In response to the shocking loss of life and property in the
Philippines, the Archbishop of St. John’s, Martin Currie, has a plan
to address the tragedy. Likewise the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
(CCCB) has
joined with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and
Peace (CCODP) “to prepare a first response and a plan of continuing aid
for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.”
Human beings, moved by compassion for their fellow man, rise
to such occasions. And somehow in the
mystery of life and death on this planet we make allowance for Divine
Providence when lives are lost by accident, sickness or weather. As I noted in
my recent
posting, all of us—nations small and great, media of all stripes—will obsess
over the loss, do everything possible to rescue and rebuild, and put new systems
in place to prevent a repeat catastrophe.
Yet not one of those who perished due to Typhoon Haiyan had
their lives taken from them unlawfully, in premeditated fashion by their fellow
man. How much more grievous and lamentable would it have been if thousands had
lost their lives to slaughter by their neighbours, such as when Syrian
civilians were recently subjected to nerve gas attacks?
Perhaps at the end of the year the Archbishop and the CCCB
will announce a prayer vigil for the 110,000+ human victims destroyed
viciously in utero by Canada’s “maternal health” specialists in 2013. Perhaps
also they will call for a collection to fund their 2014 Bishops’ plan to end
the senseless loss of life so no such repeat catastrophe ever occurs in Canada
again.
But so far, for nearly fifty years since legalized abortion
came to Canada in 1969, the Bishops have not reacted with the typically human
and compassionate response to a dreadful tragedy, let alone to a heinous crime
(which abortion is, in the eyes of God). Although they—and they alone—are charged
by Heaven with the spiritual and moral authority of Christ in the affairs of
men in Canada, they are, in practical terms, silent about this Canadian holocaust. The evil
has not been called out and backed up by a war plan. The demons are yet unbound
and will continue to roam throughout Canada in 2014, with their ravaging bloodlust
for womb children unabated.
As horrifying as it may sound, the Bishops, in varying
degrees, appear to have made their peace
with the devil. Forgive me but what other explanation can be possible?
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you cannot
be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. 1 Corinthians
10:21
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