AT A DISTANCE FROM DEVASTATING INFERNOS, I AM TOTALLY FINE AND SAFE, JUST DUSTY

All during last night, the air was filled in my place with smoky air that felt like burning homes were nearby; there was a wildfire raging at its worst in Pacific Palisades, once home to actor, Matthew Perry. 30,000 have been forced to flee and the number is growing. The above image was taken from the Palisades shoreline. 

Thankfully I am further up the Pacific was not near the blaze, just saturated in brown ash. I had a taste of it in my mouth, and the streets had swirling dust bowls on every street. Their milder form are called "Santa Ana winds" and they are like the sirocco winds of Sicily that spin all debris in their paths and make a rustling noise, but these these were the lingering wind rings of a great storm. They were up to 99 miles per hour. 

Driving was never so crazy in Los Angeles, and that is saying something. I had errands to run around my neighborhood today and so many cars were wearing a thick film of dust, making it harder for the drivers to see. My hair looked like someone had dusted Miss Havisham's house with it. 

Some of us offered the Litany of the Saints that the storm that might abate and stop all together, there is the petition to deliver us from tempests, the older word for hurricane level wind. Since much prayer has been sent up, and I believe, the Litany of the Saints, things have calmed considerably. Long may this continue. I include the Litany, as I did here, that ye all might like to offer it for the citizens of my city, they need it so badly.

The Litany of the Saints

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Christ have mercy on us. 

Christ have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Christ, hear us. 

Christ, hear us. 

Christ, graciously hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us. 

God the Father of heaven, 

have mercy on us. 

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, 

have mercy on us. 

God the Holy Ghost, 

have mercy on us

Holy Trinity, one God, 

have mercy on us. 

Holy Mary, pray for us. 

Holy Mother of God, pray for us. 

Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us. 

Saint Michael, pray for us. 

Saint Gabriel, pray for us. 

Saint Raphael, pray for us. 

All ye holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us. 

All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us. 

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us. 

Saint Joseph, pray for us. 

All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us. 

Saint Peter, pray for us. 

Saint Paul, pray for us. 

Saint Andrew, pray for us. 

Saint James, pray for us. 

Saint John, pray for us. 

Saint Thomas, pray for us. 

Saint James, pray for us. 

Saint Philip, pray for us. 

Saint Bartholomew, pray for us. 

Saint Matthew, pray for us. 

Saint Simon, pray for us. 

Saint Thaddeus, pray for us. 

Saint Matthias, pray for us. 

Saint Barnabas, pray for us. 

Saint Luke, pray for us. 

Saint Mark, pray for us. 

All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us. 

All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for us. 

All ye holy Innocents, pray for us. 

Saint Stephen, pray for us. 

Saint Lawrence, pray for us. 

Saint Vincent, pray for us. 

Saints Fabian and Sebastian, pray for us. 

Saints John and Paul, pray for us. 

Saints Cosmas and Damian, pray for us. 

Saints Gervase and Protase, pray for us. 

All ye holy Martyrs, pray for us. 

Saint Sylvester, pray for us. 

Saint Gregory, pray for us. 

Saint Ambrose, pray for us. 

Saint Augustine, pray for us. 

Saint Jerome, pray for us. 

Saint Martin, pray for us. 

Saint Nicholas, pray for us. 

All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us. 

All ye holy Doctors, pray for us. 

Saint Anthony, pray for us. 

Saint Benedict, pray for us. 

Saint Dominic, pray for us. 

Saint Francis, pray for us. 

All ye holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.  

All ye holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us. 

Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us. 

Saint Agatha, pray for us. 

Saint Lucy, pray for us. 

Saint Agnes, pray for us. 

Saint Cecilia, pray for us. 

Saint Catherine, pray for us. 

Saint Anastasia, pray for us. 

All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us. 

All ye holy Saints of God, Make intercession for us. 

Be merciful, Graciously hear us, O Lord. 

From all evil, O Lord, deliver us. 

From the snares of the devil, O Lord, deliver us. 

From anger, and hatred and every evil will, O Lord, deliver us.

From the spirit of fornication, O Lord, deliver us.

From lightning and tempest, O Lord, deliver us.

From the scourge of earthquakes, O Lord, deliver us.

From plague, famine and war, O Lord, deliver us.

From everlasting death, O Lord, deliver us.

Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy Coming, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy Birth, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy Baptism and holy Fasting, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy Cross and Passion, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy Death and Burial, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thy holy Resurrection, O Lord, deliver us.

Through Thine admirable Ascension, O Lord, deliver us.

Through the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, O Lord, deliver us.

In the day of judgment, O Lord, deliver us.

We sinners, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thou wouldst spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thou wouldst pardon us, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thous wouldst bring us to true penance, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to govern and preserve Thy holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve our Apostolic Prelate, and all orders of the Church in holy religion, we beseech Thee, hear us. 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to humble the enemies of holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant peace and unity to the whole Christian world, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst call back to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from her fold, and to guide all unbelievers into the light of the Gospel, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to confirm and preserve us in Thy holy service, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors from eternal damnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us, we beseech Thee, hear us.

Son of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. 

Christ, hear us.  Christ, graciously hear us. 

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. 

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.