It is pretty easy to see how Amy Coney Barrett Proves Rock Legend Stevie Nicks Wrong. You do not need a degree in philosophy or theology to understand why. The left has several problems with Amy Coney Barrett. First, she is Catholic and takes her faith seriously.
The second problem leftists have is that Amy Coney Barrett blows a big gaping hole in their whole —women need abortions to get ahead narrative. She has seven children, 2 of who are adopted, and one who has down syndrome.
More than 40 years since undergoing an abortion, Stevie Nicks has spoken publicly about the impact of that decision on her iconic band, Fleetwood Mac.
I love Fleetwood Mac’s music, but I would rather live in a world without Fleetwood Mac than a world without a woman like Amy Coney Barrett or any other human being that had to be killed for a band.
Perhaps there may not have been a Fleetwood Mac if Stevie had her baby instead of aborting it. That is a question that we will never have a definitive answer for. Stevie Nicks, however, is a talented musician, and there is no reason to think her talent would have disappeared had she not killed her child. Who knows what might have been if she had given birth. Who knows what inspiration her child might have provided her and others.
Archbishop Vigano recently wrote that we are in a battle between darkness and death and light and life. President Joe Biden is serving as witness to the words of the outspoken Archbishop. President Biden’s decades-long evolution on abortion rights mirrors that of the Democrat party at large. At one time, the party championed the hallow words “abortion should be safe and rare”. Today, it promotes abortion as a moral and ethical favorable decision, and the government should provide funding for those who want to kill their children.
Jordan Peterson’s wife is praying the rosary and it is helping him. Dr. Jordan Peterson has become a global phenomenon. His book, Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos has sold millions of copies. His YouTube videos have over 40 million views and millions more, with editors taking clips and reuploading them. With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Peterson has published over a hundred scientific papers, transforming the modern understanding of personality. At the same time, his book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: The architecture of Belief revolutionized the psychology of religion.
Peterson has studied evil for most of his adult life and is well informed on the atrocities of communism, fascism, and nazism. As a psychologist, he was most interested in what lead people to follow these great evils and to examine why individuals, not simply groups, engage in social conflict, and to model the path individuals take that results in atrocities like the Gulag, the Auschwitz concentration camp and the Rwandan genocide.
In the Twelve Rules for Life, Peterson explores the origins of evil. In the book and his talks, he posits that an analysis of the world’s religious ideas might allow us to describe our essential morality and eventually develop a universal system of morality. While he is ambiguous when asked about his personal religious beliefs, he has become a vocal advocate for understanding the Biblical narratives and is known for juxtaposing them with contemporary psychological science and research.
He has dialogued with believers such as Bishop Robert Barron, Jonathan Pageau, and atheists such as Sam Harris and Matt Dillahunty. When asked if he believes in God Peterson famously responds by saying:
I try to act as if God exists
Peterson’s perspective is that many religious people profess a belief in God, but their actions reflect an apathy towards any real sense of what true faith might mean. This would put him in stark contrast with the protestant community that ironically awaits his declaration to be a Christian. Many protestants see stated Belief as the only requirement to being a faithful Christian, something Peterson often criticizes as he did here in the conversation with talk show host Dennis Prager. Christians would or should side with Peterson, who says to believe means you “act it out you take up your suffering and carry your cross.”
Recently both Jordan and his wife Tammy have battled life-threatening ailments. Tammy from cancer and Peterson from complications with anti-depressant withdrawal. They are both refreshingly transparent about their personal life, and the humility that each expresses is seldom found in today’s self-aggrandizing society. In the video below Peterson shares with Bishop Barron how Tammy has found peace in praying the rosary.
Peterson is not shy from discussing religion as can be seen in this interview he is talking with host Dave Rubin a gay married man and atheist and Ben Shapiro an orthodox Jew that Catholicism is the bulwark against the fragmenting of Christianity
On Monday, March 15th, 2021, legendary Rock Star Elton John called out the Vatican for hypocrisy and may have exposed more corruption at the Vatican. Elton’s tweet accused the Vatican of being hypocritical after it issued a decree that homosexual unions could not be blessed as they are sinful and sin can never be blessed.
