Fantastic talk on spiritual warfare from exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEL-BzbFbJY
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i’ve only begun to listen to this video. But, I would love to be able to hear the previous night’s video if it is available.
I’m not sure (because I haven’t watched it) but I think this is it. Date and location looks right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3KIC98-jyU
Most of Father’s talks are available here
http://www.sensustraditionis.org/multimedia.html
Scroll down to spiritual warfare. Don’t forget to pray for him.
I’ve watched both. The first night’s video is not as clear as the second night. Although both are good, the second night is definitely the better of the two.
The “Sensus Fidelium” Youtube channel has posted both videos. Other talks by this priest and other priests are available here as well.
What specifically is the talk called? Having trouble locating it…
I’m flabbergasted when Father mentions all of the exorcisms that have been removed from blessings. Just flabbergasted that the rituals were allowed to be subverted in this way by the liturgical “reformers.”
That’s why I asked my priest to bless Oil, water and salt for me from the Old Roman Ritual. Lol. He joked with me as I carried out the bag to my car, “Careful, that bag is going to be nuclear now!”
In the Orthodox tradition, when you get the holy water at the Feast of the Epiphany, you take it home and can then pour it into other containers of water to make… more holy water. I’ve not asked any Orthodox Christians whether this applies to oil and salt.
Sacramentals have been so greatly neglected in the past few decades that I don’t know what the Latin tradition is on the creation of more blessed water in one’s own home.
Oh, I remember that. I left Rome for Orthodoxy for 3 years. After being a member of three different Churches (Two Orthodox Traditionalist groups, the GOC-K, and the Matthewites and the GOAA) I left. There is much tradition and much to be loved there, but they have completely compromised in terms of moral teaching. They give communion to adulterers, and this is part of their official church structure (Ecclesiastical divorce courts, the concept of annulment not being accepted because of the understanding of the sacrament of marriage), meaning they officially sanction blasphemy and sacrilege, and they allow the faithful to practice artificial contraception in opposition to all the fathers of the Church.
We have it bad in Rome, but our teachings have not been compromised. I left Orthodoxy after 3 years.
Most priests Ive met clearley think sacramentals are silliness. If not sacraments themselves.
I had an otherwise good priest tell me, when I wanted some candles blessed, that Sacramentals lead to superstition and are discouraged in the Church.
Anyway, he finally agreed to bless my candles, but, alas, there was no particular blessing he could perform for candles apart from a simple sign of the cross over them. The traditional Priests always carry their Rituale Romanum, and this contains all the old blessings for particular objects.
So much for “superstition”. So much rather for pious customs and patrimony.
This was while I was still on the learning curve and moving from a “conservative” understanding and outlook towards a ‘traditional” one.
Many individual incidents like this brought me to a clear understanding of all that has been lost since Vatican II.
You don’t think it can lead to superstition? Just look at Mexico and Latin America. I understand your concern, but there is another side to the coin.
Sure it can lead to superstition. Some people wrongly understand the Trinity is a god with three heads. Sound catechesis can fix that. The Church has had sacramentals since Apostolic times. St Paul used to send bits of cloth and aprons that he had blessed to be taken to people because he couldn’t be everywhere at once. There is nothing inherently wrong with them, but yes, they can be misused…
On the 3-D coin, I’m waiting to hear a Spanish Mass homily warning us about mortal sins of idolatry, especially the sins most prevalent & accepted among certain cultures
The same has been done with baptisms.
Excuse me? The rite of exorcism has NOT been deleted from the rite of Baptism. At least not in the 250 Baptisms I have done in the three years I have been a Deacon.
Dear Deacon Moon, Four exorcisms were removed from the rite of baptism in 1969. This is a good summary: http://blog.adw.org/2014/01/should-the-church-consider-reintroducing-the-exorcism-prayers-in-the-rite-of-baptism/
Remember, the church of Vat II is all about local variations. So who knows what may or may not be done in any given diocese, or “people of God community” for that matter.
Flabergasted, that is one word. Outraged, Scandalized. What were the “reformers” possibly thinking? Why adopt a “soft” position as regards satan and sin? Is it because these reformers just didn’t believe in such realities anymore?
They do believe. But they are Satan’s offspring. Baptised from the first with venom of his glands, caressed to the last with licks of his twirled, bifurcated tongue, high hopes he has in his offspring, brood of serpents hatched out of his jaws.
Re: the “self-love” part.
This is one of the reasons we should be worried about the collapse of vocations to married and religious life. Single people are more tempted to fall back in on themselves. There are now more single adults in the U.S. than married. (It depends on the source, but one I’ve seen used shows a 51/49 breakdown.) The diabolical loves to target the isolated sheep.
If you get married, make sure it’s to someone who is practicing Catholic who takes the Faith seriously and wants to live it.
If you enter religious life, make sure you find a faithful community.
By the way, there are other vocations in consecrated life other then religious. There are diocsian hermits, consecrated virgins.
For the chaste single Catholics, it is almost impossible in today’s society to find someone even willing to date them, much less marry them. I came of dating age during the wild 1970s when most of my young fellow Catholics were openly sexually active. In order to keep the laws of God, I ended up having to remain celibate and single. Yet I’ve never heard a Sunday sermon on Chastity, even from more orthodox priests.
Don’t you DARE scream at folks who are SINGLE! Wash your mouth out with soap , puhleeze! Many of us are Single NOT because we want to be! Years ago our Church was a center of social activity…NOT anymore! If The Roman Catholic Church wants single catholics to find each other and marry then she needs to WORK ON IT! These things do NOT “Magically” happen!
Wait, isn’t having the devil as one’s source the very definition of divination?
I haven’t watched the video but the title is suspicious and I’m surprised, because Fr. Ripperger is usually careful (he even speaks about divination in his interview for Athanasius contra mundum and gives information on the state of the Church as an example of temptation for divination).
No. He and other exorcists have shared what they have learned, on occasion, from speaking with the Devil. There is a very old quote from Satan, attributed to his interactions with St. Jean-Marie Vianney, “If there were three priests like him in the whole world, my work would be undone.”
It’s a paraphrase, but I believe it’s found in the Trocheau biography of the Cure. I trust Father’s discretion. I’ve listened to enough of his talks that I believe he knows what to listen to, and what not to.
Well, there must be some distinction I’m unaware of in both these cases, but I’m simply taking Fr. Ripperger’s own definition of divination (I should add, for the sake of exactitude, that it is seeking knowledge not proper for one’s state by the means of demons).
Sometimes the devil will speak directly with a priest during an exorcism. That wouldn’t be the priest seeking out the devil, or attempting to divine any knowledge at all.
If that’s the case, then Luke 4 is very problematic, wouldn’t you say?
It would be problematic if we were to believe in Jesus on the testimony of a devil.
Yeah, but you’ve twisted this around. In his talk, Fr. Ripperger merely reported what he heard from a demon, just as Jesus told His followers what He heard from a demon. I think your confusion comes in from the beginning, concerning the meaning of “divination”. Webster’s defines it as “the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.” That is hardly what was afoot in NH. Below you answer Steve by saying, “… it is seeking knowledge not proper for one’s state by the means of demons.” Your difficulty lies in ignoring the word “seeking” in both quotes.
As a traditional Catholic I can acknowledge that there is a temptation to get too critical of a lot of things and people in authority in the Church and in doing so we get distracted from the only person who is the real enemy: ourselves. Traditional Catholics are at risk of losing the sense of obedience because we hammer away at the hierarchy all the time and if our children are within earshot they will witness perhaps an unhealthy criticism of ecclesial authority and think it unimportant. I accuse myself in this regard. I think the proper attitude in our time of crisis is one by way of analogy with being a soldier in the military. We obey our orders, we do our assigned task, not because we like it, not because we understand it but because to go against them will get us court- martialed. However, if, as a soldier, we were directed to kill innocent civilians, torch a home etc. we would have a duty to refuse – then and only then could we refuse our superiors. We must respect the office of our superiors, fulfill their commands, and lawfully refuse if necessary but while respecting the office.
Why did I just preach? I don’t know… 😛
Like your analogy…a lot.
We obey our orders, given to us by .. who? Lieutenant? Captain? General? Or the king, the queen and the constitution? If an order given by lieutenant or captain is one of deserting the posts, surrendering to an enemy, or helping the enemy instead, the order should not be obeyed because there is higher order above it: country must be protected, souls must be saved.
The video doesn’t work but I got the gist of the message through the headline and agree.
Cuf, your post speaks volumes.
Why is it so many so called Catholics persecute others with their gossip and back stabbing? It’s a minority group where we are but it is like dealing with a pack of wolves, as an adult it’s easy to deal with but to see this sort of thing being orientated towards our young children, is very hard to comprehend. It’s a question that is difficult to know or find the solution to and any ideas on how to deal with this type of thing by anyone who can offer advice would be appreciated. I hope that i haven’t said too much etc.
Someone buy this priest a clip-on mic! (The audio quality could use a boost…)
Buy him a cigar as well! Nice job once again Fr. Rippberger!
