Slaying Dragons Quotes

“is now vulnerable to diabolical influence.  If a demon comes in at that moment, he can corrupt the whole family, since he entered through the head of the family.[378]  The demon can also remain and be passed down through successive generations.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“The most common form of this is to make evil appear good to us, to make us desire something, particularly at a weak moment, that we would never otherwise think was good for us.  They can also twist how we understand what another person is trying to communicate to us.  Since we are not able to directly convey our thoughts, intellect to intellect, like the angels, our words are vulnerable as they are transmitted from one person to another.  Someone complimenting you might, for example, use a word or phrase that triggers a negative memory.  This will then be used by the demons to make you think the other person’s intentions are the complete opposite of what they actually are.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“John Lennon, for example, is reported to have made a pact with the devil before he and the Beatles became famous.  The pact involved a period of twenty years.  Almost twenty years to the day of the pact, John Lennon was shot.[198]  This form of diabolical influence is usually the hardest to break.  There are many factors which make these pacts so strong.  As Fr. Fortea says, “The great destructive power of a pact is that the person may think he is condemned no matter what he does.”[199]  If the person can be reached with the hope of grace, it would then, of course, be possible to overcome the contract and the diabolical effects it has brought.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“We must remember – the demons want us to fall into sin, and to die in a state of sin, and then to be subjected to them in Hell.  We must know and accept this and do the work to avoid letting them win.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“It is critical to understand the motivation within the demons:  pride, possessiveness, and vengeance.  In their undying pride, the demons have lost all good things from God, and have rejected God in a manner that is irrevocable and beyond forgiveness.  As Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea, has seen, “The capacity to love has been annihilated in the psychology of a demon.”[6]  Contrary to the demons, man, in God’s mercy, has been offered repentance within this life.  The refusal to offer mercy to the demons is “not a defect in the infinite divine mercy” but points to the “irrevocable character of their choice.”[7]  St. John Damascene states, “There is no repentance for the angels after their fall, just as there is no repentance for men after death.”[8] As a result, the demons resent men even more and wish to bring us all into Hell to suffer in the same manner as is their own punishment”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“The binding prayer can be as simple and direct as this, saying “Get behind me, Satan!”  The more complete form of this prayer is, “In the Name of Jesus, I bind you, spirit of _________, and I cast you to the foot of the Cross to be judged by Our Lord.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“The binding prayer is, “In the Name of Jesus, I bind you, spirit of N., and I cast you to the foot of the Cross to be judged by Our Lord.”  The ending could also be, “…to receive your sentence.”  Fr. Ripperger says that you can add invocations to the prayer, inserting “by the power of the Precious Blood,” or “through the intercession of Saint Joseph,” for example.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“A Hymn in honor of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus[237] Glory be to Jesus!
Who in bitter pains
Pour'd for me the life-blood
From His sacred veins. Grace and life eternal
In that Blood I find;
Bless'd be His compassion,
Infinitely kind!
Bless'd through endless ages
Be the precious stream,
Which from endless torment
Doth the world redeem.
There the fainting spirit
Drinks of life her fill;
There, as in a fountain,
Laves herself at will.
O the Blood of Christ!
It soothes the Father's ire;
Open the gate of heaven,
Quells eternal fire. Abel's blood for vengeance
Pleaded to the skies;
But the Blood of Jesus
For our pardon cries.
Oft as it is sprinkled
On our guilty hearts,
Satan in confusion
Terror-struck departs.
Oft as earth exulting
Wafts its praise on high,
Hell with terror trembles,
Heaven is filled with joy.
Lift ye, then, your voices;
Swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder,
Praise the Precious Blood.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know

“Deliverance prayers[175] are also helpful in dealing with obsession.”
― Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know