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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: Alexandria on May 06, 2016, 11:13:44 AM
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
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It is only going to get darker. I have the same fears and worries. We must redouble are prayers with confidence in God during Our Rosaries. You are correct that the true priests are run ragged. The papacy was the only thing holding our degenerate world together. We have very few in proportion true masses said anymore, so the world and its people have lost an incalculable amount of graces that once spread to the world during each true mass.
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It is only going to get darker. I have the same fears and worries. We must redouble are prayers with confidence in God during Our Rosaries. You are correct that the true priests are run ragged. The papacy was the only thing holding our degenerate world together. We have very few in proportion true masses said anymore, so the world and its people have lost an incalculable amount of graces that once spread to the world during each true mass.
Yes, I know it is going to get worse. That makes it scarier. I'm filled with fear and anxiety all day and night. We live in a semi-rural area - the type of place where you could have your front door and cars unlocked all night and nothing would ever happen. Those days are gone. We even have people walking around at night who like to start fires just for kicks.
Drug deals go on in broad daylight in parking lots. Someone even saw a user shoot up in a Walgreen's parking lot just the other day.
As I've said on here before, I am isolated. No true Catholic friends here. That makes it harder going it alone.
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I am so sick of how stupid and evil so many people have become. I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing. All this madness needs to stop. Most everyone is willingly self-destructing the earth and the oceans. They are morally bankrupt and seem to have no desire to change. Hell on earth is here.
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I live in an urban area and it is quite depressing to simply go out and see the general decadence of people all around me. Not only the ugliness, uncleanness and revolting immodesty are reasons for concern, but lately, what has been even more troublesome is the level of actual insanity people are displaying. Mental illness is all around us, from louds fits of rage (with an overwhelming profane and vulgar language) to people just talking loudly to themselves as if they were two persons; and sick, confused bodily language, as if devils have completely taken over their bodies.
It is quite scary. I have concluded that the apocalypses is upon us and I think it officially began with the creation of the state of Israel in May 14 of 1948. The demons are roaming loose.
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I am so sick of how stupid and evil so many people have become. I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing. All this madness needs to stop. Most everyone is willingly self-destructing the earth and the oceans. They are morally bankrupt and seem to have no desire to change. Hell on earth is here.
I, too, am developing contempt for the majority of people, but I have to be very careful with that. It is true that there but for the grace of God go I. I try to counter my contempt by praying for them, but it gets harder to do every day.
We, too, have neighbors obsessed with stupidity - be it mowing their lawns every day, their silly gardens which all of nature is supposed to be aware of and not ruin (these people drive me insane), or some other inanity that has no bearing on the salvation of their soul.
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I live in an urban area and it is quite depressing to simply go out and see the general decadence of people all around me. Not only the ugliness, uncleanness and revolting immodesty are reasons for concern, but lately, what has been even more troublesome is the level of actual insanity people are displaying. Mental illness is all around us, from louds fits of rage (with an overwhelming profane and vulgar language) to people just talking loudly to themselves as if they were two persons; and sick, confused bodily language, as if devils have completely taken over their bodies.
It is quite scary. I have concluded that the apocalypses is upon us and I think it officially began with the creation of the state of Israel in May 14 of 1948. The demons are roaming loose.
Cantarella, just yesterday our local police department held a press conference to discuss our "mental health crisis." No one thinks to ask themselves what is causing it. The liberals are the ones that thought it better to put these people on the streets instead of keeping them in institutions where they belonged. Now, we have the mentally ill roaming about - they are homeless, drug addicts, unpredictable, and the cause of our high rate of crime.
Don't mention the crassness and crudity of most women and men, young boys and girls. We have a civilization of mentally stunted adult men running around in baseball caps, rock concert t-shirts and long hair trying to relive the sixties. We have legalized marijuana here which makes everything worse. Whenever a store moves into the area, drug cartels are not far behind, and the neighborhood, no matter how once wonderful it was, nosedives in about a year.
Young girls are sickening. Most are unmarried and keep having babies. They go from shack up to shack up. The young boys are worse. Their brains need to relocate back to where they belong. Which brings me to the porn industry which has I don't know how many men hooked.
Does no one have any self-control anymore?
Satan and his minions are let loose here. And now the summer is upon us. Noise, noise and more noise.
Do you have a problem with boom car stereos where you are? They are enough to put me over the edge.
Another thing: can no one do anything anymore without playing a radio?
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I am so sick of how stupid and evil so many people have become. I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing. All this madness needs to stop. Most everyone is willingly self-destructing the earth and the oceans. They are morally bankrupt and seem to have no desire to change. Hell on earth is here.
I, too, am developing contempt for the majority of people, but I have to be very careful with that. It is true that there but for the grace of God go I. I try to counter my contempt by praying for them, but it gets harder to do every day.
