The Power of One Hail Mary:

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women, and Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.

Millions of Catholics often say the Hail Mary. Some repeat it hastily not even thinking on the words they are saying. These following words may help some say it more thoughtfully. They can give God's Mother great joy and obtain for themselves graces that she wishes to give them. One Hail Mary well said fills the heart of Our Lady with delight and obtains for us indescribably great graces. One Hail Mary well said gives us more graces than a thousand thoughtlessly said. The Hail Mary is like a mine of gold that we can always take from but never exhaust. Is it hard to say the Hail Mary well? All we have to do is to know its value and understand its meaning.

St. Jerome tells us that "the truths contained in the Hail Mary are so sublime, so wonderful that no man or Angel could fully understand them."
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, "the wisest of Saints and holiest of wise men," as Leo XIII called him, preached for 40 days in Rome on the Hail Mary, filling his hearers with rapture.

Father F. Suarez, the holy and learned Jesuit, declared when dying that he would willingly give all the many learned books he wrote, all his life's labors, for the merit of one Hail Mary prayerfully and devoutly said.

St. Mechtilde, who loved our Lady very much, was one day striving to compose a beautiful prayer in her honor. Our Lady appeared to her, with the golden letters on her breast of: "Hail Mary full of grace." She said to her: "Desist, dear child, from your labor for no prayer you could possibly compose would give me the joy and delight of the Hail Mary.

A certain man found joy in saying slowly the Hail Mary. The Blessed Virgin in return appeared to him smiling and announced to him the day and hour that he should die, granting him a most holy and happy death. After death a beautiful white lily grew from his mouth having written on its petals: "Hail Mary."

Cesarius recounts a similar incident. A humble and holy monk lived in the monastery. His poor mind and memory were so weak that he could only repeat one prayer which was the "Hail Mary." After death a tree grew over his grave and on all its leaves was written: "Hail Mary." These beautiful legends show us how much devotion to Our Lady was valued, and the power attributed to the Hail Mary devoutly prayed.

Each time that we say the Hail Mary we are repeating the very same words which St. Gabriel the Archangel saluted Mary on the day of the Annunciation, when she was made Mother of the Son of God. Many graces and joys filled the soul of Mary at that moment. Now when we say the Hail Mary we offer anew all these graces and joys to Our Lady and she accepts them with Immense delight. In return she gives us a share in these joys.

Once Our Lord asked St. Francis Assisi to give Him something. The Saint replied: "Dear Lord, I can give You nothing for I have already given you all, all my love." Jesus smiled and said: "Francis, give Me it all again and again, it will give Me the same pleasure."

So with our dearest Mother, she accepts from us each time we say the Hail Mary the joys and delight she received from the words of St. Gabriel. Almighty God gave His Blessed Mother all the dignity, greatness and holiness necessary to make her His own most perfect Mother. But He also> gave her all the sweetness, love, tenderness and affection necessary to make her our most loving Mother.

Mary is truly and really our Mother. As children when in trouble, run to their mothers for help, so ought we to run at once with unbounded confidence to Mary. St. Bernard and many Saints said that it was never, never heard at any time or in any place that Mary \nrefused to hear the prayers of her children on earth. Why do we not realize this most consoling truth? Why refuse the love and consolation that God's Sweet Mother is offering us? Is it our lamentable ignorance which deprives us of such help and consolation. To love and trust Mary is to be happy on earth now and afterwards to be> happy in Heaven.

Dr. Hugh Lammer was a staunch Protestant, with strong prejudices against the Catholic Church. One day he found an explanation of the Hail Mary and read it. He was so charmed with it that he began to say it daily. Insensibly all his anti-Catholic animosity began to disappear. He became> a Catholic, a holy priest and a professor of Catholic Theology in Breslau. A priest was called to the bedside of a man who was dying in despair because of his sins. Yet he refused obstinately to go to confession. As a last recourse the priest asked him to say at least the Hail Mary after which the poor man made a sincere confession and died a holy death."

