Monthly Archives: April 2016

I have adopted a refugee family of 13, that are now camping in my back yard.

Meet the Testud family.

The adults: Terry, Terry and Terry.

And Terry and Terry’s TEN CHILDREN: Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry and Terry.

They are silent, completely self-sufficient, and insist that they only want “low-quality weeds” to eat, which I have in abundance.

Oh, and they totally agree that islam must be destroyed.

And that Bergoglio is a heretic.

I think we’re all going to get along just fine.

What would Francis say?  Those tortoises are breeding like rabbits!

What would Francis say? Those tortoises are breeding like rabbits!  Back row: Terry, Terry and Terry.  Front Row, Left to Right: Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry and Terry.

Terry - on the move.

Terry – on the move.

And this is, of course, Terry.

And this is, of course, Terry.

Pure Evil: Using St. Thomas Aquinas to Justify Total Lawlessness in Paragraph 304

Evil, evil, evil rat-bastard faggot demon-spawn.

The more I thought about “The Exuberance of Sodomy”, the more I realized that the most satanic part was Paragraph 304.  In this wretched section, Francis, his ghostwriter Archbishop Oral Fixation, and whomever else signed off on this loathsome, murderous screed, contorts the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas, to argue that The Law is only a macro concept, and breaks down when applied on the individual level.  This is nothing less than a call for total anarchical  lawlessness.  But, this has been the keystone of the entire satanic plan.  Keep saying that MACRO concepts are unchanged (orthoDOXY, dogma, doctrine), but that MICRO application must change in order to be “pastoral” (orthoPRAXY, “inclusiveness”, “accompaniment”, “tender caressing”, “wouldn’t you be more comfortable if you took off your shirt”, “this is our little secret”, “let me heal you with my mouth”, etc.)

It is often said that no man has ever known the scriptures as well as satan and the demons.  We have now been reminded that satan and the demons know Thomas better than Thomas knew Thomas. And it is now to the point that they will start dragging writings of the Fathers, Doctors and Saints down into the pit with them.  It is total war.

Here is Paragraph 304:

304. It is reductive simply to consider whether or
not an individual’s actions correspond to a general
law or rule, because that is not enough to discern
and ensure full fidelity to God in the concrete life
of a human being. I earnestly ask that we always
recall a teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas and
learn to incorporate it in our pastoral discernment:
“Although there is necessity in the general principles,
the more we descend to matters of detail, the
more frequently we encounter defects… In matters
of action, truth or practical rectitude is not
the same for all, as to matters of detail, but only
as to the general principles; and where there is the
same rectitude in matters of detail, it is not equally
known to all… The principle will be found to fail,
according as we descend further into detail”.(Summa Theologiae, I-II, question 94, article. 4.)
It is true that general rules set forth a good which
can never be disregarded or neglected, but in their
formulation they cannot provide absolutely for all
particular situations. At the same time, it must be
said that, precisely for that reason, what is part of
a practical discernment in particular circumstances
cannot be elevated to the level of a rule. That
would not only lead to an intolerable casuistry, but
would endanger the very values which must be
preserved with special care.

Look, what this paragraph is doing is giving all of these unctious sleazebags free rein to declare The Law – ALL LAW – to be merely a thought exercise on the broadest of terms, but that The Law breaks down and is UNRELIABLE when applied to individuals.

Let’s look at the conclusion of this citation from the Summa, shall we? (Click here to read the whole thing – it is Article 4 in Question 94)

Consequently we must say that the natural law, as to general principles, is the same for all, both as to rectitude and as to knowledge. But as to certain matters of detail, which are conclusions, as it were, of those general principles, it is the same for all in the majority of cases, both as to rectitude and as to knowledge; and yet in some few cases it may fail, both as to rectitude, by reason of certain obstacles (just as natures subject to generation and corruption fail in some few cases on account of some obstacle), and as to knowledge, since in some the reason is perverted by passion, or evil habit, or an evil disposition of nature; thus formerly, theft, although it is expressly contrary to the natural law, was not considered wrong among the Germans, as Julius Caesar relates.

