Exorciso Te

 

Satan Really Hates This

You may have noticed that the Latin Mass community filled St. Peter's in Rome on Saturday for a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Burke. Excellent, but you may have overlooked a most serious aspect of this festum. It's this, during the resplendent liturgy, Cardinal Simoni prayed Leo XIII's exorcism in the magnificent marble basilica. Here's a short concluding excerpt:

“Beseech the God of Peace to crush Satan under our feet, that he may no more be able to hold men captive and to harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that the mercies of the Lord may quickly come to our aid, that thou mayest seize the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan. . . We cast you out, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every onslaught of the infernal adversary, every legion, every diabolical group and sect, in the name and by the power of our Lord Jesus + Christ.”

Cardinal Delivers Exorcism Prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica:
Something else happened yesterday at the Summorum Pontificum Traditional Latin Mass in the Basilica of St Peter (October 25, 2025) that strikes me as significant. Among the well-known prelates in attendance at the Latin… pic.twitter.com/CmGpgHQOvX

— Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) October 26, 2025

 

Like... what? You may know the context, Latin Masses and exorcism are scorned by today's Vatican, don't say Grindr Vatican Gardens, but yes, right there in the heart of the Western Church, a prayer of exorcism, Old Rite, in the language the Devil hates. Imagine the darkness and venal insanity driven before it. We are, dear friends, engaged in a deadly war of dark v. light, lies v. truth, God versus Satan. So choose your side wisely. Per Matt M: 

Cardinal Simoni is an Albanian cardinal, born October 18, 1928, who according to his entry in the College of Cardinals Report, spent “eighteen years in jail at the hands of Albanian communists.” After having completed his seminary study clandestinely, he was ordained a priest on April 7, 1956. But on Christmas Eve 1963, after celebrating an “illegal” public Mass, Simoni was arrested and imprisoned.

Initially, he was sentenced to death for offering the Mass (the TLM at that time), but the sentence was later commuted to twenty-five years of hard labor. During his years of imprisonment, Simoni endured “torture and harsh conditions, including work in mines and sewage canals.” Far from being intimidated by the threat of torture, he secretly celebrated the Latin Mass from memory and heard the confessions of his fellow prisoners.

After his release in 1981, according to the College of Cardinals Report, Cardinal Simoni was still considered an “enemy of the people” and was thus forced to work in the Shkodrë sewers. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise his priestly ministry clandestinely until the fall of the communist regime in 1990.

Fast-forward to present day.

This heroic priest – once sentenced to death for celebrating the Mass – took part in yesterday’s Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage. From the sanctuary of the Altar of the Chair, His Eminence delivered an exorcism prayer composed by Pope Leo XIII on May 18, 1890. The prayer was composed after Pope Leo had overheard a conversation between God and the Devil, just after offering Mass, in which the Devil bragged that he could destroy the Church in one hundred years. Fearful for souls and for the life of the Church of which Leo was visible head, the Holy Father composed the Exorcism prayer, which was recommended by the Church whenever any acts of the Devil are suspected.

This man drives out demons by the power of Christ, take note

 

Friends, I entreat you to join the right side of this literally existential fight. And what can we say? 

Vade Retro Satana,

LSP