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MICHAEL Journal become the owners of everything, create poverty and This special issue contains some Louis Even’s
English Edition – No. 383 3 The real rulers of the world wars, and chain all countries with unpayable debts. “classics”, such as The Money Myth Exploded (the
January/February 2015 This dictatorship over economic life has been tale of the island castaways), which allows even be-
Alain Pilote
Date of issue: February, 2015 4 denounced by several Popes since the first social ginners to understand. It also provides historical facts
Publisher 4 Rerum Novarum of Leo XIII encyclical of Leo XIII. Louis Even explains this en- that show the long-term unhealthy influence of the
Louis Even Institute for Social Justice
Louis Even cyclical (see page 4) and that of Pope Pius XI, Quad- international bankers. Mayer Amschel Rothschild
(Canada)
non-profit association ragesimo Anno (see page 7), in which the Holy (1744-1812), founding father of international finance,
6 Canada allows assisted suicide
Editors (Edition in English) Father states that “those who control money and once said, “Let me issue and control a nation’s
Alain Pilote 7 Quadragesimo Anno of Pius XI credit control our lives, so that no one dare breathe money and I care not who writes its laws.” Facts
Assistants
against their will.” proved him right.
Yves and Anne-Marie Jacques, Melvin Sickler, Louis Even
Jude Potvin, Joseph Lambert 7 The creation of money for The creation of money as
10 A synopsis of Social Credit
Headquarters society is a sovereign act which debt by the international bankers
C11a0n1a Pdrain: cMipICalHe ASEt.L, RJoouugrenmalont QC, J0L 1M0 Oliver Heydorn should benefit society, but coun- 719395-2014 th is the means to impose their will
Tel.: [phone] Europe, return to Jesus! Pope Francis tries have abandoned this power ANNIVERSARY on people and control the world.
Published by the Louis Even
Fax: [phone] to private banks. Why should Pope John Paul II wrote in his En-
12 The call to cultivate land Pope Francis Institute for Social Justice
[email protected] governments borrow money at cyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (n
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[email protected] 17 The children of My pure Heart terest? That’s what made Pope Special issue ‘structures’ created by them, two
Australia and New Zealand: Jacinta Boudreau Pius XI write, in the same encyc- are very typical: on the one hand,
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“A devouring usury, practiced under another form” The monopolization of credit
Father Drinkwater recorded that a committee
called the Union of Fribourg, in Switzerland, had pre-
Encyclical letter Rerum Novarum of Leo XIII
pared some elements for the drafting of Rerum No-
varum, and that among the members of this commit-
tee there was at least one person, from Austria, who
Many of our readers will have over other individuals. Money was was well aware of the money question and of bank
noticed that Pope Francis has often already at that time the main pur- credit. A text that this Austrian had prepared, and that
been denouncing the dictatorship pose of enterprises, which even was apparently approved by the committee, showed
of money, that has become a god hired children. Man existed to serve clearly how mere bank money—which is created in
and taken the place of man in the industry, and not the opposite. And banks and consists basically of figures written in bank-
center of the economy. This de- industry existed to serve money. books and ledgers, and which was already becoming
nunciation of the present financial the major monetary instrument for trade and industry
“A devouring usury”
system that governs us is not new, —was nothing but the monetization of the production
since we can find such denuncia- Just after the paragraph quot- capacity of the whole community.
tions throughout the great social ed above, there follows two lines The new money thus created can only be social
encyclicals of the Popes. that certainly relate to this thirst by nature (belonging to all of society), and not the
for money, but that also leave us
In the following two articles, property of the bank. This new money is social be-
intrigued with the use of an expres-
Louis Even comments on two of cause of its basis: the community or society, and be-
sion that is not precise, and that is
these social encyclicals: Rerum No- cause it can buy any good or service in the country.
not repeated in the rest of the en-
varum of Leo XIII (in English, “new The control of this source of money therefore puts
cyclical:
things” or “changes,” according in the hands of those who exercise it a discretionary
to the first words of the encyclical) “A devouring usury, although power over all economic life.
and Quadragesimo Anno of Pius XI often condemned by the Church, This text of the Austrian expert also showed that
(in English, “forty years”, because Leo XIII, Pope from 1878 to 1903 but practiced nevertheless under banks do not lend their depositors’ money, but rather
the encyclical was written to pre- another form by avaricious and deposits that they create out of nothing simply by in-
cisely mark the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum). grasping men, has increased the evil...” scribing figures in bankbooks, and that when banks
What is this “devouring usury practiced under lend money—no account is dimished in the bank—they
by Louis Even
another form”? What does it consist of? Usury has do not have to extract one penny from their safes. So
Although recent Popes have published more than been often condemned by the Church, said Pope the interest charged on their loans is certainly usury:
thirty encyclical letters on social issues, Pope Leo Leo XIII, who also said that it is now being practiced whatever its rate—it is actually more than 100%, since
XIII’s encyclical letter Rerum Novarum on the condi- under another form. What form? The average reader it is interest charged on a capital of zero, nil—the lend-
tion of the working classes, issued on May 15, 1891, of Pope Leo’s encyclical may perhaps not pay atten- er (the bank) does not have to do without the money
is considered to be the first major encyclical on social tion to this issue, but he who does has every reason he lends; he just creates it ! This usury can rightly be
justice, beginning the whole series. This encyclical to be intrigued (especially back in 1891, before this described as “devouring”, since banks require credit-
letter was a great light in a time when the working expression was to be explained in another encyclical ors to pay back money that has never been created,
classes were suffering unjust conditions, which came letter by Pope Pius XI in 1931, as we will see in the that has never been put into circulation. (Banks create
from an industrial revolution that could, and should next article). the principal they lend, but not the interest.)
have been beneficial to all classes of society. Pope The form of usury often condemned by the It is therefore mathematically impossible to pay
Leo XIII wrote, in the first paragraphs of his letter: Church was for a long time any interest on a loan back all loans; the only way for the economy in such
“After the old trade guilds had been destroyed of money. Then, once interest was legitimized, they a system to keep going is to borrow again to pay the
in the last century, and no protection was substi- called “usury” high rates of interest. At the end of the interest, which creates unrepayable private and pub-
tuted in their place, and when public institutions 19th century, when Rerum Novarum was written, cat- lic debts.
