Fr. Kevin Cusick: The Wheels Are Coming Off
August 19, 2023Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: Let the Children Come to Me
August 19, 2023
By John Horvat II, The American TFP, August 18, 2023
It frequently happens that survivors of natural disasters will come upon touching scenes of religious objects that are unscathed amid the destruction. For example, a statue of Our Lady of Grace was found intact after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It communicated a sense of hope to all who saw it.
The media often publish stories and pictures of these scenes. Many such reports have a condescending tone toward the simple people of faith who believe in God and His Providence. The secular tyranny that dominates media automatically rules out any supernatural cause for these events, preferring to attribute it to coincidence. Gradually such awkward events that contradict the liberal, secular and atheistic narrative fade from memory. …
