Fr. Tom Euteneuer, one of my favorite priests these days. He has the stones to stand up to guys like Sean Hannity despite wimpy attacks from The Borg Legionary media star Fr. Johnathan Morris. Maybe he’s got backbone because he trains with tougher sparring partners than well-coifed talking heads. Like demons.
The pope wants more exorcists. This is a very good thing. Having seen first-hand some of the battle between priests and the fallen, you want to bring as many soldiers to that fight as you can. It’d be brilliant if the Holy Father would re-institute the minor orders, but the Church would still be in a far better place if even a significant number of priests could be equipped to fight the occultism of the age.
There’s nothing scarier, or more saddening, than a person who has lost control of all or part of their will to demonic forces. There are more of them out there than you might think.
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
I thought the interview was very fair - I was expecting an attack but it kept it on the level.
This news that Benedict is significantly expanding the work of exorcists has been the best I have heard about him so far. It makes me even more hopeful than did the MP. I have long believed that the evil of our times far surpasses anything we humans would come up with left to ourselves and what is needed most is not activists with their petitions and marches, but spiritual warfare on a scale that the Church has never undertaken before. The things we need are the things that can only be brought about by sacramental and supernatural means.