Letters

Anti-Christian media

Frank Bellet

Contents - Oct 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Health of Church and health of family connect - Michael Gilchrist Benedict XVI speaks out on the crisis of faith in Australia - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World Books: The Incredible Da Vinci Code falsehoods exposed - Frank Mobbs Juventutem: Young Latin Mass Catholics attend World Youth Day - Fr Glen Tattersall Youth: The lasting impact of World Youth Day - Sannon Donahoo Society: The latest marriage statistics: implications - Zenit News Agency Dies Domini: Armidale Diocese promotes Sunday observance - Bishop Luc Matthys Conference: C.S. Lewis: defender of objective truth - Adam Glyn Cooper Culture: How the Catholic Church built Western civilisation - Thomas E. Woods Jr Priesthood: Christ's call to priestly celibacy - Fr Thaddeus Doyle Letters: Reverence? - P.R. Smith Letters: Blasphemy - Alan Onraet Letters: A sense of sin - Henk Verhoeven Letters: Contraception - Anne Lastman Letters: Watered-down faith - Paula Gartland Letters: A treasured priest: Fr William Ross - Tom King Letters: Anti-Christian media - Frank Bellet Letters: Sacrifice of the Mass - A. Bono Letters: New hymn lyrics for Come As You Are Books: Your Life is Worth Living: The Christian Philosophy of Life, by Fulton J. Sheen - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: What is Opus Dei?, by Dominique le Tourneau - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: A Beautiful Story to be Told: The Legion of Mary in Oceania 1932-2005 - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Events: Who's Afraid of Vatican II? Seminars October-December 2005 Books: More good reading from AD Books Reflection: What the early Church tells us about the celebration of Mass - Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM

Many of the faithful are despondent over the de-Christianisation of society and fear for the welfare of their children and grandchildren.

The arch-enemies of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular (and this includes much of the media) found they could not destroy the Church through bullying or persecution, since that was merely fertiliser for the faith so, over 50 years ago, they devised a more cunning strategy.

They believed that if you cannot punch a fighter into submission, try poisoning his mouth guard. To them the first thing they had to curtail was "praying" - particularly with personal rather than the ritualistic public prayer. The way to achieve this was to progressively introduce pornography, because no-one can be devoted to prayer and addicted to pornography simultaneously.

The ones that saved themselves, whether consciously or otherwise, from this satanic juggernaut were those who continued with personal prayer, particularly of the family variety.

This theory, I believe, also includes those priests and ministers, who have gone off the track.

Besides personal prayer, if you want to resist this onslaught, e.g., such sewage as Big Brother, don't waste your time complaining to the TV stations, (they love that). Rather, hit the advertisers who sponsor this rubbish and let them know you won't buy their products any more.

FRANK BELLET
Petrie, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 9 (October 2005), p. 15