A MESSAGE FOR THE SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF ASCENSION
In today’s Epistle we are warned
by our Lord that the time cometh when “whosoever killeth you will think that he
doeth God service.” This admonition happens
to be very timely, as we come to the end of a week in which Muslim extremists
saw fit to murder 22 people in England and another 25 in Egypt, all in the name
of Allah. Despite God’s commandment that
“thou shalt not kill,” men seem to find so many reasons to justify disobeying
this sacred law. Worst of all, we often
find our justification in some perverse interpretation of what we see to be
“the will of God”.
We should not forget that the
original Hebrew of the Ten Commandments forbids the unlawful taking of life. It
does not forbid killing in the act of self-defense or the defense of our
neighbor, nor does it mean that on the larger scale, we may not kill on the
battlefield as our homeland fights for its survival. Capital punishment is also justifiable as the
defense of our society from those who have proved themselves wholly unfit to
exist in it. Since Vatican II, the
liberal snowflake clergy have totally confused these distinctions, and attempt
to convince us that all killing is equally evil, whether it be the murder of
the unborn or the execution of the murderer.
This is patently absurd, and no Catholic with any brains will be
persuaded by their nonsense.
As liberalism grows by leaps and
bounds in this world, we are going to see it eventually extend to its logical
conclusion, which will be the manic and ferocious attempt to eradicate the
Truth of God from the face of the earth.
This, unfortunately, bodes ill for those of us who uphold that Truth,
and we must prepare for the martyrdom of which our Lord speaks to us
today. Whether we die at the hands of
Islamic terrorists or of fanatical left-wing lunatics from Berkeley, it matters
not. If the killing is done out of
hatred for God, or for the truths or moral law of God, the crown of martyrdom
is waiting for all those who lay down their lives in his Name.
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