“For the Mighty One has done great things for me;
And holy is His name.
And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who fear Him.
He has done mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were hum…
I love the testimony of a totally humbled Nebuchadnezzar, the most powerful ruler in the world, who was literally kicked off his throne, driven mad, and then mercifully rehabilitated by God himself. Talk about a miracle wrapped in redemption and total proof who is actually in charge. https://bibleask.org/what-was-the-reason-for-nebuchadnezzars-madness/
Re: “ He has filled the hungry with good things; And sent away the rich empty-handed.”
I have never begrudged the wealthy’s wealth. I am not a Marxist. But I have to say that it sure looks to me like the most wealthy of our world are doing the most evil these days. The Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Bezos, George Soros, all those philanthropic organizations listed at end of PBS shows. Added to this all the billionaires in the pharmaceutical industry. I could go on. I’m not sure how exactly Mary intended her words, but it is a satisfying thought to me that these rich evil people will ultimately be sent away to their “reward” empty handed.
The rich elite fears history and seeks to rewrite it and control the future. Don’t they know they would make more money if they would let everyone be free to have a good prosperous life. They also fear death because they can’t take it with them, therefore they are interested in AI and singularity. Once again they are fearing the wrong thing, not following God and His Son. Wake up oh elite and repent and ask the Son into your heart to find eternal life. All God has to do is send a good solar blast our way and that EMP will erase the electronics of the best laid planes of mice and men.
God has died for them so they no longer have any way to demonstrate their piety to others. As a result we get the "woke" sub-ideology, so the super well off, in their guilt, have a new needle they can attempt to pass through the eye of. But woke is only a sub ideology, because they cannot even explain what its tenets are. Their sub ideology is expressed in terms of what you are supposedly *not*. "I'm not racist!" and "I'm not bigoted!" and "I'm not a polluter!" and "I'm not a meat eater!", when in fact either the opposite is true, or the distinction is meaningless anyway. So "Anti-racism" is actually the most racist formulation imaginable.
This all leaves them in a constant state of negativity and fear, constantly looking over their shoulders for the next new thing they must all of a sudden all be against. It's a really miserable and unhappy state of being (which I guess means we all need to pray for them).
Dostoevsky said "If God is dead then everything is permitted". But this is like the current fad in parenting, "just let the kids do or be anything they can dream up". This of course makes kids miserable and unhappy, because of course they have no idea how they should try to behave - they're kids.
So the danger of nihilism is not that people will believe in nothing, it's that it lets people think they can believe in anything at all, no matter how absurd. Men can get pregnant. The border is secure. Biden is lucid. Or the ridiculous idea that mankind can co-exist peacefully without a minimum shared set of simple common values we agree on. The result? It becomes the jungle. Every man for himself.
And since culture is upstream of politics, the result is the chaos we are witnessing. We cannot even gin up proper awareness and discussion of the urgent and real mortal threats to our entire species, from Frankenstein viruses to bioweapons to nuclear bombs. This is because we have *no agreed moral basis, in other words no basic agreed concepts of right and wrong, upon which to base those critical discussions*.
(Apologies if this all seems obvious to the readers, it helps me to type it out).
Yes! But they would not OWN IT ALL which is their aim. Yes! Own It All ... including you and me ... all of us body, mind and soul. And it is so hard to get one's arm around this. That 'they' are simply not interested in just doing well and prospering if that EXCLUDES OWNING IT ALL.
Here's a small instance. The Fed used to be known as the Lender of Last Resort. Now the Fed is a little expanded in its scope. Now the Fed is both the Lender and BUYER of Last Resort. In the world of everything rigged, the ante has been upped. And if you may recall, who was the Covid Weapon aimed at in spades? It was the regular you and me folks, Main Street and the Moms and Pops. Remember? All but the Big Box businesses who were exempted from closing up, and oh yeah! For them it was business as usual.
I completely agree. And why? We've made them rich. We fight their wars. They lack the instincts of the humble tick. A tick falls off its host so the host lives for future feedings. They can't see that far ahead. Forget being smarter than a 5th grader. How about a tick? Not good PR for the WEF. 'Titans of the World Dumber than Ticks'. Love it
From Saint Louise de Montfort, A Treatise on True Devotion to Mary.
When my sweet Jesus comes a second time on earth in His glory as it is most certain He will do , to reign there, He will chose no other way for His journey than the divine Mary , by whom He came the first time, so surely and so perfectly. But there will be a difference between the first and the second. .
“For the Mighty One has done great things for me;
And holy is His name.
And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who fear Him.
He has done mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.”
