Michaelmas and the doom of nuclear war...

 Amici,

As World War III looms over us – yes, a nuclear World War III – perhaps it is good to remember that today is Michaelmas, as those of us of the Old Rite still celebrate it. It's been a Church Feast for the Warrior Archangel since the 500s, as The Feast of the Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel, originally a feast celebrating the dedication of a basilica in St. Michael's name. That church itself is long gone, as is another famous St. Michael-dedicated church, the Michaelion, fabulous basilica in Constantinople, demolished to make a fortress as the Turks closed in (St. Michael is not unused to war, is he?). But the feast remains in the West (the West that's not Protestant nor Bergoglian False Church). In the Roman Church, it stood listed as a holy day of obligation from 1234. That obligation was removed in the 18th century. The post Vatican II iconoclasm swept the feast away completely, replacing it with a hodgepodge "feast" for all three archangels. (Yet another Spirit of Vatican II iconoclasm.)

But today, the illegitimate American political regime is pushing for war with Russia. Sam Faddis has the details here. Somehow, the both evil and insane "Powers-that-Be" in the American Security State, the colloquially termed "Deep State" that Eisenhower once warned us about, have decided for war with Russia, even as the American "leaders" are Chinese puppets. When Trump was elected, the Deep State cried it up that he only got into office via help from Putin. They poisoned whatever means had existed for the U.S. and Russia to get along, and they continued – since that anti-Christ Obama's terms in office – to dig themselves deeper into the Ukraine. Now, clearly, they are saying they will not give up Ukraine to be a neutral buffer state (that conditition has not hurt Austria or Sweden or Switzerland) between the West and Russia. Russia gears up for war even as Russian men flee conscription. They're "voting with their feet" in Comrade Lenin's phrase. But Russia has weapons Lenin never dreamed of. To "win", he has only a button to push. (If you call Armageddon winning.)

From the Biden Regime's narcissistic perspective, now is the time to strike. A war often raises support at home for the current government, for one thing. For another, the Democrats are headed for a disastrous Cannae-scale political crash on November 8. The Deep Staters, mostly "war hawks" and promoters of international strife, can't fathom that American are sick to death fighting wars in all the world's corners. They're too "diabolically narcissistic", as Ann Barnhardt says, to have any sense. They foolishly want to fight now on Russia's doorstep, indeed, in it's entry hallway. Russian conscripts may flee, but the American military is depleted in both weapons and morale. It's personnel have been guted by the Biden Regime's crazy Covid decrees. Yet the wealth of Ukraine (and even Russia, if they collapse that government) entices them onward.

So, therefore, pray to St. Michael (after you get yourself to confession) that this war is somehow averted. Unless, of course, it is God's will to eradicate our wretched selves. See this about drag queens in school and little girls, if you can stomach it, for proof of how depraved we've become. 

          AnP

Psalm 146 of the Douay-Rheims: verse 9:

Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon Him.