Sunday, November 06, 2005
Scary. Very scary.
I was very surprised to see in my ZENIT today that the cause for Sister Maria Laura is being opened. I had never heard her name. Why?
Why is it that we are afraid to speak of Satan in our churches, religion programs in schools, etc.? Why is it that we are cultivating grounds for ignorance and, consequently, interest in the occult?
Why is it that priests are reluctant to explain exorcism and Satan to us, leaving our minds to wander according to what we see in Hollywood movies and hear in fictional spooky stories?
Perhaps because it's scary. But what's scarier is not knowing the Truth.
I propose that we, as young people, ask for information. It says right there in that article that according to Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the more dangerous type of satanism is that which doesn't believe in Satan but surrenders to unnatural acts of filth. I know from experience how easy it is to get sucked into the lie that "it's really nothing to worry about - just some music, or some eccentric people, or fun". And this is precisely the activity that serves as a catalyst for horrible atrocities like we see now.
Yes, I propose that we learn.
God bless Sister Maria Laura, and God help those three girls, and the many just like them, in some way or another.
I was very surprised to see in my ZENIT today that the cause for Sister Maria Laura is being opened. I had never heard her name. Why?
Why is it that we are afraid to speak of Satan in our churches, religion programs in schools, etc.? Why is it that we are cultivating grounds for ignorance and, consequently, interest in the occult?
Why is it that priests are reluctant to explain exorcism and Satan to us, leaving our minds to wander according to what we see in Hollywood movies and hear in fictional spooky stories?
Perhaps because it's scary. But what's scarier is not knowing the Truth.
I propose that we, as young people, ask for information. It says right there in that article that according to Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the more dangerous type of satanism is that which doesn't believe in Satan but surrenders to unnatural acts of filth. I know from experience how easy it is to get sucked into the lie that "it's really nothing to worry about - just some music, or some eccentric people, or fun". And this is precisely the activity that serves as a catalyst for horrible atrocities like we see now.
Yes, I propose that we learn.
God bless Sister Maria Laura, and God help those three girls, and the many just like them, in some way or another.
