Thursday, September 10, 2020

On the Streets of Babylon: Pagan Spirits Applauded on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4
There seems to be some  "Pagan Spirits" applauded on the Streets of Babylon...


"MILTON, New South Wales, Australia— Pagan spirits were invoked via drumming, chanting, and a ritual dance prior to the ordination Mass of a married deacon in Australia. 

Philip and Bee Butler sang, and Philip danced, a ritual they called a “Welcome to Country” before the August 28 evening Mass in St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Parish in Milton, NSW, Australia. 
Beforehand Philip Butler stated that he and his wife are members of the Budawang people of the Yuin nation. 
Philip Butler said that he and his family were proud to welcome Justin Stanwix, the ordinand, into their community. He said that their songs and his dance would ask a number of spirit birds and animals to “look after us all and keep us safe while we’re in country.”
 After the first song, Butler danced before the altar, singing and banging sticks or rattles together. 
I asked for protection from the air, the earth, and then the ocean,” he explained when he returned to the ambo. 
And then that dance to call the spirits of all those animals to look after us all and keep us safe.” 
Butler’s short speech was greeted with applause and followed by the entrance hymn, Australian Paul Mason’s “The Power of the Spirit.” 
During the Mass, Bishop Brian G. Mascord of the Diocese of Wollongong invited Butler to join him in purifying the congregation."
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