Mary in

Exorcism
 This is why the devil hates the Virgin Mary

According to popes and exorcists, the devil fears the Blessed Mother.

One of the surest ways of combatting the devil is by developing a close

relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary. The devil hates her and runs away from
those who are close to her.

According to Italian exorcist Fr. Sante Babolin, “while I was insistently invoking
the Most Holy Virgin Mary, the devil answered me: ‘I can’t stand That One (Mary)
any more and neither can I stand you any more.'”

Furthermore, he discovered that  “‘the strongest reactions’ of the devil during the
exorcism occur ‘when references are made to her apparitions.'” Therefore, Babolin
frequently invokes the Virgin Mary under her titles of “Lourdes, Fatima or
Guadalupe.”

Famed exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth confirmed this reality in his dialogues with

the devil, where the devil said to him, “I am more afraid when you say the
Madonna’s name, because I am more humiliated by being beaten by a simple
creature, than by Him.”
Pope Francis related similar words in a homily at St. Mary Major, “Where the
Madonna is at home the devil does not enter; where there is the Mother,
disturbance does not prevail, fear does not win.”

Why is the devil so afraid of the Virgin Mary, a simple girl from Nazareth?

During the Rite of Exorcism the priest will pray, “The glorious Mother of God, the
Virgin Mary, commands you; she who by her humility and from the first moment
of her Immaculate Conception crushed your proud head.”

This prayer is referring to a prophecy foretold in the book of Genesis, where God
said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel”
(Genesis 3:15). The verse can also be translated as “she will strike your head,” and
has traditionally been applied to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Her humility was so radical that it crushes the “proud head” of Satan and is the
surest defense against him and his attacks. As the devil told Fr. Amorth, “She
makes me angry because she is the humblest of all creatures, and because I am the
proudest; because she is the purest of all creatures, and I am not; because, of all
creatures, she is the most obedient to God, and I am a rebel!”

Thus, if someone wants to defeat the work of evil in their own lives and the world,
one of the strongest responses is to fly to the Virgin Mary. St. Padre Pio agreed
with this when he said, “Some people are so foolish that they think they can go
through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray
the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All
graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.”

Devil Admits to the Exorcist: I am afraid of the

Maddona”
 "If Christians knew the power of the Rosary, it would be the end of me!"

We share excerpts from private dialogues between Satan and Fr. Gabriele Amorth,
an exorcist in Rome who died recently at the age of 91. Satan and this priest
confronted each other on many occasions. Fr. Amorth heard it all—difficult, harsh
discussions, and of course full of lies, because the devil’s action is based on lies.

THE DEVIL’S REPLY

Fabio Marchese Ragona, who is the curator of the Stanze Vaticane blog, wrote,

“During an exorcism, Fr. Amorth had asked the devil when he would leave the
possessed girl’s body. The devil replied that he would remain until December 8.
This turned out not to be true, and when Fr. Gabriele reproached him for the lie,
the devil said in reply, ‘Haven’t they ever told you I’m a liar?” (Faro di Roma,
September 2016).

HOW CAN THE DEVIL BE INTERROGATED?

Fr. Gabriele Amorth confided to the website Luce di Maria (May, 2015) that
“exorcists interrogate the devil and get answers out of him.” But if the devil is the
prince of lies, what use is it to interrogate him?

“It’s true that we sift through the devil’s answers afterwards; perhaps the Lord
forces the devil to tell the truth to demonstrate that Satan has been defeated by
Christ, and is also forced to obey Christ’s followers when they act in His name.”

THE WORST HUMILIATION

According to Fr. Amorth, the evil one often “expressly declares that he is being
forced to speak, which is something he will do everything to avoid. But, for
example, when he is forced to reveal his name, it is a great humiliation for him—a
sign of defeat. But woe to the exorcist who gets lost in questions of curiosity
(which the Rite expressly forbids) or if he lets himself be guided by the devil in a
conversation! Precisely because he is a master of lies, Satan is humiliated when
God forces him to tell the truth.”

“I AM STRONGER THAN GOD”

In an interview with Urlo Magazine (2009), Fr. Amorth recounted, “Once, it

happened that I asked a demon why, despite his superior intelligence, he preferred
to descend into hell; he answered, ‘I rebelled against God; thus, I showed that I am
stronger than He is.’ Therefore, for them, rebellion is a sign of victory and
superiority.”