Did you get that?  Yes, that’s right.  Thomas is saying that when knowledge of the Natural Law fails in these rare “matters of detail”, it is due to PERVERTED PASSION, EVIL HABIT, OR AN EVIL DISPOSITION OF NATURE.

THE BLAME IS ON THE PERSON, NOT THE LAW.

FRANCIS AND HIS EVIL MINIONS IN PARAGRAPH 304 HAVE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT THE LAW ITSELF IS FLAWED AND UNRELIABLE ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.

This is in essence what people like me, Karl Denninger and others have been screaming about with regards to the Rule of Law and this business of Oligarchs and FRIENDS of the Oligarchs doing whatever they damn well please and then just scoffing at black-letter statute.  Think about such headline news today as Hillary Clinton’s email server antics – for which she will never be touched, and everyone knows it.  Think about the clearly illegal monopolistic collusion and felonious pricing of drugs and medical services which will never be prosecuted, and will keep healthcare costs ten to twenty times higher than they should be.  Think about the patently illegal mortgage dumping and foreclosure scam that pretty much all of the banks are up to their necks in, which will never be prosecuted. Think about Obamacare being used to selectively punish enemies or reward friends of the regime.  Think about all of the immigration laws being completely disregarded for musloid invaders and Marxist Latinos, and enforced to the letter against Christian refugees and contributive, law-abiding white people.  Think about PlannedParenthood being caught red-handed trafficking in baby parts, and the only prosecution is against the whistleblower.  I could go on and on…

Oh, there are laws on the books, it’s just that, well, all the Cool Kidz know that the Law doesn’t apply on the individual level. It’s just a thought exercise. Law breaks down on the detailed level, and can only be applied on a case-by-case basis.  Wink. Make that check payable to….

As I have written ad nauseam, no society can survive without The Rule of Law.  We know that secular government has been lost for quite some time now.  What we are seeing here is nothing less than the attempt by satan to purge the Law from The Church itself.  And sadly, barring supernatural intervention, it will be extremely successful.  The dissolution of the Rule of Law in Western secular government has primed the pump for this move in The Church.  Most people in the West who are paying any attention to this Francis crap are nodding their heads in agreement, saying, “It’s about time The Church entered the 21st century…”

Interestingly, in Article 6 of the same Question 94 in the Summa, the question is asked if it is possible for men to purge the Natural Law from their hearts.  The answer is that General Principles of the Natural Law can not be blotted out, but that Secondary Precepts which follow very, very closely from General Principles CAN be blotted out of men’s hearts by their “evil persuasions”, “vicious customs” and “corrupt habits”.

Just as Diabolical Narcissists freely choose to purge all love from their hearts, the resulting evil persuasions, vicious customs and corrupt habits that are corollaries to the loveless state of the Diabolical Narcissist’s soul (such as sexual perversion), themselves cause the Diabolical Narcissist to become ever-more distanced from The Natural Law, and thus he is no longer repulsed by heinous acts committed by himself or others. As we have discussed before, the more a person commits mortal sin, the more numb and more depraved they become.  It is a downward spiral, and it is fast and steep.  Men who start out looking at naked girls on the internet wind up looking at gay and child porn VERY quickly, as an example.

Earlier this week, some faggot bishop in France said this of child rape. CHILD. RAPE. :

A little later, several listeners upset by his remarks re-started the discussion and the Bishop explained: “It’s a great evil. That much is very, very clear. Is it a sin or not? I don’t know and that might be different according to each [person]. Thus we can’t generalize,” added the religious official.

“The difficulty is what awareness does the person have of this evil? What responsibility does he feel? When one commits a sin, one has awareness that one wounds the relationship with another, and in wounding the relationship with another, one woulds the relationship with God,” he explained.

We’re on the order of sin but is this man a sinner in the strict sense of the term? I don’t know if I can say that, in every case, we can’t speak in general terms,” concluded Stanislas Lalanne.

