Deliverance Prayers II The Minor Exorcisms and Deliverance Prayers compiled by Fr Chad Ripperger: Breastplate of St. Patrick (Modified) I bind (myself, or N.) today to a strong virtue, an invocation of the Trinity. I believe in a Threeness, with a confession of an Oneness in the Creator of the Universe. I bind (myself, or N.) today to the virtue of Christ’s birth with his baptism, to the virtue of his crucifixion with his burial, to the virtue of his resurrection with his ascension, to the virtue of his coming to the Judgment of Doom. I bind (myself, or N.) today to the virtue of ranks of Cherubim, in obedience of Angels, in service of Archangels, in hope of resurrection for reward, in prayers of Patriarchs, in preaching of Apostles, in faiths of confessors, in innocence of Holy Virgins, in deeds of righteous men. I bind (myself, or N.) today to the virtue of Heaven, in light of Sun, in brightness of Snow, in splendor of Fire, in speed of l...
Good article. I split my day between an ephemeris article and novel writing. The first got really edgy. I set it aside for clarity’s sake, but it deals with some of the same issues. Let’s face it. We don’t have a Gulag Archipelago, but we do have a Blue Archipelago of urban moral sinkholes where gang violence is fueled by drugs from Mexico. The concept of fatherhood was exactly what I wanted to touch on. If there is a way to save cities, that’s the key. Many urban black people look around them and see failed cities. In East St. Louis (which made the roll of northern “cages” in Randy Newman’s 1974 song Rednecks on his excellent and perceptive album Good Ol Boys) I always noticed a tree growing from the roof of an abandoned building of maybe eight or ten stories when I would go to federal court there.. It looks like that show After Man.
Personally, I believe BLM is a huge tactical error. As we say in trial courts, it “opened the door” for a frank and open discussion of race in America. I have compassion for people trapped in decaying, hopeless cities. I wish they could realize that Democrats only want their votes and their lives never get better. Not even under two terms of a black president. I understand the frustration, but also that it is hard to put myself in their place. I just don’t see hope for change, though. BLM just further marginalizes that segment.
But today I read Pope Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos encyclical and realized it was an anti-U.S. Constitution. This country was founded by Masons and Freethinkers on Indifferentism, which leads to Godlessness in practice. They coupled that with a mania for more “freedom” than most people can handle. And here we are. America may be great, but it is not good.
There was far more, a fine old rant, but I exceeded my character count.
Your rants, as always, are full of wisdom. My greatest wish for Blacks who I grew up with in my Latino neighborhood is that they would read their greatest living scholar Thomas Sowell.
I think Gregory explains both the problem with the U.S. and the Church since Vatican II: if "freedom" as the serpent convinced Eve is more important than God then everything sooner or later falls apart.
Don't worry. For some reason everyone wants to call me Frank. Only a friend named Wilma calls me Mr. Fred Flintstone.
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church as well as the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Pray an Our Father now that God gives President Trump the grace to do His will in this present COVID hysteria crisis and to be reelected.