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"You are witnessing a fundamental breakdown of the American dream, a systemic breakdown of our democracy and our capitalism, a breakdown driven by the blind insatiable greed of Wall Street: Dysfunctional government, insane markets, economy on the brink. Multiply that many times over and over and see a world in disarray." - The Wall Street Journal, February 2010.

Twenty centuries of stony sleep

The Second Coming
W.B Yeats


Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert.

A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?


John 5:43.

St. Michael Prayer


St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the malice and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, cast into Hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.


Memorare

Remember, O Most Gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly you, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despite not my petitions, but in you mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.


St. Padre Pio Deliverance Prayer

I claim the full victory that my Lord Jesus Christ won on the Cross for me. Having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the Cross (Col. 2:15). His victory for me is my victory.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I renounce all the workings of Satan in my life in all its forms, whether brought into my life by my actions or by others. I break all attachments, ground, curses, spells, and rights Satan may have in my life, whether such ground was gained through my actions or through others. Strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints and Angels of Heaven, and powerful in the holy authority of the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I ask you Lord to command Satan and all his minions, whomever they may be, to get out of my life and stay out. With that authority I now take back the ground in my life gained by Satan through my sins. I reclaim this ground and my life for Christ. I now dedicate myself to the Lord Jesus Christ; I belong to Him alone. Amen.

A Crisis Made To Order...

There are dark forces preparing the world for the Man of Sin and his Reign. An economic crisis has been made to order. And this crisis will be used to advance the New World Order and to set the stage for the Secular Messiah who will offer men "an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 675). Already the crisis made to order is being felt by millions of Americans.

The Man of Sin wants to make all men, great and small, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, bear a sign on their right arm and forehead as a sign of their worship (Revelation 13:16). No one will be able to buy or sell without this mark (Revelation 13:17). Only those who adore the new god will be able to enjoy riches or honors. In fact, the new god* will seduce many** through such riches: "For he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and all the preciousthings of Egypt." (Daniel 11:43).

* John 5:43.

** 1 Timothy 6:10

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"When he broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature cry out, "Come forward." I looked, and there was a black horse, and its rider held a scale in his hand. I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures. It said, "A ration of wheat costs a day's pay, and three rations of barley cost a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil or the wine." (Revelation 6: 5-6).