Posted on 07/18/2019 6:40:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
Reverend Patrick Conroy serves as the House of Representatives Chaplain in Washington, D.C. and regularly starts the day off for lawmakers with prayer. Thursday's invocation was a little more serious than most days for Rev. Conroy. The Roman Catholic Priest prayed specifically to cast out the demons inside Capitol Hill.
As reported by Fox News, Rev. Conroy said, "This has been a difficult and contentious week in which darker spirits seem to have been at play in the people’s House."
Then, in a dramatic moment, Conroy raised both hands and said, 'In Your most holy name, I cast out all spirits of darkness from this chamber. Spirits not from You. I cast out the spirit of discouragement which deadens the hope of those who are of goodwill.'"
"I cast out the spirit of petty divisiveness which clouds the sense and the desire to be of fruitful productivity and addressing the issues more appropriately before this House," he prayed. "I cast out any sadness brought on by the frustration of dealing with matters detrimental to the honorable work each member has been called to engage in."
Rev. Conroy is a Jesuit priest, an order of the Catholic Church. He has been serving as House Chaplain since 2011. He attempted to resign in 2018, but, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle asked him not to. He withdrew his resignation.
Rev. Conroy told CNN he felt that he was being called to exorcise the demons away. "I was on the House floor on Tuesday and to me, it felt different than other days. It felt like there was something going on beyond just political disagreement. The energy of the House was very off. No one was relishing what was happening."
I'm surprised that the chaplain's use of the term "darker spirits" wasn't met with the usual howls of "racism".
You shall know the tree by the fruit it bears... pro baby killing is a sure sign.
I’ve had people start fanning themselves to cool off and then get up and leave when all I did was say a silent prayer for them from across the room.
A prayerful blessing to an evil person is like placing hot coals upon their head.
Unless most of the democrats started twitching then it means that he did not cast out anything.
Demons try to cause disruption and create extreme negative emotion in a person as that creates an opening in their soul for the demon to enter.
The weeds are pure logic with no emotion or compassion. They are seeking extreme emotional souls to embrace to try and hide from the light.
It won’t work for long as the Light keeps getting brighter.
You are so correct.
Spiritual War
I knew this thread would be funny. BTRL
The movie Exorcist is very accurate in many ways. The dark spirit will try many tricks to create fear in me. If it is successful, I get stung as it enters me and then I must focus on God in Prayer until the Light forces it out.
It didn’t take, the capitol building is still standing.
CC
She did go home to Minneapolis today.
Wow. It has been dark and ugly in the House lately.
Demonrats scattered into the sewers where they belong.
Oh Happy Day!!!
One columnist I follow invokes the Good Samaritan and uses the Roman Legend to describe the demons being removed from the swine. The Romans are on the march in the Congressional chambers.
Not all jesuits are evil. This one is apparently one of the good guys. Bless him for his attack on evil spirits/
You must be one of the new kids. I’ve been here since Clinton diddled Lewinsky in the Oval Orrifice. And Demonrats have always been exactly that.
And let me guess.
All of the democrats and half the Republicans didn’t show up the next day, or left running, screaming from the room.
Was this before Nazi Pelosi walked out?
I so thought the headline said that he cast out Democrats :-)
If only...
Been following since the 2000 election.
Oval orifice lol
Never saw that one :)
I wish i was a kid. 51 as of May. :(
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