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‘A Heart On Fire for Demons’: Official Synod Publication Promotes Praying for Reptiles and Devils
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You can’t make this stuff up!
‘A Heart On Fire for Demons’: Official Synod Publication Promotes Praying for Reptiles and Devils
We all knew the Synod on Synodality would be demonic. What we didn’t know was that they were going to advertise it so openly.
Not only is the infernal assembly taking place in the hellish Paul VI audience hall, which resembles the head of a snake, has no Catholic artwork in it, and presents a ghastly-looking demon as the ‘Resurrected Christ’. Even more so, the synod’s official spiritual resource guide openly asks people to have a “merciful heart” that is “on fire” not only for other people but also “for the animals, for demons, and for all that exists”. And then some.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Before we get started, let’s first give a quick tip of the hat to Ann Barnhardt, who appears to have been the first to break this story, on Oct. 18. (We also want to take the opportunity to invite her once more to respond to our refutation of her position regarding the alleged ‘substantial error’ in Benedict XVI’s resignation, but that’s not our topic now.)
A ‘Spirituality’ of Synodality
“The synodal process is first and foremost a spiritual path”, the official synod web site informs us. Therefore, they have put together for all members of the synod a 58-page document entitled Towards a Spirituality for Synodality, and made it freely available for public download. Read it at your own risk:
Towards a Spirituality for Synodality
The description on page 3 (numbered page 1) reads: “This document provides a selective overview of the principal aspects and resources helpful in developing a spirituality for synodality and the synodal process.”
Perusing the document, one notices right away the incredibly childish layout of the whole thing. Even as a resource guide for World Youth Day it could not be taken seriously. That, however, is the least of its problems.
On page 31 (numbered page 29), the following text appears: