Lord, Don’t Let Us Be O’ertaken

History is moving hard at all of us. I suppose it always does. But somehow things seem more dramatic today, particularly as the priorities which are becoming the hallmarks of society seem to be self-destructive, like abortion. To be a Catholic, to be anyone of faith, in these times--perhaps it was always so but we did not expect it to be so with us--is to be under constant mental and political assault. We are asked to hold contradictory thoughts as each equally valid. Doublethink and Doublespeak aren't fictions. They are our daily reality. It seems to get worse every day, and so much so when the teaching authority of the Church appears to have been superseded by our political leaders, with the cooperation and endorsement of all too many religious leaders. 

What is there for us to do so that we are no overtaken? It is easy to say pray. But hard to do. But it is where the battle must be and we are part of that battalion. I took Latin in High School, but alas it left me. I was looking for a phrase that might be a standard bearer. The best I could come up with was something like "I will fight for the Lord". The best I could get out of an online translation was "Pugnabit pro Domino". Hope the praying isn't as hard as the effort to translate!