"Man shall not
create a new world as he seeks. For there cannot be a lasting world without His
God. And I speak not of the false idols and gods that man creates in his human
nature! There is only one Creator. "You who
cast aside this knowledge and choose to set yourselves up by power and the
gathering of the world's money to control the masses, you will find that all of
your power and all of your volumes of gold and silver cannot hold back the
heavens as they descend upon you in a just chastisement. The world, the earth
shall tremble, fear shall come upon mankind as he watches the approach of the
destruction that he himself has chosen to set loose." - Jesus, February 10,
1978
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"You will understand and broadcast the
message to the world that there will be a great destruction in the monetary
systems of the world. It will affect both the United States and Canada,
and all the great powers of the world. And I repeat again: You will go to
your stores to do your shopping carrying papers which may as well be newspapers,
for the value they will have to purchase even food will be nil. "How can a great country like the
United States fall, you say, My child? You ask Me in your heart. I read
your heart. I will tell you why. Because they have given themselves over
to satan. When a country has lost its morality and seeks the pleasures of
the flesh, giving over, themselves over, to all manner of abominations, like
homosexuality, and condoning this up the highest courts of the land, then that
country shall fall." - Our Lady of the Roses, November 1, 1985
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Friedrich Engels, saw three major
obstacles to the socialist vision: “private property, religion and this present
form of marriage”
The Economist marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
with the headline “So much gained, so much to lose.” As we celebrate the
collapse of Communism, who would have imagined that in less than one
generation we would witness a resurgence of socialism throughout Latin America
and even hear the word socialist being used to describe policies in the United
States.
We relegated socialism to the “dustbin of history,” but socialism never
actually died. In many ways it has actually gained influence. That may sound
reactionary, even McCarthyist — but only until we understand socialism the way
socialists understand it.
Yes, socialist economic ideas went out of fashion, but socialism has always
been more than just economics. We tend to equate socialism with Communism,
Marxist revolutionaries and state ownership of industry. But socialism is a
much broader vision of the person, society, equality and what it means to be
free.
Karl Marx’s co-author, Friedrich Engels, saw three major obstacles to the
socialist vision: “private property, religion and this present form of
marriage.” Also central to socialist thought is a secular and materialist
vision of the world that espouses relativism, sees everything politically, and
locates genuine community in the state and not in families, churches or
voluntary organizations.
The fall of Communism and two decades of globalization did not extinguish
socialist hopes. The tactics changed, but the goals remained. Proponents of
socialism traded in revolution for the gradualism of the Fabian socialists who
encouraged use of democratic institutions to achieve socialist goals. They
replaced political radicals like Lenin and Castro with the cultural Marxism of
Theodore Adorno or Antonio Gramsci, who called for a “long march through the
institutions” of Western culture.
This is the pedigree of Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers and the various ’60s
revolutionaries who now inhabit positions of cultural influence throughout the
West. We are seeing the fruit of their efforts: Socialist visions of family,
religion, art, community, commerce, and politics pervade the culture.
I’m not suggesting that Americans or Europeans live in socialist states.
That would trivialize the suffering of those who lived behind the Iron
Curtain. Rather, I am suggesting that socialist ideas have transformed the way
many of us think about a host of important things. Ideas considered radical
only 75 years ago are now considered quite normal and even respectable.
Look, for instance, at co-habitation rates and the number of people who “do
not believe in marriage” or view it as a “bourgeois” institution. Directly or
indirectly, they got those ideas from people like Engels and Adorno, who
argued that “the institution of marriage is raised… [on] barbaric sexual
oppression, which tendentially compels the man to take lifelong responsibility
for someone with whom he once took pleasure in sleeping with.” The same-sex
“marriage” movement and hostility to the traditional family follow Engels’
goal to destroy “this present form of marriage.”
In other realms we see increasing secularization, religion being equated
with intolerance, and decreasing religious practice. Look at the common
acceptance of ethical and cultural relativism and the fear of making truth
claims lest one be labeled an extremist. Look at the unquestioned supremacy of
the materialist and Darwinist thought that dominates the scientific community
— or the political correctness that pervades language. Look at our public
school system, increasingly focused on indoctrination rather than education.
We joke that the universities are the last bastion of Marxism. But who do we
think writes the textbooks that teach primary and high school students? The
“long march through the institutions” has been more successful than its early
advocates could have dreamed.