and legislation had cast off traditional religious echisms taught that the maximum rate tolerated for In an article published in the Catholic Times of
teaching, it gradually came about that the present interest was five per cent. More than that was con- May 9, 1941, and reproduced in The Social Crediter of
age handed over the workers, each alone and de- sidered usury. May 24, 1941, Father Drinkwater commented on this
fenseless, to the inhumanity of employers and the paragraph of Rerum Novarum that talked about “a de-
But what about the term “usury practiced under
unbridled greed of competitors.” vouring usury”:
another form” used by the Pope? Does it mean too
Was the goal of the “unbridled greed of competi- high an interest rate? If so, of what percentage? Or is “When the encyclical at last appeared, it was in
tors” to increase the standard of living of the whole it something else, and under what form? many respects based upon the Fribourg circle’s facts
population, and to increase the amount of consumer and findings. In one point, however (but a very cru-
In a book he wrote in 1935, an English priest,
goods through industrial developments ? No. But even cial one), the encyclical was a disappointment to those
Father Drinkwater, identified this “devouring usury Unlike most of the Popes, the tomb of Leo XIII is
if some employers were inclined to be good and hu- who had hoped so much from it.
under another form” as the monopolization of credit, not in St. Peter’s Basilica, but in the Basilica of St.
mane, they were bound by the requirements of the which was to amount more and more to a monopol- “The Fribourg group had hoped for something John Lateran in Rome. In front, two full-time Pilgrims
money barons behind them. Money had to breed more ization of money-creation, although the workings of much more explicit in the direction of money reform.
of MICHAEL, Melvin Sickler and Alain Pilote, in
money, not only to allow money barons to enjoy a lux- this monopolization of credit were still mysterious, at They were quite aware—especially those who came
urious lifestyle, but to feed their thirst for more power that time, to almost everyone. from Vienna—to the process of credit-creation, and of Rome in 2010. u
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u the evils arising from such a power in private hands.” “The money-masters took care to control the “Those who control money
Fr. Drinkwater then quotes the words of one of them: sources of public authority and information, not to
“If we do not succeed in transforming our actual sys- mention the sources of private income, and were able and credit control our lives”
tem of credit, all other means to rescue us from the in a thousand ways to silence critics or make them
social peril will fail.” seem mere cranks.
Encyclical letter Quadragesimo Anno of Pius XI
“To say why it was left out,” continues Fr. Drink- “Even if Pope Leo had spoken plainly, the money-
water, “or rather reduced to a vague condemnation of power would have smothered the effect of his words.
usury in a different guise, would need more research If the Pope spoke plainly about the money-power to-
than anybody is likely to give. morrow, his words would fall dead and unheeded by
by Louis Even They control our lives
the world.
What was the exact wording of this text about the
monopoly of credit? One cannot know, since there is “How do I know? Because he did speak plainly, From 1891 to 1931 On May 15, 1931, exactly
no mention of it in the encyclical. Was it suppressed in ten years ago, in Quadragesimo Anno (in 1931), and forty years after the publica-
After the release of Rerum
Fribourg in the final draft sent to Rome? Was it stolen nobody has yet taken any notice of that part of it ex- tion of Rerum Novarum, Pope
Novarum in 1891, the next forty
between Fribourg and Rome, or between its arrival in cept a few money-reformers, mostly non-Catholics. Pius XI issued another remark-
years saw World War I (1914-
Rome and its delivery to the Sovereign Pontiff? Or was “If you do not believe me, look up the various able encyclical, Quadragesimo
1918), followed by a boom in
it Pope Leo XIII who decided to put it aside? Fr. Drink- official explanations of that encyclical given by the Anno, on the reconstruction of
water writes: “Somebody or something prevented it— Catholic Society which deals with such things in this the economy, and then the the social order. The Pope first
that is all we can say for certain.” country, and marvel at such skill in soft-pedalling the Depression of the thirties. This noted that since the time of
economic crisis could not be
Fr. Drinkwater goes on to point out that somehow ‘indiscretions’ of the Sovereign Pontiff.” Leo XIII, economic conditions
logically explained, since there
the truth about money always has been smothered. This is what we are going to see in the next had changed a lot. Indeed! He
was unused production cap-
Men like Bishop Berekeley, Abraham Lincoln, Gesell article, dealing with Pope Pius XI’s encyclical letter wrote:
acity in the face of needs that
(and Douglas) became aware of what the money-power Quadragesimo Anno, in which the “devouring usury” “In the first place, it is ob-
remained unsatisfied.
was doing, but somehow their ideas have always been finally had a name: “the monopoly of credit”. vious that not only is wealth
pushed out of sight. The crisis was neither due
Louis Even concentrated in our times but
to some natural catastrophe,
an immense power and des-
the disappearance of skills, nor
potic economic dictatorship
The Supreme Court of Canada allows assisted suicide the refusal of people to work:
is consolidated in the hands
there were millions of unem-
of a few, who often are not
ployed people who were look-
On February 6, 2015, in an unanimous decision of constitutes a murder gravely contrary owners but only the trustees
ing for a job! Everyone was re- Pius XI, Pope from 1922 to 1939
its nine judges, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled to the dignity of the human person and and managing directors of in-
peating the same thing: “No money!” Consumers
that the ban on assisted suicide, included until now to the respect due to the living God, vested funds which they administer according to
as well as producers were lacking money. Nothing
in Canada’s Criminal Code, was unconstitutional. our Creator.” (Catechism of the Catholic
their own arbitrary will and pleasure.
else was lacking: the production capacity and the
The decision allows euthanasia and assisted suicide Church, 2277).
manpower were still there. “This power becomes particularly irresistible
for not only physical but also psychological suffering, Archbishop “The Bishops of our country invite
when exercised by those who, because they hold
without limiting it to clear parameters. The Supreme Durocher Canadians, especially Catholics, to do For sure, there had been some intervention in
Court has given the Canadian Parliament a year to all they can to bring comfort and support for all those the financial sector of the economy, which caused and control money, are able also to govern credit
enact a new law, but Parliament has the power to in- who are dying and for their loved ones, so that no all economic life to suffer. It was no longer a ques- and determine its allotment, for that reason sup-
voke the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ one, because of loneliness, vulnerability, loss of au- tion of the oppression of the workers by their em- plying so to speak, the lifeblood of the entire
little-used “notwithstanding clause,” which allows tonomy, or fear of pain and suffering, feels they have ployers, since both were now the victims of the lack economic body, and grasping, as it were, in their
Parliament to override a court ruling. no choice but to commit suicide. The Canadian Con- of money. hands the very soul of production, so that no one
Here is the official statement by Archbishop ference of Catholic Bishops will continue to promote But during the forty years that had passed since dare breathe against their will.”
Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau, President of the palliative and home care, and to encourage all the Rerum Novarum, inquiring minds had turned their These are strong words. Nobody can under-
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) on faithful to work for the betterment of the elderly, the attention towards this mysterious sector of the stand them better than the Social Crediters. Doug-
that Supreme Court judgment: disabled, the ill, and those who are socially isolated. economy—money and credit. Discoveries had been las knew how to differentiate between the posses-
“Catholics are called by their faith to assist all “My brother Bishops and I entreat governments made and published. These discoveries were not sion of wealth and the power to control the lives
those in need, particularly the poor, the suffering and and courts to interpret today’s judgment in its nar- known or admitted everywhere yet, but they were of others. It is not so much the profits—even huge
the dying. Comforting the dying and accompanying rowest terms, resisting any calls to go beyond this not completely ignored either, since they had many ones—of individuals or corporations that vitiated the
them in love and solidarity has been considered by to so-called acts of “mercy killing” and euthanasia. proofs to support them. economic order or were to blame, as the control of
the Church since its beginning a principal expression We again call on provincial and territorial govern- The most distinguished of the discoverers was credit, the control of the lifeblood of the entire eco-
of Christian mercy. ments to ensure good-quality palliative care in all a superior mind who did not content himself with nomic body. In an age of plenty, it is not so much
“Helping someone commit suicide, however, is their jurisdictions. We also urge governments and noting down facts, but also established their caus- the large share received by a few that is harmful, as
neither an act of justice or mercy, nor is it part of professional associations to implement policies and es, and presented proposals to make the financial the nondistribution of the huge part that is wasted in
palliative care. The decision of the Supreme Court guidelines which ensure respect for the freedom of system a servant of the human person instead of a warehouses, or destroyed, or not produced because
of Canada today does not change Catholic teach- conscience of all health-care workers as well as ad- dictator. This man was the Scottish engineer Clifford of lack of purchasing power among the families that
ing. “An act or omission which, of itself or by in- ministrators who will not and cannot accept suicide Hugh Douglas, author of the Social Credit financial would need these products.
tention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering as a medical solution to pain and suffering.“
proposals, which are frequently explained in MI- The existence of such a control over the econ-
u
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The tomb of Pope So, just as Leo XIII did before him, Pius XI asked, of the Gospel would lead to a social renovation, to col-
Pius XI, in the crypt for the working classes, sufficient wages. He conceded laboration between classes, instead of struggles. And
that it is not always easy to determine the proper wage those who feel oppressed today would no longer turn
of St Peter’s
rate: If this rate is too low, workers and their families to socialism, which kills any form of freedom.
Basilica in Rome.
suffer hardships; if it is too high, it can jeopardize the
Twenty-three years after Rerum Novarum, the
existence of the enterprise and create unemployment.
European nations became involved in World War I.
help the unemployed, Everybody also knows that wage increases soon Eight years after Quadragesimo Anno, worldwide
found billions overnight bring about price increases. But there is more: the slaughter happened again, with even more powerful
to finance a six-year problem is not limited to a just proportion between means of destruction. This was not, of course, be-
war. There was then the share due to capital and the one due to labour: the cause of these two encyclicals but because of the too-
sum of the two parts does not equal the sum total of little attention paid to them. How could authorities pay
absolutely no doubt
the prices, even if economists say that it does. attention to them when they considered the monopoly
that it was a criminal,
of credit as sacred and un-
diabolical dictatorship. The Social Crediters
touchable, when the whole
One could have hoped know all that. But govern-
economic life was submit-
that once the war was ments and their economic
ted to the dictatorship of
over, and the world advisors have refused So-
money, when money was
freed from the neces- cial Credit. As long as they
the first and last end of any
sity to produce for war, refuse to apply the Social
enterprise ?
Credit financial proposals
authorities would no
(they may call them what- We do not hesitate to
longer tolerate this in-
u of fever to a crisis of anemia, brings about plenty of sane financial system. And yet the same monopoly ever they want), the prob- say this: the refusal of So-
lem will only get worse, cial Credit—which is the
undeserved ills. Pius XI was right to say, in the same of credit still exists today.
because of the inflation refusal of a human phil-
encyclical: “All economic life has become tragically
Refusal of Social Credit resulting from an endless osophy of distribution that
hard, inexorable, and cruel.”
In his encyclical, Pius XI did not speak only about race between wages and perfectly corresponds to
In the face of such a situation, what can those who
the control of credit. He gave many pieces of advice prices. And because of the principles recalled by
suffer do, when governments themselves obey the
which, if they had been followed, would have im- technological progress, the the Popes—has perpetuat-
dictates of the money powers? Read what the Pope
proved the social and economic order. Advice of an increase of automation in ed undeserved sufferings,
said about this abdication of governments: evangelic nature, of course: the practice of justice and production, which causes disorders, and upheavals.
“To these are to be added the grave evils that charity, moral renovation; but also advice about the more goods to be produced This refusal is all the more
have resulted from an intermingling and shameful distribution of material goods so that, without under- with less human labour. criminal on the part of au-
confusion of the functions and duties of public au- mining the legitimate private property of the means of Douglas’s Social Credit thorities in nations like
thority with those of the economic sphere—such production, every human being may enjoy a proper proposals offer all that is ours, who cannot pretend
as, one of the worst, the virtual degradation of the standard of living. Besides, this is precisely the pur- needed to adapt the finan- If Jesus came back today, he would not to know about the So-
majesty of the State, which although it ought to sit pose of an economic system that is truly at the service cial system to all the con- probably chase out these money changers... cial Credit proposals.
on high like a queen and supreme arbitress, free from of the human person, as Pope Pius XI wrote: ditions that may exist in The consequences of
all partiality and intent upon the one common good “For then only will the social and economic production. But authorities refuse Social Credit, and this refusal are incalculable, even as far as the order
and justice, is become a slave, surrendered and deliv- organism be soundly established and attain its prefer to trudge through patchwork half-solutions that of spiritual values. Not because Social Credit is a
ered to the passions and greed of men.” end, when it secures for all and each those goods suppress freedoms, degrade the dignity of those they sacrament, but because it would remove obstacles,
The declaration of war in 1939, which put a sud- which the wealth and resources of nature, technical are supposed to help, ruin family and small business- because it would supply all and each with the neces-
den end to the ten-year money shortage, clearly achievement, and the social organization of econom- es by overburdening them with taxes, and put bureau- sities of life, sufficient “to meet the demands of ne-
ic affairs can give. And these goods ought indeed to crats everywhere, leading to State socialism. cessity and decent comfort and to advance people to
showed that the scarcity of money was not a natural
phenomenon, but something imposed by controllers be enough both to meet the demands of necessity The State then no longer stays in its subsidiary that happier and fuller condition of life which, when
and decent comfort and to advance people to that role; it takes on functions that are none of its business: it is wisely cared for, is not only no hindrance to vir-
who could put an end to it overnight if they wanted
happier and fuller condition of life which, when it is production, trade, insurance, education, etc., always tue but helps it greatly.”
to. Governments who, for ten years, had no money to
wisely cared for, is not only no hindrance to virtue under the pretext that families, associations or less- Louis Even
but helps it greatly.” er public bodies are financially unable to accomplish
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A Synopsis of Social Credit “Europe, return to Jesus!”
