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	:: "It is not enough to discover Christ--you must bring Him to others! The world today is one great mission land, even in countries of longstanding Christian tradition."		:: "It is not enough to discover Christ — you must bring Him to others! The world today is one great mission land, even in countries of longstanding Christian tradition."

	== Where are we? ==		== Where are we? ==
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	; It is time to repair the House of God.		; It is time to repair the House of God.
	: The vandals have damaged the People and the House of God. They are not going to clean up after themselves. It is those of us who are left, those of us who love Jesus and His Body, who have to repair the damage done by the vandals and by the storms sweeping through the modern world. ''It's not fair''--but love goes beyond fairness. '''"Vicarious satisfaction"''' is the norm Jesus sets for us: "Love one another as I have loved you." Jesus took the sins of others upon Himself and healed the wounds that others inflicted.		: The vandals have damaged the People and the House of God. They are not going to clean up after themselves. It is those of us who are left, those of us who love Jesus and His Body, who have to repair the damage done by the vandals and by the storms sweeping through the modern world. ''It's not fair'' — but love goes beyond fairness. '''"Vicarious satisfaction"''' is the norm Jesus sets for us: "Love one another as I have loved you." Jesus took the sins of others upon Himself and healed the wounds that others inflicted.

	; It is time to evangelize.		; It is time to evangelize.
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	It's not just that people have been catechized badly. It's that they have been scarecely catechized at all. They think that they know what the faith is, and feel confident rejecting it as a known quantity. But they're not even in the ballpark.		It's not just that people have been catechized badly. It's that they have been scarecely catechized at all. They think that they know what the faith is, and feel confident rejecting it as a known quantity. But they're not even in the ballpark.

	Watered down Christianity is like the weakened viruses used in vaccines--it creates antibodies against Christianity.		Watered down Christianity is like the weakened viruses used in vaccines — it creates antibodies against Christianity.

	I often hear Catholic commentators say on the radio that we have had forty or fifty years of inadequate catechesis, as if all that was needed was to distribute catechisms and persuade Catholics to read them. I'm not condoning the reduction of catechetics to the prescription to "be nice to everybody." It is part of the problem. The greater issue for me is that our brothers and sisters have embraced the gospel of self. It has but one fundamental commandment: "Make up your own mind." The rationale is that no one knows anything for certain. Consequently, whatever I think is true is true for me, and whatever I think is good is good for me. People with this mindset are probably not going to profit much from reading the Catechism. Because they have absolved themselves from all sin, they will not repent; because they will not repent, they cannot hear the good news.		I often hear Catholic commentators say on the radio that we have had forty or fifty years of inadequate catechesis, as if all that was needed was to distribute catechisms and persuade Catholics to read them. I'm not condoning the reduction of catechetics to the prescription to "be nice to everybody." It is part of the problem. The greater issue for me is that our brothers and sisters have embraced the gospel of self. It has but one fundamental commandment: "Make up your own mind." The rationale is that no one knows anything for certain. Consequently, whatever I think is true is true for me, and whatever I think is good is good for me. People with this mindset are probably not going to profit much from reading the Catechism. Because they have absolved themselves from all sin, they will not repent; because they will not repent, they cannot hear the good news.

	Relativism, solipsism, and narcissism inoculate hearts against the gospel. It isn't just stony ground that confronts us; the earth has been salted so that the seeds of the gospel cannot take root. The earth has been salted with poison--the admonition to "make up your own mind."		Relativism, solipsism, and narcissism inoculate hearts against the gospel. It isn't just stony ground that confronts us; the earth has been salted so that the seeds of the gospel cannot take root. The earth has been salted with poison — the admonition to "make up your own mind."

	=== Our audience is hungry and thirsty ===		=== Our audience is hungry and thirsty ===
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	The darkness in [[The New Dark Ages\|the new Dark Age]] is the "light" of the Enlightenment: reason cut loose from tradition.		The darkness in [[The New Dark Ages\|the new Dark Age]] is the "light" of the Enlightenment: reason cut loose from tradition.