In England, a parish priest was asked to go and see a Protestant lady who was gravely ill, and who wished to become a Catholic. Asked if she had ever gone to a Catholic Church, or, if she had spoken to Catholics, or if she had read Catholic books? She replied, "No, no." All she could remember was that------when a child------she had learned from a little Catholic neighbor girl the Hail Mary, which she said every night. She was Baptized and before dying had the happiness of seeing her husband and children Baptized.

St. Gertrude tells us in her book, "Revelations" that when we thank God for the graces He has given to any Saint, we get a great share of those particular graces. What graces, then, do we not receive when we say the Hail Mary while thanking God for all the unspeakable graces He has given His Blessed Mother?

A Humourous story: (Special Thanks to Fr. John Bosco) (with edit)

There was a boy who wanted to have his own bicycle. Each time he would get envious of his friends whenever he saw his friends on their bicycle. One day, he asked his parents for a bicycle, however, his parents is going through a great financial difficulty.

So, being left without any choice, he decided to pray and ask (or rather demand) God for it. However, his prayers were not answered, and of course, he didnt get any bicycle. So he decide that God did not answer his prayers and decide to write a letter to God.

He took up a pen and started writing, "Dear God, I am a good boy..." but again, he remembered that he was told that God knows the truth and there is no way we can lie to Him. So he crushed the paper and throw it to the rubbish bin. He came up with an idea. He walked to the altar in his house and it contains many statues of Jesus etc. His mother told him not to touch these statues as it is fragile and it is bought from Holy Land. However, he cautiously carried one of the statue of Jesus away, wrapped up the statue of Jesus carefully with a cloth and lock it in his closet and say "If you want to see Mummy again, GET ME A BICYCLE!!!"

My dear friends, many times we are like this little boy in our prayer. We ask God for whatever we want, and we end up blackmailing God, for example, we will say "God, if you give me good results, I promise to say 15 decades of the rosary each day" or "God, if you let me have this girl, I promise to revise my work ten hours a day". In the end, we end up making empty promises.

So my dear friends, points to ponder in prayer: Are we like the boy who 'blackmail' God, only remembering God when in need, and forgetting God when we have what we wanted? :D

A level results is released on 1 March @ 2pm

And the interesting thing is that... that day is Ash Wednesday.

So is it a time to be sorrowful for our results??? :D

Yay! So Happy... it's annouced that the new church that is going to be built in Pasir Ris is called

The Church of the Divine Mercy!

Anyway, to all Catholics and Christians out there who has not heard about The Divine Mercy, here are some infomation:


Background of the Divine Mercy Devotion

From the diary of a young Polish nun, a special devotionbegan spreading throughout the world in the 1930s. Themessage is nothing new, but is a reminder of what theChurch has always taught through scripture and tradition:that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too, mustshow mercy and forgiveness. But in the Divine Mercydevotion, the message takes on a powerful new focus,calling people to a deeper understanding that God’s love isunlimited and available to everyone — especially thegreatest sinners.
The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, anuneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritualdirector, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording therevelations she received about God’s mercy. Even beforeher death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy hadbegun to spread.
The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us —no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize thatHis mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call uponHim with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us toothers. Thus, all will come to share His joy. It is a messagewe can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.
A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approachHim in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins andasking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and uponthe whole world.
B — Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercyand let it flow through us to others. He wants us toextend love and forgiveness to others just as He doesto us.
C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to knowthat the graces of His mercy are dependent upon ourtrust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we willreceive.

The Divine Mercy Devotion
Devotion to The Divine Mercy involves a total commitment toGod as Mercy. It is a decision to trust completely in Him, toaccept His mercy with thanksgiving, and to be merciful asHe is merciful.
The devotional practices proposed in the diary of SaintFaustina and set forth in this website are completely inaccordance with the teachings of the Church and are firmlyrooted in the Gospel message of our Merciful Savior.Properly understood and implemented, they will help usgrow as genuine followers of Christ.
Merciful Heart
There are two scriptural verses that we should keep in mindas we involve ourselves in these devotional practices:
1. "This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts arefar from me" (Is 29:13);
2. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mt5:7).

It's an ironic and somewhat frightening fact that many of themost religious people of Christ's time (people who wereactively practicing their religion and eagerly awaiting thepromised Messiah) were not able to recognize Him whenHe came.

