#324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America
Father Ripperger discusses spiritual warfare, the nature of angels and demons, the hierarchy of heaven and hell, and the spiritual battle for human souls. He addresses concerns about UFO disclosure narratives potentially undermining Christianity and emphasizes that the ultimate battle is spiritual rather than political, requiring prayer, knowledge of faith, and moral courage.
Summary
Father Ripperger begins by explaining that the true battle facing America and the world is spiritual rather than political, centered on the control of human souls and minds through diabolical influence. He addresses the timeline of UFO/alien disclosure by government and media, arguing this represents an attempt to supplant Christian faith with an alternative origin narrative. He explains that demons use such narratives to convince people that aliens, not God, created humanity and can save us.
The conversation extensively covers the nature and hierarchy of angels. God created all angels instantaneously in a nine-choir hierarchy based on intelligence, with each angel being a distinct species. The seraphim at the top exist to love God; the cherubim to know God; and lower choirs handle administrative and executive functions. Angels don't have bodies, communicate telepathically through infused knowledge, and can influence human imagination and perception. Human beings can eventually occupy higher places in heaven than some angels through achieving holiness.
Ripperger explains the fall of angels: approximately one-third rejected God's will. When created, angels immediately knew their assigned tasks, God's nature, and the consequences of rejection. Unlike humans, angels made an irreversible choice—their wills became permanently fixed in evil or good. Lucifer (Satan) was a cherubim created to enlighten minds about sacrifice, but inverted his nature to convince people they cannot be separated from lesser goods, thereby preventing true sacrifice.
The discussion covers how demons and angels access human minds. Demons cannot read thoughts but can implant images, thoughts, and perspectives in the imagination, and can affect the material brain. Angels can do similarly but toward good ends. Guardian angels primarily work through human petition—the more we ask them for help, the more involved they become. They communicate with humans through mental direction of thought.
Ripperger discusses spiritual warfare mechanics: Christ controls the entire spiritual battlefield and permits demon access to test human faith. Demons work through disordered desires and the natural weakness of fallen human nature (concupiscence). He provides the example of how society's moral slide from recognizing fornication as sinful to celebrating it illustrates how evil progressively darkens human understanding of good and evil.
On prayer and divine mercy, he emphasizes that prayer mechanics work through the principle 'knock and it shall be opened'—God listens and gives what is specifically asked. The rosary holds particular spiritual power, having been given by Mary to saints as a weapon against evil. Binding prayers can command demons to cease activity. Divine mercy is God loosening the bonds of justice for those who are sorry for their sins, while divine justice ensures He fulfills His promises.
The conversation addresses why Christianity is uniquely targeted: Satan and demons know Christianity is true because they witnessed Christ and understand by deductive reason that other religions lack divine founders. As demonic influence grows in government and culture, they inspire persecution of Christians. Ripperger argues Christians must 'wield the axe'—speak truth despite social cost, because one person breaking the silence makes it safe for others to follow.
On the end times, he describes the antichrist arising when human morality collapses so severely that people accept him as a solution. Enoch and Elijah return before the antichrist's defeat; Saint Michael battles him but Christ delivers the final blow. Heaven and hell both have hierarchical levels based on holiness/depravity respectively. The beatific vision—seeing God face to face—constitutes heaven, with varying degrees of understanding and happiness based on sanctifying grace achieved in life.
About this episode
Father Chad Ripperger is a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver. He is the founder and superior general of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (Doloran Fathers) and is widely known for his teaching on spiritual warfare, virtue, Thomistic philosophy, and Catholic theology. A prolific author and sought-after speaker, Father Ripperger has written numerous books and lectures extensively on prayer, the spiritual life, and the Church's ministry of deliverance. Download Glacier Today. Privacy isn't paranoia, it's protection. Website - theglacierapp.com App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glacier-app/id6776005049 Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Head to https://superpower.com and use code SRS at checkout for $20 off your membership. Unlock your new health intelligence with 100+ biomarkers tested every year to detect early signs of 1,000+ conditions. Ready to upgrade your eyewear? Check them out at https://roka.com and use code SRS for 20% off sitewide. SpotOn GPS Fence — trusted by Shawn Ryan for his dog Stanley. The most reliable GPS dog fence: 100% secure from backyard to backcountry with virtual boundaries you control from your phone. No wires, no digging. Sets up in minutes, any size, any shape, anywhere. Learn more: https://spotonfence.com/srs Live better longer with BUBS Naturals. Get 20% OFF on collagen, MCT creamers, and more with code SHAWN at https://bubsnaturals.com/srs Right now, Babbel is offering listeners up to 60% off. Go to https://Babbel.com/SRS Father Ripperger Links: All Books - https://sentradpress.com Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother - https://dolorans.org Sensus Traditionis - https://sensustraditionis.org Dominion: The Nature of Diabolic Warfare - https://sentradpress.com/product/dominion-the-nature-of-diabolic-warfare Dominion: The Nature of Diabolic Warfare (amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TMT4B9X Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity (amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/154105671X Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity - https://sentradpress.com/product/deliverance-prayers-for-use-by-the-laity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Key Insights
- Father Ripperger argues that the current battle for America is not primarily political but spiritual—over control of human souls and minds, regardless of which political party gains power.
- He contends that the coordinated UFO/alien disclosure narrative by government and media represents an attempt to replace Christian faith with a false origin story in which aliens, not God, created humanity.
- Ripperger explains that demons communicate alleged alien contact messages that always propose aliens as the solution to human problems, explicitly designed to supplant Christianity as the means of salvation.
- Angels were created instantaneously as a complete hierarchy of nine choirs, with each angel being a unique species distinguished by intelligence level rather than accidental qualities like humans.
- The seraphim's sole assigned function is to contemplate and love God eternally; the cherubim's is to know God; Lucifer was a cherubim whose nature centered on knowledge and beauty.
- God created angels in a state of grace and perfused them with knowledge of all essences and particulars, including knowledge of Christ's future incarnation and their own assigned tasks.
- All one-third of angels who fell did so simultaneously and irreversibly in a single choice, their wills becoming permanently fixed in rejection of God, unlike human beings who can repent over time.
- Lucifer's inverted role is to convince humans that they cannot be separated from particular lesser goods, thereby preventing the sacrifice of will that is the foundation of all spiritual progress.
- Demons cannot read human thoughts but can implant images, thoughts, and perspectives in the imagination and material brain, and can block attention from perceiving spiritual realities.
- Guardian angels become more active in human lives in proportion to how much humans petition them—prayer is the mechanism that increases their involvement in daily affairs.
- The spiritual battlefield is completely controlled by Christ; demons cannot access or test humans without Christ's explicit permission, which He grants to strengthen faith.
- Father Ripperger contends that one moral collapse sequence—from knowing fornication is sinful to openly practicing it to celebrating it to attacking those who call it sinful—demonstrates how demonic influence progressively darkens human moral perception.
- He argues that prayer operates on the principle 'knock and it shall be opened'—God listens to all petitions and provides specifically what is asked, making the content of prayers determinative of spiritual outcomes.
- Christianity is uniquely targeted by demonic influence because demons know with certainty it is true, having witnessed Christ and understanding deductively that other religions lack divine founders.
- The beatific vision in heaven consists of seeing God face to face through infused divine light that allows human minds to perceive Him and spiritual realities, with varying degrees of illumination based on earthly holiness.
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