
He shall set up a standard to the nations (Isa. 11:12).
...when Christian institutions and morality decline, the main foundation of human society goes together with them. Force alone will remain to preserve public tranquillity and order (Sapientiae Christianae 3)
Christians are, moreover, born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God aiding, the triumph (Sapientiae Christianae 14).
"I am worried by the Blessed Virgin's messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soul. … I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.
"A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, 'Where have they taken Him?'"
- Roche, Pie XII Devant L'Historie, p. 52-53
LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENCE (audio)
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Those who lost their lives in the attacks of September 11, 2001 and in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were remembered atHoly Cross Church on St. Croix at a prayer service entitled "A Patriotic Rosary" on September 11. Especially honored were the Virgin Islanders who have died in the present conflict in Iraq.
The program consisted of prayers, readings and hymns. Prayers were offered for the United States and the Virgin Islands. Participants read inspirational statements from famous patriots: Alexander Hamilton (read by Paul O'Neill), George Washington (read by Ned Jacobs), John Adams (read by Virdim Brown), James Iredell (read by Alfred Wykoff), Jedediah Morse (read by Kenneth Guye), and General E. Lee (read by Robert Kowalski). Alice Maynard, Isabel Evans, Danielle DeChabert and Isabel Cerni, who coordinated the program, led patriotic hymns.
Pictured above, standing left to right, are Mr. Wykoff, Mr. Brown, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Kowalski and Mr. Guye. Kneeling from left to right, are Mr. Jacobs, Ms. Evans, Ms. Cerni and Ms. DeChabert.