13 Now some also of the Jewish exorcists who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this. 15 But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?
16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Acts 19: 13-16
Every time I see something along these lines, the GhostBusters theme song automatically plays in my head.
Sort of an ecumenical corollary to “hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.”
How does one know the Catholic Faith is True?
It is really that simple.
In his days of public ministry, he gained converts by public exorcisms.
In our days perhaps he is gaining converts through private exorcisms.
Being freed of possession or obsession through the authority of the “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church” must convince some of these men and women to abandon their errors and enter the Church. A double defeat for the Enemy!
From “Possessed” the book about the exorcism that The Exorcist was based on: “As one of Robbie’s parents remembered it, Schulze, [the family’s Lutheran minister] said quietly. ‘You have to see a Catholic priest. The Catholics know about things like this.'”
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