The Pharisees, to whom Christ was speaking in the firstquotation above, were very devoted to the prayers, rules,and rituals of their religion; but over the years, these outerobservances had become so important in themselves thattheir real meaning had been lost. The Pharisees performedall the prescribed sacrifices, said all the right prayers, fastedregularly, and talked a lot of about God, but none of it hadtouched their hearts. As a result, they had no relationshipwith God, they were not living the way He wanted them tolive, and they were not prepared for the coming of Jesus.

When we look at the image of the Merciful Savior, or pausefor prayer at three o'clock, or pray the Chaplet — are thesethings drawing us closer to the real sacramental life of theChurch and allowing Jesus to transform our hearts? Or havethey just become religious habits? In our daily lives are wegrowing more and more as people of mercy? Or are we justgiving "lip service" to God's mercy?

Living the Message of Mercy
The devotional practices revealed through Saint Faustinawere given to us as "vessels of mercy" through which God'slove can be poured out upon the world, but they are notsufficient unto themselves. It's not enough for us to hang TheDivine Mercy image in our homes, pray the Chaplet everyday at three o'clock, and receive Holy Communion on thefirst Sunday after Easter. We also have to show mercy to ourneighbors. Putting mercy into action is not an option of theDivine Mercy Devotion; it's a requirement!
Our Lord strongly speaks about this to SaintFaustina:
I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out oflove for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors alwaysand everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try toexcuse yourself from it (Diary, 742).
Like the gospel command, "Be merciful, just as your Fatheris merciful," this demand that we show mercy to ourneighbors "always and everywhere" seems impossible tofulfill. But the Lord assures us that it is possible. "When asoul approaches Me with trust," He explains, "I fill it with suchan abundance of graces that it cannot contain them withinitself, but radiates them to other souls" (Diary, 1074).
How do we "radiate" God's mercy to others? By our actions,our words, and our prayers. "In these three degrees," he tellsSister Faustina, "is contained the fullness of mercy" (Diary742). We have all been called to this threefold practice ofmercy, but we are not all called in the same way. We need toask the Lord, who understands our individual personalitiesand situation, to help us recognize the various ways we caneach show His mercy in our daily lives.
By asking for the Lord's mercy, trusting in His mercy, andsincerely trying to live His mercy in our lives, we can assurethat we will never hear Him say of us, "Their hearts are farfrom Me," but rather that wonderful promise, "Blessed arethe merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
It is our hope that you will continue to read and reread theinformation on this website and make the prayers, attitudes,and practices presented a real part of your life, so that youmay come to trust completely in God and live each dayimmersed in His merciful love — thus fulfilling the Lord'scommand to let your life "shine before people, so that theywill see the good things you do and praise your Father inHeaven" (Mt 5:16).


The Image of the Divine Mercy

The earliest element of the Devotion to the Divine Mercy revealed to St. Faustina was the Image. On February 22nd, 1931 Jesus appeared to her with rays radiating from His heart and said,
Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus I trust in You. I desire that this image be venerated, first in your chapel, and throughout the world. (Diary 47)
I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over its enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I myself will defend it as My own glory. (Diary 48)
I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature" :Jesus, I trust in You." (Diary 327)
The two rays denote Blood and Water. the pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized heart was opened by a lance on the Cross. These rays shield souls from the wrath of My Father. Happy is the one who dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him. (Diary 299)
Not in the beauty of the color, nor of the brush, lies the greatness of this image, but in My grace. (Diary 313)
By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works. (Diary 742)
In these texts the Church's doctrine on images, justification and grace are explained. First, by itself an image is merely a painting, no matter how beautiful and expressive. Yet, it can point us the mysteries of the faith and dispose us to grasp and receive what it represents, in this case the Divine Mercy. It is thus a vessel, not the source, a reminder, not the reality. The reality is the merciful fountain of grace flowing from the pierced Heart of Christ on the Cross, and flowing out visibly to represent the visible, that is the sacramental, signs of grace, Baptism and Eucharist, standing for all the sacraments of the Church. Thus, St. John in his first letter insists on the presence of the invisible with the visible, the Spirit with the water and the Blood.
The image also reminds us that salvation is not just by faith, but by works of charity also. It takes faith to see and believe in what the Image signifies, Divine Mercy poured out from Christ upon the Cross, but it takes mercy, love going beyond the strict requirements of justice, in order to draw down mercy on oneself. "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us" (Mt 6:12) and "the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you" (Mt 7:2) The Image of the pierced side of Christ pouring out blood and water reminds us that the Cross, love in action, is the price of mercy. "As I have loved you so also should you love one another." (Jn 13:34)

