Charles Kirk RIP: Spiritual tsunami?

a podcaster on the right, who often holds conservative Christian values and quotes the bible with his talks, was deliberately killed, by a terrorist.

Well, this is only one of several high profile attacks in the last ten years on political figures. Sigh.,

But anyway, I only follow a few podcasts, and didn't really know who the guy was, although I did see a few of his interviews on podcasts that I sometimes listen to (i.e. Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson).

but looking around the web, I was astounded because a lot of people were crying about his death.

not because of his politics per se, but because they knew him andoften had their lives impacted by him.,

So I looked into some of what was being said, and again it was not the usualy trite sympathy sentences, but sad and often tearful statements on how he affected their lives. And nearly all of these seemed to be by young men.

Instapundit has a lot of links about him, but other blogs where I get my news were joining in the open mourning.

Ironically, there are a lot of "I am glad he is dead ha ha" stuff from the left, often teachers or in other woke professions, many of whom were young ladies.

Again, WTF?

The overkill and rejoicing of the left is disgusting of course, but it is so far over the top that it seems like it might be diabolical influence.

I mean you might see things like this about an enemy of your in war, but here it was supposedly for his haterful comments. Except his comments were not hateful: Just polite. In other words, they are rejoicing abou the death of a nice guy who the leaders on th eleft have made into a monster by manipulating and lying about what he said. So do they hate the man himself (which would be diabolical) or jsut the fake strawman of the cult of the woke?

and in the second and third day, this has continued, and even morphed into a Christian revival and people that usually were secular in their writings talking about the need for spiritual warfare.

here is an example from the satire tweeter Catturd.

The movement is now 100 times bigger. The demons have failed. https://t.co/ypcBvtDwbY

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 14, 2025

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but like previous revivals e.g. after911, I am sure the opposition will push lies to destroy this. How long until a fake lady claims sexual harassment or worse, similar to how Clarance Thomas and Kavanaugh were accused.

at the same time, I am going through a spiritual heartburn... severe dryness. I have been unable to sit through the mass because of muscular weakness and heat exhaustion like symptoms.

since I had dengue, I got my weakness back but in the last three months of hot season it got worse: not SOB or pain but just fatigue

so I asked Joy to ask the church if they could bring me communion which is done by the Catholic church for the homebound. But Joy or the secretary got the message wrong so when Father finally came, it was at supper time.

well, I was outside with the dogs who were in my room when I was napping so I went outside to let them do their thing, and to enjoy the sunset.

And the cook came in. Because she didn't know why Father was there she didn't welcome him in. I locked the dogs in the dining room, but by the time I hobbled to where Father was, Kuya went inside to find me, and the dogs all ran out, ran past us at the door, and started chasing the neighboring dogs.

Now, the day before and earlier that day, I was literally unable to pray, either my regular prayers or my talking with the Lord or reading and thinking and when I went to the door, I was still a bit confused from my recent nap...

So when Father looked me over I explained I didn't want to be anointed but just permission to receive commonion (and go to confession), at which point the discussion deteriorated because Father saw a fat lady chasing the dogs with her cane and then saying she was too weak to attend mass, so he started telling me about all the different masses I could attend. Well, finally he said he would send the person on Sunday with communion and left, and I was left without confessing or receiving the sacrament or anointing.

Diabolic oppresion? Confusion from my anti allergy medicines? Symptoms of depression? I went through some of this when I was writing pro life stuff years ago, so maybe.

well anyway, this morning with all the Kirk assasination coverage, I have been recovering the ability to pray, and by the time the Eucharistic minister came with the sacrament, I could receive it and pray for awhile after he left: I felt the touch of grace in this.

