By TODD LINDLEY
We are living in a time of great turmoil. There is the ongoing Ukrainian proxy war with Russia, a Middle East conflict resurfacing with Israel and Iran at the center, the continuous high-level cyber incursions on critical infrastructure and personal data, assassination attempts on our president-elect, and a culture that is hostile toward the family unit.
Every generation faces life-threatening challenges, but today’s are different. Today’s challenges transcend cultural and geographic borders and undermine humanity’s common bonds. They risk the lives of generations to come and threaten change from which mankind may never recover.
What is this generation to do with so many existential threats adding to the weight of an already exhausted population? If we can manage to learn from history, it provides wisdom and solutions for how to navigate these modern-day crises.
This wisdom has lasted thousands of years, through famine and world war, and has been embraced by more human beings than any other single prescription throughout human history. Imagine a solution shared by Natives and Whites—indeed every race—a global formula for peace that transcends all of our other differences.
It was the summer of 1929 in the little town of Tuy, Spain. A humble nun was praying in a convent when she received a message from Heaven asking her to fulfill a request from 1917. With great obedience and effort, she passed this message to the bishops of the land, including the Pope, with this simple request: “You have seen Hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wants to establish throughout the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart … I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart. If they heed My request, Russia will be converted and there will be peace.”
Since then, we have yet to see the fulfillment of this request. So, what can we do?
We may not be able to consecrate Russia, but we can pray that our leaders are moved to take action conducive to this wish. We can spread this message and draw others closer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Mother of God. Jesus has given us His Mother for a moment such as this to bring all of Her children back to Her Son. For those who fear this diverts our focus from Jesus, let me offer a response in Her own words: “Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye!” We only need to open our hearts, even if slightly, to the grace She wants to give us.
We are called to be saints. In this Last Frontier, Alaskans have a great opportunity to rekindle what it means to be a missionary and to bring hope in this time of existential despair. So much of our time and culture has been wrapped up in the politics of the day, and as citizens in this constitutional republic, it is our duty to stand for a post for liberty either through our elected officers or by our vote. We can even find in the Bible that our leaders are “. . . not a terror to the good work, but to the evil . . . for they are God’s ministers for us, for good.” Pray for our leaders. The power of prayer for our soul and the souls around us depends on this grace for strength. The enemy knows this and targets people in power to achieve an outcome that pushes souls into darkness and toward Hell.
Many great saints were missionaries. As the sun sets on the Last Frontier, baptized Christians can bring the light of Christ to their communities. Just like the missionaries of the past who relied on the grace of the Mother of God, so can we. Some went the great way, giving the ultimate sacrifice of their lives to bring people back to the foot of the Cross. Others went the little way by offering every little thing in love to others—such was the way of our patron saint, patron of missionaries, and Queen of Alaska, St. Therese of Lisieux. Our mission is simple: doing little things with big love and faith that can convert a soul; then we will “see the great wonders of the Lord which He will do this day!”
Todd Lindley is vice chairman of the board of Alaska Gold Communications, parent company of Must Read Alaska.
What the hell is the author talking about? Russia has been a Christian nation many centuries before the founding of the United States. During the Soviet era all religion was frowned upon, but that was a relative blip in it’s over thousand year history. Today the country is extremely devout Christian.
A good step in the right direction is to get rid of Lisa Murkowski.
She has lost all confidence and trust with Alaskans.
She is inflicted with narcissim, beyond repair – retrofit.
She is a lost soul, an unhinged – fringed individual.
She is a complete ‘air-thief’ that’s sucking up good air.
She no longer represents Alaska and Alaskans best interest.
Her emotional state is weak and completely triggered.
She is a major liability and risk that has ‘no’ meaningful benefit.
Ultimately(!!), she needs to go!!!
Isn’t that the whole point of an election?
Yes, that’s the point of an election. And Lisa Murkowski is the point of Rank Choice Voting.
Being a Protestant Christian, I recognize there is great peace to be found within Christianity and its precepts – but the prospect of a Roman Catholic “Queen of Alaska” would bring neither peace nor an effective government that is representative of the people. The tendency of humans to crave autocracy – whether theocratic or not – shows how fragile our freedom is.