@jamesclift CarpetsXpress: I want to build a website for direct to consumer carpets. My partner works at a wholesale carpet dealer that’s been in business for 25 years with 30 million/year in sales. They don’t have a website and sell mostly b to b. We want to run the online market for them
Pray the powerful Lorica of St. Patrick (The Breastplate Prayer):
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.
I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.
I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.
I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation
St. Patrick (ca. 377)
Armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people.
Armies fight for a nation.
Armies fight for a way of life and that is what we are defending.
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. If you don’t know the story, Mary appeared there in 1858 to a peasant girl named Bernadette.
It’s worth noting that, in most apparitions, Mary appears to “nobodys.” Maybe that’s because the world would have seen as one when she was a young woman…little did the world know!
Among other things, Mary told Bernadette to “drink from the spring and wash in it.” The only glaring problem was that there was no spring nearby. She pointed to a place on the ground as she spoke, and Bernadette, in obedience, dug away at the mud to wash in it. Immediately, water started flowing that, to this day, produces about 27,000 gallons a day.
Millions have visited since to bathe in the spring, which God has used to work miracles. 70 of them have been thoroughly investigated with strict scientific criterion—which includes zero medical explanation—and include cancer patients whose tumors vanished instantly, paralytics who could suddenly walk, the blind seeing, and cases of tuberculosis and MS instantly “clearing up.” But there are countless more miracle stories that haven’t undergone investigation, and walls are lined with the crutches of people who left them behind.
But a little known fact about this miraculous, healing spring is that it was located where the town dump was….which was also where criminals would do their business.
How fitting that THAT would be the spot God would pick for one of the most life giving pilgrimage sites in the world—a site marked by the sign of a pure spring of water that millions have bathed in.
What part of your life or heart do you feel is a “dump”? That place of hurt, pain, disappointment, and wounding? Maybe that’s exactly the spot God has chosen to turn into a spring of blessings. Maybe that’s precisely the site of your super power, and the place where your future glory will shine most brightly in heaven. Jesus’ risen body still bore the wounds in his hands, feet, and side, but a new light shone through them, and hope for the world.
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿.
No setup. Secure. Infinitely scalable.
We just raised a $𝟭𝟬𝗠 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱.
After a beta with 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱, we’re now opening to everyone.
RT and comment “Twin” — first agents on us. 👇