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From the  print edition, December 2001

Biological warfare

With America currently under attack, chemical and biological warfare are very much on our minds. Horrors such as anthrax, smallpox, and worse are palpable threats.

On the other hand, we have Christmas, commonly thought of as the antithesis of war. But, in fact, the Incarnation of Christ is an act of war; not only spiritual warfare, but biological warfare.

In the initial assault of this war, the serpent deceived Eve, then Adam sinned, and death entered the world—spiritual death immediately, bodily death by installments of toil, tears, and suffering. Thenceforth, the greatest war of all time has been waged between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15).

Our ultimate enemy is not flesh and blood, but "rulers of this present darkness, ...the spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places." But the victory over these spiritual enemies came by way of human flesh, the union of God and man in Jesus Christ; "a body hast thou prepared for me" (Heb. 10:5). Mary, the New Eve, gave birth to the New Adam. Freely submitting His body to the curse of death, He did what no mere son of Adam could do: He conquered sin and death, and His Resurrected Glorified body will die no more.

Moreover, the victory, like the toxin, is communicable. Mystically and sacramentally, Christ propagates His Resurrection life via the bodies of believers who enter baptismal water and eat Eucharistic food, thereby partaking of His life (Col. 2:12, 3:1-4; 2 Pt. 1:4; John 6), foreshadowing the ultimate victory, our own personal resurrections.

For the one delivered from the kingdom of the enemy, his first battleground is within himself, against the traditional triad of the world, the flesh, and the devil. But the war extends beyond that to the whole world.

St. Athanasius, in his book On the Incarnation [318 A.D.], cited as evidence for the Incarnation the fact that in nation after nation, "each place had its own idol, ...[b]ut now Christ alone is worshiped... [T]hrough Him demons are routed, oracles cease, and all magic and witchcraft is confounded."

These triumphs were not without effort, of course. They were the result of the Church Militant taking up the Cross—"the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."

This militant, mission-conscious attitude lends a godly perspective to life. This perspective will help us to see, for example, the abortion industry as a World Trade Center—where the world trades life for death, over 4000 times per day in the USA; and that our mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Life.

In a world where most of the trump cards seem to be held by the devil and his disciples, a Godly perspective will help us to have fortitude and to "Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good" (Ps. 37:1-2). Even tedious, very ordinary good, "knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor. 15:58). The enemy has money and power, but—literally—no Hope.

In this war there is no neutral ground: every soul is at stake. Whether they want to be or not, everyone is in the war zone, and everyone is a combatant. The only question is, "For whom will you do battle and die?"

Biological Warfare, part II

Tennis star Bjorn Borg took out a full page ad in a Swedish newspaper recently—urging people to have more children! Whether or not Osama bin Laden and company have weapons of mass destruction, the West may be destroyed by its own variety of weapons: abortion and contraception, leading to a victory by default for Islam in their 1400-year old war against the West. The editorial in the 10/28—11/3 issue of the National Catholic Register, entitled "Wanted: More Babies," relates some startling facts about the demographic crisis of the West. In brief, the Muslim population is growing and the indigenous European population, characterized by a greater median age and fewer fertile women, is dying. Thus, within a few decades Europe may be a Muslim continent. The USA has a below-replacement birthrate but immigration is, for now, preventing a population shrinkage. Demographics is destiny, but sadly, that doesn’t seem to terrorize us.

— Bill Cotter

 

  Operation Rescue: Boston    P.O. Box 870037    Milton Village, MA 02187-0037
William Cotter, President
  
E-mail the Boston Rescuer              

), foreshadowing the ultimate victory, our own personal resurrections.

For the one delivered from the kingdom of the enemy, his first battleground is within himself, against the traditional triad of the world, the flesh, and the devil. But the war extends beyond that to the whole world.

St. Athanasius, in his book On the Incarnation [318 A.D.], cited as evidence for the Incarnation the fact that in nation after nation, "each place had its own idol, ...[b]ut now Christ alone is worshiped... [T]hrough Him demons are routed, oracles cease, and all magic and witchcraft is confounded."

These triumphs were not without effort, of course. They were the result of the Church Militant taking up the Cross—"the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."

This militant, mission-conscious attitude lends a godly perspective to life. This perspective will help us to see, for example, the abortion industry as a World Trade Center—where the world trades life for death, over 4000 times per day in the USA; and that our mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Life.

In a world where most of the trump cards seem to be held by the devil and his disciples, a Godly perspective will help us to have fortitude and to "Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good" (Ps. 37:1-2). Even tedious, very ordinary good, "knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor. 15:58). The enemy has money and power, but—literally—no Hope.

In this war there is no neutral ground: every soul is at stake. Whether they want to be or not, everyone is in the war zone, and everyone is a combatant. The only question is, "For whom will you do battle and die?"

Biological Warfare, part II

Tennis star Bjorn Borg took out a full page ad in a Swedish newspaper recently—urging people to have more children! Whether or not Osama bin Laden and company have weapons of mass destruction, the West may be destroyed by its own variety of weapons: abortion and contraception, leading to a victory by default for Islam in their 1400-year old war against the West. The editorial in the 10/28—11/3 issue of the National Catholic Register, entitled "Wanted: More Babies," relates some startling facts about the demographic crisis of the West. In brief, the Muslim population is growing and the indigenous European population, characterized by a greater median age and fewer fertile women, is dying. Thus, within a few decades Europe may be a Muslim continent. The USA has a below-replacement birthrate but immigration is, for now, preventing a population shrinkage. Demographics is destiny, but sadly, that doesn’t seem to terrorize us.

— Bill Cotter  

  Operation Rescue: Boston    P.O. Box 870037    Milton Village, MA 02187-0037
William Cotter, President
  
E-mail the Boston Rescuer