“I AM AFRAID WHEN YOU USE THE MADONNA’S NAME…”

In his book The Last Exorcist—composed of texts from various blogs,

including Gloria TV and Testimonianze di fede—Fr. Amorth reports an entire
dialogue he had, in his role as exorcist, with the devil.

Father Amorth: “What are the virtues of the Madonna that make you angriest?”
Demon: “She makes me angry because she is the humblest of all creatures, and
because I am the proudest; because she is the purest of all creatures, and I am not;
because, of all creatures, she is the most obedient to God, and I am a rebel!”

Father Amorth: “Tell me the fourth characteristic of the Madonna that makes you
so afraid of her that you are more afraid when I say the Madonna’s name than
when I say the name of Jesus Christ!”

Demon: “I am more afraid when you say the Madonna’s name, because I am more
humiliated by being beaten by a simple creature, than by Him…”

Father Amorth: “Tell me the fourth characteristic of the Madonna that makes you
most angry!”

Demon: “Because she always defeats me, because she was never compromised by
any taint of sin!”

“During an exorcism,” Father Amorth remembers, “Satan told me, through the
possessed person, ‘Every Hail Mary of the Rosary is a blow to the head for me; if
Christians knew the power of the Rosary, it would be the end of me!'”

THE FIRST ENCOUNTER

On the Libero website (February 3, 2012), Father Amorth remembered his first

encounter with Satan. It happened during an exorcism:

“Suddenly, I had the clear sensation of a demonic presence before me. I felt this
demon that was looking at me intently. Scrutinizing me. Moving around me. The
air became cold. It was terribly cold. Father Candido had also warned me ahead of
time about these sudden changes in temperature, but it’s one thing to hear certain
things talked about, and another to experience them yourself. I tried to concentrate.
I closed my eyes and continued my prayer by rote. ‘Leave, therefore, you rebel.
Leave, seducer, full of every kind of fraud and falsehood, enemy of virtue,
persecutor of the innocent. Cede your place to Christ, in whom there is nothing
of your works’ (…)
THE SECRET OF THE ROSARY by ST. LOUIS
DE MONTFORT
When Saint Dominicwas preaching the Rosary near Carcassone, an Albigensian
was brought to him who was possessed by the devil. Saint Dominic exorcised him
in the presence of a great crowd of people; it appears that over twelve thousand had
come to hear him preach. The devils who were in possession of this wretched man
were forced to answer Saint Dominic's questions in spite of themselves. They said
that:

1.There were fifteen thousand of them in the body of this poor man, because he
had attacked the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary;

2. They went on to testify that by preaching the Rosary he put fear and horror into
the very depths of Hell and that he was the man they hated most throughout the
whole world, because of the souls which he snatched from them through devotion
to the Holy Rosary;

3. They then revealed several other things.

Saint Dominic put his Rosary around the Albigensian's neck and asked the devils
to tell him who, of all the Saints in Heaven, was the one they feared the most, and
who should therefore be the most loved and revered by men. At this they let out
such unearthly screams that most of the people fell to the ground, faint from fear.
Then, using all their cunning, so as not to answer, the devils wept and wailed in
such a pitiful way that many of the people wept also, out of purely natural pity.
The devils spoke through the mouth of the Albigensian, pleading in a heartrending
voice:

"Dominic, Dominic, have mercy on us----we promise you that we will never hurt
you. You have always had compassion for sinners and those in distress; have pity
on us, for we are in grievous straits. We are suffering so very much already, so
why do you delight in heightening our pains? Can't you be satisfied with our
suffering without adding to it? Have pity on us! Have pity on us!"

Saint Dominic was not one whit moved by the pathos of these wretched spirits and
told them that he would not let them alone until they had answered his question.
Then they said they would whisper the answer in such a way that only Saint
Dominic would be able to hear. The latter firmly insisted upon their answering
clearly and out loud. Then the devils kept quiet and refused to say another word,
completely disregarding Saint Dominic's orders----so he knelt down and prayed
thus to Our Lady: "

Oh, all powerful and wonderful Virgin Mary, I implore you by the power of the
Most Holy Rosary, order these enemies of the human race to answer me."

No sooner had he made this prayer than a glowing flame leaped out of the ears,
nostrils and mouth of the Albigensian. Everyone shook with fear, but the fire did
not hurt anyone. Then the devils cried:

"Dominic, we beseech you, by the passion of Jesus Christ and by the merits of His
Holy Mother and of all the Saints, let us leave the body of this man without
speaking further----for the Angels will answer your question whenever you wish.
After all, are we not liars? So why should you want to believe us? Please don't
torture us any more; have pity on us."

