Desolate No More

Posted on 2022-05-28

I have come to believe that when an eternal heavenly decree becomes operative in time, it does not usually change things all at once. Rather, it sets a process in motion which will accomplish what God intends. As it is written in Isaiah 55:10-11,

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Crops are sown on what appears to be barren land. Through wind and rain, sun and soil, sweat and mud, in time they become real food, ready for harvest to give life and strength to the one who sowed them and to many besides. We often look for some immediate transformation. The problem is that an immediate transformation changes events but does not change us. The processes God sets in motion in time have the capacity to change us, to grow our capacity for wisdom and make our hearts capable of genuine love. Spiritually, we often want the fruit while neglecting the process that will give us fruit that will last and grow. I understand. I love a spectacle as much as the next guy (well, maybe not quite as much…get enough of them and they can be rather nerve-wracking).

The mastery of any discipline comes through a process. Whether it be carpentry, masonry, judo, or any other discipline, the practitioner gains his mastery through years of study, error, sweat and toil. This changes him – and the process, itself, helps ensure that the mastery he wields is responsible, disciplined, and restrained.

One of the things that often frustrates me is that people who believe, as I do, that I receive divine instruction fitted for these times, is that they think I get the equivalent of a step-by-step instruction manual. I do not. My perception is that I get very broad direction, even if it is sometimes very specific about unfolding events. That is NOT the end of it, but the beginning. Then I must go and do tons of research, apply every gift of my mind to verifying or refuting what I have already seen, and then decide, myself (with prayer and supplication), how best to proceed, taking full personal responsibility before God and man for what I do. It sounds like an arduous process – and it is. But it is a great – and divine – safeguard against satanic deception. It also helps, over time, to give some shadowy idea of how God thinks – which is dramatically different than how we are inclined to think.

People often get enthused – and even puffed up – if they think they are receiving mystical messages. I have had over a hundred cases where people have told me that God gave them specific instructions on how I am to live my particular mission – and they know it came from God and not the devil. How could they know that? Is it not written that the devil often appears as an angel of light? Do they believe themselves to already be a greater saint than Sts. Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Padre Pio and many more who quite candidly admitted that they were deceived by the devil for a time?

I have been aware for almost 60 years that many of my daily experiences are mystical. Over 50 years of that experience has been mainly training, jerking me from pillar to post, slapping down my false assumptions and enthusiasms, and forcing me to use all the faculties God has given me to engage in active discernment – and take full responsibility for whatever I conclude, regardless of where the original inspiration came. For five full years I was given over to be sifted by the devil. It was brutal. Yet I have come to be profoundly grateful for this process. I do not go jumping down every passing rabbit hole; I am aware of how easily I can be mistaken under the best of circumstances; and it has made me largely immune to transient enthusiasms – with a deep awareness of the necessity of the prime directive that the medical profession has largely abandoned: first, do no harm.

Some imagine that I must chafe at being under the yoke of spiritual direction or subject to the overt authority of my Bishop. If you knew the reality of how things are, you would know what a relief and a comfort it is. A few years back, my Bishop gave me a tart rejoinder in a private communication. It stung a bit but was just what I needed. In the stinging aftermath of my major error, I was creeping into trying to justify myself. If you give yourself to service to the Lord, you can certainly defend yourself, but you are not to try to justify what the Lord has either decreed or allowed. He, Himself, will justify you – and if He does not, then you are to accept the opprobrium until He decrees otherwise. The legitimate spiritual authority of those I am actually subject to form the indispensable guard rails on my perilous journey.

To receive actual ongoing mystical direction is less gift than it is awesome burden. Again, you are not allowed to say whatever pops into your head and blame God for it. You must take full responsibility for it, yourself. This often means being silent on things you want to speak on and being forced to speak on things you would desperately rather be silent on. On several occasions with my director Priests, they would venture into areas that, if I was entirely candid with them,  would cause them to share responsibility with me for the decisions I would make. In each case, I informed them of the danger area, noted that I would tell them if they had thought through the consequences of it, and let them decide. Thankfully, they were each sober and serious men and understood that this was not a matter for idle curiosity. In one case, a Priest and I decided that it might be best for particular reasons for him to know a certain thing. But we waited a week, so that he could discern if he could deal with it in a fully responsible and charitable manner. That was the only occasion.

