From: prabhu To: cyriljohn@vsnl



JULY 22/23, 2016

Why Johnson Sequeira must not be allowed to minister in Catholic parishes-03

The Johnson Sequeira reports 01 (June end) and 02 (early July) were attached and sent by email to several bishops and to scores of senior Catholic Charismatic Renewal leaders (CCR) nation-wide.

Subsequent to the referred reports, my correspondence with the Madras-Mylapore Archbishop’s House is reproduced immediately below:

From: michaelprabhu@ To: Archbishop CC: Vicar General Fr. S.J. Anthonysamy

Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:35:28 +0530 Subject: INFORMATION ON JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Archbishop George,

In the parish of Fatima church in Kodambakkam where Sequeira was to give his programme on June 25, there is a lady named Sashi Lourdhu Mary [known also as Mrs. Cyril] who is the contact person for Sequeira's meetings and is very active in prayer groups across the city.

I have heard last week and got it confirmed again yesterday from a reliable family belonging to her parish that she described the car procession of Our Lady as "பேய்" (pey) or devilish!

If you so desire, I can give you the name of the person who shared this information with me.

It is not uncommon for some supporters-cum-charismatics of prosperity gospel preachers to be openly hostile to devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

When preachers do not at all touch Catholic apologetics and promote the teachings and sacraments/sacramentals of the Church, this behaviour can result.

This is an important reason as to why I oppose Johnson Sequeira from ministering in parishes with the blessings of the priests.

By next week, I will be sending you a detailed report on the false prophecies and wrong teachings of Fr. Jose Vettiyankal VC, presently running the Logos Retreat Centre in Bangalore. They too stem from the "prosperity gospel".

Fr. Jose was the mentor of Johnson Sequeira at one time as I have mentioned in one of my reports on the latter.

Yours obediently,

Michael Prabhu

From: Vicar General Fr. S.J. Anthonysamy To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:35:49 +0530

Subject: Fwd: Teachings.

Dear Mr. Michael Prabhu

Greetings. Herewith I am sending the Link of the website of Johnson Sequeira. I have listened to some of his talk - about Eucharist and Mary - so also Fr. Arulraj. And we have spoken to the Archbishop about them. 

If you have time you may also go through them.  

Fr. S. J. Anthonysamy

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Johnson Sequeira Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:33 PM Subject: Teachings.

To: Archbishop’s Secretary, Vicar General Fr. S.J. Anthonysamy

Dear Fr 

As per our talk yesterday I'm sending you the Link of our website . 

To watch the teachings on video the link is 

To Hear the Audio Topics and Download free Teachings 



God Bless You and Your Family

Jesus Loves You And Your Family. 

Bro. Johnson Sequeira

From: michaelprabhu@ To: Vicar General Fr. S.J. Anthonysamy CC: Archbishop

Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:06:42 +0530 Subject: Re: Fwd: Teachings.

Dear Father Anthonysamy,

Yes, I am aware that that since he got exposed in 2007 and was disallowed in many dioceses, he started allowing the rosary and putting up Catholic material on his web pages.

I have seen them, and myself mentioned that in my reports, and I have also seen and extracted and sent you his erroneous teachings which are many.

You have also read the letters of Catholics who have been affected by his ministry.

There are also those of his diehard followers/defenders, every one of which give evidence of the protestant influence of Sequeira on them. No true Catholic would write the way they did to me.

You must note that in the parishes he doesn't talk on things like the Eucharist, confession and repentance, Mary, etc., unless there is a priest present. He has enough of supporters to tip him off on who is who in the crowd in attendance. Also, when he preached at Little Mount church, Fr. Arulraj was present because someone had cautioned Father about Sequeira, I was told according to Mr. Benjamin Gonzaga.

The Archbishop intervened in the case of one Joseph Louis of Perambur who even had a Salesian priest offering Mass that preceded every one of his prosperity healing and deliverance sessions.

When I send you the compiled report on Fr. Jose Vettiyankal's errors, you will truly see the devastating effects of the false teachings that support the false prophecies that result from such ministry.

He too preaches with the CCC, the YouCat and the Compendium, but gives a prosperity twist to everything, including random verses from the Bible. Not a few Catholics' lives have been harmed.

You are pointing out some good selection of Sequeira’s web pages put there specifically to counter any charges that one makes, but a little poison is still poison, no matter what the rest of the potion is.

If you still think that a brand of prosperity gospel where sin is very rarely addressed is what Catholics need instead of being grounded more firmly in their Faith of which people are largely ignorant, then please ignore my letters to you and go ahead with Sequeira since you have been delegated by the Archbishop with the authority to take a decision. The burden will lie with your conscience if you allow him in the archdiocese.

On my part I am by my conscience obliged to oppose him in person at any Catholic venue where he ministers, and will do so by warning individuals to stay away from him with whatever means is there at my disposal.

God bless us all,

Michael Prabhu

From: michaelprabhu@ To: Archbishop George Antonysamy

CC: Vicar General Fr. S.J. Anthonysamy; Archbishop’s Secretary

Subject: MORE ON JOHNSON SEQUEIRA Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:39:53 +0530

Dear Archbishop George,

This is in respect of my email conversation (reproduced at the bottom of this email) with Fr. Vicar General on July 18.

Unfortunately, from his first enquiry of me after you delegated to him the task of assessing the situation because you were out of India, I got the impression that he had not carefully read the contents of my "report" to you.

I came to that conclusion because he asked me information that I had already provided to you in my report, and I expressed feeling that to him.

After his email to me on the 18th of July, I again wondered whether he has fully read my reports SEQUEIRA 01 and 02 which clearly present the errors and dangers of such a "gospel" and ministry.

