{"id":13541,"date":"2014-02-03T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=13541"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:00:17","slug":"when-legion-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/when-legion-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"When Legion Comes","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\">THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/> for February 3rd, 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\">Liturgical texts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/020314.cfm\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/katy-perry_000.jpg\" width=\"446\" height=\"390\" \/><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A &#8220;performance&#8221; at the 2014 Grammy Awards<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>ST. <\/strong>Basil wrote that,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Among the angels, some are set in charge of nations, others are companions of the faithful&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014<em>Adversus Eunomium, <\/em>3:1; <em>The Angels and Their Missions, <\/em>Jean Dani\u00e9lou, S. J., p. 68<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We see the principle of angels over nations in the Book of Daniel where it speaks of the &#8220;prince of Persia&#8221;, whom the archangel Michael comes to battle. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Dan 10:20<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In this case, the prince of Persia appears to be the satanic stronghold of a fallen angel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The guardian angel of the Lord &#8220;guards the soul like an army,&#8221; said St. Gregory of Nyssa, &#8220;provided we do not drive him out by sin.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>The Angels and Their Missions, <\/em>Jean Dani\u00e9lou, S. J., p. 69<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> That is, grave sin, idolatry, or deliberate occult involvement can leave one vulnerable to the demonic. Is it possible then that, what happens to an individual who opens himself up to evil spirits, can also happen on a national basis? Today&#8217;s Mass readings lend some insights.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more-->We have to remember that, to a certain degree, guardian angels are only as powerful in our lives as we allow them to be. St. Pio once wrote,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style21\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The Devil is like a mad dog tied by a chain. Beyond the length of the chain he cannot catch hold of anyone. And you, therefore, keep your distance. If you get too close you will be caught. Remember, the Devil has only one door with which to enter into our soul: our will. There are no secret or hidden doors. No sin is a true sin if we have not willfully consented<\/strong>. \u2014<em>Roads to Padre Pio<\/em> by Clarice Bruno, Seventh Edition, National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, PA. p. 157. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Can the leadership of a nation open its doors to evil by willful acts of injustice or lawlessness? One would only have to look as far back as Rwanda or Nazi Germany to see how the leadership there opened wide the doors to not only great evils, but in many cases demonic possession, according to witnesses. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/warnings-in-the-wind\/\">Warnings in the Wind<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We read last week how David &#8220;lost the sense of sin&#8221;, as Pope Francis put it. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Homily, Vatican City, Jan. 31, 2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenit.org\/en\/articles\/pope-francis-loss-of-the-sense-of-sin-leads-to-christian-mediocrity?utm_campaign=dailyhtml&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=dispatch\">; zenit.or<\/a>g<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> He went on to commit adultery, deception, and murder, bringing death and curses upon his family and the whole nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;the role of the guardian angel before baptism is quite similar to the role fulfilled by the angels of the nations&#8230; But&#8230; from the first day of his life the little child becomes the prey of the devil, whether this be due to Satan&#8217;s rights over the race of Adam or whether the child has been dedicated to him through idolatry. As a result, the guardian angel is almost powerless over him, just as over the nations.<\/strong> <em>\u2014The Angels and Their Missions, <\/em>Jean Dani\u00e9lou, S. J., p.71<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">It is the power of the Cross that defeated Satan, a power which is infused in the soul through baptism, which normally includes a &#8220;rite of exorcism.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13541_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">though this rite, unfortunately, has been dropped in some baptismal formulas<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13541_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> This, of course, does not mean that an unbaptized soul is going to be possessed\u2014God&#8217;s grace protects even there, but only so far. As St. Pio said, &#8220;the will&#8221; can open doors to evil, including the free will of those in authority.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. (Eph 6:12)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The Gospel doesn&#8217;t tell us how a man became possessed by unclean spirits. He lived in the Gentile region of Gerasene; he could have been exposed to anything from the worship of pagan gods, ritual abuse, or the vulnerability from his own mortal sin. What we do see are the <em>effects<\/em> when Legion comes: the man is foul, violent, naked, preoccupied with death (living in the tombs) and brash before all things holy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">So the question is, would we find the same kind of <em>effects <\/em>breaking out in nations who have, by the free choice of their wills, opened the door to evil thereby losing divine protection? Nations who could no longer cry out with David in today&#8217;s Psalm, &#8220;<em>you, O Lord, are my shield!<\/em>&#8221; Would we see in that nation foul language become normalized; violence increase and become glorified; pornography, lust, and pedophilia become rampant; would we see a preoccupation with death: abortion, euthanasia, high rates of suicide, vampire lore, zombies, and war; and would we see blasphemy toward God and the destruction and the mockery of the sacred become commonplace?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I ask this, because that is precisely what St. John foresaw:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit&#8230; For all the nations have drunk the wine of her licentious passion. The kings of the earth had intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury. (Rev 18:2-3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">It was Pius XII who delivered a simple message to the United States a year after the end of World War II and Hitler&#8217;s reign of terror.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;the sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2014Radio Message to the U.S. National Catechetical Congress in Boston (October 26,1946): Discorsi e Radiomessaggi VIII (1946) 288<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">And that&#8217;s when Legion comes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mystery-babylon\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p 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Dan 10:20<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13541_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>The Angels and Their Missions, <\/em>Jean Dani\u00e9lou, S. J., p. 69<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13541_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/warnings-in-the-wind\/\">Warnings in the Wind<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13541_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13541_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13541_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. 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