We have just witnessed the spectacle of faith demonstrated by hundreds of thousands of Poles – and other Christians around the world – who recited the rosary yesterday in hundreds of churches across Poland and in designated assembly points along landlocked Poland’s borders with other nations. Perhaps I am not the only one who is stunned that such an impressive [if not unprecedented] event was not even referred to in the words of the reigning pope at the Angelus today in St. Peter’s Square. Yes, he greeted the people of Poland but on the occasion of Pope’s Day celebrated today in Poland in honor of John Paul II, [What he said was part of a sentence: “I affectionately greet all you pilgrims… in particular, the faithful from Australia, France and Slovakia, but also those from Poland who are spiritually united with their compatriots who celebrate Pope’s Day today”] but not a word about the appeal for peace and resisting the Islamization of Europe that the rosary-praying Poles manifested yesterday. A distraction???...
The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have enough confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? Do we have the courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who wish to subvert and destroy it?... Our struggle for the West does not begin in the battlefield, but in or our minds and hearts, in our will and spirit…. Our freedom, our civilization and our survival depends on our ties in history, culture and memory… And so, together, let us all fight as the Poles have done: for family, for freedom, for country and for God.
In 30years, its gross domestic product has increased 900%; fiscal pressure has come down to 32 from 45%; US aid, whichused to account for 10% of GNP, is now down to 1%; exports have risen by 860%. Thirty years ago, Israel did not have any independent source of energy, but today 36% comes from its own resources; and while 30 years ago, there was no desalinated water, today 40% of water consumption comes from desalination plants.”
“In Italy, too, a wall of faithful will be praying the Rosary at 5:30 pm on October 13”. a the most powerful initiative for peace. In all the country, every man and woman of goodwill is enjoined to go to their parish church and/or create prayer groups with the same intention as our Polish brethren: To ask Our Lady to save Italy and Europe from Islamist nihilism and the rejection of the Christian faith. The rosary will start at 5:30, but fasting (with only bread and water) is urged for the whole day. Those who may not be able to fast should remember there are other ways to make a sacrifice.