{"id":48001,"date":"2022-11-30T17:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=48001"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:31:00","slug":"woke-vs-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/woke-vs-awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke vs Awake","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-48002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AwakeBG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AwakeBG.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AwakeBG-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AwakeBG-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AwakeBG-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WE<\/strong> are living through a remarkable fulfillment of Sacred Scripture, particularly in the form of a mass denial of <em>truth.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8230;that which is in question is the faith&#8230; I sometimes read the Gospel passage of the end times and I attest that, at this time, some signs of this end are emerging. <\/strong>\u2014POPE PAUL VI,\u00a0<em>The Secret Paul VI<\/em>, Jean Guitton, p. 152-153, Reference (7), p. ix.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A key sign of the times, wrote Pope Leo XIII, is the <em>resistance to truth:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026he who resists the truth through malice and turns away from it, sins most grievously against the Holy Ghost. In our days this sin has become so frequent that those dark times seem to have come which were foretold by St. Paul, in which men, blinded by the just judgment of God, should take falsehood for truth, and should believe in \u201cthe prince of this world,\u201d who is a liar and the father thereof, as a teacher of truth: \u201cGod shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying\u00a0<\/strong>(2 Thess. 2:10)<strong>. In the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error and the doctrines of devils.\u201d<\/strong> (1 Tim. 4:1). \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/leo_xiii\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_l-xiii_enc_09051897_divinum-illud-munus_en.html\"><em>Divinum Illud Munus<\/em><\/a>, n. 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>And at least a shadow, a typical image of the last times is coming over the world<\/strong>. \u2014St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 A.D.), sermon at opening of St. Bernard\u2019s Seminary, October 2, 1873,\u00a0<em>The Infidelity of the Future<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-48007\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatIsTruth2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatIsTruth2.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatIsTruth2-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatIsTruth2-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatIsTruth2-768x825.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/>Other translations phrase the &#8220;operation of error&#8221; as such:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">&#8230;because they refused to love the truth and so be saved&#8230; God sends upon them a <em>strong delusion<\/em>, <\/span><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-strong-delusion\/\">The Strong Delusion<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"> to make them believe what is false&#8230; (2 Thessalonians 2:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The inescapable context of <em>all\u00a0<\/em>of the above is that we have entered the proximate period of the coming of the <em>Antichrist,\u00a0<\/em>or &#8220;lawless one.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8230;there may be already in the world the \u201cSon of Perdition\u201d of whom the Apostle speaks.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE ST. PIUS X,\u00a0<em>E Supremi<\/em>, Encyclical On the Restoration of All Things in Christ, n. 3, 5; October 4th, 1903<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to the revelation of this &#8220;man of sin&#8221; would be what St. Paul called an &#8220;apostasy&#8221;, &#8220;rebellion&#8221;, or &#8220;revolt&#8221;, depending upon the translation.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>New American Bible, Revised Standard Version, Douay-Rheims,<\/em> respectively<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It is a rejection of Truth \u2014 when good will be called evil, and evil, good. Early Church Father, Lactantius (c. 250 \u2013 c. 325), gives a prescient description of the present hour&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>That will be the time in which righteousness shall be cast out, and innocence be hated; in which the wicked shall prey upon the good as enemies; neither law, nor order, nor military discipline <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;Americans Are Losing Trust in the Military&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americans-are-losing-trust-in-the-military-reagan-institute-survey-11669848047\">wsj.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong> shall be preserved\u2026 <\/strong>\u00a0\u2014<em>The Divine Institutes<\/em>, Book VII, Ch. 17<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fast forward some 1700 years, and Pope Benedict XVI essentially confirms Lactantius&#8217; prophecy by comparing our times to the collapse of the Roman Empire when &#8220;key principles of law and of the fundamental moral attitudes underpinning them burst open the dams which until that time had protected peaceful coexistence among peoples.&#8221; He goes on to warn:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In reality, this makes reason blind to what is essential. To resist this eclipse of reason and to preserve its capacity for seeing the essential, for seeing God and man, for seeing what is good and what is true, is the common interest that must unite all people of good will. <em>The very future of the world is at stake. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2010\/december\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20101220_curia-auguri.html\">Address to the Roman Curia<\/a>, December 20th, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Where are we now in an eschatological sense? It is arguable that we are in the midst of the rebellion [apostasy] and that in fact a strong delusion has come upon many, many people. It is this delusion and rebellion that foreshadows what will happen next:\u00a0<i>and the man of lawlessness will be revealed<\/i>.