Wow, what a super talk. I was going to listen for just a minute or two and stayed for the whole thing. Very interesting, with so much great spiritual encouragement. God bless him for the work he does. I am also impressed by the great pastor these people have. I didn’t catch his name, but my word, he is super. Kudos to him for asking Father to come and speak about this important topic. I learned a great deal from this.
His name is Fr. Paul Gousse.
Fr. Ripperger, God grant you many years.
St. Padre Pio “Johnny on the spot.” Hahaha! Fantastic! 🙂
Crazy he said Pope JPII helped as well. I’m still tackling with his canonization…But of course either way, I’m sure he can help those who pray to him.
Glad he emphasized the power of the old rites as well. One other reason things have gone to hell in a hand basket.
A little off-topic for this talk, but my youngest daughter (who *loves* St. JP II) and I were talking about his canonization. I suspect that the suffering he endured in his life (his mother’s death…Nazis…&c.), spared him much time in Purgatory and may, in fact, truly be in Heaven. And if the Church calls him Saint (and she does), we cannot dispute that; *however*, if/since he is in Heaven, he also recognizes the confusion and hurt his early canonization has caused many because of the damage that occurred during his pontificate. Given the choice, he would have opted for the official statement of his canonization to be delayed at least until those who suffered that damage were no longer living on earth.
Pope JPII’s canonization, I had a problem with that part of the talk as well…
Truly Excellent talk by Fr Ripperger (there is more on Youtube) and a Good Priest. Well worth watching, illuminating the tactics of evil spirits. May God bless and protect him in this important ministry. Thank you Steve for posting.
This priest gave a talk on “How to Raise a Man”….powerful stuff. You can see this video and others at the “Sensus Fidelium” Youtube channel.
Thanks Steve, for posting. Good stuff!
I could not hear, however, even when he spelled it out, the name of the organization that publishes the protective prayers he mentioned. If possible, please post a link to it?
Auxilium Christianorum: http://www.auxiliumchristianorum.org
I plan on writing more about them soon.
Thanks.
Oh wow, thanks for this Steve! I wrote it down as Fr. was giving it but with the echo in the Church wasn’t sure if I had it correctly. Thanks again…….WONDERFUL video! May Fr. be blessed abundantly with all the graces needed for this desperately needed ministry.
When you write it, could you explore who is best suited to joining this confraternity (if that is what it is)? Are some people advised not to join — specifically, fathers and mothers of young children? It’s serious business. Also very necessary in our world awash with satanism.
You also might like to research former “satanic high wizard” cum Catholic convert Zachary King sometime. I’ve read and listened to him many times and his story is an eye-opener. You probably won’t view modernity with indifference after hearing it. As Fr. Rippenger likes to say, “Satan isn’t under every rock; he’s under every other rock.”
And yet, when the Taoiseach of Ireland spoke of the “narcissism” of the Vatican, his words were thought rather objectinable. What is narcissism, if not a form of self-love ? OTOH. the devil is a liar – OTO, it seems trite, because very obvious, to say that Catholics sin by self-love. So this alleged demonic message is saying nothing whatever that is not already blindingly, blatantly, obvious to anyone who has ever gone to Confession. As one of the Greek dramatists makes a character say, almost 2,500 years ago, “We need no prophets to tell us this” – and no demons, either,
“Demons don’t want to get involved with people who go to confession regularly.” A prudent plan includes weekly mass, monthly confession and daily mortification to pay the restitution for sins absolved in confession. Confession involves the shame of admitting covetousness and introduces us to the humility of Mary. Fr. Chad observes, “Our Lady has perfect coercive power. If she shows up, it’s over.” Reminds me of the Little Office: “O terrible as an embattled array, be Thou of the faithful our refuge and stay.” Plus, “The Sacrament of Matrimony is a form of protection for the family.” Briliant insights from Fr. Ripperger.
“The Church is not subordinate to the authority of the state.”
False. And not only false, but dangerously unorthodox.
The Church is absolutely subordinate to the authority of the state when the state is acting within its *legitimate* sphere of (civil) authority — for example, complying with laws that require the reporting of child abuse accusations to the civil authorities (provided compliance does not involve the violation of the confessional seal).
In fact, the Church not only may but must submit to the authority of the state in matters pertaining to the state’s competence: because the state’s authority over civil affairs comes directly from God (Leo XIII, Diuturnum, 11).
Of course, the Church cannot obey dictates of the state which enjoin sin, nor can the Church curtail its mission to spread the gospel at the state’s behest. But the reason for this is not that the Church “is not subordinate to the authority of the state.” The reason is that the issuing of such commands is beyond the legitimate scope of the state’s authority.
the video “does not exist”. Broken link? Gone?
When I tried it, the message was: “THIS VIDEO DOES NOT EXIST”