	On the way to the bottom, Sunday, 11th week, [http://usccb.org/bible/judges/2:6 Judges 2:6-3:4]. God handed us over to the nations. Darwin, Einstein, spirit of Vatican II, modernity--the nations that surround us now. He will not wipe them out. He lets us experience battle, spiritual warfare. [http://usccb.org/bible/ps/106 Ps 106:] Delivered them into the hands of the nations, then rescued them when He heard them cry. We are addicted. We think we are taking medicine, but '''our survival strategy is killing us'''. '''Our comforter afflicts us'''. We are on our way to the bottom. We know not what we do!		On the way to the bottom, Sunday, 11th week, [http://usccb.org/bible/judges/2:6 Judges 2:6-3:4]. God handed us over to the nations. Darwin, Einstein, spirit of Vatican II, modernity — the nations that surround us now. He will not wipe them out. He lets us experience battle, spiritual warfare. [http://usccb.org/bible/ps/106 Ps 106:] Delivered them into the hands of the nations, then rescued them when He heard them cry. We are addicted. We think we are taking medicine, but '''our survival strategy is killing us'''. '''Our comforter afflicts us'''. We are on our way to the bottom. We know not what we do!

	=== A New Flood ===		=== A New Flood ===
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	Someone in the Obama administration, perhaps Obama himself, calculated that most Catholics would not object to the HHS mandate and that it was therefore safe to make contraception and abortion part of Obamacare. They were right. If they win these cases, it opens the door to euthanasia, imposition of same-sex marriages, genetic engineering, IVF, and anything else they wish to impose on Catholics in the name of "health care." The administration is deciding what is and is not religious, and consequently what is and is not protected by "religious freedom."		Someone in the Obama administration, perhaps Obama himself, calculated that most Catholics would not object to the HHS mandate and that it was therefore safe to make contraception and abortion part of Obamacare. They were right. If they win these cases, it opens the door to euthanasia, imposition of same-sex marriages, genetic engineering, IVF, and anything else they wish to impose on Catholics in the name of "health care." The administration is deciding what is and is not religious, and consequently what is and is not protected by "religious freedom."

	The Church must die before it can rise again. Things are going to get worse--much worse!--before they get better. As bad as things are now, we haven't seen what is to come. We have sown the wind, and we are going to reap the whirlwind. (I feel like the prophet Jeremiah. This is not happy talk! Lord, have mercy!)		The Church must die before it can rise again. Things are going to get worse — much worse! — before they get better. As bad as things are now, we haven't seen what is to come. We have sown the wind, and we are going to reap the whirlwind. (I feel like the prophet Jeremiah. This is not happy talk! Lord, have mercy!)

	== Kreeft: The Winning Strategy ==		== Kreeft: The Winning Strategy ==
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	== Where are we going? ==		== Where are we going? ==
	What is Jesus doing today? He is risen--He is risen, indeed! He is alive and well, reigning in glory. He has a plan and a purpose for the work we do on the [http://thestationofthecross.com The Station of the Cross.]		What is Jesus doing today? He is risen — He is risen, indeed! He is alive and well, reigning in glory. He has a plan and a purpose for the work we do on the [http://thestationofthecross.com The Station of the Cross.]

	* Meditation on [[The Call of the King]].		* Meditation on [[The Call of the King]].

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	:: But America has the most just, and moral, and wise, and biblical historical and constitutional foundation in all the world. America is one of the most religious countries in the world. The Church is big and rich and free in America.		:: But America has the most just, and moral, and wise, and biblical historical and constitutional foundation in all the world. America is one of the most religious countries in the world. The Church is big and rich and free in America.

