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Patriarch Daniel: The merciful love of Jesus frees people from the possession of evil spiritstranslated

July 5, 2026 · 1 min read

"The merciful love of Jesus frees people from the control of their evil spirit," emphasized Sunday the Blessed Father Patriarch Daniel, at the historic "St. M. Mc. Gheorghe" Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence.

His Beatitude said that the presence of the holiness and merciful love of the Savior torments the demons.

"The Lord Jesus Christ judges and torments the demons not by reprimand, but by His physical presence with the people where the demons were, that is, by the contrast between His merciful love and the violent malice of the demons towards people."

Father Patriarch Daniel emphasized that the Savior Jesus Christ comes to the two demonized people to heal their souls from captivity and alienation.

"The two demon-possessed citizens of Gadarene, although they are human, are no longer free human persons, because they no longer freely, personally, use the properties of their own mental faculties and their own senses, soul feelings, and someone else uses their voice, their thinking and their body movements, they are, in fact, possessed by demons and alienated from their own person."

Material damage to the Gadarenes After they have…

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