted cross?) As soon as my husband got rid of all the DVD's he had as a single man, he stopped having evil nightmares. Thanks for the reminder to purge my home again. Like you, when I see something "impure," even books and movies with cursing, I feel uneasy. You should listen to Fr. Christopher Crotty speak about Harry Potter. He says they contain real spells. Look him up on fathers of mercy.
And please, could you write about your experience with angels, too?
Hi Anabelle,
Thank you so much for sending me this information. Oddly enough, I've been questioning the peace symbols too recently and praying about them and I think you just confirmed my thoughts. I'll look up the site you mentioned also. I appreciate the heads up!
I could write about the experiences with angels - I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in hearing them.
Being an Oblate, I have several St. Benedict medals nearby. They must be blessed with the full Benedictine blessing to have all their power.
When I started reading this post, I thought, "Oh boy, I hope she gets a priest in there to bless that house!" So glad you are. I have sprinkled blessed salt around the perimeter of our property and splashed holy water all around it and the house when I thought we needed to do that.
I thought Pokemon was some kind of cartoon character, but I've never investigated it since I don't have kids. Your story is a great example of how demons can attach themselves to anything and cause trouble, especially occult items.
I'm a big fan of Father Amorth and have both of his books.
It's a good thing you have this special gift of sensing spirits. God bless you and your husband for being so militant against Satan and taking such good care of your daughter.
Hi Barb,
Thank you for the information on the St. Benedict medals. I had them blessed by the priest but didn't know about the full Benedictine blessing and I'll try to get this done. I know from reading your posts that you are very knowledgeable in this area and I appreciate (very much) your comment letting me know about this.
Pokemon are cartoon characters but they get darker and darker as kids get more into Pokemon. They start off with cute little characters and then go downhill from there.
Thank you for your comment, Barb. I felt awful that we even allowed this in our house. My husband was shocked by all that transpired too. We are determined to be much more careful in this area.
Mary, do you remember when someone changed the "Welcome To Massachusetts" sign on route 3 to read "Welcome To Pikachusetts"? That explains the whole state. :-D
Lol, Jane! Did someone really do that? I never saw it (or I wasn't paying attention)! That's funny :) Or maybe not...
Thank you for sharing! I think we have a lot in common. I am often sensitive to the spiritual realm like this too and feel called to intercession. I have also had apprehensions about Pokemon.
Mary,
Thank you for sharing your experience. Sometimes we think that something can't be all that bad but it seems we can't be too vigilant especially where our children are concerned.
I have never had such an experience but I do remember praying the St Michael the Archangel prayer constantly when I was grieving after Thomas died. One prayer after another to keep me moving along. I imagined that there was nothing Satan wanted more than to see me give up and start despairing. He wanted me to stay on the floor when I fell. It was so difficult to keep getting up and plodding on but I wasn't going to let the devil win, and I asked St Michael to help me. I wonder if that makes any sense. Imaginings or real?
God bless!
Hi Lisa,
You too, huh? I guess we should be thankful for these gifts though they cause suffering at times.
It makes me sad that Pokemon are geared toward children. On the surface it seems so innocent and not so obvious like Magic the Gathering aimed at older kids.
Hi Sue,
The prayer to St. Michael is powerful, isn't it? Your comment makes perfect sense. No doubt satan loves it when we give in to despair. I'm glad praying helped you during the grieving process. Losing a child is such a blow and your courage amazes me. I cannot think of a more painful thing for a mother to go through.
Yes, we need to be vigilant where are children are concerned. I never want to be "over the top" about things but I want to be careful where my child is concerned. I'm not as good a mom as I could be, but I'm working on it.
How could God holding you up not be real? You got through it step by step and sometimes that one step is very difficult to take...but you did it. Very real and thank you for sharing this.
God bless you, too :)
I would love to read about your experience with angels too!
Mary, thank you for asking a serious and good question about art on my Blog painting of my cat. I have attempted to answer fully there, but please let me know if there are any other questions which need answering and I'll try my best to help.
God bless.
Mary, I'm so sorry that my comment is so late...but I'm about 2 weeks behind on Google Reader!
All I can say is that I'm stunned! What an intense post! I will read further to hear more. Thank you for being willing to post this.
I wonder, if it would be ok if I messaged you privately...I need to ask you some questions. My son is very into Pokemon, Bakugan and Bey Blades. I could never understand why all this Japanese cartoon stuff was so appealing to him. Would you be willing to email me (nancywidener@commcomp.net)? I am suddenly very concerned with this and to tell you the truth...have been having a rough spell spiritually and I'm wondering if the two are connected.
I'll continue reading!
I've played with pokemon cards my whole life and I've had lots of pokemon merchandise and I've never had an issue . Sounds to me like you and your husband need to lay off the "blood of Christ" and stop taking your child's toys because of your ridiculous old fashioned beliefs
Anonymous, please read what you have just written. One of the signs of oppression is a repulsion towards the Blood of Christ, the Bible, attending church, etc...
You don't sound very happy. The story
I wrote about is true. It shocked me as much as everyone else.
I'd like to add, sometimes people don't even realize the oppression they are under because they are used to living that way.
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