While I ask you if this is what Catholics need to be exposed to, even if there is demand for it, I would like to affirm that my spirituality is both contemplative as well charismatic and so I am not biased in any way.

On June 24, Fr. Vicar General had written to me "Anyway we are still studying him through some mails sent to some of the Bishops".

If I am not going beyond my boundaries, I would like to know what those Bishops said in response to your office's enquiries about Sequeira and his "ministry".

Did the office of the Archbishop consult the regional and national leaders of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) for their opinions?

I have already said that Sequeira is sponsored and supported by the charismatic leadership and Archbishop of Bangalore. Nowhere else.

I concede that Sequeira has included Marian devotions in his programmes. In Bangalore where he ministers all the time that he is not outside the city, his followers have even organized Eucharistic Adoration, but these are developments that occurred only after suspicions were expressed about his not being very Catholic, and this is now used to defend criticism of him.

I affirm that his non-monitored "ministry" is purely and exactly what I described it to be in my earlier reports. Three of them are attached herewith once again.

I have received several interesting responses to my recent alerts on Sequeira.

Here below are two which you can personally verify with the senders:

1. From: Corrine Rasquinha, Mangalore [email id withheld in this report]

Subject: Re: WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:09:18 +0000 (UTC)

Dear Michael,

Thanks for educating me on Johnson Sequeira. I too was not comfortable with his preaching and the behavior of his team members when he was preaching a retreat in our parish a long time ago.

Keep going, all the best. Pray for us we are building a 200 bedded psychiatric destitute nursing home on the 49 cents of land donated by the bishop here in Mangalore. Praise God.

Thank you again

Corrine is a senior person in charismatic ministry who founded White Doves, an organization that is into social work and evangelization of non-Catholics since a couple of decades. She has the confidence and trust of the Bishop of Mangalore and has been on the team of Fr. Augustine Mundackatt VC of Divine Retreat Centre during several of his overseas missions.

2. From: Fr. Joseph Aymanathil SDB, Kolkata [email id withheld in this report]

Subject: Re: WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:57:46 +0530

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your hard work of exposing errors on faith and cautioning against the wolves entering the sheepfold, especially in the context of Johnson Sequeira's fake ministry.

Fr. Jose is a Canon lawyer. He was the editor of the Calcutta Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services' magazine "Streams of Living Water" which serialised my articles for many years. He was the spiritual director of the CCCRS.

I could give your office the email contacts of scores of leaders in the CCR if Father will only ask me for them.

Once Sequeira is allowed officially into the archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore, it will affect/compromise the stand of Bishops and CCR leaders of other dioceses who have not given him sanction to enter.

I pray that that is not allowed to happen.

Yours obediently,

Michael Prabhu

ATTACHED:

BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA'S 'WORD-FAITH' THEOLOGY AND 'PROSPERITY' GOSPEL JULY 03, 2007/ DECEMBER 2009, FEBRUARY 2010, MAY 2012, APRIL/JULY/NOVEMBER 2013/JUNE/24 OCTOBER 2014/ MARCH 2015



WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES 15/25 JUNE 2016,



WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES-02 5/8 JULY 2016,



In my previous report, I had cited the Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 1502-1506 on the issue of illness/sickness and suffering which Sequeira does not teach.

I also received these two email responses stating the CCC from a Catholic who lives in Bangalore:

Subject: Sickness CCC Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:39:10 +0530



Illness in human life

1500 Illness and suffering have always been among the gravest problems confronted in human life. In illness, man experiences his powerlessness, his limitations, and his finitude. Every illness can make us glimpse death. 

1501 Illness can lead to anguish, self-absorption, sometimes even despair and revolt against God. It can also make a person more mature, helping him discern in his life what is not essential so that he can turn toward that which is. Very often illness provokes a search for God and a return to him.

[1502-1506]

1507 The risen Lord renews this mission ("In my name … they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."116) and confirms it through the signs that the Church performs by invoking his name.117 These signs demonstrate in a special way that Jesus is truly "God who saves."118

1508 The Holy Spirit gives to some a special charism of healing119 so as to make manifest the power of the grace of the risen Lord. But even the most intense prayers do not always obtain the healing of all illnesses. Thus St. Paul must learn from the Lord that "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness," and that the sufferings to be endured can mean that "in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his Body, that is, the Church."120

1521 Suffering, a consequence of original sin, acquires a new meaning; it becomes a participation in the saving work of Jesus.

116 Mk 16:17-18.

117 Cf. Acts 9:34; 14:3.

118 Cf. Mt 1:21; Acts 4:12.

119 Cf. 1 Cor 12:9, 28, 30.

120 2 Cor 12:9; Col 1:24.

Subject: Suffering CCC Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:07:14 +0530



The Grace of Baptism

1264 Yet certain temporal consequences of sin remain in the baptized, such as suffering, illness, death, and such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of character, and so on, as well as an inclination to sin that Tradition calls concupiscence, or metaphorically, "the tinder for sin" (fomes peccati); since concupiscence "is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ."66 Indeed, "an athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules."67

66 Council of Trent (1546): DS 1515.

67 2 Tim 2:5.



The Fall

385 God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils in nature which seem to be linked to the limitations proper to creatures: and above all to the question of moral evil. Where does evil come from? "I sought whence evil comes and there was no solution", said St. Augustine,257 and his own painful quest would only be resolved by his conversion to the living God. For "the mystery of lawlessness" is clarified only in the light of the "mystery of our religion".258 The revelation of divine love in Christ manifested at the same time the extent of evil and the superabundance of grace.259 We must therefore approach the question of the origin of evil by fixing the eyes of our faith on him who alone is its conqueror.260

257 St. Augustine, Conf. 7, 7, 11: PL 32,739.

258 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 1 Tim 3:16.

