I wrote the poem in the blog description probably two years ago. There were other verses, but so far none seem right. Maybe some day the next verses will exist. But for now...
As men, we are meant to be soldiers of the cross of Christ. We have been called, and we must do our duty. There is a great spiritual war going on in our world today, and it isn't going well. Large and important battles have been lost and we can see the effects: millions of innocent babies murdered through abortion, genocide in Africa, wars in the middle east, terrorism, great poverty, sexual degredation, environmental destruction, and on and on and on.
It reminds me of the situation on June 18th of 1940, after France had fallen, before the United States entered World War II, when England stood alone against what looked like the invincible might of Hitler and his armies. Sir Winston Churchill stood up and, speaking for England in particular and the entire free world in general, made one the most eminent speeches in history. I don't think it's wise to believe we are in any less perilous a situation today. It might be best, in fact, to take Sir Winston's words (the last sentence of his famous speech) - adopt them to our current situation, and say: " Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves so that, when the Catholic church and brotherhood of christian communities last ten thousand years, men will say, "This was their finest hour."
A lot of relatives and friends of mine have blogs - it's easy to start one but not so easy to keep it going. I've decided to try to write at least a little each day in this one. With God's grace and the help of my guardian angel, I'll hopefully be able to do so.
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