Comments on: Introduction to spiritual warfare… Part I http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i Seek Him - Find Him - Follow Him Mon, 21 May 2012 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: judeen http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-7869 judeen Fri, 04 May 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-7869 a good catholic sitting in church..... nothing makes us a good catholic... if your just there,, and not praying ,, you really are not attending church.. ... your mind , heart and soul is somewhere else..... do we mean our prays or just say them if your only good at mass , then how weak is your faith? if you have any faith at all... and then you wonder where God is? who is in charge if God isnt? rememmber the sins we do make the demons stronger and we get weaker.. the more you feed them the more powerful they get.. they dont just go after you.. but your marraige, children, family.... freinds.. it is not just you your fighting against them for.... a good catholic sitting in church….. nothing makes us a good catholic… if your just there,, and not praying ,, you really are not attending church.. … your mind , heart and soul is somewhere else….. do we mean our prays or just say them if your only good at mass , then how weak is your faith? if you have any faith at all… and then you wonder where God is? who is in charge if God isnt? rememmber the sins we do make the demons stronger and we get weaker.. the more you feed them the more powerful they get.. they dont just go after you.. but your marraige, children, family…. freinds.. it is not just you your fighting against them for….

]]> By: judeen http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-7870 judeen Fri, 04 May 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-7870 a good catholic sitting in church..... nothing makes us a good catholic... if your just there,, and not praying ,, you really are not attending church.. ... your mind , heart and soul is somewhere else..... do we mean our prays or just say them if your only good at mass , then how weak is your faith? if you have any faith at all... and then you wonder where God is? who is in charge if God isnt? rememmber the sins we do make the demons stronger and we get weaker.. the more you feed them the more powerful they get.. they dont just go after you.. but your marraige, children, family.... freinds.. it is not just you your fighting against them for.... a good catholic sitting in church….. nothing makes us a good catholic… if your just there,, and not praying ,, you really are not attending church.. … your mind , heart and soul is somewhere else….. do we mean our prays or just say them if your only good at mass , then how weak is your faith? if you have any faith at all… and then you wonder where God is? who is in charge if God isnt? rememmber the sins we do make the demons stronger and we get weaker.. the more you feed them the more powerful they get.. they dont just go after you.. but your marraige, children, family…. freinds.. it is not just you your fighting against them for….

]]> By: judeen http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-7861 judeen Fri, 04 May 2012 11:50:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-7861 when you go to war even in the army they take the enemys weapons apart and put them back together again. and learn about the enemy to fight Him and win.. spiritual warfare is the same..knowing who your fighting.. fallen angels.. the small 1s are size of your mouse.. millions of them .. they make you stuf your toe, or agravate you in some way.. the next size is 1 ft. long.. they do bigger agravations.. arguement... the next size is 3 ft. long , the next our size...habits that are bad. addiction... the bigger ones.. are 8 ft. -unforgiveness great sorrow, deep heart acks from sin... sexual addictions... lust...     they come from the different choirs of angels.. we deal with them everyday... and write it off... our lives filled with them.. causing us sorrow.. and pain.. why would we not do spiritual battle and get them out of our lives.? when you go to war even in the army they take the enemys weapons apart and put them back together again. and learn about the enemy to fight Him and win.. spiritual warfare is the same..knowing who your fighting.. fallen angels.. the small 1s are size of your mouse.. millions of them .. they make you stuf your toe, or agravate you in some way.. the next size is 1 ft. long.. they do bigger agravations.. arguement… the next size is 3 ft. long , the next our size…habits that are bad. addiction… the bigger ones.. are 8 ft. -unforgiveness great sorrow, deep heart acks from sin… sexual addictions… lust…
    they come from the different choirs of angels.. we deal with them everyday… and write it off… our lives filled with them.. causing us sorrow.. and pain.. why would we not do spiritual battle and get them out of our lives.?

]]> By: Elaine http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-7683 Elaine Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:25:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-7683 Hi Fr. Bartunek, I am very interested in learning more on this subject regarding Spiritual warfare. Your explanation helps very much. I feel when I am praying and coming closer to God at a more deeper relationship with Him my life is more difficult.Therefore decisions in life need a deeper understanding of our Lord to gaze our eyes only on Him. God Bless you for your continued love for our Lord. Hi Fr. Bartunek,
I am very interested in learning more on this subject regarding Spiritual warfare. Your explanation helps very much. I feel when I am praying and coming closer to God at a more deeper relationship with Him my life is more difficult.Therefore decisions in life need a deeper understanding of our Lord to gaze our eyes only on Him.
God Bless you for your continued love for our Lord.

