{"id":2322,"date":"2009-04-23T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T13:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2009-04-23T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T13:18:48","slug":"bishop-finn-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/04\/bishop-finn-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Finn: &#8220;We are at war&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catholickey.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/we-are-at-war-bishop-finns-gospel-of.html\">READ THE WHOLE THING.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nHow do we arm ourselves for what is first and foremost a supernatural war?<br \/>\nFirst: Unless we are living in God\u2019s life we should not go near this battle. I don\u2019t care if you are the strongest and most brilliant and clever person on the planet. The devil \u2013 as he has shown over and over again \u2013 will turn you inside out. If you are not fortified by the sacraments \u2013 frequent confession and worthy Holy Communion \u2013 you cannot succeed in an ultimately supernatural battle. We must live \u2013 no longer ourselves \u2013 but Christ in us. Be always in the state of grace.<br \/>\nPray. Be a prayer warrior. One modern day saint said when you are going out to try to change someone\u2019s heart determine to make your effort 80 % prayer and 20% words or actions. Prayer defeats the devil. Prayer aligns us with Christ. Pray for the abortionist. Pray for the legislator. Pray for the mother (and father and other family members). Pray for the child in the womb. Pray for yourself and allow God to guide you. Pray that you will be a warrior of faithfulness and love and mercy. Remember that God often chooses the foolish to shame those who are clever.<br \/>\nUse the symbols and instruments of our devotion. Arm yourself with the rosary. Protect yourself with the scapular or a blessed medal. Ask for a blessing as a sign of unity in the Church in what we do: unity with the Holy Father, with your bishop, with your pastor. What I am supposed to do as bishop (teach and lead, and sanctify) I must, in turn, delegate in proper measure to my pastors. They, in turn, need you as soldiers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ THE WHOLE THING. How do we arm ourselves for what is first and foremost a supernatural war? First: Unless we are living in God\u2019s life we should not go near this battle. I don\u2019t care if you are the strongest and most brilliant and clever person on the planet. The devil \u2013 as he&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/04\/bishop-finn-we\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bishop Finn: &#8220;We are at war&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}