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Dignity And That Which Is Beneath It

6/21/2020

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to comment on current events. There is plenty to discuss, but I find so much of it to be beneath my dignity.

Yes, that's right - Beneath. My. Dignity.

Sure, it is crucial to reflect and to judge, and I suppose there might be value in communicating and sharing these reflections and judgments with others, but I find the vast bulk of current events to be utterly revolting, maddeningly repugnant, and  disgustingly malevolent - to the point that I often struggle to find the inspiration to comment upon them. 

Nefarious. Destructive. Harmful. Damnable. Vile. Revolting. Ugly.

There aren't enough negative adjectives in the English language to fully describe the maleficence gripping the world. And in all honesty, I don't feel much of it really needs to be described or delineated. It's all right there, unhidden - laid bare in naked blatancy. 

It is one thing to take note of it all privately; quite another to make note of it all publicly. So much of what we encounter serves no higher purpose than to contaminate and toxify. Sure, I have the antidote, but that does not imply I must always ingest the poison.

Not always. Certainly not today.

Today I am going to forget about all narratives and concentrate on God's. I am going to pick the ripe raspberries in the yard, and I will listen to the cuckoos calling in the distant trees, and deep within I will focus on the source of all dignity; on the grandeur and the greatness made personal through Divine Love. 
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Michelle Sherman
6/22/2020 03:46:13

Mr. Berger,
Your insights have been truly a beacon for me during the shamdemic. In March, when it was totally clear to me that this all was a giant evil hoax, i came upon your blog post "listen all yall its a sabotage". Since then I have come back to you over and over. And as this lockdown (I am in upstate NY) gets sadder and sadder I do come back to you because I cannot get my guidance from my church or pastor. We received a text from my pastor last week saying that he has been allowed by the state to open to 25% capacity, but since he wants to turn no one away hes not going to open at all. Since then I've been crafting my letter to him for my reasons why my 3 year old son and I will no longer be attending. I think their overall cowardice led me down this road to leave, there's really lots of things, but i think that I will just leave it with him that I will not subject my son to wearing a mask- it is dehumanizing and I will not hide my face from the Lord is His house.
Anyways, the reason I am writing to you is to say that it might be beneath your dignity but for me you are helping make sense of it and put it in context and I really appreciate it.
Thank you.

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Francis Berger
6/22/2020 10:09:32

@ Michelle - I appreciate the comment. As we move forward, each and every one of us must rely on our own intuition guided by the Holy Spirit. This should already be primary and essential. If not, it will become primary and absolutely essential, especially as other avenues of uncorrupted guidance and support continue to diminish and are forcibly removed through censorship, etc.

Unfortunately, most (nearly all) organized forms of Christianity have chosen the wrong path. Some uncorrupted individuals may still exist within these organizations, but on the whole they have been proven themselves dishonest and tainted. I no longer attend Mass at my local village church. It hasn't been easy. I live in a village of 650, and the church plays a significant role in the life of the community. Nevertheless, my intuition has informed me that returning would not be in my best interest, nor in the best interest of my family.

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Ingemar
6/22/2020 17:59:25

Dear Michelle,

I am not a parent myself but the thing that horrifies me beyond comprehension is seeing children in public wearing these masks. Even my mother, who believes most of the Narrative, agrees with me that compulsory masking of children IS state-mandated child abuse.

I attend a Catholic mission associated with a group that is falsely labeled as "schismatic" (Society of St. Pius the X) and of all the Catholic leaders out there, they are the ones that have fought the hardest to keep worship available, even as they conform to these ridiculous rules--precisely because they know what is at stake and have been fighting against these leftist, compromising forces for fifty years.

--Ingemar

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