Coffee is a health drink?
Coffee is a health drink?
My health conscious friend would insist on drinking water after a cup of coffee to reduce its acidity. This is what he has forwarded to me from Australia:
A Cupful of Health Benefits
Patients coming to the Whitaker Wellness Institute sometimes express surprise that we serve coffee. Doesn't it increase the body's acidity? Aren't health-conscious people supposed to drink tea instead? Isn't caffeine bad for you?
If coffee were harmful, then every morning emergency rooms around the world would be choked with people suffering the ill effects of our favorite breakfast beverage. Of course, this isn't the case. Coffee is not harmful. On the contrary, I consider it to be a health food, and hundreds of studies bear this out.
From Protection Against Parkinson's...
Research shows that drinking coffee reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease by as much as 80 percent and protects against other neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's. It increases insulin sensitivity, and a high intake- at least six cups a day- lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes by 54 percent in men and 30 percent in women.
Coffee improves concentration and alertness, boosts mood, and decreases suicide risk. In fact, just the smell of coffee relieves stress in animals. This popular drink also controls asthma and can even halt a full-blown attack in its tracks. Additionally, coffee can stop migraine headaches, curb appetite, prevent tooth decay, and increase the effectiveness of aspirin and other analgesics (Anacin and Excedrin both contain caffeine). And if you drink it before working out, your endurance will improve and you'll have less exercise-induced muscle pain.
...to Increased Longevity
Compared to people who avoid coffee, those who drink at least two cups a day are 80 percent less likely to develop cirrhosis of the liver (even if they drink a lot of alcohol), half as likely to have gallstones, and 25 percent less apt to get colon cancer. Coffee is also protective against cancer of the liver and kidneys, and although it's long been suspected of increasing risk ofbreast cancer, a recent study spanning 22 years and involving nearly 86,000 women found a weak inverse association between the two in post menopausal females.
Finally, coffee may even increase longevity. A large 2008 study found that drinking up to six cups of regular or decaffeinated coffee daily is associated with a slightly lower risk of death from heart disease, cancer, and other causes.
What Makes Coffee So Healthful?
So what is it in coffee that provides such remarkable benefits? First, that cup of java is a terrific source of protective antioxidants. Researchers evaluating both the antioxidant levels of various foods and drinks and the frequency with which those items are consumed have found that the average amount of coffee consumed by American adults per day- 1.64 cups- provides 1,299 mg of antioxidants. Tea, the second richest source, supplied only 294 mg, followed by antioxidant-rich (but sparingly eaten) fruits and vegetables, which provide fewer than 75 mg each of antioxidants per day. Believe it or not, coffee even contains fiber- nearly 2 g per cup.
But these aren't the only components that make coffee a health food. Although some studies reveal that regular and decaffeinated coffee both have benefits, oft-maligned caffeine gives the drink much of its oomph. In addition to perking up the nervous system, caffeine increases the activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine and enhances delivery of nutrients and oxygen to the muscles and brain.
So, the next time you feel like a cup of Joe , indulge yourself. It's a good way to boost your mood, your energy, and your overall health.
Reference
Schardt D. Caffeine: The good, the bad, and the maybe. Nutrition Action Health letter. March 2008.
CFC Celebrates Third Anniversary In KK Diocese
CFC Celebrates Third Anniversary In KK Diocese
BERINGGIS, PAPAR(CS).- The Couples for Christ (CFC) celebrated its third anniversary in Kota Kinabalu Diocese December 16.
The anniversary celebration, held at Beringgis Beach Resort Papar, began with a Mass presided by Montfort Father Mark Tee.
In his message to the members, Functional Head Gerard Yee said that "Despite being young (only three years old), the CFC aspires to work with the Church to strengthen Christian family life."
He called on the members to "invest their resources (time, talent and treasure)" to this work of Christ "which raises up Christian couples and establishes Christian families committed to the work of evangelisation and winning the world for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit."
Alan Filio, CFC Brunei National Council Member, then read out the message of Henjie San Juan, CFC Borneo Mission Director.
In the message, San Juan said, "As families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth, let us remember that God has chosen each one of us, for he does not called the qualified, rather, he qualifies the called."
The director said he was pleased to note that CFC-KK is a "localised and empowered laity able to carry out to the next level the mission Jesus has entrusted to us. As He has chosen to work through us He will continually guide us, provide for us and protect us."
Bishop John Lee, in his message to the members, said that his diocese "encourages ministries that support and strengthen the family institution" and that the CFC is "one new entry which has helped many couples grow in their relationships."
The 130 participants had a time of praise and worship (praisefest) led by some members from Sibu and Brunei.
Following the praisefest each group (Couples [3 groups], Handmaids (married but spouse not a member; widowed/separated [2 groups], Youths) gave a presentation.
After lunch there were fungames which showcased both personal prowess and teamwork.
The CFC started in 1981 in Manila, Philippines and it has spread to 156 countries worldwide, including Malaysia.
The Holy See officially recognised CFC as a private international association of the faithful with a juridical personality in 2005.
While CFC in Kota Kinabalu actually began with the first Christian Life Programme (CLP) in 2003, it has until recently remained "dormant" as Yee described it.
It traces its resurgence with the blessing of Bishop John Lee in its second CLP in September 2005.
