[dangus]

"I am keeper of the ancient flame... THOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
--Gandalf, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein.

(elipses due to mental eclipses.)

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

They SHALL NOT Pass. Maybe I am alone in my sentiment, but I think persecution would only strengthen The Faith. Prior to A.D. 312, The Chuch produced some of its greatest theologians, doctors, apologists, bishops, and martyrs, their example and witness to the Light of Christ has really inspired generations, maybe we need that new generation of the above to inspire and witness to the Light of Christ for a new evangelization of the world.