Posted on 07/14/2024 9:25:52 AM PDT by aposiopetic
A Catholic priest who gave a benediction during former President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday told people they needed to pray for Trump moments before Trump was shot and wounded.
Father Jason Charron, a Ukrainian Catholic pastor, told CNA a group of about 15 to 20 people called him over to a barricade within the rally site as he was trying to leave shortly before Trump began speaking.
“I said to them: I prayed for him and his safety, but that they have to pray, as well, because there are people who want to kill him,” Father Charron said in a telephone interview with CNA late Saturday night. “And little did I think — literally a few minutes later there was this kind of indistinct sound, and people began leaving, and at that point I heard someone saying that that was a gunshot.”
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“My prayer was one of protection. My prayer there was for the restoration of right relationships in our society — relationships at the individual level, at the familial level, at the societal level, such that our national would be made great again in God’s sight. And our nation be made great again, I said, that our world be made great again, in God’s sight,” Father Charron said.
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“If people are going to wonder why I was at a Trump rally, it wasn’t to canonize him or absolve him from his many imperfections,” Father Charron told CNA.
“His recent shyness on championing pro-life legislation is undesirable, and it’s not for that that I’m there, but to encourage him to build on the pro-life victories of his first administration,” he said.
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Thank you!
Thank you for praying, sir. Thank God for answering that prayer! I was thinking that they should have prayer before Trump’s rallies. (maybe they already do, I would not know)
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I’m sure he’s not the only one praying for Trump.
Praise God. ♥️🙏 Interesting point he said about Trump’s recent statements on abortion. I don’t know what to make of the RNC’s moves to adjust its platform on the matter. Prayers for God’s guidance and favor moving forward.
Thank you
Amen. I’ve been praying for our country also.
Lord God, bless and protect President Trump and lead him to victory. Let us not cease to pray for justice.
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