(ZENIT News – Porta Luz / Madrid, 03.07.2024).- Once again American priest and exorcist Stephen Rossetti shares his experiences and learnings in the exorcism ministry on his personal blog. This time he relates that the week of June 17, 2024, in the middle of an exorcism, he heard something he had never heard before in a session.
They had just ended praying the Prologue of John’s Gospel, which in verse fourteen of the first chapter proclaims: “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,” when the person attacked by the devil, for whom he was praying, came to himself and looked at him . . .
“I asked him how he felt and he answered: “I’ve been invaded by an incredibly strong feeling of ENVY!” Obviously by the demons. People who suffer demonic aggressions usually have a symbiotic relationship with the demons: they can feel and perceive something of what demons experience and vice versa,” teaches the exorcist.
To listen to the Prologue of John’s Gospel, which stresses God’s Incarnation, was a torment for them: it filled them with envy,” specifies Father Rossetti.
It is usual to think that the fallen angels sinned originally because of pride. However, many theologians – among them Saint Thomas –, also point out that they sinned because of envy.
In fact, since the beginning, God revealed His plan to the Angels to incarnate Himself in the Word. “The idea that God would humble Himself and become a human being, and not in an Angel, infuriated Satan and his followers. Pride and envy fuelled their rejection of God. These fallen angels wanted more than God gave them and they wanted to get it by themselves, without depending on His generosity,” explains Father Rossetti.
The exorcist laments that today one doesn’t hear much talk from the pulpit about the sin of envy. In particular because evil, conflicts and discord have become usual in our world. Much of all that has its origin in envy: not to be grateful for all that God has given us, he reflects.
Demons incite us constantly “to commit the same sins of which they are culpable, in particular their sins of pride and envy. They want us to suffer with them and under their brutal yoke in this life and in the other,” says Father Rossetti.
At the end, the exorcist offers an “antidote.” It’s a “simple prayer, which can only come from the heart of a soul that is safe” “Thank You, Jesus.” Say it often, he insists, inviting to join him in the following prayer:
Jesus, I Thank You
Jesus I thank You, I thank you because, being the Son of God, You humbled Yourself and made Yourself one of us. I thank You for teaching us about the Father and for sharing Your Word. I thank you for your loving sacrifice on the Cross. Thank you for sharing with us your beautiful Mother. Thank you for sending us the Holy Spirit. May gratitude flower in my heart and deepen every day. I ask You for the grace to praise You and to thank You today and always. Jesus, I thank You. Jesus, I thank You. Jesus, I love You.
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