I am always befuddled by the certainty of people who have had a mystical experience, wherever it came from, or have just recently begun having mystical experiences, without having gone through the brutal gauntlet of a lifetime of training, that their call now is to instruct me on what I should REALLY be doing. Some of it is objectively good. But don’t you know that in the pious, the devil proposes genuinely good things to seduce them to depart from what their authentic call is? He is not clumsy. Over the years, I developed a set of protocols that must be met before I will even consider a mystical experience to be from God – protocols that I have never said out loud, even to my Priests. Almost all such instructions from others include several major red flags that even a serious amateur should recognize. But the thrill of hearing an outside voice too often trumps any sort of prudent discernment. I will tell you this: if what God tells you is simply what you already believe, it is not God speaking to you. When God works with you, He breaks down your many false idols and comfortable assumptions, and regularly knocks you on your rear end. My son once told me (many years ago) that he was praying to have a touch of what I experienced. I begged him to stop, got so emotional I was near tears. It shook him up. I later explained that it was not that I disdained the gifts given to me, but they were the sort of gifts you accepted in prayerful hope that none you love would ever have to accept them. Dealing with mystical experiences, you come to have a great love and desire for the ordinary. The ordinary you can examine and critique, prod and poke. This is why, whatever the source, extraordinary or mystical, I am not comfortable speaking about the subject until I have fully subjected it to the ordinary means God has given each of us in such abundance, if we would only use them. That means I sometimes speak of hard things I would rather not and remain silent about things that I am initially enthused about. But wisdom will stand the test of examination – and if it will not stand examination, it is best left alone, no matter how superficially soothing.

The point is that the processes God use transform us – and unless we are first transformed, having what we think are the answers are of no avail. It would be like giving a 16-year-old kid a Corvette. It is just asking for a catastrophic crash because that sort of power is dangerous to any who have not learned how dangerous it is and how quickly it can turn on you.

It is our hearts in which God is sowing His seed now. The terrors around you, the trials so many of you are undergoing, the brutally hard work of finding some hope in the midst of an old culture collapsing around you, these are just the manifestations of God preparing the ground (your heart) to receive His word, be healed, and bear fruit that will last. Don’t you know that when it seems all is lost, you take the next right step anyway, and then God delivers you that it builds real trust in Him? Or that when He allows one of your cherished notions to be blasted to smithereens that He is calling you to let Him increase in you as your reliance on yourself decreases?

We are launched on a great pilgrimage now, a pilgrimage that will transform us if we are willing. If we accept it with all its vicissitudes, neither lording over others with what we learn nor shrinking from the stark demands it makes of us, we will be transformed – and that is the way that the Lord will transform and renew the faith and face of the earth. Pray not that God will ease the burden, but that He will strengthen our hearts to meet it. If you put away all malice and turn your face determinedly towards the Lord, doing the little you can that is right in front of you with courage and fortitude, “The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My delight is in her…” (Isaiah 62:3-5)

Let us go forth with humility, charity, patience, fortitude and resolve to bear fruit that will last – and the Lord will make us His heralds of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the Renewal of the world.

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I hit the road later today for the next round of meetings and talks, this time mainly in the western part of the country. My next talk will be in Las Cruces, New Mexico on Wednesday, June 1. For more information or to RSVP, go here. I hope to see you there.

 

If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.

Find me on Gab at Charliej373 or at the CORAC group.

