The Rosary and Exorcism

     

Over the centuries many Saints have told us how powerful the Rosary is, but they didn’t tell us why or how the Rosary makes such a change in our world.  The following is an attempt at an explanation of the power of the Rosary

The Rosary is one of the most powerful tools of portable semi- exorcism and soul purification.

 Soul Purification:
The Holy Rosary, if prayed with dedication, and singularity of heart, allows one that prays purification, a desire for the things of God's church which include the sacraments, and as God allows the soul will touch the edge of eternity in preparation for their judgment.  How can one prepare for eternity, if we have no tangible concept of the Holy Realm?  Can the finite touch the infinite? Yes, but only as God allows, for not by our own merit can man interact with eternity unless our hearts are aligned with God. God in His goodness has given us the Holy Sacraments of the Church as the way that a sinfully inclined man who will one day taste death experience the actuality of his own judgment.

The Holy Rosary allows a purified soul to have access to the heavenly realm to seek the good of another.  If God allows us to attain heaven while we are still in the flesh, it is because we seek the good of another asking nothing for ourselves.  As a result, when we pray the Rosary for another, God works in the life of that soul, and we are purified for heaven.  But our intentions must be pure.  If we are seeking out mystical experiences, or notoriety, then God, who knows our heart will purify us by allowing us to feel how we have withdrawn from Him by our pride.  (He never withdraws from us while we are in the flesh, but by willful pride and disobedience we can pull away from Him.)

God does this so that we may have a small taste of the absence of Him to call us again to humility.   He allows this so that we will not experience a permanent separation from Him in Hell.  When we again humble ourselves before Him, He embraces us even tighter giving us more than we can imagine or express. There are two things that shall never be in heaven, they are pride and disobedience.  God will purify a soul of all pride and disobedience and if we cooperate with this purification we can attain heaven.

God always speaks life, and the Hail Mary, or angelic salutation, are words of life given by God through the Archangel Gabriel, raining down upon us.  “Hail favored one the Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:28).   Wherever God's words have been vocalized in prayer, life blossoms.

Portable Mini-Exorcism:
We cannot forget that nothing evil is ever going to touch Mary.  Mary, as Jesus's Mother has the absolute protection of the whole Trinity.  Those that pray the Rosary daily, and seek to console her Immaculate Heart, already have a soft spot with Jesus because He loves His Mother so much.  The devil cannot stand to be where the life of God flows, so he will always seek to disrupt or destroy it.  But with the angelic salutation, he cannot touch those that pray the Rosary.

The Rosary has a ‘loosening’ quality that counters the chains that the devil seeks to bind us.  The devil chains to himself those that are in sin, but by the Rosary we place the Rosary around the person we pray for and gently pull them towards Jesus.  The Rosary always leads to repentance of sin, whether you are praying for yourself or for another.   If you pray the Rosary for someone and you don't think there is a change, remember the words of our Lord, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.” (Mark 9:29).  So then add some form of fasting to help the person you are praying for to come to repentance.

So when you pray the Rosary with devotion you are purifying your soul and loosening the chains of the devil, either for you or for another.  The chains are only fully cut when the soul in true repentance goes to Holy Confession.  The Rosary always gives us the desire for participation in the sacraments.  When the chains are cut to the devil after Holy Confession, then with penance, we begin the process of purification from the devils influence.  If you roll in mud, when you get up, you may no longer be rolling in mud, but you definitely need to be cleaned.
  
Once unchained, cleaned and purified, now you need to stay with the Sacraments of the Church to keep strong for the battle for others. Praying the Rosary for someone places the prayers of the Rosary around the person and pulls them away from their sins in such a way that does not impede their free will.  The Rosary is a mini form of exorcism because it pushes the devil away and also looses the bonds that the demon has on anyone you pray for.

Praying the Rosary in public can send the demon running.   Catholics are called to bring their Rosaries into the public forum, praying them for anyone they may encounter and making the devil flee.  If you know how much the devil fears the blessed Rosary that you hold, you would never let it out of your hand nor cease praying it.  You will find that those that are in mortal sin (chained to the devil) will want to run from the Rosary that you hold.  The Rosary prayed in public will always give a reaction of those around you, and if your heart is aligned to the will of God, He may give you knowledge of the state of some of the souls around you.  This knowledge is for the betterment of their souls through your prayers only. 

