Evil Does Not Sleep Reaction
I read with great interest “Evil Does Not Sleep.” The “rights” of a country carrying out its objectives in the Monroe Doctrine. And the Evil, known and unknown throughout the world, and their responses to the United States, using its strength and intelligence to act against perceived evil.
Our Connected World
My first reflection was on the reactions of other countries. Eighty years ago, we had the Axis of Evil to overcome. Europe spent years cleaning up the mess of World War II. The mission was long, and everyone helped. Rebuilding took time. Countries eventually began steering themselves individually again and no longer worked as a whole with a single vision. Communism in Russia, and socialism in France and England. In the Middle East, the UN carved a country out for Israel, but the unrest of that region continues.
All the while, not much attention has been paid to the Western Hemisphere. South America has been relatively unnoticed (at least by the US news). Perhaps in the past thirty years, it has been recognized for its drug cartels (cocaine, marijuana, and now fentanyl), all while political regimes have quietly shifted and gone unrecognized publicly by the US.
The Unknown Unknown
Our last President, Joe Biden, did more harm to this country than any I can remember. His open borders policy did just that. Opened the borders to every criminal, drug dealer, and enemy spy in the world. I applaud President Trump for taking action in Venezuela. But as noble an act as that was, there were other motives behind the actions.
As the “Evil Does Not Sleep” article shared, we do not know the outcomes of our country’s actions. Will Venezuela maintain the status quo under the new president? How entrenched are the drug lords in that country’s government? Can the people ever get any say in their government again? Will those thousands who fled Venezuela return? And the big question in my mind is who is overseeing the pot of liquid gold, their oil?
Fighting Evil at Home
Here at home, we fight evil in our own cities and governments. New York is poised to become the first socialist city. Minnesota is unraveling thanks to its Governor and democratic leaders. Their anti-US rhetoric is disgraceful. ICE agents are working in fear for their lives every time they go out to arrest a criminal illegal. Imagine the horrible state our country would be in had Kamala Harris and Tim Walz been elected.
Minnesota appears to be a hotbed of socialists. An environment that has escalated into fierce divisions. Last year, Democratic State Senator Hoffman and his wife were shot, and Democratic Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. Democratic US representatives like Ilhan Omar are constantly spewing anti-US hatred and propaganda and speaking out most recently against federal ICE agents. Thankfully, she was voted off the foreign affairs committee for her bias against Israel and anti-American rhetoric. Muslim Americans, Arab Americans, progressives, and socialists need to be watched carefully regarding their allegiance to this country.
Back in the 60’s, JFK was looked at with suspicion for being Catholic. Opponents claimed he was a papalist and would put his faith before the country. Decades later, we see political candidates touting their religious beliefs as “part of the man.” Of course, saying you are Christian these days may help in the voting booth in some places, but it does not always ensure you are prolife, pro-male and female, and pro-traditional marriage. There are always wolves in sheep’s clothing.
The Holy Face
A couple of years ago, a book came out that grabbed my attention, ‘Secret of the Holy Face: The Devotion Destined to Save Society.’ By Fr. Lawrence Daniel Carney, III. It is about a forgotten devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. The Holy Face image, legend has it, first appeared when Veronica wiped Jesus’ face as he walked to his crucifixion on the road to Calvary. The book is the story of how prayers were given to a nun to pray against socialism with devotion to the image of the Holy Face. This took place in France in the mid-1800s, but it has resurfaced in these times. Praying could hold off God’s wrath and the imminent takeover by socialism and communism. Prayers are in reparation against the sins of blasphemy and profaning the Lord’s Day. This story moved me so much that I am now praying these prayers daily for our country against communism. (Had the French continued with this devotion, their country would be in different hands now. Sadly, it is run by socialists and is being overrun with Muslims.) For a history lesson on how God can work with intercessory prayer, check out the story of the Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto.
If you are a praying person, you should at the very least pray prayers of reparation for the evil and sin our country is responsible for – especially the crime of abortion. God is a God of justice; he will not let the taking of innocent lives continue much longer. Abortion is an evil of our own making, and it does not sleep.