Find me on Twitter at @Charlie62394802

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Intentional Acts of Faith2021-09-02, , , , , , conversion corac culture a-sign-of-hope prolife scandals the-storm
Prepare Ye The Way2021-08-31, , , , , , conversion announcements encouragement evangalization a-sign-of-hope spiritual-preparation the-storm
The Fiery Trial Commences2021-08-26, , , , , , , discernment corac culture encouragement a-sign-of-hope preparation the-bible the-storm
Infallibility, The Magnificat, Revelation 12, and Mysticism2021-08-19, , , , discernment evangalization a-sign-of-hope spiritual-preparation the-bible
Scouting the Terrain2021-08-12, , , , , , , discernment announcements corac culture a-sign-of-hope prolife solidarity the-storm
The Times, They Are a-Changing2021-08-09, , , , , , , discernment announcements corac culture a-sign-of-hope preparation the-church the-storm
Rocking the Boogie-Woogie Flu2021-07-30, , , , , , , , corac culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope preparation solidarity the-bible the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart
The Ice Age of the Republic2021-07-26, , , , , culture evangalization a-sign-of-hope prolife scandals the-storm
Inviting Fire From Heaven2021-07-16, , , , , , , , conversion discernment evangalization a-sign-of-hope scandals spiritual-preparation the-bible the-church the-storm
Can the Center Hold?2021-07-11, , , , , , discernment culture evangalization a-sign-of-hope the-bible the-church the-storm
Random Thoughts on the Fourth of July2021-07-04, , , , , discernment corac culture a-sign-of-hope the-church the-storm
Join Us In Prayer2021-06-25, , , discernment corac a-sign-of-hope the-church
A Shift in the Tide?2021-06-22, , , , discernment corac a-sign-of-hope signs-of-hope the-church
Pre-Game Tailgate Party2021-06-18, , , , , discernment corac culture a-sign-of-hope the-church the-storm
Tools of the Trade2021-06-13, , , , , , , , , , conversion discernment announcements corac culture evangalization a-sign-of-hope scandals spiritual-preparation the-church the-storm
The Source of Authority2021-06-08, , , , corac a-sign-of-hope the-bible the-church the-storm
Waiting For The Other Shoe2021-06-04, , , , , , , conversion discernment corac culture geopolitics solidarity spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
A Mighty Wind Gathers Force2021-05-28, , , , corac culture encouragement evangalization prolife a-sign-of-hope
A Bridge Between The ‘What’ and The ‘How’2021-05-24, , , , , , , , , discernment announcements corac culture prolife scandals spiritual-preparation the-church the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
Mad Scientists and Petty Tyrants2021-05-20, , , , , , discernment announcements corac culture establishment-media scandals the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Pressure From Above And Below2021-05-15, , , discernment culture guest-column the-storm a-sign-of-hope
The Constitution Cannot Be Amended By Legislative Fiat2021-05-13, , , , , , , discernment culture economy establishment-media a-sign-of-hope geopolitics spiritual-preparation the-storm
The Widening Gyre2021-05-10, , , , , , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope prolife scandals solidarity the-church the-storm
Fire From Above2021-05-03, , , , , conversion corac culture a-sign-of-hope the-church the-storm
Fractured Expectations2021-04-27, , , conversion spiritual-preparation the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
Ask Not For Whom The Lynch Mob Comes: It Comes For Thee2021-04-21, , , , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope preparation solidarity the-storm
Lazarus, Come Forth2021-04-10, , , , discernment corac culture the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Epitaph2021-04-02, a-sign-of-hope fictional-stories
Letter to a Friend2021-03-30, , , , discernment evangalization spiritual-preparation the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Hitting the Wall2021-03-27, , conversion corac culture a-sign-of-hope
Through a Glass Darkly2021-03-19, , , , , , discernment corac culture evangalization spiritual-preparation the-bible triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
The American Iron Curtain2021-03-14, , , corac culture spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
From the Vortex of the Swirling Gyre2021-03-10, , , , discernment corac culture spiritual-preparation the-bible a-sign-of-hope
The River Rolls On2021-03-05a-sign-of-hope
An Expensive, but Fruitful, Breakdown2021-02-24, , , , discernment announcements culture spiritual-preparation the-bible a-sign-of-hope
Grounded In Stockbridge2021-02-22a-sign-of-hope
Random Musing At The Start Of Lent2021-02-19, , , , , conversion corac culture scandals the-bible the-church a-sign-of-hope
The Lion In The Streets2021-02-16, , , , , , conversion discernment encouragement solidarity spiritual-preparation the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Emergency Sanitation2021-02-13a-sign-of-hope
Strength For The Journey2021-02-11, , , , conversion corac encouragement evangalization solidarity a-sign-of-hope
Full Self Sufficiency2021-02-09a-sign-of-hope
U.S. Army Survival Guide2021-02-09a-sign-of-hope
Start Homesteading2021-02-09a-sign-of-hope
Pre-winter Garden Prep2021-02-09a-sign-of-hope
Your Audience Is God2021-02-08, , , , , announcements culture encouragement solidarity spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
First Tragedy, Then Farce2021-02-01, , , , corac culture preparation solidarity the-storm a-sign-of-hope
A Couple of Things…2021-01-28, , , , , , , , announcements corac culture encouragement preparation solidarity the-bible the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