Address of the Pope to European Bishops
by Oliver Heydorn, Ph.D. Filling the gap with debt-money is also inflationary,
wasteful, and puts the whole society on a production-
Social Credit refers to the philosophical, econom- On Nov. 25, 2014, Pope Francis went to the Euro- But that doesn’t give dignity to a young person,
consumption treadmill. It is the prime cause behind so-
ic, political, and historical ideas of the brilliant Anglo- pean Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to remind pol- to anyone. Dignity comes from work. And there is the
cial tensions, environmental damage, and export wars,
Scottish engineer, Major Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879- iticians the Christian principles upon which the Euro- danger that the children of mother, today practically
which lead to international conflict.
1952). As far as the sphere of economics is concerned, pean continent must be based. A few weeks earlier, grandma Europe, are losing their dignity because
All of this dysfunction is tolerated because the
Douglas identified what is wrong with the industrial on Oct. 3, the Holy Father had received in audience in they do not have jobs and cannot bring bread home.
banks profit from it. Compensating for the gap is big
economy and also explained what needs to be done in Rome the participants at the plenary assembly of the
business and transfers wealth and power from the
order to fix it. council of the bishops’ conferences of Europe. Pope
common consumers and producers to the owners of
The core problem is that there is never enough Francis decided not to read the prepared text, but to
the financial system.
money to buy what we produce. There is a gap be- speak off the cuff, going to the roots of the problems
Douglas proposed that instead of filling the gap
tween the prices of consumer goods and services and Europe is presently facing. Here is the talk actually
with debt-money, the gap could and should be filled
people’s incomes. given by the Pope, as it was transcribed by one of
with ‘debt-free’ money.
This gap is caused by many factors. Profits, includ- those present (and reproduced on Sandro Magister’s
ing profits derived from interest payments, is only one This compensatory money would be created by website, chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it):
an organ of the state, a National Credit Office, and dis-
of them. Savings and the re-investment of savings are Dear brother bishops,
tributed to consumers. Some of it would be issued in-
two others. The most important cause, however, has
What is happening today in Europe? What is go-
directly in the form of a National Discount on all retail
to do with how real capital (i.e., machines and equip-
ing on in the heart of our mother Europe? Is she still
prices, while another portion would be issued directly
ment) builds up costs at a faster rate than it distributes
in the form of a National Dividend. our mother Europe, or grandma Europe? Is she still
incomes to workers.
fertile? Has she fallen into sterility? Is she unable to
Since the physical productive capacity of the modern,
The economy must compensate for this recurring give new life? For one thing, this Europe has commit-
industrial economy is enormous, an honest representa-
gap between prices and incomes. Since most of the
ted a few sins. We must say this with love: it has not
tion of our productive power would allow us to enjoy an
money supply is created out of nothing by the banks,
wanted to recognize one of its roots. And because
abundance of beneficial goods and services alongside Pope Francis kisses the statue of the Infant
the present financial system fills the gap by relying on
of this it feels and does not feel Christian. Or it feels
increasing leisure. (Technological progress means ma- Jesus during the 2014 Christmas Mass at the Vatican.
governments, firms, and consumers to borrow addi-
Christian somewhat in secret, but doesn’t want to
chines are doing more and more of the work. Thanks to
tional money into existence so that the level of con- recognize it, this European root. Europe has discarded its children. A bit triumph-
the dividend, those individuals whose labour is no longer
sumer buying power can be increased. antly. I remember that when I was studying in one
needed by the economy would nevertheless retain an in- The Europe of today has been invaded. It may be
As a society we are always mortgaging our future country the clinics that did abortions then prepared
come and enjoy access to goods and services.) Our econ- the second invasion of the barbarians, I don’t know.
earnings in order to get enough purchasing power so everything to send it to cosmetic factories. Makeup
omies could become socially equitable, environmentally First it opened its doors in order to profit from labor.
that we can pay present prices in full. Whenever we fail made with the blood of innocents. And this was
sustainable, and internationally concordant. But now it feels this “invasion” of people who are
to borrow enough money, the economy stalls and the something to brag about, because it was progres-
coming to look for work, who are fleeing from their
Unlike some other monetary reform proposals,
government may even start a war to reboot it. To the sive: the rights of the woman, the woman has the
Social Credit does not advocate the nationalization of homeland in search of freedom and a better life.
extent that we succeed in bridging the gap, we contrib- right over her body.
ute to the building-up of a mountain of debt that can the banks. It is completely opposed to any scheme that Europe is wounded. I’ll go back to that image that
I don’t know about here in Italy, I don’t want to
never be paid off. would see us jump from the frying pan of a self-serving says so much to me, and I say that the Church today
say because I’m not sure, but what will happen when
private system into the fire of a complete state monop- seems to me like a field hospital because there are so
the state is unable to pay the pensions, because there
oly over money and its issuance. The latter would be a many wounded in the Church. But Europe is wound-
aren’t enough young people working according to
Three books on Social Credit fine basis for the introduction of a totalitarian society. ed too. Wounded by all the trials it has undergone. It
the law, because there is that black market for labor
Social Crediters, by contrast, stand for the decen- has gone from the time of prosperity, of great well-
that they do, not always but… And the elderly—I’ve
tralization of economic and political power in favour of being, to a worrying crisis in which young people too
said this about Latin America, about my country, but
the individual. Social Credit’s proposal for an honest are discarded. In the newspapers the other day it said
I believe it’s a universal problem or of many coun-
monetary system is not socialist but rather anti-social- that here in Italy youth unemployment is up to 43 per-
tries or some other continents—the elderly are dis-
ist. It is completely compatible with a free enterprise cent, I think. In Spain it’s 50 percent. And the Spanish
carded with stealth euthanasia. The social services
economy incorporating free markets, private property, bishops have told me that in Andalusia it is almost at
cover medical treatment up to a certain point, and
individual initiative, and the profit motive. 60 percent.
then you’re on your own!