— Mary, in Luke 1:49-53 NASB1995
I love the testimony of a totally humbled Nebuchadnezzar, the most powerful ruler in the world, who was literally kicked off his throne, driven mad, and then mercifully rehabilitated by God himself. Talk about a miracle wrapped in redemption and total proof who is actually in charge. https://bibleask.org/what-was-the-reason-for-nebuchadnezzars-madness/
The OG mad cow disease!
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Ah, the Magnificat! One of the most beautiful, poetic exultations in all of Scripture.
Re: “ He has filled the hungry with good things; And sent away the rich empty-handed.”
I have never begrudged the wealthy’s wealth. I am not a Marxist. But I have to say that it sure looks to me like the most wealthy of our world are doing the most evil these days. The Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Bezos, George Soros, all those philanthropic organizations listed at end of PBS shows. Added to this all the billionaires in the pharmaceutical industry. I could go on. I’m not sure how exactly Mary intended her words, but it is a satisfying thought to me that these rich evil people will ultimately be sent away to their “reward” empty handed.
They sure love their money…and it is the root of their evil.
And the love of power is a close second.
When I first typed that comment, I had “money and power…”
The love of money is the problem. Having money and being a good steward and grateful for their gifts is not. Big Big Big difference. good post.
The rich elite fears history and seeks to rewrite it and control the future. Don’t they know they would make more money if they would let everyone be free to have a good prosperous life. They also fear death because they can’t take it with them, therefore they are interested in AI and singularity. Once again they are fearing the wrong thing, not following God and His Son. Wake up oh elite and repent and ask the Son into your heart to find eternal life. All God has to do is send a good solar blast our way and that EMP will erase the electronics of the best laid planes of mice and men.
God has died for them so they no longer have any way to demonstrate their piety to others. As a result we get the "woke" sub-ideology, so the super well off, in their guilt, have a new needle they can attempt to pass through the eye of. But woke is only a sub ideology, because they cannot even explain what its tenets are. Their sub ideology is expressed in terms of what you are supposedly *not*. "I'm not racist!" and "I'm not bigoted!" and "I'm not a polluter!" and "I'm not a meat eater!", when in fact either the opposite is true, or the distinction is meaningless anyway. So "Anti-racism" is actually the most racist formulation imaginable.
This all leaves them in a constant state of negativity and fear, constantly looking over their shoulders for the next new thing they must all of a sudden all be against. It's a really miserable and unhappy state of being (which I guess means we all need to pray for them).
Dostoevsky said "If God is dead then everything is permitted". But this is like the current fad in parenting, "just let the kids do or be anything they can dream up". This of course makes kids miserable and unhappy, because of course they have no idea how they should try to behave - they're kids.
So the danger of nihilism is not that people will believe in nothing, it's that it lets people think they can believe in anything at all, no matter how absurd. Men can get pregnant. The border is secure. Biden is lucid. Or the ridiculous idea that mankind can co-exist peacefully without a minimum shared set of simple common values we agree on. The result? It becomes the jungle. Every man for himself.
And since culture is upstream of politics, the result is the chaos we are witnessing. We cannot even gin up proper awareness and discussion of the urgent and real mortal threats to our entire species, from Frankenstein viruses to bioweapons to nuclear bombs. This is because we have *no agreed moral basis, in other words no basic agreed concepts of right and wrong, upon which to base those critical discussions*.
(Apologies if this all seems obvious to the readers, it helps me to type it out).
Well said AusYank, but your last paragraph is absolutely spot on and I wish what you say would be all too “obvious”!
Yes! But they would not OWN IT ALL which is their aim. Yes! Own It All ... including you and me ... all of us body, mind and soul. And it is so hard to get one's arm around this. That 'they' are simply not interested in just doing well and prospering if that EXCLUDES OWNING IT ALL.
Here's a small instance. The Fed used to be known as the Lender of Last Resort. Now the Fed is a little expanded in its scope. Now the Fed is both the Lender and BUYER of Last Resort. In the world of everything rigged, the ante has been upped. And if you may recall, who was the Covid Weapon aimed at in spades? It was the regular you and me folks, Main Street and the Moms and Pops. Remember? All but the Big Box businesses who were exempted from closing up, and oh yeah! For them it was business as usual.
I completely agree. And why? We've made them rich. We fight their wars. They lack the instincts of the humble tick. A tick falls off its host so the host lives for future feedings. They can't see that far ahead. Forget being smarter than a 5th grader. How about a tick? Not good PR for the WEF. 'Titans of the World Dumber than Ticks'. Love it
Amen!
From Saint Louise de Montfort, A Treatise on True Devotion to Mary.
When my sweet Jesus comes a second time on earth in His glory as it is most certain He will do , to reign there, He will chose no other way for His journey than the divine Mary , by whom He came the first time, so surely and so perfectly. But there will be a difference between the first and the second. .