Make absolutely no mistake – this “we can’t generalize” argument is exactly, precisely the argument being made by Francis and his minions in Paragraph 304.  Sure, there’s a general macro-level law against ASS-RAPING LITTLE BOYS, but when you get into the details, the law breaks down, and you really can’t say if ASS-RAPING LITTLE BOYS is sin in the strict sense of the word.

If they are ALREADY using this argument in terms of ASS-RAPING CHILDREN, then you have got to be out of your mind if you think this isn’t going to be IMMEDIATELY implemented with regards to adulterers, faggots, trannies and every other diabolical manifestation known to man.

And they cherry-picked St. Thomas to do it.

Pray to Saint Thomas Aquinas to call down God’s wrath.

I feel like the Russian soldier who was surrounded by ISIS in Syria and called in an airstrike on himself just recently. We’re surrounded.  Call in the bombers, and take as many of these evil bastards out as possible.

evil

 

On PayPal, Diet, and The TradCatholic Version of Drudge

Three quick things before I start writing on today’s franciSEXhortation, “The Exuberance of Sodomy”.  I already have EIGHT discrete topics on the hot mess.  It’s just awful.

  1.  I got two of these topics from Karl Denninger over at Market-Ticker.org today.  The first topic is PayPal.  I dropped PayPal in December of ARSH 2014 because the Eye Arrrgh Essss swept my account, but it is now clear that PayPal should be boycotted given PayPal’s cancellation of a 400 job service center in North Carolina because North Carolina passed legislation preventing Diabolical Narcissist Transvestite Sex Perverts who should be institutionalized for their own protection and the protection of society, and really any other kind of sex pervert, from going into bathrooms of the opposite sex and engaging in voyeurism and/or molestation. Further, PayPal happily does business with all of the musloid countries that behead indiscreet fags.  Remember: Man-on-Man and Man-on-Boy sodomy is ENDEMIC in musloid culture.  They’re all a bunch of fags – and so being the Diabolical Narcissists that they are, they will happily kill fags that cross them, or that they deem too “flaming”.  Just like the Nazis did.   For the record, I would deal with aberrosexuals via anti-obscenity laws. I wouldn’t make it a capital offense, but I would use a combination of imprisonment and expulsion/deportation against those who engage in obscene behavior in public and those who publish or distribute obscenity.  And understand, ALL aberrosexual behavior is obscene, because it points to sodomy.  Per my recent piece at The Remnant, the First Amendment is subject to The Natural and Divine Law under the Kingship of Jesus Christ – NOT the other way around.  What we are seeing now is the inevitable conclusion of reversing the hierarchy – the demand that you happily give up your children to be molested by faggots in bathrooms.  In a nation that acknowledges Jesus Christ as its Sovereign King, this problem simply could never exist.  Just sayin’.

Let me take this opportunity to plug, once again, the service that I am now using, ContinueToGive.com .  I looked into the other big name payment services, but almost all of them are heavily involved in online pornography.  ContinueToGive.com are Christian people, and I really like how their payment flow setup works.  Every day that there has been a donation or donations, the net amount (minus transaction fees) is ACHed into my bank account, and then I take it from there.  Rarely do I have more than $100.00 in my bank account.  I bank pretty much exclusively with First Bank of Mayonnaise Jar these days.

Guys, one thing I have always understood, but it has been absolutely pounded into me recently, is the importance of WHO WE ASSOCIATE WITH.  Effeminately turning a blind eye to diabolically evil people and organizations because it is convenient, or financially lucrative, or gets one invited to all the best parties with all of the cool kids is basically why this society is finished. In this day and age, if you are popular on the social scene, or your life is REALLY easy… examine your conscience.

2.  KD also had a fascinating post up showing the results of some bloodwork done on a vegetarian.  And it is UGLY.

Chiming in, I went low-carb on January 1 with the intention of staying that way through Easter, which I have done before over the years, and have resolved to maintain a low-carb diet indefinitely.  My regime is pretty much this: low carb throughout the week with a FULL FAST on Fridays, and then on Sunday, if I want, I can have carbs – usually a bit of pasta or something involving potatoes.  And, if I’m in the mood, beer.  I have started using Stevia as a sweetener in my coffee and tea, and I really like it.  It actually tastes like sugar.  It is by far the best-tasting sugar substitute I have yet come across.