Since then, said Yee, the CFC has become active and increased its membership and activities by "leaps and bounds."
CFC-KK is under the Borneo Mission Centre based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
The Exorcist and the Rise of the Black Pope.
...Subtitle: The Director of the House of Theosophy, Bill Lambert, declares that the Roman Catholic Pope is going to be a "proper receptor" to the Antichrist and will be the Supreme Leader of the new global religion of the Antichrist. This part of the New World Order Plan labels the Pope as the Biblical False Prophet.
...In early August, 1991, John [a former member of the World Wide Church of God and the House of Theosophy], called to tell me that the New England Director of the House of Theosophy, Bill Lambert, was holding a seminar at the Boston headquarters. The name of this seminar, " POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE" really piqued my interest!! John said that Bill Lambert was one of the major players in the New World Order Planning, because the House of Theosophy has always been such a major player since Madame Blavatsky had founded it in 1875.
...Lambert revealed many points, only one of which we will mention here. For a complete discussion of my notes of this seminar, read NEWS1052, "Seminar Notes: House of Theosophy, 8/18/91"] Lambert revealed the circumstances under which the New World Order Religion was to be established, finally drawing all the world's existing religions into one. He further revealed who was the top leader chosen to lead this global religious behemoth. Of course, this leader would automatically be the False Prophet, of which Revelation 13 tells us much. To my knowledge, this represented the first time anyone had revealed who the False Prophet was planned to be.
...Lambert also revealed the importance of the appearance of Antichrist, and some of the signs and wonders which will precede his appearing. Lambert speaks with unusual authority in these Plans because he served on the New World Order planning committee entitled, "The New Jerusalem Covenant Project", a planning document which details the exact way in which the Antichrist will arise, establishing his global economy, government, and religion. Antichrist will be uniquely aided in his effort to establish a One-World Religion by a religious leader of great renown. This leader will already be recognized as a global religious authority, and will act in concert with Antichrist.
...This fact is of HUGE importance, because such a religious leader would fulfill all the Biblical requirements for the False Prophet of Revelation 13. Who does Lambert say will be this global religious leader, who supports Antichrist so completely?
...The Roman Catholic Pope!
...Lambert then spoke of the preparation of the hearts of the peoples of the world when Antichrist arises.
"When Lord Maitreya makes his appearance, there will be three types of people:
1. Those whose consciousness has been properly raised so they can readily accept him;
2. Those whose consciousness has been raised somewhat but not so high that they
can readily and immediately accept him, but they might be able to accept him after
further enlightenment;
3. Those who will never accept him."
...Then I raised my hand to ask Lambert specifically about the Pope. Will the Pope be a "proper receptor" to Lord Maitreya [Antichrist] when Maitreya arises? Lambert's answer was that, yes, the Pope will be a "proper receptor" to Lord Maitreya when he arises to present himself to the world as The Christ [Antichrist]."...
... "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." [Revelation 13:11] This other beast is the False Prophet, the other "beast" who steps forward on the world stage immediately after the Antichrist to support Antichrist in all that he does, specifically in the area of establishing his global religion.
...Notice that the False Prophet has "horns like a lamb". What does this mean? Since Jesus Christ is called the "Lamb of God" repeatedly, this phrase means that the False Prophet will claim to be Christian and will be accepted as such by the vast majority of the peoples of the world. Does the Pope make such a claim? Of course, he does. He claims to be the "Vicar of Christ on Earth"....
The Extreme Oath of the Jesuits:
The Extreme Oath of the Jesuits:
"1, _ now, in the presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael
the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St.
Paul and all the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, my ghostly father, the
Superior General of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in the
Pontificate of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the
virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear, that his
holiness the Pope is Christ's Vice-regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic
or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and
loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose
heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal
without his sacred confirmation and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the
utmost of my power I shall and will defend this doctrine of his Holiness' right and
custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever,
especially the Lutheran of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the now
pretended authority and churches of England and Scotland, and branches of the same now
established in Ireland and on the Continent of America and elsewhere; and all adherents
in regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome.
I do now renounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or
state named Protestants or Liberals, or obedience to any of the laws, magistrates or
officers.
I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the
Calvinists, Huguenots and others of the name Protestants or Liberals to be damnable and
they themselves damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare, that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of his Holiness'
agents in any place wherever I shall be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland or America, or in any other Kingdom or territory I
shall come to, and do my uttermost to extirpate the heretical Protestants or Liberals'
doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, regal or otherwise.
I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding I am dispensed with, to assume my
religion heretical, for the propaganda of the Mother Church's interest, to keep secret
and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they may entrust me and not
to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstance whatever; but to
execute all that shall be proposed, given in charge or discovered unto me, by you, my
ghostly father, or any of this sacred covenant.
I do further promise and declare, that I will have no opinion or will of my own, or any
mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will
unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the
Militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ.
That I may go to any part of the world withersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions
of the North, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the jungles of India, to the
centers of civilization of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of
America, without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things whatsoever
communicated to me.
I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage
relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I
am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth;
and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil,
flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of
their women and crush their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate
forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly
use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden
bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons,
whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may
be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy
Faith, of the Society of Jesus.
