This is the last post on this subject for now.
Here is an interesting question. What if an entire people loses identity?
Europe was created out of the culture and civilization left behind by the Romans and Greeks. But, it was the Catholic Church which created Europe. Without the Catholic identity, Europe will disappear and become something else, something without roots, without beauty, without God.
America has lost the Christian identity of the founders. Again, what is lost can only be found through prayer and serious reflection, as well as repentance. Sin is a result of this lost sense of self, of a people of God.
Sin steps in when identity becomes muddled. If we know we are loved by God, we move towards perfection, towards union with Him.
Other nations have lost their identities. Look at Brazil. When the people become separated from who they are, the nation suffers.
Malta has lost her identity.
Sadly, in so many so-called free nations, freedom is fast disappearing. Freedom comes from the natural law, from laws based on God's laws, not made-up laws by men and women who have lost their identity.
As citizens, we have a right to expect leaders to have a Christian identity and uphold natural law and the Ten Commandments. Without leaders with identity, our nations will morph into global anarchism or become the prey of those who want one world government. Those without identity will be permanently smothered by those who are stronger and have identified with evil.
Yes, some choose to identify with evil.
And, in this world, there is no such thing as a neutral identity.
This is why I am so against Common Core and other forms of godless education. Even most Catholic schools, especially in Great Britain, have sold out to those who have lost their Christian, even Catholic identities.
Who do you want to form your children?
Who do you want as leaders, spouses, clergy?
We need leaders, and ourselves, to truly find out who we are. We are first and foremost, as baptized Catholics, children of God. Secondly, we have heritages and loyalties to our families and ancestors, unless these were evil. Thirdly, we have loyalties to country, to nation. Patriotism is a minor virtue, but only those who know who they are can be virtuous. Make sure your loyalties are for worthy causes, not unworthy ones.
Please find out who you are. Please pray and get the true advice you need. We all are here for a purpose. Here, again on this blog, is Cardinal Newman's prayer.
God knows me and calls me by my name.…
God has created me to do Him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me
which He has not committed to another.
I have my mission—I never may know it in this life,
but I shall be told it in the next.
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes…
I have a part in this great work;
I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection
between persons.
He has not created me for naught. I shall do good,
I shall do His work;
I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth
in my own place, while not intending it,
if I do but keep His commandments
and serve Him in my calling.
Therefore I will trust Him.
Whatever, wherever I am,
I can never be thrown away.
If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him;
In perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him;
If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him.
My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be
necessary causes of some great end,
which is quite beyond us.
He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life,
He may shorten it;
He knows what He is about.
He may take away my friends,
He may throw me among strangers,
He may make me feel desolate,
make my spirits sink, hide the future from me—
still He knows what He is about.…
Let me be Thy blind instrument. I ask not to see—
I ask not to know—I ask simply to be used.
from Meditations and Devotions,
"Meditations on Christian Doctrine,"
"Hope in God—Creator", March 7, 1848