{"id":47608,"date":"2022-09-23T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=47608"},"modified":"2022-09-24T00:32:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:32:33","slug":"a-time-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/a-time-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"A Time of War","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is an appointed time for everything,<\/strong><\/span>
\nand a time for every thing under the heavens.<\/strong><\/span>
\nA time to be born, and a time to die;<\/strong><\/span>
\na time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.<\/strong><\/span>
\nA time to kill, and a time to heal;<\/strong><\/span>
\na time to tear down, and a time to build.<\/strong><\/span>
\nA time to weep, and a time to laugh;<\/strong><\/span>
\na time to mourn, and a time to dance…<\/strong><\/span>
\nA time to love, and a time to hate;<\/strong><\/span>
\na time of war, and a time of peace.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Today’s First Reading<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

IT<\/strong> may seem that the author of Ecclesiastes is saying that tearing down, killing, war, death and mourning are simply inevitable, if not “appointed” moments throughout history. Rather, what is described in this famous biblical poem is the state of fallen man and the inevitability of reaping what has been sown.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. (Galatians 6:7)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The roots of “Progress”<\/h5>\n

In the post-Enlightenment period, human “progress” has become the driving ideology rather than human sanctification<\/em> through a deepening relationship with the Divine. As such, God \u2014 and any human structure that claims divine authority from Him (ie. the Church) \u2014 must be eliminated in order that nothing stand in the way of human progress.<\/p>\n

\n

Hannah Arendt summed up the \u201cnihilistic credo of the 19th century\u201d with Dostoevsky\u2019s saying: \u201cEverything is permitted,\u201d namely when man does not believe in God as his Creator and his Judge.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig M\u00fcller, “The \u201cNew World Order\u201d: Conspiracy theory or political vision after all?”, September 21st, 2022; catholiworldreport.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"At the heart of this ideology is the first temptation to Eve:<\/p>\n

You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of [the fruit] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. (Gen 3:4-5)<\/span><\/p>\n

There you have in a nutshell the philosophical foundations of the so-called “secret societies” that were thought to be conceived at the base of Mount Sinai whilst Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments on its summit.[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. The New Paganism – Part V<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>