In confirmation of which, I hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all my corporal powers,
and with this dagger which I now receive, I will subscribe my name written in my own
blood, in testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken in my determination, may
my brethren and fellow soldiers of the Militia of the Pope cut off my hands and my feet,
and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all the
punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tortured by demons in
an eternal hell forever!
All of which, I, _, do swear by the Blessed Trinity and blessed Sacraments, which I am
now to receive, to perform and on my part to keep inviolable; and do call all the
heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist,
and witness the same further with my name written and with the point of this dagger
dipped in my own blood and sealed in the face of this holy covenant."
(He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his
dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.)
Superior:
"You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to
make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank.
In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the
ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one cross his
wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above
the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the center of the palm
of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the center of the
palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head,
touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side
of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the
throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of
the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges. The
other answers Impious." (The meaning of which has already been explained.) "The first
will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which
the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written
upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him
the following questions and answers:
Question -From whither do you come?
Answer - The Holy faith.
Q. -Whom do you serve?
A. -The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal
throughout the world.
Q. -Who commands you?
A. -The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the
Soldiers of Jesus Christ.
Q. -Who received you?
A. -A venerable man in white hair.
Q. -How?
A. -With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and
of our sacred order.
Q. -Did you take an oath?
A. -I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither
age, sex nor condition. To be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to
implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation of murmuring.
Q. -Will you do that?
A. -I will.
Q. -How do you travel?
A. -In the bark of Peter the fisherman.
Q. -Whither do you travel?
A. -To the four quarters of the globe.
Q. -For what purpose?
A. -To obey the orders of my general and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and
faithfully fulfill the conditions of my oaths.
Q. -Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the
Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-regent on earth, let
him be accursed and exterminated."
_____
The Third Secret of Fatima Exposed
The Third Secret of Fatima Exposed
Art Bell interviews Father Malachi Martin regarding the Third Secret of Fatima on the Coast to Coast AM radio show April 4th, 1997.
Pope Leo XIII’s original Prayer to St. Michael also fits perfectly with Our Lady of La Salette’s famous appearance and prediction in 1846: “Rome will lose the faith and become the Seat of the
Antichrist… the Church will be in eclipse.” Pope Leo’s words suggest that Antichrist himself, or at least the forces of Antichrist, would set up their seat in Rome: “In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter… they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety…”
“How I warned and warned that satan would enter into the highest realms of the hierarchy in Rome. The Third Secret, My child, is that satan would enter into My Son’s Church.”
- Our Lady of the Roses, May 13, 1978
Pope is warned of a green Antichrist
Pope is warned of a green Antichrist
Read Ruth Gledhill's Articles of Faith weblog
An arch-conservative cardinal chosen by the Pope to deliver this year’s Lenten meditations to the Vatican hierarchy has caused consternation by giving warning of an Antichrist who is “a pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist”.
Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 78, who retired as Archbishop of Bologna three years ago, quoted Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), the Russian philosopher and mystic, as predicting that the Antichrist “will convoke an ecumenical council and seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions”.
The “masses” would follow the Antichrist, “with the exception of small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants” who would fight to prevent the watering down and ultimate destruction of the faith, he said.
The Pope traditionally withdraws from public view during the first week of Lent, conducting “spiritual exercises” in retreat with close advisers.
The choice of Cardinal Biffi raised eyebrows in the Vatican, given his sometimes eccentric views. The cardinal gave a warning of the coming of the Antichrist during his two decades as the Archbishop of Bologna, and said that an “invasion” of Muslim immigrants was undermining Europe’s Christian values.
Cardinal Biffi said that the Antichrist was not necessarily a person but “the reduction of Christianity to an ideology . . . The teaching that the great Russian philosopher left us is that Christianity cannot be reduced to a set of values. At the heart of being a Christian is the personal encounter with Jesus Christ.” But he quoted with approval from Solovyov’s Three Dialogues on War, Progress and the End of History, which suggests that the Antichrist is a real figure.
Cardinal Biffi said that Christianity stood for “absolute values, such as goodness, truth, beauty”. If “relative values” such as “solidarity, love of peace and respect for nature” became absolute, they would encourage “idolatry” and “put obstacles in the way of salvation”.
When he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict sternly defended core Roman Catholic doctrines and opposed calls for an ecumenical Third Vatican Council advanced by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the liberal former Archbishop of Milan.
The choice of Lenten speaker has in the past given a clue to Vatican policy, although one source said that Cardinal Biffi had perhaps been chosen because his “verbal fireworks” would keep listeners awake.
Beastly beliefs
-The doctrine of the Antichrist appears in the New Testament, and could denote someone setting himself up as a Christlike saviour. The Book of Revelation refers to the “Number of the Beast”, 666
-Martin Luther and other reformers saw the Pope as the Antichrist
-In 1888 the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche denounced Christianity in The Antichrist
-When the Pope addressed the European Parliament in 1988 the Rev Ian Paisley interrupted him, shouting, “I renounce you as the Antichrist!”
The Roman Ritual of Exorcism
1: The priest who with the particular and explicit permission of his Bishop is about to exorcise those tormented by Evil Spirit, must have the necessary piety, prudence, and personal integrity. He should perform this most heroic work humbly and courageously, not relying on his own strength, but on the power of God; and he must have no greed for material benefit. Besides, he should be of mature age and be respected as a virtuous person.
