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Reader Post | By A Fellow Patriot
March 19 Feast of St. Joseph (Terror of Demons)
1) Fierce Defender: St. Joseph Is ‘Terror of Demons’
“In Scripture, he spoke not a word, yet St. Joseph was God’s chosen to head the Holy Family.
The degree of his holiness is unimaginable yet measurable by the degree to which demons fear him, according to exorcists, who say that, after the Virgin Mary, the devil fears St. Joseph more than any other saint. In the Litany of St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus is invoked under a number of titles, including “Terror of Demons.”
“People sometimes think of St. Joseph as a quiet, kindly old man, but not very effectual,” Msgr. Stephen Rossetti told the Register. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Msgr. Rossetti has been an exorcist for the Archdiocese of Washington for more than 12 years, is a licensed psychologist and research associate professor at The Catholic University of America, and is the president and founder of the The St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal.
“God himself picked St. Joseph to defend the Son and his mother,” he said. “They were the targets of great demonic assaults as well as human assaults, especially those of Herod. Next to Our Lady, he is the greatest of saints in defending against S---n, and we regularly invoke him in our exorcism sessions, with great benefit.”
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According to Msgr. Rossetti, devotion to St. Joseph is surging.
Father Calloway
In an interview, Marian Father Donald Calloway, who published the bestselling book Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, told the Register, “With families under attack, marriages falling apart, people turning away from God, and so much anxiety and fear, we really need St. Joseph’s protection.”
Demons fear St. Joseph for two primary reasons, according him. “When St. Joseph makes a petition to Jesus, it’s a paternal petition,” he said. “No one else can do that. The devil knows that, and it terrifies him. God doesn’t obey angels, but Our Lady and St. Joseph are his mom and dad. The devil doesn’t want us to tap into that.”
The purity of St. Joseph is another reason the devil fears him, Father Calloway explained. “That lily he’s always shown holding is a spiritual lance. He has the most chaste heart. His virtue is only outdone by Our Lady, and that is a terror to the devil.”
Father Calloway encourages all men to realize, by the example of St. Joseph, the power that fatherhood and purity have over the forces of darkness. “Men who are impure have no power,” he said. “If men resemble St. Joseph, the kingdom of S---n will be destroyed. This terrifies them. The purity of St. Joseph is a weapon against the filth and perversions of the devil.”
Bartolo Longo, a former S------t who was beatified in 1980, was featured in Father Calloway’s book as someone who relied on St. Joseph to battle demons. Longo lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Latiano, Italy. He became anti-Catholic and fell into the occult, becoming a priest of S---n. Following physical and psychological suffering, Longo sought guidance from a priest and turned back to Catholicism. He became a Third Order Dominican and dedicated his life to the spread of the Rosary. He also built the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii. “Bartolo knew he had to fight fire with fire,” Father Calloway said.
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“He began to invoke St. Joseph and prayed to him every day under the title ‘Terror of Demons’ as the antidote to the poison.””
2) Invite St. Joseph to terrify the demons | The Divine Mercy
“Spiritual realities are real
One of his greatest insights dealt with the way in which spiritual realities are — well, real. That is, whether or not you believe in God, the saints, angels, or devils, they still exist, and still are active in the world. Now, our prayers or failure to pray; our openness to God and the action of spirits, or our refusal to be so open, does really, truly matter, as well. Why? Because God cares about our free will, and enforces certain boundaries on spiritual activity based around that care for our freedom.
And so Lewis can fruitfully depict a paradox in the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia where a general of an invading army colludes with Narnian traitors to pretend that Tash, the demonic god of the invading forces, is the same as Aslan, who is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity under a different name in a world of talking animals. The general doesn’t believe in either Tash or Aslan. He doesn’t believe in spiritual realities. He’s solely focused on military might and earthly power. But in the world of Narnia, both Aslan and Tash are real.
One of the most haunting lines of the entire series occurs as a result.
“He called for Tash: Tash has come.”
It’s put a little more prosaically a few lines later: “People shouldn’t call for demons unless they really mean what they say.”
