tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post2365016544310532512..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Spiritual BattleAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-76862824837589365462009-09-10T12:40:11.415-05:002009-09-10T12:40:11.415-05:00I believe you. I have experienced many paranormal ...I believe you. I have experienced many paranormal things. I too have met with skepticism. Know that I believe it was real. I share them, maybe not the same, but my own full plate of good and evil absolutely unexplainable happenings. If we believe angels exist and can help us daily (guardian angels) then we must also acknowledge that the opposite exists.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217797935437208044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-63817493284907623892009-09-09T15:24:59.621-05:002009-09-09T15:24:59.621-05:00Adoro,
Well, I finally finished writing the rest ...Adoro,<br /><br />Well, I finally finished writing the rest of my story out, although I'm still not really sastified with the prose (I never am). <br /><br />I posted it myself, since it's terribly long, and that seemed like the simplest approach. So, if you still would like to read my long and strange story, it's right here:<br /><br />http://psalm402.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Though, I warn you, it really just is basically an account of how wildly stubborn and foolish I can be, and how infinitely patient God is..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-18456952134411439482009-09-06T17:39:38.493-05:002009-09-06T17:39:38.493-05:00Veronica ~ I'd be happy to read it if you woul...Veronica ~ I'd be happy to read it if you would like to share it with me, and would also be happy to post it for you. Know that I won't post it without your permission and endorsement however! :-)Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-89441492999943830682009-09-06T13:29:06.154-05:002009-09-06T13:29:06.154-05:00Adoro,
I don’t really mind sharing my story, or a...Adoro,<br /><br />I don’t really mind sharing my story, or at least parts of it. After the things I’ve done to try and drive people away from the faith, it’s the least I can do. Some time ago, I actually blogged fairly regularly, but had to take a step back due to an unfortunate situation with an estranged family member. These days, however, having my name attached to the things I write isn't as much of a concern.<br /><br />Actually, there are still a few versions of my story floating around online, though I’ve been slowly working on a revision which includes my ah, reversion. If you would like to read it when I’m finished, I would be more than happy to share it with you. Perhaps I can email you a copy? If you would like to share it with your readers, I would be honoured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-25854121827004665902009-09-06T00:18:06.887-05:002009-09-06T00:18:06.887-05:00http://brotherjuniperonline.com/2009/09/06/the-dev...http://brotherjuniperonline.com/2009/09/06/the-devil-went-to-ca/<br /><br />Sorry, but your readers may have to paste it.<br /><br />Br. J.Brother Juniperhttp://brotherjuniperonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-13313351106197602772009-09-06T00:16:07.280-05:002009-09-06T00:16:07.280-05:00Dear Adoro,
Thank you for your powerful post.
I...Dear Adoro,<br /><br />Thank you for your powerful post. <br /><br />I believe and know that the devil is real because I have experienced his powers over me first hand. It is not a pleasant place to be. It is not wonderful to fight for your life and to believe that you have gone absolutely, freaking nuts. <br /><br />Your post experienced me to write one about my own experience. I'm posting a link below if you or your readers would like to look at it.<br /><br />God bless,<br /><br />Br. JuniperBrother Juniperhttp://brotherjuniperonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-39026589201785212242009-09-05T23:27:05.811-05:002009-09-05T23:27:05.811-05:00Veronica ~ I think that's why your story is ne...Veronica ~ I think that's why your story is needed, in some way. You speak about accuracy...I agree. I hear a lot of things about a lot of things, and even some applied to my own situation or history. I'd be willing to let you "guest blog" here if you'd like, even if you don't want to sign your name. (I can always delete this comment of mine, too.) <br /><br />I'm interested in hearing what you have to say. The reality is that conversion stories aren't testimonies of sin, but of how God brought us OUT of sin, and CONTINUES to do so. And the reality of the ongoing struggle, for none of us are sinners one moment and Saints in the next; conversion is throughout our lives. <br /><br />So please, tell your story, whether online or in person, but TELL it. Be the ONE leper who came back to the feet of Our Lord to give thanks, knowing that one of the greatest ways to give thanks is to tell others where we have been and what Jesus has done for us. <br /><br />The problem is that Catholics think that stories aren't evangelization...but they are. You and I know it...