Пълният препис на LTACL: The Final Battle for Europe? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.

And really, all across Europe, 02:32.986 --> 02:36.695 all across what used to be known as Christendom, 02:37.000 --> 02:39.889 current recent exception, Liechtenstein, way to go, 02:39.905 --> 02:43.515 Prince. But aside from that, uh, there's been more or 02:44.015 --> 02:47.831 less a kind of agreement that some people might have Jesus 02:48.331 --> 02:52.018 of Nazareth as their mascot, and it doesn't really matter 02:52.518 --> 02:55.596 because when it comes to the important things, you know, policy, 02:56.414 --> 02:59.687 uh, and money, then we don't need to have any reference to 02:59.703 --> 03:03.425 Christ at all. And for all that cultural battle 03:03.925 --> 03:07.348 stuff, well, you just keep all that to yourself. And look what happened. 03:08.856 --> 03:13.003 France, Western Europe, Christendom used 03:13.051 --> 03:16.475 to have Christ the King as the foundation, 03:17.214 --> 03:20.911 the cornerstone, and built there from the one church Christ 03:21.411 --> 03:24.735 founded. And yeah, there were still sinners. Sinners didn't disappear, 03:25.185 --> 03:28.863 but there was a glorious culture and civilization. And you 03:28.879 --> 03:32.988 had things like, you know, the rule of law and enforceable contracts and universities 03:33.101 --> 03:36.418 and science and Uh, the end of, you know, 03:36.579 --> 03:40.319 demon worship, human sacrifice, polygamy, and treating women like broodmares. 03:40.977 --> 03:44.283 All that went away as Christianity expanded. And then our 03:44.783 --> 03:48.666 friends in France in 1789 said, hey, you know what we should do? We should 03:48.698 --> 03:52.839 get rid of Christ and in our public and private lives, 03:52.951 --> 03:55.407 and it'll be great. Here's what was really going on. 03:56.547 --> 03:59.854 The First Commandment is first, and a 04:00.354 --> 04:03.601 lot of clever people figured out One of the ways to 04:03.617 --> 04:07.167 draw people away from the first commandment is to say, 04:07.490 --> 04:11.218 you don't have to live the sixth commandment anymore. Have I got a 04:11.718 --> 04:14.803 story for you. And that was the deal. 04:15.029 --> 04:18.779 If we broke a relationship with God and his Christ, 04:19.215 --> 04:23.111 we could run amok sexually. And we all know how that worked out. 04:23.482 --> 04:27.019 First, it was the French. Later, those same voices sounded German. 04:27.457 --> 04:29.388 More recently, they sound like really good Americans. 04:30.809 --> 04:34.265 Point is, is that Europe is a basket 04:34.765 --> 04:38.267 case. It's on fire. It's a mess, and it has 04:38.540 --> 04:42.659 no hope unless and until we 04:43.159 --> 04:47.526 come back to the kingship of Christ. So right now, uh, the European foundations, 04:47.558 --> 04:50.303 the great European states, whether it's Germany, France, 04:50.932 --> 04:52.111 uh, the, the UK, 04:53.919 --> 04:57.838 all those countries are the moral, 04:57.934 --> 05:02.101 political, philosophical equivalent of tofu 05:02.601 --> 05:06.476 dreck. There are buildings made out of tofu. There's no solid 05:06.508 --> 05:09.794 foundation. So that's one foundation is 05:10.294 --> 05:13.849 a non-foundation. That's secularism. Now there's another foundation, 05:14.426 --> 05:17.118 and that's from our friends from the religion of peace. 05:17.791 --> 05:21.894 They've got moral clarity. They've got 05:21.958 --> 05:25.629 a standard that is written down, that is observed strictly. 05:26.366 --> 05:29.498 And they're obviously in it to win it. So they showed 05:29.998 --> 05:32.759 up to the civilization that has no foundation and say, hey, do you mind if 05:32.871 --> 05:36.405 we move in? And, you know, can we bring our 05:36.421 --> 05:39.521 own cornerstone with us? Sure, come on in. Because, 05:39.954 --> 05:43.279 you know, cornerstones are not important. And no one said, hey, why is the little 05:43.311 --> 05:46.218 girl in a wedding dress? Oh, never mind. It'll be fine. Come on in. 05:46.363 --> 05:49.559 All are welcome. And that 05:49.575 --> 05:52.805 hasn't been working out very well, especially for Western 05:53.305 --> 05:56.719 Europe. So there seem to be 2 alternatives. 05:57.218 --> 06:00.713 There's the hollowness of secularism and the 06:00.761 --> 06:04.553 other alien foundation of Islam, 06:06.560 --> 06:08.500 and then there's the kingship of Christ. 