2: To perform his task correctly, he should be acquainted with the many practical writings of approved authors on the subject of Exorcism. These are omitted here for the sake of brevity. He should, in addition, carefully observe the following few rules which are of major importance.
3: Above all, he must not easily believe that someone is possessed by Evil Spirit. He must be thoroughly acquainted with those signs by which he can distinguish the possessed person from those who suffer from a physical illness. The signs of possession by Evil Spirit are of a peculiar genre. Among others; when the subject speaks unknown languages with many words or understands unknown languages; when he clearly knows about things that are distant or hidden; when he shows a physical strength far above his age or normal condition. These manifestations together with others of the same kind are major indications.
4: To be all the surer, the exorcist should interrogate the subject after one or two exorcism addresses, asking him what he feels in his spirit or in his body. In this way, also, he will find out what words disturb Evil Spirit more than others; and thus he can repeat such words and have greater effect on Evil Spirit.
5: Let the exorcist note for himself the tricks and deceits which Evil Spirits use in order to lead him astray. For they are accustomed to answering falsely. They manifest themselves only under pressure--in the hope that the exorcist will get tired and desist from pressuring them. Or they make it appear that the subject of Exorcism is not possessed at all.
6: Sometimes, Evil Spirit betrays its presence, and then goes into hiding. It appears to have left the body of the possessed free from all molestation, so that the possessed thinks he is completely rid of it. But the exorcist should not, for all that desist until he sees the signs of liberation.
7: Sometimes, also, Evil Spirit throws up every possible obstacle in order to stop the possessed from submitting to Exorcism. Or it tries to persuade him that his affliction is quite natural. Sometimes, during Exorcism, it gets the possesses to go to sleep; or it shows him some vision. But it hides itself, so that the possessed appears to be freed from it.
8: Some Evil Spirits reveal an occult spell and by whom it was made, and the way in which it can be loosened. But the exorcist must beware of having recourse in such matters to witches or warlocks or sorcerers or to any others beyond Church ministers. And let him not rely on any superstitious practice or any other illicit method.
9: Sometimes, Evil Spirit leaves the possessed in peace and even allows him to receive Holy Communion, so that It seems to have gone away. In sum, innumerable are the stratagems and deceits of the which Evil Spirit uses in order to deceive men. The exorcist must practice caution in order not to be deceived by any of them.
10: He must remember, therefore, that Our Lord said there is a species of Evil Spirit which cannot be expelled except by prayer and fasting. Let Him make sure that he and others follow the example of the Holy Fathers and make use of these two principal means of obtaining divine help and of repelling Evil Spirit.
11: If it is convenient, the possessed can be exorcised in a church or in some other religious and appropriate place apart from the public eye. If the subject is ill, or if there is any other good reason, he can be exorcised in a private home.
12: The possessed must be encouraged to pray to God, to fast, and to get spiritual strength from the Sacraments of Confessions and Holy Communion, if he enjoys mental and physical health.
13: The possessed should hold a Crucifix in his hands or have it in front of him. Whenever available, the relics of the saints can be placed on his chest, or on his head. They should be appropriately and safely covered. But let care be taken that these holy things are not treated irreverently and damaged by Evil Spirit. The Holy Eucharist should not be placed on the head or anywhere on the body of the possessed. There is a danger that it will be treated irreverently.
14: The exorcist must not make great speeches or put superfluous questions out of vain curiosity, especially about future events and hidden matters which have nothing to do with his work. He should command the unclean spirit to keep silent and only to respond to what is asked of it. And he must give no credence to Evil Spirit, if it claims to be the soul of some saint or of a dead person or to be the Good Angel.
15: Questions he must ask the possessing Evil Spirit are, for example, the number and name of possessing spirits; when they entered the possessed,; why they entered him; and other questions of the same kind. Let the exorcist restrain the other vanities, mockeries, and foolishnesses of Evil Spirit. He should treat them with contempt. And he should admonish those who are present--who should be few in number--not to take any notice of what Evil Spirit says and not to put any questions to the possessed, Let them pray humbly and fervently to God for the deliverance of the possessed.
16: The exorcist should perform and read the exorcism with command, authority, great faith, humility, and fervor. And, when he sees that the possessing spirit is being tortured mightily, he should multiply all these efforts at pressuring it. Whenever he sees some part of the possessed person's body moving or pierced or some swelling appearing, let him make the Sign of the Cross and sprinkle Holy Water.
17: Let him pay attention also to the words and expressions which disturb Evil Spirit most, and repeat them very often. And when he arrives at the point of Expulsion, let him pronounce that Expulsion again and again, always increasing the punishment. And, if he sees that he is succeeding, let him persevere until he is finally victorious.
18; Finally, let the exorcist beware not to offer any medicine to the possessed or suggest any to him. All this he should leave to the medical doctors.
19: If he is exorcising a woman, he should have with him some reputable women who will hold the possessed when she is tormented and shaken by Evil Spirit. Such women should be of great patience and belong to the family of the possessed. The exorcist must be mindful of scandal and avoid doing or saying anything which could provoke ill for himself or for others.
