Over the last year several years and more so just recently, Ukraine is again in the international crosshairs causing great consternation and grief. Several key questions must be asked? Why is it so important to the United States? And what can the U.S really do about it if Putin decides to invade Ukraine? What would the war look like and who would be involved? How far will it go into Europe with its repercussions?
A man does not yield when the mere universe has turned against him, he yields when his own heart has turned against him. We surrender, not when circumstances are miserable, but when we are miserable. – G.K. Chesterton
The most common phrase of the war criminals at trial was “I was just following orders.” Therein lies the issue of our day. We see it all around us. It is all about career advancement rather than being a voice for truth. A robotic compliance with godless directives from a neopagan state.
Then Pilate said to Jesus, “So you are king, are you?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” After saying this he went back out to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in Him” (John 18:37-38).
First, we must know who we are up against, the devil himself. Being an angelic being he is smarter, stronger, and more has more perseverance than us. So, we can’t rely on our own power. We must fight with the power of God, and the intercession of the saints, especially Our Lady.
“Moses answered the people, Fear not! Stand your ground, and you will see what Yahweh will do to save you today: the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. Yahweh will do the fighting for you: you have …
“Today no war has been declared — and however fierce the struggle may be, it may never be declared in the traditional fashion. Our way of life is under attack.”
Almost 100 years ago Soviet dictator Josef Stalin observed that Communism faced two primary obstacles in its efforts to dominate and eventually take over the entire world: the American middle class, and the Roman Catholic Church.
The battle we see today in the streets, classrooms, and in our neighborhoods is ultimately a spiritual one. Satan first said he would not serve. And so it plays out in the culture today. Those who are trying to adhere to a moral code according to scriptural dictates continue to shrink as the years go on.
The Holy See has deliberately renounced the supernatural mission of the Church, making itself the servant of the New World Order and Masonic globalism in an antichristic counter-magisterium.