Parents – and many teens – are up-in-arms over the latest video from edgy teen musician Billie Eilish whose new song,
All Good Girls Go to Hell, has crossed the line for many. With its demonic imagery and guttural incantations, “My Lucifer is lonely,” even the singer’s fans are asking, what’s up with Billie?
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I recently spoke at the Deliverance Ministry Workshop, hosted by the
Missionaries of the New Evangelization in Castle Rock, Colorado, and was explaining why the very non-Christian version of the Day of the Dead featured in the Disney movie,
Coco, was a non-starter for both kids and parents. Afterward, a Hispanic man schooled me on exactly why this this feast is okay when celebrated the Christian way.
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JA asks: "
My sil was telling me as a fact, that when you meet someone, they give off an 'energy.' I have heard of this in the past, like someone who would have a personality type, say negative, joyful, friendly, grumpy, etc. Now it seems the wording is changing to reflect the new age code word of 'energy.' Is this de-sensitizing people to the new age? Is it in direct conflict with Christianity to assume people give off energy?"
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Thousands of witches and sundry “magical thinkers” are planning to cast a spell tonight on President Donald J. Trump and “those who abet him.” Will this affect those who voted for him?
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This week saw the Catholic world celebrate two great angelic feasts - the Feasts of St. Michael and the Archangels and our Guardian Angels - but Christians need to be aware that the New Age has made the existence of these awesome beings into a very dangerous cottage industry.
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TO writes: "
This is a new one on me: Lemurian Cards. Can you help us understand what this is? I'm sure it's of the occult and new age."
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The recent incident involving the pastor of a Tennessee parish who decided to purge the school library of Harry Potter books has kicked off another round of verbal sparring over whether or not these books are dangerous because they contain real spells. As this article will point out, these arguments reveal an alarming naivete about the “Craft” and the science of spell casting.
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A botanica shop in MassachusettsJJ writes: “I live in a largely Hispanic section of town and there is a botanica shop here that sells a lot of Catholic items such as rosaries and statues along with items associated with Santeria. Is it okay to buy from these shops?”
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MP writes:
"On Veritas, an Irish Catholic site, I found an advertisement for Caroline Myss' book Anatomy of the Spirit. Isn't she New Age? The book "describes a seven-step process for promoting physical, emotional, and spiritual healing, offering a detailed introduction to the new field of energy medicine."
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Don’t wait for the media to give you a fair and balanced report on Harry Potter books and why a Catholic pastor from Tennessee decided they weren’t suited for the children in his school. Instead of presenting the priest’s side of the story, the media is using the opportunity to paint Potter foes as a pack of fringe-dwelling fanatics and doing everything in their power to avoid interviewing any of the esteemed experts who have spoken out against these books for fear of tarnishing the luster on their “golden calf” – Harry Potter.
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