My 41st Post :D

I went for lunch with Audrey today (9 Feb) and guess what, we met Ho Ching! (Well, no surprise, Temasek Holdings having a board meeting at Crystal Jade in Paragon.) No big deal.

I cant recognise her until Audrey told me. Yes, I am a moutain tortoise. Coz I dont bother to look at Ho Ching's face in the newspaper. :D

Yup, we went to Takashimaya SC to eat our lunch instead.
Paragon is only for big shot people. No suitable food court for people to go and eat. Sighz.

Just a continuation of my previous entry before I am going to get my heads chopped off: (please read if you feel being victimised)

I probably should just summarise and make myself clear:

Firstly, some wrong interpretation of the previous entry:

1) I didnt say charasmatic is bad and am no means to discourage you from going. In fact, it is good for spiritual renewal. The danger comes when people are obsessed with it.

Some pointers:

1) Question what you see. Pray and ask. Because your opinions might change from what you perceived to be from God to what is from the dark side when you look into things further. Remember that the evil one can disguise themselves.

2) We can never fully understand the spiritual world, can we? What we know of the spirit comes from the bible itself. Unless you have the 'yin yang' eyes to see the spirits roaming about the earth in action. Therefore, I believe that it's fine to doubt, I do, and only believe when I can be assured it's the right spirit working. Yes, do remember that God works differently from each and everyone of us. So it's still safe to ask.

3) It's safe not to bring someone who is a non-believer to charasmatic prayer. Cause not many people will be able to take it, some people will be frightened off, Is that what we want? to scare people off? If you would like to bring someone to church, bring them for mass (where the correct mood is set) or (for other denomination, service (excluding the praise and worship part).

If you would like to know what some non-christians think of charasmatic:
Some quotes:
"It's satanic"
"It's like a cult and not a true religion"
"It's like a rock concert!"

As you can see, these are the wrong intentions that non-believers who wants to know Christ gets. Even if they are touched, they will have the wrong intention.

I have asked some people who has been to both charasmatic service and those solemn masses about their preferencial mode of worship: (out of 5 ppl that i know so far)

100 percent of them say that they prefer to attend mass than those charasmatic service.

Of course, the above statistics couldnt prove what the entire non-believers think as each individual has their own preference. But still, it's safe to bring them to those peaceful service and masses, because we want the non-believers of Christ to get the correct impression of us and not a rock concert or a cult. Not many people can take charasmatic service.

My apologies:

1) To those fervent, pious charasmatic go-ers. As long as you participate in these charasmatic things with the correct mindset, it is safe. Praise the Lord for he has touched you.

2) To those who feel victimised in the example which I quoted for "food for thought":

Many apologies to you. I am sorry if you see it as a personal attack. But I am providing my alternative views on what I see (after discussion with another person). Yes, I am in no position to judge whether it's God's grace or human instinct. Think harder. If you keep to your stand that it's God's grace, then so be it. Reminder: I dont understand the situation as well as you, I am just seeing it from my point of view, from what I know of the incident. This incident just struck me to give an example of somethings we should ask ourselves whether it's really God's grace or human instincts.

P.S: There is no use changing your blog website just to prevent certain people from viewing your blog. It just shows how weak your faith is when other people's slight challenge to your belief cause you to change your blog website! If you think I am wrong in looking at things, just point it out in your blog (and not changing your blog website). As mentioned, I am ignorant of the entire situation and that I am seeing it from my point of view. Go on and humiliate me in your blog and prove that I am wrong. I have already stated my intentions here. :)

Food for thought: (for girls only):

If a guy whom you just met or know for a few days, suddenly talk to you on the phone non stop for 4 hours although you couldnt speak (coz probably you lose your voice), and he told you that he has never talk to someone for so long, is that the grace of God working?

