Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

PATER NOSTER, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

I have been most moved by the emails from folks who have had experiences, both tangential and profound (such as spouses or first-degree relatives) with Diabolical Narcissists.

We know that this condition – lovelessness – is much discussed in Holy Scripture, but is there anything in scripture that speaks directly to those who have been victimized/targeted by DNs?  Oh yes.  In fact, it is today’s Epistle.  It is from 1 Peter 5… (Hey!  That sounds familiar!!)

Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in the time of visitation: Casting all your care upon Him, for He hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will Himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you. To Him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
–1 Peter 5: 6-11, Epistle of the Third Sunday After Pentecost

This passage also comprises the “Short Lesson” in the Office of Compline, the nighty-night prayer of the Church.  The Latin root of Compline is the word “completorium”, which means “completion”.

Bretheren: Be sober and watch, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour, whom resist ye, strong in faith. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us. Thanks be to God.
Short Lesson of Compline

While we shouldn’t descend into paranoia and operate on the assumption that everyone is a DN, we SHOULD be cognizant of the fact that the vast, vast, vast majority of satan’s attacks upon individuals are carried out by human mercenaries – DNs. Know the signs.  Know what to look for.  Be sober – that is, don’t be intoxicated by beauty, charm or charisma, because when you are “drunk” on anything, you are less able to perceive and process objective reality.

Having said that, yes, I am absolutely seeing the significant uptick in what appear to be demonic oppressions and possessions. It seems like Drudge has a link to something with the word “demonic” in it most days now.

But, if I may be permitted to quote then-Colonel “Chesty” Puller upon having his 1st Marines surrounded by ten Chinese divisions in Korea:

“Those poor bastards,” he said. “They’ve got us right where we want them. We can fire in any direction now!”

 

Et cum spiritu tuo (et Ooh Rah).

 

 

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

PATER NOSTER, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

Just a few thoughts after Mass this morning, the Feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

A.  A mercy that springs forth from the wild and often detrimental technological progress curve of the past 100 years is the confirmation of all manner of things regarding Our Lord and His Holy Church.  Specifically today I am reminded of the fact that science has now confirmed that in all of the Eucharistic miracles which have been confirmed as genuine and involved a Consecrated Host turning fleshy, the Flesh in every instance, upon testing, is from a human male, blood type AB, and the flesh is ENDOCARDIUM, that is, INTERIOR HEART WALL.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus is not a syrupy platitude. It is a physical reality, and moreover, it is a physical reality present at every valid Mass.  The Eucharist literally, physically IS the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

B.  The Gradual of the Mass for the Feast of The Sacred Heart is from Psalm 24: 8-9

“The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore He will give a Law to sinners in the way. He will guide the mild in judgment: He will teach the meek His ways.”

If you have watched the big Diabolical Narcissism video, you will probably remember the “three rules for things you NEVER say to a DN”. They are:

1.  Never tell a DN that you love them.  This makes you a target for soul murder (that is, scandalize you unto spiritual death and ultimately damnation).
2. Never tell a DN what makes you happy or what you are grateful for.  They will take away these things as part of their campaign to murder your soul.
3. Never tell a DN that they have hurt you.  They will use your confirmation of the success of their tactics to hurt you again, and to hurt you harder the next time.

Now, going back to the Psalm verse above, we are reminded of what The Law – that which Jorge Bergoglio rails against constantly – actually is. Read this over and over again until you get it:

The Law is God Almighty telling us what actions of ours HURT HIM AND WOUND HIS SACRED HEART.

The Law is God basically pleading with us to PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE NOT do these certain things, because these things break His Heart, and all He wants is to love us and be loved by us. So, in order for the relationship to work, we need to PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE NOT do these specific things, and if we do, we need to stop doing them, repent, confess, and be contrite.

Think about this in terms of relationships between men.  Doesn’t it make sense that if someone – friend, family member, spouse, coworker, even a stranger on the street, is doing something to hurt us, we want to TELL THEM so that they will understand the gravity and consequence of their actions and STOP so that we can continue the relationship in peace, whether that peace is the peace between spouses or the peace between strangers on the street?

But more importantly, any MORALLY SANE PERSON, that is, a person who is NOT a Diabolical Narcissist/Sociopath/Psychopath WANTS TO KNOW if something they are doing is hurting, much less murdering the soul, of another person SO THAT THEY CAN STOP DOING IT. When the person is someone that we love, how much more do we want to tell them, “Please, please, please don’t do X, because you hurt me profoundly when you do X.”

