Mystery of Lawlessness

Not to woe did the angel swear, but to peace. Nonetheless, the price of victory will not come cheap. It never does. A realistic look reveals who has been, is, and will be the cause of those horrors to come with such magnitude as human imagination cannot totally grasp: the world's every person fundamentally lawless, but also the Church's every member tepid and timid. The tribulations of Christ's mystical body are among “the things that must come” [Apocalypse 1:1]. They must, on account of God's highest concession to man: freedom.

Books, ReligionSite MasterMay 29, 2018Woe, Lawlessness, MysteryComment

A Mighty Angel

The “descent of a cloud” symbolizes divine intervention: that “the angel is clothed with the cloud,” and that “he descends to the earth and sea,” together convey the idea that “he has been empowered to do God's will and work in the affairs of men.”

ReligionSite MasterJanuary 4, 2018Michael, Archangel, MysteryComment