{"id":154515,"date":"2018-02-27T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=154515"},"modified":"2018-02-27T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:28:00","slug":"stick-to-christian-rites-in-building-houses-prelate-urges-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/27\/stick-to-christian-rites-in-building-houses-prelate-urges-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to Christian rites in building houses, prelate urges faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154516\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26992071_650992738358443_7261353488476876573_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154516\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26992071_650992738358443_7261353488476876573_n.jpg\" alt=\"According to Fr. Winston Cabading, one of the exorcists in the Archdiocese of Manila, people should forget about the \u2018nothing will be lost if followed\u2019 mentality and follow Christian rites if they want to ward off evil spirits in areas where they are constructing a house or structures. (Photo: ST. benedict medal the fighter of demons.\/Facebook)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26992071_650992738358443_7261353488476876573_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26992071_650992738358443_7261353488476876573_n-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to Fr. Winston Cabading, one of the exorcists in the Archdiocese of Manila, people should forget about the \u2018nothing will be lost if followed\u2019 mentality and follow Christian rites if they want to ward off evil spirits in areas where they are constructing a house or structures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/359190050872048\/photos\/pcb.650992868358430\/650992738358443\/?type=3&amp;theater\">(Photo: <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ST-benedict-medal-the-fighter-of-demons-359190050872048\/?hc_ref=ARTzlvS9wShAMKldOXBuKu3mcgYpS4eA1e42_P_N5YqfqBEjzXGf5zpQVFqD47CstXQ\">ST. benedict medal the fighter of demons.\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A prelate urged the faithful to adhere to Christian practices and shy away from superstitious beliefs, particularly the offering of animal blood, which is often conducted before building a home.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fr. Winston Cabading, one of the exorcists in the Archdiocese of Manila, people should forget about the \u2018nothing will be lost if followed\u2019 mentality and follow Christian rites if they want to ward off evil spirits in areas where they are constructing a house or structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatholics must stick with Christian rites only and do away with \u2018nothing will be lost if followed\u2019 attitude in relation to superstitious practices,\u201d he said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>Cabading noted that they can directly ask God for blessings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur disposition as Catholics must always be: God alone suffices!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a practice of some people to offer animal blood to drive away evil spirits or as a peace offering to \u201celementals\u201d or nature spirits in the area where they are erecting their houses or buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Others, meanwhile, ask shamans or occult practitioners to perform cleansing rituals during groundbreaking or cornerstone laying.<\/p>\n<p>Based on popular beliefs, the practice is also being conducted to prevent accidents during construction.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A prelate urged the faithful to adhere to Christian practices and shy away from superstitious beliefs, particularly the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":154516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[14695,47346],"class_list":["post-154515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-archdiocese-of-manila","tag-fr-winston-cabading","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}