At a certain point in the ceremony, the inductees were asked to kneel and pray as Duke sprinkled “holy water” of purification on them and recited the words “In body, In mind, In spirit,” resembling the blessing used in the Catholic Church—“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” (It is ironic that the KKK would co-opt a section from the Catholic service, a faith that they have historically held in disdain, for one of their most sacred ceremonies. It is one of their many blatant hypocrisies.)
