Kennedy Hall - Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity

TERROR OF DEMONS

TERROR

__ OF ________________

DEMONS

RECLAIMING
TRADITIONAL
CATHOLIC
MASCULINITY

KENNEDY HALL

TAN Books
Gastonia, North Carolina

Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity 2021 Kennedy Hall

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Scripture quotations are from the Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition.

Cover design by Caroline Green

Cover images: The Nativity (detail of St. Joseph), 1639 (oil on copper), Stella, Jacques (1596-1657), Bowes Museum / Bridgeman Images. Allegory of the Suppression of the German Revolution (detail of demon), 1848-49, German School, (19th century), Deutsches Historisches Museum / DHM / Bridgeman Images. Clouds opening up to Heaven, digital illustration by Amanda Carden/Shutterstock.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021946768

ISBN: 978-1-5051-2254-1
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-5051-2255-8
ePUB ISBN: 978-1-5051-2256-5

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CONTENTS

I N all that I shall say in this book, I submit to what is taught by our mother, the Holy Roman Church; if there is anything in it contrary to this, it will be without my knowledge. Therefore, for the love of Our Lord, I beg the learned men who read this book to look at it very carefully and make known to me any faults of this nature, and any other kinds of errors, which may be in it. If there is anything good in it, let this be to the glory and honor of God in the service of his most sacred Mother, our Patroness and Lady.

KENNEDY HALL

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Adapted from the protestation given by St. Teresa of Avila in The Way of Perfection.

Undertake this journey eagerly for the remission of your sins, with the assurance of the reward of imperishable glory in the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed Pope Urban II

I wrote this book because Catholic men need a book like this. I also wrote this book as a spiritual exercise for myself. Every day, I seek to be a better and manlier Catholic, so I thought I should put this in print. The content of this book is challenging, and I continue to be challenged by it. There is a host of useful books to read on every aspect of the spiritual and moral life, but, to my mind, it is hard to find a resource that is a one-stop shop for men who want to develop heroic virtue. I have a book in my bedside table drawer called The DIY Bible. The book explains how to fix most issues that come up in the realm of home improvement and maintenance. There is the odd job that requires a specialist who is highly trained, but in reading through that book, I realized I could fix most things if I put in the work. In a similar manner, this book will act as a guide for most things that pertain to Catholic masculinity.

If taken seriously, this book will help you grow in virtue and seek true Catholic masculinity. For some, this will mean a radical change in lifestyle; for others, it will mean using this book as something to reignite a fire to go from good to excellent. You will be equipped to identify the demands of true manliness and utilize strategies to fight. You will equip yourself to work alongside St. Michael and watch him cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander around the earth seeking the ruin of souls.

Before you begin reading, it is necessary to understand something: the devil will not like you reading this book, and he will come after you. Even in the writing process, I encountered constant resistance. This book will help you go from the highway to hell to the narrow path. If you are already on the narrow path, it will help you supercharge your steps on the stairway to heaven. The devil hates virtue, he hates losing souls to God, and he wants to keep you in a state of mortal sin or spiritual complacency. Once he realizes that you are kicking things into high gear, he will throw many tantrums, and so will his legions. Prepare yourself and please say a Hail Mary for the author.

Because of this impending attack, you need to make three fundamental commitments as a baseline:

1. Make the Rosary a daily habit. Maybe you already pray the Rosary daily; this is good. If you dont, you have to start. It takes about fifteen to twenty minutes to pray a five-decade Rosary. Split it up into chunks if you have to, or simply skip watching another rerun of a sitcom or stop wasting your time watching the news. Our Lady has appeared multiple times over the past few centuries, and she has always insisted on praying the Rosary. If you arent going to commit to the Rosary, then you arent serious about salvation.
2. Get all the evil images out of your life. This means all of the evil images. Of course, it is easy to identify the explicitly evil, pornographic material, but all sexually suggestive material must go. If you are addicted to evil images, you may literally have to destroy your phone and throw away your computer. Isnt that a little bit extreme? Am I really supposed to throw out an expensive piece of technology just because I can use it to watch evil images? Yes! First, this remedy will be temporary until you get a handle on things, and secondly, you may need to make a choice: throw away the tech or throw away your soul. We will go into more detail later in the book on how to make your home safe from evil images, but for now, if you have an issue, take drastic and surgical steps. If you watch evil images on your phone or computer today and then slip in the shower and break your neck and die before confessing, you will be damned. This should be frightening. Time to be scared straight.
3. Make a good examination of conscience and go to confession as soon as possible. You need to be sure that you have confessed all your known mortal sins in order to live in a state of grace. If you arent living in a state of grace, then your intellect is darkened and you will be more susceptible to demonic influence as you read this book. If you are in a state of mortal sin, you are weak, and when you are weak, you are soft; when you are soft, you cease to be a man. Do not be soft. Get to confession and make sure you are cleaned up.

Online Resources

Throughout the book, the reader will notice that at times he will be instructed to visit a website. To access these resources, go to meaningofcatholic.com/terrorofdemons. Here you will find a host of helpful resources that help to implement the contents of the book into daily life.

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Throughout this book, the phrase evil images will be used solely to describe the evil of pornography; though evil images can also include impure thoughts, memories, and phantasms (picture-thoughts of the imagination).

T O my wife. I owe you more than I can say. Without you, I would not be the man I am. Because of you and the children whom you have given me, fighting against the culture is a daily joy. Every man needs a woman to fight for; I could not ask for one better. If I were to write down all my thoughts, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written (Jn. 21:25). One lifetime is not enough.

To Nonno, Giuseppe Viani. God rest your soul. If I become half the man you were, I will be twice the man I am now. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, and I stand on the strongest. Thank you for giving me a heritage in faith worth fighting for.