On the eve of the celebration of our Independence, I want to share a few things from the Patriotic Rosary (penitents.org/patrioticrosary.htm)... First, a quote from John Adams, July 3, 1776: "It may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities still more wasting and distresses yet more dreadful. If this is to be the case, it will have this good effect, at least: it will inspire us with many virtues, which we have not, and correct many errors, follies, and vices, which threaten to disturb, dishonor, and destroy us. The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals. And the new governments we are assuming, in every part, will require a purification from our vices, and an augmentation of our virtues or there will be no blessings...But I must submit all my hopes and fears to an overruling Providence; in which, unfashionable as the faith may be, I firmly believe." Another thing that struck me while praying this Rosary was the not-so-well-known 3rd stanza of The Battle Hymn of the Republic: "I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; As ye deal with my contempters, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Mother of the Savior crush the serpent with Her heel; Since God is marching on." To Jesus, Through Mary!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:25:40 +0000
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