JESUS CHRIST TOLD US THAT THE DEVIL EXISTS AND HIS WORDS SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US. NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH REPUTABLE SOURCES TO PROVE HIS EXISTENCE.
TWO RELEVANT BIBLE TEXTS ILLUSTRATING HIS EXISTENCE ARE THESE ONES : JOHN 8, 44. AND REVELATIONS 12, 9.
“ THE DEVIL IS NOT INTERESTED NEITHER IN BOOKS NOR IN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. HE ONLY TAKES AN INTEREST IN EVERYONE´S SOUL”. IT IS PRECISELY IN SOMEONE´S SOUL WHERE WE CAN UNMASK THE DEVIL IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT HE IS REALLY CONTROLLING THE PERSON. WE CAN DO IT JUST BY LOOKING AT THE EVIL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE PERSON.
“ THE DEVIL IS SYNONYM FOR A LACK OF UNITY, CHAOS AND WAR. IT IS AN ENIGMA OF THE BEYOND”. WHEREVER WE SEE THERE IS SOME KIND OF LACK OF UNITY WE CAN BE SURE EVIL IS AROUND THERE.
HERE IS A LIST OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE TO WHOM THE DEVIL HAS APPEARED.
“ SISTER JOSEFA MENÉNDEZ (1890-1923), RESISTED EVIL FORCES THESE THREE WAYS:
– TAKING COMMUNION EVERYDAY.
– PRAYING THE ROSARY DAILY. SISTER JOSEFA SAID PRAYING MAKES EVIL FORCES FREAK OUT AND FORCES THEM TO RUN AWAY INSTANTLY.
– WORSHIPPING THE BLESSED VIRGIN. SHE SAID THE BLESSED VIRGIN IS THE BEST ALLY TO BEAT EVIL “.
“ GABRIEL AMORTH, AGED 86, IS A PRIEST WHO HAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 70,000 EXORCISMS DURING HIS 40-YEAR-EXPERIENCE IN ROME. MR. AMORTH CLAIMS THE DEVIL´S GOAL IS TO MAKE PEOPLE BECOME DISORIENTATED, EXASPERATED AND DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT GOD FATHER CREATED. HE ALSO SAYS THAT THE DEVIL GETS REALLY HAPPY WHEN HE SUCCEEDS IN MAKING PEOPLE BUY HE IS NOT A REAL BEING, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO STATE HE IS INDEED ! “ .
THESE ARE FATHER GABRIEL´S WORDS ON THE DEVIL:
“ I PERFORM ABOUT TEN TO TWELVE EXORCISMS A DAY AND THE DEVIL GETS MAD, BECAUSE CHRIST, OUR LORD, AND HIS MOTHER, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ARE IN MY HEART. THE DEVIL CANNOT STAND ANY OF THEM, PARTICULARLY THE VIRGIN MARY, SINCE HE KNOWS IT IS HER WHO WILL BEAT HIM AT THE VERY END “.
“ SATAN HAS MANY DEVILS WORKING FOR HIM. THEY KNOW WAY MORE THAN HUMAN BEINGS, THANKS TO THEIR ANGELIC NATURE “.
THE DEVIL´S MODUS OPERANDI WORKS THIS WAY. THE DEVIL APPROACHES PEOPLE THROUGH TEMPTATION. THE DEVIL DOES EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON EACH OF US TO AROUSE DESIRES IN OUR SOUL. HE IS GOOD AT MAKING PEOPLE TAKE THE BAIT.
“ THE DEVIL´S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO GET EVERYONE OF US AS ESTRANGED AS POSSIBLE FROM GOD “.
“ JESUS CHRIST UNDERWENT TEMPTATION IN THE DESSERT. THE DEVIL PROMISED HIM POWER AND GLORY “.
“ THE DEVIL SHOUTS WHENEVER WE PRAY THE ROSARY ”. HE REALLY LOSES HIS MIND WHENEVER WE PRAY THE ROSARY.
“ INDEED, OUR BEST DEFENCE WEAPONS ARE PRAYING THE ROSARY AND TAKING COMMUNION “.
