Archbishop Paul Coakley used various means in the last 3 months to protest the black Mass. He was successful in legal proceedings that asserted the consecrated Host to be used for the mass was stolen property & thus couldnt be defamed or abused in any way. The satanic group returned the Host to a priest of the archdiocese after a judge ordered a stay. He gathered worldwide community of prayer & reparation. On Sunday, Mass & Eucharistic procession will be held. Here is the text of the archbishops latest article: * * * On Sunday, Sept. 21, a local satanic sect apparently will be allowed to conduct a public act of blasphemy in the form of a so-called black mass at the Civic Center in Oklahoma City. In spite of overwhelming outcry of alarm from around the world, our city leaders will allow this outrage to take place in a publicly supported facility. They will not accede to the reasonable requests of local citizens to stop this outright mockery of the Catholic Mass nor the reasonable concerns of so many that this satanic ritual invokes powers of evil & invites them into our community. Even though our city leaders apparently do not take this threat seriously, I do. As a Catholic priest & bishop I have witnessed in my ministry the battle between forces of good & evil in both ordinary & extraordinary ways. It isnt merely a struggle rooted in human weakness & ignorance, though these are certainly the source of much suffering & mayhem in our lives & our world. Demonic activity & the chaotic forces of evil are very real. The madness of war accompanied by increasingly brutal acts of terror, the violence in our schools and communities are all evidence that something is terribly wrong. The crucial battleground for the forces of good & evil is the human heart. As a Christian, I believe that Jesus Christ came to conquer the power of sin & to cast out demons. This was an essential part of his mission & ministry. It continues in his Church. Through his death & resurrection, Jesus Christ has gained victory. He has destroyed the power of Satan, Prince of Darkness & Father of Lies. The war has been won, though skirmishes will continue until Christ comes again in glory. As people of faith we dare not lose hope. Victory is assured. This ordeal in our community has been ongoing for nearly 3 months, since we first became aware of the scheduled black mass. In spite of our apparent inability to prevent this sacrilegious event from taking place, Im grateful for a number of blessings that have accrued through this trial. Im grateful for the significant legal victory that allowed us to regain possession of the consecrated Host that would have been desecrated during the black mass. I am deeply grateful for the strong response to our appeal for prayer throughout the Christian community. People across Oklahoma, throughout our great country and around the world have responded with prayer and fasting. We have been given an opportunity to express our faith in the Lord & our profound gratitude for his gift of the Eucharist through acts of devotion. Many of our Catholic people have been appealing to St. Michael the Archangel for heavenly protection against the powers of evil in our world. On Sunday, Sept. 21, we will gather for a public act of worship at St. Francis of Assisi Church. I invite all Catholics as well as other Christians & people of good will to join us for a Eucharistic Holy Hour, an outdoor Eucharistic procession & Benediction beginning at 3 p.m. We will prayerfully bear witness to our faith as an expression of our solidarity & in reparation for acts of blasphemy. I am aware that other groups are planning to show their opposition to the blasphemous event that evening at the Civic Center. I urgently ask everyone to avoid confrontations with those who might oppose them. Our witness ought to be reverent, respectful & peaceful. I urge those who might plan to attend the black mass in order to pray or to protest not to do so! Please do not enter the venue. It would be presumptuous & dangerous to expose oneself or others to these evil influences. Finally, let us demonstrate our faith in the power of the Lord’s grace by praying for the conversion of those who are perpetrating this sacrilege & are bound by the Evil One. But I say to you, love your enemies & pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad & the good & causes rain to fall on the just & the unjust. (Mt 5:44,45)
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:50:57 +0000
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