Look, I’m no food Nazi, and I really have a problem with people who turn food into a substitute religion – which is what all of this is.  I also cannot stand people who pretend to have “allergies”, of which gluten is the big trendy one today.  I’m not allergic to anything.  I just know that given my level of physical activity, and my advancing age (I’ll be 40 this fall), and the actual, observationally and experimentally supported science, that I simply cannot eat carbs all day every day without getting fat, and maybe risking diabetes, which is present on both sides of my family.  I probably won’t survive the coming war to old age, but for now, I’m not in “this might be my last meal” mindset either.

One of my favorite dishes, which I eat multiple times per week, is BLT salad.  Dice tomatoes being sure to keep all of the juice.  Sprinkle the tomatoes with a bit of salt and Worcestershire sauce, which will macerate them even more. Add enough mayonnaise to create a “dressing”.  Add hot crumbled bacon to taste.  I like A LOT OF BACON.  To add bulk, toss with any sort of chopped greens – leaf lettuce is good, and baby spinach works especially well.  I never get tired of this.  It is filling and satisfying.  No need for any bread, potatoes or pasta.

3.  Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a website like The Drudge Report that aggregated and linked to all of the day’s must-read news stories and interesting blog posts – except everything was Catholic?

There is.  It is called PEWSITTER.COM .  It is run by a chap named Frank Walker and is generally updated twice per day.  It is exhaustive, and Mr. Walker does yeoman’s work providing this service.  Make it a top bookmark.

I've read it, and it is horrific.

When it comes out tomorrow, paragraphs 186, 79, 302, 303 and 311 are the heart of the poison.

The rest is just a bunch of, “Oh mah gah, you guys, someone should totally DO SOMETHING about that.  Like, seriously. Someone should do something about divorce. Because, er mah gah, it is like, so… sad. And there should totally be like, less.”

It is basically 200 pages of LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!

 

Ann's Latest at the Remnant: "On Why Neither Presidents Nor Popes Can Give Anyone Permission To Crucify Jesus"

If someone stopped you in the street, handed you a whip and gun, pointed to a stranger and said, “Torture and kill that person OR ELSE,” you would respond by inviting them to go enjoy the “Exuberance of Sodomy” with themselves.  If they persisted in the ultimatum, any morally sane person would choose the “or else” before torturing a killing a stranger.

So why all the handwringing and capitulation without so much as the slightest resistance when the “stranger” is Jesus Christ?  Do we honestly believe that a government, or even a Pope can give us permission or dispensation now that torturing and killing Christ is required in order to remain in the good graces of the state… and soon the Freemasonic-Marxist-Sodomite infested hierarchy of the Church?

Read up over at The Remnant, and consider either subscribing or giving them a straight-up donation.  Good folks. 

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Merle Haggard – Take My Hand Precious Lord

Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand Precious Lord, lead me home

As I travel through this pilgrim land there is a Friend who walks with me
Leads me safely through the sinking sand, it is Christ of Calvary
This would be my prayer, Dear Lord, each day to help me do the best I can
For I need Thy light to guide me day and night
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand
Jesus, hold my hand
I need Thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land, protect me by Thy power
Hear my feeble plea
O Lord, look down on me
When I kneel in prayer, I hope to meet You there
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

A Professional Classicist Weighs In….