Oliver Heydorn is the founder and director of “The Cardinal Erdõ talked about the discarding of chil-
A Europe weary with disorientation. And I don’t
Clifford Hugh Douglas Institute for dren and the elderly. And it’s true. But now there is
To study the cause of the present financial crisis, want to be a pessimist, but let’s tell the truth: after
the Study and Promotion of Social also the discarding of a whole generation of young
we offer these books on Social Credit at a special
food, clothing, and medicine, what are the most im-
Credit” (www.socred.org). He is people. I don’t know if it is only in Europe, or in Eur-
price, shipping included (prices apply for Canada
portant expenditures? Cosmetics, and I don’t know
also the author of two recent books ope and in the developed countries, that there is talk
and U.S.A. only; for other countries, contact us):
how to say this in Italian, but the “mascotas,” the little
on the subject: “Social Credit Eco- of 75 million from the age of twenty-five and down.
Social Credit in 10 lessons: $12.00 nomics” and “The Economics of But it’s a whole generation. As European bishops, animals. They don’t have children, but their affection
In this Age of Plenty: $25.00 Social Credit and Catholic Social what are we doing for the young people? Giving goes to the little cat, to the little dog. And this is the
From Debt to Proserity: $10.00 Teaching.” them something to eat? Yes, that’s the first thing. second expenditure after the three main ones. The
third is the whole industry to promote sexual pleas- u

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u ure. So it’s food, medicine, clothing, cosmetics, little proclaim Jesus Christ risen who has redeemed us all.
animals, and the life of pleasure. Our young people And for us too that the Lord may not rebuke us, as to-
Message of St. Michael
feel this, they see this, they live this. day in the Gospel of Luke he rebuked these two cities.
I liked very much what His Eminence said, be- The Lord wants to save us. I believe this. This
cause this is truly the drama of Europe today. But it’s is our mission: to proclaim Jesus Christ, without
given to Fr. Montfort Okaa
not the end. I believe that Europe has many resour- shame. And he is ready to open the doors of his
ces for going forward. It’s like a sickness that Europe heart, because he manifests his omnipotence above
has today. A wound. And the greatest resource is the all in mercy and forgiveness. Let’s go forward with
person of Jesus. Europe, return to Jesus! Return preaching. Let’s not be ashamed. So many ways of
to that Jesus whom you have said was not in your preaching, but to mama Europe - or grandma Europe,
roots! And this is the work of the pastors: to preach or wounded Europe – only Jesus Christ can speak a
Jesus in the midst of these wounds. I have spoken word of salvation today. Only he can open a door of
Fr. Montfort Okaa was born will against God and therefore
of only a few, but there are tremendous wounds. To escape.
in 1957 in the town of Ilorin, Ni- against themselves.
preach Jesus. And I ask you this: don’t be ashamed to Pope Francis
geria, Africa. He made his First
Then, I intervened and de-
Holy Communion when he was
clared openly that I will serve
10 years old, and it was on that
The call to cultivate and safeguard land the Lord, My God, and He alone
day that many extraordinary — His Will alone I will do. He de-
manifestations began taking clared war against me and those
On Jan. 31, 2015, Pope Francis received repre- ing fairly from them. Absolutizing market rules, a
place, which continue to this following me who remained
sentatives of the Italian Confederation of Independ- throwaway culture and waste which, in the case
ent Farmers. Here are excerpts from his address: of food has unacceptable proportions, together day (2013). He was ordained a on the side of God. He did not
Truly there is no humanity without the cultivation with other factors, create misery and suffering for priest in 1983, and later found- and cannot reach God to fight
of land; there is no good life without the food that it so many families. Therefore, the system of food ed the Communities of Sisters against God. Who is he to reach
produces for the men and women of every contin- production and distribution needs to be thorough- and Brothers of the Two Hearts God, to touch God? All he did
ent. Thus, agriculture shows its inalienable role. ly re-thought. of Love. Pope John Paul II gave was to destroy himself and the
The labour of those who cultivate the earth, As our grandparents taught us, “bread is not to his special blessing to these angels and destroy God’s plan
generously dedicating time and energy to it, ap- be trifled with!”. I remember that, as a child, when Communities on June 9, 2002. for His creation — God’s holy
pears as a genuine vocation. It deserves to be bread fell of the table, we were taught to pick it up The following excerpts from and ever-loving plan for the en-
recognized and appropriately appreciated, also in and kiss it, and put it back on the table. Bread in September 2004 are taken from tire creation. I intervened.
concrete economic policies. This means eliminat- some way forms part of the sacredness of human the book,
ing those obstacles which life, and this is why it cannot Fr. Montfort Okaa God lives in unapproach-
penalize so precious an activ- be treated as a mere commod- The Reign Of Love able Light and Love. Even in
ity which often make it seem ity (cf. Apostolic Exhortation God’s Only Solution in heaven there is a radical natural
unappealing to young people, Evangelii Gaudium, nn. 52-60). the Two Hearts of Love the very beginning, that he can- demarcation between the Divin-
despite statistics showing But—to come to the ity and the creatures. Creatures
not win any battle by revolting
growth in the number of stu- second critical area—it is im- and the Divinity are never the
against God. What he wanted
dents attending Agrarian portant to remember that in same, not even in heaven, for
schools and institutes, fos- the Book of Genesis, Chapter I Michael, have brought you was a sort of general suicide,
even in heaven God sits on His
tering the expectation of an 2, verse 15, it speaks of the power to pray and fight with that the generation of Angels
Throne of Glory and lives in un-
increased number of workers call to man not only to till the God and for God and to win should be abolished.
approachable Light of Love.
in the agricultural sector. At land, but also to safeguard it. all battles with prayer — the Such a terrible hatred of him-
the same time due attention should be paid to the Indeed, the two things are after all, strictly related: weapon of God — with prayer self and all the Angels, all the This continues drawing you
already too widespread reallocation of agricultural each farmer is well aware of how much more difficult infinitely to Himself like a mag-
and adoration, with Love and creatures of God in the nature of
land for other, perhaps seemingly more profitable, it has become to cultivate the land in a time of accel- net. It never stops fascinating
with praising and worshipping Angels, such a terrible hatred of
enterprises. Here too, money dominates! It is simi- erated climate change and increasingly widespread and drawing but you never en-
and thanking God. With remain- God! His scheme was to destroy
lar to the action of those people who have no feel- extreme climatic conditions. How do we continue
ter into it. But the ecstasy of this
ing in the presence of God, lov- himself and destroy all angels
ings, who sell their family, sell their mother, but here producing wholesome food for the life of all when
pull is indescribable, and the in-
ing, obeying, worshipping, ador- with him and thus try to force
the temptation is to sell mother earth. climate stability is at risk, when the air, water and the
finite ways God provides the joy,
This reflection on the centrality of agricultur- soil itself are losing their purity due to pollution? (...) ing and serving Him with all He God to change His Eternal Will.
