Father, we thank You for Your free gift of salvation through Your precious Son Jesus Christ and His Shed Blood. We pray for Your mercy and healing to fall upon Your church as we turn from our sin and humble ourselves in favor of Your perfect will. Soften all hearts to understand Your great love and turn to You with full faith in Your Son Jesus Christ. He is our hope and our treasure. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…Amen

Very serious. Somewhat difficult to follow, owing to his accent and the characteristic use of church nomenclature (odd to Protestant ears), but he had a telling observation: that the victims of a comprehensive corruption are powerless to rectify that corruption from within. I am not a Catholic, but I do not wish the destruction of the Church of Rome. He points us to Christ as our only guide into the future, which is proper and wise. As "LoveHim" prays so eloquently below, we can only also pray to God that He will intervene to defend a church now in the hands of enemies.

Thank you.