“ FATHER AMORTH ASKED THE DEVIL WHY HE WAS SO SCARED OF POPE JOHN PAUL II, AND THE DEVIL ANSWERED THIS TO HIM:
“ I FEAR POPE JOHN PAUL II BECAUSE HE SPOILED MY PLANS. HE GOT MANY YOUNGSTERS TO DRIFT AWAY FROM ME “. ACCORDING TO MR. AMORTH ONE HAS TO HAVE A REALLY SOLID FAITH IN GOD TO BEAT THE DEVIL “.
“ FATHER PÍO PIETRELCINA AND SAINT FATHER ARS WERE BOTH DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND AND BADLY BEATEN UP BY THE DEVIL ”.
“ THE DEVIL ADOPTED THE SHAPE OF TERRIBLE DARK DOGS WHO APPEARED TO SAINT FAUSTINA KOWALSKA. THESE HORRENDOUS DOGS SCARED THE SAINT AND VANISHED THE MOMENT SHE STARTED PRAYING “.
“ POPE LEO XIII (1810-1903) WAS A DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF THE BLESSED HOLY MARY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROSARY POPE. HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCHOLARS AMID ALL POPES. THAT IS WHY POPE LEO XIII GOT TO SEE THE DEVIL TALKING TO GOD ON OCTOBER 13TH, 1884. WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL THAT DAY, AND WHICH POPE LEO XIII HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE, IS KEY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY, WHY GOD CANNOT DO JUSTICE YET AND WHY THERE ARE SO MANY WARS AND HATE ALL OVER THE WORLD “.
“ SAINT ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH (1774- 1824) IS A UNIQUE CASE AS TO THE VALUABLE REVELATIONS OF CHRIST´S PASSION. HER DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF JESUS CHRIST´S PASSION, OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES´ FACES ARE SO POWERFUL THAT WHEN MEL GIBSON FIRST READ ABOUT THEM, HE CHOSE THESE DIVINE REVELATIONS TO BE THE SCRIPT OF THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST “. ” IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THIS SAINT WAS ILL IN BED FOR MANY YEARS AND SPENT ALL HER LIFE IN GERMANY, WITHOUT TRAVELLING ANYWHERE, HER BODY AND SOUL GOT TO TRAVEL TO REALLY FAR PLACES FROM GERMANY. SHE TRAVELLED TO JERUSALEM, AND SHE SAW HERSELF NEXT TO JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES, THE BLESSED HOLY MARY AND SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, AS IF SHE WAS LIVING DURING THE SAME TIME AS THAT OF JESUS CHRIST “.
” SINCE ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE WAS TORMENTED WITH LOTS OF NOISE AND TERRIFYING FIGURES, BEING BEATEN IN HER ROOM. THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO STOP HER FROM PRAYING “. ” THE WITNESSES OF SAINT ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH´S EXPERIENCE STATE THAT THE MORE SHE PRAYED FERVENTLY THE WORSE THE DEVIL WOULD BEAT HER UP “. “ IT WAS POPE JOHN PAUL II WHO ACKNOWLEDGED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH AS A SAINT AND RECOGNIZED HER WORK “. “ NEARLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS HAD TO GO BY BEFORE AN ITALIAN ARQUITECT, EQUIPPED WITH A HUGE ARCHEOLOGICAL TEAM, WENT TO TURKEY TO FIND OUT IF THE BLESSED HOLY MARY´S HOUSE EXISTED OR NOT. THEY STARTED DIGGING AND IN FACT, THEY FOUND EVERYTHING SAINT ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH HAD MENTIONED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, THE DISCIPLES AND JERUSALEM: THE MINOR ROAD, THE POTHOLE, THE CAVE WHERE SHE WAS BURIED AND HER HOUSE AMID OTHERS “.
” JUAN MANUEL COTELO, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, PRODUCTOR AND SCREENWRITER, IS KNOWN FOR THE GREAT FILM LA ÚLTIMA CIMA. HE AND HIS HUGE TEAM WERE FILMING SOME SCENES FOR A DOCUMENTARY IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN MEDJUGORJE IN 2012. THE DOCUMENTARY IS BASED ON THE SUPERNATURAL EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN MEDJUGORJE. HE SHARED THESE WORDS ABOUT THE DEVIL WITH US. HE SAID THE DEVIL HIDES HIMSELF AND PRETENDS NOBODY KNOWS WHERE HE IS OR HOW HE ACTS. HOWEVER, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FOUND OUT AND WITNESSED HOW HE IS ABLE TO POSSESS PEOPLE AND TORMENT THEM. THAT IS WHY HE SCREAMS OUT OF POSSESSED ONES BY EVIL SPIRITS “.
