At Mundelein Seminary here in Chicago, visitors to the chapel can see printed on the steps leading up to the sanctuary each of what the Church considered the minor orders, including that of exorcist. They also should be able to say there’s “something more.” Can they at least ask what that “something more” is? "The vast majority, they need to see their parish priest, they need to see a spiritual director or they need to go to confession. And of course, I did. FG: First, we don’t want to give the devil too much authority or power. How do “things” get possessed? We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Father Jeffrey Grob (FG): After ordination, I was an associate pastor for six years but then was asked after a few years of ordination to work part-time in the chancery at Chicago, from 1994 to 1998. Incomplete returns that trickled in Tuesday night showed Foxx leading Republican Pat O’Brien, a former Cook County judge, 52.6% to 40.8% with about 90% of precincts reporting, Libertarian candidate Brian Dennehy drew 6.6% of the vote. He has a BA (1995) and MA (2004) in English from University of Dallas, Irving, TX. Theresa of Avila was pushed down the stairs by a demon; Padre Pio and John Vianney and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were all demonically afflicted. Sadly some people go to other places before they show up at the doorstep of the Church. FG: Are there cases similar to what was depicted in, say, The Exorcist? If it’s a house or a building, we have to ask what brought darkness or evil into this place. Then at the Fourth Council of Carthage [398] we see for the first time the ordination of the exorcist. There were many indigenous, localized prayers used, and a few small manuscripts here and there, many of which contained the Prologue of John as a principal scripture piece in those prayers. In the revision of the rite, it restored an earlier sense of how closely the exorcist is tied to the ministry of the bishop and his authority and pastoral care of souls in a particular diocese. That was the case for the first several centuries of the Church. Exorcists have the special task of driving out demons when somebody is believed to be “possessed” by an evil spirit — and such incidents are reportedly rising in some parts of the world. Performing the Rite of Exorcism isn’t for everyone. If you put side by side the outline and structure of the ancient rite and the revised rite, you see that there is very much a catechetical movement in the revised rite, as reflected in the emphasis on the renunciations and a renewal of baptismal promises, among other things. In the Lord’s Prayer, some translations say “Deliver us from Evil” while other translations say “Deliver us from the Evil One.” The world has lost, I think, that sense of evil as a personal reality and this name restores some of that sense.
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