The decree distinguished between the Church’s welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions since any such sacramental recognition could be confused with marriage. It said
God “does not and cannot bless sin: He blesses sinful man, so that he may recognize that he is part of his plan of love and allow himself to be changed by him,”
The decree was issued in response to questions that arose after it was revealed that Pope Francis endorsed giving gay couples legal protections in same-sex unions. Some seemed to think the Pope was giving a back-handed approval of Gay Marriage. His comment, however, is about the civil sphere, not within the Church. Civil protections are not Church blessings.
The decree said: Blessing a same-sex union could give the impression of a sort of sacramental equivalence to marriage.
Potential Corruption Exposed
Many Catholics may not have been aware that the Vatican is suspected of investing money into the file about Elton John’s rise to stardom and his homosexual lifestyle. The movie included graphic homosexual depictions and was banned from being shown in some parts of the world.
According to Catholic News Agency, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra reported that the Centurion Global Fund had raised around 70 million euro in cash, and that the Holy See’s Secretariat of State was the source of at least two-thirds of the fund’s assets. The Vatican’s investment was reported to include funds from the Peter’s Pence collection, intended to support charitable works and the ministry of the Vatican Curia.
British Journalist renounces Gay lifestyle and consecrates his life to Saint Joseph
A wonderful priest once told me that Satan fights extra hard for the souls he sees he is losing. He told me this when I went to see him for confession and to talk about my sins. He asked what was wrong. As I held back the tears, I told him I did not understand why after spending hours reading the Bible and having discussions and praying with others, I would later lay in bed only to be wrought with severe thoughts of impurity. Many times acting on them.
The tone of his response had underlying ease and carried a hint of a chuckle. If I had not known better, I would have thought Fr. Ramon was not taking me or my sin seriously. As he continued talking with me, laughter soon took over. However, it was not the laughter of mockery but one that signaled an obviousness and commonality found in my situation. It was as if to say “of course” that is happening to you. Priests have heard it all many times over, and Fr. Ramon knew exactly what the situation was. He went on to say that when Satan sees you getting closer to God, he works extra hard to keep you in his grip. He asked: how do you feel after you have sinned,” I replied: unworthy, hypocritical, and distant from God.
Then Father said something to me that would leave a lasting reminder. He said that is exactly how Satan wins. Of course, the sin is terrible and serious, as is all sin, but I could overcome it with God’s grace and time. Satan knows that, so he wants to convince you that it can not be overcome and that you are indeed unworthy. This works for millions who fall to sin and stay down. This is why Jesus says to pick up our cross and follow me. Carrying a cross is not a moment in time; it is a lifelong journey.
Fr. Ramon ended by reminding me that there is no sin Jesus can not forgive, and he does not care nor count how many times we fall. He only cares that we get up and carry our cross. As St. Paul writes: “Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal” 2 Cor 4:16-18. Saint Paul himself, writing in Romans Chapter 7, describes his own struggle
15 What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate.
16 Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good.
17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but doing the good is not.
19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.
20 Now if [I] do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil is at hand.
Unable to free ourselves from the slavery of sin and the power of death, we can only be rescued from defeat in the conflict by the power of God’s grace working through Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on Sin
Many will look at Ravi and be shocked, and many will have their faith shaken or, worse, lose it altogether. Still, others will understand that while it is always disappointing to see another fall, Ravi, like the rest of us, was merely human. He, however, carried a burden many of us will never know. His fame and adoration brought with it temptation most will never have to experience. Ravi’s story is one that should serve as a calling to all Christians to examine their own conscience. While Ravi’s sin will be written about by countless authors and laid bare for millions to read about and his salvation speculated upon, it is worth remembering that we all fall short in various ways.
In what I have done and what I have failed to do.
