It is a dying culture which cannot mourn.
True, some do honor the dead in America on this day…the dead who supposedly died for us, for our “freedom.” Generally it is those who have lost a loved one in the military, veterans or those few strange people who actually care simply because they are American. The vast majority engage in parties and shopping, without stopping for a moment to contemplate the actual purpose of Memorial Day. What does this say about our culture…and where it’s going?
There is a concerning new trend, the “Celebration of Life” alternative to the funeral. People feel, instead of “being sad,” we should simply “celebrate the person’s life” and essentially have a party, instead of any shared mourning ritual at the time of death. This is the time when people need to grieve together and work through it to some measure of closure. The universal Requiem is an ancient process that modern man is doing away with, because he is so clever and evolved. He thinks he knows human nature better than our ancestors. As he drifts further from God and nature, he forgets even the distinction between life and death. This is well illustrated with In Vitro Fertilization, a horrific melding of the creation of life and the wanton disposal of it. Ritual implies there is a human heart and someone worth grieving for. Of course, it is most often performed in a religious setting, but the New World Order man has no God but Caesar.
Ironically, this has become the age of the half-mast flag. Where there is mourning everywhere, there is mourning nowhere. Caesar tells us who we should perennially be mourning for. As death encompasses us, desensitization is what follows. Such a society is prepared for crimes against humanity…to accept them, to commit them.
My husband’s uncle was shot to death at Germany’s famous WWII Battle of the Bulge. He was 26 years old. His body was never returned home (there is a dignified stone for him in the family cemetery). This is what the enemy does in these never-ending corrupt wars. What did Uncle Harry die for? In the past 2 years, we have set the precedent for restricted travel, cessation of public religious practice, limited medical treatment and lack of autonomy over our own bodies. And we’re still singing “The Star Spangled Banner.”
What does one do within a dying culture? This is the question we all must answer at this very hour. There is probably not much more time to take action. We will not all come up with the same answer…
"Take ye heed, watch and pray.”
Mark 13:33
Let us pray for our dear fallen soldiers, beautiful young men with so much promise…
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.
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