http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/after-performing-6000-exorcisms-this-priest-says-the-devil-fears-him-13101/
To bad he didn't have a cell phone camera.
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Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 19, 2017 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- Fr. Francisco Lopez Sedano is an 80-year-old Mexican exorcist. In the past 40 years of service, he has conducted at least 6,000 exorcisms.
And, he says, the devil is afraid of him.
Fr. Lopez told the newspaper Hoy Los Angeles (Los Angeles Today) that when the devil speaks to him through possessed people, he responds, "I am nobody, but I come from Christ, your Lord and God and you leave right now I command you in His name that you go. Out!"
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First, he emphasized, the devil is a person and not a thing. He noted that Jesus confronted the devil many times and spoke to him. When speaking with a demon, "one isn't talking with a thing, one is talking with a person."
The evil one, he added, wants "to separate us from God, to frighten us, to threaten us, to make us tremble."
"He brings us laziness, fatigue, sleepiness, distrust, desperation, hate; everything negative."
How fun. 6000 exorcisms. What a legacy this guy has made for himself. He's seen people climb walls and even fly.Quote:
nother truth that Fr. Lopez has learned from decades of experience is that the possessed exhibit specific behaviors.
He said that he has observed possessed persons who "began to shout, to bark like a dog, to scream or writhe and who squirmed like a snake on the ground. There are a thousand forms."
On one occasion, Fr. Lopez said, a boy around 18 years old pushed five large benches that were so heavy they should have required the strength of 10 people to move.
"He had a terrible strength. We had to get him between three people to practice the exorcism. Having the presence of the Other, already explains anything. They are able to climb the walls, yes. And fly too."
Sometimes, the possessed person "hears voices, feels hatred or rejection of God where before they believed and now they stamp on the Bible. Other people have a terrible backache, but doctors say that they are perfectly fine."
To bad he didn't have a cell phone camera.