+ SPIRITUAL WARFARE + REMAINING IN A STATE OF GRACE Lay Provincial Council Meeting Saturday, August 3, 2019 Session I 10:45am to 11:30am. Session II 2:00pm-2:45pm. Reverend Mr. R. Christoph Sandoval, Deacon Coordinator & Director of Training Saint Joseph Healing & Deliverance Ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco S Man's fall contains a "seductive voice," P Having sinned from the voice of a fallen S I the beginning, the angel called "Satan" devil is now the or the "devil." The E R “Father of lies" Church teaches that S I (Jn 8:44). Satan and other demons were S T God's mercy toward created "good by I U these fallen angels God but they A is useless. Their sin became evil by their O is unforgivable own doing" (Fourth N L because their Lateran Council). choice is irrevocable. "There These demons W is no repentance for made a free O the angels, just as irrevocable choice N A there is no to reject God. This E R repentance for men rebellion is reflected after death”. in the tempter's F (St. John words, "You will be A Damascene like God” (Gen 3:5). R E SIX SATANIC STRATEGIES 1.Temptation-perverse desires for things that will separate us from God’s love and his protection. This includes coveting pleasure, power, prestige, sex and money. Examples include toxic attachment to pornography, alcohol, drug use and unholy company. 2.Oppression (obsession)-is an external diabolic assault on the Spirit, Mind or Body. Compulsions attacking the faculties of the intellect and the will (powers of the soul) may lead to hurting self and others. The “obsessed” often struggle with habitual sin and addictions. 3. Possession —Demons takes complete internal control of the mind and body of a person— but not the soul. Remember Satan cannot control the will. He can however assault the will with simultaneous temptation & obsession to take control. The devil is a being that carries out dark actions . penetrating the world and the church. He is our enemy and enemies hide; he is an actor. Evil is not just something lacking or a privation of good but evil is a living perverted spiritual being.” Pope Paul VI SIX SATANIC STRATEGIES 4.Infestation – contamination through a deliberate attack on a house, place of work, or a location with the use of an object or animal sacrifice consecrating the specific territory to Satan. Diabolical pollution occurs through incantations, sacrifices and ritualistic practices—and by people who employ witches, mediums, shamans and pagan practitioners to cast spells, curses and hexes. Pets and animals can be infected by demons through infestation. 5.Disturbance—is a physical assault. Beatings and maulings have been commonplace among many of our Saints, Blesseds and Venerables. Padre Pio was scourged with heavy chains, leaving him bruised and bleeding and his bed was set afire. 6.Vexation-like in the Story of Job in Holy Scripture the Evil One may attack people around us to destroy our family, our job, our house, our health, our reputation—to force us to abandon the Lord. We must be discerning about this phenomena with the help of the Church and deep prayer—there are also “The faith of a person practically cancels out Satan.” may be social forces which may affect our personhood and our lives which may be associated Thomas Aquinas with these occurrences that are not diabolical. Discernment is critical. One true deadly power in Satan’s artillery Satan fights like hell to keep us sinning and to keep us away from the one who forgives sin. Diabolical Attacks on Saints Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg Saint Catherine of Siena Practices that Open the Door to the Diabolical WHEN YOU DO NOT CONFESS CHRIST YOU CONFESS THE DEVIL 1. Curses and Spells 2. Ouija board 3. Séances 4. Necromancy 5. Divination 6. Psychic readings 7. Magic 8. Witchcraft 9. Tarot card readings 10. Satanic Cults 11. Psycho Cults 12. New Age cults 16. Freemasonry, Reiki, Yoga, New Age cults, 13. “Magic mentalities” seeking a short-fix, black mass, 'feng shui’, crystals and 14. Eucharistic theft and desecration Costco sampling of occult practices. 15. Visiting magicians, fortunetellers, faith 17. Living in a State of Sin healers, shamans, witch doctors, witches, 18. Burning of the Book of the Gospel wizards, mediums, santeros, Yoruba 19. Profaning the Eucharist and the Sacred in priests, Voodoo priests, clairvoyants etc. Catholic Churches 20. Wearing of amulets dedicated to Satan Signs of Possession-Extraordinary Actions of the Devil 1. Speaking in Unknown Languages (or 17. Use of Holy Water triggers screams and understanding those who speak them). sometimes burns to the possessed 2. Abnormal physical strength 18. Eyes roll backwards showing only the white 3. Knowing distant or hidden things 19. Sound of simultaneous multiple guttural 4. Aversion to the Sacred voices 5. Levitation 20. Snake hisses , dog barks & lion roars 6. Walking backwards on a vertical wall or upside 21. Convulsions and contortions of the body down on a ceiling. 