Book Review: Gabriele Amorth's "An Exorcist Tells His Story"

Goodbye Stephen King. Hello Gabriele Amorth! Ahem. I mean Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of Rome. Do not be fooled by it's publisher (Ignatius Press), An Exorcist Tells His Story is not your typical Catholic literature, it ain't boring and it ain't for the faint hearted; just say that I am very motivated to pray after reading past the first few pages. So for those of you who are looking for good true-story "horror" literature, this is for you.

For those of you who would like an introduction to exorcism, I highly recommend this book - an easy read even for the average Catholic.

Reading this book: made me appreciate even more the magnitude of Christ's death on the cross to free us from the grasp of satan / helped me to understand that the whole of Creation was made for Christ and whether or not Adam & Eve sinned, God's plan was for the Word (i.e. Christ) to become Man which stirred Lucifer's envy ("Why can't God become an angel instead?") and hence his rebellion against God and his plan to separate Man (i.e. God's very image and likeness) from God through sin / the devil is already launching attacks on us whether or not we are "provoking" him / made me appreciate the use of sacramentals (with faith in God) such as crucifixes, miraculous medals, statues as tools against the devil. Most of all it helped me reaffirmed the fact that the devil cannot tempt/hurt us if God does not allow it (Job 1:12, 2:6) and if He allows, it is always for a greater good and He gives us enough strength (Philippians 4:13) to deal with these hurts or temptations (1 Corinthians 10:13) that come our way.

I am so getting the sequel: An Exorcist: More Stories. :)