"A New Knighthood has appeared in the land of The Incarnation, a Knighthood which fights a double battle, against adversaries of flesh and blood and against the Spirit of Evil. I do not think it a marvelous thing that these Knights resist physical enemies with physical force, because that, I know, is not rare. But they take up arms with forces of the Spirit against vices and Demons, and that I call not only marvelous, but worthy of all the praise given to men of God..... The Knight who protects his soul with the Armor of Faith, as he covers his body with a coat of mail, is truly without fear and above reproach. Doubly armed, he fears neither men nor Demons."

St. Bernard of Clairvoux

Deliver me, O Lord, Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death, on that fearful day when the heavens are moved and the earth when thou shalt come to judge the world through fire.

I am made to tremble, and I fear, when the desolation shall come, and also the coming wrath.

That day, the day of wrath, calamity, and misery, that terrible and exceedingly bitter day.

Rest eternal grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them.

 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And using fearless men made of steel as the instruments of my wrath, I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." ~ Dagobert II (650–679 AD)