As my friend Monsignor Lisante always challenges his listeners, omission sins allow us to ignore doing the right thing and never get caught. It is up to our conscience to blow the whistle on us. James 4:17 makes it clear: “Anyone, then, that knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” It is time to ask our self the question. “Should I have done something? Did I sit on my hands when God’s word teaches that I should have worked for good? With this in mind, it is worth noting that Ravi’s business partner admitted to knowing about his transgressions and regrets not doing something. Moreover, according to statements, Ravi claimed his desires were the result of his ministry’s burdens. How often do we justify our own sin?
One of the women who accused Ravi of acting inappropriately said:
“Even with someone as godly as Ravi, “you can still be battling with the Devil.”
Rather than letting the discovery of Ravi’s sin trouble you, as Ravi himself said, “We all sin,” let these revelations serve as an impetus to examine your own conscience. An honest examination of conscience should help you reflect on how you respond to the demands made by the love of God and the battles with the devil you are experiencing but perhaps hiding from. —In what you have done and what you have failed to do.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. O Lord, your sorrowing Mother stood by your cross; help us in our sorrows to share your sufferings.
Editor’s note: See today’s related article about why we report bad news about leaders-even after they have passed away. Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) has opened an investigation into allegations that its late founder and namesake sexually harassed multiple massage therapists who worked at two day spas he co-owned.
A nine-year-old Christian Mississippi girl who wore a “Jesus Loves Me” mask to school was forced to remove it and replace it with one the school approved. Students, however, within the same school district have freely worn masks with the logos of local sports teams or even the words ‘Black Lives Matter.’ The girl’s parents have filed a federal lawsuit you can read more here
Today, children are increasingly being taught sex education in a graphic manner, and they are taught about the LGBTQ lifestyle under the umbrella of inclusion, all the while excluding Jesus. It appears you can proclaim your allegiance to just about anything except Jesus
Despite the Democrats’ anger, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court on October 26, 2020. Barrett, a 48-year-old U.S. Court of Appeals judge nominated by President Donald Trump, fills the seat left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a staunch liberal and feminist icon who died Sept. 18. At age 48, Amy Coney Barrett is the youngest Supreme Court justice confirmed since 43-year-old Clarence Thomas in 1991. She is just the fifth woman ever to be named to theSupreme Court of The United States.
One might think everyone would be celebrating her appointment. Regretfully, many editorial comment sections were filled with angry and vile comments like this one.
Another religious tyrant wannabe traitor. You are filth Barrett, and so are your boy-fckjer buddies in the Catholic church.
The problem many have with her appointment is, first, she is Catholic and takes her faith seriously. Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden also a Catholic, supports abortion. You won’t find similar disparaging comments lodged at him. The leftist Democrats are the party of darkness and death, not light and life, as Archbishop Vigano recently wrote. They worship at the altar of abortion.
It was fitting that Justice Clarence Thomas, a Catholic and daily communicant performed the swearing-in of Mrs. Barrett, another faithful Catholic. Justice Thomas was brutally attacked during his confirmation process for being a Catholic, conservative, and pro-life, an attack led by Senator Joe Biden. The Democrats now have a history of attacking pro-life Catholic nominees.
The second problem the left has with the new Justice is that she blows a big gaping hole in their whole —women need abortions to get ahead —narrative. She has 7 children, 2 of who are adopted, and one with down syndrome. Many on the left think it’s OK to kill children with Down syndrome. I can tell you first hand all children are a gift from God whether you expect them or not. I have had the pleasure of being close friends with several families who have a child with down syndrome and have witnessed the great joy they bring to their families.
Barrett will be the first female Justice to have school-aged children while serving on the bench.
Contrast Barrett with Rock legend Stevie Nicks, who recently said that without her abortion, “we would not have Fleetwood Mac.” I love Fleetwood Mac, but I would rather live in a world without Fleetwood Mac than a world without a woman like Amy Coney Barrett. Barretts accomplished career as a law professor, federal court judge, and now Supreme Court Justice shows that you do not need to kill your children to have a successful career.
