Heavenly intercession
Today is the feast day of Saints Cosmas and Damian–twin brothers–who both happened to be physicians. They were martyred in the bloody Diocletian persecution in the year c. 287 AD.
But first they were tortured to recant their faith, and miraculously not affected by their various barbaric methods (including crucifixion). They did not die; so they were beheaded by the sword.
As the patrons of physicians and surgeons, their intercession from heaven is badly needed today.
Source: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04403e.htm
The cusp of madness
Just as in ancient Rome, our civilization too, is at the cusp of madness. America’s federal government is waging war on her own citizen’s, from promoting the killing of the smallest and weakest to sanctioning a set of laws (HHS Mandate) that aim to force healthcare providers in Catholic hospitals to perform surgeries that mutilate the genitals of children in gender transition procedures.
Meanwhile, as of September 14, 2022, Indiana University announced the glories of the freedom of choice in the sexual realm by honoring Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956), a man who embraced sexual perversion with men and beasts alike, and did not hide that he facilitated the sexual torture and rape of over 700 children during his “sexology research” to justify his behavior and lay the (false) claim that children are sexual beings from birth. There is now a large bronze sculpture of him on the Bloomington campus to honor him.
Source: https://www.catholicleague.org/category/latest-news/.
God is not mocked (Gal 6:7)
With the hammer bearing down on religious freedom and violence increasing all around us, let us take heart. God is not mocked, nor will evil have the final say.
It’s simply a reminder we live for the splendor of heavenly glory, when we will see God as He is, face to face (1 John 3:2) in a state of supreme joy, without the evil that exists here.
Our place in the history of mankind is here and now for a reason: to supplant evil by doing good, and to be fearless about it.
St. Polycarp (death c. 155 AD) wrote in his letter to the Philippians:
“If we please him in this present world we shall receive from him the world which is to come; for he promised us to raise us from the dead. If we are worthy citizens of his community, we shall also reign with him, if only we have faith.”
Source: Liturgy of the Hours, Divine Office Breviary, September 26, 2022. https://www.universalis.com/-400/readings.htm.
May God be with you.