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Spirit Guides | Christina | Sunday, September 16, 2012 |
Question: Brother Ignatius Mary, |
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Dear Christina: You need to inform your family friend that she is risking her soul by involving herself with Tarot Cards, Spirit Guides, and the like. Tarot Cards are divination, a sin against the First Commandment and a grave sin. The Catechism states:
If your family friend is sinning with this divination and also receiving communion then she is committing the second most serious sin possible — sacrilege against the Holy Eucharist. Spirit Guides are demons. Have absolutely nothing to do with spirit guides. Angels are not spirit guides and neither are human spirits. In very rare instances God may allow a person in heaven or purgatory to visit a relative. This is very rare and the visitation will be to the relative directly, not through someone else like your family friend. As for the Anointing of the Sick, that is permitted only if a person is in danger of death. The Rite uses Holy Oil. The Lourdes water is meaningless and not part of the Rite. Why would the devil be involved in this? The devil has no problem suggesting that you receive the Anointing of the Sick, which is a good thing, if it will draw you and/or the family friend into curiosity or belief in spirit guides. A common strategy of the devil is to do something good for a person to draw them into sin, and then later let the hammer fall of demonic attachment or worse. Never listen to this family friend again on these matters. Warn that person to stop their dabbling in the occult divination (which is what Tarot is) and conjuring or accepting spirit guides. Her eternal soul is at risk. God Bless, Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum
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