"Woe unto you wretched spirits, who do not deserve to be heard," Saint Dominic
said, and kneeling down he prayed to Our Lady:

"Oh most worthy Mother of Wisdom, I am praying for the people assembled here
who have already learned how to say the Angelic Salutation properly. Please, I beg
of you, force your enemies to proclaim the whole truth and nothing but the truth
about this, here and now, before the multitude."

Saint Dominic had hardly finished this prayer when he saw the Blessed Virgin near
at hand, surrounded by a multitude of Angels. She struck the possessed man with a
golden rod that she held and said: "Answer my servant Dominic at once."
(Remember, the people neither saw nor heard Our Lady, but only Saint Dominic.)
"Now that we are forced to speak we must also tell you this: nobody who
perseveres in saying the Rosary will be damned, because she obtains for her
servants the grace of true contrition for their sins and by means of this they obtain
God's forgiveness and mercy."

Then Saint Dominic had them all say the Rosary very slowly and with great
devotion, and a wonderful thing happened: at each Hail Mary that he and the
people said together a large group of devils issued forth from the wretched man's
body under the guise of red-hot coals.
When the devils had all been expelled and the heretic was at last entirely free of
them, Our Lady (who was still invisible) gave her blessing to the assembled
company, and they were filled with joy because of this.

A large number of heretics were converted because of this miracle and joined the
Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary.

MARY, THE MOTHER OF THE CHURCH

Beelzebub: Judas has not seen the majesty of God; by that I mean that he has seen
the humanity of God; and he has been able to perceive a few fragments of His
majesty, but he has not seen Him (God) in the fullness of His Majesty (he sighs).
Do you know what that is? I have seen Him – that is to say, I have not seen him as
you will see Him one day. But I was able to understand Him, and I have seen and
experienced a large part of it. We were not yet in the totality of the perfect beatific
vision, but we were already in a very powerful beatific state. But we were not
willing to give her the pleasure of having dominion over us, or directing us. That
leads on to what must still be said.

Exorcist: Continue to tell the truth, Beelzebub, by order of the Blessed Virgin,

who commands you to speak, and nothing but the truth!

Exorcist: She is indeed above us. She is terribly much above us.

Exorcist: Speak, Beelzebub, in the name of the Father…, by order of the
immaculate Conception!

Beelzebub: She wants me in particular, to say these things; if only she had chosen
Allida! But she wishes me to!

Exorcist: You are required to speak now, Beelzebub, in the name…!

Beelzebub: Now listen carefully! I must say this – she is forcing me!

Exorcist: Yes, so much the better. Speak, in the name…!

Beelzebub: There she is with her crown and scepter. She is there; she almost
crushes me. This is what it is like in the beginning, at the time of the Apostles,
when she, the Mother (he points upward) was still living, She, in a manner of
speaking, had to organize the beginnings of the church. She had to pray that it
would develop as it should, that it would develop as (he sighs)…

Exorcist: In the name of the Father, and of the Son… tell the truth!

Beelzebub: That it would develop according to the Will of the Holy Spirit. She
was on her knees, day and night; and she prayed for the church to become like that,
and that it would get rid of the old, that is the Mosaic, law; that circumcision would
disappear. She saw that circumcision had been fitting during a certain period and
had been necessary in accordance with the law of that period. But after Jesus Christ
and His Mission, it was no longer necessary. Jesus Christ submitted Himself to
circumcision, but He did not want to continue. From that time on, there was the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (he sighs).

Exorcist: Beelzebub, continue by order of the Most Holy Trinity, Father… and the
Immaculate Conception, on whose behalf you must speak today!

Beelzebub: The Blessed Virgin was present when the Apostles celebrated Holy
Mass for the first time. After Christ’s Ascension, the Blessed Virgin always took
part in the Mass of the Apostles and received Holy Communion. They used to
prepare for their Masses for many hours. Is there even one (priest) who still does
that today? There are scarcely any who do! Often indeed, the Apostles would
prepare themselves for entire days before a single Mass. On one occasion even, the
Blessed Virgin retired for ten days and prayed day and night. During that time, she
was called to Heaven, and she saw the infinite Majesty of God.

