An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels by Fr. Gabriele Amorth
(Manchester: Sophia, 2016), 145
- the Devil flees from holiness: "Beyond a certain limit, the devil is not able to resist the power of prayer and fasting." (24)
- When someone curses, respond with a short prayer: "Jesus, I love You," or "Blessed be Jesus" (56)
- Levels of demonic activity (66+):
- Diabolical possession
- Diabolical vexation
- Diabolical obsession
- Diabolical infestation
- Married couples: pray together, and pray with your children (91)
- Rite of exorcism (99):
- Roman Ritual of Paul V (1614)
- Ritual of Exorcisms and Prayers for Particular Circumstances (1998)
- Mary is particularly effective against Satan: "I feel more humiliated being conquered by a simple creature than by God Himself." (123)
- Also, the rosary is a powerful weapon
- The souls in purgatory can also intercede for us (126)
- Invoke the saints, especially (126):
- Blessed Eustance
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina
- St. Catherine of Bologna
- John Paul II
- The Angels
- "Our life, our earthly pilgrimage, and our suffering are not the fruit of a blind randomness; rather they are ordered for our greater good and definitive friendship with God." (133)
- "In his will is our peace." (Divine Comedy - Paradiso, canto 3, line 85, cited on pg 135)
- Pascal: "Meditation on hell has filled paradise with saints." (141)
Topic: Exorcism
Created: 2020-10-18
Updated: 2022-10-08-Sat