Cardinal Dolan Decries Statue Destruction, Warns Against Dangerous “Cultural Revolution”
Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote a powerful piece decrying the destruction of statues and monuments in the United States.
The New York Archbishop published a July 2 blog addressing the destruction of the country’s most treasured historical monuments. He refers to this unrest as “unhelpful” for our “necessary common conversation on racism.”
The Wall Street Journal also published the op-ed.
Cardinal Dolan says eliminating the monuments can lead to the virus that is “historic amnesia.”
The cardinal said that while we should still remember these people for their serious wrongs, we should also remember them for their great contributions to society.
“All of them still contributed a lot of good to our nation’s progress,” Cardinal Dolan said. “Defacing, tearing down, and hiding statutes and portraits is today’s version of puritanical book-burning.
“Our children need to know their country’s past, and her normative figures, their virtues and vices. That’s how we learn and pass on our story.”
“Such rash iconoclasm can lead to an historic amnesia that will eliminate something essential for our necessary common conversation on racism: the memory of flawed human beings who, while sadly and scandalously wrong on burning issues such as slavery and civil rights, were right on so many others, and need to be remembered for both.”
Cardinal Dolan: All people are imperfect and sinners. Eliminate all figures, and only Jesus and Mary would remain.
“Is not the same true with our country’s historical personalities? All of them had flaws, yet all of them still contributed a lot of good to our nation’s progress.”
“The same could be true of the Church I love and am honored to serve. Yes, there are scandalous parts of our history, and countless episodes when popes, bishops, priests, and others – including some who are now saints – did not act as they should have.”
“God forbid we’d go through a ‘cultural revolution’ like Mao’s China did five decades ago! What a mess! What a disaster! Beware of those who want to purify memories and present a tidy – and inaccurate – history.
“It seems like some of our leader’s today wake up each morning and ask, ‘What are the demands from the protestors today? Let’s agree to them!'”
“And who’s to say which statues, portraits, books, and dedications are spared? Remember when some objected to raising the status of the Reverend Martin Luther King’s birthday to a national holiday, citing his humbly self-admitted flaws as reasons to exclude him?
“Thank God they did not prevail!
“If literature with some expression of prejudice, or words or scenes that are today rightly abhorred, is to be banned, I don’t know if even the Bible can survive!
“If we only honor perfect, saintly people of the past, I guess I’m left with only the Cross…and some people would ban that!”
“I want to remember the good and the bad, and recall with gratitude how even people of the past who had an undeniable dark side can still let light prevail and leave the world better.
“I want to keep bringing classes of school children to view such monuments, and to explain to them how even such giants in our history had crimes, unjust acts, and just plain poor judgment mixed in with the good we honor.
“Most of all, I do not want to be infected by the new virus of today, ‘historical dementia.’ As the saying goes, ‘Those not familiar with the past are bound to repeat its mistakes.'”
Exorcist Exposes Demonic Forces to Blame for Violent Unrest: “America Needs Deliverance”
I love America…but it needs help.
We typically do assessments of individuals who may have demonic activity. If one were to assess our country as a whole right now, there are strong signs of our country being demonically oppressed.
First, there are plenty of openings for the demonic.
There is a significant drop in the practice of the Faith, thus losing a critical graced protection. Moreover, many more people are practicing witchcraft, Wicca, ouija boards and other occult practices, which open the door to the demonic.
Also, there are almost a million abortions each year in the USA, which we have found to be a huge demonic door. And there are other sinful behaviors on the rise, such as internet pornography, drug and sexual addictions, and more. Sin gives evil increasing access to our lives.
Second, there are signs in our country of a demonic mentality infecting our communities.
One of the first signs of the demonic is discord. The level of discord in this country is through the roof. A rising level of unhappiness, hopelessness, and suicides are also typical demonic signs; suicide rates have been rising in the USA for several years.
Outbursts of rage, anger, and violence often accompany demonic activity; one sign of this in our country is a steady increase in terrorism.
Finally, Satan and his minions think of themselves as victims and this mentality is increasingly pervasive in the USA.
These are disturbing trends which point to an increasing influence of Satan and his minions in our country.
Of course, Satan does NOT have the final word. God is in charge and God’s designs will never be thwarted. Nevertheless, I believe our country is becoming increasingly demonically oppressed (not fully possessed!).
What to do?
If our country is demonically oppressed, then what must be done? As with any client who is oppressed, we start with closing the doors to the demonic. Stop sinning; stop practicing the occult; start practicing the Faith.
Barring any nation-wide conversion and/or extraordinary Divine intervention–this is unlikely. In fact, all trends seem to be in the wrong direction.
But all is not lost!
It has always been that the small barque of Peter, with a little band of the faithful, can turn back Divine judgment and “coax” the Almighty into shedding extraordinary graces on the people.
The redemptive graces of Jesus’ death and resurrection are infinite and our merciful God intensely desires to shed these graces upon us.
What must we do?
Love God and love the people…completely. Judge no one–left or right, republican or democrat, black or white. Pray constantly. Invoke the Blessed Virgin. Pray that our little prayers and sacrifices be filled with the Spirit and share in the redemptive action of Jesus. Thus, they will become immensely fecund.
God will not abandon the USA.
I believe it has a special role to play in the Divine plan of salvation. But the influence of the demonic these days is palpable. The country needs you and your prayers right now.
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