Demons in the news
That in a nutshell is why I hear about events like that SatanCon in Scottsdale, Arizona, from the past week, and take it seriously.
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The so-called S-----c Temple that sponsored it professes to be a collection of atheists who are making a point. They say they don’t believe in any of it; they just want to troll Christians, to make a point about religious liberty in this country (namely, that by the rules they see the Christian community seek to have applied to faith in this country, satanism ought to have a place in public life), and to look outrageous while doing it.
But you shouldn’t call for demons unless you mean it — and of course I would say don’t ever call for demons even if you mean it!
For all that the modern world can’t imagine that demons are real; for all that the New Age has tried to co-opt angels for their own purposes and reduce God to some sort of force or energy that they can control; for all that our friends and neighbors can’t take serious Christian faith seriously — for all that, God, angels, and demons exist. And inviting them in makes a real difference in our lives and communities.
So no matter what the “S-----c Temple” thinks they are doing, they’re playing with fire. Whether or not they believe in the devil, the devil and his minions are real — and what would the “S-----c Temple” folks do if hell actually showed up?
Duty to pray and warn
But we can’t just wait for the consequences of their actions to catch up to these folks. We Catholics are bound in charity to care even for those who are foolish, even for those who play with fire and get burned. We are not free to simply ignore folks doing this sort of thing or watch the consequences catch up to them, eating our popcorn and commentating their downfall. We are bound to pray for them, to warn against this sort of thing, and to also warn against excessive fear of or fascination with the demonic. We are bound to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus, a message that God is almighty, not the devil; that “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (Jn 1:5).
Saint Faustina is our model for this sort of Christian realism, of both recognizing the dangers and existence of the demonic, but also knowing that if God is for us, it doesn’t matter if hell comes after us. She wrote:
Jesus made known to me how very pleasing to Him were prayers of atonement. He said to me, The prayer of a humble and loving soul disarms the anger of My Father and draws down an ocean of blessings. After the adoration, half way to my cell, I was surrounded by a pack of huge black dogs who were jumping and howling and trying to tear me to pieces. I realized that they were not dogs, but demons. One of them spoke up in a rage, “Because you have snatched so many souls away from us this night, we will tear you to pieces.” I answered, “If that is the will of the most merciful God, tear me to pieces, for I have justly deserved it, because I am the most miserable of all sinners, and God is ever holy, just, and infinitely merciful.” To these words all the demons answered as one, “Let us flee, for she is not alone; the Almighty is with her!” And they vanished like dust, like the noise of the road, while I continued on my way to my cell undisturbed, finishing my Te Deum and pondering the infinite and unfathomable mercy of God (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, 320).”
“Our own sanctification
We also ought to consider how best to accomplish our own sanctification, how to welcome Heaven into the world, to set a light in the world that will drive out the darkness. One of the most powerful means of welcoming in Heaven’s action to earthly affairs is consecration of all sorts. Bishops consecrate altars and churches, for instance, establishing the places where Heaven and earth come together in the Liturgy. Our brothers and sisters in the religious life are consecrated to God in a special way. And every single Christian is consecrated to God through Baptism.
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Saints and theologians open the door to us also making special acts of consecration to some of the greatest members of the whole household of God, such as Our Lady or St. Joseph. As we see an increase of shameless, public satanism, occultism, and other such things, why not respond by consecrating yourself to St. Joseph, the Terror of Demons? Why not welcome our Spiritual Father’s special intercession for yourself? Saint Faustina certainly did!
Saint Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself told me to recite three prayers [the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be] and the Memorare once every day. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy]. He has promised me this special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection (Diary, 1203).
So whenever you see people inviting in the demonic, don’t panic; turn to prayer. Imitate St. Faustina. Trust in God. Invite Heaven to come into the situation, especially our Spiritual Father, St. Joseph, the Terror of Demons. Make the consecration to St. Joseph, using the book by Fr. Calloway. If you’ve missed the start date to prepare for a consecration on March 19, then plan to start your preparation on March 30, planning to make your consecration on May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.
Saint Joseph, Universal Patron of the Church, pray for us!”
From A Fellow Patriot
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