What YOU can do to help save America
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The political battles now underway in Washington are a temporal manifestation of the deeper spiritual war between the Divine and the diabolical.
And the stakes could not be higher.
This unfolding clash will decide the future of the United States – quite literally, whether our nation lives or dies.
Even more critical, this battle will determine the eternal destiny of millions of souls, here in America and beyond.
President Trump is targeting the nation's "enemies, foreign and domestic" through a stunning series of fast-action policy reconfigurations and reversals. But to attain long-term, lasting success on this front, US Christians – every last one of us – must play a part, as well.
America's rotted state does not spring just from suicidal leftist policies. In fact, the roots of our decay spring from our own decades-long moral collapse. As Scripture warns us would happen, by turning away from God, we have received the leaders we deserve. In turn, these leaders – instruments of God's wrath upon us – have pursued catastrophic policies that have decimated our country in every way. And along the way, they have only reinforced our moral disintegration.
Though Trump has met with almost unfathomable success thus far, America's ills cannot be solved through policy alone. There is not a single account in Scripture of God blessing a wayward kingdom. However, it contains case after case of nations brought down by Him owing to their licentiousness, child murder and other forms of corruption.
No matter how mighty it has been or will become, the United States cannot expect to exempt itself from this principle. Through Trump, God has given us a second chance – likely, a final chance – to return to Him.
To succeed, long-term, in restoring American greatness, we as a people must repent of our sins and turn back to God.
In other words, to Make America Great Again, we must Make America Moral Again.
Trump is taking on Satan's kingdom within this country, and as remarkable as he and his team are, they remain merely mortal. By themselves, they are nothing, and need a constant covering of prayer to shield them from both temporal and spiritual attack.
Mindful of this, renowned exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger this week composed a prayer to Our Blessed Mother for help in this regard.
Father Ripperger's Consecration of Those Governing to the Blessed Virgin Mary begs Our Lady to intercede for the United States by obtaining for us new graces of conversion. It also consecrates America's leaders to Her, asking Her to cover them with Her mantle or protection so they may be shielded from any attack, whether temporal or spiritual.
Father Ripperger is asking every US Catholic to add this consecration to their daily prayer regimen – to pray it every day – as such will aid in the repentance and restoration of our nation.
Consecration of Those Governing to the Blessed Virgin Mary
by Fr. Chad Ripperger
Immaculate Mary, Patroness of the United States of America, Queen of Heaven and of Earth, beneath whose sway are subject all things that are lower than God, sorrowful and mindful of our own sinfulness and the sins of our nation, we come to thee, our refuge and hope. Knowing that our country cannot be saved by our own works and mindful of how much our nation has departed from the ways of thy Son, we humbly ask that thou wouldst turn thine eyes upon our country to bring about its conversion.
We consecrate to thee all of those governing our republic, so that what is spiritually and morally best for the citizens of our nation may be accomplished, and that they would govern according to the spiritual and moral principles which will bring our nation into conformity with the teachings of thy Son. Bind any forces, spiritual or human, that would seek to inflict harm or evil on our country or those who do good for our nation by their governance.
Give grace to the citizens of this land so that they may merit leaders who will govern according to the Sacred Heart of thy Son, that His glory may be made manifest, lest we be given the leaders we deserve. Trusting in the providential care of God the Father and thy maternal care, we have perfect confidence that thou wilt take care of us and wilt not leave us forsaken.
O Mary Immaculate, pray for us. Amen.
Writer, editor and producer Stephen Wynne has spent the past seven years covering, from a Catholic perspective, the latest developments in the Church, the nation and the world. Prior to his work in journalism, he spent eight years co-authoring “Repairing the Breach,” a book examining the war of worldviews between Christianity and Darwinism. A Show-Me State native, he holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University and an Executive MBA from the Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
HOW SOULS AND LIBERTY WILL MOVE FORWARD THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
There can be no doubt we have witnessed an extraordinary moment in the history of the United States and the world. The election of Donald Trump to a second Presidential term is a great victory for Christian patriots, but it is not a complete or final victory. Rather, it is a reprieve from the ceaseless assaults on life, liberty and faith we have had to endure for four years.
Donald Trump is president again! His decisions, Cabinet selections, and force of personality are shaping the United States and the world in ways we could only dream of.
We have a Heaven-sent opportunity to step up and ensure this victory is not merely a one-off, but the first of many and the foundation of a lasting legacy of patriotic, Christian, pro-family policies.
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