Self-Whatever

I received my catechumen prayers yesterday, praise God! I knew prior to receiving these prayers, there would be exorcism prayers involved in them. During the prayers, the priest blows air on you, makes the sign of the cross over you, puts his hand on your head, and says some prayers to exorcise Satan and the demons who prowl about this world. Then you renounce Satan, affirm Christ, say the Symbol of the Faith, and there was also this part where we got to spit on the curb to literally spit on the devil. Those of you who aren't new here know that I literally fight demons and that I see them in my dreams, so of course there was a bit of anticipation behind receiving the prayers and formally beginning my catechesis. I wasn't sure exactly what that expulsion would look like, but let me tell you about the dream I had last night after receiving those prayers. These demons are very good at taking the forms of people in my life, and will often use their likeness as vessels to influence my…