259 Cf. Rom 5:20.

260 Cf. Lk 11:21-22; John 16:11; 1 John 3:8.

In the previous report I had linked to a good Catholic article on redemptive suffering: . I am now constrained to reproduce it here:

Catholic teaching on Redemptive Suffering

By Jim Fritz

A Summary:

Redemptive suffering is the belief that human suffering, when accepted and offered up in union with the Passion of Jesus, can remit the just punishment for one's sins or for the sins of another. Like an indulgence, redemptive suffering does not gain the individual forgiveness for their sin; forgiveness results from God’s grace, freely given through Christ, which cannot be earned. After one's sins are forgiven, the individual's suffering can reduce the penalty due for sin.

We believe God loves mankind so much that He made Himself human in Jesus in order to redeem mankind. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

We believe our suffering can be united to that of Christ and so in union with His Passion. "As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed into service to carry his cross." (Matthew 27:32)

Why Suffering: (1)

Everyone asks the question (in some form or another), Why suffering? Each religion has a different answer. In Hinduism, suffering is seen as the result of karmic debt owed from a prior incarnation. Buddhists believe they suffer in life because of their desires that can be relieved by good meditation and prayers. In Judaism, suffering is seen as everything from senseless to positively willed by God as a result of Jewish disobedience. In Islam, suffering is seen as the result of Allah's positive will. For some brands of Protestantism, suffering is always the result of personal sin.

Every human being undergoes pain, and we all want it to have meaning (and so not despair). Amidst this, always remember: there are two kinds of suffering-redemptive suffering and wasted suffering…Which one will you choose?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church encourages and reminds us of our vocation: "By His passion and death on the Cross Christ has given a new meaning to suffering: it can henceforth configure us to Him and unite us with His redemptive passion" (#1505).

The Value and Meaning of Redemptive Suffering: (1)

Redemptive suffering is any trial or tribulation (physical or mental) we offer up and UNITE to Jesus- as a "gift" to Him to express our love thru a costly way, in exchange for some other good. Notice the key elements: we consciously choose embrace suffering; it is precious (a "gift") because it is painful (not fun or "easy"); it brings us closer to Jesus in an intimate and intense way; and the suffering may "spiritually repair" my own soul or others-and thereby help in the work of redemption (Christ's allowing me to help Him save souls).

Other names/descriptions of this phenomenon include: vicarious atonement (Jesus, Who alone can atone the sins of the world, chooses others to "vicariously assist Him" and thereby weave more people into the plan of salvation; victim souls (a person whose primary call as a disciple in life is to especially suffer for the saving of other souls); and co-redemption.

Ask yourself these questions: How can I intensely merge my sufferings with Christ (i.e., more deeply)? How can I more readily blend my trials with Him (i.e. not hesitating in offering suffering to Him)? How can I consistently entwine my difficulties with Him (less sporadically)?

The Bible and Suffering:

There are many versus in the Bible referring to redemptive suffering. The following verses are a few of those most quoted:

"Whoever follows me must take up his cross..." (Mt 10: 38)

"So they departed from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus." (Acts 5:41)"

"Therefore we are not discouraged, rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. (II Cor 4: 16)"

"With Christ I am nailed to the cross. It is now no longer I that live but Christ Who lives in me." (Gal 2:19-20)

"Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, for I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ." (Col: 24)

“This indeed is a grace, if for consciousness of God anyone endures sorrows, suffering unjustly." (I Pt 2: 19).

“For the Spirit Himself gives testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him. The sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us.” (Rm 8:16-18)

“What we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed in us...We know that all things work for good for those who love God...For I am convinced that neither life nor death...nor future things, nor powers nor any other creature can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus" (Rm 8:18, 28, 38).

Offering it Up: (2)

Offering it Up (or "Making a Good Intention") is done in both formal and informal ways.

Formally, many Catholics make the Morning Offering to give to Our Lord that day's efforts, works, joys, sufferings, and intentions. At the Mass, we consciously, silently, and privately offer ourselves up, along with the Son, to the Father during the Offertory.

Informally, we "offer it up" by simply asking God in our own words to use a suffering as it occurs; we often do this for specific intentions (example, "Use this pain, Lord, for the salvation of my brother..."). We might follow the example of the young St. Thérèse of Lisieux and make use of Sacrifice Beads, or the extraordinary among us might make the Heroic Act of Charity for the souls in Purgatory.

It's quite a discipline to react to suffering this way! In mental or physical pain? Drop something on your toe? Putting up with a co-worker who is making your life a living Hell? Enduring the constant ache of arthritis? Standing in line at the grocery and hating every minute of it? Spill the milk? Accept these things in peace, and ask God to use them for the good of the Church or for a more specific intention close to your heart.

You'll find that it is not uncommon to hear one Catholic tell another who is suffering to "offer it up" as a way of dealing with his suffering. It should be remembered, though, that while it is most definitely good to tell someone to "offer it up," it is also easy -- and that we are called, too, to comfort those who are suffering, to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to care for the sick, etc. Telling someone to offer it up without also helping him to deal with the temporal and emotional effects of whatever he is going through is not the fully Christian response. Even Our Lord was helped while carrying His Cross: St. Veronica wiped the sweat and Blood from His Holy Face, and St. Simon of Cyrene helped Him bear the Cross itself.