20: During Exorcism, the exorcist should use the words of the Bible rather than his own or somebody else's. Also, he should command Evil Spirit to state whether it is kept within the possessed because of some magical spell or sorcerer's symbol or some occult documents. For the exorcism to succeed, the possessed must surrender them. If he has swallowed something like that, he will vomit it up. If it is outside his body in some place or other, Evil Spirit must tell the exorcist where it is. When the exorcist finds it, he must burn it.
21: It the possessed person is freed from Evil Spirit, he should be advised to be diligent in avoiding sinful actions and thoughts. If he does not, he could give Evil Spirit a fresh occasion for returning and possessing him. In that case, he would be in a much worse condition than before.
1 Preliminary Instructions: Before starting the exorcism, the priest appointed by the Bishop should make a good Confession--or at least, renew in his heart sincere contrition for all his sins. He should say Mass, and ask for God's help. Then, wearing a surplice and purple stole, he should stand in front of the possessed. The possessed should be tied down, if there is any danger of violence. The exorcist is then to invoke protection on the possessed, on himself, and on his assistants, by making the Sign of the Cross and sprinkling Holy Water.
2 Invocation: Then, kneeling down, he is to recite the following invocations, to which his assistants respond:
Exorcist: The Litanies of the Saints
"Do not remember, O Lord, the sins of our forefathers."
Assistants: "And do not punish us for our offenses."
E: Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)--silently until the last part.
"And lead us not into temptation."
A: But deliver us from evil.
E: (Psalm 53) "See this man (women) your servant."
A: "Because he (she) hopes in you, My God."
E: "Be a tower of strength for him (her), O Lord."
A: "In the face of the enemy."
E: "Let the enemy have no victory over him (her)."
A: "And let the Son of Iniquity not succeed in injuring him (her)."
E: "Send him (her) help from the Holy Place, Lord."
A: "And give him (her) Heavenly protection."
E: "Lord, hear our prayer."
A: "And let my cry reach You."
E: "May the Lord be with you."
A: "And with your spirit."
E: "Let us pray. God, it is an attribute of yours to have mercy and to forgive. Hear our prayer, so that this servant of yours who is bound with the chain of sins, be mercifully freed by the compassion of your goodness.
Holy Lord! All powerful! Father! Eternal God! Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ! You who destined that recalcitrant and apostate Tyrant to the fires of Hell; you who sent your only son into this world in order that He might crush this Roaring Lion: Look speedily and snatch from damnation and from this Devil of our times this man (woman) who was created in your image and likeness. Throw your terror, Lord, over the Beast who is destroying what belongs to you. Give faith to your servants against this most Evil Serpent, to fight most bravely. So that the Serpent not hold in contempt those who hope in You, and say--as It said through the Pharaoh; 'I do not know God, and I will not let Israel go.' Let Your powerful strength force the Serpent to let go of your servant, so that it no longer possess him (her) whom you designed to make in You image and to redeem by Your Son, Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, as God, for ever and ever.
A: "Amen"
2. Summoning of Evil Spirit:
E: "Unclean Spirit! Whoever you are, and all your companions who possess this servant of God, by the mysteries of the incarnation, the Sufferings and Death, the Resurrection, and the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ: by the sending of the Holy Spirit; and by the Coming of Our Lord into Last Judgment, I command you:
Tell me, with some sign, your name, the day and the hour of your damnation.
Obey me me in everything, although I am an unworthy servant of God.
Do no damage to this creature (the possessed), or to my assistants, or to any of their goods."
4. Gospel Reading: John 1: 1-12; Mark 16: 15-18; Luke 10:17-20; Luke 11:14-22.
E: "Let us pray.
All-powerful God! Word of God, the Father! Christ Jesus! God and Lord of all creation! You gave power to your Apostles to pass through dangers unharmed. Among your commands to do wondrous things, you said; 'Drive out Evil Spirit.' By your strength, Satan fell like lightning from Heaven. With fear and trembling, I pray and supplicate your Holy Name. Pardon all the sins of your unworthy servant. Give me constant faith and power; so that, armed with the power of your holy strength, I can attack this cruel Evil Spirit in confidence and security. Through you, Jesus Christ, Our Lord God, Who will come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire."
A: "Amen"
5. Laying of Hands on Possessed: The exorcist then invokes divine protection on himself and on the possessed by making the Sign of the Cross. Then he places the tip of the stole on the neck of the possessed and his right hand on the head of the possessed. He intones the following with great conviction and faith:
E: "Behold the Cross of the Lord. Depart, Enemies!
A: "Jesus, with ancient strength, with noble power, is conqueror."
E: "Lord, Hear my prayer."
A: "And let my cry reach you."
E: "May the Lord be with you."
A: "And with your spirit.
E: "Let us pray: God, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, I invoke your Holy Name and suppliantly request you: Deign to give me strength against this and every other unclean spirit which is tormenting this creature of yours. Through the same Lord Jesus.
A: "Amen."
6. (1) Exorcism Addresses to Evil Spirit:
E: "I exercise you, Most Unclean Spirit! Invading Enemy! All Spirits! Every one of you! In the name of Our Lord Jesus + Christ: Be uprooted and expelled from this Creature of God. + He who commands you is he who ordered you to be thrown down from Heaven into the depths of Hell. He who commands you is he who dominated the sea, the wind, and the storms. Hear, therefore, and fear, Satan! Enemy of the Faith! enemy of the human race! Source of death! Robber of life! Twister of justice! Root of evil! Warp of vices! Seducer of men! Traitor of nations! Inciter of jealousy! Originator of greed! Cause of discord! Creator of agony! Why do you stay and resist, when you know that Christ our Lord has destroyed your plan? Fear Him who was prefigured in Isaac, in Joseph, and in the Paschal Lamb; who was crucified as a man, and who rose from death."