When Marxist theory was proven wrong after WWI, and the working class did not revolt and launch a communist revolution, Marxist theorists decided that for a communist revolution to succeed, the structure of Western democracy and capitalism must be destroyed. Communist party activists set their sights on creating a culture war that would rip apart society from within.
In 1918, Georg Lukács became minister of culture in Bolshevik Hungary. During this time, Lukács realized that if the family unit and sexual morals were eroded, society could be broken down. Lukács implemented a policy he titled “cultural terrorism,” which focused on these two objectives. A major part of the policy was to target children’s minds through lectures that encouraged them to deride and reject Christian ethics.
In 1934 the Frankfurt school, as it became known, came to Columbia University in America and began publishing material that criticized the foundations of Western culture, including family, democracy, freedom of speech, and many others. The writings focused on challenging Americans’ views on gender and sexual ethics and called them prejudiced. Cultural Marxism was born.
In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM). The World Health Organization (WHO) did not remove homosexuality from its ICD classification until 1992. Today, the standard of psychotherapy in the U.S. and Europe is gay affirmative psychotherapy, which encourages gay people to accept their sexual orientation.
In 1978 the North American Man/Boy Love Association was formed. According to their website:
NAMBLA’s goal is to end the extreme oppression of men and boys in mutually consensual relationships by:
building understanding and support for such relationships;
educating the general public on the benevolent nature of man/boy love;
cooperating with lesbian, gay, feminist, and other liberation movements;
supporting the liberation of persons of all ages from sexual prejudice and oppression.
Today many colleges and Universities teach that gender is a social construct and not inherently biological or God-given. Children experiencing gender dysphoria are being given hormones and other chemical therapies to help them transition by pausing puberty.
University of Texas at Austin professor Thomas Hubbard writes that that “contemporary American legislation premised on children’s incapacity to ‘consent’ to sexual relations stems from outmoded gender constructions and ideological preoccupations of the late Victorian and Progressive Era.” Hubbard argues that it should be legal for grown men to have sex with children. He is not alone, a 2014 editorial in the New York Times suggested that pedophilia is not a crime but rather a disorder.
The sexualization of children has been a steady and incremental over these past decades since the advent of Cultural Marxism. Recently Netflix premiered a new series called “Cuties” which blatantly sexualizes young girls.
While many have predicted the decline, they are primarily told that they are neurotic and overly puritanical. When same-sex marriage became legal, advocates claimed it is all about love and that no one was trying to take anyone’s rights away. That turned out to not be true
It has become painfully obvious where we are headed as a society, and this NetFlix premiere showed us the next level of conquest the cultural Marists have in mind. Christians have always understood that sex is a sacred gift and about much more than love. Christian doctrine, based on the creator’s natural law teaches that every genital act must be within the framework of marriage. Those who violate His laws not only offend the divine Majesty but degrade themselves and humanity.
Fifty years ago Pope Paul VI wrote an encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae. The Pope’s writing warned against the consequences of artificial contraception. Predicting that it would lead to the objectification of women unfaithfulness in marriage and overall disrespect for human life.
As recently as 1930, every mainline Protestant church vigorously condemned those sexual behaviors that they considered to be damaging to society and a danger to the souls of individuals. These acts included divorce, artificial contraception, abortion, euthanasia, fornication, adultery, the use of pornography, and homosexual behavior. The Roman Catholic Church is the only remaining major religious entity that holds fast to its prohibitions on these behaviors.
While the debate rages on as to whether or not schools should reopen, parents might want to ask themselves what exactly are they waiting to send their children back to. For example, in California, education officials have agreed on a comprehensive new framework for sex education in the classroom.
Since the 1970s, sex education has been widely supported in schools. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 24 states — including California — and the District of Columbia mandate sex education in classrooms. California also requires that sex and HIV education be “age-appropriate.” In addition, according to the California Healthy Youth Act, Californias schools must provide LGBTQ-inclusive comprehensive sexual health education. While parents are, for the time being, allowed to opt their children out of all or part of the comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention instruction schools may not allow the selective opting out of lessons that are focused on LGBTQ content.
