Those unsophisticated Catholics just exorcised the entire country of Mexico.

He was speaking about being too guarded against inexplicable wonders, being so sophisticated that we “miss Christmas.”  But I think his warning is just as useful when we encounter inexplicable horrors. Just as we savvy, sophisticated, skeptical Catholics are in danger of insulating ourselves against the glorious works of God, we might also miss the blunt and obvious signs that the devil is also busy and active in the world. If the Mexican clerics believe an exorcism was necessary, then I believe them. 

Read the rest at the Register.

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