Of course it would be simplistic to blame socialism for all that ails the
West. But socialism has been the principle vehicle of many of these ideas,
carrying them into the mainstream.
So how is it that, after such dramatic failures, socialism continues to
allure? Perhaps because — as future Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, wrote
— the Marxist dream of radical liberation still captures the modern
imagination.
It’s a dream that will always betray because sustained liberty requires a
certain moral culture: one that respects truth and conforms to it; one that
recognizes the inherent dignity and spiritual nature of the person; one that
respects the role of the family and encourages a rich and varied civil
society; one that acknowledges that culture and religion are more important
than politics; one that respects rule of law over the arbitrary rule of men
and rejects utopian delusions; one that recognizes that the difference between
right and wrong is not determined by majority, consensus or fashion; and,
finally, one that recognizes that the ultimate source of liberty is God and
not the state.
The fall of Communism in Eastern Europe was one of the great victories for
human freedom. But while the East suffered untold misery, perhaps it was too
easy a victory for us in the West. We were lulled into thinking that socialism
had been discredited, had lost its allure — that free market economies and
abundant goods were sufficient to satisfy human desires. Perhaps we should
have listened more closely to those like John Paul II or Alexander
Solzhenitsyn who warned us about an empty materialism, an insidious relativism
and a vitiated culture.
The challenges of socialist thought are real. But there is hope. There is
hope in the resurgent resistance to the unprecedented growth of government.
There is hope in the millions of families who work hard and in the thousands
who make sacrifices for freedom every day. As we mark the victory of freedom
and the collapse of applied socialism, let us not come to a point where we
look back with regret that we forfeited such a precious gift. Let us build
anew a culture of ordered liberty. Let us learn from those who suffered. Let
us recover the wisdom that comes from our faith and our Founders and hold fast
to the fragile light of liberty.
Michael Miller is the Director of Programs at the Acton Institute for
the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan
(This article was originally published in the December 2009 /January
2010 edition of Legatus
magazine and is republished with permission)
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Santorum:
The Triumph of Socialism in U.S. Requires Destruction of Family and Church
"What, O what, My
children, can you expect from the Eternal Father? My Son constantly pleads your
cause before the Eternal Father. However, the time is growing short. That's why,
My child, I brought you here this evening in your debilitated state, as an act
of mercy to the world, to turn from their path of destruction. Your nation, the
United States, shall fall to the despot, and you will be all enslaved by him!
"I know, My children, many of you who hear My voice or My words will say,
'How can this happen to us?' But We heard that, the Eternal Father has said
Himself that He heard that many years ago when He sent prophets to warn Sodom
and Gomorrha, and they, too, did not listen." - Our Lady of the Roses,
October 6, 1992
Both the family and the Church stand in the way of socialism's triumph,
former US Senator Rick Santorum told Christians gathered for the
17th International Week of Prayer and Fasting
last week. The pro-life champion warned attendees, however, that both
institutions are under heavy attack from Obama-administration policies.
"We are under a great assault with this President and this Congress on the
issue of life. We are under a great assault, maybe even greater assault, on
the foundational issue of the family," Santorum told those gathered for the
October 11 dinner at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Santorum said that the left's policies, especially those policies
aggressively set forward by the Obama administration, target the family and
Christian churches for "destruction," because these institutions provide local
social networks and support for individuals that take away the need for total
dependence on central government. To eliminate these social networks means the
triumph of socialism, and that means attacking marriage and Christian
churches.
"There will be an assault on the institution of marriage," Santorum
promised his audience. "Why? Because the left knows that they can't really
have government come in and take control of everything unless they destroy the
family. Unless you destroy the family and destroy the Church they cannot
ultimately be successful in getting socialism to be accepted in this country
and that's what their objective is."
Santorum asked everyone to pray in these times for those in public office,
for those discerning whether to run for office in 2010, as well as "for those
who are out protesting and understand that there is something foundationally
wrong with what's been going on here."
But Santorum added that Christians must pray hard for the United States in
the current battle over health-care, because the proposed reform has grave
problems that go beyond the "major issues" of abortion coverage and the lack
of conscience protection clauses.
"There is another huge issue out there and that's just the whole concept of
socialized medicine," said Santorum.