We, too, have neighbors obsessed with stupidity - be it mowing their lawns every day, their silly gardens which all of nature is supposed to be aware of and not ruin (these people drive me insane), or some other inanity that has no bearing on the salvation of their soul.
Another very scary trend I am noticing, as situations across the earth become more desperate, many people, as they are becoming increasingly angrier, are very intent on finding other people to blame for the earths problems instead of admitting the effects of original sin on everyone. They so desperately want to believe they can continue their present lifestyle indefinitely, they will wrongly accuse certain people or certain groups of people for causing these problems to the point of wanting innocent people dead.
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Can anyone help me with what to do to deal with it? Please believe me when I say that it is getting to be more than I can handle. It's made worse because of my age and remembering a sane Church and a saner country - so I know more than those who were born into the cesspool what is was like before it became one.
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I am so sick of how stupid and evil so many people have become. I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing. All this madness needs to stop. Most everyone is willingly self-destructing the earth and the oceans. They are morally bankrupt and seem to have no desire to change. Hell on earth is here.
I, too, am developing contempt for the majority of people, but I have to be very careful with that. It is true that there but for the grace of God go I. I try to counter my contempt by praying for them, but it gets harder to do every day.
We, too, have neighbors obsessed with stupidity - be it mowing their lawns every day, their silly gardens which all of nature is supposed to be aware of and not ruin (these people drive me insane), or some other inanity that has no bearing on the salvation of their soul.
Another very scary trend I am noticing, as situations across the earth become more desperate, many people, as they are becoming increasingly angrier, are very intent on finding other people to blame for the earths problems instead of admitting the effects of original sin on everyone. They so desperately want to believe they can continue their present lifestyle indefinitely, they will wrongly accuse certain people or certain groups of people for causing these problems to the point of wanting innocent people dead.
You're right - the victim mentality - no one takes responsibility for their actions. It is always everyone else's or someone else's fault. Or else they blame it on some mental illness - real or imagined - just so they have an excuse for their bad conduct.
It's all over and getting worse.
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Can anyone help me with what to do to deal with it? Please believe me when I say that it is getting to be more than I can handle. It's made worse because of my age and remembering a sane Church and a saner country - so I know more than those who were born into the cesspool what is was like before it became one.
keeping a strong prayer life, receiving Catholic Sacraments often, and reading good Catholic books are very important in these times. God has a plan, and as far as I concerned, it can't come soon enough. Life is getting more difficult everyday.
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I am so sick of how stupid and evil so many people have become. I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing. All this madness needs to stop. Most everyone is willingly self-destructing the earth and the oceans. They are morally bankrupt and seem to have no desire to change. Hell on earth is here.
I, too, am developing contempt for the majority of people, but I have to be very careful with that. It is true that there but for the grace of God go I. I try to counter my contempt by praying for them, but it gets harder to do every day.
We, too, have neighbors obsessed with stupidity - be it mowing their lawns every day, their silly gardens which all of nature is supposed to be aware of and not ruin (these people drive me insane), or some other inanity that has no bearing on the salvation of their soul.
Another very scary trend I am noticing, as situations across the earth become more desperate, many people, as they are becoming increasingly angrier, are very intent on finding other people to blame for the earths problems instead of admitting the effects of original sin on everyone. They so desperately want to believe they can continue their present lifestyle indefinitely, they will wrongly accuse certain people or certain groups of people for causing these problems to the point of wanting innocent people dead.
You're right - the victim mentality - no one takes responsibility for their actions. It is always everyone else's or someone else's fault. Or else they blame it on some mental illness - real or imagined - just so they have an excuse for their bad conduct.
It's all over and getting worse.
Imagine how people will react when the Dollar and Euro collapse. :pray:
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Can anyone help me with what to do to deal with it? Please believe me when I say that it is getting to be more than I can handle. It's made worse because of my age and remembering a sane Church and a saner country - so I know more than those who were born into the cesspool what is was like before it became one.
keeping a strong prayer life, receiving Catholic Sacraments often, and reading good Catholic books are very important in these times. God has a plan, and as far as I concerned, it can't come soon enough. Life is getting more difficult everyday.
It can't come soon enough for me either.
God bless you for your advice. Please keep me in your prayers.
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Can anyone help me with what to do to deal with it? Please believe me when I say that it is getting to be more than I can handle. It's made worse because of my age and remembering a sane Church and a saner country - so I know more than those who were born into the cesspool what is was like before it became one.
keeping a strong prayer life, receiving Catholic Sacraments often, and reading good Catholic books are very important in these times. God has a plan, and as far as I concerned, it can't come soon enough. Life is getting more difficult everyday.
It can't come soon enough for me either.
God bless you for your advice. Please keep me in your prayers.
I will keep you in my prayers.
My life is a mess right now. I have a dying cat which is less than 2 years old Because I couldn't find a living wage job, the house is in foreclosure. Instead of getting better, everything keeps getting worse. I wish God would let me know what to do.