Legions of Angels
We know that there are legions of angels in heaven, because Jesus spoke of them, but we must never forget that there are legions of fallen angels also.  Praying the Holy Rosary can send an entire legion of fallen angels running.   Think of that for a moment how one devoted soul, praying the Holy Rosary can, as God wills, cleanse an area of demonic influence.  The Holy Rosary not only purifies souls, but it can purify lands and nations.

Pray the Rosary, pray it often, pray it in public. 

The Sin of Judas or "I know best."

Judas Iscariot, a name synonymous with betrayal.  

But the question that everyone wants the answer to is "why?"  

There have been many theories over the centuries, to which I will add my own.  

I think Judas thought he had it all figured out.  He was going to be the big hero of Jesus' Ministry and get the ball rolling.  The motive wasn't the money, the money was just the means to bankroll what he thought was going to happen.  

He had it planned so perfectly. 

Judas was one of the 12, and he must have witnessed the miracles of Jesus.  He knew he was the Messiah, the prophesied King of the Jews, the new King like David to rout the Romans and set up His kingdom on the Earth.  

But there was a problem.  Jesus wasn't doing His miracles for the people that it counted to see them.  The Pharisees even asked to see a sign, but Jesus rebuked their request.  

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful* generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.  Matthew 12:38-39.  

If only they could see what Jesus was and what He could do, then the Pharisees would bow down to Him, the Jews would rise up and defeat the Romans, with Jesus leading them, and the dreamed of Kingdom would be established.  

But how to make that happen?  Maybe if Jesus was forced to perform a miracle for them, they couldn't help but believe.  

Throughout the New Testament it speaks of Jesus speaking with "authority".  I think Judas realized Jesus's authority, and thought if Jesus was among the Pharisees, this authority could not help but express itself.  If Jesus was held prisoner, it could be the catalyst for the establishment of the Kingdom.   

Yes...that would be perfect.  The Pharisees will of course question him and all will be made right.  I will sell them Jesus's location, adding to the purse and then we will have a greater stake to begin the Messiah's Kingdom.

Judas heard what Jesus said about the sign of Jonas, but Judas had another plan...because Jesus didn't really understand how to deal with the Pharisees, whereas Judas had been around them his whole life. 

Judas knew best. 

To Judas kissing Jesus in the garden was a kiss of victory.

It was later, when he realized that all his plans where not materializing as he thought they should that it hit him what he had truly done and who he had really betrayed.  

"They can't crucify Him! He is the Messiah!! NO. NO NO..this isn't what is supposed to happen!"  

His first thought was to return to the temple, to rectify the situation, make it right.   

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, deeply regretted what he had done. He returned the thirty pieces of silver* to the chief priests and elders,
saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? Look to it yourself.” Matthew 27:3-4

Imagine this.  He had betrayed the Messiah, God in the flesh, now he was rejected by the Priests of the temple.  Where else could he go?

No one on the earth ever faced such ultimate despair that Judas at this moment. 

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Judas's sin was a sin that all of us have committed.  The sin of thinking we know better than God.  We commit this sin by being disobedient, arrogant, or just trying to get our own way no matter what the cost is to others.  

The saddest thing is Judas could have been forgiven. 

You see God was still allowing Judas to breathe, and his heart to beat long after he had betrayed His Son.  God could have struck Judas down anytime he wanted.   God will give so many opportunities for us to turn to Him, no matter how black the sins.  
God was giving Judas a chance.  

The battle for Judas's soul must have been a fierce one between the demons and his Guardian Angel.

But just as Judas was shortsighted in who Jesus was, he also lacked an understanding of the mercy Jesus showed even in His ministry on Earth.

There must have been no hope in a man that had seen a man dead four days raised to life but yet despaired that anything could be done for him.     

God's mercy was with Judas, available to him up even till he threw himself from the tree with the rope around his neck.   But by his own choice and action on that choice, Judas set his own eternity.     

We should never forget that God's mercy is available to all, even the blackest of hearts, until their last breath.  Our job is to tell those farthest from God about God's mercy while there is still time.