<\/b> \u2014Msgr. Charles Pope, <span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adw.org\/2014\/11\/are-these-the-outer-bands-of-a-coming-judgment\/\">\u201cAre These the Outer Bands of a Coming Judgment?\u201d<\/a><\/em>, November 11th, 2014;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adw.org\/2014\/11\/are-these-the-outer-bands-of-a-coming-judgment\/\">blog<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a word, we are passing through an epochal &#8220;eclipse of reason&#8221; \u2014 what is being coined as <em>&#8220;Wokism&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Wokism<\/h5>\n<p><em>Wokism<\/em> began in African-American vernacular as being &#8220;alert to racial prejudice and discrimination&#8221;.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woke\">wikipedia.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But this has morphed into an embrace of &#8220;identity politics&#8221;, &#8220;white privilege&#8221;,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/black-and-white\/\">Black and White<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8220;socialism\/Marxism&#8221;,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/exposing-this-revolutionary-spirit\/\">Exposing This Evolutionary Spirit<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> LGBT ideology,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/category\/human-sexuality-and-freedom\/\">Human Sexuality and Freedom<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8220;reproductive rights&#8221;,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/is-a-fetus-a-person\/\">Is a Fetus a Person?<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> assisted suicide,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6316336329112\">foxnews.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/simons-video-jennyfer-hatch-1.6641543\">cbc.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> banning &#8220;binary&#8221; language,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. &#8220;Rising wokeness in medical schools is a problem for patients everywhere&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/dei-in-the-er\/\">americanmind.org<\/a>; Michigan&#8217;s Whitmer refers to women as &#8216;people with a period&#8217;, as did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, cf.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/michigans-gretchen-whitmer-refers-women-menstruating-people-gop-gov-hopefuls-respond\"> foxnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>and even the demand that one unquestioningly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-college-grad-slams-cult-like-college-education-unlearn-four-years-wokeism\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-48019\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismCult2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismCult2.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismCult2-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismCult2-1024x874.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismCult2-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a> accept the &#8220;climate change&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-second-act\/\"><em>The Second Act<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and COVID<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/following-the-science\/\">Following the Scienc<\/a>e; cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/open-letter-to-the-catholic-bishops\/\"><em>Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> narratives. In a word, Wokism embraces whatever happens to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/political-correctness-and-the-great-apostasy\/\">politically correct<\/a> and is rarely based in sound science or philosophy but, frequently, emotion. &#8220;Woke capitalism&#8221; refers to those corporations that financially back whatever movement or ideology is the politically correct trend of the hour. And those who refute or reject Wokism are denounced, cancelled, and even defunded.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-purge\/\">The Purge<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Hence, Wokism has become a veritable&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026<em>dictatorship of relativism<\/em> that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one\u2019s ego and desires. Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the Church, is often labeled as fundamentalism. Yet, relativism, that is, letting oneself be tossed and \u2018swept along by every wind of teaching\u2019, appears the sole attitude acceptable to today\u2019s standards.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014Cardinal Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI) pre-conclave Homily, April 18th, 2005<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/blogs\/abstinence-until-marriage-is-the-key-to-avoiding-unhappiness\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48035 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismMisery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismMisery.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismMisery-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismMisery-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismMisery-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>While elements of Wokism may find a certain echo within the &#8220;social Gospel&#8221; of the Catholic Church, it is increasingly an ever-morphing icon of sophistry: a twisting of reality and the natural law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8230;of grave concern is the spread of a secularist ideology that undermines or even rejects transcendent truth.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, speech at St. Joseph\u2019s Church, April 8th, 2008, Yorkville, New York; Catholic News Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wokism is more often than not\u00a0<em>new injustices\u00a0<\/em>veiled as &#8220;social justice.