the fulfillment and the ecstasy in
al work draws our gaze to two critical areas: the The challenge is how to implement a type of has given you and all He will The madness of hatred and ter-
this drawing.
first, that of poverty and hunger, which unfortu- agriculture with a low environmental impact. How give you, by doing His Holy and ror of self-destruction and the
nately still affect a large portion of humanity. The can we ensure that the way that we cultivate the Eternal Will. It was I, Michael, catastrophe of disobedience! So, what the devil Lucifer did
Second Vatican Council recalled the universal des- land safeguards it at the same time? Only in this who saved the Angels from total He had already gotten one-third was to try to go in the opposite
tination of earthly goods (cf. Pastoral Constitution way, in fact, can future generations continue to live destruction which was what and was coercing others, try- direction, away from the Will of
Gaudium et Spes, n. 69), but in reality the current on and cultivate it. Lucifer wanted. He knew from ing to make them use their free God, the pull of God, the mag-
economic system excludes many from benefit- Pope Francis
net of God, the Love of God, by
u
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u oppose and refuse the Loving himself, inflicting indescribable no limit and no end to the pun- finitely deeper, into His Loving
pull of the Will of God and set- injuries on himself and all with ishment they inflict on them- majesty and infinite splendor
ting his creaturely will against him to destroy them and end selves and others with them. and holiness.
the Eternal Will of God, and their existence, but he can never
Whereas those who fol- Write what I am telling you:
thereby teaching some Angels stop existing.
Many human beings rightly ask
lowed Lucifer Satan drifted far-
the possibility of going against God allowed him to do how can angels in heaven in the
ther and farther away from God,
the Will of God by refusing His with himself all he wanted presence of God turn away from
drifting and flying infinitely away
Loving Will, preferring their and to do with all Him revolting against
own useless self destructive those with him what he Him. The Heaven that
will to the Eternal and Loving wanted. He needed only we are in now, the
Will of God. to wish it. It is only evil, Heaven into which God
By my intervention I saved revolt, hatred, wicked- in His Infinite Love has
not only the angelic being, but ness. Oh! It is unthink- drawn us into, is really
all other existences from be- able, indescribable, all the Heaven, the Heaven
ing used by the devil Lucifer that he has unleashed of heavens, the Heaven
against their nature, and there- and perpetrated on him- of His Infinite Love and
fore against God’s Most Holy self and all with him. Holiness and Majesty
and Perfect Will. They scheme to excel and Union in Love. The
each other in their self infinite ecstasy of this
How did I do it — by the
and other destructive union is eternal, un-
Love of God. God poured His
plans and machinations. breakable, non-stop, for
Love into my little soul, and my
The more they hate ever permanent in the
spirit was filled with the splen-
with all I have and I am. Most God. His unapproachable Light themselves and seek increase in the Love.
dor, the Love and the majesty of
of the angels followed me im- of Love and splendor became to destroy themselves,
God, and I saw what we would How can I describe
mediately, loving God and wor- more and more radiant in me the more their hatred
all be loosing — God’s Love it? It cannot be de-
shipping Him. and in all with me on the side of increases and the more
— and what those who revolt scribed!
Lucifer became furious. His God. they do all they can to
against His Will will receive — destroy themselves, There can never
eternal self-destruction in hell hatred of me, of himself and of It was the Light of the Face of revolting against God be any language to de-
fire. the angels and of God rose to God, the Love, the Splendor, his who gave them being, scribe it. The heaven,
its peak and he began raining Infinite Majesty, his indescrib-
Then in my ecstasy of Love who created them out of we were in before the
abuses on me and the angels able Glory which began to shine
for God and for myself and my Love. The more they re- fall, is like the para-
worshipping and serving God brighter than any brightness,
fellow angelic creatures and for jected His Love, rejecting dise where Adam and
with me. He began to pour the that drove Satan Lucifer and his
the entire creation I shouted: their existence and doing Eve were in the pres-
venom of his anger on me and wicked angels, self-destructive
all they could imagine to ence of God, but had
angels, further and
destroy themselves and the possibility of sin-
further away from the
It was the Light of the Face of God, obstruct God’s Love and ning of disobeying, of
Loving and ETERNAL St. Michael the Archangel
negate God’s plan for using their will against
the Love, His Infinite Majesty, presence and splendor them; they are the most expelling Lucifer and the God; they had the pos-
of God’s Love.
miserable. rebellious angels from Heaven sibility of falling away
that drove Satan and his wicked angels The further and fur- God does nothing Rubens, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museam, Madrid even though they were
ther he went from God, in paradise. But the
to them. It is they who,
the more and more he Heaven which Our Lord and
further away from His Loving presence. with their indescribable hatred from God, I and the Angels with
drifted into the dark- Savior Jesus Christ has opened
of themselves and of all, do me, we came nearer and nearer
ness of hell and the for man is the real Heaven, the
themselves all sorts of harm and to God and were drawn infinite-
eternal punishment Heaven of heavens, the inner-
inflict on themselves all sorts of
ly nearer to God.
of self-destruction. He devised most Heaven. Here you are so
“Who is like God — so lov- on all with me, but the more he indescribable punishment, like
all possible means of destroy- Before the fall, no creature taken up in the Will and Love of
ing, so good, so splendid, so did that, the more we loved and biting their very selves, with
ing himself and those with him, came so near to God. It was a God, you are being pulled will-
majestic, so… so … so … so … the more we worshipped and themselves jumping into the
so …so ….!” And the voice of the more we adored and the thinking to end his existence. hottest destructive burning fire, test. Lucifer and his wicked an- ingly into the infinite Goodness
my Love and adoration filled deeper we prostrated, and then But God has created him to crushing themselves, tearing gels fell from grace and away and Love of God.
the whole place and I prostrat- the splendor of God began to be eternal. So in his madness of themselves, changing them- from the Love and service of Can you imagine you’re driv-
ed myself on the ground, ador- shine more in me and in all who self-destruction he has done and selves into heinous indescrib- God. God rewarded us by draw- ing your car on the ground with
u
ing and loving and praising Him were with me on the side of still does all things to destroy able forms and shapes. There is ing us deeper and deeper, in- the possibility of getting out, or
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u turning left or right, or even or turning back but the point is
causing an accident. Then there that you are infinitely being ful- “The Children of My Pure Heart”
comes a force, an infinitely filled in union with His. Your will
great loving ecstasy, pulling you is infinitely fulfilled in His Will, —Our Lady of America
up with your car into the infinite Love.
space with infinite speed: it is Go to them and tell them the
St. John of the Cross:
what you will, your will is one great Glory and the great dan-
with this Will, it is the absolute ger. Take off now completely in By Jacinta Boudreau "God desires the least degree of purity of con-
Union of Will, Love, Pleasure. this direction. Here is a small re- Pope St. John Paul II said this about purity, "If pur- science in you more than all the works you can per-
ity disposes man to 'keep his own body with holi- form.”
