Enmity

Описание: This last year I have been studying under the master artist Anthony Waichulis. Here is a little video I put together of a charcoal drawing I have been working on for the past couple of months.
I wanted to do a drawing on the opposition between satan and the Virgin Mary. We see in the first (Genesis) and the last (Revelation) books of the Bible, satan and the Virgin Mary are up against each other and in both circumstances satan has hostility towards this “Woman”. Through the fruit of Eve sin entered into the world but through Mary’s fruit salvation was brought into the world. Satan can not stand this woman because she did the will of God in every situation.
The priest speaking in the video is Monsignor Esseff. He was the spiritual confessor to St. Mother Teresa and he received spiritual direction under St. Padre Pio. This last year he has become a spiritual father and true inspiration to me. At 95 years old he is currently the oldest living exorcist in the United States and possibly in the world. During the 1970’s he was 1 of 13 exorcist in the USA. With the rise of the occult and secularism, the demand for the rite of exorcism has increased. Today the number of exorcists in The USA is somewhere between 70-100 priests with the help of Monsignor Esseff. There are no official statistics because most dioceses conceal the identity of their appointed exorcist, to avoid unwanted attention. Only a small number of exorcists requests are discerned as true demonic possession while most cases are people suffering from psychiatric issues.
2 years ago I witnessed a true demonic possession in a 21 year old girl. I could not believe my eyes and ears what I encountered. I thought I was going to have a heart attack because it was the most frightened I have ever been in my life. I witnessed first hand how demons hate just the name of Jesus and the authority that an exorcist priest has. I could write an entire story on what I saw, but one thing I won’t forget is when the priest told everyone present to pull out their rosary. The demon inside of the girl manifested as if she was being stabbed when he mentioned the rosary. It wasn’t until we all started to pray the rosary after an hour and a half of intense prayer that I felt true peace and was no longer scared. And by the end of the rosary the girl was back to normal. I can say that I was an eyewitness to the intercessory power of the Virgin Mary during an exorcism that most people will never experience. It is not my job to convince any one of anything, only to inform what I have seen. All you need is a little faith and trust in Jesus and you have nothing to fear!
I hope my drawing speaks to you, strikes some type of emotion, or opens your heart closer to God. Stay tuned for more art work on the horizon!