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by bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Book Review, demonic possession, exorcism, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
Pray the Our Father. Clasp your Rosary. Place a copy of the Litany of the Saints by your side. Then you may be spiritually equipped to open the book, The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession by Adam Blai (Sophia Institute Press, 2022). As the author noted, he has spent his career as a forensic psychologist, and then assisted […]
by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2022 | demonic possession, demons, exorcism, Exorcist, Featured, News, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
The following is an excerpt taken from The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession by Adam Blai. A child featured on a show about kids with supposed psychic abilities became one of my cases. The little girl had had negative experiences with what she thought were spirits most of her life. She participated in […]
by bcadmin | Sep 15, 2022 | Featured, heroism, Maximilian Kolbe, News, Spiritual Warfare, War | 0 |
On October 10, 1982, St. John Paul II canonized Father Maximilian Kolbe, hero of Auschwitz, who he called a “martyr of charity.” Father Kolbe had been arrested by the Nazis and sent to that infamous concentration camp for housing Polish refugees, most of them Jews. In July of 1941, he voluntarily stepped forward to take […]
by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | demonic possession, exorcism, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
Not long ago, the following authentic case of possession was communicated to the editor of Rome by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Delalle, Titular Bishop of Natal, Africa. The bishop wrote: Two months ago, I promised the editor of “Rome” an account of certain facts that happened in my vicariate last year (May 1907) concerning two […]
by bcadmin | Aug 24, 2022 | Blessed Virgin Mary, Featured, News, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
The Devil hates Mary. I mean, he really hates her. He is over-the-top angry at God for allowing a small, poor, Jewish woman to become such a powerful enemy, one he is unable to defeat. When he tempts her, he’s like mosquito attacking an elephant; it must drive him crazy that she had the pleasure […]
by bcadmin | May 23, 2022 | Blessed Mother, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Warfare, Virgin Mary | 0 |
“I Will Put Enmity between You and the Woman.” The one who has defeated the empire of evil is Jesus Christ. His victory, which began at the moment of the Incarnation, was realized during the great test of the Passion and was manifested n all the splendor of His glory on the day of Easter. […]
by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2022 | courage, Featured, Heaven, Hell, martyrdom, News, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
The word Catholic translates as “universal” in the sense of“whole and inviolate.” There is one Truth – Jesus said “I am the way, the Truth, and the Life” – vs. myriad false doctrines. Evil is diverse and varied in its perversions, whereas good is constant and irreducible. As with Tolstoy’s happy families, the saints express […]
by bcadmin | Mar 24, 2022 | Best of Week, Featured, lorenzo scupoli, News, perfection, Prayer & Spirituality, spiritual combat, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
If you wish, beloved in Christ, to reach the height of perfection and, by drawing near to your God, to become one spirit with Him, you must before all else gain a true idea of what constitutes genuine spiritual perfection. There are many who have believed spiritual perfection to consist exclusively in outward mortification, in […]
by bcadmin | Feb 23, 2022 | Featured, News, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
In the novel of life, Lent is the rising action of the plot in which our will is tested and tried. We become like our favorite fictional characters when we willingly (or unwillingly) enter through this purgatorial portal and into the great story that Our Creator has penned with his life-giving fingertips. Of course, we […]
by bcadmin | Feb 14, 2022 | Featured, Holy Name of Jesus, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
There is something in the name of Jesus that is awesome and fascinating. Hence, the quiver of an intercessor cannot be complete without it. The name of Jesus is the seat of authority. St. Paul highlights the power that is intrinsically connected with this name when he says: “Therefore God has highly exalted Him and […]
by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Best of Week, Featured, Lives of Saints, News, Padre Pio, Saints, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
Authentic soul-wisdom is offered by a saint who intimately experienced the physical and interior sufferings of the pierced Sacred Heart, battled with demons, and attained the victory of love. St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more familiarly known as “Padre Pio”, was an Italian Capuchin priest and should be considered a trusted guide through the Lenten season […]
by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2022 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, John Hardon, News, Spiritual Warfare, St. John Vianney | 0 |
Scripture reminds us, “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8). Christ chose the Twelve (Apostles) to do the same. From start to finish, the life of Christ on earth reveals how the devil pursued Him — from Herod to Judas. The ancient serpent is […]
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