1. Democrats will not attend the inauguration.
Well, what did you expect. It would have been a miracle if they did attend. News commentators are encouraging Democrats to show signs of unity. These are mostly Protestants where unity is impossible.
Though UNITY is one of the visible signs of the true Church, unity is absent in the Catholic Church. The four cardinals who presented the ‘dubia’ are definitely not united with Pope
Francis. They are not united on who go to heaven and who go to hell. Pope Francis is united with George Soros but he is not united with Cardinal Burke.
Husbands and wives are seldom united. The nations in the United Nations are neither united.
2. Levels of union.
Union can be either in the spiritual level or in the natural level.
The highest level of union is spiritual union, like the union of the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. The lower level of spiritual union is the union between God and the angels, the angels and other angels; and lastly between God and the saints.
In the natural level, the higher union is the union of minds and hearts. This is the union that is the foundational union among Catholics. It consist in all Catholics believing in the same supernatural truths and in all Catholics loving the same truths.
So the highest kind of union possible in the natural level is the union of two spiritual faculties; the union of the intellects and the union of the free wills. It is the union in the natural level of two spiritual faculties. This is possible among men and among devils; in that devils can be united in the natural levels of their two spiritual faculties. Thieves can, also, be united in the natural level with their two spiritual faculties in that they can be united in being united to tell a life and being united in their free will to abort a baby.
3. True unity.
True unity must be the union of the minds in knowing what is true and union of the free will in doing what is good. In which case it is impossible for the United Nations to be united. And it is impossible for all religions to be one world religion. So angels and saints can be united. But devils and all evil persons cannot be united; because they do not have the qualities that can enable them to be united and these are the virtues. Virtues unites; vices divides.
4. The predisposition for unity.
The predisposition for unity is virtues. When the minds of many men believe in the same truths as found in Divine Revelation, then they develop the virtue of Faith. Through Faith, God unites the minds of many men.
When the united minds of these men love the truths that united their minds, then they develop the virtue of Charity. With Charity God unites the hearts of these men.
So it is God who unites the minds and hearts of men. Unity is a work of God. The idea of a One nation and One religion can only be done by God. No man can do this. And yet every man is trying to do the impossible, one world and one religion. These men are blinded with pride in that they think they are gods and wish to do what only god can do. This was the great desire of Lucifer that caused him to be transformed into a devil. And this was what caused Adam and Eve to be guilty of original sin that resulted in the fall of men……the desire to be like god.
So why won’t the Democrats and the celebrities attend the inauguration? They are not united in what is true and what is good. They have too many knowledge of what is false; and they love too many evils. This is exactly the same state of the Vatican Church. They believe in too many errors like adulterers go to heaven; and they love too many evils like sodomy.
Why is Trump and Putin attracted to each other? They believe in the same truths (though not in the fullness of truth) and they love the same good (though not the entire good). And why doesn’t Pope Francis join them? Because the truths he believes in and the good he loves are more similar to Martin Luther. These last two are more of the same feather as shown by the latest news.