Then make the sign of the cross on the forehead of the possessed;
E: "Retire, therefore, in the name of + Father, and or the + Son, and of the Holy + Spirit. give way to the Holy Spirit, because of this sign of the Holy + Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who lives and reigns as God with the Father and the same Holy Spirit, for ever and ever."
A: "Amen."
E: "Lord, hear my prayer."
A: "And let my cry reach you."
E: "May the Lord be with you."
A: And with your spirit."
E: "Let us pray: God, Creator and Defender of the human race, you who made man in your own image: Look on this, your servant (the exorcist names the possessed) who is assaulted by the cunning of the unclean spirit. The primeval adversary, the ancient enemy of Earth, surrounds him with the horror of fear, paralyzes his mind with darkness, strikes him with terror, agitates him with shaking and trembling. Repel, O Lord, the power of Evil Spirit! Dissolve the fallacies of its plots! May the unholy temptor take flight. May your servant be protected in soul and body by the sign + of your name (on the forehead of the possessed).
Then he makes three signs of the Cross on the chest of the possessed, while pronouncing the following words:
E: " + Preserve what is within this person.
E: " + Rule his (her) feelings.
E: " + Strengthen his (her) heart.
E: "Let the efforts of the Enemy power be dispelled from his (her) soul, Lord, because of this invocation of your holy name. Grant the grace that he who has inspired terror up to this , now be put to flight and retire defeated; so that this man (woman), your servant, be able to worship you with a firm heart and a sincere mind. Through Christ Our Lord."
A: "Amen."
6. (2) Enjoining of Evil Spirit:
E: "I enjoin you under penalty, Ancient Serpent! In the name of the Judge of the Living and the Dead! In the name of Our Creator! In the name of the Creator of the world! In the name of Him who has power to send you into Hell! Depart from this servant of God (the exorcist names the possessed) who has had recourse to the Church. Cease to inspire your terror in him (her) I again enjoin you solemnly + )on the forehead of possessed), not because of myself who am weak, but because of the strength of the Holy Spirit: that you go out from this servant of God (name of Possessed) whom the all-powerful God made in his own image. Surrender, not to me, but to the minister of Christ. His power forces you. He defeated you by His Cross. Fear the strength of Him who led the souls of the dead to the light of salvation from the darkness of waiting. May the body of this man + (on the chest of the possessed) be a source of fear for you. + God the Father commands you. + God the Son commands you. God the Holy Spirit commands you. + The faith of the Holy Apostles, Peter, and Paul, and the other saints commands you. + The blood of the Martyrs commands you. + The purity of the Confessors commands you. + The pious and holy intercession of all the Saints commands you. + The strength of the mysteries of the Christian faith commands you. + Get out! Offender! Get out! Seducer! Full of guile and falseness! Enemy of virtue! Persecutor of the Innocents! Give way, most despicable being! Give way, most impious! Give way to Christ in whom you did not find any of your own doing!s He destroyed your kingdom. He bound you up in defeat. He broke our strength. he threw you out into the exterior darkness where destruction was prepared for you and your followers.
But why are you resisting truculently! Who do you dare refuse? You are condemned by the all-powerful God whose law you broke. You are condemned by his Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. You dared tempt him and you dared to have him crucified. you are condemned by the human race to whom you offered the deathly poison of your suggestions.
I, therefore, charge you solemnly under penalty, Most Evil Serpent, in the name of the Lamb + most immaculate who walked unharmed among dangers; who was immune to all Evil Spirit: Depart from this person+ (on the forehead of possessed). Depart from the Church of God + (over the assistants). Fear and take flight at the name of Our Lord whom the powers of Hell fear, to whom the Powers and Virtues and Dominions of Heaven are subject, whom the Cherubim and Seraphim praise with unceasing voices, saying: Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God of Hosts!
The Word made flesh + commands you. He who was born of a Virgin + commands you. Jesus + of Nazareth commands you. When you ignored contemptuously his disciples, he ordered you broken and humiliated to get out of that man. And when he tore you from that man, you did not dare in his presence even to enter the swine. Now that you are enjoined in his name +, depart therefore from this person whom he created. It is impossible for you to will to resist. + It is impossible for you to refuse to obey. + Because the more you delay, the more punishment you will get. It is not men you are disobeying. It is He who rules the living and the dead. It is he who will come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire."
A: "Amen."
E: "Lord, hear my prayer."
A: "And let my cry reach you."
E: "May the Lord be with you."
A: "And with your spirit."
E: "Let us pray: God of Heaven! God of Earth! God of Angels! God of Archangels! God of Prophets! God of Apostles! God of Martyrs! God of Virgins! God who has the power to give life after death and repose after labor: There is no god but you. Nor could there be a true god but you. Creator of Heaven and Earth. You are a true king. Your kingdom is without end. Humbly, I supplicate your majesty and your glory; that you deign to free this your servant from unclean spirits. Through Christ Our Lord."
A: "Amen."