<br /><br />How can we keep God's great work in us to ourselves, especially knowing that we have nothing to do with it at all?Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-59139285350218344382009-09-05T23:17:06.706-05:002009-09-05T23:17:06.706-05:00Adoro, thank you. Yes, I am most certainly in read...Adoro, thank you. Yes, I am most certainly in read need of prayers, and am very grateful for those offered for me.<br /><br />My story can be complicated at times, I guess, and it always leaves me in awe that I ended up a Catholic. I still wonder, sometimes, how it happened, and the best answer I can ever give is that it was a matter of prayer and providence. Still, it's not really a terribly interesting story, as far as things go - sin never is, I don't think. <br /><br />Anyway, considering Rachel's comment... I don't really think that Evangelicals talk more about demonic possession and the like more than Catholics do. Well, they might. Certainly, one of the first steps in my own conversion was through the efforts of an evangelical ministry geared towards former witches, and I'm so very thankful for the time I spent involved with them. Still, the number of Christians out there <i>accurately</i> talking about Pagans and occultists tend to be in the minority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-87648673727430296022009-09-05T20:28:48.063-05:002009-09-05T20:28:48.063-05:00I learned about Fr. MacRae from your posts, Adoro,...I learned about Fr. MacRae from your posts, Adoro, and I will try to remember to pray for him. Thank you for this post; I certainly believe you!<br /><br />I grew up Evangelical and we talked more about the possibilities of demonic possession and oppression than Catholics seem to. When I was in junior high a woman who had been a witch talked to our youth group about her experiences. I never forgot her talk and I bet the others there remember it too.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-68654255993385747102009-09-05T16:50:10.393-05:002009-09-05T16:50:10.393-05:00Oh, bravo, Julie- bravo. A well-written post and a...Oh, bravo, Julie- bravo. A well-written post and a true wake-up call to all of us.<br />And thank you for the call to pray for all our priests falsely accused- Fr. MacRae is indeed in many of our hearts already.<br />God bless you.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300967610257213392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-59864092264549682792009-09-05T14:43:17.626-05:002009-09-05T14:43:17.626-05:00Dear Julie, your post was read to me by telephone ...Dear Julie, your post was read to me by telephone today. I was very moved by it. I am especially moved by the astuteness of your sensitivity to evil, and your analysis of it. Evil is indeed personified in our world and it indeed influences us. I have stared evil in the face in prison and I too have awoken in the night with an overwhelming sense that not just me, but my soul, has been pursued. There is also much good that comes from the surrender of the evil we have faced. The power of Christ does in fact command evil and triumps over it. I invite you and your readers to read "Pornchai's Story" under COMMENTARY at TheseStoneWalls. I have been given the singular grace of seeing redemption triumph over evil and it is a light that, once looked at, always leaves its imprint. Thank you so much for your sense of justice and your response to grace. With blessings from prison, Fr. Gordon MacRae.Fr. Gordon J. MacRaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-50994101543130307502009-09-05T10:19:10.471-05:002009-09-05T10:19:10.471-05:00Veronica ~ Thanks for your prayers, always need th...Veronica ~ Thanks for your prayers, always need them, but I'm LONG out of that stuff now, but for the random spiritual battles we all face and experience. When you've experienced evil by your own invitation, it's easier to recognize. <br /><br />Seems to me that YOU are more in need of prayers! What a story you must have! So glad you returned to the Faith and the Sacraments, and I am SO SO SORRY that your RCIA wasn't actually Catholic!