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TIE, I am sorry your life is seemingly so awful right now. I say "seemingly" because your losing your home could be a blessing in disguise for what is coming down the pike.
Besides. "Owning" a home is an illusion. Try not paying your property taxes for three years and see what happens. Who, then, really owns your home?
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Alexandria, just stay or get in a State of Grace. Our Lord and His Mother will not abandon you. You are guaranteed victory if you remain faithful. Practice virtue, prayer, and practice as much Catholic Action as you can. Hand out Miraculous Medals etc.
But yes, I have felt the crushing weight of what you are talking about. It is discouraging when it seems impossible to speak with a priest about our problems and anxieties. Turn to the High Priest...He will always hear you and succor you. But yes, I understand.
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Alexandria, just stay or get in a State of Grace. Our Lord and His Mother will not abandon you. You are guaranteed victory if you remain faithful. Practice virtue, prayer, and practice as much Catholic Action as you can. Hand out Miraculous Medals etc.
But yes, I have felt the crushing weight of what you are talking about. It is discouraging when it seems impossible to speak with a priest about our problems and anxieties. Turn to the High Priest...He will always hear you and succor you. But yes, I understand.
Finding a priest that isn't NO and hasn't succuмb to the be nice at all costs practice is increasingly difficult. It's simply not an option to the Church behind you as a moral pillar and refuge.
My question is if you don't Have a True church to turn to or without a priest to council and travel is beyond your means, how can you keep sane while living virtuous?
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Alexandria, just stay or get in a State of Grace. Our Lord and His Mother will not abandon you. You are guaranteed victory if you remain faithful. Practice virtue, prayer, and practice as much Catholic Action as you can. Hand out Miraculous Medals etc.
But yes, I have felt the crushing weight of what you are talking about. It is discouraging when it seems impossible to speak with a priest about our problems and anxieties. Turn to the High Priest...He will always hear you and succor you. But yes, I understand.
Maximus, thank you.
I try not to forget that we already know Who wins in the end. It is the living through the battle that is so hard.
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Alexandria, just stay or get in a State of Grace. Our Lord and His Mother will not abandon you. You are guaranteed victory if you remain faithful. Practice virtue, prayer, and practice as much Catholic Action as you can. Hand out Miraculous Medals etc.
But yes, I have felt the crushing weight of what you are talking about. It is discouraging when it seems impossible to speak with a priest about our problems and anxieties. Turn to the High Priest...He will always hear you and succor you. But yes, I understand.
Finding a priest that isn't NO and hasn't succuмb to the be nice at all costs practice is increasingly difficult. It's simply not an option to the Church behind you as a moral pillar and refuge.
My question is if you don't Have a True church to turn to or without a priest to council and travel is beyond your means, how can you keep sane while living virtuous?
I would say by praying the Rosary daily and consecrating yourself to Our Lady bringing all your trials and difficulties and anxieties and frustrations to Her. And to St. Joseph too.
Surely God knows the situation He has either willed or permitted each one of us to be placed in.
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TIE, I am sorry your life is seemingly so awful right now. I say "seemingly" because your losing your home could be a blessing in disguise for what is coming down the pike.
Besides. "Owning" a home is an illusion. Try not paying your property taxes for three years and see what happens. Who, then, really owns your home?
Thanks for the very good Catholic advice. :jumping2:
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Human trafficking is something that seriously breaks me too. The idea of young boys and girls being stolen from their families or from the streets only to be sold around sex toys is absolutely horrible to think about :cry: :cry: Here's something that might comfort you, one time I heard a preist saying how God sees the front of the tapestry while we only see the back. The back of the tapestry is all just a bunch of splotches of color, there are threads just hanging there, there are strange figures and forms. In short, it's a mess and some things just don't make sense. But when you look at the front of the tapestry, you see all the beautiful colors, and the strange figures in the back you see have become actual shapes and figures. It all finally makes sense, and it paints a beautiful picture. Why God allows such evil things to happen is something that only He knows. He sees the front of the tapestry, we don't. We must have the humility and patience to realize that. Accept it. Take up your cross and pray and make sacrifices for the world. Do not despair, nor become despondent. Do not ask "why" only ask for the necessary graces to not despair. Patience, humility, resignation to His will. Here's a relevant passage from the book " The Desert Fathers : Sayings of the Early Christian Monks "
Antony was confused as he meditated upon the depths of God's judgements, and he asked God, "Lord, how is it that some die young and others grow old and sick? Why are there some poor and some rich? Why are there those who are bad and rich and oppress the good poor?" He heard a voice saying to him," Antony, worry about yourself; these other matters are up to God, and it will not do you any good to know them.
:pray: :pray: :pray:
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Although it was some 6 or 8 years ago, I think I was experiencing the same thing Alexandria, it all boils down to us living among some hell bound wretched animals, as the rest of the world's mission seems to be the last one jumping into the pit (http://www.robertscottbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Sheeple_Pit.gif) is a rotten egg.
Posters have offered some pretty good advice, for me, I like TIE's "keeping a strong prayer life, receiving Catholic Sacraments often, and reading good Catholic books", so I will suggest the short book that helped me when I was in your shoes, maybe it will also help you, Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence (http://www.olrl.org/snt_docs/trustful/) For me, the section titled "We do not ask enough" was the most memorable which I try to apply every day since reading it.
That book says: "Nothing happens in the universe without God willing and allowing it. This statement must he taken absolutely of everything with the exception of sin. 'Nothing occurs by chance in the whole course of our lives' is the unanimous teaching of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, 'and God intervenes everywhere.'"
I've come to understand, and more importantly, to accept the reason God put us here during these abominable times instead of any other time since creation - is because He knew it is best for our salvation. With faith in knowing that God purposely put you where you are, you can turn all your cares, frustrations and anxieties into aids for your own salvation. This is true for every person who has ever lived and ever will live! It is something to meditate on often. We are never alone, we do not take a breath that God is not right there with us, watching us, eager to give us whatever we need to get to heaven.
Here (http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/?a=topic&t=37285&min=4&num=1) is an old post that I hope can be of some help.
This might be a bit unrelated, but here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/as43qdhzatnglvz/You-Must-Have-Great-Faith-36.mp3?dl=0) is a very nice sermon (about 25 minutes long) from Fr. Wathen titled "You must have great faith" that I like to apply to Divine Providence.
Never forget that you are not alone! Remember ......"knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you."- 1Peter 5:9,10
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catholics don't proselytize these days, nor do they spread the gospel in other ways. Just the other day I had a baptist church woman knock on my door to try to get me to come to her church. She is not the only one over the years.
maybe you should try to get together with some catholics and go and try to get people into church. maybe you should get some people to pray in public. the idea of actually doing something to counteract the rot is something that catholics do not contemplate for some reason. If i had some other catholics, even novus ordo, to do that with i would hold up signs that said "stop the moral rot". Catholics are just not active, which is why you see the problems. if you did the rosary on a street corner with others, people would inquire, then maybe you could get them into church.
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Stubborn, thank you for reminding me about the book Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence which I have read many times and will do so again.
I remind myself of all that you posted many times.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post. And I don't know how I can be because I find it hard to describe. It's more of a sense thing than anything else.
It's almost as if we are living in Hell itself surrounded by demons who are multiplying at a rapid rate.
Or being the only sane person is an insane asylum where insanity is normal and you, truly the only normal person, is considered insane.
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Alexandria, I cannot find the reference. But we are told that God will not test us beyond our means, but will provide the strength to withstand what ever suffering He allows us. All this is for a purpose and and a trial.
Courage! Stand up strong in faith.
remember what the early martyrs were able to withstand. Their world was pagan and wicked.
We must pray for each other.
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Nadir, yes. We must pray for each other. From today on, in my intentions, I will include all of my Catholic brothers and sisters who are finding it hard to live in the world we have created by our sins. Because it is our sins that have created this living hell.
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Nadir, yes. We must pray for each other. From today on, in my intentions, I will include all of my Catholic brothers and sisters who are finding it hard to live in the world we have created by our sins. Because it is our sins that have created this living hell.
your response to evil in the world is to buy a book and pray? the title of this thread then, given this, should be "accepting evil in the world, feeling like a victim, and singing dirges about it".
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My life is a mess right now. I have a dying cat which is less than 2 years old Because I couldn't find a living wage job, the house is in foreclosure. Instead of getting better, everything keeps getting worse. I wish God would let me know what to do.
Regarding your foreclosure, there are a number of things to do.
You could rent the house out. That would be a solution if the rent covers the mortgage payment. You could just rent out a room if that gets your enough funds, OR rent out all the house but one room for you.
If renting it doesn't work, then you can sell it and get whatever equity is left and move somewhere more affordable for you.
The important thing is to learn to live within your means. You are just torturing yourself by living in a place you can't afford.
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I have neighbors who are spending lots of free time continually putting chemicals on their lawns and even mowing the lawn when it doesn't need mowing.
Hi neighbor! I just like a nice, lush lawn.
:farmer:
j/k
But the general wickedness of the world will only get worse until Jesus returns. It will be like the "days of Noah."
I've been thinking about this issue lately, too. The country has changed so much in the past decade or two. It used to be sodomites would have to keep to themselves; today they are demanding marriage licenses and any criticism of their perverse lifestyle will result in loss of your job or a civil rights law suits. We have abortion on demand, and it is a Woman's Rights issue for most of America. Men are trying to become women and vice versa. It's more than just women wearing pant or men having ear rings and long hair. They are destroying their bodies. This country deserves the wraith of God in spades. Justice demands it.
We all live in a Protestant country. And, most of them have lost their heretical faith and are supporting abortion and sodomy. Protestant churches are empty too. I see enormous Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopalian churches that hardly have any people in them. They are rented out just to get funds to paint the walls. But I think our situation is similar to Catholics during the Reformation. The churches are destroyed - eyes on statues are gauged out and hands broken off.
We should all be thankful that at least we have the True Faith and Heaven will be our reward.
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Prayer is always no#1. I did happen to run across 2 volumes of Fr. Arseny a priest, prisoner for 20 years and spiritual Father. 1st volume is his testimony and witnesses to his time in prison. A Russian priest in a russian prison. Very cold. The 2nd volume are more testimonies saved and put in a book. I don't know if you can read them on-line.
These books tell so much of agony and how it was dealt with. Just so excellent! It will put our sorrows and tribulations to little compared to others pain and sorrows. Father Arseny 1893- 1973
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Stubborn, thank you for reminding me about the book Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence which I have read many times and will do so again.
I remind myself of all that you posted many times.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post. And I don't know how I can be because I find it hard to describe. It's more of a sense thing than anything else.
It's almost as if we are living in Hell itself surrounded by demons who are multiplying at a rapid rate.
Or being the only sane person is an insane asylum where insanity is normal and you, truly the only normal person, is considered insane.
We are seeing the ugliness of sin emerge as not merely the norm, but as the law. I thought when you said you are having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds you that you might be about to lose it. Thankfully I see that's not the case.
The tattooed, pinhead freaks with purple hair are something sickening to me. Around Detroit, the freaks are killing each other off 4 or 5 at a time these days, and what happens? Neighbors are protesting like they're going on strike or something, they carry signs and chant with bull horns as they're protesting down the side streets to the criminals to stop all the violence. :facepalm:
When they catch the murderers, who maybe just killed a guy for his shoes, they show the freaks sitting there in the court room without an ounce of remorse, like it's all such a waste of time that they got caught.
I don't know, I don't watch the drug commercials that go by the name "World News" on TV that often, normally I scan the headlines on google news or CNN or some other source off the internet - that way I see about as much of what's happening as I care too and nothing more.
But I think it really is "almost as if we are living in Hell itself surrounded by demons who are multiplying at a rapid rate."
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Nadir, yes. We must pray for each other. From today on, in my intentions, I will include all of my Catholic brothers and sisters who are finding it hard to live in the world we have created by our sins. Because it is our sins that have created this living hell.
your response to evil in the world is to buy a book and pray? the title of this thread then, given this, should be "accepting evil in the world, feeling like a victim, and singing dirges about it".
Get away from me you antagonistic, trolling fool.
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Stubborn, thank you for reminding me about the book Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence which I have read many times and will do so again.
I remind myself of all that you posted many times.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post. And I don't know how I can be because I find it hard to describe. It's more of a sense thing than anything else.
It's almost as if we are living in Hell itself surrounded by demons who are multiplying at a rapid rate.
Or being the only sane person is an insane asylum where insanity is normal and you, truly the only normal person, is considered insane.
We are seeing the ugliness of sin emerge as not merely the norm, but as the law. I thought when you said you are having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds you that you might be about to lose it. Thankfully I see that's not the case.
The tattooed, pinhead freaks with purple hair are something sickening to me. Around Detroit, the freaks are killing each other off 4 or 5 at a time these days, and what happens? Neighbors are protesting like they're going on strike or something, they carry signs and chant with bull horns as they're protesting down the side streets to the criminals to stop all the violence. :facepalm:
When they catch the murderers, who maybe just killed a guy for his shoes, they show the freaks sitting there in the court room without an ounce of remorse, like it's all such a waste of time that they got caught.
I don't know, I don't watch the drug commercials that go by the name "World News" on TV that often, normally I scan the headlines on google news or CNN or some other source off the internet - that way I see about as much of what's happening as I care too and nothing more.
But I think it really is "almost as if we are living in Hell itself surrounded by demons who are multiplying at a rapid rate."
I am having a hard time dealing with it. It's overwhelming.
You are much younger than me. Most here are. You wouldn't know about the country before it became an immoral cesspool and a haven for freaks.
I don't own a television and haven't watched one for almost 25 years, so I wouldn't know what smut is on it these days.
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Nadir, yes. We must pray for each other. From today on, in my intentions, I will include all of my Catholic brothers and sisters who are finding it hard to live in the world we have created by our sins. Because it is our sins that have created this living hell.
your response to evil in the world is to buy a book and pray? the title of this thread then, given this, should be "accepting evil in the world, feeling like a victim, and singing dirges about it".
Get away from me you antagonistic, trolling fool.
why tell us about all the evil in the world? do you want sympathy? Actually, people like you love it when the world goes to hell. Its the best thing that could happen to them, because then they get to write and buy books about the evil, go off into their little safespace with their precious new book, and then troll for attention online. Never do they want to discuss doing anything about the evil.
