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Priests reluctant to invest in the Scapular	rj	Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Question: I used to be a mason, and a rosicrucian, and studied lots of eastern philosophy, as well as researched Lavey's satanism. Before that I attended seminary for only a few months, as I thought I had a call to the priesthood. Thank God I'm back! Now I'm married with kids of my own. My question is, I have been having problems trying to find a priest that will invest me in the 5 fold scapular, I wear the brown currently. I've left messages on the machines of both Catholic parishes in my town, numerous times. Do priests not like doing this anymore? I also might be interested in joining the training program, because of my past experiance with occult groups, I think I might be of help to those being drawn in, or trying to rid themselves of their influence, it tends to linger. When I was a member of these groups, my wife noticed "dark figures" standing in the hallways of our house, since coming back to the Church, all gone. Constant prayers to St. Michael and St. Benedict for help is a constant in our home, Satan gets a little angry it seems when you leave, no worries. A properly blessed St. Benedict medal hangs in each of the rooms of my house, as well as above each entry to the home, I would encourage all to do the same in faith, truly amazing is the power of St. Benedict's intercession. God Bless, look forward to hearing from you.........
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear RJ: I praise God that you have been delivered from the clutches of the Evil One. Your deliverance is a testament to the power of the Sacraments. I am sorry to hear about your difficulty in finding a priest to invest you in the Five-Fold Scapular. Unfortunately there are many priests today, usually of the liberal type, who think that sacramentals such as scapulars is a "throw-back" to "Devotional Church" of yesteryear instead of the so-called pastoral or activist Church that became popular in the 1970's. Some priests do not even like blessing Holy Water, and some will not bless a home. This is a scandal, frankly, in my view, and such priests ought to be reported to the Bishop for not doing their job. I would ask the parish priest directly this coming Sunday or the next time you are in Mass. If he refuses, then I would call the diocese offices and ask if they can recommend a priest who will invest you in this scapular. As for our training program, you need to read the material on our Padre Pio Center for Deliverance Counseling website, especially the Training Section and the About Us section. If all that looks good to you then you will find a link for the Application for Training at the bottom of the Training Section page. 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 used to be a mason, and a rosicrucian, and studied lots of eastern philosophy, as well as researched Lavey's satanism. Before that I attended seminary for only a few months, as I thought I had a call to the priesthood. Thank God I'm back! Now I'm married with kids of my own.

My question is, I have been having problems trying to find a priest that will invest me in the 5 fold scapular, I wear the brown currently. I've left messages on the machines of both Catholic parishes in my town, numerous times. Do priests not like doing this anymore?

I also might be interested in joining the training program, because of my past experiance with occult groups, I think I might be of help to those being drawn in, or trying to rid themselves of their influence, it tends to linger.

When I was a member of these groups, my wife noticed "dark figures" standing in the hallways of our house, since coming back to the Church, all gone. Constant prayers to St. Michael and St. Benedict for help is a constant in our home, Satan gets a little angry it seems when you leave, no worries.

A properly blessed St. Benedict medal hangs in each of the rooms of my house, as well as above each entry to the home, I would encourage all to do the same in faith, truly amazing is the power of St. Benedict's intercession. God Bless, look forward to hearing from you.........

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear RJ:

I praise God that you have been delivered from the clutches of the Evil One. Your deliverance is a testament to the power of the Sacraments.

I am sorry to hear about your difficulty in finding a priest to invest you in the Five-Fold Scapular. Unfortunately there are many priests today, usually of the liberal type, who think that sacramentals such as scapulars is a "throw-back" to "Devotional Church" of yesteryear instead of the so-called pastoral or activist Church that became popular in the 1970's.

Some priests do not even like blessing Holy Water, and some will not bless a home. This is a scandal, frankly, in my view, and such priests ought to be reported to the Bishop for not doing their job.

I would ask the parish priest directly this coming Sunday or the next time you are in Mass. If he refuses, then I would call the diocese offices and ask if they can recommend a priest who will invest you in this scapular.

As for our training program, you need to read the material on our Padre Pio Center for Deliverance Counseling website, especially the Training Section and the About Us section.

If all that looks good to you then you will find a link for the Application for Training at the bottom of the Training Section page.

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.