Yes, today is definitely a day for Psalms of Praise, for Masses of Thanksgiving, Communions, Rosaries, Joy. It is not about a political victory, a platform or an agenda. It is not about personalities, campaigns and debates, or about points won or lost. Rather, it is about having another chance; it is about the Redemption of the Soul of America. We have the opportunity as a people to be lifted up the slippery slope (which usually goes in only one direction). It is about re-commitment to virtue, to the founding principles upon which we were given our first chance as a nation. And it must be about humility; we do not deserve this opportunity.
What happened yesterday, last night and in the wee hours of this morning was God’s intervention, if we allow it to be so. It was a chance to walk out of the confessional of God, shamed before the world for what we had become, trembling in the fire able to consume us, and to ‘begin again.’ And, in the tradition of how God works, He chose someone willing to go all the way with Him, as David did in standing without armor before Goliath. He chooses the most unlikely people to do His Work. And we were each individually given the chance to join God’s deliverance.
It is a spiritual, not a political battle. It is against principalities and thrones and dominions. Let us lift each other up in joy that, as a country, we have been chosen to participate in the ultimate battle, and not to be only weak sideline observers. May God help us to always recognize His work, and be ready to report for duty.
Please add your thoughts and ideas as comments. In coming days I hope to add more. Today, it is all about “Thank you, God.”
What are you saying in 5 lines or less??
Ho gegrapha gegrapha
Quod scripsi, scripsi
Mark my word, you will be sorely disappointed placing such hopes in a man like Trump,__________[Ed: text removed]. He was fortunate to have as his opponent one equally or more morally challenged and just as unfit for office. Sadly, an agenda didn’t win; a man did, __________ [Ed: text removed]. Unfortunate for America, one of these cretins had to win. We need to pray, hard, for America and the world given this man’s proclivities. Perhaps he will find faith and govern well, who knows. But our faith and rejoicing should be placed in but one Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-burke-trumps-victory-suggests-america-has-awoken-to-its-moral-cris
begins: “VATICAN CITY, November 10, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke said Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president is a “clear sign of the will of the people” and a victory for the pro-life cause.”
Donald Trump on so-called “gay marriage”: “the Supreme Court settled it and I’m fine with that.” We shall soon see just how pro-life our lifelong pro-abortion President-elect proves to be.
Quod scripsi, scripsi (Latin for “What I have written, I have written”) is a Latin phrase. It was most famously used by Pontius Pilate in the Bible in response to the Jewish priests who objected to his writing on the sign (titulus) that was hung above Jesus at his Crucifixion. It is mostly found in the Latin Vulgate Bible.[1]
“Cardinal Raymond Burke said Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president is a “clear sign of the will of the people” and a victory for the pro-life cause.” [Ed: text removed.] Cardinal Burke!! are you reading 10 year old newspapers??
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