Chad A. Ripperger > Quotes

“Prayer for Protection Against Curses, Harm and Accidents Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to protect my family from sickness, from all harm and from accidents. If any of us has been subjected to any curses, hexes or spells, I beg Thee to declare these curses, hexes or spells null and void. If any evil spirits have been sent against us, I ask Christ to decommission you and I ask that you be sent to the foot of His Cross to be dealt with as He will. Then, Lord, I ask Thee to send Thy holy Angels to guard and protect all of us.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity

“We often see this today: people expect the liturgy to be conformed to their emotional states rather than they conforming themselves to an objective cult, which conforms itself to God.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Not only is a person bound to accept all parts of the Deposit of Faith and all of the irreformable doctrines declared by the councils and popes, but one is also bound to accept the teaching contained in and the legitimacy of all monuments and teachings of the Church which do not contain novelty or contradict the teachings of the Church. This means that if one were to reject the Ancient Rite as evil or heretical, he would be subject to this anathema.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Prayer for Healing Lord Jesus, Thou camest to heal our wounded and troubled hearts. I beg Thee to heal the torments that cause anxiety in my heart; I beg Thee, in a particular way, to heal all who are the cause of sin. I beg Thee to come into my life and heal me of the psychological harms that struck me in my early years and from the injuries that they have caused throughout my life. Lord Jesus, Thou knowest my burdens. I lay them all on Thy Good Shepherd's Heart. I beseech Thee – by the merits of the great, open wound in Thy Heart – to heal the small wounds that are in mine. Heal the pain of my memories, so that nothing that has happened to me will cause me to remain in pain and anguish, filled with anxiety. Heal, O Lord, all those wounds that have been the cause of all the evil that is rooted in my life. I want to forgive all those who have offended me. Look to those inner sores that make me unable to forgive. Thou who camest to forgive the afflicted of heart, please, heal my own heart. Heal, my Lord Jesus, those intimate wounds that cause me physical illness. I offer Thee my heart. Accept it, Lord, purify it and give me the sentiments of Thy Divine Heart. Help me to be meek and humble. Heal me, O Lord, from the pain caused by the death of my loved ones, which is oppressing me. Grant me to regain peace and joy in the knowledge that Thou art the Resurrection and the Life. Make me an authentic witness to Thy Resurrection, Thy victory over sin and death, Thy living presence among us. Amen.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity

“Because of human respect, supernatural prudence has taken a backseat and this mind set fails to understand that people convert when the doctrines of the Church are made clear to them. Faith comes through hearing, but what a person hears must be clear,”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition

“after Vatican II,”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“ordination of deacons”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“The distinctions help us to know what can and cannot be changed.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“The "deposit" which St. Paul transmits to his faithful collaborator is the whole of divine revelation (1 Tim. 6:1; 4:6) made up of the dogmas of faith, Christian morals, the sacraments, Holy Scripture, the hierarchical constitution of the Church.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“kept them within a certain range of predictability was the Sacred Tradition. What happened? How did the Church get to this state?”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“This was done to show that the Sacrifice is something rising to God; it drew attention”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Lincoln and Omaha Sermons

“The juridical concept of deposit requires that it be not the property of the guardian but of the consignor who has handed it over to him to keep it in a safe state.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Christ has transmitted the deposit whose content cannot be subjected to alterations.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Piety is the virtue by which one gives honor to those who are above oneself as well as care of those who are entrusted to a person. 156 Refusal to follow the tradition or rejection of the tradition, as we saw in how the monuments of the Church were stripped with impunity in the last two generations, is rooted in impiety. It is against piety to constantly change everything, because it is a rejection of the work of our forefathers. They labored to build the monuments, to gain greater doctrinal clarity, to perfect the discipline of the Church as well as a whole host of other things. They passed on the tradition intact which was given to them and then they added to the tradition things which would make it easier for us to understand the tradition, accept it and practice it. By the rejection and extensive overhauling of what was passed to them, the last two generations have in effect rejected their forefathers and what they bequeathed to them. It shows an unwillingness to submit one’s will to what is passed on to him.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition

“Another sin commonly committed against prudence is the sin of negligence. Negligence according to St. Thomas implies a defect of due solicitude.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition