Today is a good day to reflect upon the white privilege of your ancestors

Considering where we have ended up, were the D-Day sacrifices even worth it?

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” -Galatians 3:28

James Talafreako makes Beto O'Rourke seem almost sane by comparison.

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for you are all one in Christ Jesus” -Galatians 3:28

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After Vatican II I studied the documents, especially the document Apostolicam Actuositatem (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity) with resolve and determination. I remembered thinking - God is not calling me to be an observer a spectator but an Apostle.

It was in that document that as a Layman in the world I received my marching orders. My apostolic endeavors were not always done with the resolve and faith that I could have manifested by I kept trying. Truth be known I was more fearful than brave. But I took solace in St.Paul's letter to the Phillippians......

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your request to God - Phillippians 4:6

I look back on that period in my life and I see evidence God was tempering my faith by fire. That was when I learned to cling to the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Altar during my wonderful Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I came to make the connection between the Arch of the Covenant the Hebrews carried through their trek in the desert for forty years and the Tabernacle in my Catholic Church. The Bread of Life housed in the Tabernacle in my Catholic Church was the New Covenant - Jesus Christ himself. At night the Hebrews would set their tent housing the Arch of the Covenant in it. The Arch of the Covenant containing the two stones tables with the 10 Commandments etched on it by God's hand, Arron's rod, and the Manna. Then they would array the 12 tribes around the Holy of Holies. I came to see the Tabernacle housing my Eucharistic Jesus in the same way the Hebrews viewed the Holy of Holies housed in that tent in the desert, as in - God is with us.

So to this day I know He (Jesus Christ) has not left us - He resides in that wonderful little chapel on the grounds of my parish Catholic Church. So I try to visit Him often. I bring to Him, my joys, sorrows, stresses and even my failures. I tell Him I love Him, and He tells me He loves me. I come to Him burdened and stressed, and I leave my Holy Hour with Him peaceful, renewed physically and spiritually.......and believe me at my age that is no small miracle. Am I still flawed? Absolutely.

I am prepared for death. This body that my parents and God gave me has served me well, but I know I will have to surrender it when I take my last breath. I don't see death as the end but merely a crossing over a wide expanse - a sort of forboding valley (much like that described in Pslam 23),a journey to the other side. As I say goodbye to the people I love on this side of the veil I will see my deceased parents, brothers and sisters and ancestors waving and smiling at me on that other shore. To be honest I'm excited to be reunited with that baby (our first child) we lost through miscarriage. That will definitely be a special moment. I will, in effect,penetrate through that veil that seperates me from this dimension and the next. I am not afraid.

If my years of struggling in the Apostolate has taught me anything it is this - God is real and His love is unfathonable. And assuming I can keep my Temple (body) void of sin (especially mortal sin), He lives in me. But his real physical presence is still in that Eucharistic Bread of Life reposed in that Tabernacle in the ancient chapel at my Catholic Church.

God is real.

Jesus, I trust in you.

Aren't we really talking about law-abiding, studying in school, working hard at our jobs, passing something down to our kids privilege?

No, the French and British armies during WW1 were full of nationalists. The problem is most of them were killed leaving behind the old, effeminate, women, and the young. They killed off the future of the nation and replaced it with a bunch of elite politicians who didn’t fight or women. Sadly, we know what happens when you give them political power

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Meaning there is equality in salvation under Christ you dolt regardless of the situation you find yourself in on this Earth

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Exactly, because God does not show favoritism based on gender or skin color or nationality because salvation is offered to all image-bearers as being equally valuable.

Beautiful. Thank you.

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Considering where we have ended up, were the D-Day sacrifices even worth it?

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I ask myself this every day. It seems my Dad and uncles wasted years of their lives for nothing, not to mention those who didn't come home.