The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters with the Diabolical

Description

“I went from an indifferent apathetic Sunday Mass attending Catholic Christian to an on fire Catholic Christian in a few short years. What reignited my faith? The many encounters I had with the occult and diabolical.”

So says renowned Catholic apologist and retired veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Jesse Romero. Now for the first time in print, Romero reveals the harrowing details of his experiences with the demonic while working for the LASD. Discover the true stories of spiritual warfare being waged in the streets and alleys of L.A., including:

• Romero's encounters with Richard Ramirez, the infamous “Night Stalker”
• How the Rosary drove out a demon that had taken hold of a young man
• What happened when inmates involved in the occult would try to say “Jesus is Lord”
• How a young man who had committed suicide returned to beg his parents for prayers to release him from the pains of Purgatory
• …and much more.

The Devil in the City of Angels is much more than a catalog of strange and terrifying events. It exposes Satan as the Father of Lies so we can see how he works, and how to defeat him. Drawing on his own experiences as well as the most authoritative sources, Romero offers the reader numerous cautionary tales, but also that hope that is only found in Jesus Christ and his Church.

cited by Slaves of Satan

KOReader notes:

Introduction: Why Did I Write This Book?

08/31/24Introduction: Why Did I Write This Book? : 13

Nullus diabolus, nullus redemptor.

1. The Devil

08/31/241. The Devil : 18

diabolus, meaning slanderer

08/31/241. The Devil : 18

Satan (adversary

08/31/241. The Devil : 19

Mystical City of God. This mystical city is actually the body of the Virgin Mary in which God the Son lived for nine months

08/31/241. The Devil : 23

2017 the largest group in the Catholic Church in America are Hispanics and Latinos

2. My Encounters With the Diabolical

08/31/242. My Encounters With the Diabolical : 26

LA County Jail, the largest in the world

08/31/242. My Encounters With the Diabolical : 26

Most of them had satanic tattoos and satanic bibles along with pornography in their one-man cells.

ref:8.8: "In his jail cell, he had a ‘satanic bible,’ which he read every day, and a stack of pornographic magazines about two to three feet high."

08/31/242. My Encounters With the Diabolical : 36

“ignorance of God is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations” (CCC 2087).

6. Practical Advice to Stay Far From Satan and Keep Him Far From You

10/22/246. Practical Advice to Stay Far From Satan and Keep Him Far From You : 131

Thomas Aquinas is clear that the angels and demons cannot create sense data in our minds that is not there.”

Really? Why?