Well, there are certain issues here:

1) The guy might have a crush on you
2) The guy likes you

Some questions have to be raised:

1) Is it only you that he shared with you for this long?
2) Other intentions behind this motive?

I apologise if the story line above is a replication of somebody's life, but this is one example that struck me. There are many types of Christian believers but i shall discuss 2 types of christian here:

1) One who believes everything that is good belongs to God and everything that is bad belongs to the work of the devil.

2) One who doubts unless seeing, one who constantly searching for proof that it's the work of God. If you dont understand what I mean, take Thomas the apostle as an example, he doubted when the other apostles told him that they have seen Jesus (after his death). Only when he managed to put his fingers into the holes in Jesus palms, he believed.

Those people that belonged to the first category are probably happy people. For Jesus also said "Happy are those who have not seen but yet believe". But however, it can be a danger.

If you ask me, I would probably prefer the second category of Christians. One who adopts "seeing is believing" attitude. Why? cause do we really understand the spiritual world?

There are some ppl, that got so obsessed with charasmatic masses, live worships, praise that the screw in their head went off. Is that the work of the holy spirit that these ppl lost their mind? In my opinion, the role of the holy spirit comes in through these areas:
1) Music.. the spirit guides the musicians the way to play.
2) and of course, if you open your hearts to the spirit, the words and music will touch you in their own ways and healing takes place, those crying and laughing. (if you see case studies of
3) Well, the 'slaining' of the spirit is something which I couldnt explain. In faith, I will say it's the work of the Holy spirit.
In another words, you can say that charasmatic prayer meet is a form of music therapy with spiritual power inside it. All those proclamations is an act of faith. You can say it's a psychological thingy too. That's why obsession with it will make the screw in your mind go bonkers. Please dont get the wrong idea, i do strongly believe that there is a spiritual element in charasmatic prayer meet.

I manage to meet up with one of my senior. We were talking about speech therapy (as she is doing the course) and i shared with her my ambition (music therapy), and we came to the topic on charasmatic prayer. She is a non-christian... a free thinker. She told me about her experience in one of the charasmatic churches. She told me about how scary things get. I shared with her my personal experience. Well, if it's the holy spirit working, there shouldnt be any fear even for a new comer right? Is it the fruits of Fear of the Lord working?

The evil spirit can disguise themselves as Christ. One thing for sure, we can never understand the spiritual world. It's normal to have doubts cause our faith level are low as humans. Well, even the religious has their own doubts when someone claim to have seen the Lord or mother Mary.

If one can raise questions over certain issues like (whether is it the grace of God) allowing a guy to speak to a girl (whom he just met) on the phone for very long hours, we should not be quick to assume. Sometimes it's human nature. U have a crush on someone and naturally, u will speak to someone for hours on phone. Well, the assumption on whether the guy likes the girl can be seen. Cross reference.

These few days I have wondered why these happened. I am a deep thinker, I believe that things that happened are interlinked and things just revealed through me after thinking and analysing things.

My first experience with the gift of knowledge.

(this entry is not to boast about me having the gift of knowledge... but it's to write an account of my first experience with it)

I went to amplify prayer meet with Joy, Audrey and later met Shawn, Alfred and Joan. (the Holy Trinity ppl). I personally, got to know Joy for a few weeks, it can be considered as good as an acquaintance.

During the prayer meet, we were asked to pray for the person beside us and we are supposed to pray for one another, pray for one's break through in certain areas of their life. We are given the option to tell the person beside us which areas that we need to see a breakthrough. Joy was sitting beside me and she didnt tell me anything. But i just continued to pray for her.