And always help the suffering to retain (or regain) hope that his suffering is not in vain. Assure him that he will partake of "the consolation":

The Ultimate in "Offering it up": Victim Souls (2)

A victim soul is someone who has been chosen by God to participate in Christ's Passion in a very special way by manifesting the signs of His sufferings, often in their very own bodies. Suffering for the sake of love is their vocation, and such suffering is willingly accepted for the benefit of the Church. The attitude and plea of the victim soul is summed up by this prayer of St. Catherine of Siena, “The only cause of my death is my zeal for the Church of God, which devours and consumes me. Accept, O Lord, the sacrifice of my life for the Mystical Body of Thy holy Church.”

St. Lydwine of Schiedam, the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich, and St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) were three other such souls, and there have been many more. Often, but not necessarily, these souls receive the stigmata on the palms of their hands or on their feet, the wounds left by the crown of thorns, wounds in their sides as if made by a lance, stripes on their bodies as if caused by scourging, and other bodily phenomena that recall His Passion.

In conclusion:

"It is in suffering that we are withdrawn from the bright superficial film of existence, from the sway of time and mere things and find ourselves in the presence of profounder truth." + Fr. Yves Conger, French priest-theologian.

Notes:

(1)

(2)

But instead of redemptive suffering and vicarious atonement, this is what a Catholic priest teaches:

From: Name Withheld Subject: Regarding some odd teachings of Fr. Jose Vettiyankal VC of Logos Retreat Centre

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:50:12 +0530 EXTRACT

During the initial days of the Inner Healing retreat in Bangalore (February 2016), he said that the Divine Mercy Chaplet is a powerful means to "cancel all our sufferings" and thus there is no need to give any consideration to the ideas of "Redemptive Suffering." He said that it was true that such an idea was popular in the pre-Vatican II Church, and some saints had followed it, and therefore if we wanted to follow that, he would not prevent us but he certainly would not encourage or recommend us to do so, as in his opinion, it was totally unnecessary. Then he said, with a laugh, that there was some inherent hypocrisy in "Redemptive Suffering" since that meant believing at the same time that God is powerful enough to destroy our sufferings and also believing that God does not actually wish to do so.

(An aside to this: A few months later, one of my aunts, who is a sincere follower of Fr. Jose Vettiyankal, Bro. Johnson Sequeira, etc. told me in no uncertain terms, that "every problem has a remedy in Christ. Redemptive Suffering is a pre-Vatican-II notion that has been discarded now. So don't follow those outdated ideas. Cast out all sufferings from your life by prayer." So I was able to see quite clearly how the minds of others have been influenced by this teaching. No matter what I said, it was completely impossible to make my aunt understand the value of redemptive suffering, unfortunately. Only after coming back from the retreat did I start paying careful attention to the things my aunt says and I was able to pick out the influence of Fr. Jose, and also I assume, Bro. Johnson, on her thoughts.

The thoughts of followers like my aunt were influenced by the teachings of Fr. Jose and Bro. Johnson. My aunt used to be an ordinary Catholic. I used to wonder how it came to be that she suddenly developed Pentecostal prosperity gospel ideas. After returning from the retreat, I recalled that she spoke of Fr. Jose and Bro. Johnson often. Thus I was able to trace the influence of her thoughts to the teachings of Fr. Jose.)*

If even after praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, we find that we still have problems in life, this only means that we have not prayed it enough times. If we continue to pray it more and more times, finally a point will be reached when all our sufferings are cancelled. He claimed that if we receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit and pray the protection prayers he recommends, we will be protected from all ills, so much so that even mosquitoes will be prevented from biting us, since we are adopted sons of God and He will not permit us to suffer even small sufferings like mosquito bites. God will redirect the mosquitoes to go away and bother only those who are not under the protection of the Holy Spirit. Thus there is no need to fear the Ebola virus or the Zika virus.

*There was a time when Fr. Jose used to use Johnson Sequeira extensively during his retreats

He even made the grand claim that after this retreat, all of us who have attended the retreat would have no sufferings.

After stating that if we are united with Christ, we can come out of our suffering, at one point Fr. Jose admitted that, if we wish we can retain our suffering and this can become a means of union with God.

However, he immediately qualified this by saying that this retaining of suffering was purely optional, mainly practiced by pre-Vatican II Saints, and we need not consider this a necessary part of our spiritual life. If any suffering manifests in our life, we are to cancel it by prayer, faith and the sacraments.

It is my sincere hope and prayer that his ministry is cleansed of the aberrations that have crept in and that he may be able to teach those who come to him the traditional teachings of the Church, especially the salvific value of suffering.

I have (in 2008) attended a retreat by Fr. Augustine Vallooran at Divine Retreat Centre, Chalakudy, which was quite good, from what I can recall. There was even a couple - the husband was in a wheelchair - staying at the DRC who came on to the stage to give a testimonial, who said that the most precious thing in their lives was their faith, and even if the husband was not healed, they would be very happy as long as they had Christ and the Church. They described how enduring health problems and the rejection of their family members had brought them closer to God. I thought it was a moving tribute to the salvific value of suffering. 

I have not attended a retreat by Bro. Johnson recently. I only attended a one-day programme of his way back in 2008, and there was not much time for him to get into any depth in his talks. One thing I noticed that appeared a bit odd was that he asked an un-baptised person to pray using the words "Lord Jesus, I eat your body and I drink your blood. Please deliver me from my troubles."

As indicated above, these are only extracts from the detailed notes taken by a well-informed scholar at the Logos Inner Healing retreat in Bangalore in February 2016, interspersed with some of his thoughts. I came to know this person just a few weeks ago after which he shared his notes with me in a series of emails.

There is much more in the forthcoming exclusive report on the prosperity gospel and false prophecies of Fr. Jose Vettiyankal.

