I have a different take on Nagasaki, because I believe that sacrifice requires consent.
I’ve never heard the Jews rejoice about Auschwitz being a sacrificial lamb.
I now believe that the gates of hell were opened, willed by man but allowed by God as a chastisement. The demonic knowledge imparted to allow such technology would delight in the destruction of that Catholic chapel, and the melting of people’s flesh. They were victims, not sacrifices, and the saintly pray for their murderers’ redemption.
Before I reverted, I always thought the bombs ended the war, and ended up saving the lives of many of my American relatives. I no longer think that, especially after reading Bielski’s book that I learned about from these rich and beautiful articles you write!
But I don’t share the idea that Nagasaki was a sacrifice. I see the collective horrors of that time as the chastisement that I believe was foretold.
I hope you don’t think I’m being disagreeable! I just always had another point of view on this.
God bless you, this week and always Shanara! I look forward to your next piece. 🩷
> I’ve never heard the Jews rejoice about Auschwitz being a sacrificial lamb.
Of course not. Whole peoples do not offer themselves. If you are not familiar with St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, however, I would want to introduce you to her because it is a complex topic.
I do not know whether *individuals* in Japan may have offered themselves as victim souls in the way that the martyrs of Compiegne did (see the book To Quell the Terror). When individual people do, if their motive is pure charity, it's necessarily because the Holy Spirit prompted them to, and we know that sometimes He does that sort of thing (the battle is for souls, which is hard for us to see, and when God permits the enemy to do terrible things, God already knows in what way the enemy will lose by doing it). To me it's not worth much speculating about, one way or the other (we'll find out after we have died), because what I have to keep eyes on is my own storyline. The way to become a saint who has that heroic degree of generosity (to say yes to outrageous whispered requests) is to accept our small daily crosses right now for the love of God alone. St Therese would say it's the degree of love that we offer tiny sacrifices with that gives them their value and St Paul says that if I offered my body to be burned but did not have love it would be worth nothing. Let us then ask God daily for "an increase in charity in my own heart".
I have a different take on Nagasaki, because I believe that sacrifice requires consent.
I’ve never heard the Jews rejoice about Auschwitz being a sacrificial lamb.
I now believe that the gates of hell were opened, willed by man but allowed by God as a chastisement. The demonic knowledge imparted to allow such technology would delight in the destruction of that Catholic chapel, and the melting of people’s flesh. They were victims, not sacrifices, and the saintly pray for their murderers’ redemption.
Before I reverted, I always thought the bombs ended the war, and ended up saving the lives of many of my American relatives. I no longer think that, especially after reading Bielski’s book that I learned about from these rich and beautiful articles you write!
But I don’t share the idea that Nagasaki was a sacrifice. I see the collective horrors of that time as the chastisement that I believe was foretold.
I hope you don’t think I’m being disagreeable! I just always had another point of view on this.
God bless you, this week and always Shanara! I look forward to your next piece. 🩷
> I’ve never heard the Jews rejoice about Auschwitz being a sacrificial lamb.
Of course not. Whole peoples do not offer themselves. If you are not familiar with St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, however, I would want to introduce you to her because it is a complex topic.
I do not know whether *individuals* in Japan may have offered themselves as victim souls in the way that the martyrs of Compiegne did (see the book To Quell the Terror). When individual people do, if their motive is pure charity, it's necessarily because the Holy Spirit prompted them to, and we know that sometimes He does that sort of thing (the battle is for souls, which is hard for us to see, and when God permits the enemy to do terrible things, God already knows in what way the enemy will lose by doing it). To me it's not worth much speculating about, one way or the other (we'll find out after we have died), because what I have to keep eyes on is my own storyline. The way to become a saint who has that heroic degree of generosity (to say yes to outrageous whispered requests) is to accept our small daily crosses right now for the love of God alone. St Therese would say it's the degree of love that we offer tiny sacrifices with that gives them their value and St Paul says that if I offered my body to be burned but did not have love it would be worth nothing. Let us then ask God daily for "an increase in charity in my own heart".
Disagreeing doesn’t make you disagreeable. 😊 I appreciate your viewpoints.