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-18591530098765775382009-09-05T10:10:03.001-05:002009-09-05T10:10:03.001-05:00I believe you, too, Adoro. I grew up in the occult...I believe you, too, Adoro. I grew up in the occult, and, when I converted to Catholicism while in university it astonished me to see how few people really believed in things like evil. How our catechists taught a sort of fluffy and hollow New Age theology that I would have laughed at before, and my own sponsor thought I was just being silly for not wanting to play around with Tarot cards.<br /><br />It was one of the reasons, a very silly reason, behind my decision to leave Catholicism some two years ago and go back to, well, the occult. <br /><br />I returned to the Sacraments this past summer, and it has not been easy. So, yes, I believe you, and will be praying for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-66315171922595706532009-09-05T09:47:05.263-05:002009-09-05T09:47:05.263-05:00I'm praying for Fr. MacRae; also for any pries...I'm praying for Fr. MacRae; also for any priests falsely accused of sexual crimes. <br />I'm also praying for another blogger whose daughter was molested by a family member. Unfortunately it is only her word against his; which may not be enough for the courts to provide justice, or even protection. <br />Sexual crimes are so difficult, both for victims who can't obtain justice; and for people who are falsely accused, who themselves become victims of the system. <br />Of course in both instances evil is strongly at work. Yes, I do believe what you are saying about the spiritual battle!Melody Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442985285647041700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-4598746604783428312009-09-05T09:45:16.109-05:002009-09-05T09:45:16.109-05:00Adoro;
I believe you. I too have gotten the looks...Adoro;<br /><br />I believe you. I too have gotten the looks of "you are nuts" even from priests who "Believe" evil is real.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383107414127510288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-82625881252932792132009-09-05T09:09:37.074-05:002009-09-05T09:09:37.074-05:00Sorry my typo on Fr. MacRae's name. Love the h...Sorry my typo on Fr. MacRae's name. Love the hat tip mantilla twitch photo :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124468084334204166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-51350212781341583052009-09-05T08:25:48.637-05:002009-09-05T08:25:48.637-05:00Karinann ~ You didn't go on long at alll, alth...Karinann ~ You didn't go on long at alll, although you're always welcome to. :-) One minor correction: Fr. MacRae, not "crae". I'll go check my spellings in this post. Every time I write his name I double check to be sure I'm writing it correctly!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-246858133792193752009-09-05T08:15:51.972-05:002009-09-05T08:15:51.972-05:00Adoro,
Thank you for this post. Thank you also for...Adoro,<br />Thank you for this post. Thank you also for bringing the story of Fr. MacCrae to our attention. I first read his story some months ago when you posted about the Priests in Crisis website. I have for a long time felt called to spiritual motherhood for priests-reading Fr. MacCrae's story was the final factor that made me act on this calling and have adopted a priest through Opus Santorum Angelorum. You are not crazy; I too know the devils attacks-minor ones, but it's him alright! <br />I haven't mustered the courage to watch the Emily Rose film yet, but will try to soon.<br />Thanks for this excellent post and the reminder of the spiritual battle we are engaged in. Sorry to go on for so long.<br />God Bless!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124468084334204166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-14206705007065201442009-09-05T08:11:01.594-05:002009-09-05T08:11:01.594-05:00Mary ~ The post I refer to here I didn't link ...Mary ~ The post I refer to here I didn't link because I have taken it down for various reasons, and don't intend to republish it, at least not in its current form. At some date in the future I may edit or rewrite it, but for now it's hanging out in "draft" status.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-63672755276745581002009-09-05T08:06:09.619-05:002009-09-05T08:06:09.619-05:00I believe you. I, too have had spiritual battles d...I believe you. I, too have had spiritual battles during the night and so have two of my family members. One ended up with scratches all over his chest. My sister wants me to post about these battles but I have yet to do so. I believe God allows this for a reason. You are the first person[that I know of] who has posted about this. I have started going through your older posts,but have not come across these articles yet. Perhaps you could direct me? I just started reading other blogs a few months ago and have missed a lot.Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.com