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Therapist, Exorcists Comment on Satanic Catholic Priest
By Patti Armstrong
National Catholic Register
February 14,
| Ary Scheffer, The Temptation of Christ, |
In December, a Boise, Idaho, priest of 45 years, who lived in world of Satanism and child pornography, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. I came across the story, glossed over it, and turned away, finding it too disturbing.
Then an editor asked if I wanted to write about it. Well, not really. But after talking about it with a Catholic therapist and two exorcists, inom discovered some worthwhile points to ponder. First, brace yourself for a summary and go here if you can stomach it all.
Thomas Faucher, 73, was caught with thousands of heinous images and satanic pronouncements on his phone and computer. There were 24 charges against him including possession of LSD, marijuana, and Ecstasy of which he pleaded guilty to five, claiming he could not remember much due to nedstämdhet and dementia. Fauchers
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St. Padre Pio Communion Prayer:
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have you present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and alway be in Your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.
Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close and life passes, death, judgment and eternity approach. It is necessary to renew my strenth, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorr
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“The house of the priest is not the rectory. He is at home only where Christ is present.”
Patti Armstrong Blog, October 31,
How is it possible that despite the Catholic Church always having taught that the Holy Eucharist is really, truly and substantially the Body and Blood of Christ, only 31% of U.S. Catholics believe it?
According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 69% of Catholics say that the Eucharist is just symbolic.
For wisdom and divine insights, I often call Msgr. John Esseff of Scranton, Pennsylvania. At 91 years old, the former spiritual director of Mother Teresa is one of the oldest exorcists in the country. “Why do you think people have lost faith in the Eucharist?” I asked him. As usual, he paused a moment and then spoke at length. He correlated the loss of faith in the Eucharist to the bishops and priests who lack fervor in their own faith.
“Jesus told us, ‘Everything I have comes from the Father.’ He pours all that love into Jesus; that’s always from al