“Appreciation”

“Appreciation”

By: Eric Gajewski

From the Work, "Fortress of the Soul"

In these “fast” & often “busy” modern times men fail to consistently reflect upon the manifold benefits and goodness of our God. Men continue to build up this false city of supposed “security” wilst denying the Source behind the possessions he acquires. Nay, but what shall men say when all is “removed off of his plate”? Will not men once again seek the Origin of all these good things? Will not men search for His God within once again and thus “all these things can once more be added unto thee”again?  Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33  In the “times of want” men learn to appreciate what he now hast not and in the "times of extreme" is not the heart of a man put on display to show forth this disorder within? The modern world hast created this “false city of security”, which has first started from within, wherein, at any point of time God could reduce to nothingness to expose the ill hearts of men but He has been more than patient.

Verily, is it not true that in the harsh winter man learns to appreciate the warmth of the fireplace? Is it not true that in the harsh summer sun man learns to appreciate the early morning rain from the clouds above? In the times of the unruly winds of the storm man learns to appreciate the calm of the midday. Moreover, in the times of sin man learns to appreciate that grace which once again restores his soul to friendship with his Creator. In the times of sadness and loneliness a man learns to appreciate a random of act of kindness and charity for what would this world look like without God living and acting within us? In the times of evil we appreciate true order in society; in the times of darkness we appreciate further the days of light. In the times of hunger we appreciate every last morsel of bread; in the days of thirst we appreciate every last drop of water our tongues can acquire. For it is in the experience of “wanting” that we only further appreciate the need. Man has pushed himself so far beyond the boundaries of the basics due to lust and greed that he merely laughs and mocks it. And thus the Marxists/Socialists/Communists can appear to be “friends of the society” who use poverty as a "common unifier” but in the end only seek evil by creating a pseudo equality amongst all.  It is about control and manipulation which comes covered in the early stages of the “Plan” as a supposed “charity”. 

 

And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God.  Judges 3:7   Man does evil by failing to remember their God and thus fails to reflect daily within his own soul; to further analyze and seek remedy from his own ails of the heart but why? (1)Often we are too busy, (2)other times we simply do not care and (3)lastly we often do not see the point in doing so for in this false city of “security” man hast built up he is supposedly sufficient and without any apparent need but once again we must ask why? Because modern man is a “surface dwelling creature” void of the interior life. He does not seek spiritual perfection; he is but a rabbit who is content with “hopping” in this world alone and yet he was meant for the skies above with the Divine! O’ How the soul is deceived! For upon death such souls will find themselves without God Who is the Source of all our needs. Truly we must arrive at that point where we say within “I shall have no want other than my God who is the supply of all my needs”. 

Thus, an eagle appreciates. An eagle takes time out daily to fly to the Isle of silence and solitude where he remains their alone with His God and thanks Him for all the manifold benefits and sees God as His Source in all his needs. Yea, man fails to reflect that his freedom and true liberty come thru Christ and His Catholic Church. O’ America founded in revolution ye haveth no true freedom and liberty! And as the world slips further into error and heresy it slips further into the uncertainty, chaos and disorder which is only a “rotten fruit of this neglect” to recognize his God. During this soon period of chastisement the rabbits who think only carnally(only horizontally without prayer); who think only on the level of humanity will try to solve mankind’s problems as if this can be done so without the aid of God and His true Church. Thus men will have to decide... back to Catholicism and the Catholic State or onward with Lucifer’s New Age “Christ and his One World Socialist Republic. Our Church, which now has long been infiltrated and infected by these rabbits and wolves, that seeks to join in with the world on the “human” level alone. But “exalted” man cannot build this utopian city he seeks without the aid of God and His true doctrine (not Vatican II’s impotent humanitarianism). Thus, how much longer will God “smirk” at this new Tower of Babel being constructed in His sight since Vatican II?  Exalted man is the foundation and hallmark of Vatican II which comes as deception by way of the new/integral humanism or as “human dignity”.  Man is nothing without his God and grace and thus we can say “I can rejoice in nothing but my God”!  As eagles we fly by the wings of Faith and Hope and if our end is trust in man alone he will fall from the skies and perish below but if his Faith and Hope is in God and rests upon the Catholic Faith he will fly and God will bless and restore all things. For Love’s legs have the strength of truth in them to rebuild. In the coming panic of the economic collapse men will appreciate the fact that God cannot be “surmised or totaled” in paper money alone which modern man so exalts. In the coming chaos of world revolutions man will appreciate the true order that the Catholic State gives which supports and purports the Social Kingship of our King Jesus Christ. How blind is modern man to try and build this false city of security without the aid of God and His true doctrine!

Only the humble man can appreciate and thus can we not say that our modern world is the antithesis of humility which mocks God everyday in its own supposed self-sufficiency? Modern man is about to have “his legs chopped off at the knees”, that is, to be left without the ability to walk so he can sit and ponder how truly desolate he is without Christ and His Church. Nay, Thanksgiving is not a once a year event but rather it is a daily exercise of the “ordered” heart which sees the Sacred Heart as His Source and End in all things. I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard. Ecclesiasticus 51:15   The most thankful are those who have been without and yet who know that to truly have abundantly in material possession is not a right but rather a gift from God which we can be used to bless the less fortunate. Make an impact in this world by desiring to flee from her and all her seductions. For a man cannot love both this world and the world to come; there is not enough "rooms" in the human heart to do so. Therefore, leave behind Love’s mark by learning to leave behind all things yourself and to pursue that Source and End that all of our hearts have been programmed unto. Rest, Order and security are not found in things nor in man. Rather, it is found in the Sacred heart of Jesus; it is found within this Fortress of the Soul of which every man must journey unto and through. Harken heareth an Eagle speak! Eagles are not satisfied to walk upon the ground they are meant for the skies which is only accessed thru prayer; only upon the wings of a true Faith and Hope which elevate his soul above the natural and into the Divine. Yea, the man who will not appreciate will not elevate.

'Chastisement through the trials imposed on us is a spiritual rod, teaching us humility when in our foolishness we think too much of ourselves.' St. Thalassios the Libyan