“ MR. COTELO HAD AGREED WITH VICKA, ONE OF THE SIX SIGHTED PEOPLE FROM MEDJUGORJE, TO MEET TOGETHER WITH HIS FILMING TEAM IN THE ORPHANAGE OF THE VILLAGE. MR. COTELO AND HIS TEAM WERE WAITING FOR VICKA THERE. IN THE MEANWHILE AN ITALIAN LADY, WHOSE NAME IS BIANCA, STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND SHE ASKED HIM: “ WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? “, AND HE TOLD HER HE WAS FILMING A DOCUMENTARY, THEY WENT ON TALKING ABOUT IT FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES, AND HAVING A GOOD TIME WHILE WAITING FOR VICKA. DURING THESE FIFTEEEN MINUTES MR. COTELO ASKED THE LADY IF THE REASON FOR HER TO BE THERE WAS JUST TO SEE VICKA, OR IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER REASON, AND THIS WAS HER ANSWER: “ I NEED A BIG MIRACLE. I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING SOMETHING UNPLEASANT FOR MANY YEARS “. MR.COTELO ASKED HER IF SHE WAS ILL AND SHE REPLIED WITH A SHAKE OF THE HEAD IN A SAD WAY. HE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT AFTER SUCH A MYSTERIOUS ANSWER”. “ EVERYTHING STARTED CHANGING DRAMATICALLY WHEN A CAR ARRIVED WITH VICKA INSIDE IT. AT THE SAME TIME THIS CAR ARRIVED BIANCA FAINTED, LYING COMPLETELY RIGID ON THE GROUND. THE MOMENT VICKA WENT OUT OF THE CAR BIANCA´S SCREAMS WERE MUCH LOUDER, WHICH MADE MR. COTELO REALIZE THAT BIANCA COULD NOT STAND VICKA´S PRESENCE. BIANCA´S DAUGHTER, PAULA, AND THEIR FRIENDS SURROUNDED BIANCA AND BEGAN TO PRAY FERVENTLY THIS WAY: “ OH, LORD, FREE HER, PROTECT HER, HAVE MERCY ON HER “. WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING THEY WERE GETTING HOLD OF THEIR ROSARIES AND IT WAS THEN WHEN MR. COTELO FINALLY KNEW BIANCA WAS UNDERGOING A DEMONIC POSSESSION. BIANCA´S SCREAMS WERE SO SQUEAKING AND HER BLASPHEMIES SO HORRIFYING THAT HE THOUGHT OF LEAVING THE PLACE“. “ LUCKILY, MR. COTELO DID NOT SUCCUMB TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUIT. HER VOICE WAS NEITHER SWEET NOR FEMININE, BUT HORRIBLE, PERVERSE, DEEP AND MASCULINE. AT THIS VERY MOMENT HE STARTED REMEMBERING BIANCA´S LOVING, CHEERING WORDS: “ MR. COTELO, HOW HELPFUL YOUR DOCUMENTARY WILL BE FOR PEOPLE!“. RIGHT AFTER THIS THOUGHT, MR. COTELO BEGAN TO FILM THIS APPALLING MYSTERIOUS AND SUPERNATURAL REALITY. A LAYMAN IN JEANS AND A SHIRT CAME IN, AND BIANCA WENT OVER HIM TRYING TO BEAT HIM. RIGHT AT THIS POINT, MR. COTELO WAS WONDERING WHY SHE BEAT HIM, AND AT THIS VERY SAME TIME, BIANCA WAS GUESSING MR. COTELO´S THOUGHT AND SHE SCREAMED: “ BECAUSE HE IS A PRIEST “. INDEED THIS LAYMAN HAPPENED TO BE A PRIEST WHO DID NOT WEAR A CLERICAL COLLAR. THE PRIEST´S RESPONSE TO THE PEOPLE THERE WAS THIS ONE: “ I DO NOT WEAR A CLERICAL COLLAR, AND