Update about Padre Ignacio

I know it has been forever since I last posted, and I was asking about whether anyone knew more about Padre Ignacio. Since that last post my mom's best friend, her husband and their daughter went to Rosario to see Padre Ignacio. Interestingly, neither of them are actually Catholic! But still, they went with their faith in the priest and hopefully faith in the Lord.

The daughter, who had gone through a very nasty and extremely distressing separation from her husband, was told by Padre Ignacio (never having met her until that moment, of course), "Let go of the past and let go of your anger." That is exactly spot on for her considering what had been occurring in her life.

Then, to my mom's best friend's husband, he gave a warning to be careful with the health of his heart and arteries. Or maybe he said cardiovascular system, I don't remember exactly. Something like that. He has no history of health problems in that respect so it seemed very much out of the blue. But of course now he is going to start being more careful about his health. To my mom's best friend he said nothing at all. Out of the whole trip, their encounter with him was a mere instant of a few seconds.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see what else will come from this priest. If you guys hear anything else let me know!

Exorcism and the Church Militant

Have you heard of the book "Exorcism and the Church Militant" by Rev. Thomas Euteneuer? I hadn't until this weekend when I was browsing my parish gift shop and I ran across it. I thought the $20 price tag was too steep, so I didn't buy it and instead my husband looked for it online once we got home. We thought we would surely find it for less. Instead, we found out that it was not available at all online!

As it turns out, the book is out of print, is sold out, and Fr. Euteneuer has stepped down from his post as President of Human Life International. Although he was a very public figure who had even been on Hannity (and rightly said he would deny Hannity Communion based on his public pro-contraception stance), he canceled all his speaking engagements and returned to his home diocese at the call of his Bishop.

It all seems very mysterious, but once I learned all this I felt particularly compelled to get my hands on this book and read it. I went back to my parish gift shop at the first opportunity and bought their only 2 remaining copies.

The book is highly educational, entirely fascinating, and Fr. Euteneuer's frank and straightforward voice permeates the pages. It is easy to understand and has shed a lot of light on role of evil influences in the lives of man. I think it is an important work, and I truly hope and pray that the publisher will consider re-printing it. There are many, many souls who would benefit from understanding the things written about in this book. Have you read it yet? If so, what did you think?