Ralph Drollinger (the so-called "cabinet pastor") wrote that the
U.S. is “experiencing the consequential wrath of God” because the “forsaken,”
which includes environmentalists and members of the LGBTQIA+ community, have
“given over” to their “degrading passions.” Betsy DeVos, Mike Pompeo, Ben
Carson, and Rick Perry all regularly attend Drollinger’s bible study sessions,
with Perry describing him as a “brilliant, knowledgeable bible instructor.” (NBC News / Independent)
Somebody should tell these culpably
ignorant people that they got it wrong: it’s more likely their/our wanton allowance
of the destruction of God’s creation, the beautiful gift of Mother Earth, that
has ruptured human beings’ relationship with it and God’s perfect plan for it. As
Jim Robbins wrote back in 2012: “If we fail to understand and take care of the natural
world, it can cause a breakdown of these systems and come back to haunt us in
ways we know little about. A critical example is a developing model of
infectious disease that shows that most epidemics—AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS,
Lyme disease and hundreds more that have occurred over the last several
decades—don’t just happen. They are a result of things people do to nature.”[1]
On the other hand, just see how the skies over Beijing
and Los Angeles are clear, and the canals of Venice clean and full of fish and
algae for the first time in decades. In only two weeks! We can do this, people. The Earth can survive without us. We
cannot survive without her.
And
while we’re at it let's tell that fox in the White House (cf. Herod, Luke 13:33)
that today we are casting out demons, the ones who are bowing before Mammon (Mt 6:24/Lk 16:13), the supposed
Right-to-Lifers who are willing to sacrifice their elderly on the altar of the
economy. And you know what Jesus does with demons, right? (Mt 8:32.)
I would not say that the president of
the U.S. is the Antichrist. It would
only go to his head. But all this that the president and his henchmen from the swamp are up to is anti-Christ. I can
hardly believe that anyone with any intelligence could read the gospels
of Jesus––let alone the social teaching of the Catholic Church––and still support this man and his ilk in any way. Let’s send them into
the sea with the swine, and for sure vote them all out of office in 2020.
Stay close to Tony Fauci instead,
the marvelous Italian immigrant; and to the Holy Father, that Argentinian
immigrant; and to Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, who recognizes
that this is a time for us to put down our arms and work together as a world,
across the world, for the whole world and all its people.
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
the world, and those who live in it;
for he has founded it on the seas,
and established it on the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
and do not swear deceitfully.
Be well, everybody. Stay safe, stretch and breathe, say your prayers, and Restiamo distanti per oggi per abbracciarci domani––"Let's keep away from each other for now so we can hug each other tomorrow (Giuseppe Conte)."
[The opinions expressed here are those of a private citizen and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the monks of New Camaldoli Hermitage.]
[The opinions expressed here are those of a private citizen and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the monks of New Camaldoli Hermitage.]
