The love of one

Today I read while I prepare to go to the doctor ... again ...

From the AP: The case is among hundreds documented on video and kept by Syquia, who heads the Manila Archdiocese's Office of Exorcism -- the only one that exists in the Catholic nation of 94 million people. "She would have levitated had she not been restrained," Syquia said of the woman in the video, portions of which were shown to AFP during a rare interview at his office in the basement of a seminary in Manila. Syquia believes he is in the frontline of the battle between good and evil on earth. "There is a great dramatic increase of possessions right now," said the 44-year-old priest. "More and more the demons are gaining a foothold into this society."

In a non-related item, I promise: "Charlie Sheen says he may be reunited with "Two and a Half Men." In an interview with a Boston radio station Tuesday, Sheen said there have been discussions about bringing him back to the hit CBS sitcom he was fired from last month."

I'm not sure how anyone can argue that with the way this country is going, the way this world is going, that we are (to answer that politicial question asked long ago) better off than we were four years ago. How about 40 years ago?

I'm not one to throw down on technology, on women's rights, civil rights, heck even gender rights whatever that might mean. I'm not one to even shine a bad light on Twilight or Lost or any cultural phenom. Whatever a Lady Gaga is, my kids can go and emit crazy sounds at her concerts.

I don't like the designated hitter, but that's another thing entirely.

But what I don't get and won't back away from is this notion that we are not under attack by forces that are less than physical. Call demons what they are: Divorce is up and will continue to go up; treatment for addiction is up and will grow; we're a broke nation; we cant' get along.

And most especially, the church is losing. The Christian church is losing. In the political arena. In the world.

What do we do?

Praise Him. Let Him work it out. Worship Him. Let Him work it out. Be with Him. Let Him work it out.

It's never too late, but it starts with the power and love of one.