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Why the petty harrassment?	Jeremy	Saturday, April 12, 2008
Question: From my younger years, starting around age 9, I have had very occasional experiences with these Black Figures I have read so much about today on your question and answer forum. They never much terrified me and I always ignored them. Even on the extremely rare occasion of being poked and prodded by it. As I got older this happened (the physical contact). I grew up in a morally nasty environment after my parents divorced which likely was the invitation to any potential evil entering our domecile. In my young adulthood I have had people relate to me of this same activity occuring to them while in my parents house. I assure you I never spoke to my folks about it. Since my baptism and firm resolve to live according to Christ this all has been a non issue for me. But last night there was an old familiar feeling in the room, if that makes sense to you. As usual I ignored it and offered up a prayer to Christ in my foggy headed late night condition. My question is, what is this garbage all about? Why on earth do these spirits pull this petty crap? It just seems to me more of a nuisance. As I myself do my best to stay in a state of grace I am certain I am not even unintentionally inviting this into my home. One of my children was caught looking at pornograpy on the internet. The claim, and I have no reason to doubt, was it was at first accidental. Could this activity have lead to a return of this unwanted passerby? The whole family has since received the sacraments of initiation since this was an issue and we are vigilant in monitoring all computer use and home reading materials. Can you give me some insight into this? But, as seems to be the general attitude and instruction regarding the dealing with such beings, I do not interact in the slightest with them. My house has been blessed and all have crucifixes in their rooms. We all regularly attend Mass and confession, say morning and nightly prayers alone and together. Jeremy
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Jeremy: Sorry for the delay in answering. I have suffered a computer crash which has lead to a personal crash trying to resolve it. From what you have written it sounds like there was reason for the Enemy to be in your family due to the "morally nasty environment." Indeed, the experiences you had back then were most likely triggered by that environment. Once a family has been placed on Satan's radar, it can be difficult to get off that radar. Perhaps the Enemy left you alone for the most part all these years because of your devotion and love of God. So why now? Well, remember that all of us are on Satan's radar in general by simply being devout Christians. Evil is most often arbitrary. The recent experiences could be a result of that and nothing else. Or, the Enemy may be harassing you trying to cash in on the influence he had on your family in your childhood. Or, the pornography incident may had gotten the demons attention. In any event the response is the same. Frequent participation in the Sacraments, devotions, prayers, living the good Catholic life, staying close to God and in His friendship. In addition to this, I would also suggest praying the prayer "Renouncing Ancestral Sins" found in our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog linked below. I recommend all Christians pray this prayer since none of us can know all that our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents may have done to attract the devils attention to the family. You wife should also pray this prayer as should your children when they are mature enough to deal with this. I also recommend other prayers in our Catalog such as the Hedge Prayer of Protection over the family. What you need to do is to properly respond and not worry about the "whys". While there may be a reason, such as I suggested above, it can be just plain arbitrary, no reason at all other than "just because". From your narrative I would surmise that you are a spiritually mature person. Your instincts toward prayer and devotion, and to keep calm, are the right things. Should things get worse then you may want to contact me. Otherwise, continue to live a good Catholic life and leading your family into the good Catholic life and that will likely take care of this. 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 the petty harrassment?

Jeremy

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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From my younger years, starting around age 9, I have had very occasional experiences with these Black Figures I have read
so much about today on your question and answer forum. They never much terrified me and I always ignored them. Even on the extremely rare occasion of being poked and prodded by it. As I got older this happened (the physical contact). I grew up in a morally
nasty environment after my parents divorced which likely was the invitation to any potential evil entering our domecile.

In my young adulthood I have had people relate to me of this same activity occuring to them while in my parents house. I
assure you I never spoke to my folks about it.

Since my baptism and firm resolve to live according to Christ this all has been a non issue for me.

But last night there was an old familiar feeling in the room, if that makes sense to you. As usual I ignored it and offered up a prayer to Christ in my foggy headed late night condition.

My question is, what is this garbage all about? Why on earth do
these spirits pull this petty crap? It just seems to me more of a nuisance. As I myself do my best to stay in a state of grace I am certain I am not even unintentionally inviting this into my home.

One of my children was caught looking at pornograpy on the internet. The claim, and I have no reason to doubt, was it was at first accidental. Could this activity have lead to a return of this unwanted passerby? The whole family has since received the sacraments of initiation since this was an issue and we are vigilant in monitoring all computer use and home reading materials.

Can you give me some insight into this? But, as seems to be the general attitude and instruction regarding the dealing with such beings, I do not interact in the slightest with them. My house has been blessed and all have crucifixes in their rooms. We all regularly attend Mass and confession, say morning and nightly prayers alone and together.

Jeremy

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Jeremy:

Sorry for the delay in answering. I have suffered a computer crash which has lead to a personal crash trying to resolve it.

From what you have written it sounds like there was reason for the Enemy to be in your family due to the "morally nasty environment." Indeed, the experiences you had back then were most likely triggered by that environment.

Once a family has been placed on Satan's radar, it can be difficult to get off that radar. Perhaps the Enemy left you alone for the most part all these years because of your devotion and love of God.

So why now?

Well, remember that all of us are on Satan's radar in general by simply being devout Christians. Evil is most often arbitrary. The recent experiences could be a result of that and nothing else.

Or, the Enemy may be harassing you trying to cash in on the influence he had on your family in your childhood.

Or, the pornography incident may had gotten the demons attention.

In any event the response is the same. Frequent participation in the Sacraments, devotions, prayers, living the good Catholic life, staying close to God and in His friendship.

In addition to this, I would also suggest praying the prayer "Renouncing Ancestral Sins" found in our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog linked below. I recommend all Christians pray this prayer since none of us can know all that our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents may have done to attract the devils attention to the family.

You wife should also pray this prayer as should your children when they are mature enough to deal with this.

I also recommend other prayers in our Catalog such as the Hedge Prayer of Protection over the family.

What you need to do is to properly respond and not worry about the "whys". While there may be a reason, such as I suggested above, it can be just plain arbitrary, no reason at all other than "just because".

From your narrative I would surmise that you are a spiritually mature person. Your instincts toward prayer and devotion, and to keep calm, are the right things.

Should things get worse then you may want to contact me. Otherwise, continue to live a good Catholic life and leading your family into the good Catholic life and that will likely take care of this.

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.