YET THIS POOR VICTIM HAS GUESSED I AM A PRIEST. HOW POWERFUL THE DEVIL IS! “. THEY ALL KEPT HOLD OF BIANCA´S LEGS AND ARMS, AND MR. COTELO JOINED THEM AND HELPED “. “ MR. COTELO´S TEAM HESITATED ABOUT FILMING BIANCA. MR. COTELO KNEW IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A POOR SOUL IS ATTACKED BY THE DEVIL. THEY DID NOT HAVE BIANCA´S PERMISSION, SO THEY FINALLY DECIDED NOT TO RECORD BIANCA, SINCE SHE WAS AN INNOCENT VICTIM, UNDERGOING AN EVIL BREAKDOWN. THEY THOUGHT THAT SHOOTING WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLY CRUEL. THEY MADE THE DECISION TO FOCUS ON VICKA. THEREFORE, THEY BEGAN TO RECORD VICKA, SAYING THE FOLLOWING: “ NOBODY SHOULD GET SCARED. GOD ALWAYS WINS, BUT WE HAVE TO PRAY FOR BIANCA “. VICKA, FULL OF PEACE, STRETCHED ONE OF HER HANDS AND PLACED IT ON BIANCA´S HEART. BIANCA STOPPED SCREAMING AND SAYING BLASPHEMIES. VICKA WAS BEING BACKED UP BY GOD´S OMNIPRESENCE. EVERYONE THERE SAW HOW THE PUNCHES FROM BIANCA TO VICKA WERE BEING RESTRAINED BY GOD “.
AFTER ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID WE CAN STATE PRAYING THE ROSARY, AND PRAYING TO ARCHANGEL SAINT MICHAEL ARE TWO IMPORTANT WEAPONS TO FIGHT THE DEVIL. GOING TO CONFESSION COMPLETELY DESTROYS THE DEVIL INSIDE OURSELVES. CONFESSION FINALLY MAKES THE DEVIL GET OUT OF OUR OWN ESSENCE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE EUCHARIST IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON TO GET RID OF THE DEVIL AND SEND HIM TO HELL. “ THE EUCHARIST IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL BLESSED SACRAMENT AGAINST THE DEVIL, AND EVERYONE OF US SHOULD CAPITALIZE ON IT “. JESUS CHRIST´S LAST WORDS DURING THE LAST SUPPER WERE THESE: “ DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME “. THESE WORDS MEAN JESUS CHRIST ENTRUSTED US WITH RECEIVING THE HOLY EUCHARIST IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM. JESUS CHRIST GAVE US THE MOST VALUABLE TIP TO BEAT THE DEVIL. THIS TIP IS “THE PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IS REAL AND ABSOLUTE IN THAT SIMPLE, SMALL PIECE OF BREAD CONSECRATED, THAT WE RECEIVE DURING THE BLESSED EUCHARIST“. WE DO NOT HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS TIP. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. WE ARE NOT IN POWER TO DECODE THE WHYS AND THE HOWS. WE ARE GOD´S CREATURES, WHO WANT TO BE ON GOD´S SIDE, NOT ON THE DEVIL´S ONE.
WE HAVE TO PRESS ON WITH JESUS CHRIST´S LEGACY. THE ONLY WAY OUT IS NOT CONDONING MISCONDUCT. PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE WE WILL BE CHECKING THE POWER, THAT IS, MONEY AND AUTHORITY. IT IS ALL ABOUT NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP AND NOT GIVING UP OUR VALUES.