Here are some more email inputs concerning Sequeira’s ministry that should have been included in my June report, but inadvertently weren’t:

From: Michael Prabhu To: Allison.Rodricks@ Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 7:53 AM

Subject: Re: Power in Thinking

Thanks, Allison, but you've got the wrong person. The greatest miracle takes place every day in your parish church -- in the Eucharist.

You didn't say why you wrote to me, or how you got my email id.

One last thing. I simply don't believe that "Power in Thinking" is Catholic or Christian

Michael

From: Allison.Rodricks@ To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:34 AM

Subject: RE: Power in Thinking

Thanks for the revert.

How do I connect with Johnson Sequeira? Trust he is Bro. Johnson.

Got your email id from the site, which makes a mention of you being the person to reach out to.

From: Michael Prabhu To: Allison.Rodricks@ Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 11:26 AM

Subject: Re: Power in Thinking

I am very negative about this Johnson Sequeira issue. I do not hold a good regard for him/his ministry, as you would know if you visited my site. You can contact Audrey Thomas audrey-thomas@ who serves under retreat preacher Fr. Jose Vettiyankal VC her opinion and experience of Sequeira.

Michael

From: Allison.Rodricks@ To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 11:14 AM

Subject: RE: Power in Thinking

Dear Michael, Good morning.

Thanks for the email. Yes I guess I just saw your email id and sent it to you. Maybe that was a blessing, since post your earlier email I went through the site and realized that you were defending the Church and its people. I think I was saved from reaching out to the wrong person! Thank you.

I have been through a lot of health and personal problems in the last few years so I guess somewhere we reach out. God does give only a chosen few the healing touch, and I agree it should not be misused.

God bless and keep up the good work. Allison

From: Christopher Rodrigues To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM

Subject: Information on John Sequeira

Hello Michael,

I am a Roman Catholic from Chennai and recently came across a preacher by the name of Johnson Sequeira, as usual I had to look up his background after meeting him and came across your article about this man. Could you please provide some more information and any report/literature regarding Johnson? If you have a picture of him it would also help in confirming that this is the same man.

Thank you and god bless you. Christopher (I suspect that this is a disciple of Sequeira)

From: Michael Prabhu To: elizabeth_paul Cc: davisgee@ Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 8:35 PM

Subject: JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Elizabeth,

I attended Holy Mass at your parish church, Our Lady of Light, Luz, this evening at 6:00 pm. On the parish church premises I saw a banner inviting Catholics to a night vigil which was held yesterday, the 27th of April, from 9:30 pm to 5:00 am. It was conducted by Bro. Johnson Sequeira.

On enquiry, I was informed that you had arranged for Johnson Sequeira to preach to Catholics at the night vigil, and about twenty persons had attended, mostly coming from outside your parish.

Johnson's teachings are doctrinally not Catholic and have strong Protestant Word Faith theology elements among other things.

Last year I had sent you an email -- copied below -- with the link to a report on Johnson Sequeira. However, you still got him to come to your parish. There are other good ministries which are fully Catholic and I suggest that you consider introducing them to others. When most Catholics are ignorant of their own faith, they need Catholic apologetics and not the preaching of persons influenced by Protestant televangelists.

Bombay and other archdioceses, Fr. Jose Vettiyankal VC and the Vincentian ashrams are among many who have realised the truth and do not use Johnson Sequeira anymore.

With regards, Michael

CC: Mr. Davis Thomas 98402 72333

CC: Fr. L.C. Rayanna, Parish Priest, Our Lady of Light Shrine, 156 Luz Church Road, Luz, Chennai 600 004

From: joannes_r@yahoo.co.in To: prabhu Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:11 AM

Subject: Re: BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA OF MUMBAI CONDUCTING MINISTRY IN BANGALORE

Dear Michael,

I used to attend retreats of Br. Johnson in Mangalore years back. But I too found out so many errors in his teaching and especially claiming the word of God into one' life without submitting to God's will. It goes against the Catholic teaching as in the Catechism. Rather than a humble request to God it is like a command to God. After I came to know the truth I stopped attending those retreats. He has given retreat to Jesus Youth in Mangalore, retreats at Fatima Retreat House, etc. Especially as the new academic year starts he might give retreats to the school Children this month of July. I ask you to stop him from doing any more harm to the Catholic Church and especially my friends who are in high schools and P.U.C. of Mangalore Catholic institutions or to correct him of his ministry.

Also, when I went to Potta 3 years back he had a couple of Brothers from New Life Ministries with him. He was calling my friends and me to come to his room and pray. I had left the room in 2 minutes. But then I was surprised to see him when he came to Mangalore to preach and that too in Fatima retreat house. May I forward your letter to people who have the same agreement as you and me and have stopped attending this retreat?

Thank you. Joannes Rodrigues

From: Joannes Rodrigues To: prabhu Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: Hi

Hi there, I am free for a couple of days and I would like to promote your ministry. I would like to volunteer for you in Mangalore. My availability would be part time but I want the Catholic Church here in Mangalore to be protected against the false prophets. Let me know what I should do. My main concern is Br. Johnson and his activities here. I want the Bishop of Mangalore to ban his preaching or else to correct him so that br. Johnson might learn the Catholic Faith by attending some Catholic bible school and catechism classes.

(The following letter is from a supporter of Johnson Sequeira, see WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES-02. Martin Ribeiro and his wife Colleen have conducted praise and worship for Sequeira, for Fr. Jose Vettiyankal and for the CCR of which Simon Rodrigues has been Chairman in Bangalore. Simon Rodrigues was also the local host for Anthony Samuel of Secunderabad who seduced several young Catholics to leave the Church and join his own called Adonai’s Bride.)

