Sublime Quote on Force, Law, and Conscience

Force can be defused or countered and crushed. Laws backed by principle are more effective than laws backed by force. The human conscience is the only factor that keeps humanity from destroying itself. Laws do nothing and are meaningless unless they appeal to our inherent conscience.

---Brandon Smith

Quotes from Orwell and Sudac

This is some sort of Orwellian time. Never until now has it been for a man easier to access publicity, to media, to newspapers, to television, to internet, to video games, and this and that. But never until now has it been so much of a LIE. So much of a concealed reality . . . otherwise a modified truth that is dangerous. That is something where the average man can lose his very self. That is something where I feel if I don't have the fundamentals in my heart, and if I don't have the grounded reality in my soul, then all of that can for me little by little drive me nuts to say the very least, and I lose it, I lose that foundation.

It isn't easy being a man. It isn't easy living today. Well, I think every era bears its burdens as well as its challenges as well as its advantages. I wouldn't like to be born in any other time besides in this one which I am living in, for its so challenging, and its so original. And its so totally this present reality that provokes me to change.
---Fr. Zlatko Sudac


“Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate exercises in DOUBLETHINK. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted—if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently—then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity.”

---George Orwell, 1984

Prayer to Guardian Angel

My prayer to my guardian Angel.  

Angel of God my guardian,

Assigned to me by the Father in His mercy, 

who sees his bright face in Heaven, 

and also sees my dark face on Earth and all of my sins.  

Please come down and intercede for me at my side.

In the time of trouble and temptation, help me!  

Teach me how to pray, to sing and to read the Sacred Script.   

Direct me in the Way that is Jesus and no other.  

And help me journey toward the Heavenly banquet,

So that I may unite with you and feast forever,

in adoration of Almighty God.  

Amen.    

A Word Sacrifice of Divine Praise

This is how I begin my evening prayer.  A word sacrifice to God!!!  

Blessed and happy are you Lord God, Father of All, reigning King of Heaven and of Earth, King who made all things for your glory and generously gave your only Son to them.  

Blessed and happy are you Lord God, Jesus Christ, precious Son of the Father, reigning King of Heaven and of Earth, King who made all things for your glory, and in sublime compassion and commitment, saved them by your bitter Passion, Death on the Cross and glorious Resurrection.  

Blessed and happy are you Lord God, Most Holy Spirit, reigning King of Heaven and of Earth, King who made all things for your glory and came down to the Church, who inspires her, sanctifies her and enlightens her forever.  

Blessed and happy are you Lord God Most Holy Trinity:

Pure, out of this world and free;

Mighty and majestic God, poised in all wisdom;

Willing and able to forgive, let go and reconcile;

Willing and able to take upon yourself my sin and evil;

Radiant brilliance enlightening my eyes like no other;

Fullness of all riches and source of all health and beauty;

Everlasting, loyal and sublime love beyond imagination;

All mercy, all justice, all virtues, perfection.

Who alone can heal us in your blessed rays streaming forth from your pierced heart.    

Your fire is burning bright! 

May I repent, and turn toward you;

And may I praise you, and thank you;

Adore you and glorify you;

In union with the four living creatures, 

the twenty four elders;

And all angels and all saints;

Face to face, 

In the New Heaven and the New Earth,

Upon which the New Jerusalem will land;

Followed by you Lord God, lighting all!

Forever and ever.  

Amen.