Deliver US...

Dedication : To both our Popes, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict.

To the Cardinals, To the Arch-Bishops, To the Bishops and To the Priests of all orders.

To the Sisters of all orders.

My People,

Good Morning! It’s been ages since I last saw a rainbow. But of what I remember, it’s oh so beautiful! When God makes a promise, He not only makes it so grand, He completes it with such finesse. I hope for every-one a world full of love and a rainbow that just seems to be there when times are the toughest.

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."   I Thessalonians 5:16-18

It is not always easy to give thanks. Satan is defeated when we have a thankful heart because thankfulness during difficult moments is a sacrifice pleasing to God. There is power in a thankful heart. 

This song is from my favourite movie. I may have watched the movie over 10 times now and I still love it. It’s called ‘When you know’- I hope you like the song.

When you know that you know who you love, you can't deny it.
Or go back, or give up, or pretend that you don't buy it.
When it's clear this time you've found the one, 

you'll never let him go
'Cause you know and you know that you know.

When you feel in your skin in your bones and the hollow
Of your heart, there's no way you can wait 'til tomorrow.
When there isn't any doubt about it once you come this close
'Cause you know and you know that you know.

You can feel love's around you like the sky 'round blue
This is how love has found you, now you know what to do.

When you know that you know who you need, you can't deny it.
Or go back, or give up, or pretend that you don't buy it.
When it's clear this time you've found the one, 

you'll never let him go
'Cause you know and you know that you know.

I have learnt – To always leave people with HOPE.

These are difficult times and if you look around you will notice that we as a people have become pleasure loving, greedy, conceited, disobedient and merciless. The Word of God is what gives us the wisdom and fully equips us to live a good life. One should therefore preach the message patiently at all times to convince, reproach and encourage people.

Here is a lengthy topic and I have been through a nightmare of a month. It’s been lot of learning because that is the way The Spirit of God works without which this cannot be written. As you continue to read, it will make sense to you, maybe not immediately but it will with God’s help. 

Fr. Ashlyn, gave us a book called ‘manual for spiritual warfare’ on the 4^th of January, 2017. On the 18^th of January, I did tell him, how I loved reading the book. But at the time, I had read only half the way. This is a brief summary of the things I have learnt from Fr. Ashlyn, (Bible Class) and some of it with reading the book, but everything coming together through the power of The ‘Holy Spirit’.

My cousin was watching CNN and there was this advertisement - something on the campaign on Freedom. And I could feel this rush of words. So I went ahead and added what came to my head.

Day 12^th March, 2017 – My brother celebrated his birthday in Heaven. Also the day I wrote the below topic.

Freedom is what every man dreams of: To each and every one of us freedom is - Where no man or woman would go hungry to bed-that means each person is employed and where there are laws and regulations to see that no person is exploited. Where no mother has to hold her lifeless baby in her arms - where the reason of death is starvation. Where a woman can walk safely in the day or be it night with no fear of attack. Where every person irrespective of caste creed or religion can leave home with no fear of being killed because of the world that is filled with hate. Where every man/woman can breathe freedom and what it means to come back home after a long days work to be with his or her family.

We are born to be free, but are we? We are bound with shackles and become enslaved. We don’t even know how entrapped we are with all the lies and deception from none other than the father of all lies. He has us hooked to hate and if not that then jealousy, envy and so on.

FREEDOM – when we know how he works, we will understand why we are in such a mess, we will begin to see the TRUTH for what it is and ‘The TRUTH will set you free.’ It is Satan’s desire to make our lives miserable. He cannot violate our free will. Through difficulties, we need to persist in calling God for help. God’s might and mercy are far greater than any evil force. The Crucifixion is the clearest example of a satanic attack. Jesus shed His blood for sinners (every-one), reveals that God offered us His best, His only begotten Son, for our salvation. 

“The Prince of this world, Satan, doesn’t want our holiness, he doesn’t want us to follow Christ. Maybe some of you might say: ‘But Father, how old fashioned you are to speak about the devil in the 21st century!’ But look out because the devil is present! The devil is here… even in the 21st century! And we mustn’t be naïve, right? We must learn from the Gospel how to fight against Satan.”  Pope Francis on the presence of the devil.

Pope Benedict XVI states, "The devil, as far as Christian belief is concerned, is a puzzling but real, personal and not merely symbolic presence. This is evident if we look realistically at history, with its abyss of ever-new atrocities which cannot be explained by reference to man alone. On his own, man has not the power to oppose Satan, but the devil is not second to God, and, united with Jesus, we can be certain of vanquishing him. Christ is ‘God who is near to us,’ willing and able to liberate us: That is why the Gospel really is the ‘Good News."

