Do you beleive in Exorcisms

[AxFactor]

Last week I was at Search at a convent.(This post will remain vauge in terms of places, and names for privacy purposes). I was serving on Prayer Backup and we had a mass for us at 2:00 pm. While the host was being consecrated the priests eyes rolled in the back of his head !! It creeped us out but we thought nothing of it. LAter that night we prayed the Divine Chaplet at the Holy Hour. Around 9:30 pm we started a scripture Rosary, while doing this the lights were flickering like othing before, and there were noises from up above. (the rest of the retreat was above us in the chapel). Before we closed the Rosary session we ended it in a prayer to St. Micheal the Archangel. 10 mins later the organizer for the Search came down and had told us a demon had been driven out of a new Searcher. He said it unlike anything he had seen before and after the event he said he looked "cleaner" than before. This all took place while we were praying our rosary and had all the new searchers as our intentions.

[Victor]

I do believe in them, but I don't have to if I don't want to. :

[cmotherofpirl]

Would it occur to you he is an epileptic?

[AxFactor]

he has had no prior "episodes" according to his best friend

[ironmonk]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Feb 14 2006, 04:18 PM']Would it occur to you he is an epileptic?
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epilepsy can be caused by demonic possession.

anything is possible... especially more demonic activity with all that is going on in the world.

[Brother Adam]

Our liturgy is filled with rites of exorcism. They happen at Baptism and again at Confirmation. To deny the possibility of exorcisms is to deny what is implicitely Christian.

[Church Punk]

I have never experiance anything like this before, but I believe it could be demonic.

[cmotherofpirl]

Before you decide something is demonic you must rule out all physical causes. Call a neurologist.

[Mrs. Bro. Adam]

I believe they are real, and occur in present day. But like Cmom said, you need to rule out all possibilities first.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Victor' date='Feb 14 2006, 04:16 PM']I do believe in them, but I don't have to if I don't want to. :
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dude, i love the avatar

[avemaria40]

I agree w/Cmom, see if there is something else going on, if not, then call the exorcist

That is scary!

[Resurrexi]

Of couse exorcisms are real. The Church has a rite of Exorcism and most of the Sacrament of Baptism is an exorcism.

[jezic]

i would say that if this is true (and i believe it is, i know the guy) then it was likely a demon. Maybe not full blown, but it was something.

That convent is prayerful. There is a power in the air. They pray a lot. Some of them are nearly saints just waiting to be canonized. (to quote a spiritual director from here)

I can't say i am surprised.

Thank God that it is gone though.

[Mercy me]

Having lived in New Orleans where Voodoo is practiced, I believe in exorcisms.

[God Conquers]

Of course I believe! Or else I wouldn't believe in many of Jesus' miracles!

[cmotherofpirl]

No one is denying a need for exorcisms if they are necessary. However, the church expects a good psychological and neurological workup before an exorcism is attempted.

[jezic]

i might question the wording of the original post slightly. I am fairly sure this was not a rite of exorcism thing.

[LouisvilleFan]

I've believed in the validity of exorcisms for a long time... ever since I was about 12 years old and read a book from my parents bookshelf titled "The Amityville Horror." That's a scary book for a 12-year-old, but in a way, it was probably the beginning of my conversion to Catholicism. Something about the power of the Rite of Exorcism and simply how the Catholic Church is not only aware of Satan and evil, but fights against it in hand-to-hand combat. There wasn't any of that in our Lutheran church.

[Lounge Daddy]

[quote]Do you beleive in Exocsims...[/quote]
yes
did you want a poll?

[Quietfire]

Actually, I think this thread should have read, "Do you believe in demonic possessions?"

It doesnt seem that there was any exorcism done, but rather a prayerful request to none other than an Archangel, who answered your prayer request. You also mentioned that that place is prayerful, and so I do believe it is being watched over carefully by the angels because of that. If, in fact, someone was possessed, there was no way the angels were going to allow him(or rather...it) to continue to stay on with all those prayerful rosaries and requests.

I didnt read a 'typical' Church exorcism here, I read an Archangel doing some buttkicking. Now that is a real exorcism, if the person is free from any neurological disorders.

But you didnt explain how it was done.
And I dont understand the part about the priests eyes rolling back into his head. Although I have some ideas of what it may have meant, Im not saying anything here.

Im off.
Pax