Dear Padre
You cannot imagine my delight when, out of nowhere, a flashing box popped up on my computer screen telling me that I had missed a message from the guardian angel you promised me, when you appeared online as the “Messenger of the Angels.”
How had this happened? Not since I had been informed by a dating agency that “Bill the fireman is down the road and waiting for your call” had I been this excited (he wasn’t, on both counts).
An angel, no less! What could he/she want with me? I’m not a virgin, I’m too old to bear children, and I don’t need an interpreter for my visions, so why would a winged creature from the celestial heavens be descending upon my weary shoulders?
So, I replied, and you kindly sent me the name of my guardian angel – Sehaliah, the “45th Kabbalah Angel,” dealing with “Virtues,” and a member of the “Angelical Choir” You took no time at all in talking with him (I had rightly guessed it was a him, given that I could see the moral lecturing/mansplaining path he appeared to want to take) and I have been fascinated to read the details of your very lengthy chat.
I can only think that it must have been a slow day for you both, given the volume of your reply, and I am sure my life is about to change for the better as a result of your communications. Quite why Sehaliah couldn’t have come directly to me and cut out the middleman (ie you) is anybody’s guess, though I suspect it has something to do with the credit card I will be asked for if I wish to keep asking for angel assistance.
You say that you “strongly” felt the need to see changes in my life. Have we ever met? I don’t think so, but I admire the depth of your commitment following the “celestial confirmation of the problem that worries you right now” (er, which one? There are so many). I especially like your going on to tell me that the changes in my life will occur within the next three weeks.
Now, about my running mate. You inform me that “Sehaliah is the Angel who embodies faithfulness” and the “Angel of pure souls.” Quite why you asked him about Love, Money and Good Luck over the next 30 days only you know, but I like his answers.
I especially like the bit about the windfall that is coming my way, probably on January 9th. Apparently, it’s a “lot of money” that will leave me “speechless” (to be honest, any money at all would leave me speechless these days; times are tough), and it’s going to appear “as if by magic.” Love and success are on their way, too. Great. So far, so good. “But there is one condition… ” Oh, dear, here we go.
I wonder if the Angel Gabriel did the same thing with Mary: “Here’s the good news… you’re going to have a baby and you won’t even have to have sex with the destitute carpenter… But there’s a condition. There’s no room at the Marriott, your kid is the Son of God, and you’ll have to watch him die on a cross.” Conditions. There are always conditions.
And this, you say, is mine: there is an “adverse karma” that is the source of all my difficulties. It’s built up from all my past lives and I’ve been paying a “Karmic Debt” that is not even of my own making! Yes, that’s right! Other bastards in my other lives have hijacked my brilliance, success and luck, and drained me of all the good things. People can be so mean.
But now, it seems, I have paid back that debt (tell me about it!) and, as a result, have acquired a “Hyper-Beneficial Angelical Karma” that is about to turn things around.
However, nothing’s that easy. It seems I need “The Divine Angelical Ritual of Release from past lives” in order for this to happen. Based on ancient magical rites written down in an old Angelical book of spells, you tell me that you are the only one who can perform it for me, Padre.
Much as I like the idea of being released “once and for all from this negative force” you claim is ruining my life (I want a list of all those past life reprobates; I’ll start targeting their descendants and see how they like their karma being hijacked), I’m suspicious that you are willing to perform it for free, especially when I visit your “Angel Boutique” and see the prices you charge once my initial free consultation is over.
You’ve also gone a bit scary, to be honest, and I don’t think angels or their accomplices are supposed to be that. Stalked by a guardian angel? I’m pretty certain that’s not a good sign. You say that if I don’t reply immediately, you will be “forced” to offer the “Archangels’ Seal of Supreme Salvation” to someone else who finds themselves in a difficult situation. How spiteful is that! Can’t I just mull it over for a few days?
It is, therefore, with regret, that owing to the threatening tone of your final paragraphs, I must decline your kind offer to sort out my karmic debt. However, if you or Sehaliah could see your way to paying off my real debt at the bank, I would be extremely grateful.
In this expectation, I look forward to Janaury 9th, when you will hopefully be sending me a vast sum of money that will sort out and secure my future once and for all.
Thank you again for the speedy response from you and your feathered friend.
Jaci
PS Is the check in the celestial post?