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[...] It is quite scary. I have concluded that the apocalypses is upon us and I think it officially began with the creation of the state of Israel in May 14 of 1948. The demons are roaming loose.
Remember when Our Lady of La Salette said, "He (Anti-Christ) will have brothers who, although not devils incarnate like him, will be children of evil. At the age of twelve, they will draw attention upon themselves by the gallant victories they will have won; soon they will each lead armies, aided by the legions of hell." I think this is in reference to the 6 Day War between "Israel" and Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Despite the adversity of facing all three allied nations on their own in a war, "Israel" beat all three of them down in six days, effecting the capture of Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. That victory was imperative for not only the survival of “Israel”, but also for what has become of “Israel” today. I believe these brothers, who were 12 at that time, of the later-to-be-born Anti-Christ, privately lead "Israel" to win that war so quickly. Our Lady says they will bring attention to themselves because of their victories, but I think this means that the attention will only be from the Jєωs who knew and were commanded by those evil brothers. I don't think she meant public attention and knowledge of them specifically who led "Israel" to win that war, because any public disclosure would show the supranatural efficacy 12 year old brothers leading armies to victories. This could only have happened by the assistance of legions of demons. I don't know how much later the Anti-Christ was born or how much younger he is to his brothers, but the time is nearing for the Anti-Christ's public emergence.
(The events foretold in Our Lady of La Salette's message were not necessarily given in correct chronological order by the children Melanie and Maximin, but the essential details of the message are still preserved and accurate.)
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I think that we are living in the time that will see the rise of the anti-christ. The 19th century saw the dissolution of the Sacrum Romanum Imperium for the first time in its history. The Roman Empire was the fourth world-empire predicted by the Holy Prophet Daniel, during the dominion of which Christ had to be born. According to most Church Fathers, the Empire was the power that witheld the manifestation of the son of perdition (2 Thess. 2,7). Through Constantine, the Church ascended the throne of the Cesars, and in the person of Theodose the Great, her sacred dominion was consolidated. Then God sent the Germanic tribes to purify the Empire from the remaining pagan elements through the crucible of fire and sword, destroying its Western wing*, until Pope Leo III blew off the dust from the Imperial Crown of the Occident, and placed it upon the Salic front of Blessed Charlemagne.
After his death, his reign became divided and as time passed, the Holy Roman Emperors increasingly placed their steps in the olden footprints of caesaropapism, making them willing instruments in the development of the mysterium iniquitatis that worked already during the time of the Apostles. God sent His prophet, Saint Vincent Ferrer, to preach repentance across the world, declaring that the Day of Judgement was drawing nigh. Many benignly succuмbed to the grace of his predication, but rebellion against Christ and His Vicar did not cease in the world, and God sent the Mohammedan Turks, mystical seed of Ismael, to overthrow Byzantium, reducing Greece to an insignificant country as the cries of its Emperor and his warriors faded under its ruins.
Then arose Luther, the fallen star, and opened the abyss with the abominable key of heresy in the Occident. He tore western nations away from the unity of the Mystical Bride of Christ, and drenched the earth in the blood of prophets and saints, all in the name of satanical libertinage. Protestantism developed itself into the 18th century rationalism that led mankind into the infamous darkness of the French Revolution, which dressed an altar to Astaroth, the devil of false reason. Europe was in revolt, and the Holy Empire disappeared into the chaos of this diabolical cataclysm. For the first time in its history, the Roman Empire had faded from the face of the earth, and the prayers for the Roman Emperors, which were offered to God since the days of the Holy Apostles, were removed from the Sacred Liturgy of the Church.
It was then that the world had entered into the phase of the general apostasy, foretold by the Apostle of the Gentiles as preceding the reign of the anti-christ, and this time period is yet enduring in our days until that most abominable man will begin the tyranny that will endure one time, two times and half a time (three years and a half). Then, Our Divine Lord will destroy him through the power and splendour of His Parousia.
Since the Holy Empire was the only vehicle destined by God to unify nations under a religious kind of European Union in the time preceding the anti-christ, and the resurrection of this Empire seems incompatible with eschatological truths, I think that the only way that Catholics can strive politically to safeguard the nations in which they live from becoming civilly subject to the anti-christ, when he will manifest himself, is to support local, healthy Catholic nationalisms that render their countries independant from international political unions. No Catholic international unions will be established, and existing unions will not be christened, but will merge with the throne of the son of perdition when he rises to power.
Perhaps that is why Divine Providence is allowing forms of nationalism to rise across the world, so that Catholics can strive to christen them in the hope to keep their countries civilly separated from the coming world wide satanical dominion.
All Catholics must pray intensively for the Holy Father, that he might convert from appeasing anti-christ worldpowers to opposing them. Now, more than ever, the sheep need a strong leader to nourish and protect them. All the Church Fathers agree that in the last days, the Vicar of Christ will either be put to death or be driven out of Rome. All must pray for the Pope of Rome.