Prayer before going on the internet

 via Father Z:

Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thine image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The feast of the Sacred Heart

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talks on prayer

Benedict's weekly audience lectures on prayer are listed HERE.

quote from the latest talk:

The intercessor does not make excuses for the sin of his people; he does not list presumed merits either of his people or of himself; rather, he appeals to the gratuitousness of God: a free God, who is total love, who never ceases to go in search of the one who has strayed, who always remains faithful to himself and offers the sinner the possibility of returning to him and of becoming, through forgiveness, just and capable of fidelity.

Librivox has Bengali poet Tagore's poems Gitanjali, for download. an excerpt:

"On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands.

Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness.

I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers."
-----81, Gitanjali

One anecdote: Baroness Catherine DeHueck (later Doherty) met him while on a lecture tour, and asked him why despite his piety he never became a Christian. He answered back: why did you never become a Christian?
Catherine later became a social activist, started Friendship house in Harlem during the 1930's, and later pioneered Madonna House in Canada (after marrying reporter/screenwriter Eddie Doherty).

Pray for our bishops

The daily reading in the Prayer of the Church AKA the Divine Office contain a scripture reading a short reading from the treasury of church writings.

Most of them are over my head. As a doctor, I can discuss the neurophysiology of the limbus tract,or the life cycle of Schistosomiasis, but I'm not good with theology.

But one of the treasures that I discovered Gregory the Great, Pope and Saint. His writings remind us that the present day problems of the church are not really new...

He writes:

I am forced to consider the affairs of the Church and the monasteries. I must weigh the lives and acts of individuals. I am responsible for the concerns of our citizens. I must worry about the invasions of roving bands of barbarians, and beware of the wolves who lie in wait for my flock. I must become an administrator lest the religious go in want. I must put up with certain robbers without losing patience, and at times I must deal with them in all charity..

Sounds like not much has changed in the last 1500 years...and our bishops face similar problems.

Here in the Philippines, it means treading a fine line between condemning politicians accused of graft (but not proven) while not appearing to take sides in political squabbles. At the same time, it means opposing a powerful population lobby, aiming to "allow" (read "mandate") family planning in government clinics.

In the US, there is another problem. After 40 years of Catholic bishops laying low in the political fight against abortion, we see a slight of hand by the Obama supporters against the Catholic church.

Abortion was not discussed as an issue, so many Catholics did not take it into account, or saw it as a lesser issue (i.e. one that no president could change) against financial and immigration issues.

At the same time, Obama surrogates campaigned to pro life Catholics, emphasizing that the law couldn't be changed, but that by voting for their candidate, you would lower abortion via increasing social programs.

Now that the election is past, however, the "progressives" have come out in force. The bishops have been publicly mocked in articles, saying that see, your people don't listen to you so you have to change your mind (never mind that the bishops' opposition got little or no press coverage).

There is a big worry that the first thing a President Obama will do is sign the "Freedom of Choice Act" that will remove all restrictions against all abortions, an action that would mandate Catholic hospitals to cooperate with abortions.

He also could remove a recent Bush administrative decree protects pro life medical personnel against being fired for refusing to cooperate with procedures against their conscience.

A lot of people think this is about abortion, but it has more ramifications, since euthanasia is coming, and pro life pharmacists will now have to give out not only abortion pills but euthanasia pills....and states such as California that mandate doctors tell terminal patients of all choices of treatment can quickly morph into suicide counseling in the near future.

So what is a bishop to do?

If he is harsh, he is mocked, and his words are twisted. If he is quiet, he is ignored. If he rebukes in private, he is under fire by those saying "why doesn't he do something", but if he rebukes in public, his actions could result in the erring sinner becoming bitter and hardening their heart against real repentance.

Not an easy choice.

So what can we as laypeople do?

We can pray for our bishops and priests, that they are given wisdom.

God is in control.

That is why spending an hour a day in prayer for our country and for our clergy will be more valuable in the long run that writing essays or letters to the editor...

Song of the day

The Imitation of Christ

If you don't mind logging onto a right wing site, the Freeper religious forum is posting the Imitation of christ one day at a time.