As The World Turns

The Carthusian Order was founded by St. Bruno in the year 1084.  The motto and arms of the order consists (as I’ve mentioned before more than once) of a globe representing the world, with a cross standing on the top of it.  If we had a modern version today, what we’d call a logo, it would show the globe spinning round and round, while the cross on top would not move at all.  The meaning is clear, but is nevertheless included as the order’s motto: “As the world turns, the Cross stands firm.”  In other words, no matter what happens in this world of ours, God is unchangeable.  If we can’t find stability anywhere else, it is always present in the form of God.  It is the greatest tragedy since the Crucifixion that the Vatican II Church no longer reflects the divine stability of her Founder, but has chosen instead to start spinning itself along with the world beneath her feet.  And it is the greatest comfort since the Resurrection that the true Church still continues in the hearts and souls of those who have rejected Vatican II and its popes and bishops, remaining loyal to the revealed and unchanging truths of faith and morals.  As the world changes, the Cross still stands firm.

We are at a moment in history that seems to us important and gives us hope.  We live right now in a world that is a lot more promising than it was a couple of weeks ago.  Our own country has experienced a reprieve from the constant barrage of evil we’ve had to go through for far too long.  Certainly, we can and should celebrate this stay in time, but let’s never forget that the world has not stopped turning, and that—at a moment’s notice—we could be faced with any kind of crisis the devil or nature sends our way and the good Lord permits.  We’ve had a Trump presidency before, and in spite of all the good he did back then, we found ourselves suddenly facing a worldwide pandemic called Covid.   The left will stop at nothing to create mayhem.

So while our psychological burdens may have been suddenly lifted, we should not be deluded into putting all our hope in man, even a man who seems capable of restoring the moral and financial  backbone of the nation and our fellow-citizens.  Good times may lie ahead, but like all the joys of this life, they are transitory and flimsy.  Only God and our faith in him can bring us that complete peace and confidence that comes from his steadfast Cross, standing atop this ever-changing world.  God has allowed that world yet another chance to redeem itself by renouncing evil and adapting to his will.  It is indeed a time of hope, but it has to be hope for mankind, not in mankind.

There’s a saying with which I’m sure you’re all familiar: “As the Church goes, so goes the world.”  It is no coincidence that the Second Vatican Council coincided with the cultural revolution of the 1960s with its open promiscuity, drug use, and rebellion against all authority, spiritual and temporal.  It is as though the Vicar of Christ reached down from the Cross, catching hold of the spinning globe beneath, and being whisked around, along with all the rest of the clergy and faithful, thrown about in all directions.  And the more they whirled, the faster the world itself spun out of control.  Even the good souls who reject Vatican II find themselves reeling in a world where they are nothing but fodder for the wolves who control it.  The only thing we can do is to cling to the Cross and not let go, to maintain the moral values of the Decalogue, the truths of our traditional Catechism.  Hold on tight to that Cross and never, ever let go, in good times or bad.  Because that spinning world is always there beneath our feet, ready to pull us under.

Make sure, too, that it’s the true Cross you’re hanging on to.  Not the cross that now spins along with the world.  For the likes of Bergoglio, the cross isn’t spinning fast enough, and they propel it along with constant change, constant instability and chaos.  The devil loves chaos.  Bergoglio loves chaos.  It’s not a coincidence.  The true Cross still stands firm above it all, and it is to this Cross alone that we must always turn.

As the Church goes, so goes the world.  The conciliar church and the secular cultural revolution have been working hand in glove to bring about the results we see today.  And then, just as things are at their darkest, suddenly we see a backlash from the people, a people who are obviously sick and tired of all the nonsense and the wickedness.  It’s now up to us to use these times to full advantage.  We must turn things around so that ‘as the world goes, so goes the Church’.  If it’s the time for people to rebel against the evil men who have stolen our government and tried to destroy our nation, then it’s the time for us to rebel equally against those false pastors who have stolen our Church and tried to destroy our faith.  It’s time for us all to redouble our prayers so that good shepherds like Archbishop Viganò might have the opportunity to do for the Catholic Church what President Trump is doing for the United States.  It’s a time of hope.  But we must work hard for the results, loudly and constantly condemning Bergoglio and his evil plot to destroy the Church, rejecting the so-called traditional groups who seek compromise with the devil in Rome and sit on the fence.  Our most fundamental role is strive our whole life to maintain our faith—and our morals!—intact and unsullied.  Hang on to that immovable Cross that anchors the world in place.  It’s the only thing holding us back from the whirling chaos trying to suck us down into the abyss.  As the world turns, the Cross stands firm.  Hold on to that Cross and we too shall stand firm.