Witches across America who are eagerly planning to perform a spell-casting ritual against President Donald J. Trump are being warned by exorcists that the devil is using them for his own purposes and their lives with continue to “spiral out of control" unless they anchor themselves in God.

In an article appearing in the National Catholic Register, author Patti Armstrong interviewed two exorcists about the mass-spellcasting activity of witches across the nation that will be conducted on every night of a waning crescent moon until President Trump is driven out of office.

According to Father Vincent Lampert, the designated exorcist for the archdiocese of Indianapolis since 2005 and also the pastor for St. Malachy in Indianapolis, confirmed that spells do have power.

“I think there’s power, but it’s not coming from God,” Father Lampert said. “Anyone who would dare say they want to challenge that God is in charge is using the power of evil as their own. They should realize that we can’t use the devil; the devil uses us. People can’t control it and the devil ends up using them for his own purposes.”

Father Lampert reminded that in Deuteronomy 18:10-12, the use of witchcraft is condemned as an abomination to God. He has known a few people who derive a sense of power and make money from people paying to have spells cast. Hundreds of people have come to Father Lampert for help after spells were cast on them.

The people who are casting the spells are relying on evil that feeds on anger and revenge. “The end result of all this for people will be to find themselves more deeply entangled with the devil,” he said. “Their lives will continue to spiral out of control because they do not have God as an anchor.”

He goes on to say that spells only have an effect on people who are spiritually weak. As long as we are anchored in God, we have nothing to fear.

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places,” (Ephesians 6:10-18).

Hundreds of people have come to him for help after spells were cast on them.

“You can’t stop someone from placing a curse, but as a Christian, if you are you praying to God and going to him, the curse will have no power,” Father Lampert said. For Catholics, he said going to Mass, receiving the Eucharist and going to Confession, is strong protection against evil. “Curses are effective when people are weak,” Father Lampert explained. “People are fearing devil more than trusting God.”

Prayers for protection are also very effective, according to Father Lampert, but we should not just be reactionary. “We should always be proactive in our faith and praying for our leaders—both civic and religious—as a normal part of our everyday action,” he said. “I would hate to think our faith is just reactionary. Scripture tells us to pray unceasingly.”

Msgr. John Esseff, an exorcist in the Diocese of Scranton, Pa. for over 40 years, said the face of the devil is becoming more clearly seen in public. Previously, we saw more of an “apathetic demon” that appealed to the weaknesses in human nature such as through the sexual revolution and its attendant immoralities.

“Then, came the apostate demon,” Msgr. Esseff said, “that denies the sacrificial nature of human life is possible. We are told we will never able to achieve this kind of holiness or goodness or unity—it just can’t be done,” he said. “This is a real apostasy; not just in politics but also in churches, convincing people that holiness is unattainable.”

He believes we are now seeing the stage of the antichrist where the evil one is not afraid to show himself to humanity.

“This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.” (1 John 4: 2-3)

“It’s not Trump they are against but Jesus,” Msgr. Esseff said. “The devil is saying, ‘no way are you reigning in this country, we are coming out against you!’”

Our Lady of Fatima has given us the key to deal with this: Increase prayer and reparation.

“It’s the Fatima message and it’s coming at this time of the 100th year anniversary much more clearly,” Msgr. Esseff said. “Our Lady warned us about it at Fatima where she said the final battle will be against marriage and the family. This is not about politics, it’s about God.”