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By Msgr. Stephen Rosetti

James was a severe alcoholic. After a serious illness that almost took his life, James stopped drinking. He vowed to return to his faith after having lapsed for a decade. However, when he started going back to the Catholic Mass, he began to have strange reactions.

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AE writes: "What do you know about ionized water? I have a friend that told me about magnetized water and ionized water machines. They are expensive and some companies are scams. Do you believe that the ionized or magnetized water help to keep good health?"

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A once popular New Age writer and practitioner named Doreen Virtue was listening to a radio show featuring a sermon by Pastor Alistair Begg about false prophets and came to the sudden realization that she was guilty of many of the sinful activities he mentioned. Little did she know, her life was about to change forever.

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LR writes: "I heard that putting St. Joseph upside down in yard to sell a house is superstitious. What about putting St. Benedict medals in corners of a  home for protection and blessing. Is this superstitious?"

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CF writes: "When you have a chance, do you know anything about moving meditation? It seems New Age to me. Is Persian dance a form of moving meditation? Also, what about ecstatic dancing and trance dancing. Is this stuff New Age?"

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We recently received a very candid testimony from a former member of the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), which is supposedly about acquiring self-realization through yogic control of the mind and body, but members say it’s more like a cult. Thankfully, Our Lord rescued this member from the SRF through faith in the promises of the Miraculous Medal.

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AM asks: "Do you know anything about the Neuro -emotional technique or Neuro emotional component of the triangle of health in Chiropractics? Seems somewhat couched in New Age language though there is of course a persuasive presentation of it. Not sure the spelling is right either. But thought you might quickly be able to say if it's New Age."

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AC asks: "St Michael is referred to in the new age movement, but I do not know the role that he plays in the new age. I know he is not the same St Michael that we as Catholics request help from, but is a distortion of the truth into a false belief in an angel.. . .

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SH writes: "I have been getting regular facials at an Aveda salon.  At the beginning of the facial, she rubs scented oils on her hands and places the palms of her hands directly above my face and lets them hover there for about a minute as I breathe in the oils.  Is this a form of Reiki?  It makes me uncomfortable as I feel it is a sort of energy channel when she does this.  Also, they offer placing hot stones on your hands or feet and wrapping them in a towel during the facial.  Is this ok?"

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A mother of three from the UK, who suddenly discovered she could see dead people at her grandmother’s funeral, now has a waiting list of British media personalities and reality TV stars waiting to get her advice.

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