But now this, your free will, play of the Heaven and test for
ness and reverence,' as we read in 1 Thessalon-
is absolutely united with this the angels, and a small replay of Pope St. John Paul II:
ians 4:3-5, piety, as the gift of the Holy Spirit, seems
Will which has given you, and paradise for Adam and Eve. to serve purity in a particular way by making the hu- "Deep within yourself listen to your conscience
gives you, infinitely more fulfill- The only solution is to unite man subject sensitive to the dignity that belongs to which calls you to be pure. A home is not warmed by
ment and joy than you can im- yourselves to the Two Wound- the human body in virtue of the mystery of creation the fire of pleasure, which burns quickly like a pile of
agine. There is no getting out ed and Bleeding Hearts. v and redemption. …” (Man and Woman He Created Them: weed grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature
A Theology of the Body 352-353). of love. They injure hearts and mock God’s plan."
So then, purity is keeping one’s “own body with
St. Philip Neri:
Saint Michael Our Patron holiness and reverence”. But how to do that and why?
Again, it is Pope St. John Paul II who states, “The an- "Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to
alysis of purity is an indispensable completion of the the Blessed Mother are not simply the best way, but
Yves Jacques
words Christ spoke in the Sermon on the Mount… in fact the only way to keep purity. At the age of 20,
When explaining the correct meaning of the com- nothing but Communion can keep one's heart pure.
T he message of Saint in a secular way, or that
mandment, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ Christ ap- Chastity is not possible without the Eucharist.”
Michael, as given the MICHAEL Magazine
pealed to the interior man. At the same time, he speci-
to Father Montfort be without any mention fied the fundamental dimension of purity that marks I would like to finish with these words of the Bless-
Okaa, should be a reminder of God or devotion to the the relations between man and woman both in mar- ed Mother herself when she appeared to a privileged
to us all, as Pilgrims of St. Blessed Mother. As if God riage and outside it. The words, ‘But I say to you that soul, Sr. Mildred Mary Neuzil, right here in
Michael, of the awesome does not matter, when pro- everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already the United States in 1956. She re- vealed
task of our vocation. The moting Social Credit. WE committed adultery with her in his heart’ (Mt 5:27-28), herself under the title of Our Lady of
gift that God the Father has MUST NOT BECOME POL- express what is opposed to purity. At the same time, America, ”My child, I entrust you with
given to St. Michael is the ITICAL ACTIVISTS! That these words demand the purity which, in the Sermon this message that you must make known
power of prayer. And the is exactly what Lucifer did on the Mount, is included in the list of the beatitudes: to my children in Amer- ica. I
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’
more that St. Michael wor- when he chose not to give wish it to be the country
(Mt 5:8). In this way Christ appealed to the human
ships, prays and adores worship to God by saying, dedicated to my purity.
heart. He called upon it and did not accuse it…”1
God, the more God reveals “non serviam!” (“I will The wonders I will work
to him all that could be lost, not serve!”). And the fur- Purity then, is the virtue that will lead us to “see will be the wonders of
should he decide to turn ther he went away from God”. This is why there are many saints who stress the the soul. They must have
necessity of purity and at the same time, praise it for
from Him. God, the more hatred he faith and believe firmly in
its beauty and virtue. Let us follow their example, as
Therefore, it was in his developed for himself, the my love for them. I desire
they will show us how to be “pure of heart”:
ecstasy of love for God that other fallen angels and the that they be the children
St. Michael proclaimed his entire human race. St. John Bosco: of my Pure Heart. I desire,
battle cry, “Quis ut Deus!” As Pilgrims of St. Mi- “Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament through my children in
(“Who is like God!”). In chael, we must remain which makes you dear to God and to man. But holy America, to further the
this message, St. Michael faithful to our vocation purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a cause of faith and purity
declares to us, “I have and recognize that the jewel so precious that those who possess it become among peoples and na-
ance to Holy Mass and praying like the angels of God in Heaven, even though clothed
brought you power to pray only solution for combat- tions. Let them come
the Holy Rosary — making this in mortal flesh. “
and fight with God and for God ting the evils of this world is to with confidence and
the essential part of our mission
and to win all battles with pray- consecrate ourselves more and Blessed Mother Theresa: simplicity, and I, their
against the forces of evil in the
er - the weapon of God.” As we more to the two wounded and Mother, will teach them
"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at
world.
see the daunting task before us, bleeding Hearts of Jesus and a price. This price is knowing God and loving Him to become pure like to
we must be disciples of St. Mi- Satan would much more Mary. Our Lady at Fatima, Por- enough to do His will. He will always give us the my Heart that their own
chael — worshiping God with all prefer that we ignore the Holy tugal in 1917 promised, “In the strength we need to keep purity as something beauti- hearts may be more
our might through Eucharistic Will of God, and that we op- end my Immaculate Heart will ful for Him.” pleasing to the Heart of
Adoration, faithful daily attend- pose the injustices in the world triumph”.v 1. http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tb49.htm my Son.” v
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The power of St. Michael the Archangel I was too amazed to say anything for a minute. lights. Well, that is the last thing I remember until
How did he know my name and a prayer that you the rest of the fellows came up and found me. I do
had taught me? Then I smiled to myself; every guy not know how much time had passed. Now and
Testimony of a US Marine during the Korean War in the outfit knew about me. Hadn’t I taught the pray- then I had but a moment’s rest from the pain and
er to anybody who would listen. Why now and then fever. I remember telling them of the enemy just
they even referred to me as St. Michael. Neither of ahead.
us spoke for a time, and then he broke the silence. “Where is Michael,” I asked. I saw them look at
Every human being has been given by God a when I left, how you told me to say a prayer to St.
