On the occasion of the supposed birth anniversary of Mary, the mother of Jesus (September 8), there’s a topic trending on FaceBook — “satanic rosary” — huh?
The word “rosary”, everyone understands to be the Catholic beads that guides the prayers of the faithful, particularly Marian devotees, who recite the “Hail Mary full of grace/Holy Mary Mother of God” for the interconnected 10 beads and “Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” for the separated single bead in between five sets; not to forget the introductory “Our Father”, 3 “Hail Marys” and 1“Glory be…” in the extension that begins the whole series. Or something like that. It’s the Catholic version of the pagan prayer beads.
Do other Christian denominations use something similar to the Catholic rosary? We haven’t heard of one, it’s a uniquely Catholic prayer-tradition, all associated with devotion to Mary, or “Mama Mary”, the “Virgin Mother” in the Gospels of the Christian New Testament. Aside from Mary who has now been elevated to “redemptrix” aside from “mediatrix”, virtually on the same level as her son Jesus, Catholic prayers are also deflected to other ‘intercessors’, ‘mediators’ if you will:
- “saints” (dead canonized Catholics),
- dead relatives,
- specific holy persons associated with travel, need for a husband, lost items, etc.
But the rosary is prayed on behalf of Mary. Is this “biblical” or not? Depends on which bible you’re reading and believing as “the very words of God” and how religions interpret (or misinterpret) their “Bible”.
The word “satanic” could mean anything that is against God but to be specific, the word is associated with ‘ha satan’ or ‘the adversary’ in the Hebrew Bible which (surprise, surprise) does not promote belief in a rebellious devil named Lucifer. Confused?
Since”satanic” is added to “rosary” — presumably there is a version connected with satanic cults or there is a “satanic rosary” masquerading as a regular rosary to mislead Catholics. What is the fuss about? Since Catholics and Christians believe in the existence of the devil and a heirarchy of demonic spirits (because the New Testament scriptures begin and end with them), they also promote the belief that objects associated with the Evil One are to be shunned to prevent demonic influence, oppression, possession.
So again, presumably, praying a “satanic rosary” is praying not to Mary “the Mother of God” but to Satan the Father of Lies.
Here’s the news coverage related to this latest religious bugaboo:
Satanic rosaries, religious items have reached PH, Church warns
MANILA – The Catholic Church has warned the Filipino faithful against the circulation of Satanic rosaries and religious items in the country.
Diocese of Novaliches Office of Exorcism (Libera Nox) chief exorcist Fr. Ambrosio Nonato Legaspi warned Catholics against using rosaries that may be “infested or cursed,” as reported by CBCP News.
“These were made not only to be simply given away but to deceive Catholics…so that evil spirits will haunt them,” Fr. Legaspi was quoted in the report.
Satanic rosaries, according to Diocese of Novaliches Libera Nox assistant case officer Philippe De Guzman, have odd symbols that are not easily visible to the naked eye.
The rosaries which are often made of plastic, could have a snake wrapped around the cross, a pentagram, and a sun with rays which is an insignia of the Illuminati.
Masonic medals on the other hand, look like that of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal except that the insignia of Masons–a compass, is placed at the bottom.
Fr. Legaspi is also calling upon Catholic priests to bless religious items according to Catholic rituals and to exorcise them, especially if its owners have experienced paranormal occurrences.
“Not just a blessing, these items should be exorcised. Not just an ordinary blessing where water is just sprinkled–as most priests commonly do–but to use the Catholic ritual…that would frighten the demon away,” he said.
Fr. Legaspi also explained that exorcists should not just sprinkle holy water on cursed or infested religious items since this will not make evil spirits go away especially if Satanists carried a ritual that lasted for more than 30 minutes.
— Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Now back to us —Sinai 6000:
There was a time in our Christian past when we swallowed stories such as this, to the extent we not only wasted money on books about the occult but also attended seminars on how to combat the Devil, evil spirits, learning to be “bondage breakers”. We sanctified our living space, throwing out any object that might be associated with the occult; out went souvenirs, even gifts if their sources were ‘pagan’ or simply ‘non-Christian’.
In our praying (partnership or group) we would not articulate our requests aloud, fearing that Satan would hear and get in the way of getting our prayers answered. Imagine giving imaginary beings “omnipresent” power, as though Satan, just like God, could be everywhere listening in on every Christian praying partnership or group.
Religions thrive on gullibility and ignorance, not to forget laziness on the part of the flock to stick their necks out or study on their own to get to the original truth revealed by God, the Sinai Revelation.
If you believe what the New Testament scriptures say about the devil and his cohorts, hereunder are posts reflecting the Sinaite’s position on this; not surprisingly, the series are categorized under the label CHRISTIANITY:
- Revisit: Ha Satan got a bad rap!
- Revisit: TNK” ha satan” vs. OT “Satan”/NT “Devil”
- Revisit: If the Tanakh does not promote belief in fallen angels, why are they so prominent in the New Testament?
- Revisit: The Christian Devil Finally Goes to Christian Hell
- If there’s no Devil, then there’s no hell?
- So if there’s no devil and demonic spirits, explain the occult.
- Revisit: Q&A: “If the devil doesn’t exist, how come the snake/serpent in the story was punished by the Creator for tempting Eve?”
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