The Armor of God2021-01-24, , , , corac culture preparation the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
Catch Your Breath2021-01-20, , culture the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
Fragmentary Thoughts From The Great Divide2021-01-15, , , , , culture economy establishment-media geopolitics preparation triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
The Discipline of a Quiet Man2021-01-13, , , culture encouragement preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Quiet Man Rising2021-01-11, , , , corac culture encouragement spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Quick Update From D.C.2021-01-06corac a-sign-of-hope
We’re Going In2021-01-05, , , , , corac encouragement scandals spiritual-preparation the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Cry, The Beloved2021-01-03, , , corac culture spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Happy New Year!2021-01-02corac a-sign-of-hope
Into The Tunnel2020-12-31, , , corac culture establishment-media the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Breaking Bad: Philosophy and Art2020-12-30, , , announcements corac culture guest-column a-sign-of-hope
World Gone By2020-12-29, , , , announcements corac culture the-storm triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
One Of The Family2020-12-25, , corac culture the-bible a-sign-of-hope
Embers In The Wind2020-12-23, , culture establishment-media the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Living Springs2020-12-16, , , , corac encouragement spiritual-preparation the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
The Beginning, Not The End2020-12-15, , , , corac culture economy geopolitics the-storm a-sign-of-hope
The Path Forward2020-12-12, , , , corac culture encouragement establishment-media signs-of-hope a-sign-of-hope
Is Covid a Miracle Cure?2020-12-11, , , corac culture establishment-media the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Immaculate Conception, Pray For Us2020-12-08, the-bible triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart a-sign-of-hope
Steady On, Full Speed Ahead2020-12-03, , , culture establishment-media spiritual-preparation the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Our New Advent2020-11-29, , , , encouragement solidarity spiritual-preparation the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Time for Faith, Time for Family, Time for Freedom2020-11-26a-sign-of-hope
Life In Abundance2020-11-21, , , , , culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope prolife the-church the-storm
The Rise – And Fall – Of The Gangster State2020-11-14, , , , , , corac culture establishment-media preparation solidarity the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Pope Leo XII (1878-1903) On The Need For Sound Philosophy2020-11-12, , , , culture evangalization guest-column the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Wait On The Lord2020-11-11, evangalization a-sign-of-hope
Our First Third World Election2020-11-05, , , corac culture establishment-media the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Closing Thoughts2020-11-03, , corac culture the-bible a-sign-of-hope
On The Bank Of The Rubicon2020-11-01a-sign-of-hope
The Fuse Burns Down2020-10-31, , , , , , corac culture geopolitics prolife scandals the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Tutto Fumo e Niente Arrosto2020-10-26, , , evangalization the-bible the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Slouching Towards Sodom2020-10-20, , , , culture establishment-media spiritual-preparation the-church the-storm a-sign-of-hope
Some Tools For Discernment2020-10-16, , , encouragement a-sign-of-hope preparation spiritual-preparation
The Shifting of the Tide2020-10-13, , , , culture establishment-media prolife the-bible the-storm a-sign-of-hope
The Whirlwind Picks Up Speed2020-10-05, a-sign-of-hope the-bible
Rules of Regency – Part III2020-10-01, , culture a-sign-of-hope preparation
Rules of Regency – Part II2020-09-28, , culture a-sign-of-hope preparation
Rules of Regency – Part I2020-09-26, , , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope geopolitics spiritual-preparation
A Couple of First Things2020-09-22, , , , , culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope prolife spiritual-preparation the-storm
How Long O Lord?2020-09-16, , , , , , corac culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope prolife spiritual-preparation the-church
Deadly Danger Ahead2020-09-11, , , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope the-church the-storm
Of Carts and Horses2020-09-09, , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope spiritual-preparation
To Everything, A Time2020-09-07, , , , culture a-sign-of-hope the-bible the-church the-storm
What I Really Think2020-09-02, , , , , , corac culture a-sign-of-hope spiritual-preparation the-bible the-church the-storm
Pockets of Resistance2020-08-26, , , , culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope prolife the-storm
The Devil Came Down To Limon2020-08-22, , , , , announcements corac culture a-sign-of-hope solidarity the-storm
The French Horns Sound Their Entrance2020-08-17, , , , announcements corac a-sign-of-hope signs-of-hope solidarity
The Silenced Majority Is Finding Its Voice2020-08-15, , , , , , corac culture establishment-media a-sign-of-hope solidarity the-church the-storm
On Our Own, But Not Alone2020-08-10, , , , corac culture economy a-sign-of-hope geopolitics
Cherishing The Light Of Rescue2020-07-10, about a-sign-of-hope
What The Next Right Step Really Means2020-07-02, about a-sign-of-hope
My Purpose2020-06-06, about a-sign-of-hope

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