hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Those are the iconic words from the
1976 film Network. In an impassioned diatribe, a TV anchor galvanized the
nation, convincing his viewers to shout out of their windows “I’m as mad
as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”
and to shout those words down to us.
Until then, the time for backlash is long overdue. We must start
speaking up.
I’m not referring to the issues of the day, where
opinions ignite arguments. I am talking
about making a powerful statement that will catch people off guard and let the
world know that we love God and aren’t going to take it anymore.
someone put “damn” after God or hear our Savior’s name, Jesus Christ, spit out
as if it were chewing tobacco. Our Creator deserves utmost respect and we can give it to him.
up. That is why it is rare for someone
to insult another to his or her face.
They might cowardly talk behind people’s back, but they don’t do it to a
person’s face because they fear the response.
We should start making people fear the response they will get when they
disrespect God around us.
such as:
doing so, we will send this message to others:
presence.
God.
because I do not want him to be ashamed of me in heaven.
anymore!
Would you stand silently by if someone else you loved was spoken of
disrespectfully? If we stop tolerating
it, more people will stop doing it. And maybe through our example or sharing this post, others will also stop turning a deaf ear to the disrespect. After
all, you don’t hear the name of Allah being used that way. It’s time to say “Enough!” Stand up for God. He deserves it.
Here is a prayer in reparation for blasphemies against the name of God. It is part of the Roman Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and appears in the book “The Golden Arrow”, the autobiography of Sr. Marie of St Peter. It was given to this Carmelite nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy. “This Golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully,” He said, “and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy.”)
May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable,
most incomprehensible and ineffable Name of God
be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored
and glorified in Heaven, on earth,
and under the earth,
by all the creatures of God,
and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Amen.
Imprimatur – T. J. Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile-Birm.
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