22. Uncontrollable rage 7. Strange Movement of things 23. Self mutilation 8. Unusual loud knocking sounds like a hammer or 24. Windows and doors opening and closing rifle hitting the door or walls. 25. Demonic impersonations of the Dead, the 9. Sudden drop in temperature living, God, his angels and his saints 10. Temporary substitution of consciousness control 26. Involvement in animal and human sacrifice (brain is locked or paralyzed) 27. The possessed often throw up metal objects 11. Signs of demonic violence to the body like like nails, rocks and sharp objects bruises, lesions, burns and cuts. 28. Desecrating of Tabernacles 12. A a clearly expressed hatred toward God. 29. Eucharistic Thefts with plastic mouth pieces 13. “Formation of objects that materialize out of 30. Profanation and curses at the foot of the altar. nothing.” 31. Burps, piercing of the arms and legs, 14. Terrifying Demonic Nightmares. electrical discharges, vomiting, fainting, desire 15. Enthronement of Satan to run, jumping and slithering like a snake on 16. Entering into Santeria blood pacts the ground, hysterical laughter, facial grimace. F A L ASSUMPTIONS S E 1. The Exorcist is one more wizard. 10. Evil is a human deficiency—there is no 2. Jesus is just one more prophet. personification of Evil—i.e. The Devil. 3. Evil is a pathology that can be cured and 11. Jesus Christ is not the only way, not the overcome by science and technology. only truth and not the only life. 4. Do what you want. 12. White Witchcraft is Good! 5. All is relative there are no limits. 13. Since we cannot analyze or measure God there is NO God! 6. I am God. 14. Science is the last word on truth. 7. In the name of freedom we do not need to 15. Religions are to be viewed as myths respect the freedom of others. (Joseph Campbell) metaphors and fables. 8. What you like is good. 16. There is no absolute truth…everyone has 9. Demons are friends of humanity. their truth. CULTURE OF DEATH CULTURE OF LIFE Lack of Seminary Formation Pope Francis is re-launching the Culture of Lack of sensitivity in the Catholic Clergy Love Educational Emergency on Spiritual Pope John Paul II ongoing call for an Affliction and Spiritual Care. Exorcist in every diocese worldwide is Speed, superficiality and selfishness proceeding—Regina Apostolurum Double belonging Recovering Catholic anthropology New Cult Movements Reform of the reform Hostile secularism which rejects God, his Ongoing response to Clergy Pedophilia Gospel and all things religious Scandal Pornography pandemic Breaking down the walls between Spiritual Care, Mental Care and Physical Care Promotion of Illegitimate sexual deviancies with children, animals and multiple partners Active understanding that Neo-paganism, of men, women and transgenders voodoo, witchcraft, satanic cults and new age sects are not part of the interfaith Normalization the use of Drugs and alcohol community. in the West in pursuit of Money and Power. The Universal Church has drawn a fireline Climate of relativism challenging moral to rebuild a system of reference to Judeo- teaching of the Church. Christian core values and a recovery of the Assault on the building blocks of the Culture Church, Family and Community. of Commitment—family, church and Emerging Prayer of Liberation Ministries at community. the local level. Giotto’s The Last Judgment (1303-1305) presents one of the earliest depictions of Satan in Western art at the Arena Chapel in Padua. Names of Satan in Sacred Scripture Abaddon meaning Destroyer. CALL EVIL BY ITS NAME: SATAN Maddeus. Accuser of our brothers …Pope Francis Murderer Angel of the bottomless pit Old serpent Anti-Christ. Power of darkness Baal Prince of demons Beelzebub, known as the Prince of the power of the air Lord of the flies Prince of this world Beelzebul prince of demons Ruler of the darkness of this Belial, which may mean world Worthlessness Satan Devil Satan-- Adversary or Accuser Enemy Serpent Evil “one” Sinner from the beginning Evil spirit Spirit that works in the children Father of lies of disobedience God of this world Tempter Great red dragon Envy and Pride Unclean spirit Lucifer are called “Sins of the Devil” since Wicked one these were involved in Satan’s fall Lying spirit . The HEXAGRAM is the most SIGNS OF SATAN powerful of all the signs of the occult. It consists of 6 Fallen Angels after the Fall sides, 6 points and 6 smaller triangles, thus 666. The book "Web of Darkness” affirms the hexagram as: . the most powerful and evil sign in Satanism and of all the occult world. The hexagram is used Often used over mainly in witchcraft to satanic altars.