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Resources for Spiritual Warfare

Recommended Books

Principles of Discernment in Evaluating Books

List of Recommended Books
List of Books Not Recommended

Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog

Church Documents

Red Ball Confronting the Devil’s Power, Pope Paul VI, General Audience, November 15, 1972

Red Ball On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 15, 1989

Red Ball Jesus Christ The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the “New Age”, Pontifical Council for Culture / Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Red Ball Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy, Committee on Doctrine, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The following two documents from the Church speak directly to Spiritual Warfare. These documents speak to restrictions placed upon and instructions for deliverance and healing apostolates:

Red Ball Instruction on Prayers for Healing, Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith, September 14, 2000

Red Ball Inde Ab Aliquot Annis: On The Current Norms Governing Exorcisms, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith September 29, 1985; Translated by Father Gabriele Amorth, Exorcist of Diocese of Rome

Articles from Bishops on Spiritual Warfare

Red Ball Spiritual Warfare: The Occult Has Demonic Influence by Bishop Donald W. Montrose

Red Ball Satanic Rites in the Church’s Judgement by Bishop Angelo Scola, Bishop emeritus of Grosseto, Italy, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome

The Sand Box

Red Ball Is Harry Potter Good for Our Kids? by Vivian W. Dudro, the July/August issue of St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers explores the issue of Harry Potter and tells why Christians should be on guard. (PDF File)
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Red Ball The Danger of Centering Prayer by Rev. John D. Dreher. Centering prayer is essentially a form of self-hypnosis. It makes use of a “mantra,” a word repeated over and over to focus the mind while striving by one’s will to go deep within oneself. The effects are a hypnotic-like state: concentration upon one thing, disengagement from other stimuli, a high degree of openness to suggestion, a psychological and physiological condition that externally resembles sleep but in which consciousness is interiorized and the mind subject to suggestion.

Red Ball How POKEMON and Magic Cards Affect the Minds and Values of Children by Berit Kjos

Red Ball Should Christians Participate in Halloween? by Bro. Ignatius Mary

Red Ball ENNEAGRAM (Taken from “The New Age: A Christian Critique” by Ralph Rath, published by Greenlawn Press, 107 S. Greenlawn, South Bend, IN 46617.)

Red Ball Astrology: Help, Hoax, or Harm?, by Hugh Ross, Ph.D.

Red Ball Dowsing: Divine Gift, Human Ability, or Occult Power? by John Weldon from the Christian Research Journal, Spring 1992, page 8. The Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal is Elliot Miller. (PDF File)

Red Ball A Course In Brainwashing by Tracy Moran. Catholics across the country are alarmed at the increasing popularity of a New Age phenomenon known as “A Course in Miracles,” — a system of spirituality proponents claim is the “Third Testament” of God to His people. This article was taken from the June 2, 1996 issue of “Our Sunday Visitor.”

Red Ball A Course in Miracles. Edward R Hryczyk explains the movement known as “A Course in Miracles” founded by Mrs. Helen Schucman who claims to receive channeled messages. The “spirit” denies the divinity of Christ and claims to find errors in the Sacred Scriptures.

Culture Wars

Red Ball How to Win the Culture War by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College speaking at Calvin College. (Real Audio File)
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Red Ball Three Secret Strategies of Satan to Destroy our Children, our Families, our Culture, and our Church (PDF) by Bro. Ignatius Mary

Satanism and the Occult

Red Ball An anthropological view of Satanism by Andrea Porcarelli.

Red Ball Demonology. Article from the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia.

Red Ball Occult Art, Occultism from the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia.

Red Ball Phenomenon of Satanism in Contemporary Society by Giuseppe Ferrari.

New Age

Red Ball A Call to Vigilance: Pastoral Instruction on New Age Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera the primate of Mexico examines the origins and content of the New Age movement, the reasons for its rapid spread, its incompatibility with the Gospel, and the responsibility of all Catholics to counteract its influence.

Red Ball The New Age Mystic: Different Path, Same God? by Randy England. Chapter 5 of “The Unicorn in the Sanctuary: The Impact of the New Age on the Catholic Church” published by Tan Books and Publishers. Shows the inroads the Eastern form of meditation has made on Catholic spirituality. Discusses Centering Prayer.

Red Ball The Age–Old New Age Movement by Harold J. Barry. The New Age Movement is “the most dangerous enemy of Christianity in the world today, …more dangerous than secular humanism.”

Red Ball Catholicism Confronts New Age Syncretism, by Bernard Green. This article contributed by Antonio Badilla was taken from the New Oxford Review. It concerns the syncretistic mentality that is widespread in the Church today—a mentality that puts witches, Buddhists, American Indians, and Catholicism on an equal level.

Red Ball The Challenge of New Religious Movements by Cardinal Francis Arinze. An address given at the Vatican by Cardinal Francis Arinze on April 5, 1991 to the April 4-7 consistory of the world’s cardinals.

Red Ball A Closer Look at the New Age Movement by Fr John Carlo Rosales, FFI. This article provides an assessment and critique of the New Age movement and also discusses its origins and history as well as its goals.

Red Ball Theosophy: Origin of the New Age (Part 1)
Theosophy: Origin of the New Age (Part 2)
by C.C. Martindale, S.J. The New Age movement had its start not in ancient times and not in our own time, but in the 19th century. The article identifies the culprits and dissects their beliefs. Taken from the February 1996 issue of This Rock Magazine.

Red Ball God and the New Age Movement: Sorting the Facts by Terry Ann Modica. How do New Age teachings compare with Christian truths? The New Age movement is full of deceptions. Many of its teachings sound good, and some even speak of God and Jesus, but the truth gets twisted. People are tricked into believing lies that lead them away from God, away from His Lordship. That’s why God warns us to test everything rather than believing blindly (1 Thess. 5:21,22). Does it lead us closer to Jesus Christ or away from Him? Does it contradict the Gospel of salvation or does it help us to live holier lives?

Red Ball New Age Lies The “New Age” Movement is a loosely connected network of people, groups, activities and practices which, according to its adherents, purportedly foster and produce a vast array of beneficial results such as “spiritual” and personal growth, financial success, improvement in relationships, physical and psychological healing, individual and global peace, stabilization of the environment, etc.

Red Ball The New Age Movement: Highway to Hell The “New Age” movement is an enduring facet of American culture. We spend billions of dollars every year on fortune telling, Tarot cards, astrology, channeling, cryptozoology, and hundreds of other dubious and ineffective methods and trinkets. Even if all this is a waste of good money, it all seems so harmless like a hobby, perhaps. At least it keeps people busy and content. At least it provides some semblance of spirituality. Or is it so harmless?

Red Ball New Wave Revisited. The modern turn to the New Age Movement is nothing but a return to the ancient heresy of Gnosticism.

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