&#8221; Hence, biological men are allowed to compete in women&#8217;s sports or use girls&#8217; washrooms;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2022\/11\/biological-male-takes-first-place-girls-track-team-dismal-record-boys-team\/\">here<\/a>; cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-death-of-woman\/\"><em>The Death of Woman<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> belittling &#8220;whites&#8221; is an acceptable form of reparation;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/black-and-white\/\">Black and White<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> a baby is torn apart in the womb in the name of women&#8217;s rights;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-hard-truth-part-v\/\">The Hard Truth &#8211; Part V<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> transgenders or non-whites are given special privileges and grants, etc.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/california-city-approves-pilot-program-to-give-trans-nonbinary-residents-up-to-900-per-month\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-29\/palm-springs-supports-guaranteed-income-program-for-transgender-community-members\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37149 alignright\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1-1324x1536.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mask1-640x742.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a powerful and unforgettable dream about Wokism about thirty years ago. Only in the past two years have I come to realize just how literal this dream has become&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I was in a retreat setting with other Christians, worshipping the Lord, when suddenly a group of young people walked in. They were in their twenties, male and female, all of them very attractive. It was clear to me that they were silently taking over this retreat house. I remember having to file past them\u00a0through the kitchen. They were smiling, but their eyes were cold. There was a hidden evil beneath their beautiful faces, more tangible than visible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The next thing I remember is emerging from solitary confinement.\u00a0There were no security guards but it was like I had to be there and, eventually, left of my own accord.\u00a0I was taken to a laboratory-like white room lit with bright white light. There, I found my wife and children seemingly drugged, emaciated, abused in some way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I woke up. And when I did, I sensed\u2014and I do not know how\u2014the spirit of \u201cAntichrist\u201d in my room. The evil was so overwhelming, so horrific, so unimaginable, that I began to weep, \u201cLord, it can\u2019t be. It can\u2019t be! No Lord\u2026.\u201d Never before or since then have I experienced such \u201cpure\u201d evil. And it was the definite sense that this evil was either present, or coming to the earth\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My wife awoke, hearing my distress, rebuked the spirit, and peace slowly began to return\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I will only focus on the first paragraph (you can read the rest of the interpretation of the dream <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/our-lady-prepare-part-iii\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>). But I see those faces every day now on the news,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/not-my-canada-mr-trudeau\/\"><em>Not My Canada, Mr. Trudeau<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> in social media, on webcasts, etc.. <em>They are the faces of Wokism.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Evil is not some impersonal, deterministic force at work in the world. It is the result of human freedom. Freedom, which distinguishes human beings from every other creature on earth, is ever present at the heart of the drama of evil. <em>Evil always has a name and a face:<\/em> the name and face of those men and women who freely choose it. <\/strong>\u2014POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/there-is-a-threshold-that-evil-cannot-cross\">Message for World Day of Peace<\/a>, 2005<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>The New Religion<\/h5>\n<p>St. Paul seemingly uttered a powerful prophetic vision of our times in his letter to the Romans where he accurately describes much of Wokism today:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them&#8230; Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While claiming to be wise, they became fools&#8230; (Rom 1:21-23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They claim to be &#8220;woke&#8221; but are spiritually blind \u2014 asleep. St. Paul then perceives where Wokism leads if left unchecked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another&#8230; since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper. (Rom 1:24-28)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of course, even quoting that Scripture is a violation of the religion of Wokism \u2014 and a religion, it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u2026an abstract religion is being made into a tyrannical standard that everyone must follow. That is then seemingly fr<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>eedom \u2014 for the sole reason that it is liberation from the previous situation.<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, <em>Light of the World, A Conversation with Peter Seewald<\/em>, p. 52<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And yet, this seemingly unstoppable tsunami of moral relativism is merely the expected fruit of what was ironically called the &#8220;Enlightenment&#8221; period birthed in the 16th century.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-48008\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismReligion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismReligion.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismReligion-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismReligion-1024x915.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WokismReligion-768x687.