This is the movement of the Holy Family, leading people to Jesus through friendship, good

conversation, and the rosary.

Welcome to our rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen. And let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today we meditate on the

Sacrament of Reconciliation. And I want to begin by telling you the true story of an exorcism that

took place in Erling, Iowa in 1928. After all, the psychological

and psychiatric testing was completed, it was determined there indeed was a case of demonic

possession and an exorcist was called in. Men of the parish were asked to assist because the

exorcism, when the exorcism began,

the possessed person became very violent and had to be physically restrained. However,

the devil took a new strategy and fought back in a very surprising way by revealing the deepest, darkest sins of those present in the room,

making them so embarrassed they fled for shame.

After many instances, one person blurted out to the demon.

Why do you say nothing of the priest?

To which the devil responded,

what has been confessed, I do not know. You see, scripture calls the devil the accuser

who accuses us day and night before the throne of God. But Satan apparently only knows the sins we have

not confessed. What has been confessed is out of the devil's reach, and he cannot use it against us.

The exorcist made a practice of regular confession, therefore the devil had no ammunition to use against him.

But when we don't go to confession, the guilt piles up and the devil uses it against us.

The devil accuses us to discourage us.

He uses discouragement to drive us away from God, but confession

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