06:09.886 --> 06:13.820 Those are really realistically the only 3 available 06:14.320 --> 06:18.657 cornerstones for rebuilding a collapsing burning 06:19.239 --> 06:22.977 Europe. No more tofu, 06:23.948 --> 06:27.420 no more building on vapor, no more building 06:27.598 --> 06:31.496 on hollow foundations. Secularism is a 06:31.996 --> 06:34.278 spent force, and we have to admit it. 06:36.050 --> 06:39.809 Islam is in it to win it. They believe that the future belongs to 06:40.309 --> 06:43.855 those who show up, and they are showing up in numbers, and they're having a 06:43.936 --> 06:48.270 lot of kids, and they are acting like people who believe that time and demography 06:48.788 --> 06:52.039 are on their side. And then there are the 06:52.087 --> 06:54.865 followers of Christ. Now, back in the day, 06:55.317 --> 06:59.110 uh, Hilaire Belloc thought that the final battle 06:59.288 --> 07:03.295 would be between, uh, the secular forces and 07:03.328 --> 07:06.826 the Christians. And he said this almost 100 07:07.326 --> 07:10.178 years ago. He said, the ranks have lined up as for a battle. 07:10.786 --> 07:14.702 And though such clear division does not mean that one or the other antagonist 07:14.718 --> 07:18.425 will conquer, it does mean that a plain issue 07:18.586 --> 07:21.812 is defined at last. And in plain issue, 07:22.357 --> 07:26.032 a good cause, like a bad one, has a better chance 07:26.532 --> 07:30.301 than in confusion. So yes, the lines are being drawn, 07:31.264 --> 07:34.891 but if I may say so, uh, it's 3 sides, not 2. 07:35.742 --> 07:40.142 It's

secularism, It's Islam, and they seem to be forming 07:40.158 --> 07:44.029 a marriage of convenience in Europe for the time being, maybe in the United States 07:44.529 --> 07:48.221 too— another story for another time. And then there's 07:48.526 --> 07:52.445 the Christians, and there are the Christians who 07:52.526 --> 07:56.509 insist that Christ the King reigns now, 07:57.826 --> 08:02.018 and then there are the Christians who make up a 08:02.518 --> 08:05.311 significant portion of the people who should really know better club, 08:07.704 --> 08:10.724 Correct me if I'm wrong, but they seem to me to be not in it 08:10.933 --> 08:13.631 to win it. They're not showing up in numbers, 08:13.984 --> 08:17.502 they're not showing up in confidence, and they're not showing up like 08:17.518 --> 08:20.136 they know that there's a war on and they have a fight on their hands. 08:21.437 --> 08:25.003 Here's what Belloc said about Christians who are 08:25.503 --> 08:29.420 not ready to stand with Christ the King. He said this: It 08:29.920 --> 08:33.629 is not the barbarians at the gates that worry me, it is the traitors within. 08:34.383 --> 08:37.867 Those who forget their faith, who scoff at their history, and who 08:37.995 --> 08:41.816 welcome the enemies of Christ with open arms— these 08:42.008 --> 08:45.797 are the ones who will bring down Christendom brick 08:46.021 --> 08:48.686 by brick. So said Hilaire Bellocq. 08:49.216 --> 08:53.117 So friends, we, we have some choices to make, and we have some, 08:53.390 --> 08:56.343 uh, we have some work to do. There are 3 sides. 08:56.857 --> 09:00.693 There is empty secularism, which is obviously failing in Europe. 09:00.774 --> 09:05.697 There is Islam, which is in the ascendance, and there's 09:06.162 --> 09:09.434 Christianity, which seems to be kind of confused and is still 09:09.934 --> 09:11.663 looking for its car keys under the sofa cushions. 09:12.978 --> 09:16.377 And that's, that's a problem. So what do we do about that? 09:16.490 --> 09:19.456 I'm going to talk about more in the coming days and weeks, but meanwhile, 09:19.809 --> 09:23.497 let's start with an examination of conscience. Let's turn to Christ 09:23.997 --> 09:27.554 and say, is it I, Lord? Have I failed to proclaim 09:28.054 --> 09:31.498 you? And your reign in this life and the next. 09:32.460 --> 09:36.355 And then we have to make amends accordingly. We also have to make reparation 09:36.451 --> 09:39.657 for our fellow Christians, members of the people who should really 09:39.754 --> 09:43.585 know better club, and make up reparation for them and hope 09:43.601 --> 09:47.127 that before it's too late, they wake up, discover they're in a 09:47.627 --> 09:51.472 battle, and act accordingly. We need to make intercession for 09:51.520 --> 09:54.870 those who have not yet heard Christ. And then 09:55.143 --> 09:59.118 we need to be apostolic. We need to go out into the world 09:59.455 --> 10:03.290 to be heaven in the bread to perform the corporal and the spiritual 10:03.306 --> 10:06.981 works of mercy and work till our dying 10:07.094 --> 10:10.801 breath so that Christ the King may be known and loved 10:11.106 --> 10:14.573 in this life and the next. We have a 10:15.073 --> 10:18.489 lot of work to do. Meanwhile, think of these things today, take them 10:18.989 --> 10:21.876 to prayer, and talk about it with those you love. Go in peace, 10:21.940 --> 10:25.471 and please do pray for me, for I am a sinner. 10:27.161 --> 10:30.961 Thanks for watching today. I release new videos on Mondays and Wednesdays. 10:31.090 --> 10:34.648 Check out the archives for more videos. You can listen to my 10:35.148 --> 10:38.834 podcast at stationofthecross.com, and you can find my written work 10:39.334 --> 10:42.328 at heraldofthegospel.org. See you next time.