Dear Ann,

You can count me among the 999/1000 Latinists who agree that amor/amoris is most definitely about sex.
Once upon a time, I earned advanced degrees in Classics from fancy universities and worked in the Classical field, mostly teaching and dealing in rare books/paleography. I quit to get married and raise my children (insert feminist gasp of horror here). Unsurprisingly, as you touched on in an earlier post, I am much happier cleaning the kitchen and reading children’s books ad infinitum than I ever was in academia.
I first saw the meme with the gross book cover on it and thought the whole thing was a joke, even the title, but NOPE.
Then I read that it was the actual title and I choked on my coffee. My preschool aged daughter asked me if I was laughing or crying- it was a good question.
I really, really, really wish this was just a stupid error with some dumb cleric with no Latin training (none of those sitting around,now are there?) just google-translated a cute title but I just don’t believe it. It’s just doubly gross when paired with ‘laetitia’ which as Fr Hunwicke correctly assesses is a more physical ‘joy’…. like excitement and exuberance and it’s just GROSS GROSS GROSS and paints a terrible and disgusting image.
On balance, considering all of the usages, I’d say it’s probably not generally used to talk about homosexual sodomy- there are many and more frequently used words to talk about that (which I’ve always attributed to the ancient’s better grasp of natural law…) BUT….there is still enough double entendre there for it to be suspect and suggestive. Even if you totally discount the potential homosexual angle, amor/amoris definitely and frequently is used to talk about hetero- sex, sodomitical acts, and lust lust lust. It’s not even debatable. These people are a special kind of demonic.
I could go on and on and on about the linguistic angles and problems but I won’t…I have cleaning to do and babies to love. Thanks for reading a vent from an old Classics nerd.
More prayer, more penance.
Thanks for all you do. You are in our prayers.
In Christ,
A

Confirmed: Amoris Laetitia Means, "The Joy of Sodomy"

Interestingly, Francis’ last spewage, Laudato Si, was written and released in Italian – NOT Latin – to great fanfare.  Now, we go back to the Latin.  Could it be that these diabolical infiltrators went back to Latin because only in Latin would the double entendre for sodomitical buttsecks work?

And do we further believe that there wasn’t a single Latinist in the Vatican or Rome who just didn’t know, when an ex-cattle broker blogger had multiple emails from casual Latinists and Classicists pointing this out?

So now that the Pope is releasing a document titled, “The Joy of Sodomy”, are we ready to put on our man pants and finally admit that there is something very, very, very wrong?

Do we yet realize that at the moment of our Particular Judgments that Our Lord, when we say, “But I didn’t REALIZE there was anything wrong!”, will look down at us from The Cross and say:

HE RELEASED A DOCUMENT CALLED “THE JOY OF SODOMY” ghostwritten by a notorious priest who wrote a book called, “Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing”, and you didn’t realize there was anything wrong?  Really?  REALLY?

Here’s the Latin dictionary entry, sent in by a reader.

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Caboodle… but no kit.

  1.  Many thanks for all of the prayers and suggestions with regards to my chassis. I am no longer in spasm, and my gait is back to something approaching normal, and I no longer look like I am wearing a very full diaper.  But, when I sit on a hard, flat bench, my left buttbone (ischium) is touching the bench, and my right ischium is INCHES off the bench.  I have to lean and twist way over to get my right ischium to touch the seat surface, which tells me that I am still quite torqued.  But hey, just as long as the lumbar muscles aren’t in spasm.  That’s just the worst. Thank you all again for your kind concern and prayers.

2.  The top back gadget recommendation was for an inversion table, which does look rather fun and relaxing.  I think what I need to focus on though, is stretching.  I know that my hamstrings are pulling on my low back, and that can be fixed with simple stretching – which is free.  So it is on me.

3.  You all will be very happy to know that on Holy Saturday afternoon I did something very penitential: I did my review/edit of the Diabolical Narcissism video.  Yes, I sat and watched a video of myself for two hours and forty-five minutes.  Ugh.  BUT, the video is much better than I thought would be.  I was very pleased with it, and look forward to getting the video out, and then expanding on the dozens of topics that flow from it.  And also the lawsuits.  Heh.

4.  Fr. Hunwicke has weighed in on “The Joy of Sex”, which Pope Francis will pass on Friday.
Let us pray for the intentions of Russia, and for the conversion of the Pope…. (It’s funny because it’s true.)

Starting Monday Off Right: April 4th Annunciation Edition

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.

