I’m still waiting for the Catholics to speak out against anything a democrat does.
“I’m still waiting for the Catholics to speak out against anything a democrat does.”
Mark Twain wrote, “A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose.”
When JPII was pope, the evilstream misleadia took me in more than once with fake news. I’ve been working hard to develop a reflexive skepticism to everything they say, but they’ll probably get me again, anyway.
The fakenews organs report the outrageous conduct of half a generation of despicable swine who, with the generous assistance of the Soviet Union and other forces of evil, have slithered into even the highest office of the Church. Satan laughs, and fakenews blares, “Look, look at what the Church is.”
Obviously, a person of good will would cease to credit the fakenews outlets on this subject as well.
A person who wanted to know something about what the Church is and has been for two thousand years would read Saint Alphonsus, Francis de Sales, and certainly William F. Buckley’s “Nearer, My God.”
This prayer dates back about one thousand six hundred years, and is a literal translation from the old Irish text. I offer it for us all, and for our Constitution.
The Lorica (Breastplate) of Saint Patrick, Apostle to the Emerald Isle
I bind to myself today
The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity:
I believe in the Trinity in Unity
The Creator of the Universe.
I bind to myself today
The virtue of the Incarnation of Christ with His Baptism,
The virtue of His crucifixion with His burial,
The virtue of His Resurrection with His Ascension,
The virtue of His coming on the Judgement Day.
I bind to myself today
The virtue of the love of seraphim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the hope of resurrection unto reward,
In prayers of Patriarchs,
In predictions of Prophets,
In preaching of Apostles,
In faith of Confessors,
In purity of holy Virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.
I bind to myself today
The power of Heaven,
The light of the sun,
The brightness of the moon,
The splendour of fire,
The flashing of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of sea,
The stability of earth,
The compactness of rocks.
I bind to myself today
God’s Power to guide me,
God’s Might to uphold me,
God’s Wisdom to teach me,
God’s Eye to watch over me,
God’s Ear to hear me,
God’s Word to give me speech,
God’s Hand to guide me,
God’s Way to lie before me,
God’s Shield to shelter me,
God’s Host to secure me,
Against the snares of demons,
Against the seductions of vices,
Against the lusts of nature,
Against everyone who meditates injury to me,
Whether far or near,
Whether few or with many.
I invoke today all these virtues
Against every hostile merciless power
Which may assail my body and my soul,
Against the incantations of false prophets,
Against the black laws of heathenism,
Against the false laws of heresy,
Against the deceits of idolatry,
Against the spells of women, and smiths, and druids,
Against every knowledge that binds the soul of man.
Christ, protect me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against death-wound,
That I may receive abundant reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
Christ in the fort,
Christ in the chariot seat,
Christ in the pupi deck,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I bind to myself today
The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity,
I believe in the Trinity in Unity
The Creator of the Universe.