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Enlightenment was a comprehensive, well-organized, and brilliantly led movement to eliminate Christianity from modern society. It began with Deism as its religious creed, but eventually rejected all transcendent notions of God. It finally became a religion of \u201chuman progress\u201d and the \u201cGoddess of Reason.\u201d \u2014<\/strong>Fr. Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham,<em>\u00a0Beginning Apologetics<\/em> Volume 4: How to Answer Atheists and New Agers, p.16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wokism is really the sum and natural progression of all other <em>isms\u00a0<\/em>of that period: rationalism, materialism, Darwinism, practical atheism, utilitarianism, Marxism, socialism, communism, psychologism, radical feminism, relativism, individualism, etc. These ideologies claim to be an evolution of intelligence and reason, particularly through the sciences.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/a-woman-and-a-dragon\/\"><em>A Woman and a Dragon <\/em><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-religion-of-scientism\/\"><em>The Religion of Scientism<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Yet again, not even they are to be excused; for if they had the power to know so much that they could investigate the world, how did they fail to find sooner the Lord of these things? (Wisdom 13:8-9)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their minds are not enlightened, but darkened by the &#8220;father of lies.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">John 8:44<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Awaken!<\/h5>\n<p>Most significantly, Wokism has become the evolving religion of <em>millennials <\/em>and their younger siblings<em>\u00a0<\/em>who are increasingly abandoning organized religion<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/29\/millennials-lead-shift-away-from-organized-religion-as-pandemic-tests-faith.html\">cnbc.com<\/a>; see also <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-vacuum\/\">The Great Vacuum<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and, now, <em>democracy<\/em>.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[22]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/grafton-are-young-people-ready-to-abandon-democracy\">ottawacitizen.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Didn&#8217;t Our Lady of Fatima warn that the &#8220;errors of Russia&#8221; (where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-collapse-of-america\/\">Communism was implemented<\/a>) would spread throughout the world unless we heeded the call to conversion?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>These things in truth are so sad that you might say that such events foreshadow and portend the \u201cbeginning of sorrows,\u201d that is to say of those that shall be brought by the man of sin, \u201c<em>who is lifted up above all that is called God or is worshiped<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong> (2 Thes 2:4). \u2014POPE ST. PIUS X, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19280508_miserentissimus-redemptor.html\">Miserentissimus Redemptor<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Encyclical Letter on Reparation to the Sacred Heart, May 8th, 1928<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What is the antidote then? How do we stand against this diabolical flood of lies spewing from the mouth of the serpent (Rev 12:15-16)?<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[23]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">In St. John Bosco&#8217;s legendary dream of the Two Pillars of the Eucharist and Mary, he writes: &#8220;A storm breaks out over the sea with high winds and waves. The Pope strains to lead his ship between the two pillars. The enemy ships attack with everything they\u2019ve got: bombs, canons, firearms, and even <em>books and pamphlets<\/em> are hurled at the Pope\u2019s ship. At times, it is gashed open by the formidable ram of an enemy vessel. But a breeze from the two pillars blows over the broken hull, sealing the gash.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The answer is to be <em>awake<\/em>, not woke. <br \/>\n<em>Faithful, <\/em>not faddish. <br \/>\n<em>Courageous<\/em>, not compromised:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours&#8230; God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent because he has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-transition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-39216\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel-1024x1000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/transitionangel-640x625.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> established a day on which he will \u2018judge the world with justice\u2019&#8230; When people are saying, \u201cPeace and security,\u201d then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. (2 Thessalonians 2:15; Acts 17:30-31; 1 Thess 5:3-6)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>For the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser people are forthcoming. <\/strong>\u2014POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clerus.org\/bibliaclerusonline\/en\/ea3.htm\">Familiaris Consortio<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>n. 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, we need to pray for <em>Wisdom. <\/em>The world is filled with knowledge; everyone with a computer and Google is now a genius. <em>But there are few wise men and women<\/em>. Wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit and it comes to those who humbly approach and obey the Lord.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_24');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_24');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_24\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[24]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_24\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;The beginning of wisdom is fear of the LORD, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.&#8221; (Proverbs 9:10) <\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_24').