Another notable case of the effect of the same invocation is that of
a Dominican friar called Fray Juan Masias, who for more than twelve
years stayed in his dark cell in prayer. He was visited by many devils
who pulled and pushed him, treating him very badly in words and in
deed. But he was freed from them by saying "Jesus Savior, Mary, and
Joseph, be with me." "On other occasions the devils entered hurriedly
and noisily catching him by the legs and dragged him from his room
to the cloister. Some hit him and slapped him, others stepped on his
stomach and on his head, still others scratched his face and sought
to pluck his eyes, but invoking the names of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
they (the devils) vanished and left him (p. 14). And the strangest
part of it is that the friar made the invocation after suffering the
consequences of the punishment above mentioned; so that, in other
words, he condescended to allow the devils to have some fun for a
while at his expense.