Johnny Bain

Somewhere in your house there is a statue or a picture of Our Lady. And somewhere in your family there is a child or grandchild who stopped listening a long time ago. An exorcist says those two belong together, starting tonight. Fr. Dan Reehil, an exorcist in Nashville, was taking questions after a talk when someone in the audience spoke up. They had heard him give this advice once before and had been passing it on to a lot of people. So he said it again for the whole room: "FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WAYWARD CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, CONSECRATE THEM TO THE BLESSED MOTHER. GET A CONSECRATION PRAYER. YOU PUT THEIR NAME IN, YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM, PUT THEM UNDER HER FEET." Then he described what is really happening. A trade: "SHE COMPLETELY ACCEPTS THIS EXCHANGE. SHE SAID, LOOK, I'LL PRAY FOR YOUR INTENTIONS, AND NOW YOU PRAY FOR MINE. WE'RE GOING TO TRADE." You give her your child. You take up her intentions. And on the nights you have nothing left: "THE DAYS THAT YOU'RE TOO TIRED AND YOUR PRAYERS ARE MISERABLE, HERS ARE STILL SPARKLING." Anyone who has prayed for the same person for years knows those nights. The rosary you fell asleep halfway through. The prayer that was mostly worry. Then he told them about his own mother. He says Our Lady asked her to make this trade, and to leave her children's prayers to Our Lady for a whole year: "SHE SAID IT WAS THE HARDEST YEAR OF HER LIFE IN HER PRAYER LIFE, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE MOST FRUITFUL YEAR FOR HER KIDS IN PROGRESSING IN THE FAITH." That was his mother's path, not a rule for yours. Nobody is asking you to stop praying for the people you love. Only to stop carrying them alone. So tonight, find a photo of them. A print is best, but your phone will do until tomorrow. Set it at Our Lady's feet and say this out loud, with their name. Thirty seconds: "Blessed Mother, I give you [name]. I place them under your feet and into your hands. Take my prayers for your intentions, and let your prayers carry my child. When mine are weak, let yours be strong. Bring them home to your Son. Amen." Then leave the photo where it is. 👇 One word if their picture is going under her feet tonight: HERFEET. Credit: Father Chad Community