From: martin.rebeiro@ To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:28 PM

Hi Michael,

Praise Jesus for His Mercy and Grace, for He has pulled me from the depths of darkness and brought me into His glorious light!!! I am enjoying His amazing grace. How about you Michael? How are you faring in your spiritual walk? Are you growing closer in your relationship with the King of Kings?  

I love our brothers and our co-laborers in Christ: Johnson, Anthony Samuel, Simon Rodrigues - they are certainly fine men of God. I consider myself honored and blessed to have had the privilege of interacting closely with a couple of them, the fruits of their labor is so very evident. It is love all the way. They practice what they preach, help lift the burdens from those burdened, and are always there for the downtrodden and weak. I have personally learnt much from them, both in theory and in practicality (from their teaching and lifestyle), I praise God for them. These men have a passion (inexhaustible stamina) to spread the Gospel, and they are going about it selflessly. Let us pray that the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon them and fill them with the anointing to ‘Go fish’ and ‘make men-fishers of men’. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

In the Father’s overall game plan, we are called to play a role, to produce ‘good fruit’, for that ‘good fruit’ to remain, to be enjoyed by others. We also know that fruit bearing trees are destined to be stoned.  Our Lord teaches us much on this topic in the 23rd chapter of Matthew.

May the Spirit of the Lord rest upon you, and all you do.  May He fill you with Wisdom, Knowledge, understanding, counsel and power and may your delight be in fearing God, and leading a life of holiness and piety. Many thanks for your prayers and be rest assured of mine for you and your ministry.

God Bless you, With the Love of the Lord Jesus Christ! Marty

From: "Mary Gabriel Surrao" To:

Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:08 PM

Hi Michael,

A contact of mine mentioned that their parish in Besant Nagar are planning to invite Mr. Johnson Sequeira to conduct a retreat in the parish. I would like to know whether this person is also anti-Catholic because there was no other mention about him except that he preaches a prosperity gospel. Awaiting your reply. Thanks and regards, Marie

From: prabhu To: Mary Gabriel Surrao Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:06 AM

Subject: JOHNSON SEQUEIRA AND THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL

First of all let me thank you for your kind enquiry while at the same time I apologize for the delay in my response to you. I had several other matters already lined up and I had to finish them in the order of receipt. But I trust that my response will not only still be timely but will meet your needs.

May I refer to your statement "I would like to know whether this person is also anti-Catholic because there was no other mention about him except that he preaches a prosperity gospel" and start from there?

This "Prosperity Gospel" is not a minor issue. It is serious. It is also New Age in many of its aspects, though the Vatican Document on the New Age does not treat it [and most other NA issues] in any detail. Kindly open and read the first attachment, page 1.

If one were really Catholic, one would not entertain or promote any so-called Catholic preacher who teaches these false doctrines which are distortions of the Word of God and contrary to the Church's interpretation of Biblical revelation. I am preparing a detailed article on this subject, with all the relevant Scripture quotations and their conflicting Protestant and Catholic interpretations.

After the letters of two Catholic apologists, I have copied two CHARISINDIA articles written by my late friend and mentor Errol Fernandes, as well as one by Fr. Fio Mascarenhas SJ.

I have copied miscellaneous other information which might throw more light on the matter. There are passing references to the ministry of Benny Hinn. 

We tend to forget the Catholic imitators of Benny Hinn. I have come across not a few of them in charismatic circles, and we must watch out for these. They change the style and content of their preaching to suit the audiences and show their real face only in their close circles where they are safe from authority. If you want to know the errors of Benny Hinn specifically, I will have to send you another email with the related attachment.

I am also attaching my updated but still short alert on Bro. Johnson which is what I believe that you are referring to when you wrote "there was no other mention about him" in your letter. The lay persons’ email ids and names are reproduced with permission.

In Mumbai and elsewhere, there are many small "Catholic" ministries that go around using techniques like "Fire on you", copycatting the televangelists in every which way they can. They are symptoms of a deeper malaise. These are the ones that usually also preach a "Prosperity Gospel". The first beneficiaries are they themselves, because their first commandment is "Give, Give, Give".

They usually employ "Affirmations" which Johnson vigorously promotes. Affirmations are a common NEW AGE technique.

Prayer is a relationship with God, a surrender to His Will, not a manipulation of God according to one's own will. The alternative techniques are about 'faith in faith' instead of 'faith in God'.

Of course one can always "claim" the promises of God in the Word of God, but not out of context.

At your service in Jesus' Name, Michael

From: "Mary Gabriel Surrao" To: "prabhu"

Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:05 PM Subject: Re: JOHNSON SEQUEIRA AND THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL

Dear Michael,

Thanks very much for your alerts.  On reading your message, I had verbally spoken to this contact and alerted

him in a few lines and he has immediately spoken to the parish priest and it is all over. Mr. Johnson Sequeira is denied permission to preach at the parish. But I believe he is expected in Chennai on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of April and he intends meeting the bishop and find out reasons for being denied to preach. 

Mr. Johnson also has a contact who arranges his retreats in Chennai. Her name is Dr. Leena. Mobile no.9972026333.

Thanks and regards, Mary

From: prabhu To: Mary Gabriel Surrao Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:11 AM

Subject: Re: JOHNSON SEQUEIRA AND THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL

Dear Mary, Many thanks again, especially for your giving me the proposed dates of Johnson's visit and Dr. Leena's contact. My experience has taught me that speaking to people like her is of not much avail as we clearly think oppositely.

Many people do not want sober and solid teaching and circumcision of the heart, and their ears itch for fancy preaching and charismatic phenomena such as prophecy, healing, visions, "messages", "slaying in the spirit" and the like. These are good, but should be the FRUITS of our holy, Word-centered and sacramental Catholic lives.

