St. Teresa of Avila and G K Chesterton show us what the goal of all writers should be.
St. Teresa of Avila:
-"And
as I think that Your Reverence, and others who are to see this, will do
what, for love of the Lord, I am asking you, I am writing quite freely.
In any other case, I should have great scruples about writing at all,
except to confess my sins."
-"So Your Reverence must take the
responsibility for everything beyond the simple story of my life (since
you have importuned me so earnestly to write some account of the favors
which God grants me in prayer), if it be in accordance with the truths
of our holy Catholic Faith; and if it be not, Your Reverence must burn
it at once -- I am quite willing for you to do that."
-"I will
describe my experiences, so that, if what I write is in accordance with
these truths, it may be of some use to Your Reverence; if it be not, my
soul will be disillusioned, and, if I am not gaining anything myself, as
I trust I am, there will at least be no gain for the devil. The Lord
well knows that, as I shall say later, I have always tried to seek out
those who will enlighten me."
G K Chesterton:
-"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."
-"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
-"Don't be "consistent" but be simply true."
-"The
only right way of telling a story is to begin at the beginning--at the
beginning of the world. Therefore all books have to be begun in the
wrong way for the sake of brevity."
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Mass and the Church as
well as for the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Former advisor to Sec. of Defense, Col. Douglas MacGregor: "the next phase of the Ukrainian War will not only destroy the Ukrainian state. It will also demolish the last vestiges of the postwar liberal order"
Macgregor appears to cite intel sources for his numbers and timetable—and I assume he really does have good sources. He says the offensive will happen “not sooner than 12/10 and not later than 12/19.” It will involve something like 540,000 troops with 1,500 tanks, thousands of other armored vehicles, huge numbers of helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, and bombers. These are numbers he says that have been confirmed by US intel. - Mark Wauck [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/doug-macgregors-timetable-and-scale?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=473679&post_id=89073832&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email] Modern Diplomacy reports that "Douglas Macgregor , Col. (ret.), who was the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration" says that "the next phase of the Ukrainian War will not only destroy the Ukrainian state. It will also demolish the last vestiges of the postwar liberal order": The Biden administration repeated
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