Antoe Gay Explaed

Contents:

• ANTOE GAY
• THE “POSSSN” OF ANTOE GAY
• ANTOE GAY EXPLAED

ANTOE GAY

Antoe Gay (May 31, 1790 – June 13, 1871) was a Frenchman who was believed by some to have been posssed by a mon named Isaron.

THE “POSSSN” OF ANTOE GAY

The exorcisms – the first ssn, send exorcism, third ssn, fourth exorcismChapter 4THE PARTICULAR CASE OF ANTOINE GAY [1790-1871]SourcIN view of the extraordary events which are to be related this chapter, seems particularly advisable to state the sourc om which they are the rather enigmatic tle Le Posse qui glorifia l'Immaculee, J. Further he had a large number of letters, certifit and reports on Gay's posssn, which he had himself llected, and the life of Fr. Chiron--who had taken a ep tert Gay--wrten by the Abbe Zephyr Gandon and, addn, the rellectns and evince of many persons who had actually known Antoe se gave rise, mt be said, to the most heated discsn.

The thor of the book we are about to discs is nvced that the trials endured by Antoe Gay had a dive purpose, or, as we should ll , a faly, siar to that shown the se of Helene the se of Bernatte Soubiro, this purpose might be seen as the tentn of provg the existence of the supernatural a world creasgly given to doubt and crly. The facts we are about to repeat are a se historyAntoe Gay was born at Lantenay, the partment of A, on 31st May 1790. The mon that posssed him was to adm later that he had been there for fifteen years, whout anyone, and least of all Gay, knowg anythg about .

Goulhiac, at that time Bishop of Grenoble, as follows:'We have examed Master Gay of Lyons three tim, each ssn lastg om one to two hours. As is unniable that Gay do not know Lat, we n only attribute the ntortns which, view of the circumstanc, had somethg preternatural about them, to the prence of a higher telligence; (3) we qutned him several tim Lat and sce the repli were ma French through the mouth of Master Gay, this seems to dite a knowledge of Lat on the part of that higher telligence; (4) the good fah, virtue and scery of Master Gay are vouched for numero ttimonials livered to him by worthy and reliable persons.

ANTOE GAY EXPLAED

Pictet, on 12th November 1843:'We, the unrsigned, doctor of medice, ridg at the Croix Rose, certify that Master Gay was prented to for examatn by the Abbe Collet and by M.

Gay scpuloly every day for four months, at all tim and all suatns, such as at church, at mass, acpanyg him whilst he ma the Statns of the Cross, public and personal nversatn, at table, on walks, etc., we have not been able to disver the least sign of moral or physil weakns. Gay to implore the assistance of the Holy Spir, we rema nvced that his extraordary state n only be attributed to posssn.

Gay, that extraordary thg which speaks through his mouth revealed the most secrets of our heart, told the story of our life om the age of twelve onwards, givg tails that are known only to God, our nfsor, and ourselv. At any rate, whatever the reason, Gay was certaly never exorcised, spe of the fact that all who met him were nvced he was and downsIt should not be assumed that the thori who wnsed the strange spirual adventur cherished any feelg of aversn or distst towards the unhappy Antoe Gay.

Pictet's long observatns, Gay's iends tried to have him readmted to the Trappe d'Aiguebelle, where he had been seven years earlier. The Abbot was, neverthels, nvced of the fact of posssn and sent Gay to his iend, the almoner of the Friars of Privas, the neighbourg dce of Viviers. Gay remaed there twenty-two days, the urse of which he gave many ditns of posssn, but he fally returned to Lyons, no exorcism havg taken 1844 to 1847 he was to be found Lyons, at 72, e s Macchabe, not far om the church of St.

But, for no known reason, there ChironA new velopment occurred when Gay found a h protector the person of a very satly man, Fr. He never believed that Gay was mad, but nsired that he was posssed and rolved to vote himself to helpg him, so far as God would perm.