* The fall of the Western Reign was not a disappearance of the Roman Empire, which continued to exist in the Eastern Emperors of Byzantium in an unbroken manner up to the restoration of the Western Crown.
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These are the worst of times, times like the Apostles knew in the hour their Lord was crucified. Times when faith is tried and made pure, when love is tested that it may emerge undefiled; a "dark night" we must go through collectively, before the Church will be victoriously exalted in the sight of all nations, as Our Lord in the Resurrection. All the impurity and such that we see for ourselves was foretold in exact and precise terms by Our Lady of Quito, Ecuador, as happening in the latter half of the twentieth century - She said there would scarcely be any virgin souls in the world, religious orders will be corrupted, vocations will decrease and be stifled, and marriage will be attacked from all sides. As sins against purity increase, faith will grow weak and almost disappear in many. But this will be followed by a complete restoration of all things. What we are going through is a prelude of the final days, an Anti-Christ like figure will probably appear soon on the world stage, and punish the world by wars, famine, and other calamities that are caused by sin. Our Lady explained that sin has such effects in La Salette, She also spoke there of a future restoration when "the new kings will be the right arm of Holy Church". St. Paul the Apostle himself, in Scripture, according to the understanding of many Fathers, announces that a time will come when the Jєωs will be converted, and this will mean great things for the whole world. All heresies and schisms will cease, infidelity and paganism will be uprooted, Judaism and Mohammedanism will almost end; the words of Our Lady in Fatima to this effect are too well known to need repetition.
"These texts are explicit and precise. It is clear from their testimony that there will come a time when all heresies and schisms will be overcome, and when the true religion will be known and practiced in all places illuminated by the sun."
http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/g004EndTimes.htm
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Exile and Nishant, thank you.
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"These texts are explicit and precise. It is clear from their testimony that there will come a time when all heresies and schisms will be overcome, and when the true religion will be known and practiced in all places illuminated by the sun."
http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/g004EndTimes.htm
I can't wait for the grand farce of Protestantism to be buried and for all those blasphemies against Our Lady and the Church to be repented of.
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you guys are funny. You get to make predictions about all these things happening without stating any timeframe. Will it happen in your lifetime? No. But of course you'll be singing that song all the way to the grave. People like you folks have been predicting imminent biblical ending since the start of the church, and of course it never happens, but that doesn't stop the next windbag from making HIS prediction, which never happens, et ad infinitum. If you read the scriptures, the endtimes are clearly described. Your windbag predictions are easy to make, right? You're not risking anything in making them because they are always vague, without dates.
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To further develop the content of my previous post:
We do not have any date as to when the anti-christ will begin his reign, but His Divine Majesty has exhorted His disciples to read the signs of the times, and the signs of our times are alarming in a way that has never before been seen. Has anyone here considered the possibility that the anti-christ might emerge from a restored Ottoman Empire? The Reverend Father Rohrbacher foresaw that the expansive power of islam would last 1260 years (from the rise of Muhammed in power to the crushing defeat of Ottoman military power in the nineteenth century), which it did. Three years and a half are 1260 days, and this is the duration of the future reign of the son of perdition. The priestly writer saw in islam all the marks of an anti-christ system, and correctly predicted the breach of its power before it took place. I have read that there have been seven main caliphates throughout history, and that the Ottoman Empire was the seventh. Now, this seventh caliphate was destroyed, does not exist at present, but appears to become restored soon by the machinations of Erdogan, the president of Turkey. If you observe his words and actions, it is clear that he desires to bring back the Ottoman worldpower. Saint John wrote in his Apocalypsis that the seventh head of the beast was, is not, and will be, and that it would ascend from the abyss. The seven heads of the beast are the seven hills of Rome. But perhaps they are also the seven caliphates of history, of which the seventh head is about to return? Erdogan has already wrought a false miracle to seduce his people, and his insane ambitions are known throughout geo-politics.
Will he establish an international caliphate with him as the supreme leader, and seize Jerusalem and Rome to be his seats? If the city of Rome becomes mohammedan, the transition to her old form of paganism will be easily made. The Holy Fathers have said that Rome will become pagan again in the latter days, and return to her imperial grandeur. We see how neo-paganism is on the rise; the massonist lodges have produced Germanic idolatry, witchery, druid circles, and these things take place publically now, since the western governments do not oppose them. We know that islam has an inherent fixation on Rome, because its false prophet foretold that his sectarians would capture it.
Another point worthy of consideration is the horrifying amount of Christian blood that is being shed across the world today, and I wonder whether that much has ever been shed in times before.