]]> By: Halloween, Witches, Demons, and the Occult - Catholic Spiritual Direction http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-1583 Halloween, Witches, Demons, and the Occult - Catholic Spiritual Direction Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:01:34 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-1583 [...] we are in spiritual warfare while here on earth, it makes sense to know more about our spiritual enemies so that we can be [...] [...] we are in spiritual warfare while here on earth, it makes sense to know more about our spiritual enemies so that we can be [...]

]]> By: Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-677 Dan Burke Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:27:18 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-677 Dear Andrew in Christ, Do you have a spiritual director? Have you ever read Interior Castles by St. Teresa of Avila? Pax Christi Dear Andrew in Christ,

Do you have a spiritual director? Have you ever read Interior Castles by St. Teresa of Avila?

Pax Christi

]]> By: Andrew http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-675 Andrew Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:08:39 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-675 I need help; every day my prayer life becomes stronger and the closer I come to as the saints were on their journey; but I suffer from temptations everyday and I can not drive to go to a church and my mother is saving the money she has; since the people who help you when you loose your job hasn't been paying her. What can I do to a room in the house to make a spot for holiness and for prayer? Would that give some comfort from dealing with temptations and give me a break from them? Please let me know what I can do. Thank you very much and God Bless. I need help; every day my prayer life becomes stronger and the closer I come to as the saints were on their journey; but I suffer from temptations everyday and I can not drive to go to a church and my mother is saving the money she has; since the people who help you when you loose your job hasn’t been paying her. What can I do to a room in the house to make a spot for holiness and for prayer? Would that give some comfort from dealing with temptations and give me a break from them? Please let me know what I can do. Thank you very much and God Bless.

]]> By: Mary Macharia http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-465 Mary Macharia Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:41:18 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-465 God bless you Fr. John. Now I understand why I feel there is something I don't quite understand but which is holding me back from experiencing some progress in my ardent desire to feel near to Jesus. Thank you very much for making me understand what is at play in my heart and the cause of my desolation when I feel I am heading nowhere. God bless you Fr. John. Now I understand why I feel there is something I don’t quite understand but which is holding me back from experiencing some progress in my ardent desire to feel near to Jesus. Thank you very much for making me understand what is at play in my heart and the cause of my desolation when I feel I am heading nowhere.

]]> By: Becky Ready http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-458 Becky Ready Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:24:53 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-458 Fr. Bartunek, I loved your imaginary exercise with the "Spiritual Warfare Daily News." Well done! Right to the point! We, as Catholics, need to be more aware and more trained in this holy pursuit of "spiritual warfare." I am a DRE in my parish and see many signs all around me of the need for more skilled warriors. Keep on teaching..keep on praying....and most of all keep on sharing your wisdom from God. I can't wait for your next book!! Fr. Bartunek,
I loved your imaginary exercise with the “Spiritual Warfare Daily News.” Well done! Right to the point! We, as Catholics, need to be more aware and more trained in this holy pursuit of “spiritual warfare.” I am a DRE in my parish and see many signs all around me of the need for more skilled warriors. Keep on teaching..keep on praying….and most of all keep on sharing your wisdom from God. I can’t wait for your next book!!

]]> By: Lynne http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/10/26/introduction-to-spiritual-warfare-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-457 Lynne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:02:36 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-457 Betsy, did you skip over this paragraph? <blockquote>As a result, the forces of evil (the devil and his minions, the demons – these are fallen angels who exist in permanent rebellion against God) are interested in influencing those decisions. They want to lure us away from God, expanding their rebellion. They work their influence through temptation. At the same time, God and his servants (the angels and the saints) are working to strengthen us against temptation, so that we can overcome the attacks of evil. This is the normal state of affairs here on earth, and it will be so from now until our Lord comes again at the end of history.</blockquote> And the binding prayer that you mention is In the name of Jesus, I bind you Spirit of ______ and send you to the foot of the Cross to be judged by our Lord where _____ is anger or envy or some other sin you are battling... Betsy, did you skip over this paragraph?

As a result, the forces of evil (the devil and his minions, the demons – these are fallen angels who exist in permanent rebellion against God) are interested in influencing those decisions. They want to lure us away from God, expanding their rebellion. They work their influence through temptation. At the same time, God and his servants (the angels and the saints) are working to strengthen us against temptation, so that we can overcome the attacks of evil. This is the normal state of affairs here on earth, and it will be so from now until our Lord comes again at the end of history.

And the binding prayer that you mention is In the name of Jesus, I bind you Spirit of ______ and send you to the foot of the Cross to be judged by our Lord where _____ is anger or envy or some other sin you are battling…

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