Daily Rome Shot 786

Welcome new registrant:

Charles D. Fraune

Meanwhile, white to move and mate in 2.

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NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

Interested in learning?  Try THIS.

In chessy news, Tata Steel India is underway. The World’s Women’s Team Championship is taking place in Bydgoszcz, Poland. There is a piece at chess.com about a new study recently announced by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Playing chess can reduce the risk of dementia. HERE Old and young alike, let’s play chess!

BTW… the new registrant, above, has authored a book which I have mentioned in the past.

Slaying Dragons

Note the subtitle: “What exorcists see and what we should know“.
US HERE – UK HERE

A couple chapters might be of particular interest

Chapter 9 – Resisting Diabolical Influence
Chapter 10 – Protecting Your Spiritual Life

Here is an excerpt from the Introduction:

Anyone who is paying attention to spiritual matters at this time in the history of the world is aware that things are quite destabilized. The practice of the Christian faith is dying in most parts of the world. The majority of Catholics do not believe the teachings of the church and do not even attend Sunday mass regularly. Many Catholics, in addition to many Protestant groups, are capitulating to the spirit of the world and embracing as good those acts which have always been seen as gravely immoral. Exorcisms, and a demand for them, are on the rise all throughout the world. In the US, the number of adherents of paganism and witchcraft have risen two figures surpassing the number of registered Presbyterians. Satanists feel quite comfortable being out in the open and US laws have been proven powerless to stop the spread of this evil into the public sectors of our society.

In the midst of this perfect storm, many church leaders have demonstrated themselves to be unwilling to teach the fullness of the Church’s traditions in matters of belief and practice. As a result, most Catholics do not believe, or even think twice about, the existence of the devil or spiritual warfare, even though Sacred Scripture is filled with references to this aspect of our spiritual lives. Further, due to the rising number of Catholics who live and remain in a state of mortal sin, exposure to the influence of the diabolical is extremely high. These Catholics, though, are completely unaware of the spiritual danger they are in, and of the weapons they can use to protect themselves and combat the demons that pursue them.

Perfect storm, indeed.

Folks, we are at war.