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."
Every one of them was a Leftist. Smile...
BTW: You're not such a Crazieman after all.
Yes. Evil spirits are in the highest places. They are especially in the church and in government.
Cast them out of your home, your work, your church, and your club.
Cast them out of the lives of your children.
Cast them out of your life and send them back into the holes from which they crawled.
Cast them out.
No. He was talking about the chaos that was on the floor.
ROTFL!
I dont think it worked
Well, almost
She went back to Minnesota
Someone needs to point out the meanings of words like "Sisyphean" to simple hillbillies like me.
In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity.
Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as "Sisyphean."
Amen.
I believe it did.
I think if memory is correct, unless a priest is trained to be an exocist, he would not need permission.
Dims still there??
That chick who gave the invocation at a recent Trump rally — Orlando, I think — spent a lot of her prayer rebuking demons that are trying to thwart Trump.
My husband and I pray that same thing in our devotions every day. As everything in DC and the MSM appears to be getting worse, we assume that God’s answer is, simply, “No. America has turned away from me long enough. It’s over.”
“When Moses fought the Pharoah’s magicians and sorcerors the Bible did not say these were imaginary fantasies”
It wasn’t just in the Old Testament. In the New Testament we’re told to avoid witchcraft — by many different names. Satan is strong; God is greater. But does God want America to survive in its current state of sin?
” he would have gotten permission from his bishop to do an authorized exorcism”
All born-again Christians are “authorized” to rebuke Satan and his demons. You don’t need some guy acting as a middle man. Doubtful that God even heard this chaplain’s prayer, as he looks upon sin (homosexuality) favorably. He isn’t in a “right relationship” with God. It matters.
When I read of Jesus and later the fully Spirit filled Apostles doing this, the demons weren’t able to even touch them as they came out....no forceful flinging back or that sort of thing.
The woman prayed the prayer when the demon tried to get back into her but did she her finally “get her house filled”?
Still, Jesus did say that for some demons it took extra prayer and fasting when his disciples(prior to the cross, resurrection, and coming of the Spirit) encountered an especially tough case!
Did every member of the House suddenly disappear?
So, he cast out all Commie Dims and all RINOs???? Great work!!!
It might be possible that some spirits get driven away by this guy but keep in mind Matthew 7.
Matthew 7
21 “Not everyone w
ho says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
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