Charles D. Fraune's Blog, page 10

The World is Doing Its Best to Get Possessed - a Timely Repost

This article was originally posted Nov. 9, 2019, but may have gone "under the radar" for many people who follow this site now...
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I could just post this story without comment, but what fun is that.

Don't forget: demons can push people sometimes.First, in 2016, someone thought they had accomplished something remarkable by putting the "world's largest Ouija board" on top of a purportedly haunted hotel in Windber, Pennsylvania.  This was deemed worthy to be named the "Guinness World Record h...

A Post About Our Lady

Dear Friends,
With school having resumed, and Divine Providence not yet granting me more time to write and research, I have only a little time to write articles here.  Please pardon the interruption in their frequency.  If you would like to help my apostolate, please see the bottom of the post.
That being said...

ON OUR LADY
As I set about sifting through notes and ideas for what God may be wanting me to work on, I came across some quotes from the great Pope Leo XIII on Our Lady.  It comes from one ...

Q: Can the Soul of a Parent in Hell Influence His Living Child Toward Evil?

A reader of my book, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know , asked me a fascinating question about the souls of the damned.  Questions like these often nag at people and the resolution can remove what can often be a burden on the mind and thus on the spiritual life and our confidence in God.
The reader's question was:
  "Is it possible that people who are not in heaven and not in purgatory, so people who are so to speak in eternal darkness, influence their children to do bad an...

Podcast: Discussing My Conversion and Spiritual Warfare w/Bill Snyder

The other day I had the privilege of recording an interview with Bill Snyder of Patchwork Heart Ministry, to discuss my conversion and my book Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know . 
 In this interview, I also discuss how, after my conversion, I began to learn about spiritual warfare as I slowly emerged from the major depression and anxiety disorder that had dominated my life in my early college years.
One of the things that I focused on was how powerfully God can act if we let...

Can Angels Appear in Human Form?

Most of us have heard the idea that angels can take human form. I remember hearing this from time to time when I was younger, related to the verse from Hebrews (ch. 13:1-2) that says, "Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you. And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels."  Old Testament Manifestations
 This verse is a reference to the moment in Genesis when three visitors appeared to Abraham, in Genesis 18 verse 2.  The Lord appeared to ...

New Book in the Works! ...and an Appeal

With three books completed, and one traveling far and wide, I have discerned that God and I would both like for me to keep writing books! What's this?!

Given the amount of money that both a teacher (which I am) and a writer (which I would like to be more fully) make, this is not an easy undertaking.  However, Truth is liberating! ...and I like to write about the Truth.
The impact on readers, from the things that I collected in Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know , has been beyo...

A Beautiful Prayer to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

America Needs Fatima is a great organization. If you are not familiar with them, you should take a look and consider signing up on their email and mailing list.

On several occasions, they have sent free classic books, such as True Devotion to Mary, or The Secret of the Rosary.  Recently, in both PDF and print, they sent me what appears to be a most wonderful book called "Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus," by Fr. John Croiset, S.J.  It has the Imprimatur from 1863, so this is truly a classic...

The Power of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

There are many devotions and prayers provided to us, which are very powerful in obtaining graces, dispelling fears, teaching about God's love, bringing us to true contrition, and filling us with hope in a hopeless world.

I have written before about Our Lady of Sorrows and the Rosary (includes a podcast) as well as a extended Marian form of the binding prayer, which I wrote after writing Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know [link to prayer here].
I would now like to encourage e...

Can The Devil Read Our Minds?

The short answer: No.

The long answer: Well, he's capable of doing other related things of which we need to be aware.

Here, I would like to focus on what demons can do that is similar to, but not the same thing as, reading our minds.

Many years ago, when studying for my Masters in Theology, I learned the refreshing truth that demons are not capable of reading our minds. For me, this was a tremendous realization, as I had, up until that point, thought the opposite.

That opposite way of thinkin...

Matando Dragones - ¡Aprenda de los expertos en batalla espiritual!

¡El libro sobre la batalla espiritual aclamado internacionalmente, basado en las enseñanzas de doce exorcistas y veinte doctores de la Iglesia, ahora está disponible en español!

¡Un compendio de sabiduría sobre el arte de la batalla espiritual!

Matando Dragones: lo que los exorcistas ven y lo que debemos saber
Este libro toma la gran sabiduría de doce exorcistas, incluyendo a los padres Gabriele Amorth, Chad Ripperger y José Fortea, así como casi veinte santos y doctores de la Iglesia, y...