A Call to Arms

*A Call to Arms*

Apolos, I can say without hesitation that I barely know anything about what's been going on regarding the presidency and the policies of those running for president; but I do know enough to say that Obama is the ironic liberator.

Obama has (in my case) liberated me from my fear and hesitation, and catapulted me into Catholic, affirmative action.Prepare yourselves (I feel compelled to say) for the martyrdoms we've all read about in books about the saints, because now, there's very little stopping them from happening to you and me.

"The freedom of the church as an institution to distance itself from that which its doctrines decry as morally wrong is considered sacrosanct. " (Rahe, 2/10/12)

That means, in every earthly sense, we're screwed. People living (or dying) during WW2, the French Revolution, Poland under soviet rule, etc.-- all saw persecution during times in history when barbarism and animosity toward the Church were thought to be improbable.

Well, here we are again, folks.

I hate to bring in the cliche, but when are you going to notice how Obama mimics Hitler? And the best part is, Obama didn't even have to start his own Holocaust: it's been going on (legally) since 1973! Obama’s also doing a great job at getting everyone of us to literally pay for it.

What can we do about it on the national level? On any political level? Very little. But on the spiritual level?

The power of Mary, the Theotokos (“Mother of God”), invoked through the recitation of the Rosary has crushed the enemies of the Church time and again. Century after century. Corrupt ruler after corrupt ruler. I think it’s time to harness our eternal ammo and get cranking. Mother Mary and her Son have been throwing this tool, the Rosary, at us for centuries, because they WANT us to use it. So let’s use it.

Pray the Rosary. Pray it every day. Start it even when you know you can’t finish it. Pray it, even when you have no privacy. Try and do it once a day, every day. Mary is listening. I don’t need to tell you that. You KNOW. You know.

Apolos, today, Sirena and I ask you to join us in saying the Rosary everyday. We also invite you to say it with us in front of Polyclinic on Saturday mornings (we’re going to try and be there as early as 9:00am and stay for as long as possible). Why? Because Polyclinic, one of Guam’s two abortion clinics, is sitting there, waiting for us to ask Mary to crush it into the dust and send a definite message to all those pro-death people out there (malicious or unwitting, whatever the case may be) that no matter how much they try to make mortal sin legal and available, the Church laity will always be there to defeat them.

“The grace of my God rendered me invincible.” Take the words of St. Philomena, a 13 year old virgin martyr of ancient times, to heart, and get busy.

See you there.

Pax tecum.