Posted on 08/21/2010 4:09:03 PM PDT by markomalley
Introduction
A Chilean saint, Fr. Alberto Hurtado (d. 1952), often repeated the saying of the famous French priest, Lacordaire, in speaking of the pathway to holiness: “It is proper for the noblest hearts to discover the most urgent need of their epoch and to consecrate themselves to it.” Saints always have their feet on the ground and their minds on God or at least trying to discern the Will of God for the transformation of their societies. In this perspective there is little doubt that many of those who strive for holiness today will consecrate themselves to the most urgent need of our epoch: namely, putting an end to the wholesale slaughter of the innocents by modern day Herods and Pharaohs. It is to that end that this little book is written. This manual is meant to wake people up and call them to the battle to save lives and souls. The day is far gone and the need has grown increasingly urgent.
Modern American society and, by extension, the rest of the world that is influenced by American politics and culture, is being systematically dismantled before our very eyes by a spiritual force of evil that is not recognized as such. If the devil were to appear to the children of this age as he truly is, in all his ugliness and horror, he would be roundly rejected. SO, of course, he doesn’t appear as he truly is. This clever being, it is said, “disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 cor 11:14) and has found countless illusory costumes in which to conduct his evil, all the while maintaining an appearance of political correctness and acceptability in polite society. Real Christians don’t fall for his deceit, though. We have eyes to see the truth because we are followers of the Truth, and it’s time to “consecrate” ourselves to the Truth in a new and bold way.
The idea that the devil is “prowling like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Pt 5:8) is not new, b ut most people are uncomfortable with the idea that the devil could be operating so freely in their world. Yet, those of us who have battled the monolith of abortion at close quarters have more than an intuition that abortion as a preternatural strength behind it and that it clouds the minds of men and women with a truly demonic perversion of values. The killing of babies as a form of sacrifice to demons has been roundly condemned by God and His Church from the time of the prophets to the present, but sometimes even the external face of the dirty business of child sacrifice shows a consistency from one generation to the next., For example, the newly-dedicated Planned Parenthood killing center in Houston, Texas (2010) has an architectural design that looks uncannily like an Aztec pyramid, where the practice of human sacrifices took place for generations. The existence of demons transcends human time, so it is not surprising that the forms of their idolatrous worship should look fairly similar in different cultures and times.
It is a theme of the spiritual life that when an evil is practiced clandestinely for a long period of time, eventually it sheds its invisible covering and vaunts itself in its hideous garb. Furthermore, God in His Mercy has programmed reality in this way to expose the nefarious spiritual forces of the underworld for the eyes of all to see. Those who do not reject demons on the basis of faith may the reject them when they see with their own eyes the horrible works of their spiritual hands.
I haven't finished it yet, but so far it is a tremendous book connecting the spiritual connections of abortion. You can get it from your local Catholic bookstore or by this link to Amazon.
True - Although it takes a while for the meaning to be absorbed by us simpler-minded folks :)
I tend to believe the author is spot-on with the demonic connection to killing the innocent. {be prepared for ridicule if you also subscribe to this notion}
May we always remember, it is God's opinion that counts, not society's.
Abortion always has been a spiritual battle since before the days of Moloch. I am glad the Fr Euteneur approaches it in that way.
Thanks much for bringing this to my attention. I just ordered it.
Bump for later
Where is it located?
BTW most of us know that not everybody who goes to PP goes for an abortion. Some go for birth control and gynecological problems.
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