Virgin of the Annunciation, Guido Reni

Virgin of the Annunciation, Guido Reni

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, transferred to April 4th because March 25th, the fixed date of the feast – exactly nine months before Christmas – was Good Friday this year.  This will not happen again until the year ARSH 2157, when we will all be long dead.

And so today we celebrate the beginning of our salvation…

Many people still ask what the abbreviation “ARSH” that I use before dates means.  It stands for:
Anno
Reparatae
Salutis
Humanae
“In the Year of the Reparation of Human Salvation.”

The reparation of human salvation began when The Word, the Second Person of the Triune Godhead, became flesh in the womb of the Virgin, and was consummated 33 years later.  But we begin counting years from the beginning of our salvation, today, the INCARNATION, not the Passion and Resurrection.

I’d like to point out what the Virgin herself said of God and His Mercy at the Annunciation.  She said, “And His mercy is from generation to generations, TO THEM THAT FEAR HIM.”

God’s mercy is infinite and its depths can not be plumbed.  However, because mercy is, by definition, grief at the distress of evils experienced by another, both undeserved and deserved, if a person does not find the evil they are experiencing repugnant, but rather actively wills that the evil continue, refuses to acknowledge the evil they have committed, and even luxuriate in it and demand that others NOT grieve but rather ratify and celebrate the evil, that person is completely INELIGIBLE for mercy.

To not grieve at the sin of another, but rather ignore it, ratify it, or celebrate it, is itself grave sin, the diametrical opposite of Charity – indifference.  To paint indifference as mercy is nothing less than diabolical.  

If you are not sorry for your sin, if you are not ashamed, if you have no intention of trying to cease the evil, sinful activity, then God simply cannot extend His mercy to you, because He holds your free will sacred.  Sins are those behavioral choices that, for lack of a better term, break God’s Heart.  The Law is simply God, in His unfathomable love for us, telling us explicitly what we must do and not do in order to not break His Heart.  Filial Fear of the Lord is not wanting to break God’s Heart.

And so, when Pope Francis Bergoglio contemptuously calls believing Catholics, “Lovers of the Law”, do not, for one second, be ashamed.  Contempt for the Law is indifference to Christ. The Psalms are filled with declarations of love for the Law because the Law is God’s love letter to mankind, telling us how best to love Him and be close to Him.

People who knowingly sin with no sorrow, no guilt, no shame and no intention of stopping have no filial fear of God, and may even be guilty of the worst sin there is:  Presuming upon His Mercy – that is, sinning boldly without compunction because “Christ HAS to forgive me, so I might as well do whatever I want.  If He wants to hang on the Cross and take my sins, I’ll do what I damn-well please, and then hold Him to the contract.”  This is the essence and pinnacle of psychopathy.

If you would like to read further thoughts on this, I recommend THIS OUTSTANDING PIECE from Unam Sanctam, and you might also revisit my essays, “The One About FEAR OF THE LORD” and“We Should Be Ashamed.”

I hope this helps.

Magnificat anima mea Dominum,
My soul doth magnify the Lord

et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salvatore meo,
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior

quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae.
Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid

Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes,
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est,
For He that is mighty hath done great things to me,

et sanctum nomen eius,
and holy is His Name,

et misericordia eius a progenies et progenies
And His mercy is from generation to generations

timentibus eum.
to them that fear Him.

Fecit potentiam in brachio suo,
He hath showed might in His arm,

dispersit superbos mente cordis sui;
He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart;

deposuit potentes de sede
He hath put down the mighty from their seat

et exaltavit humiles;
and hath exalted the humble;

esurientes implevit bonis
He hath filled the hungry with good things

et divites dimisit inanes.
and the rich He hath sent away empty.

Suscepit Israel puerum suum,
He hath received Israel His servant,

recordatus misericordiae suae,
being mindful of His mercy,

sicut locutus est ad patres nostros,
As He spoke to our fathers,

Abraham et semini eius in saecula.
to Abraham and to his seed forever.

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto
Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in seacula saeculorum. Amen.