1. Christmas – the eye of the storm.
The eye of a storm is that central portion of a vast whirling gush of wind where there is total silence and peace. Before Christ was born, the Jewish nation was in turmoil with wars and rebellions and gross infidelity to God. In Scriptures, storms at sea are always works of the devil for the destruction of souls.
But in Bethlehem it was a peaceful and silent night. Though all around the fury of the storm continued. This can be seen in the Liturgical season. Christmas is not surrounded by peace, silence and joy. It is surrounded with bloody events; there is Peter and John going to a bloody grave, the Holy Innocents being massacred, St. Thomas a Basket being murdered, the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt.
In spite of these stormy and bloody events fomented by Satan, we see in the middle of the storm a child in swaddling clothes being adored by a couple, by shepherds and Magi. An ideal picture of the Catholic Church, peaceful and in silent contemplation in the eye of a storm.
Having portrayed an image of the Church for a moment, the scene moves out of the eye and the storm resumes in its fury. No peaceful nor silent night anymore.
Note this brief moment in the eye of a storm. See how the eye of the storm is surrounded with a blasting gush of blinding water and wind. Yet Christ came in a very brief moment of history when it was ‘the fulness of time’. Historians called it “Pax Romana;” it was a brief and politically peaceful moment in the world. A portion of the Empire was disposed to receive Christ and give birth to the Catholic Church.
2. Feast of St. John the Evangelist.
Good Friday was a part of a very spiritually stormy day; wars, rebellions, treacheries, lies, false accusations, insanities. They will kill their God. During these storms, Satan evidently was in-charge.
Then Friday is followed by a peaceful and silent night in the tomb. It was Saturday, the Sabbath, the day of rest. Christ, indeed, had a peaceful and silent night in the tomb. St. Thomas wrote that the tomb was a symbol of the Catholic Church just like the manger. A few will confirm their Faith to be the first members of His Church.
This is the reason why the Liturgy put Peter and John’s trip to the tomb during Christmas tide. The message is identical; both the manger and the tomb are the eyes of the storm surrounded by continuing diabolical furies. The Resurrection of Christ is the beginning of the most furious massacres of Christians. Saturday was just the brief moment of peace and silent nights.
3. The peace and the furies.
The peace is spiritual, present in the act of Faith of the shepherds and Magi; it is present in the act of Faith of Peter and John. The two events were meant to give them the occasion to make their acts of Faith. But the devil’s furies continued around the eye of the storm. It even became worse after because the devil felt he was cheated by the secretive coming of the Church that saved those who made their acts of Faith.
4. The eschatology of Christmas Season.
The historical events in the life of Christ are forewarnings of what will happen in the future. These events have very little historical value. It’s value is in its eschatological forewarnings. How will these events happen today and how should we respond to it.
The Liturgical lesson of Christmastide is this; every time a small community is about to become Catholic, whether in Vendee, France or Montebello in the US, or in Fiji island, or in Nagasaki…….it is Christmas and it is Holy Saturday. Christmas is when Christ can be seen. Holy Saturday is when Christ cannot be seen because He has resurrected from the dead.
When this occur, that small community becomes the eye of a storm. Everything becomes peaceful and silent for a short time to give that little community the time to make their act of Faith, just as the shepherds, the Magi, Peter and John did.
But the surroundings will continue to be a furious diabolical storm. A researcher on the life of the Catholic Church will be careful in watching for this. It is the exciting birth of the Catholic Church where it did not exist before. And suddenly, these signs are appearing in the news; this secretive birth of a child in a manger. And the empty tomb that no one else was allowed to see.
5. Where is he to be born King of the Jews?
In the news it was first noted in Russia. The shepherds and the Magi noticed it. Like on Christmas night, the rest of the world did not notice it. It was noticed in the Philippines; in Italy, in France, etc. etc. At the same time, the news showed the almost unexplainable fury of Satan surrounding the events. Nobody noticed the Child but everybody wanted to kill Him. That is the Christmas atmosphere.
How do we know that this is Christmas and Holy Saturday today? Look for the ‘Pax Romana.’ There is a brief, political peace in the country to give some sincere souls the occasion to make their act of Faith. If and when these souls had done their act of Faith…..the Catholic Church is born there. The eye of the storm is no longer needed and the fury of the devil’s ranting resumes.
6. Examples.
The eschatology of Christmas is clear in Russia and in the Philippines. But it is clearer in the USA. Note the violent diabolical storm before the elections. Satan’s trademark was everywhere; lies, lies, lies, of which Satan is the father. More lies as the election approached. Then after the election, more lies, lies, lies.
More pronounced diabolical sign is Satan’s frame of mind; Satan’s mind is, if I go to hell I will drag everybody else to hell. The political atmosphere in the US is; if I do not keep my powers, I will declare war. If I die, I will drag the whole world with me. Sounds insane? No. It is diabolical.
The Popes from Pius IX up to Benedict XVI had already warned us that Satan is the Prince of the world. The world is Satan’s domain; he is the big boss of the world. Everybody in the world is his slave. They are not free to do what they want. They simply obey Satan. And nobody can stop them…..except God.
Where the apostles able to stop Judas? How about Christ? How about the Blessed Virgin Mary? Nobody stopped him because nobody could. Satan controlled the mind of Judas. And the world today is control by Satan shown in the two above acts; lyings and ‘if I go to hell I will take everybody with me. ‘
No body could stop Herod 1 on Christmas day. Nobody could stop Herod 11 on Good Friday. Because Satan was behind those two. Can we stop those killers in the US, in France, in Italy, etc? Christ said; yes, of course, yes. But this can only be driven out by prayer and fasting.
7. Where have all the priest gone?
On Christmas night and on Saturday, the high priest and the Pharisees were not around. They were all on the side of the enemies. These days, most of the bishops and the priest won’t be around the manger nor the tomb. They will be on the side of the ‘covetous gang of six,’ on the side of the liars, the losers in elections, on the side of unCatholic teachings, on the side of communist and anarchist, on the side of gays and sodomists, on the side of pagans and Martin Luther, on the side of global warmers, on the side of unlimited immigration (hey, nobody was allowed to enter the tomb)….and propagating new religions in place of that failed Nazarean’s Catholic Faith. And, as in Good Friday, their high priest is……….
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