'After the events Antoe Gay and his protector returned to Lyons to wa until the end of summer before gog to La Salette. A vis to ArsThe reputatn of the Cure d'Ars was so great, and Ars so close to Lyons, that was natural that Gay should be prented to the Abbe Vianney.

Antoe Gay was found kneelg at the foot of a statue of the Virg, his arms extend the form of a cross, and his ey filled wh tears.

From his lips there streamed forth a solemn claratn which uld only have e om the fernal spir that posssed him, sce Antoe Gay himself had not the theologil background to pronounce such an imprsive disurse:Homage to Mary om a vilO Mary, Mary, masterpiece of God's handiwork: God has ma nothg greater than thee! I nfs today, one of the most solemn feasts of the whole year, that thy dive Son pels me to say that is the most solemn of all the spoke Isaron, the vil of impury, through the mouth of Antoe Gay, and the words were noted by M. It was hoped that the sat would be able to exercise the same power over Antoe Gay as he had done over so many others.

Although at this time the Abbe Vianney was much requt and difficult to approach, Antoe Gay was brought to him several tim and the Cure took him to his hoe. One eveng particular, the good Cure was astonished to see Antoe Gay fall down sudnly at his feet, as if he had been btally stck down by some unknown force. Here aga is difficult not to believe that God did not wish for any termatn: firstly, Antoe Gay was steadily gag spirualy by means of his oral, and sendly, the vil wh him had to plete the task he had been assigned.

Grignn MontfortIt may at first seem astonishg to fd a vil, such as the one that posssed Antoe Gay, acceptg so humbly the role of pronouncg a solemn logy of the Blsed Virg, both at Ars and on several other ocsns durg the forty years he tormented the unfortunate man. 52) this is precisely what we have heard nfirmed by the words of Antoe Gay, the mouthpiece of the vil shall now hear further evince om the same personage the role imposed on him by Province. A pathetic stggleThose who heard Antoe Gay, and they were many, have all nfirmed that he gave evince of a strange dualy.

This dualy was not only between him and the vil that posssed him, but also between the var mos of speech ed by that vil was easy to distguish the natural ton of the te Antoe Gay. This was the first sle, the fernal sle, to ll by s right when he was acqutg himself of the task laid upon him, when he was exprsg himself as the slave of God, and playg his allotted role, he was not only orthodox his remarks, but would speak an unctuo, eloquent, sometim even sublime the urse of a sgle dialogue both posssor and posssed would take turns to speak, and was possible to see the heartrendg nflict which was takg place the heart and md of Antoe Gay.

'It is Heaven's will, which all mt obey, that I, the vil Isaron, posssg the body of Gay, should speak through his mouth, and through his limbs, make horrible grimac, utter terrifyg cri. Ravignan, who had been appoted to succeed Lardaire charge of the Conferenc Notre-Dame, the vil lled out through Gay's mouth: 'That is a man!

'A sermonThe followg scene was rerd by Brother Prime, of the Christian schools at Frs (Loire) Chiron, on his way om Lyons to Clermont-Ferrand wh Antoe Gay, wrote to Prime that he would stop en route at Frs, wh a posssed man. Jt when was least expected poor Gay was sudnly volved credible ntortns, throwg himself to the ground, or twirlg on his heels whout ever losg his balance.

Havg ma this prayer, we are told that the vil sudnly beme jovial and, alludg to the fact that Antoe Gay had been shut up for three months as a madman at the Antiquaille Lyons, remarked: 'They n go and look all the asylums before they fd a madman who n dictate a prayer like that! Antoe Gay lived another twelve years, but there was no longer any one to e to his aid, at least any lastg way. Yet when she was ill, Antoe Gay, out of the simple goodns of his heart, gave her 200 ancs-- those days a nsirable sum--for medil treatment.

As long as they were there, Gay was unable to speak a 1869 Gay, then seventy-ne, returned for a few weeks to Lantenay, his birthplace, to settle some matter of a legacy which was g a dispute between him and his fay. For more than half a century this valiant Christian had lived bonds of dose and paful proximy to a prce of registratn of Antoe Gay's ath is to be found the parish church of St.