Consecrate Islam

Something that is not often understood by non-Catholics is the veneration of Mary (or any of the saints); many Protestants believe that Catholics worship Mary as a part of the God-head, and that is not so. What we do is venerate Jesus` mother, we honor her as our spiritual mother in obedience to the Commandment ``Honor thy Father and Mother`` and in obedience to Christ, who gave her to us when he hung on the Cross. She is the mother of the World, and she has a vital role as intercessor between her Son and we poor mortals.

God does not, and did not, wish to be a fearsome overlord to mankind; rather, He wanted to be a Father, a Brother, a Friend. How could this possibly be accomplished, considering the enormous gap between our puny, powerless existence and His Almighty Glory? He decided to come among us as one of us, and he did it through human channels-ie. He was born of a woman. God, by His own decree, was voluntarily putting Himself under the discipline of a Godly woman, was placing His own Will under the guidance of Mary. This meant that He would occasionally turn if His mother asked it of him, just as she would turn her ways when asked by her God. Jesus` birth and life intertwined the Sacred and the secular, the Almighty with the baseness of common man. By His Incarnation God had bridged what seemed to be an impossible gap.

It is for this reason that Catholics venerate Mary. She was a model of how people should deal with God, and her intercession with her Son gives her unique influence in our favor. (It`s why we venerate and ``pray to`` or seek the intercession of all saints; many have unique roles to play, unique purposes which God honors by granting them small favors when they ask it of Him, and by our asking these Saints to help us we honor them and honor God by recognizing his special dispensation to them.)

I have a special fondness for Mary; she helped me through some hard times and has always been with me when I have needed her! I have a rosary from Medjugorje as well as a medal, both blessed by the Blessed Virgin. I visited Our Lady of the Snows when Ray Doiron was receiving his message from her (in fact, I ended up being interviewed on television that day; I had worked a graveyard shift and gone straight there, and was dirty and unkempt!) and I have witnessed private proofs of the validity of that apparition (miracles, albeit minor and only for me.)

At Fatima the Virgin Mary appeared to some Portuguese children, and gave them great prophecies for the world. She asked that the Pope consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart. Political pressure stopped the Pope from doing this, and Russia ``spread her errors throughout the World`` just as Mary had predicted. Pope John Paul II finally made this dedication, and the Evil Empire melted away like the morning dew.


But the human heart is corrupt, and human hands are ever-eager to do evil. Now we face a new challenge, a very difficult and dangerous one from an ancient heresy born in the Arabian desert. The Prophet Muhammad initiated a war to end all wars, a battle which could only end with the triumph or defeat of his religion. To usher in the Kingdom of Allah all means are acceptable, and so these Jihadists, these holy warriors, will use the most despicable and underhanded tactics. They erroneously believe they are working the will of God.

This is not a physical malady, not even a psychological one, but a spiritual bondage these people are condemned to live. Ultimately, as the Apostle Paul pointed out, our battle is not against flesh and blood but against Powers and Principalities. This is a spiritual war, fought in the spiritual realm, a battle ultimately between Christ and Satan, and the stakes being gambled are the souls of many, many people. This is the highest stakes poker ever played, and every suicide bomber robs God of at least one of the souls He finds precious, robs Him forever, as well as the misguided sinner.

If we are to fight the War on Terror, we must not make the mistake of assuming this is a temporal war only. The bombs and guns are the tools we are forced to use, but the ultimate victory will be won in the spiritual realm.

John Paul II was as important, or more, to the destruction of the Soviet Union as was Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He fought the spiritual battles, while the political leaders fought the temporal. The fall of communism was ultimately a triumph of righteousness over evil, and it was won in the minds and hearts of people. Joseph Stalin once scoffed ``how many legions does the Pope have?`` and Mikhail Gorbachev would learn the awful reality that his legions are far larger, and far more mighty, than anything the Bolsheviks could field. John Paul destroyed their kingdom of spiritual darkness through prayer and his obedience to Mary`s request at Fatima.

Recently I was at The Return of Scipio, and Mike Austin was commenting n the vacuity of the women on ``The View``. One of the things said by them was that Moslems do not believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus. That is not true, and I dutifully pointed to Koranic scripture:

From Sura 19 of the Koran;

[19:16] Mention in the scripture Mary. She isolated herself from her family, into an eastern location.

[19:17] While a barrier separated her from them, we sent to her our Spirit. He went to her in the form of a human being.

[19:18] She said, ``I seek refuge in the Most Gracious, that you may be righteous.``

[19:19] He said, ``I am the messenger of your Lord, to grant you a pure son.``

[19:20] She said, ``How can I have a son, when no man has touched me; I have never been unchaste.``

[19:21] He said, ``Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me. We will render him a sign for the people, and mercy from us. This is a predestined matter.’ ``.

The Koran encourages a veneration of Mary, and Moslems have done so since the founding of their religion. They believe that Allah performed a miracle, sent Jesus into the world through a virgin.

That is why Mary appeared at Zeitun, Egypt to thousands of people, even appearing on television. Egypt`s President Nasser witnessed this miracle personally. (Is it any wonder that Egypt would be the first arab nation to make peace with Israel?) Moslems respect her, they venerate her.

That is why I call for Pope Benedict to consecrate Islam to the Immaculate Heart! I believe that this will, as with John Paul II`s consecration of Russia, spiritually demolish the darkness of Jihad, will turn the hearts of the majority of believing Moslems from death and destruction, will shine the light of truth on the spiders and cockroaches that inhabit the spiritual wasteland of evil which infests the Islamic world. This is the spiritual atomic bomb, the great spiritual WMD which could end the war. They may not believe in Christ as God, but they believe in Mary, and She can bring them out of their bondage if enough people ask her to do so.

At the very least this will split the fire-eaters from the decent, believing folks. They will have to choose between Mary and their hatreds, between aspects of their own faith.

Ultimate victory will come not from weapons, or numbers killed, but from the Hand of Almighty God. If we in the West are as decadent, as deserving of wrath as seems likely, if our faith is so shattered by the pomposity of liberalism and the arrogance of post-modern intellectual tyranny, we will lose. Islam, barbaric and backward, will triumph over us because they at least believe in something. If we have reached the point where ennui and self-hatred overwhelm the remains of our faith in Christ and God, we cannot win. The spiritual dimensions of this are not at all understood by most people-even most of those who understand the necessity of winning this war. We can only conquer if we first bind the Adversary, and that cannot be done by ourselves alone. We need to call in the Cavalry, and that cavalry consists of the Saints and the Mother of the Creator of the Universe! We need to ask for the intercession of the Blessed Mother.

Victory is within our grasp; it`s up to the prayers of individuals, up to us to repent and cry out for healing to God.

The Pope should heed this call.