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News Roundup March 5, 2024

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 As I write this at the end of February the future is, as always, muddled.

On the one hand we have the ongoing wars between: Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Hamas. Then there's the attacks of the Houthis who, surprise, are supported by Iran.

In my decades of watching conflicts erupt and subside around the world, this is definitely a warm period.

Then we have the ongoing build-up and posturing between the US and China.  Sides are definitely being taken on this particular front.

For me, this is a back-drop of the civil war within the Catholic Church. 

Obviously, this affects me and millions of Catholic non-combatants daily.  We are forced to take refuge in what liturgical and ecclesial bomb-shelters we can find as the Vicar of Christ, wars against the Church of Christ.

Not a pleasant scene to be sure.

All this comes with the realization that we are never truly defeated until we give up.  

Of course, there is the possibility that you could still die without having given up.  For those that die in the State of Grace while fighting the good fight, they have truly won the battle that matters the most, the battle for Our Souls between Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Devil.

In the final calculation, this multi-thousand year war is really the only war that matters.  Eternity is infinite, whereas this life is finite.

So practice Faith, Hope and Charity, and walk the path towards your salvation without straying to the left or right.

P^3


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