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_24', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Wisdom, <em>divine Wisdom, <\/em>is what makes a soul &#8220;awake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God&#8230; For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. (1 Corinthians 1:18, 25)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is necessary is that souls stay close to the Heart of Jesus through daily prayer and the Sacraments \u2014 and let Our Lady mother you.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_25');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_25');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_25\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[25]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_25\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-gift\/\">The Great Gift<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_25').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_25', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> These are the prime means to stay &#8220;alert and sober&#8221; and not go crazy as we are forced to watch this &#8220;<em>disturbia<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;mass formation psychosis&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_26');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48001_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_26');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_26\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[26]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_26\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-strong-delusion\/\"><em>The Strong Delusion<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_26').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48001_1_26', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> spread across the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>The enemies will try to extinguish the splendor of the truth, but God will win. Confusion will be great in the House of God because of the fault of those who have turned away from true doctrine. I suffer because of what is coming for you. Do not retreat. God\u2019s victory will come for the righteous. Courage! Love and defend the truth. There is no victory without the cross. Confession, Eucharist, Holy Scripture and the Holy Rosary:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>these are the weapons for the Great Battle. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Our Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/pedro-dont-be-discouraged-by-your-difficulties\/\">to Pedro Regis<\/a>, November 19, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>&#8220;Watch and pray&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(Mark 14:38)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Related Reading<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/political-correctness-and-the-great-apostasy\/\"><strong><em>Political Correctness and the Great Apostasy<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-growing-mob\/\"><em>The Growing Mob<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/barbarians-at-the-gates\/\"><em><strong>Barbarians at the Gates<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/persecution-spiritual-tsunami\/\">Persecution&#8230; and the Moral Tsunami<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Thanks for your prayers and support.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To journey with Mark in\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n<\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/>\nYour email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-768x250.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Now on Telegram. 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onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_48001_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_48001_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_48001_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-strong-delusion\/\">The Strong Delusion<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>New American Bible, Revised Standard Version, Douay-Rheims,<\/em> respectively<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&#8220;Americans Are Losing Trust in the Military&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americans-are-losing-trust-in-the-military-reagan-institute-survey-11669848047\">wsj.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woke\">wikipedia.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/black-and-white\/\">Black and White<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/exposing-this-revolutionary-spirit\/\">Exposing This Evolutionary Spirit<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/category\/human-sexuality-and-freedom\/\">Human Sexuality and Freedom<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/is-a-fetus-a-person\/\">Is a Fetus a Person?<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6316336329112\">foxnews.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/simons-video-jennyfer-hatch-1.6641543\">cbc.ca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">eg. &#8220;Rising wokeness in medical schools is a problem for patients everywhere&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/dei-in-the-er\/\">americanmind.org<\/a>; Michigan&#8217;s Whitmer refers to women as &#8216;people with a period&#8217;, as did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, cf.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/michigans-gretchen-whitmer-refers-women-menstruating-people-gop-gov-hopefuls-respond\"> foxnews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-second-act\/\"><em>The Second Act<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_12');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/following-the-science\/\">Following the Scienc<\/a>e; cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/open-letter-to-the-catholic-bishops\/\"><em>Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_13');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-purge\/\">The Purge<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_48001_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_48001_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_48001_1_14');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2022\/11\/biological-male-takes-first-place-girls-track-team-dismal-record-boys-team\/\">here<\/a>; 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