“When I am asked how many demons there are, I answer with the words that the demon himself spoke through a demonic: ‘We are so many that, if we were visible, we would darken the sun.” Father Gabrielle Amorth, Roman Catholic Priest, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

“The Devil fears the Virgin Mary more, not only than men and angels but, in a certain sense, than God himself. It is not that the wrath, the power and the hatred of God are not infinitely greater than those of the Blessed Virgin, since Mary’s perfections are limited: it is because, in the first place, Satan, being proud, suffers infinitely more from being overcome and punished by the little, humble servant of God, her humility humiliating him more than the divine power; and secondly, because God has given Mary such great power over devils that, as they have often been obliged to admit, in spite of themselves, through the mouths of possessed persons, they are more afraid of one of her sighs of grief over some poor soul, than of the prayers of the saints, and more daunted by a single threat from her than by all their other torments” Monsignor Leon Cristiani, Roman Catholic Priest.

The purpose of life is to become what the virgin Mary is, a fulfilled, completed human creature of God, glorifying Him in perfect joy for all eternity.

Mary, born without original sin. The Blessed Mother, Mary, assumed into Heaven body and soul and this is what we celebrate in the Assumption. Mary is the perfect illustration of what God intends for us His human creatures. We must live in imitation of Mary and be in complete obedience.

Let’s imitate Mary in her “yes,” her “fiat” to God’s perfect plan (God’s will) for human nature.

Day 1^st April, 2017 – Fr. Ashlyn spoke on Mary by the CROSS. He spoke on what it must have felt in the heart. ‘Goodbye is the hardest word.’ When Jesus was close to death – and His beloved disciple was near Him, Jesus said ‘Woman behold your son, Son behold your mother’. It was Jesus way of saying this was the end. It is a heartbreaking moment no doubt about that but it sheds a different light into the perspective at what it must have felt and how that sword must have ripped the heart of Mary. And, this would.

What also hit me is ‘Goodbye is the hardest word’ those are precisely the words I had written in my farewell letter to all the staff at work. 

In the world we live in there is chaos, relationships break down, equipment fails, accidents happen giving one the sense that bad things happen. And sometimes they happen to an individual with all things coming together on a given day, with no apparent reason or cause for it to happen. This is called an evil obstruction. These obstructions are known as spiritual warfare.

Demonic influence is real and it is a threat to our spiritual well-being. 

We are saved by Jesus Christ alone, The Word of God (The Bible), and through the sacraments, especially through the frequent receiving of the Body of Christ. In Baptism and Confirmation, we have renounced Satan, all his works, and the empty promises of Hell. The kingdom of God is absolutely opposed to Hell. Our life is a spiritual warfare. We are protected by God and hence the Evil One cannot touch us. But the whole world is under the Evil influence.

In our prayer we should not forget to involve Mary, the Mother of God, who has crushed the head of the serpent. Devotion to Mary is a powerful means of protection in our daily life. The Rosary is a very powerful means of protection and salvation.

Spiritual warfare; it’s real, it’s dangerous, and it requires battle tactics. Putting on the whole armour of God sets us up for whatever comes our way, regardless of its source. Ephesians 6:10-12 says, "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” 

If we’re under spiritual attack, prayer and fasting are the most powerful means of combating with the devil. Making use of sacramentals (such as holy water, crucifix, and rosary) and invoking the Precious Blood can be powerful weapons against Satan. We need to consecrate our family and the home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We need to have a crucifix and pictures of the Sacred Heart and Our Blessed Lady in our homes. 

Isaiah tells us that in his heart Satan is determined to be like God. Satan is a liar. We have to be firm in our resolution to follow the Lord alone.

• To seek knowledge of the future, apart from God, and through the help of clairvoyance or spirits is delving into the occult and must be stopped. 
• Examples: by using playing cards, tarot cards, the crystal ball, the study of the hand - the stars (astrology & horoscopes), examining the insides of dead animals, the Ouija board, or any other superstitious means is a part of the occult and needs to be stopped too. 
• Avoid these medians - black magic, white magic, witchcraft. 
• Avoid wearing charms and amulets – things that represent the occult, it is a symbol of being under the power of evil. 
• It is a dangerous attempt to communicate with the dead (séance) or with spirits in some way. 
• No superstitious practices or prayers dealing with any form of magic should be practiced or entertained.  
• Music that plays in the reverse or any such kind should be destroyed.
• Most serious sin is participating in devil worship.
• In hypnotism, one surrenders for a time his own capacity to reason; there can be unfortunate after-effects that result from this technique. Never do it for the purpose of entertainment.
• Don’t be caught in the new age movement which teaches one to believe in themselves where one can be enlightened through one’s own efforts and not through the grace of God. 
• When one commits a mortal sin (serious sin), then one begins to live in darkness, as one persists, unrepentant, one becomes vulnerable to the influence of Satan. 

There exists a power in The Sacrament of Reconciliation to break the power of the Evil One and sin. 

The sacrament of the Eucharist is the power and presence of Jesus Himself. Persons who have actually needed exorcism from the power of Evil have been cured by sitting in Church in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.  

Part 1: Deliver Us... to continue ....

Part 2: http://godofimpossibles.blogspot.in/2017/04/part-2-continuation-to-deliver-us.html