Ongoing thoughts
Hello Father. I greatly appreciate your advice. When I was younger, between 40 and 50 years ago, I lived a scandalous life of adultery, fornication, and excessive drinking. Over the last 30 years, I have repented and could control that behavior with the help of prayer, the mass, and learning to push back against the temptations. However, I still have an interior emotional reaction (dopamine burst) when looking at attractive females. I combat this by immediately stopping looking at these individuals or focusing on them. Would this be an ongoing attack by the demons who have been associated with me throughout my life, or is this a typical "male" reaction to an attractive person, and I need to continue fighting the temptations until my time on earth is up?
Teachers and spiritual authority over students
Dear Exorcist Files, I am a teacher, and my question is about the spiritual authority I have over my students. For example, in my country, we don't typically face issues like trans students and similar matters, but such topics are becoming more common. The biggest challenges are sins of the flesh, drunkenness, and hopelessness. How can I spiritually educate my students and use my spiritual authority for their benefit, especially if they are not Catholic or even Christian? Over 85% of people here are Catholic, but younger generations are increasingly oriented toward atheism and spirituality without the Church.
Protestant or Catholic in Purgatory?
In “Dynasty of Death” you said that Joseph’s great great grandfather was the originator of the generational curse - and he came through as a disembodied spirit currently living out his purgation. Does Joseph know or is there any indication to know if Joseph’s great great grandfather was a Protestant or a Catholic? Or maybe even just what is probable: ie does Joseph’s family line tend to lean Protestant or Catholic?
Could demons cause bodily mannerisms
Knowing that we are embodied creatures thus our sins affect us exteriority and interiorly, I have seen people have the similar behaviors/look/mannerisms connected to a sin. For example Mormon’s face’s are very pale (no matter where they live climate wise), gay men have certain mannerisms, lesbians have certain mannerisms (alcoholics adulterers etc.) my question is, if they forgive, repent, turn back to God, respond to His love and follow Him will they be free of these mannerisms that are affecting their body from their sin? Could it be a demon causing the bodily mannerisms by way of entry (sin)? I have seen my own daughter look one way (her face looked strange to me) before confession and angelic (herself) when she came out. The sacrament of reconciliation is so powerful!