Columnist Katie Hopkins posted an excerpt from one approved book in California on Twitter just before the social media company permanently suspended her account.
This book called ‘SEX’ was originally on the California schools suggested reading list for kids 9-12th grade. After a massive public outcry, the book was removed. The fact that it was even deemed acceptable by those in charge of creating the reading list for California’s school children is what is most shocking and unacceptable.
This is just one book that became known how many others are being used to ver sexualize children who are much too young. Moreover, it is not the place of the public education system to educate children on sexuality.
One commenter on the site Reddit said:
This is no big thing in the west, Americans think this shit is normal, and in fact healthy. Their society is so perverted that they make academics about sex as well.
It is hard to argue with that sentiment as it seems each year we push the boundaries of decency further and further. Now we are reaching into our children’s learning space.
It appears to be a similar situation in Arizona. Writing for the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins article Parents Fight Back: Sex and Kindergarten in America notes that Arizona State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman (D) “Comprehensive Sex Education” curriculum includes teaching children about masturbation.
Hoffman took her oath, placing her hand a children’s book titled “Too Many Moose”. When asked about the unusual decision to be sworn on a children’s book she said “it had a lot of sentimental value”
This is one reason why many parents are deciding not to send their children back to the public when they do open and opting out of the public education system altogether. It is a tremendous burden for many, and some, it is impossible as they rely on the public school to be a safe place for their children during the day when they are at work.
Both Arizona and California, sex education programs focus on LGBTQ issues. Critics have argued that the curriculum goes beyond the stated purpose of teaching tolerance, and many believe it is indoctrination. When parents decide to be proactive and learn what is being taught, they find themselves in a living nightmare. There is little doubt that whatever the intended purpose of this new model of “Comprehensive Sex Education is, it is being delivered to children who are far too young.
Meanwhile, A Texas judge overruled a prior court decision that granted both James Younger’s parent’s equal say in deciding if the 8-year-old boy should transition to a girl. The judge’s ruling forces Jame’s father, who does not believe James wants to transition and is happy as a boy when he is with him to pay thousands of dollars in therapy fees without any say in who the therapist is. Read more here
People often ask the question, “how did our society get so bad?” and “Why the mob rules?” While we usually prefer simple answers to even complex questions, substantive explanations are typically multifactorial. It is the same with our physical health, as we have seen with COVID-19. Most people exposed to the virus survive, yet some die. What ultimately killed the person can be complicated to determine. Was it the virus itself, or did the virus wreak more havoc on an already susceptible body? Obesity, diabetes, weakened immune systems are just a few contributing factors to human beings’ overall health. We prefer simple answers, so we blame it on COVID; the more in-depth explanation, however, is often far more complex.
So it is with our society. In Genesis right from the beginning, we can see that man is fallen and prone to sin. The fall of man explains why sin and misery exist in the world today. You need not be a religious person to recognize that man is inherently prone to various types of bad behaviors, stealing, lying, adultery, etc. The Christian believer knows their fallen nature and attempts, with the Grace of God, to move away from darkness, and towards the light. One Archbishop has been willing to speak about the great evil that has engulfed our Nation. In his letter to President Trump, Archbishop Vigano notes that “the children of light constitute the most conspicuous part of humanity, while the children of darkness represent an absolute minority.”
Why has a minority been able to inflict such destruction, with violent protests, the burning down of buildings, the tearing down of statues, and death? The simple answer many believe is the killing of George Floyd, a black man at the hands of white police officers. His death was captured on video that shocked the world and was the impetus for protests. Protests quickly turned to riots, looting, and complete mayhem. At the time of this writing, a portion of a Seattle city is under siege. Mayor Jenny Durkan called the confiscation of property the “Summer of Love.” She refused help from President Trump to thwart the violence and instead criticized the President saying, “One of the things this President will never understand is that listening to the community is not a weakness. It’s a strength”. She has since walked back her “Summer of Love” comments and with mounting carnage now wants to shut down the love fest.
