Psalm 56, Verse 12
In God I trust, I do not FEAR.
What can man do to me?
Beset
physically and psychologically, the psalmist maintains a firm confidence in
God. Nothing will prevent the psalmist from keeping the vow to give thanks for
God’s gift of life.[1] Do
we trust in God and not fear what man can do to us. We too like the psalmist
are beset physically and psychologically.
Psychological Warfare and the New World Order[2]
America
is at war. But this not a conventional war waged with tanks, battleships and
planes in conventional battlefields —at least not yet. It is a secret,
insidious type of war whose battleground is the people’s minds.
Its
main weapons are propaganda and mass brainwashing by disinformation, cunning,
deception and lies in a large scale not used against the people of any nation
since Nazi Germany. Though important,
however, those elements are just part of a series of carefully planned and
executed long and short-term psychological warfare operations.
In
synthesis, it is a psychological war —a PSYWAR. If an unfriendly foreign power
had carried out against the American people the actions carried out by Wall
Street bankers, Oil magnates and CEOs of transnational corporations entrenched
at the Council on Foreign Relations and its parasite organizations, we might
well have considered it an act of war. Unfortunately, most Americans ignore
that they are under attack. The reason is because, like Ninja assassins, the
main weapon used by the conspirators who have managed to infiltrate and take
control of the U.S. Government and most of American life has been their
invisibility. For almost a century, these small groups of conspirators have
been waging a quiet, non-declared war of attrition against the American people,
and it seems that they are now ready for the final, decisive battle.
Unfortunately, as the last two presidential elections showed, the brainwashed
American people reacted by changing the puppets, leaving the puppet masters
untouched and in control.
Psychological Warfare in Post-Christianity[3]
In the 1954 book Psychological Warfare Paul
Linebarger outlines the war for the mind and soul of mankind. Linebarger
describes some of the special characteristics of ideological warfare, namely
that the enemy must not only be
defeated, but converted. He points to the wars of Islamic conquest to define
two main techniques:
1. First, conversion by force. “A people can be converted from one faith to the other if given the choice between conversion and extermination, stubborn individuals being rooted out. To effect the initial conversion, participation in the public ceremonies and formal language of the new faith must be required. Sustained counterintelligence must remain on the alert against backsliders, but formal acceptance will become genuine acceptance if all public media of expression are denied the vanquished faith.”
2. The second solution, though slower,
leads to the same outcome: the consignment of the old faith to the private
sphere:
“If immediate wholesale conversion would require
military operations that were too extensive or severe, the same result can be
affected by toleration of the objectionable faith, combined with the issuance
of genuine privileges to the new, preferred faith. The conquered people are
left in the private, humble enjoyment of their old beliefs and folkways; but
all participation in public life, whether political, cultural, or economic, is
conditioned on acceptance of the new faith. In this manner, all up-rising
members of the society will move in a few generations over to the new faith in
the process of becoming rich, powerful, or learned; what is left of the old
faith will be a gutter superstition, possessing neither power nor majesty.”
“These two rules worked once in the rise of Islam. They were applied
again by Nazi overlords during World War II, the former in Poland, the Ukraine
and Byelorussia, the latter in Holland, Belgium, Norway and other Western
countries. The rules will probably be seen in action again. The former process
is difficult and bloody, but quick; the latter is as sure as a steamroller.
If Christians, or
democrats, or progressives — whatever free men may be called — are put in a
position of underprivilege and shame for their beliefs, and if the door is left
open to voluntary conversion, so that anyone who wants to can come over to the
winning side, the winning side will sooner or later convert almost everyone who
is capable of making trouble. (In the language of Vilfredo Pareto, this
would probably be termed “capture of the rising elite”; in the language of
present day Marxists, this would be described as “utilization of potential
leadership cadres from historically superseded classes”; the language of
practical politics, it means “cut in the smart boys from the opposition, so
that they can’t set up a racket of their own.”)
When I give talks on The
Benedict Option,
people often ask me to explain why I am so dark about the future for
orthodox Christians in the West. The idea of persecution seems far-fetched and
paranoid to them. I tell them that I too consider persecution unlikely in the
near term, at least. In the book, I quote the then-abbot of the Norcia
monastery as saying that faithful orthodox (that is to say, traditionalist)
Christians who don’t do something like the Benedict Option aren’t going to make
it through what’s to come. Maybe he meant persecution, but I think it more
likely he was talking about this phenomenon Linebarger describes. That’s what I
think is far more likely to happen than any direct persecution. But the
result will be the same: the widespread loss of the Christian faith. The reader
who sent that to me says he “keeps [my] Christian identity quiet
among [my] educated peers, for precisely the reasons of social disgrace
and heresy implied above. “If you, your family, and your church are not
preparing for resisting this, you are going to be steamrolled. You don’t have
forever to decide, either.
Fitness Friday-World Stroke Day[4]
World
Stroke Day seeks to raise awareness about the possibilities of stroke and how
to prevent it. This day encourages and promotes preventative measures such as
maintaining a healthy diet and exercising regularly. It also raises awareness
about treatment and recovery for victims of stroke. World Stroke Day was
established in 2006 by the World Stroke Organization. World Stroke Day is
observed annually on October 29th.
World Stroke Day Facts
·
1
in 4 adults will have a stroke according to the World Stroke Organization.
·
Preventative
measures include controlling high blood pressure, maintaining a healthy weight,
and managing stress. For more, click Stroke Risks and Prevention
·
90%
of strokes are associated with 10 avoidable risk factors according to the World
Stroke Organization. Some of these risk factors include hypertension, unhealthy
diet, smoking, and lack of exercise.
The
COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on stroke. While there was marked drop
in hospitalized stroke cases worldwide particularly during the first wave,
epidemiological data have shown a real increase in stroke incidence with cases
primarily occurring out of hospital and especially in care homes. Therefore,
COVID-19 infection itself is a risk factor for stroke, and a recent systematic
review reported it occurred in 1.4% of COVID-19 infections.[5]
Daily Devotions
·
Total Consecration to St. Joseph Day 31
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Offering to the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[1]http://usccb.org/bible/psalms/56
[4] https://www.wincalendar.com/World-Stroke-Day
[5] https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/92/11/1142
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