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Tarot	Mary	Sunday, July 15, 2012
Question: I have an aunt whom i would say we are not really that close. She calls my mom once in a blue moon. We've seen her car on a place where they do tarot card reading. One time when she and my mom were talking on the phone the subject came up. She told my mom she knew the lady and would help her out for money by helping in a restaurant they also owned. They DON'T have the restaurant anymore except the tarot place. My aunt told my mom that she did not believe in all that. However, she has always been a big believer in superstition. My mom went and go ahead and told her that tarot card reading is a mortal sin. Time passed and we kept seeing her car parked there. She frequents that place weekly and it seems its always on a Friday. We don't know what she really does there since they don't have the restaurant anymore. The place had a bigger sign advertising their services and we got scared because it read White and Black magic. How do you deal with a family member like that? If she would ever come to our house could something happen to us? Could she bring evil into our house by visiting us?
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r) Dear Mary: I am sorry that you have a family member caught up in the evil of Tarot Cards and the like. The first suggestion, after generally praying for her and asking for God's assistance, is to express your concerns for her behavior, explain that divination (which is what Tarot cards is), is a violation of the First Commandment and an abomination to God. It is denying God and spitting in his face. Here is the Catechism: Divination and magic 2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility. 2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone. 2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity. This teaching is based on the Biblical text: (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD; and because of these abominable practices the LORD your God is driving them out before you. Divination and such is not only a violation of the First Commandment, but God calls it an abomination. There are few sins that God called an abomination, and this is one of them. Now, of course, if your relative is not Christian, then the above teaching may not matter to her. The next action you can take is the use of sacramentals. Bless her car with Holy Water when she isn't looking, place a blessed Green Scapular or St. Benedict medal in her car, hidden so that she is not likely to find it. Doing this is not magic, but is a little presence of the fingerprint of God (because the items are blessed) to which the demons will take notice. Perhaps some of them will avoid her car as a result. This can also be done in her house. The third action is not just general prayer, which is a given, but spiritual warfare prayer. We have some prayers especially designed to pray for wayward relatives in our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog, linked below. You can pray any of the prayers that are useful, including changing the words as needed to fit your situation. I especially recommend: Proxy Deliverance Prayer for a Friend or Relative. If she is Catholic, she needs to return to the Catholic Faith. This prayer is for that: Hedge Prayer for Return of Wayward Catholics. Whatever other prayers in the Catalog that are useful, please use them. As you pray for your relative, remember that God will not force anyone to do anything, but our prayers can help to clear the fog from your relative so that she was more clearly hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, however, it is the choice of your relative. Persevere in prayer, never cease as it could be years before the fog lifts and your relative sees the light and hears God. We will certainly be praying for your relative, and for you and your family. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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I have an aunt whom i would say we are not really that close. She calls my mom once in a blue moon. We've seen her car on a place where they do tarot card reading. One time when she and my mom were talking on the phone the subject came up. She told my mom she knew the lady and would help her out for money by helping in a restaurant they also owned. They DON'T have the restaurant anymore except the tarot place. My aunt told my mom that she did not believe in all that. However, she has always been a big believer in superstition.

My mom went and go ahead and told her that tarot card reading is a mortal sin. Time passed and we kept seeing her car parked there. She frequents that place weekly and it seems its always on a Friday. We don't know what she really does there since they don't have the restaurant anymore. The place had a bigger sign advertising their services and we got scared because it read White and Black magic. How do you deal with a family member like that? If she would ever come to our house could something happen to us? Could she bring evil into our house by visiting us?

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Mary:

I am sorry that you have a family member caught up in the evil of Tarot Cards and the like. The first suggestion, after generally praying for her and asking for God's assistance, is to express your concerns for her behavior, explain that divination (which is what Tarot cards is), is a violation of the First Commandment and an abomination to God. It is denying God and spitting in his face. Here is the Catechism:

Divination and magic

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.

This teaching is based on the Biblical text:

(Deuteronomy 18:10-12) There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD; and because of these abominable practices the LORD your God is driving them out before you.

Divination and such is not only a violation of the First Commandment, but God calls it an abomination. There are few sins that God called an abomination, and this is one of them.

Now, of course, if your relative is not Christian, then the above teaching may not matter to her.

The next action you can take is the use of sacramentals. Bless her car with Holy Water when she isn't looking, place a blessed Green Scapular or St. Benedict medal in her car, hidden so that she is not likely to find it. Doing this is not magic, but is a little presence of the fingerprint of God (because the items are blessed) to which the demons will take notice. Perhaps some of them will avoid her car as a result. This can also be done in her house.

The third action is not just general prayer, which is a given, but spiritual warfare prayer. We have some prayers especially designed to pray for wayward relatives in our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog, linked below. You can pray any of the prayers that are useful, including changing the words as needed to fit your situation. I especially recommend: Proxy Deliverance Prayer for a Friend or Relative.

If she is Catholic, she needs to return to the Catholic Faith. This prayer is for that: Hedge Prayer for Return of Wayward Catholics.

Whatever other prayers in the Catalog that are useful, please use them.

As you pray for your relative, remember that God will not force anyone to do anything, but our prayers can help to clear the fog from your relative so that she was more clearly hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, however, it is the choice of your relative. Persevere in prayer, never cease as it could be years before the fog lifts and your relative sees the light and hears God.

We will certainly be praying for your relative, and for you and your family.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.