Thousands of Christians gather in Oklahoma to rival Satanic 'Black Mass'

Christians in Oklahoma City Monday night gathered together in masses and prayer rallies to rival a Satanic black mass event held simultaneously inside a public building.

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property led local Christians to a large prayer rally outside the Civic Center Music Hall, where the satanic Dakhma of Angra Mainyu or Church of Ahriman held its ceremony called The Consumption of Mary, attended by a small group.

"I came down here today to not really protest the satanic mass, but to represent my father, Jesus Christ," Lyndon Price told Fox25.

Hundreds of Christians also showed up during a mass service held by the local Catholic Church on the lawns outside the small theater.

"What the Satanists are doing is a public offense to God and a public offense requires a public act of reparation and atonement," attendee Brian McCall said.

Thousands of diverse Christians took on Oklahoma Archbishop Paul Coakley's invitation to the Unity Prayer Service and Walk to counter the satanic event, which also fell on the day of the feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven.

Religious leaders from the local Roman Catholic Archdiocese, Southern Baptist, United Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, non-denominational, Presbyterian and Pentecostal Holiness walked in unity with the crowd from the "Jesus Wept" statue at St. Joseph Old Cathedral to the First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma.

They prayed the rosary, sang the songs "Amazing Grace" and "Victory in Jesus" and shouted "Hallelujah!"

"We are all brothers and sisters unified in peace and in prayer. It is why we are here today to stand against evil," Rev. William Novak of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, told NewsOK.

Adam Daniels, a registered sex offender and religious leader of the satanic church, blamed the simultaneous Christian events for the low attendance of the black mass ceremony.

"When you have the whole Roman legion out there, how likely are they to come and buy tickets?" Daniels told Fox25.