“'Simon, Simon, behold! Satan has demanded permission to have all of you, to sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And once you have returned, you must strengthen your brothers.' And Simon said, 'Lord, I am ready to go with you, to prison and death.' Jesus answered, 'Before the cock crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.'"
Luke 22:31-34
"Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."
Václav Havel
Now might be a good time to find something that you can firmly believe in, something that is greater and better than yourself, and then hang on to it and faithfully serve it, with all your strength and hope.
I wonder why this is never mentioned in history classes in the US.
And I wonder why the US media has not frankly discussed what happened. Is it because it would embarrass powerful figures still on the scene today?
I wonder why there is no frank discussion of the Wall Street interests who helped to finance the fascists in Europe, including the National Socialists in Germany, even during the 1940's?
When the going gets tough, the moneyed interests seem to invariably reach for fascism to maintain the status quo.
We keep too many things hidden 'for the sake of the system.' This obsession with secrecy is all too often the cover to hide misdeeds, incompetency, abuses of the system, and outright crimes.
If some things cannot bear the light of day but are allowed to remain hidden, the chances are pretty good that they will become a festering sore and a moral hazard for the future.
Here is a BBC documentary about what had happened. It did happen. That is not speculation or a rumour or a conspiracy theory.
"Justice will eventually overtake the fabricators and false witnesses.
There is nothing permanent, except change. Change alone is unchanging."
Heraclitus
Today was very quiet in the US markets. Even the weather seemed to conspire in it, quietly baking metropolis in a still Summer heat.
Gold and silver popped early on the weaker than expected Empire report, and then drifted lower on the general lack of interest in The Bucket Shop by all except a small group of professional sharpers, shills, and hapless tourists.
Even the dollar moved sideways. All is calm in the Pax Americana.
Change very difficult for people to accept sometimes, especially when they have worked long and hard to set things up for their own advantage, and they think that they are winning.
Change is coming. It is coming for you, and for all of us. Slowly but surely, change is the only certainty.
And the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.
Let us pray for those whose hearts are hardened against His grace and loving kindness by greed, fear, and pride, and the seductive illusion and crushing isolation of evil.
We pray that we all may experience the three great gifts of our Lord's suffering and triumph: repentance, forgiveness, and thankfulness. And in so doing, may we obtain abundant life, and with it the peace that surpasses all understanding.
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