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It is later than you think! Hasten, therefore, to do the work of God.
☦️Fr. Seraphim Rose
And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. - Mark 1:13
Soon after he had been baptized, he performed a fast of forty days by himself, and he taught and informed us by his example that, after we have received forgiveness of sins in baptism, we should devote ourselves to vigils, fasts, prayers and other spiritually fruitful things, lest when we are sluggish and less vigilant the unclean spirit expelled from our heart by baptism may return, and finding us fruitless in spiritual riches, weigh us down again with a sevenfold pestilence, and our last state would then be worse than the first. Let us be wary that we do not relight the fires of old obsessions which would wreck us on our new voyage. Whatever sort of flaming sword it is that guards the doorway of paradise has been already effectively extinguished for each of the faithful in the font of baptism. For the unfaithful, however, the gate remains always formidable, and also for those falsely called faithful though they have not been chosen, since they have no fear of entangling themselves in sins after baptism. It is as though the same fire put out in baptism has been rekindled after it had been once extinguished.
☦️ Bede
Temptation is brought to fulfillment by three stages: suggestion, delight, consent. And we in temptation generally fall through delight, and then through consent; for being begotten of the sin of the flesh we bear within us that through which we suffer conflict. But God, incarnate in the womb of a virgin, came into the world without sin, and so suffers no conflict within himself. He could therefore be tempted by suggestion, but the delight of sin could never touch his mind. So all these temptations of the devil were from without, not from within Him.
☦️Gregory The Dialogist
Religion informs culture which informs politics. This is why ideologies fail as they are very much downstream from Truth. This is just as true for communism as it is for capitalism.
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"Sexual liberation is a form of control".
-E. Michael Jones
Candace: Candace Owens x E. Michael Jones
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"With God’s help, we shall endure all things, for faith is our shield."
☦️Holy Martyr Tsar Nicholas II
New from Fidelity Press. I'm excited to get into this one.
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Walking with a Bible and a Gun: The Rise, Fall & Return of American Identity - by Dr. E. Michael Jones - is a provocative cultural and historical analysis of the American character, tracing its evolution from Puritan beginnings to modern identity crises. Challenging mainstream narratives, Jones explores how Protestant theology, frontier mythology, and Enlightenment ideals fused to form the American psyche—often through violence, displacement, and religious zealotry. He examines foundational myths, from “city on a hill” idealism to the dark undercurrents of racial and religious conflict, while arguing that Protestantism’s decline has left a moral and cultural vacuum increasingly filled by nihilism and identity politics.
Spanning the Salem witch trials, the creation of “whiteness,” and the legacy of figures like Emerson, Jefferson, and Clint Eastwood, the book confronts controversial issues head-on, including Critical Race Theory, Jewish influence in American culture, and the theological roots of American exceptionalism. Jones draws heavily from Catholic tradition to argue for a reinvigorated and unified American identity grounded in spiritual truth rather than ideological fragmentation.
By linking historical moments to theological movements, Walking With a Bible and a Gun offers a sweeping yet intimate examination of the forces shaping America’s past, present, and uncertain future. Will the nation reclaim its soul—or continue its descent into cultural dissolution?
Walking with a Bible and a Gun: The Rise, Fall & Return of American Identity - by Dr. E. Michael Jones - is a provocative cultural and historical analysis of the American character, tracing its evolution from Puritan beginnings to modern identity crises. Challenging mainstream narratives, Jones explores how Protestant theology, frontier mythology, and Enlightenment ideals fused to form the American psyche—often through violence, displacement, and religious zealotry. He examines foundational myths, from “city on a hill” idealism to the dark undercurrents of racial and religious conflict, while arguing that Protestantism’s decline has left a moral and cultural vacuum increasingly filled by nihilism and identity politics.
Spanning the Salem witch trials, the creation of “whiteness,” and the legacy of figures like Emerson, Jefferson, and Clint Eastwood, the book confronts controversial issues head-on, including Critical Race Theory, Jewish influence in American culture, and the theological roots of American exceptionalism. Jones draws heavily from Catholic tradition to argue for a reinvigorated and unified American identity grounded in spiritual truth rather than ideological fragmentation.
By linking historical moments to theological movements, Walking With a Bible and a Gun offers a sweeping yet intimate examination of the forces shaping America’s past, present, and uncertain future. Will the nation reclaim its soul—or continue its descent into cultural dissolution?
Only the foolish think that suffering is evil. A sensible man knows that suffering is not evil but only the manifestation of evil and healing from evil. Only sin in a man is a real evil, and there is no evil outside sin. Everything else that men generally call evil is not, but is a bitter medicine to heal from evil. The sicker the man, the more bitter the medicine that the doctor prescribes for him. At times, even, it seems to a sick man that the medicine is worse and more bitter than the sickness itself! And so it seems at times to the sinner: the suffering is harder and more bitter than the sin committed. But this is only an illusion – a very strong self-delusion. There is no suffering in the world that could be anywhere near as hard and destructive as sin is. All the suffering borne by men and nations is none other than the abundant healing that eternal Mercy offers to men and nations to save them from eternal death. Every sin, however small, would inevitably bring death if Mercy were not to allow suffering in order to sober men up from the inebriation of sin; for the healing that comes through suffering is brought about by the gracefilled power of the Holy and Life-giving Spirit.
☦️ St. Nikolai Velimirovich
Truth is not a concept, a word, a relation between things, or a law. Truth is a Person—a living Being who surpasses all beings and gives life to all. If you seek the truth in love and for the sake of love, she will reveal to you the light of His face, to the extent you are able to bear it without being consumed.
St Nicholas of Serbia☦️
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“What does it mean that by reflecting the glory of the Lord we are changed into the same image (2 Cor. 3:18)? This was more apparent when miraculous gifts were manifested, but even now it is not hard for the eyes of faith to see. For when we are baptized, our soul shines brighter than the sun, being washed clean by the Spirit, and not only do we gaze on the glory of God, but we even take on some of its radiance. Just as polished silver, when set in the sunlight, gives off rays of its own, not only by its own virtue but through the light of the sun, in the same way when the soul is purified and outshines the brightest silver, it is receiving the rays of the Spirit’s glory and participating in the glory itself; and this, of course, is the work of the Spirit of the Lord.”
☦️St. John Chrysostom
