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Why is this happening to me?	debbie	Saturday, March 24, 2007
Question: Dear Brother Ignatius, I have tried to submit a question about a week ago, and I have heard no response as of yet, I am not sure if my question went through or not, so I am going to try again. My family and I had been away from the church for many years. I was baptized Catholic, went to private catholic school for most of my school career. Growing up we always attended church and I received all of the sacraments. My whole family (my parents), myself and my husband and children stopped going to church for years over a dispute with a priest. During those years, I didn't pray as much as I should have, I didn't think about God that much, and fell into a lot of sinful ways. My husband had an affair, and it left me devastated, I had so much anger, hate, resentment, and a feeling of revenge in my heart, it was overpowering. I lost control of myself and began drinking heavily, gambling, and acting out inappropriately in a sexual way ( dressing immodestly, dancing with other men, kissing other men, etc.. ) My husband and I are still married, we have been for 21 yrs. This all happened about 10 years ago. My problem is that for years since leaving the church, and now returning back to the church (8 months now), I have been having what other people are telling me is stray thoughts, these thoughts are blasphemous and pop into my mind no matter what I am doing. I couldn't even look at a crucifix, or statue of The Blessed Mother without vile thoughts coming into my mind. I have gone to confession, received communion, pray the rosary daily, but still I have these thoughts that come an cause me great pain. (They have lessened, but they still continue) I also use to read a lot about my horoscope, and went on the internet to have a tarot card reading, all unaware of the danger I was causing myself, I also was into horror movies, and would watch them over and over. What is happening to me? Can I stop this? Am I crazy? Help me please!
Question Answered by Dear Debbie: Sorry your post did not come through. This past week as been nothing but that of putting out fires it seems. I am sorry to hear that your family left the Church over a dispute with some priest. That is unfortunate, but I praise God that you came back. The problem you are describing is that while you came back to the Church and received Sacramental Confession and forgiveness for the sins of your time wayward from the Church, the consequences of your sins have remained. I like to use a little saying: "If you play in Satan's sandbox, you WILL get the sand of hell in your shoes." When you left the Church, you left behind the protection of the Church provides and the assistance that the Holy Spirit wanted to give you. In essence, like the Prodigal Son, you left the farm, and went out into a hostile world, open to the predators of this dark world. As a result, you began to get more and more distant from God which means getting more and more away from the Light of His Truth. To make matters worse, is that your "ordinary sins" of drunkenness, carousing, sexual improprieties, and the like, was made worse by direct involvement in Satan's toys (horoscope, tarot cards, and the like). The bottomline that comes from this, based upon your brief description is that it is highly likely that a demonic attachment has occurred. Even though you are forgiven of those sins, the demons remain in your front yard, back yard, and in your living room to harass you. It is time to kick them out of your property and out of your life. The first step is to check out our HELP section for the self-help advice given there. Also check out the Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog (both linked below). There are a variety of prayers in the catalog that will be useful to you, but I especially recommend the following: Prayer After Confession To Re-Claim Ground Taken By Satan Renunciation Of Satan and Claiming the Full Victory Prayer To Put On The Armor Of God Prayer for Filling of The Spirit Hedge Prayer for Protection of Household Resisting Satan's Attack Against Our Household Rebuking Particular Spirits Affecting the Household Prayer To Control Thoughts If praying these prayer and following the self-help advice does not seem to relieve the harassment you are experiencing, you may need to contact me about formal deliverance counseling. We will be in prayer for you. 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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Why is this happening to me?

debbie

Saturday, March 24, 2007

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Dear Brother Ignatius,

I have tried to submit a question about a week ago, and I have heard no response as of yet, I am not sure if my question went through or not, so I am going to try again.

My family and I had been away from the church for many years. I was baptized Catholic, went to private catholic school for most of my school career. Growing up we always attended church and I received all of the sacraments. My whole family (my parents), myself and my husband and children stopped going to church for years over a dispute with a priest. During those years, I didn't pray as much as I should have, I didn't think about God that much, and fell into a lot of sinful ways. My husband had an affair, and it left me devastated, I had so much anger, hate, resentment, and a feeling of revenge in my heart, it was overpowering. I lost control of myself and began drinking heavily, gambling, and acting out inappropriately in a sexual way ( dressing immodestly, dancing with other men, kissing other men, etc.. ) My husband and I are still married, we have been for 21 yrs. This all happened about 10 years ago.

My problem is that for years since leaving the church, and now returning back to the church (8 months now), I have been having what other people are telling me is stray thoughts, these thoughts are blasphemous and pop into my mind no matter what I am doing. I couldn't even look at a crucifix, or statue of The Blessed Mother without vile thoughts coming into my mind. I have gone to confession, received communion, pray the rosary daily, but still I have these thoughts that come an cause me great pain. (They have lessened, but they still continue) I also use to read a lot about my horoscope, and went on the internet to have a tarot card reading, all unaware of the danger I was causing myself, I also was into horror movies, and would watch them over and over.

What is happening to me? Can I stop this? Am I crazy? Help me please!

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Dear Debbie:

Sorry your post did not come through. This past week as been nothing but that of putting out fires it seems.

I am sorry to hear that your family left the Church over a dispute with some priest. That is unfortunate, but I praise God that you came back.

The problem you are describing is that while you came back to the Church and received Sacramental Confession and forgiveness for the sins of your time wayward from the Church, the consequences of your sins have remained.

I like to use a little saying: "If you play in Satan's sandbox, you WILL get the sand of hell in your shoes."

When you left the Church, you left behind the protection of the Church provides and the assistance that the Holy Spirit wanted to give you. In essence, like the Prodigal Son, you left the farm, and went out into a hostile world, open to the predators of this dark world.

As a result, you began to get more and more distant from God which means getting more and more away from the Light of His Truth.

To make matters worse, is that your "ordinary sins" of drunkenness, carousing, sexual improprieties, and the like, was made worse by direct involvement in Satan's toys (horoscope, tarot cards, and the like).

The bottomline that comes from this, based upon your brief description is that it is highly likely that a demonic attachment has occurred. Even though you are forgiven of those sins, the demons remain in your front yard, back yard, and in your living room to harass you. It is time to kick them out of your property and out of your life.

The first step is to check out our HELP section for the self-help advice given there. Also check out the Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog (both linked below). There are a variety of prayers in the catalog that will be useful to you, but I especially recommend the following:

If praying these prayer and following the self-help advice does not seem to relieve the harassment you are experiencing, you may need to contact me about formal deliverance counseling.

We will be in prayer for you.

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.