About ARMOR

ARMOR was established in April 2019 initially as The King’s Men to provide a Catholic teachings-based peer support group that helps men to break free from their struggle with various manifestations of lust by striving to grow in virtue. It was soon realized that there is a wider need to help men and women who struggle with any vice or addiction, and the ministry name was changed to Addiction Recovery Ministry Of the Redeemer (ARMOR) in January 2020 to reflect that diversity and its association with Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church.

In January 2021, the 3 Pillars were adapted from Exodus 90 as one of the fruits of that spiritual exercise that was being undertaken by some ARMOR members.

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Vision: We will become who God created us to be.
Mission: Live virtuously today.

ARMOR was inspired by Ephesians 6:11, which encourages us to “Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.” We believe that vice and addiction are some of the “tactics of the devil” employed in spiritual warfare against humanity and that “our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens.” Ephesians 6:12
 
The image of a Roman soldier's armor is reflective of the vigilance we must have in putting on the “armor of God” and to be ready “to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.” Ephesians 6:13-17 goes on to describe the “armor of God”:

13. “Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground.
14. So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,
15. and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace.
16. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one.
17. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

The symbolism of this armor is beautifully explained in chapter 5 “Know Your Armor” of the Manual for Spiritual Warfare, which states that “the virtues provide our defensive armor” and “can make a Christian invulnerable” in spiritual warfare. It goes on to say that “they are our best defense against [the devil’s] attacks, for they guard our minds and hearts against his deceptions and temptations. A lapse in virtue is in fact a chink in our armor that makes us vulnerable.”

Patron Saint
ARMOR’s patron saint is St. Michael the Archangel, who in Revelation 12:7-12 waged war against the devil and threw the devil down to earth with his angels “in great fury”.  St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us!