Keep up your good work. With people in the Renewal such as you, there is great hope for our Church. We can only do our bit.

It is very possible that Johnson will convince the Archbishop to let him into Chennai by showing an old [now canceled] letter from one Bishop of Bombay and especially some photographs of him taken with the Archbishop of Bangalore last year. But then again our present Archbishop has shown himself to be decidedly anti-charismatic in many of his actions. Any later problems in Chennai because of Johnson will only harden the Archbishop's anti-charismatic stance and be bad for the CCR in Chennai.

Johnson will distribute free literature and recorded audio-messages, and free lunches. He will collect a faithful following, and build up a base, centred on one who is usually rich and well-connected. Later, the Renewal will find it impossible to dislodge him. It is better to act before hand. In case his hidden erroneous teachings are one day exposed, it will be an embarrassment not only for his supporters but for those who could have but did not do anything. I think that Benjamin Gonzaga and Vinoo Antony should do something about this matter.

There is a similar situation in Hyderabad that has almost gotten out of hand, there is a second private centre influenced by Johnson and Protestant-related preachers running a parallel Renewal, using even Pentecostals, and the genuine CCR leadership is not able to handle the situation because there are powerful people now with the Johnson faction.

The same is happening in a couple of other cities, Mary.

Catholics do not know that the Papal household preacher Fr Raniero Cantalamessa was recently in Hyderabad to attend an ecumenical prayer rally. He was invited by the Archbishop who I hear now regrets it as Fr Cantalamessa was hijacked for their own ends by the Protestant and Pentecostal organizers [pastors] for almost the entire period of his stay.

This has given a wrong signal to thousands of Catholics in that city. The Protestants used Fr Cantalamessa as many Catholics are using Johnson.

They invite him, knowing that he will attract the crowds, and it sounds attractive when one considers that the Renewal activities' attendance is flagging in most cities of India. But, these same crowds develop a special loyalty to Johnson's ministry and not to the Renewal or the Catholic Church which is where every genuine preacher must point every attendee, and many of them later tend to defend Johnson against any other authority. Michael

From: Sunil Thomas To: prabhu Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:17 PM

Subject: Re: BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA OF MUMBAI CONDUCTING MINISTRY IN BANGALORE

Dear Michael,

God bless your heart! You still keep me informed about the errors and corruption of faith being actively propagated inspite of my lack of correspondence. I truly hope our Bishop takes cognizance of what's happening in our city and does something about it. It's unbelievable that you haven't received any response from him thus far. I really pray that something comes of it. Keep up the good work Michael, we're praying for you. God bless, Sunil Thomas

From: rebelovasco@ To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:04 AM

Subject: RE: ADDITIONAL RESPONSES_ANTHONY SAMUEL_JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Michael,

Thanks a lot for the precious information especially regarding Bro. Johnson Sequeira who is the cause of many divisions in Goa. He has gained the trust of priests, not all but some, who have been organizing seminars in their parishes, much against the wishes of the Archbishop Ferrao. If you have more information on him, kindly e-mail it to me. Brotherly love, Vasco Rebelo

From: Victor, Gangai To: prabhu Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:04 AM

Subject: RE: BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Hi Mike U may not be aware of this:

Bro. Johnson shifted to Bangalore because of issues with renewal leaders who used their influence on the Bishop to stop him from preaching in Mumbai. In Bangalore, the Bishop attended his birthday celebration, gave the seal of approval on his booklet.

So he is officially allowed to preach now

From: Joseph L. R. Vaz To: prabhu Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: Re: TWO MORE ATTACHMENTS

Dear Mike, 

This was a happy Catholic family consisting of father, mother and three sons (who are grown up now and have their own families). The mother somewhere along fell into this net of this Bro Johnson Sequeira. The father is too old to object. The mother dragged the three sons into this plus the wife of the 2nd son. So you see there are three families which are in the danger of splitting.

Now the third son had some financial difficulties - he was mostly into share business and I feel he has suffered some setbacks and perhaps he has put his hope in this Johnson. He attends mass (perhaps scared of his wife though she is one of the most timid persons in the world) but calls the Rosary as a myth. I had a lot of correspondence thro' email with his and if you are interested I can forward to you to get a idea of his mind set. His wife is very much worried and I have suggested to her to continue the rosary with her three minor sons.

The most problematic though is the wife of the second son. She was such a sweet girl, but completely obsessed with this bro. Johnson. She stopped attending the mass and gets a lot of messages directly from God. What worries the husband is that she does not take the children to the doctor but prays "over" them. She gives the children direct tap water to drink (even at a time when some contamination was found in the water supply), she just prays over it. The poor husband is becoming a little hysterical and sometimes talks of "No God" By the way they have 5 children and the 6th is one the way. This trouble started just a year ago, hence all the children are baptised and the eldest has received Holy Communion. The problem will arise now for the sixth one for baptism.

Thanks and may God bless you, Joseph L. R. Vaz

From: Luz Maria Engineer To: prabhu Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:40 PM

Subject: Re: ADDITIONAL RESPONSES_ANTHONY SAMUEL_JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Mike,

A priest called me the other day from Jhansi. He is having some big program and asked my opinion about Johnson. Though I was frank and repeated what Bishop Bosco Penha had said, at the end of it all he decided he would call him any way but "will be sure someone is on the stage at all times to monitor what he says." I told him most likely the fallout would be his follow up when he realizes a door has been opened to him there. Pray for more wisdom in the Church.

