Blessed Medallion

I was in sixth form and doing my A-Levels in Penang when this incident happened . My brother and his wife  had graciously taken me under their wing. She was ...still is,  a devout Catholic. They were staying in one of those beautiful three room bungalows in Green Crescent. The landlord was our neighbour. I took the back room. From the moment, I moved into that room, I was haunted by dark images and feelings of distress and when I slept at night, there was this black presence which seemed bent on making his presence felt. Strangely I felt he was not there to  harm  rather, trying  to tell me something. I would wake up feeling very disturbed. 

At that time I was very actively involved in the Church of Christ, and always have a Bible with me. So I took to sleeping with my Bible placed next to my pillow and strangely though the presence was still there, it did not come near me and the fear was kept at a distance-sort of I know you're there, but you stay in your dimension and I stay in mine. This went on for some weeks . I was sure, someone died in that room, so I told my brother and sister-in law, telling them my suspicions. They were sceptical and laughed off my experiences as one of over active imagination. You believe in God, don't you? So why are you afraid of such things? It cannot harm you!!

Then one day, the maid had an encounter too and that shook them up a little, so they paid a visit to the landlord...At first the denial, but finally ...they owned up...someone did indeed die in that room . He hanged himself. If I remember the facts correctly, it was a case of tragic love affair. 

Back home, my sister in law immediately gave me a medallion blessed by the then Pope. For those of you who do not believe in the powers of blessed medallions, I tell you this blessed medallion was  awesome, just awesome! There was this force , this power which shields, it was totally encircling and the apparition stopped it's  constant visitation. Additionally, after knowing the circumstance of his death, I had taken the liberty to pray for his soul , for his release from torment into rest and  peace. Perhaps too, he was just seeking prayers for his release from torment.

A  couple of years later, this medallion saved me from great danger. At the point of time, I prayed  earnestly  for deliverance. There was this sudden  flash of lighting  and a tremendous clash of thunder and, the clip attaching the medallion to my chain broke into two , but the danger passed . Thank God. That  part of the story will come another time. If you were witness to the  powers of God -believing in the protective powers of  what had been blessed , especially that blessed by the Pope, you would  be as believing as I am, for the power that comes  is not that of the Pope's  but God who graciously bestowed upon him  that power to perform and manifest. The glory is all Gods's..

 You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.  Matt 16:18 ,And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. The covenant remains firm from Pope to Pope - for He. God is a faithful God indeed!

MY views - The Pope  is spiritually and technically  a descendent of the first apostle  and the blessings bestowed upon Peter will also be his heritage.