6. (3) Second Enjoining of Evil Spirit:
E: "I, therefore, enjoin every unclean spirit, each devil, each part of Satan: In the name of Jesus Christ + of Nazareth. After his baptism by John, he was led into the desert and he conquered you on your own ground. Desist from attacking this man (woman) whom Jesus formed from matter for his honor and his glory. shake with fear, not at the human fragility of a miserable man, but at the image of the all-powerful God. Surrender to God, therefore, +, who put you to flight from King Saul by the spiritual songs of his faithful servant David. Give in + to God, who damned you in Judas Iscariot, the traitor, For he touched you with divine punishment and shouting, you exclaimed; 'What is there between us and you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Have you come here before the proper time to torture us?' He who drives you now into perpetual flames will say at the end of time to Satan and his angels; 'Leave me Cursed Ones! And go into eternal flames which have been prepared for the Devil and his angels.' Death is your lot, Impious One! And for your angels there is an endless death. For you and for your angels the unquenchable flames I prepared, because you are the Prince of cursed homicides, the author of incest, the head of all the sacrilegious, master of the most evil actions, the teacher of heretics, the inventor of all obscenity. Go out, therefore, + Impious one. Go out + Criminal! Go out with all your falsehoods! God has willed man to be his temple. Why linger any longer here? Give honor to God the Father + the all-powerful, to whom every knee will bend. Give place to Our Lord Jesus + Christ, who poured out his blood for man. Give place to the Holy + Spirit who through the Blessed Apostle Peter defeated you manifestly in Simon the Magician, condemned your falsehood in Ananias and Saphira, frustrated you in the magician Elymas by afflicting him with blindness. By the same apostle, he ordered you to depart from the Prophetess of Python. Leave therefore now + . Go away + Seducer! The desert is your home. The serpent is your dwelling. Be humiliated and cast down. The time cannot be put off. Behold the victorious Lord is near and quick. The fire is burning before him and devours all his enemies. For, even though you have deceived men, you cannot make a mockery of God. From His eyes nothing is hidden; he has ejected you. All things are subject to his power; he has expelled you. The living and the dead and the world will be judged by him with complete discernment; He has prepared Hell for you and your angels."
7. Further Instructions and Prayers: "When all has been recited, it can be repeated as often as is necessary, until the possessed is completely free.
It will help, besides, to repeat with devotion the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and the Credo over the possessed, as well as the Magnifcat and the Benedictus Canticle (ending the last two with a Gloria)."
8. Profession of Faith (St. Athanasius)
"Whoever wishes to be saved, must above all other things, hold firmly to the universal belief. If anyone does not preserve this in its integrity and purity, he shall without doubt perish forever. This universal faith is as follows.
We adore one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in one God, without confusing the Persons or dividing the substance of God. For the Person of the Father is different from the Person of the Son. And both are different from the Persons of the Holy Spirit. But the divinity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit is one and the same in equal glory and coeternal majesty.
What the Father is, that the Son is, and the Holy Spirit is. The Father is uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father is immeasurable, the Son eternal, the Holy Spirit eternal. Nevertheless, there are not three eternal beings, but one eternal Being. There are not three created beings, nor three immeasurable beings, but one uncreated and immeasurable Being.
Similarly, the Father is omnipotent, the Son is omnipotent, the Holy Spirit is omnipotent. But, still, there are not three omnipotent beings, but one omnipotent Being.
Thus, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. And, nevertheless, not three gods, but one God. Thus, the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord. But nevertheless, not three lords, but one Lord. Just as we are compelled by our Christian truth to confess that each Person is God and Lord, so we are prohibited by the universal faith from speaking of three gods and lords.
The Father was made by no one: neither created nor generated. The Son is from the Father; not created, but generated. The Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son; not made, not created, nor generated, but proceeding. There is one Father, therefore, not three Fathers. And there is one Son, not three sons. And there is one Holy Spirits, not three spirits.
And in the Trinity, there is no prior or posterior element, no greater or lesser. But all three Persons are co-eternal with Each Other and coequal.And, thus, in all things, as said above, we adore unity in the Trinity and the Trinity is unity. Whoever therefore wishes to be saved, must believe this about the Trinity.
But is is necessary for eternal life that you also faithfully believe in the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The correct belief, then, which we profess and believe, is that Jesus Christ, Our Lord, is the Son of God and is man. He is God from the substance of the Father, and generated before all time. And he is man from the substance of his mother, having been born from his mother in time.
Perfect God. Perfect man subsisting with a rational soul and human flesh. Equal to the Father in divinity. Less than the Father according to his humanity. Although he is God and man, he is not two but one. He is one, however, not because his divinity is changed into humanity, but because his humanity is assumed by his divinity. He is integrally one, not because his divine and human substances are fused and made one, but because of the oneness of his person. For, just as the rational soul and body make up one man, so God and man make up Christ.
He suffered for our salvation, liberated those already dead and waiting, and rose from the dead three days later. He ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of God. Afterwards, he shall come to judge the living and the dead. At his arrival, all human beings must rise again with their bodies and they must give an account of all their own actions. And those who have done good, will enter eternal life. And those who have done evil, will enter eternal fire.
This is the universal faith. If you do not faithfully and firmly hold on to it, you cannot be saved.
Gloria.
A: "Amen."