In city after city throughout large parts of the United States, similar destruction has become a daily event. The carnage is so common that one becomes anesthetized to the news hearing of yet another statue torn down, building burned to the ground, and even death. In the Twitter video below, a homeless person in New York City is blown up and set on fire while no one did anything about it except to video it. Probably hoping it would go viral and get them more followers. No one had the courage to help.
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By now, it should be abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that these violent uprisings have little to nothing to do with racism. Black Lives Matter, perhaps the lead but not the only agitator behind this mayhem, is unabashedly a Marxist organization that seeks to disrupt the normative Western Patriarchal (traditional) family. The organization also supports the advancement of LGBTQ causes and abortion. Marxism, abortion, and homosexuality are all considered intrinsically evil by the Church. Many Christians seem unaware of this, or they lack the courage to speak and stand up against this evil ideology.
Month in and month out; year in and year out; in cities like Chicago and Baltimore, adults and children are shot and killed regularly, and no one seems to care. In New York City, more black children are aborted than born alive. This has gone on for decades with no protests, rioting, or looting. Since the 1960s, politicians, psychologists, and celebrities, black and white, have been warning about the dangers of the destruction of the nuclear family and the havoc this phenomenon is having on children and society as a whole. No one is listening. The children of darkness are happy to have our silence.
Mobs rule when the opposition is afraid.
So how did we get here? In short, we stopped believing in God. At least in any real sense of the word “belief.” Clinical Psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson himself, on a spiritual journey, offers a profound answer to what it means to believe. Author and radio talk show host Dennis Prager, a conservative Jew, asked Peterson if he believed in God. The entire conversation is well worth listening to. This clip is Peterson’s response to Prager’s question. It should cause some consternation for all religious people.
As Peterson notes, today, many religious people profess a belief in God, but their actions reflect an apathy towards any real sense of what true faith might mean. They often embrace a pseudo-Christianity, such as the Prosperity Gospel, which proclaims that with the right prayer and offering God will bring earthly riches. Or a relativistic version of the Gospel with catchphrases such as “I am a good person.” Individuals twist the Gospel to mean whatever they want it to say, often resulting in a “feel good” theology. They profess a belief in Christ but live their lives autonomously; their “faith does not affect how they live their life. In short, they make the Gospel comport to their life. In 2 Timothy, we read:
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. —2 Timothy 3:1-5
This passage sums up what the Christian Apologist C.S. Lewis called the greatest sin of all “Pride or Self-Conceit.” According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
Pride, faith in yourself ahead of faith in God, is what causes us to become fearful. We fear losing friends, losing a career, losing social status, or being mocked and ridiculed, so we become silent. Silence is like an incubator for evil. We did not get here overnight; our silence over many years has allowed this cancer to metastasize to the point it is now. This may leave one to ask, “Is it too late?” Are we witnessing the end times as many Christian preachers have been predicting? Only Christ knows that answer.
For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night —1 Thessalonians 5-1
It is, however, never too late to move towards the light. In the meantime we need to:
Therefore put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. —Ephesians 6:13-15
Why do mobs rule? The simple answer is we have turned on back on God, both as a Nation and individually. This is how the children of darkness, the minority has overwhelmed the majority. The majority, without any real belief, lack courage. Since its earliest days, the Church has taught seven virtues that serve to animate the Christian life. Faith, hope, and love are the three theological virtues and prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude are the four moral virtues. A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions. The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God.
While pseudo-Christianity ignores most of these virtues, in his book titled “Men of a Brave Heart: The Virtue of Courage in the Priestly Life,” Archbishop Jose Gomez’s writing is a powerful recall to these fundamental virtues. His reminder seeks to encourage priests to have the fortitude to persevere and have the courage to carry on the mission that God has bestowed upon them.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes fortitude as the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It disposes of one even renouncing and sacrifice his life in defense of a just cause. “The Lord is my strength and my song.” In the world, you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
Since, in a sense, we all share in a spiritual priesthood, the Archbishops call back to virtue, in particular fortitude, during this time is vital for all Christians, not just priests.
