Why I’m Scared (Fr. Longenecker weighs in on today's SCOTUS ruling)

Standing on my head ^ | June 26, 2013 | Fr. Dwight Longenecker

[NYer]

I haven’t been blogging for a while, and I wonder why. One of the reasons is simple: I have had some personal and family issues to deal with. They have occupied my mind and my time. I’ve also been working hard to finish Slubgrip Instructs – the sequel to The Gargoyle Code . But today I realize that there is another reason. Maybe I should give up reading hysterical Facebook stuff, but the temperature is rising in the culture wars, and I’m scared.

This week we’ve seen homosexual protesters screaming and shouting abuse at a Catholic Mass. At this Mass, celebrated by Cardinal George, a homosexual protester used the Holy Eucharist as a political tool to holler out his rage at the Catholic Church. You can read about it here. Meanwhile Nancy Pelosi publicly ridicules Fr Frank Pavone, calling his open letter stupid, hysterical and dismisses it as irrelevant. Meanwhile in Texas a group of pro abortion citizens, seeing that a bill was about to pass limiting abortion, disrupt the legal, legislative process with screaming, anger and rage and thus keep the bill from passing. Read about it here. Then, this morning we learn that the Supreme Court has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and homosexual ‘marriage’ in California cannot be challenged by the people.

The reason I’m scared is that the powers of the mass media and the state are lining up with the powers of the Culture of Death. The homosexualists and those who back abortion and a huge proportion of the American population who support their views are joined by an even larger proportion of the American population who are indifferent and who perceive liberty as letting everybody do whatever they want.

The mass media ignore the pro-life position or they mock it and undermine people like me as angry fundamentalists clinging to religion and guns. The mass media are lined up with the powers of the state to promote the agenda of the Culture of Death in a way that will over ride all democratic processes to impose the Culture of Death on all citizens. With “executive orders” avalanching from the White House, with increased surveillance and increased domestic police powers, and fueled with this rage, I’m scared. It will not take much at all to tip over into a secular totalitarian state with an aggressive Culture of Death agenda.

The reason I’m scared is that behind all of this is an irrational, demonic rage. This rage simmers behind the political arguments. It simmers beneath the “peaceful protests”. Most of all it simmers beneath what I call “the kindly mask of liberalism.” This is the smiling face of “concerned” citizens who are “saddened” by anyone who takes a conservative position. Poke their favorite cause a bit and these are the folks who come back whining about how “judgmental and harsh” one is being. These are the ones who put on their sad face and manage to summon up a wan and wounded smile with and promise in a self righteous tone to “pray for you.” Let’s call it like it is. These people are passive-aggressive. They bully you with a phoney nice-ness, but underneath is a simmering rage.

I’m scared because I think that rage is not going to remain behind the mask of nice-ness for long. We’re seeing that demonic rage lurking beneath the surface beginning to emerge, and when it does take cover. That’s why I’m scared, and that’s why I am very careful what I write on this blog–because I have already had threats from homosexualists that they know where I live and they are out to get me. I have already witnessed the burning acid of irrational rage against the Catholic Church in com boxes and in emails to a priest friend who dared to criticize Obama. I’ve already witnessed the howling, screaming rage against the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic Church and her saints.

What I’ve seen reminds me of the sub human creatures, taken over by a virulent disease in the film I Am Legend. The once human beings live like zombies in a half life–hiding by day and coming out on the rampage at night ready to kill and devour anyone who is still uninfected by their horrible disease.

That’s why I’m scared.

The Anchoress lets rip over here with her usual detailed and clear sighted analysis.

[Mrs. Don-o]

People have stopped praying for their priests and bishops. This is a dereliction of duty in itself.

Here's some info abou AGLO I didn't know until I read the linked article:

" AGLO was formed 25 years ago when Cardinal Bernardin forced a split in the local Catholic LGBT community. He offered the existing group Dignity a choice of how to worship in a take-it-or-leave-it approach. Bernardin formed AGLO out of the Archdiocese, and Dignity went in its own direction."

In other words, even the much-maligned Bernardin found the strength and wisdom to banish Dignity (the pro-LGBT group) and establish AGLO (Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach) --- which supports chastity in accord with Catholic faith and morals.

I was glad to learn this. Oddly, it did not appear in previous accounts of the sacrileges committed during Cardinal George's Mass.

Satan is gunning for our priests. He has bishops tangled up and muffled in soft servitude (as they say, once you're a bishop, you will never have a bad dinner and you will never be told the truth.)

Our priess and bishops need our prayers so they can man up, return to Christ with their whole heats, and access the strength which is part of their ordination.

PRAY!

[Thane_Banquo]

I am a reformed Protestant. But I have felt the same thing he is talking about.

[Salvation]

**People have stopped praying for their priests and bishops. This is a dereliction of duty in itself.**

Form or join a Serra USA Club in your area. Praying for priests is one of the many things we do. We also get kids going off to college connected with the Newman Centers. We sponsor a Priesthood Sunday and usually make it special for our priest in some way. And there are other prayers. Click on vocations at the site.

http://serraus.org/

[Mrs. Don-o]

Excellent suggestion. Thank you so much!

[Salvation]

There is a lot on the site.

http://serraus.org/serrausa/serra_top_vocations.htm

[Biggirl]

Revolt is coming.

[Biggirl]

We need to pray for our priests and in the case of this writer who is a priest, he may need to get a gun permit.

[RepRivFarm]

I’m going to poke you a bit.....not because I don’t like what you are say.....but because your post frustrates me, and it frustrates me because we are probably very close politically and morally in the way we’d like things to be.

“Revolt is coming.”

You keep repeating this. In this thread and others. Is this a mantra you recite, trying to convince yourself things will get better? Do you mean to say “I pray revolt is coming?” If so, we are in ageement, and I am frustrated that I and my fellow citizens have allowed our republic to sink to this low.

Or do you have specific knowledge of when & where the revolt will begin? Who will be it’s leaders? Who can I rally around? And if you have such specific knowledge, what’s to say the government doesn’t have it as well.....and will arrest you and the other leaders before it even starts?

Maybe you are a government agent provacateur.....trying to get someone to act unwisely and start something. Maybe I am.

Who do we trust? Who do we rally around? And what about Romans 13? I believe the one thing that gave our original revolution legitimacy in the eyesof God is that it was our “local” elected government fighting to protect us from a “distant” tyranny. I’m not gonna pick up a gun and go kill a fellowcitizen because I want to start a revolution. But, my local government rebelling against national tyranny.....as many local sheriffs have begun to do.....yeah, I might go stand with those guys.

Please think.....and be more specific....when posting. Because this is the kind of stuff that your post leads to. And like the author of the article, I’m starting to get pretty darned scared, too.