It appears that the Pope has performed an Exorcism…
From the Associated Depressed, Nicole Winfield reporting, we learn [tip of the fedora to the Drudge Report]:
Is Pope Francis an exorcist?
The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, and he then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him.
The television station of the Italian bishops’ conference said it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed there was "no doubt" that Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the devil.
The Vatican was more cautious Tuesday. In a statement, it said Francis "didn’t intend to perform any exorcism. But as he often does for the sick or suffering, he simply intended to pray for someone who was suffering who was presented to him."
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The Rev. Giulio Maspero, a Rome-based systematic theologian who has witnessed or participated in more than a dozen exorcisms, says he’s certain that Francis’ prayer on Sunday was either a full-fledged exorcism or a prayer to "liberate" the young man from a demonic possession. He noted that the placement of the pope’s hands on the man’s head was the "typical position" for an exorcist to use.
Perhaps The Holy Father would consider coming to Washington and performing the Rite Of Exorcism on the Administration…Hell [pun intended] why not on the whole wretched city.
After all, it’s rather fitting.
I cast you out, unclean spirit, along with every Satanic power of the enemy, every spectre from hell, and all your fell companions….
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I adjure you, ancient serpent, by the judge of the living and the dead, by your Creator, by the Creator of the whole universe, by Him who has the power to consign you to hell, to depart forthwith in fear, along with your savage minions….
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Depart, then, transgressor. Depart, seducer, full of lies and cunning, foe of virtue, persecutor of the innocent….
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Depart, then, impious one, depart, accursed one, depart with all your deceits, for God has willed that man should be His temple….
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Pythonissa, the soothsayer. Begone, now! Begone, seducer! Your place is in solitude; your abode is in the nest of serpents; get down and crawl with them. This matter brooks no delay; for see, the Lord, the ruler comes quickly, kindling fire before Him, and it will run on ahead of Him and encompass His enemies in flames. You might delude man, but God you cannot mock. It is He who casts you out, from whose sight nothing is hidden. It is He who repels you, to whose might all things are subject. It is He who expels you, He who has prepared everlasting hellfire for you and your angels, from whose mouth shall come a sharp sword, who is coming to judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.
ObamaJarrettAxelrod may evade American Justice, but they shall not evade The Final Reckoning. That’s something to hold on to as the days get darker and danker.