Luz Maria, one of the very senior leaders in the National Catholic Charismatic Renewal

From: Al Saie Office To: 'prabhu' Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:36 AM Subject: RE: Johnson Sequeira

Dear Prabhu,

I am located in Bahrain, but am a Goan catholic. I am a member of Couples for Christ here in Bahrain and we have a mailing list. One of our members visited Goa recently and attended Johnson’s talks and is very much impressed and keeps on posting info to our mailing list from Johnson. He also feels after this encounter that listening to the Protestant Bible which is available in audio online cannot create any harm even though they have books missing.

Leya D’Souza

From: erikagib@ To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:21 AM

Subject: Re: JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Michael,

I am quickly giving you my response to "Bro. Johnson". I do not know him, but what you have written seem to be correct. Except the danger is not that our Catholics are disappointed in their own faith, if they do not get healed, rather they are tempted to leave the Church to partake in that greater faith, which is preached. Your point might carry some weight, assuming our Catholics are self-critical, alas this is rarely the case, they rather think that they have to get more of something which is missing in our Church.

Love, Erika (London. Secretary to International Association for Deliverance and exorcist Fr. Rufus Pereira)

From: Anita Mendes To: michaelprabhu@ Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:59 PM

Subject: article on ADONAI'S BRIDE_CATHOLIC PREACHER ANTHONYSAMUELTURNSPENTECOSTAL

Dear Brother,

I stumbled upon your website today and am really glad that I did. I had my reservations about Benny Hinn and Br. Johnson and your articles helped confirm them. Let’s hope and pray that all these people repent for misleading God's children and that they may return to the Lord in humility and submission to His will alone.

Anita Mendes, Dubai

The following three Bangalore charismatic preachers did not respond to my communications on Sequeira:

From: prabhu To: devdar devdar Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:20 AM

Subject: BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA / PASTOR ANTHONY SAMUEL

Dear Bro. Jayanand,

I had just yesterday completed and commenced mailing an alert on Anthony Samuel of Secunderabad who has left the Catholic Church and founded his own "church". Earlier today I mailed you a second attachment, which is the compilation of my letters to the four Bishops who are mainly concerned with the ministry of Anthony Samuel.

I was informed by several concerned charismatics from Bangalore that Bro. Johnson Sequeira of Mumbai ministered along with our dear Fr. Jose Vettiyankal at the recent Pentecost night vigil in Bangalore.

I have also written to Fr. Jose. They are due to give a programme there again at Nirmala School, June 30/July 1.

Jayanand regularly ministers along with Fr. Jose Vettiyankal.

From: prabhu To: cherian Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:12 PM Subject: ADDITIONAL RESPONSES

Dear Cherian, Thank you very much for the time that you dedicated to me during my visit to your office on July 4, and the interest that you evinced in my ministry.

I had given you a copy of the Anthony Samuel/Johnson Sequeira reports, and I trust that you have perused them.

I HAVE JUST SENT YOU THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSES RECEIVED BY ME AGAINST THE ANTHONY SAMUEL_JOHNSON SEQUEIRA ALERTS. Please acknowledge receipt.

I am also sending a post parcel of some papers to you. When you receive it, please let me know.

In the case of Anthony Samuel himself…

Cherian has for very long been in CCR leadership and is the current Bangalore Service Team Chairman.

From: prabhu To: cyriljohn@ Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:42 PM

Subject: ANTHONY SAMUEL AND JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Cyril,

You have not yet acknowledged my many letters regarding Anthony Samuel and Johnson Sequeira.

Longtime National Service Team Chairman of the CCR, Cyril John remains silent on Johnson Sequeira.

All senior CCR leaders have recent my recent alerts on Sequeira. Very, very few have acknowledged them.

To: Archbishop George Antonysamy CC: Vicar General, Secretary Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:57:18 +0530

Subject: STILL MORE INFORMATION ON JOHNSON SEQUEIRA

Dear Archbishop George,

This is in follow-up of my email letter to you of yesterday, July 22 evening. Please go through the attached file.

It contains information that will be released today in a third report from our ministry on the Johnson Sequeira issue.

Yours obediently,

Michael Prabhu

RELATED FILES

BRO. JOHNSON SEQUEIRA'S 'WORD-FAITH' THEOLOGY AND 'PROSPERITY' GOSPEL



WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES



WHY JOHNSON SEQUEIRA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREACH IN CATHOLIC PARISHES-02



THE CATHOLIC JESUS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE PROTESTANT JESUS



ANTHONY SAMUEL-ADONAI'S BRIDE-CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC PREACHER TURNS PENTECOSTAL



ARMY OF JESUS PENTECOSTALS MASQUERADE AS CATHOLIC NUNS



BRO. ANDREW RICHARD, GRACE MINISTRIES, MANGALORE-CATHOLIC OR PROTESTANT?



DIVINE WORD TV MANGALORE-BEWARE OF PENTECOSTAL PREACHERS AND NEW AGE



PREACHER JOSEPH LOUIS MASQUERADES AS A CATHOLIC



EMPEROR EMMANUEL-DANGEROUS DOOMSDAY CULT



EMPEROR EMMANUEL CULT-A FOLLOW-UP



EMPEROR EMMANUEL-DANGEROUS DOOMSDAY CULT-SUMMARY



PROSPERITY GOSPEL AND THE CATHOLIC-ERROL FERNANDES



PROSPERITY GOSPEL VERSUS THE POVERTY GOSPEL-EDDIE RUSSELL



PROSPERITY GOSPEL-SUSAN BRINKMANN



WORD-FAITH, POSITIVE CONFESSION, PROSPERITY GOSPEL- (PROTESTANT)

SCANDALS OF THE PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS GOSPEL PREACHERS



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