A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE BEHAVIOUR IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DEVILISH IS THE ONE WE SEE IN THE TWO KILLERS STARRING IN THE CRIME THRILLER FILM, DIRECTED BY SCOTT FRANK A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES . WHEN THE CEMETERY GROUNDSMAN IN THIS FILM WAS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MURDER OF THE DRUG KINGPIN´S WIFE, HE JUST NAILED IT ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING TO THE OFF-DUTY PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR: “ THESE TWO KILLERS ARE NOT HUMANS “. THESE WORDS ARE THE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THOSE TWO RECKLESS KILLERS, WHO KILL NOT FOR MONEY, BUT TO SEE HUMAN BEINGS SUFFER. THESE MONSTERS FIND PLEASURE IN KILLING OTHERS, AND CUTTING THEM INTO PIECES, LIKE THE TWO MURDERERS IN THIS FILM DO. IF WE LOOK AT THESE TWO KILLERS WE SEE THEY HAVE GOT A STANDARD LOOK IN THEIR EYES, THEY DRESS CASUAL AND TALK WELL, AND NOBODY WOULD SAY THEY ARE HORRIBLE BEASTS UNLESS WE SAW THEM CHOPPING HUMAN BEINGS. ALL THIS LEADS US TO THINK OF THIS PROVERB: “ DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER”. TODAY MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, WE SHOULD NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT, AND DEVOTE TIME TO GETTING TO KNOW EACH PERSON WE MEET DURING OUR STAY HERE.
IT IS TIME WE ALL STARTED USING OUR PRAYING WEAPONS AGAINST EVIL. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT EACH ONE OF US HAS MADE MISTAKES, AND WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR IT. LET US COMMIT TO A NEW ALLIANCE. LET US BE PARTNERS AND SEAL THE DEAL TO BE HONEST. STICK UP FOR HONEST PEOPLE AND YOU WILL BE FIGHTING EVIL. EINSTEIN SAID “THE WORLD IS A DANGEROUS PLACE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO THESE THINGS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DO ANYTHING“. WE HAVE GOT TO NIP IT IN THE BUD, THAT IS, TAKE THE ROSARY AND START PRAYING FOR ALL THE BABIES, CHILDREN AND INNOCENT PEOPLE, WHO ARE ABUSE VICTIMS. WE COULD START OUR PRAYING HABIT WITH THESE SEVEN BASIC AND YET RELEVANT PRAYERS:
– MAY MONKEY BUSINESS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD GET SO FED UP AND FEEL SO SICK OF IT ALL THAT FINALLY QUIT IT, AND START FROM SCRATCH, WORKING FOR OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.
– MAY GOD´S WILL BE DONE.
– MAY ALL BABIES, CHILDREN AND INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE ABUSE VICTIMS BE FREED AND PROTECTED.
– MAY EVERYONE ON EARTH HAVE SOLID FAITH IN GOD.
– MAY PEACE BE EVERYWHERE.
– MAY EVERYONE BE KIND TO EVERYONE ELSE
– MAY ALL EVIL PLANS BE DESTROYED. BLESSED HOLY MARY, HERE ARE MY PRAYERS AND I BEG YOU TO ANSWER MY PRAYERS.
THE DEVIL WANTS US TO FEEL EVIL LIKE MUSIC TO OUR EARS. HE WANTS US TO BLOW JESUS CHRIST OFF. HOWEVER, JESUS CHRIST IS THE EPITOME OF MORALITY, AND HE CHARGED US TO BE GOOD TO ALL OUR “BROTHERS” ,THAT IS, TO ALL WORLD CITIZENS. LET US NOT DUCK THAT RESPONSIBILITY, AND LET US BE AMBASSADORS OF JESUS CHRIST´S LOVE.
EVIL IS EVERYWHERE BUT WE HAVE TO PULL IT OFF. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, WORLDWIDE RECOGNIZED SCOTTISH WRITER, ONCE SAID:
“ IN EACH OF US THERE ARE TWO NATURES, THE GOOD AND THE BAD. EVERYONE HAS A GOOD AND A BAD SIDE “. LET US ADD THAT EVERYONE OF US WILL BE BETTER OFF LISTENING TO OUR GOOD SIDE, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF TALKING TO EACH ONE OF US. WE HAVE ALL BEEN HAD BY THE DEVIL AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON, AND NOW WE HAVE TO FACE LIFE BEING OBSERVANT WITH IT, BEING AWARE THERE IS MORE TO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE, AND TAKING OUR TIME TO THINK WHETHER THAT PERSON OR THAT ACTION IS ON GOD´S SAME PAGE, OR RATHER THOUGH IT MAY SEEM SO AND SOUND LIKE IT, INDEED IT IS NOT SO.
THE QUOTES I HAVE SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU ARE FROM CIELO E INFIERNO: VERDADES DE DIOS BY MARÍA VALLEJO-NÁGERA.