God, the Holy Trinity, ordered us down there, to come up from Hell (he points
first downward, then upward). It was not yet the perfect celestial sphere, but it was
already a superior sphere. We had to come up, and we had to look upon this
creature, whether we wanted to or not. The Holy Trinity forced us to see her in her
almost perfect majesty. Her majesty and splendor were greater than we had ever
seen them before. The Blessed Virgin has conquered. She has vanquished us.

We saw her clothed in the sun. At all events, we saw her in a great majesty, the
moon at her feet, that is to say, the world. The moon under her feet represents the
entire world whose adversary is the serpent, which is symbolic of all of us.

How we pleaded with God! How we begged His Majesty to spare us from this
sight! We even pleaded with Him to allow us to rush straight back towards Hell so
that we could return to the nether regions; so hard was it for us to bear looking at
her! But He did not allow us to leave. We had to suffer this terrible sight for yet a
moment longer – (he moans in despair).

Exorcist: Speak, in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, Father…

Beelzebub: Do you know how often we deliberated over how to weaken or

degrade this creature, even by the smallest fraction? (He points upward) But
nothing we did succeeded. She was victorious everywhere. She was sovereign over
all. For years, centuries, we were deliberating to see what we could, what we might
be able to do once she arrived (was born). But when she did come, we didn’t even
recognize her immediately…

Exorcist: Not recognize her immediately?

Beelzebub: …Not immediately… We suspected that such an extraordinary
incredibly virtuous creature – a creature over whom we had no influence – could
be her. But why we didn’t know immediately (he mutters and sighs vehemently)…

Exorcist: You must speak now, Beelzebub, continue in the name of the Most Holy
Trinity. Father… of the Immaculate Conception, by whose order you must now
speak!

Beelzebub: …and who hid herself in the background. Lucifer and I, Beelzebub,

called the whole Council together. When we had finally worked out that this really
was her, we deliberated, day and night, for a long time, to see what we might be
able to do to harm her. For this we called together the best magicians (those with
the greatest occult powers). We ordered them to harm That Woman (he points
upward), both in body and soul, so that she would not be so strong, so that her
prayer would not be so deadly, and so that she could exercise such power. For we
knew very well that later the Church would be in her hands. Even Peter used to fall
at her feet when he failed (he growls).

She has an immense power, because she has been the most amiable and perfect of
God’s creatures. She has been a creature of incredible perfection; after God, she is
thousands and thousands of times above all creatures. Even her spouse, Saint
Joseph, who was thousands and thousands of times above other men, was still
thousands and thousands of times inferior to her.

Exorcist: In the name of the Father… in the Name of the Blessed Virgin’s
Immaculate Conception, continue to tell the truth! Continue, Beelzebub, go on,
continue! And nothing but the truth!

Beelzebub: So we deliberated and the magicians tried to harm her. They tried
everything to harm her, but she persevered in prayer. She stood fast. She was well
aware of what was happening, but we could achieve nothing. We were not able to
harm the beastly creature, because she was not subject to original sin like the rest
of men. Neither magician, nor sorcerer, nor anyone else, was able to harm her.
Black magic can harm only those men whom we can harm, particularly those who
are possessed. But the diabolical magicians had no influence over Her (he points
upward).

So we were overtaken by an infernal fury, a frantic fury, a fury of which only Hell
is capable, when we saw that all those together could do nothing more against this
incomprehensible creature, this predestined one of God. We hurled ourselves
furiously against the sorcerers and the magicians and it was on them that we
inflicted injury. They received double the harm they would have inflicted on
her (he points upward) – (he moans).

Exorcist: Continue, Beelzebub, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit, in the name of the Immaculate Conception, by whose order you must now
speak! Tell the truth!

Beelzebub:: It is a crazy penance for me that I have to be the one who is obliged to
say these things!

Exorcist: Go on! Continue to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth! You have no
right to lie!

Beelzebub: Leave me alone! The (possessed) woman is almost on the verge of a

heart attack.

Exorcist: The Blessed Virgin orders you to speak for the Church, in the name…!

Beelzebub:: No, we don’t want to speak!

Exorcist: Yes, you must! Go on! Speak!

Beelzebub: No, leave me alone! (he growls).