	:: Yes. Just like ancient Israel. And if God still loves his Church in America, he will soon make it small and poor and persecuted, as he did to ancient Israel, so that he can keep it alive. If he loves us, he will prune us, and we will bleed, and the blood of the martyrs will be the seed of the Church again, and a second spring will ~~comeâ€”but~~ not without blood. It never happens without blood, sacrifice, and suffering. The continuation of Christ’s ~~workâ€”if~~ it is really Christ’s work and not a comfortable ~~counterfeitâ€”can~~ never happen without the Cross.		:: Yes. Just like ancient Israel. And if God still loves his Church in America, he will soon make it small and poor and persecuted, as he did to ancient Israel, so that he can keep it alive. If he loves us, he will prune us, and we will bleed, and the blood of the martyrs will be the seed of the Church again, and a second spring will come — but not without blood. It never happens without blood, sacrifice, and suffering. The continuation of Christ’s work — if it is really Christ’s work and not a comfortable counterfeit — can never happen without the Cross.

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	Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,<br>		Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,<br>
	“Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.<br>		“Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.<br>
	As you go, make this proclamation: ~~â€˜The~~ Kingdom of heaven is at hand.â€™<br>		As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.â€™<br>
	Cure the sick, raise the dead,<br>		Cure the sick, raise the dead,<br>
	cleanse lepers, drive out demons.<br>		cleanse lepers, drive out demons.<br>

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	:: "It is not enough to discover Christ--you must bring Him to others! The world today is one great mission land, even in countries of longstanding Christian tradition."		:: "It is not enough to discover Christ--you must bring Him to others! The world today is one great mission land, even in countries of longstanding Christian tradition."

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	The darkness in [[The New Dark Ages\|the new Dark Age]] is the "light" of the Enlightenment: reason cut loose from tradition.		The darkness in [[The New Dark Ages\|the new Dark Age]] is the "light" of the Enlightenment: reason cut loose from tradition.

			On the way to the bottom, Sunday, 11th week, [http://usccb.org/bible/judges/2:6 Judges 2:6-3:4]. God handed us over to the nations. Darwin, Einstein, spirit of Vatican II, modernity--the nations that surround us now. He will not wipe them out. He lets us experience battle, spiritual warfare. [http://usccb.org/bible/ps/106 Ps 106:] Delivered them into the hands of the nations, then rescued them when He heard them cry. We are addicted. We think we are taking medicine, but '''our survival strategy is killing us'''. '''Our comforter afflicts us'''. We are on our way to the bottom. We know not what we do!

	=== A New Flood ===		=== A New Flood ===

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	Sanctify the time. Reach people where they are willing to be reached. Find them. Find the lost sheep. Stray cats: cans of tuna, milk. Bait & switch. "Enter their door to lead them to ours."		Sanctify the time. Reach people where they are willing to be reached. Find them. Find the lost sheep. Stray cats: cans of tuna, milk. Bait & switch. "Enter their door to lead them to ours."


	=== New Barbarism ===		=== New Barbarism ===

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	Relativism, solipsism, and narcissism inoculate hearts against the gospel. It isn't just stony ground that confronts us; the earth has been salted so that the seeds of the gospel cannot take root. The earth has been salted with poison--the admonition to "make up your own mind."		Relativism, solipsism, and narcissism inoculate hearts against the gospel. It isn't just stony ground that confronts us; the earth has been salted so that the seeds of the gospel cannot take root. The earth has been salted with poison--the admonition to "make up your own mind."

			=== Our audience is hungry and thirsty ===
			We want to baptize the airwaves. Redeem the times. Show people where the ark is that will save them and their family from the flood of sin and death. Escape hatches. Portkeys. Gateways to life.

			Sanctify the time. Reach people where they are willing to be reached. Find them. Find the lost sheep. Stray cats: cans of tuna, milk. Bait & switch. "Enter their door to lead them to ours."


