Fr. Charles Nwora Okeke
By Fr. Charles Nwora Okeke: Christ delivers: “To our Protestant brothers and sisters I would give this counsel…and challenge: Stand before the exposed Blessed Sacrament and say, “Lord, if You are truly present in this Sacrament, then enlighten me and I will serve You with all heart and soul.” If you are sincere, you will soon become Catholic.”
Protestant Clergyman Shows Signs of Oppression
About a week ago, I had a visit from a Baptist clergy. He was very much agitated as he keeps seeing things at his home; people walking through the living room and then vanishing into the wall. He had moved into a hotel room but then he began to experience something moving through his body; he could even follow the movement by the raising of the skin. And whatever it was would sometimes fall on him like a dead weight and he would be paralyzed for a while, especially while trying to get to sleep. Now he is afraid to go to bed.
He Walks Into a Catholic Church
Immediately we walked into the Church, whatever it was that was moving inside of him ran amok, and left him. The deacon was amazed and wondered what happened. I told him that whatever it was could not stand the presence of Christ in the Tabernacle. Then I asked if he believed in the Real Presence, and he said yes. Why don’t you then become Catholic? He became evasive; much hemming and hawing. Anyway, we did the Stations of the Cross together; gave him a plastic gallon jug of exorcised holy water and St Benedict crucifix. He left a happy deacon, but then I had to remind him that the relief was temporary; if he had no Catholic prayers and sacraments to back him up, it would be back to square one after a short while.
A Heartfelt Challenge
To our Protestant brothers and sisters I would give this counsel…and challenge: Stand before the exposed Blessed Sacrament and say, “Lord, if You are truly present in this Sacrament, then enlighten me and I will serve You with all heart and soul.” If you are sincere, you will soon become Catholic.
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