Pope Urban preached at Clermont in 1095, urging the Western faithful to rise to the defense of the Holy Land against the Jihad. Here's the conclusion of his sermon:
O what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent God and is made glorious with the name of Christ! With what reproaches will the Lord overwhelm us if you do not aid those who, with us, profess the Christian religion! Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war which should have been begun long ago.Let those who for a long time, have been robbers, now become knights. Let those who have been fighting against their brothers and relatives now fight in a proper way against the barbarians. Let those who have been serving as mercenaries for small pay now obtain the eternal reward. Let those who have been wearing themselves out in both body and soul now work for a double honor. Behold! on this side will be the sorrowful and poor, on that, the rich; on this side, the enemies of the Lord, on that, his friends. Let those who go not put off the journey, but rent their lands and collect money for their expenses; and as soon as winter is over and spring comes, let hem eagerly set out on the way with God as their guide.
The assembled nobility, warriors at that time, cried out Deus Vult and the First Crusade began, with the knights of Europe advancing on the barbarian Mohammedans, and defeating them. A remarkable feat of arms which was all too shortly lived. Regardless, here's a song which captures the spirit of the thing, and what a thing it was:
Today? Atheist Europe's inviting the Moslem enemy into its heartland, to say nothing of Dearborn, Plano and Minnesota etc. And just imagine the shocked look on the faces of their respective trans theater collectives when Jihad starts throwing pronouns off roofs. Because tolerance. You may recall Chesterton's Flying Inn.
So, problem. Solution? Return to the Faith, and act on it. It's a matter of urgency.
Swords Around The Cross,
LSP
