Much like the defeat of Diocletian by Constantine A.D. 312 the Election of Donald Trump sent out a clarion call: Things have changed. The war has taken a definitive turn. A new era may be beginning.
What must clearly be understood, however, is that there is only one war being played out, but in two theaters: temporal and spiritual. Full Article
On a temporal level, the names and faces and philosophies are all familiar — Democrats vs. Republicans, Hillary vs. Trump, conservatives vs. liberals, capitalism vs. socialism, nationalism vs. globalism, limited government vs. the Nanny State and so forth. And the various sides are rather well defined, even if there are some points of murkiness when one digs into the details.
Where there are no points of murkiness, however, is in the larger war: the spiritual one. In this war the boundaries are extremely clear and the lines very bright. Good vs. Evil is the only demarcation. But since we are humans and live in a temporal world as well, these spiritual dimensions must be played out in concrete circumstances, without ever losing sight of the spiritual reality of Good vs. Evil. The temporal realities will end; the spiritual realities are forever. So we need to fight the war correctly in the temporal realm so we achieve final victory in the spiritual.
What happened Tuesday night and Wednesday morning was a revelation of the battle between Good vs. Evil, a brief peeling back of the temporal to reveal the even more frightening conflict in the spiritual. After what was undoubtedly millions of Rosaries and fasts and penances — all spiritual weapons (and why our newest book on the Rosary is titled “The Weapon“) — the depth of the spiritual battle was revealed. The faithful Catholic always recognizes the hand of God in temporal affairs by the degree of awe inspired in the observer. The Lord of the universe is also the Lord of history, and nothing happens in time and the great currents of history without His divine consent.