The subtle and Satanic dynamic of resentment, rage and revenge is outlined and explained in this book:

For anyone bewildered and distressed about what is unfolding in our society, I HIGHLY recommend /Immortal Combat/ by @dlongenecker1. In the opening chapters he uses images from poetry and legend to explain how depravity works in individuals and societies. https://t.co/GzxzUvMvjP

Is Charlie Kirk a Martyr?

From my OLD MONK subscription channel: "I remember an old monk was asked how long he prays. He said "Three minutes, but it takes me twenty minutes to get there." IOW the liturgical and spontaneous prayer led him to the intense contemplative union with God." --Go to my profile to

The assassination of Charlie Kirk, a national public figure for his words and his arguments and not for any public office, on a public campus, in the middle of engaging in gentlemanly public debate, is not like any assassination in my lifetime. Because he was not a sitting

Two Diaries, Two Country Priests

Justice cannot be rooted in revenge. Those who grieve and rage at Kirk's murder must hope and pray that the perpetrator is brought to justice, given a fair trial, and if found guilty, sentenced justly.

Individuals can be and should be criticized if it is within one's power, but reacting with irrational rage and senseless violence only makes things worse. If justice means an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth the whole world would be blind and toothless.

Tonight conservatives are grieving, shocked and angry at the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But the rage must not be shifted to a whole group: "Liberals, leftists, Democrats--whoever.

it is wrong to begin blaming a whole group for the vile actions of one person. Yes, others in the group may have contributed to the hatred, but once the blame is shifted from the guilty individual to a group it inevitably leads to more innocent people being attacked.

We are right to feel anger at senseless, irrational violence. God is angry when the innocent are tortured and slain because he is righteous and he grieves when we suffer. However...

My rosary for Charlie Kirk this evening. He was a good, honest and courageous Christian man.

"So, practice liturgical prayer for stability, self discipline and a scheduled meeting with the Lord, but always be open to praying with a fervent spirit and warm hearted passion--knowing that Lord's love is revealed in the Sacred Heart of Jesus." - from my subscription channel