Just then, a thought came up of my mind. I got a sense that there is something which Joy needs an answer and she is confused. The words "confused" and "answer" are prompted in my mind. I began to doubt at first, as it is my first time experiencing such thing. I refused to speak or ask. But then, I couldnt find peace without asking. So I decide to test and ask Joy "Are you confused?" and "Is there something that she needs answer?" Joy nodded her head and she told me she wants to know what's her calling. I began to intercede for her, and within seconds (1 or 2) the word "teaching" strike me. Being a person with lack of faith, I began to question this word, I asked this prompting "What qualities does she have that ensure that teaching is her calling?". It revealed to me that she is a sort of person that can mingle with children.

I began to test this prompting... and asked "Do you have a passion for teaching?" Amazingly, she replied "Used to." Well, her reply for "used to" is due to the fact that she just find headaches (common for any teacher) to experience that scolding the class (while working as a untrained relief teacher). I revealed it to her that she is the type of person that likes to mingle with children. She nodded her head.

It is so amazing isnt it? Of course, I advised her to pray about it.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, forgive me for my lack of faith. But even though I believe it's the spirit's gift of knowledge, I do need affirmation. :)

A Song Blog...

THis Song is inspired by Psalm 91 (in a way I think)... dont believe? go open your bible to the relevant page:

Title of the Song: On Eagle's Wings

Verse 1:

YOu who dwell in the shelter of the Lord,
who abide in his shadow for life,
say to the Lord, "My refuge, my rock in whom I trust."

Chorus:

And He will raise you up on eagle's wings,
bear you on the breath of dawn,
make you to shine like the sun,
and hold you in the palm of his hand.

Verse 2:

The snare of the fowler will never capture you,
and famine will bring you no fear,
under his wings your refuge, his faithfulness your shield.

Verse 3:

You need not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
though thousands fall about you, near you it shall not come.

Verse 4:

For to his angels he's given a command, to guard you in all of your ways;
up on their hands they will bear you up,
lest you dash your foot against the stone.

If you want to hear how the music goes, come to Church of the Holy Trinity for Sunday masses in the next 2 weeks. It's a nice song, as you can see from the lyrics, good song for meditation, but it's a little hard to sing in unison.

So for all Psalm 91 lovers, you might love this hymn. :D

Life is the same these few weeks.

CNY, just an ordinary day.

By the way, I had been attacked by an evil spirit on the second day of Chinese New Year.

THis is how it goes:

On the sunny afternoon of 30 Jan 2006, I went to visit my grandma in the old aged home. In her room, there are four beds, but 2 of the tenants that my grandma stayed with has gone home with their family for CNY, left my grandma and another of her roomate.

My grandma told me that her roomate has been playing with black magic, spirits. These spirits always help my grandma's roomate to win lottery. She (my grandma's roomate) has won lottery 3 times. As her roommate left the room for her family, she didnt bring the spirits back with her. Everynight, her roommate (which played with evil spirits) will leave a bowl of rice under her bed, and everynight, she will clap thrice to signal the spirits to eat.

When she left, the spirits do not have rice to eat, and the spirits will disturb the other roommate beside her. The other roomie which was present when i visited my grandma, told us that she heard the evil spirits calling her "Mummy, I am hungry", but the roommate, being strong in her faith, told them not to disturb her.

When I visited my grandma, I felt a deep sense of unrest, there is something that is preventing me from breathing. There is no peace in me. Thank goodness, I prayed to St Michael and asked him for help. My mum too, felt a numbness in her arm while she is in the room. Is this the discernment of the spirit???

I left the home, feeling unrest in my heart. Thank goodness, i went home, drinking a cup of holy water.

I am fine now... but i still need people to pray over me.

By the way, evil spirits are afraid of tongues. :) but then, u must not do it alone (according to my mum), coz it will make u more vulnerable to their attack if your faith is not strong.

MY dear friends: if any instance, if u feel that u have been attacked by an evil spirit, please pray to St Michael the Archangel.

St Michael the archangel, defend us on the day of battle, be our safeguard against the snares, wickedness and temptation of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all other evil spirits and roam through the world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

It's a powerful prayer. Please dont give excuses such as "I am being attacked by the evil spirits when you accused your friends for something they have not done". Just like Eve, putting the blame on the serpant when she told God that it was the snake who tempted her to eat the apple....