	=== New Barbarism ===		=== New Barbarism ===

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	“The barbarism of the new ~~eraâ€~~, wrote Archbishop Fulton Sheen over sixty years ago, while World War II still raged, “will not be like that of the Huns of old; it will be technical, scientific, secular, and propagandized. It will not come from without, but from within, for barbarism is not outside us; it is underneath us. Older civilizations were destroyed by imported barbarism; modern civilization breeds its own.~~â€~~<ref>[http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1814/america_still_has_half_a_soul_for_now.aspx "America Still Has Half a Soul. For Now."]</ref>		“The barbarism of the new era”, wrote Archbishop Fulton Sheen over sixty years ago, while World War II still raged, “will not be like that of the Huns of old; it will be technical, scientific, secular, and propagandized. It will not come from without, but from within, for barbarism is not outside us; it is underneath us. Older civilizations were destroyed by imported barbarism; modern civilization breeds its own.”<ref>[http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1814/america_still_has_half_a_soul_for_now.aspx "America Still Has Half a Soul. For Now."]</ref>

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	:; [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/what-next-in-the-marriage-debate "What Next in the Marriage Debate?"]		:; [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/what-next-in-the-marriage-debate "What Next in the Marriage Debate?"]

	:: “It’s going to get worse before it gets a lot worse.~~â€~~		:: “It’s going to get worse before it gets a lot worse.”

	Someone in the Obama administration, perhaps Obama himself, calculated that most Catholics would not object to the HHS mandate and that it was therefore safe to make contraception and abortion part of Obamacare. They were right. If they win these cases, it opens the door to euthanasia, imposition of same-sex marriages, genetic engineering, IVF, and anything else they wish to impose on Catholics in the name of "health care." The administration is deciding what is and is not religious, and consequently what is and is not protected by "religious freedom."		Someone in the Obama administration, perhaps Obama himself, calculated that most Catholics would not object to the HHS mandate and that it was therefore safe to make contraception and abortion part of Obamacare. They were right. If they win these cases, it opens the door to euthanasia, imposition of same-sex marriages, genetic engineering, IVF, and anything else they wish to impose on Catholics in the name of "health care." The administration is deciding what is and is not religious, and consequently what is and is not protected by "religious freedom."
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	:; [http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2013/03/kreeft-the-winning-strategy-3/ Peter Kreeft, "The Winning Strategy."]		:; [http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2013/03/kreeft-the-winning-strategy-3/ Peter Kreeft, "The Winning Strategy."]

	:: Suicide among pre-adults has increased 5000% since the “happy ~~daysâ€~~ of the ’50s. If suicide, especially among the coming generation, is not an index of crisis, nothing is.		:: Suicide among pre-adults has increased 5000% since the “happy days” of the ’50s. If suicide, especially among the coming generation, is not an index of crisis, nothing is.

	:: If I haven’t shocked you yet, I will now. Do you know what Muslims call us? They call us “The Great Satan.~~â€~~ And do you know what I call them? I call them right.		:: If I haven’t shocked you yet, I will now. Do you know what Muslims call us? They call us “The Great Satan.” And do you know what I call them? I call them right.

	:: But America has the most just, and moral, and wise, and biblical historical and constitutional foundation in all the world. America is one of the most religious countries in the world. The Church is big and rich and free in America.		:: But America has the most just, and moral, and wise, and biblical historical and constitutional foundation in all the world. America is one of the most religious countries in the world. The Church is big and rich and free in America.
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	“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;<br>		“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;<br>
	so ask the master of the harvest<br>		so ask the master of the harvest<br>
	to send out laborers for his harvest.~~â€~~ [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew9.htm#v35 (Mt 9:35-38)] <br>		to send out laborers for his harvest.” [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew9.htm#v35 (Mt 9:35-38)] <br>

	Then he summoned his Twelve disciples<br>		Then he summoned his Twelve disciples<br>
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	Cure the sick, raise the dead,<br>		Cure the sick, raise the dead,<br>
	cleanse lepers, drive out demons.<br>		cleanse lepers, drive out demons.<br>
	Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.~~â€~~ [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew10.htm#v5 (Mt 10:1,5-8)]		Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew10.htm#v5 (Mt 10:1,5-8)]

	Blessed John Paul the Great: "Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."		Blessed John Paul the Great: "Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."