Reading the signs of the times determines, to a certain degree, the political activity of Catholics. Some believe that the Sacrum Imperium will be revived, but I do not see this as a possibility in light of Catholic eschatology. I think that all should prepare for an imminent manifestation of the anti-christ, and do their best to prepare the nations in which they reside for the war against the beast. The methods of this preparation should be discussed by the faithful of Christ, and I think that Catholic nationalism must exercise a significant role in it. I see a universal Christian regeneration in the world, before the Parousia, as a hope that will not be fulfilled. Christ Himself will be the One to destroy the tide of evil and to establish His universal Reign upon the earth. Catholics must attempt to gain as many nations as possible for His divine cause, to wage war against the beast that ascends from the abyss.
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A very good friend of mine who has since gone to her reward used to always quote to me this line from the Old Testament:
"In evil times, the wise man keeps silent."
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I'm having a very, very hard time dealing with the evil that surrounds me. It has increased a hundred-fold in the past decades; most noticeably since the year 2000, it seems to have gotten worse. Much, much worse.
The city in which we live has gone down the tubes the past two years or so - crime, murder, ѕυιcιdєs, drug dealers and increased usage (primarily meth and heroin), sex slaves/human trafficking in our city. The police department arrests them, the judges let them go and they are back on the streets and in business. If things go on like this, and if people do not start getting justice, they are going to create a vigilante society. Maybe that is what they want.
Good God, how can He allow all of this to go on? Especially when it comes to human trafficking - most the girls are young - many are little girls. Some of the adolescent girls are fed drugs while used for elite prostitution (by that I mean, the price tag on them is so steep, only the wealthy can afford them) until they get pregnant. Once the baby is delivered, it is sold to whomever for whatever nefarious purposes.
It's not going away but only getting worse. The Church which used to be a haven for us and a safe refuge, is nothing of a sort today. Our traditional chapels are full of compromisers who live with one foot in one world and the other foot in another.
There is no priest to talk to. They are all too busy running here and there.
Am I alone? Is there anyone else here that is going through something similar or maybe the same?
I agree, However, thank God for our courageous 'Resistance' Bishops who always stand up for the truth!
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To further develop the content of my previous post:
We do not have any date as to when the anti-christ will begin his reign, but His Divine Majesty has exhorted His disciples to read the signs of the times, and the signs of our times are alarming in a way that has never before been seen. Has anyone here considered the possibility that the anti-christ might emerge from a restored Ottoman Empire? The Reverend Father Rohrbacher foresaw that the expansive power of islam would last 1260 years (from the rise of Muhammed in power to the crushing defeat of Ottoman military power in the nineteenth century), which it did. Three years and a half are 1260 days, and this is the duration of the future reign of the son of perdition. The priestly writer saw in islam all the marks of an anti-christ system, and correctly predicted the breach of its power before it took place. I have read that there have been seven main caliphates throughout history, and that the Ottoman Empire was the seventh. Now, this seventh caliphate was destroyed, does not exist at present, but appears to become restored soon by the machinations of Erdogan, the president of Turkey. If you observe his words and actions, it is clear that he desires to bring back the Ottoman worldpower. Saint John wrote in his Apocalypsis that the seventh head of the beast was, is not, and will be, and that it would ascend from the abyss. The seven heads of the beast are the seven hills of Rome. But perhaps they are also the seven caliphates of history, of which the seventh head is about to return? Erdogan has already wrought a false miracle to seduce his people, and his insane ambitions are known throughout geo-politics.
Will he establish an international caliphate with him as the supreme leader, and seize Jerusalem and Rome to be his seats? If the city of Rome becomes mohammedan, the transition to her old form of paganism will be easily made. The Holy Fathers have said that Rome will become pagan again in the latter days, and return to her imperial grandeur. We see how neo-paganism is on the rise; the massonist lodges have produced Germanic idolatry, witchery, druid circles, and these things take place publically now, since the western governments do not oppose them. We know that islam has an inherent fixation on Rome, because its false prophet foretold that his sectarians would capture it.
Another point worthy of consideration is the horrifying amount of Christian blood that is being shed across the world today, and I wonder whether that much has ever been shed in times before.
Reading the signs of the times determines, to a certain degree, the political activity of Catholics. Some believe that the Sacrum Imperium will be revived, but I do not see this as a possibility in light of Catholic eschatology. I think that all should prepare for an imminent manifestation of the anti-christ, and do their best to prepare the nations in which they reside for the war against the beast. The methods of this preparation should be discussed by the faithful of Christ, and I think that Catholic nationalism must exercise a significant role in it. I see a universal Christian regeneration in the world, before the Parousia, as a hope that will not be fulfilled. Christ Himself will be the One to destroy the tide of evil and to establish His universal Reign upon the earth. Catholics must attempt to gain as many nations as possible for His divine cause, to wage war against the beast that ascends from the abyss.
Have you heard Bishop Williamson's wonderful lectures on the ''Seven Ages of the Church''?
How do we cope with this stinking foetid generation of Perdition? I know not save to pray and to flee them, but I shall certainly put in a decade for you tonight.