“We are going to have some trouble up ahead.” one another. “Where’s who?” asked one. “Michael,
guardian angel to accompany and protect him in Michael every day. You really didn’t have to tell me
He must have been in fine physical shape, or he Michael the big Marine I was walking with just be-
this life. We must pray to him and ask for his help that. Ever since I can remember you always told
was breathing so lightly I couldn’t see his breath. fore the snow squall hit us.” “Kid,” said the sergeant,
and protection. The most powerful of all angels is me to pray to St. Michael the Archangel. You even
Mine poured out in great clouds. There was no smile “You weren’t walking with anyone. I had my eyes on
St. Michael who overcame Lucifer, the leader of the named me after him.
on his face now. Trouble ahead, I thought to myself, you the whole time. You were getting too far out. I
rebellious angels who Well, I have always
well with the Commies all around us, that is no great was just going to call you in when you disappeared
turned against God. prayed to St. Michael.
revelation. Snow began to fall in great thick globs. in the snow.”
St. Michael is the When I got to Korea, I
protector of the Church prayed even harder. Re- In a brief moment the whole countryside was blot- He looked at me, curiously. “How did you do it
and the patron of our member the prayer that ted out. And I was marching in a white fog of sticky kid?” “How’d I do what?” I asked half angry despite
Movement, the “Pil- you taught me? particles. My companion disappeared. my wound. “This marine named Michael and I were
“Michael,” I shouted in sudden alarm. I felt his just ...” “Son,” said the sergeant kindly, “ I picked
grims of St. Michael.” “Michael, Michael
hand on my arm, his voice was rich and strong, “This out this outfit myself, and there just ain’t another Mi-
There are countless ex- of the morning, fresh
will stop shortly.” His prophecy proved to be cor- chael in it. You are the only Mike in it.”
amples of the powerful chord of Heaven adorn-
rect. In a few minutes the snow stopped as abruptly
intervention of St. Mi- ing, keep me safe today, He paused for a minute, “Just how did you do
as it had begun. The sun was a hard shining disc. I
chael helping the faith- and in time of temp- it kid? We heard shots. There hasn’t been a shot
looked back for the rest of the patrol, there was no
ful in the history of the tation, drive the devil fired from your rifle. And there isn’t a bit of lead in
one in sight. We lost them in that heavy fall of snow.
Church. away.Amen.” them seven bodies over the hill there.”
I looked ahead as we came over a little rise.
What follows is Well, I said it every- I didn’t say anything, what could I say. I could
Mom, my heart stopped. There were seven of
a letter written by a day. Sometimes when I only look open-mouthed with amazement. It was
them. Seven Commies in their padded pants and
young Marine to his was marching or some- then the sergeant spoke again, “Kid,” he said gent-
jackets and their funny hats. Only there wasn’t any-
mother while he was times resting, but always ly, “every one of those seven Commies was killed
thing funny about them now. Seven rifles were
hospitalized after be- before I went to sleep. by a sword stroke.”
aimed at us.
ing wounded on a I even got some of the That is all I can tell you Mom. As I say, it may
Korean battlefield in other fellows to say it. “Down Michael,” I screamed, and hit the frozen have been the sun in my eyes, it may have been the
earth. I heard those rifles fire almost as one. I heard
1950. It came into the Well, one day I was cold or the pain. But that is what happened.
the bullets. There was Michael still standing. Mom,
hands of a navy chap- with an advance detail Love,
those guys couldn’t have missed, not at that range. I
lain who read the letter way up over the front Michael
expected to see him literally blown to bits. But there
before 5,000 Marines lines. We were scouting
he stood, making no effort to fire himself. He was
at a San Diego Naval for the Commies. I was
Looking for a
paralyzed with fear. It happens sometimes, Mom,
Base in 1951. The navy plodding along in the
even to the bravest. He was like a bird fascinated
chaplain had talked to bitter cold, my breath home in Toronto
by a snake. At least, that was what I thought then.
the young man, to his was like cigar smoke. I
mother, and to the sergeant in charge of the patrol. thought I knew every guy in the patrol, when along I jumped up to pull him down, and that was when I for our Pilgrims
got mine. I felt a sudden flame in my chest. I often
This navy chaplain, Father Walter Muldy, assured side of me comes another Marine I never met before.
wondered what it felt like to be hit. Now I know!
anyone who asked that this is a true story. This let- He was bigger than any other Marine I’d ever seen. He
ter was read once a year in the 1960’s over a Mid- must have been 6’4” and built in proportion. It gave I remember feeling strong arms around me,
western radio station ar Christmas time. Here is the me a feeling of security to have such a body near me. arms that laid me ever so gently on a pillow of snow.
letter: Anyway, there we were trudging along. The rest I opened my eyes, for one last look. I was dying.
Maybe I was even dead, I remember thinking well,
Dear Mom, of the patrol spread out. Just to start conversation
this is not so bad. Maybe I was looking into the sun.
I wouldn’t dare write this letter to anyone but I said, “Cold ain’t it!” And then I laughed. Here I
you because no one else would believe it. Maybe was with a good chance of getting killed any minute Maybe I was in shock. But it seemed I saw Michael We are looking for a house for our Pilgrims of
even you will find it hard but I have got to tell some- and I am talking about the weather. My companion standing erect again. Only this time, his face was St. Michael who do volunteer work in the Greater
body. First off, I am in a hospital. Now don’t worry, seemed to understand. I heard him laugh softly. shining with a terrible splendor. Toronto Area. A low-cost house—a duplex for two
you hear me, don’t worry. I was wounded but I’m I looked at him, “I have never seen you before; As I say, maybe it was the sun in my eyes, but households if possible—or a free home for those
who want to help those who dedicate themselves
okay. The doctor says that I will be up and around I thought I knew every man in the outfit.” “I just he seemed to change as I watched him. He grew
to apostolate work. We would also thankfully ac-
in a month. joined at the last minute,” he replied. “The name is bigger, his arms stretched out wide, maybe it was
cept an apartment, with a free or low-cost rent. You
Michael.” “Is that so,” I said surprised. “That is my the snow falling again, but there was a brightness
But that’s not what I want to tell you. Remem- can contact us by e-mail (mail@michaeljournal.
name too.” “I know,” he said and then went on, “Mi- around him like the wings of an angel. In his hands
ber when I joined the Marines last year; remember org) or phone [phone]).
chael, Michael of the morning ...” was a sword. A sword that flashed with a million
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