Do not confuse this for the Social Justice Warrior “triggering” and “micro-aggression” nonsense.  The presumption here is normal, human sanity. (How sad that I have to even state this….)

Psycho-spiritually sane people do NOT prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.   Diabolical Narcissists do.  Remember, exactly like demons, they invert everything.

So God, knowing everything, and being pure, infinite LOVE, “breaks” the three rules above, and does it knowing exactly what He is in for in doing so. This is why the image of The Sacred Heart is oftentimes Jesus, literally holding his Heart in His hand, offering it to us, showing it to us, completely exposing it to us.  It is total, complete, infinite vulnerability.

1.  He tells us that He loves us. Over and over and over again. And, He is, without question, the most hated thing in the universe. Men hate God precisely because God loves them.
2. He tells us what makes Him happy, what He wants from us, both in terms of worship, and in terms of The Law, namely: Love Him above all else, Love our neighbors for love of Him, and spread the Gospel to all men and nations.
3. He tells us what hurts Him.  These are the “Thou shalt nots”….

Looking at this list, it is no surprise whatsoever that Bergoglio, the Alpha DN infiltrators, and the massive Beta DN caste, all despise solemn, reverent, God-centered liturgy; they rail against The Law and “Lovers of the Law”; and they rail against proselytization.  Bergoglio has called proselytization “solemn nonsense”, has told people explicitly NOT to convert and enter the One True Church, and just recently compared The Great Commission to islamic jihad.  Finally, everything Bergoglio and his toadies have done to date has had as its goal the disregarding or overriding of The Law.  He is at war with the Rule of Law – GOD’S LAW.  Marriage, confession, reception of Holy Communion, holy orders is coming next (deaconettes and priestly celibacy), and on and on.

If this does not constitute being at war with God, then I have no idea what does.

And yet, Christ, all-knowing, all-understanding, and pure, infinite love for each and every person, told us exactly how we can hurt Him, because if He didn’t tell us how we can hurt Him, neither would we know, by definition, how to Love Him.

And apparently, to Him it was and is worth it.

This is why The Law and the Sacred Heart of Jesus are inextricably connected.

Hate one, and you hate the other. Period.

Happy feast.  Be assured of my prayers. I hope this helps.

 

Wow.  A TERRIFIC find today, sent by a reader.  This is an essay providing an overview of Diabolical Narcissism written by a Catholic Deacon, Doug McManaman, in ARSH 2005.  I had not seen it before today, but it is a SPECTACULAR companion piece/overview to the topic of Diabolical Narcissism.  What I especially like is that it opens with a philosophical explanation of human evil that is a must-read by itself.

“Narcissism and the Dynamics of Evil” by Doug McManaman.

The author also keys into the “nothingness” of the DN that jumped out at me, and was crystallized one day at Mass when the Gospel was 1 Corinthians 13, the “if I have not love (caritas), I AM NOTHING” Gospel.  In my research phase, when having conversations with people with a DN in their lives, even though the notion of Diabolical Narcissism was largely unknown to them, what kept striking me was the consistent use of the word “nothing” as a descriptor – of a human being.  You don’t exactly hear that sort of rhetoric every day.  “There’s nothing there.” “There is a computer brain, but nothing else.” “You have to turn the page – there is nothing there to reform.”

He cannot allow others to see what he sees in himself, for they will reject him. What they see will be as repulsive to them as it is to himself. So he must create a highly likable and acceptable image that will procure the affirmation he requires for himself, an affirmation that he can only get from others who do not know him as he really is. Thus begins the fundamental lie of the self-loathing egotist. For an image is a reflection. One can only see a reflection if it is mirrored in some way. The egotist must see his reflection through the eyes of others, and so others become a means to his own affirmation, a means to his own conviction that he really exists. For the deeply depraved have created a void, a nothingness in the heart of their character. But a person cannot detect the presence of nothingness. Hence, the egotist desperately needs to be convinced of his own existence. He needs to feel that he is. If he will not achieve this through the pursuit of virtue, he will do so through the affirmation, praise, and adulation of others, or through their fear of him….

The more intense the conflict between the experience of his nothingness and his emerging egotism, the more radical his manipulation of others. The more intelligent the egotist, the more able he is to hide his depravity by means of a clever reflection, and thus the more able he is to successfully convince others that they are loved and revered for their own sake. The longer he persists in his depravity, the more deeply he falls into the void that is de-created by the choices he continues to make.

From a purely moral point of view, this is how the narcissistic character disordered are created.

Do read the whole thing.  I’ll be referring to it again.  I have also put a permanent link to it on the DN page, which can be accessed through the menu at the top of the page.