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Join the Conversation
with
Cardinal Raymond
Burke!
Dear Friend,
~ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven.
This month’s edition of Conversations with Cardinal Burke comes
during dynamic, intense and trying times effecting every one of
us.
I imagine you are as bewildered as I am seeing the confluence of
crises and overlapping emergencies erupting in 2020. And could you
imagine even ten or fifteen years ago that we would see an
anti-American movement where people carry a disdain for standing for
the National Anthem or having schoolchildren recite in class the
Pledge of Allegiance? Much less, a shocking degree of disregard for
law and order in society.
 It is becoming more apparent the
world has enjoyed unprecedented economic development and relative
peace and stability as a result of having international order. The
current order was born from the ashes of the second world war. This
order was born from the ashes of the second world war and was hard
earned costing the world one hundred and fifty million lives who were
lost over the course of the 31-year period of what was a great power
war from 1914-1945.
Two other examples of international order established on the
Continent of Europe were from 1648-1750 and another period from
1815-1914. Note that during both times, order lasted about one
hundred years. We are now in
the seventy-fifth year of the current order and it is under
stress.
This
is conversation of generational importance. Please join the
conversation now and share with all of your friends and
family.
Integral to the current order is the United States. Showing signs
of instability, the recent medical crisis has cost over 100,000
American lives stressing our economy and our health system as well as
threatening the social fabric of our communities. We are watching the
destruction of our patriotic dreams in America as violence and
hate-filled language fills our streets, property is vandalized and
destroyed, and protesters topple historic statues across the country.
Now, there are calls to defund the police and a groundswell of
pressure is mounting on authorities to remove all monuments with any
connection to slavery and colonialism. After 141 years in Boston, a
commission voted
‘unanimously’ to remove
a statue of former President Abraham Lincoln freeing a slave. On
the heels of demonstrators tearing down a statue of the Catholic
missionary St. Junipero Serra, crews removed statues of Christopher
Columbus and Queen Isabella from Columbus, Ohio’s City Hall.
“The upheavals of the current day should challenge us to
recall our basic vision of what it means to be a just society. In
the face of all the chaos before us – grave injustices like abuse of
power, anarchical riots, destruction of property and theft – we must
reaffirm the truths our Church teaches about the divine and social
order.”
- His Eminence, Cardinal Raymond
Burke
My friends, we are in revolutionary times. I learned over the
course of many years from my mentor, Brazilian intellectual and
Catholic Activist, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira who denounced other
godless revolutions such as Nazism and communist totalitarianism,
there are consistent tendencies which seek to undertake a process to
auto demolish the Catholic Church with the ultimate intention to
destroy Christian civilization proven to be the framework where people
and the common good flourish .
We must realize now that
if there is disorder, the first thing to do is to restore
order. In my exclusive interview with His Eminence, we take a
deep dive into the realities we are experiencing to reset a proper and
mature context and examine why our Catholic faith is the true force
for good in the world and the sole solution for these times.
Amid the confusion in society, we must do our part to share with
the world the wisdom we learn receive from the Catholic Church
especially found in our faith and traditions.
This
is conversation of generational importance. I look forward to you
joining the conversation now and hearing any comments and takeaways
you have. Also, please ask your friends and family to watch this
interview and to like, share, subscribe, follow, and support authentic
voices like His Eminence on social media.
May Our Lady of the Rosary help you and bless you and your loved
ones. And may She grant you the grace to come ever closer to Her
Divine Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Sincerely in Jesus and Mary,
Thomas J. McKenna
Founder and President
Catholic Action For Faith And Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/
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