Santorum argued that Obama's reforms will transform health-care into "an
account in the federal government" in which "accountants" or Congress will
determine how much healthcare an individual gets "as part of our budgetary
process."
Once the health-care of individuals is totally dependent on the central
government, the left has secured power, Santorum explained.
"You say, 'well the Catholic bishops are for that,'" continued Santorum.
"Well, I'd say a couple of things. Number one, shame on them."
At that moment, a round of applause erupted from the dinner guests.
Although a handful of Catholic bishops have taught that the government
reform violates Catholic social teaching for the reasons Santorum mentioned,
the US Catholic bishops conference in general has indicated that it would be
willing to support government-run health-care, so long as the reform does not
subsidize abortion or violate conscience protections for health-care workers.
But the former Pennsylvania senator concluded that the individual - when
covered by government insurance - loses real health-care, the treatment he
needs, in the name of cutting costs.
Santorum pointed out that the course of socialized medicine in Europe, and
the Netherlands in particular, give an opportunity to "see what happens to the
value of human life in those countries."
In particular, those who suffer denial of treatment or rationing of care
under socialized medicine are "those on the margins of life." These include
those born "premature with disabilities … those who are at the end of life"
and "those who have complex diseases or chronic care."
"These people, their lives are not valued," stated Santorum. "Why? Because
of agencies that determine how much money is spent and based on how long
you're going to live or the quality of life you are going to live. That's how
accountants do these things. That's how members of Congress will have to do
these things. Is this a good expenditure of our money or not? This happens
every day in Europe."
Santorum explained that Americans need to wake up to the fact that nothing
in the American DNA insulates them from committing the same moral evils as the
Europeans.
The Netherlands, "the most liberal country in Europe" today, Santorum said,
is the only country that "did not go along with the Nazi doctors in doing
sterilizations and abortions" and suffered persecution for it.
"And yet, within two generations, as a result of socialized medicine and
the government's attempt to contain costs, doctors were turned into
accountants," said Santorum.
Now in the name of cutting costs, Dutch doctors counsel assisted suicide,
deny care to premature-born babies under 25 weeks, and euthanize children born
disabled.
"This is the custom and the practice in socialized medicine countries, who
have limits on budgets. It is simply too expensive to do it any other way,"
reiterated Santorum.
"And so I say again to the Catholic Bishops: 'what are you thinking when
you support government medicine?'"
Earlier in the evening, Santorum accepted on behalf of him, his wife Karen,
and his family the "Family for Life Award."
Santorum is no stranger to fighting for the right-to-life and for these
rights in health-care: both on political and personal levels. Last year, he
and his wife welcomed into their family their now 17-month-old daughter
"Bella," who was born with Trisomy 18, a genetic disorder which is fatal
before birth in 90 per cent of cases. Along the way, the Santorums fought to
guarantee Bella's health-care against health-care providers hostile to her
right to life, because she was born with a disability.
Santorum was asked recently if he would consider seriously a run for US
President in 2012. Santorum revealed
that while he was indeed "thinking about it," he was "not sure" and asked for
continued prayers while he discerns.
"You must
remember, as man goes about the world crying 'peace, love, and brotherhood,' he
sets up governments liberalizing the masses, called socialism. And it does not
operate under the true cross of My Son, Jesus, but is used as a front to entice
like a spider with his web those unsuspecting souls who are looking for
peace--peace of heart, peace of spirit, which they cannot find in their present
world because the leaders have fallen asleep.” - Our Lady of the Roses,
November 25, 1978
"I hear all cries
of peace, peace, and security, going throughout your world, My children. But
there is no peace, there is no security. And your country, the United States of
America, the great eagle has been plucked by satan and his agents. You see lying
now before you a majestic eagle, the once proud symbol of America, fallen
because of paganism and sin.
"It is known through history that once a country has given itself over to
all manner of paganism and sin, it is not long before that country falls into a
system of dictatorship, bringing great sorrow, even murder to the masses.” –
Jesus, May 26, 1979
"My children,
unless you listen now, you will be herded as cattle. You will live lives of
servitude under a master of hell.
“We do not wish to visit these evils upon you. You have a free will. A
country where the people will pray together, they will stay together. A country
that turns from their God will be divided.” - Our Lady of the Roses, April
10, 1972
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