Archbishop Gomez describing the influence Pope John Paul II had on his life, profoundly reminds us that the central underlying theme of Pope John Paul II’s entire pontificate was one of fearlessness and courage. Perhaps his most famous phrase to the world was “Be Not Afraid.”
During his inaugural homily, the Pope said:
“Brothers and sisters, do not be afraid to welcome Christ and accept his power. Help the Pope and all those who wish to serve Christ and with Christ’s power to serve the human person and the whole of mankind. Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To his saving power open the boundaries of States, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization, and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows ‘what is in man’. He alone knows it.”
The Pope’s message was a call to each of us individually that together with Christ, we can overcome this evil. No one person can do it alone. You have a part “Be Not Afraid.”
In 1979 the Pope took a pilgrimage to his native Poland. Speaking to the Polish people who were oppressed by the evils of communism, the Pope said,
“Let the Spirit descend and renew the face of the earth. This earth.”
Today we need the spirit to descend upon this earth.
Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office—and they invoked my father’s name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond. Yes, my father Billy Graham founded Christianity Today; but no, he would not agree with their opinion piece. In fact, he would be very disappointed. I have not previously shared who my father voted for in the past election, but because of this article, I feel it is necessary to share it now. My father knew Donald Trump, he believed in Donald Trump, and he voted for Donald Trump. He believed that Donald J. Trump was the man for this hour in history for our nation.
For Christianity Today to side with the Democrat Party in a totally partisan attack on the President of the United States is unfathomable. Christianity Today failed to acknowledge that not one single Republican voted with the Democrats to impeach the President. I know a number of Republicans in Congress, and many of them are strong Christians. If the President were guilty of what the Democrats claimed, these Republicans would have joined with the Democrats to impeach him. But the Democrats were not even unanimous—two voted against impeachment and one voted present. This impeachment was politically motivated, 100% partisan. Why would Christianity Today choose to take the side of the Democrat left whose only goal is to discredit and smear the name of a sitting president? They want readers to believe the Democrat leadership rather than believe the President of the United States.
Look at all the President has accomplished in a very short time. The economy of our nation is the strongest it has been in 50 years, ISIS & the caliphate have been defeated, and the President has renegotiated trade deals to benefit all Americans. The list of accomplishments is long, but for me as a Christian, the fact that he is the most pro-life president in modern history is extremely important—and Christianity Today wants us to ignore that, to say it doesn’t count? The President has been a staunch defender of religious freedom at home and around the world—and Christianity Today wants us to ignore that? Also, the President has appointed conservative judges in record number—and Christianity today wants us to ignore that? Christianity Today feels he should be removed from office because of false accusations that the President emphatically denies.
Christianity Today said it’s time to call a spade a spade. The spade is this—Christianity Today has been used by the left for their political agenda. It’s obvious that Christianity Today has moved to the left and is representing the elitist liberal wing of evangelicalism.
Is President Trump guilty of sin? Of course, he is, as were all past presidents and as each one of us are, including myself. Therefore, let’s pray for the President as he continues to lead the affairs of our nation.
It is pretty easy to see how Amy Coney Barrett Proves Rock Legend Stevie Nicks Wrong. You do not need a degree in philosophy or theology to understand why. The left has several problems with Amy Coney Barrett. First, she is Catholic and takes her faith seriously.
Despite the Democrats’ anger, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court on October 26, 2020. Barrett, a 48-year-old U.S. Court of Appeals judge nominated by President Donald Trump, fills the seat left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a staunch liberal and feminist icon who died Sept. 18. At age 48, Amy Coney Barrett is the youngest Supreme Court justice confirmed since 43-year-old Clarence Thomas in 1991. She is just the fifth woman ever to be named to theSupreme Court of The United States.
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