Exorcist: You must speak now, in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, in the name
of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, you must speak
now!
Beelzebub: Very well. It is impossible to describe the fury of Hell, when we saw
our shots miss the mark. As that was not successful, we pondered again how we
could harm her, but she was able to put to flight all our evil efforts. She was
superior; she was truly a chosen creature of God, chosen in a very special way.

For as long as the earth will continue to exist, right up to the end of the world, you
will never find her equal; never, from the beginning of the world to eternity, would
there, or could there, be found anyone to equal her. And He up there (he points
upward) could imagine nothing more atrocious, nor find anything more shameful,
than to make us go up into this sphere in order to present this creature to us. It was
a dreadful calamity for us (in a tearful voice). We would have preferred to remain
in the depths of Hell, in the midst of the most cruel fire, rather than be forced to
look on this…We cannot say what we want to, but I would like to use the most
abusive adjectives if I could. She does not allow it.

Exorcist: Tell the truth! You must speak now in the name of the Blessed Virgin, in
the name of the Most Holy Trinity!

Beelzebub: It was frightful for us to be obliged to look upon this creature, clad in
the greatest sanctity, with crown and scepter, chosen by the Most High (terrible
cry). I still have the spectacle before my eyes; this sight from the past: it still
maddens me (he shouts). It seems to me as if It must have happened today; it
seems like today to me, and to the others as well. Even now, we are still stamping
with rage about it.

When we eventually had to return to Hell – but it was more like being allowed to,
rather than being ordered to – we rose up in fury against one another. You know,
we maltreated one another… for we could not bear the sight of one another.

I have to say still more about that same diabolical happening (cries and terrible
wailing)...

Exorcist: Continue to tell the truth, in the name of the Most Holy Trinity…!
Beelzebub:: On one occasion, during the time she was helping, to organize, the
Church founded by her Son, she was immersed in prayer, that the Almighty might
well have carried her constantly in His hands, so great was His satisfaction.

Then the Apostle, Barnabas, came, followed by another. They prostrated

themselves before her and they pointed out, correctly, that it was now time for the
Gospels to be written for the Church. “They invoked the Holy Spirit for a long
time, and they prayed constantly for days on end. Such prayer does not happen any
more today, or only in very rare circumstances and places. Yes, for several days
they prayed, they bombarded Heaven with prayers, to know who should be chosen
to write the Gospels. And then the Blessed Virgin appointed that Luke, that John,
that Mark and do I know the other one? to write those filthy books. How annoyed
we were about, that, but it still happened! Do you know what it felt like for us
when those texts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John came out? (He growls
furiously). Just think about it, those four were chosen by the Trinity and by the
Blessed Virgin with her rotten majesty! It was not Peter who was charged with it,
no not he; he was the rock, he had the overview of everything, and the Church was
founded on him; yet the writing of the Gospels was entrusted to those four
Apostles.

Exorcist: Tell the truth, in the name…!

Beelzebub: Then the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove on those

(gathered there) and they saw that those four were appointed – all the others saw
this. But now, I don’t want to say any more.

Exorcist: Yes, you must! In the name of the Father… in the name of the
Immaculate Conception, you are required to speak, Beelzebub, go on!

Beelzebub: When Barnabas and one of the others came to visit the Blessed Virgin,
she said to them: “Above all, you will tell the story of the life of Christ. Do you
understand? It is He Who must be glorified, He who must be in the forefront; as for
me, let me stand aside. Concerning me, you will relate only what is indispensable
for the Birth and Incarnation of Christ. The rest you will leave aside.”
Although they knew about and had seen very great and elevated things which gave
evidence (of her greatness), they were not able to write about them. It was a great
sacrifice for them not to have the privilege of writing about her. She wished to
efface herself through humility, in order to leave the forefront to the Son of God,
His Jesus Christ, on whom the Church was founded. But She, the Mother of God,
is the great Sign of God; indeed she symbolizes the Church. He (Jesus) loves the
Church like a spouse.

Then, so they would not be saddened, she told these two apostles (Barnabas and
his companion) that later on Christ would speak again about her, through mankind
or through I don’t yet know whom (he cries terribly).

Exorcist: Mary of Agreda has spoken of her.

Beelzebub: (turned towards the priest with an annoyed expression); You have

guessed it. Mary of Jesus, in the town of Agreda. We know more about it than
men. Yes, we have cursed those books, we fear them! How I was forced to say
that! (he grumbles and gives an anxious cry).

Exorcist: Continue to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth! By order of the
Blessed Virgin, you must speak now and in the name…!