9. Psalm Readings: Psalm 90, 67, 34, 30, 21, 3, 10, 12.
10. Concluding Prayer of Thanks:
E: "We pray you, all-powerful God, that Evil Spirit have no more power over this servant of yours (give name of possessed), but that it flee and not come back. Let the goodness and the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ enter him (her) at our bidding, Lord. For through Jesus we have been saved. And let us not fear any ill, because the Lord is with us, He who lives and reigns as God with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.
A: "Amen."
1. Instructions: The following exorcism can be recited by Bishops and also by priests who have received authorization to do so from their own Bishops.
2. Invocation of Michael the Archangel:
E: "Most glorious Prince of the Heavenly Army, Holy Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle against the princes and powers and rulers of darkness in this world, against the spiritual iniquities of those former angels. Come to the help of men whom God made in his own image and whom he bought from the tyranny of Satan at a great price. The Church venerates you as her custodian and patron. The Lord confided to your care all the souls of those redeemed, so that you would lead them to happiness in Heaven. Pray to the God of peace that he crush Satan under our feet; so that Satan no longer be able to hold men captive and thus injure the Church. Offer our prayers to the Most High God, so that his mercies be given us soon. Make captive that Animal, that Ancient serpent, which is enemy and Evil Spirit, and reduce it to everlasting nothingness. so that it no longer seduces the nations.
3. Announcement of Exorcism:
E: "In the name of Jesus Christ, God and Lord; through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, Mary, and Holy Michael the Archangel, the Blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, and all the Saints; and relying on the holy authority of our office, we are about to undertake the expulsion of a diabolic infestation.
4. Prayer:
E: "(Psalm 67) May God rise up, and may his enemies be dissipated."
A: " And let those who hate him flee before him."
E: "Let them be dissipated like smoke."
A: "As wax flows before fire, so let sinners perish before God."
E: "Look on the Cross of the Lord. Be defeated, all enemies!
A: "The ancient strength will conquer, the King of Kings!
E: "Let your mercy be with us, O Lord!"
A: "According to our hopes in you."
5. Exorcism Address to Satan and to Apostate Angels:
"We exorcise you, each unclean spirit, each power of Satan, each infestation of the Enemy from Hell, each Legion, each Congregation, each Satanic sect! In the name and by the power of our Lord Jesus + Christ! Be uprooted and put to flight from the Church of God; from the souls that were made in the image of God and redeemed with the blood of the divine Lamb.
+ Do not dare further, most cunning Serpent, to deceive the human race, to persecute the Church of God, to strike and shake the chosen of God like chaff +. The Most High God orders you +. It is He whom you, in your gargantuan pride, emulated. He wishes all men to be saved and to come to the acknowledgment of the truth.
God the Father + commands you. God the Son + commands you. God the holy Spirit + commands you. Christ orders you, he who is the eternal Word of God become man +; he who destroyed your hateful jealousy against the salvation of our race; he who humiliated himself making himself obedient to death; he who builds his Church on a firm rock and provided that the strength of Hell would never prevail over that Church; he who will remain with his Church for all days even up to the end of human time.
The Sacrament of the Cross + commands you. The virtue of all the mysteries of the Christian faith commands you. The most exalted Mother of God, Mary the Virgin, + commands you. She, though lowly, trampled on your head from the first instant of her immaculate conception. The faith of the Blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul,+ commands you. The Blood of Martyrs and the pious intercession of all the Saints + commands you.
Therefore, Accursed Serpent, and all the power of Satan, we enjoin you under penalty, through the living God +, through the true + God, through the holy + God, through God who so loved the world that he gave his only son so that all who believe should not perish but should have eternal life.
Cease to deceive human beings and to offer them the poison of eternal perdition.
Cease to injure the Church and to set traps for the Church's liberty. Go, Satan! Inventor and master of all falsehood! Enemy of human salvation! Give way to Christ in whom you could find nothing of your own evil. Give way to the Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church which Christ himself created by his blood. Be humiliated under the powerful hand of God. Fear and take flight, when the holy and terrible name of Jesus is invoked by us. For he is feared by Evil Spirit, and to him all Powers and Virtues and Dominations of Heaven are subject. And the Cherubim and the Seraphim praise him with unfailing voices, saying; Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God of Hosts."
E: "Lord hear my prayer."
A: "And let my cry reach you."
E: "May the Lord be with you."
A: "And with your spirit."
6. Prayer:
E: "Let us pray. God of heaven! God of Earth! God of Angels! God of Archangels! God of Patriarchs! God of Prophets! God of Confessors! God of Virgins! God who has power to grant eternal life after death and rest after labor! There is no god but you. Nor could there be any other god. Creator of all visible and invisible beings! Your kingdom is without end.
We humbly supplicate you in your majesty and glory; Liberate us, through your power, from all the power of Evil Spirit, from its traps, deceptions, and treachery, and deign to keep us safely. Through Christ Our Lord."
A: "Amen."
7. Invocations:
E: "From the ambushes of Evil Spirit."
A: "Free us, O Lord."
E: "When we ask you to help your church to serve you securely in liberty."
A: "We pray you; Hear us!"
E: "Humiliate the enemies of the Holy Church."
A: "We pray you; Hear us!"
8. Blessing of Place of Exorcism: The place is sprinkled with Holy Water.