They gather and they wonder and give worship to Mahound.
And he saith, “Break up the mountains where the hermit-folk can hide,
And sift the red and silver sands lest bone of saint abide,
And chase the Giaours flying night and day, not giving rest,
For that which was our trouble comes again out of the west.
We have set the seal of Solomon on all things under sun,
Of knowledge and of sorrow and endurance of things done,
But a noise is in the mountains, in the mountains, and I know
The voice that shook our palaces—four hundred years ago:
It is he that saith not ‘Kismet’; it is he that knows not Fate ;
It is Richard, it is Raymond, it is Godfrey in the gate!
Lepanto, GK Chesterton
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
NIGERIA — President Trump has given dozens of ISIS terrorists the gift of getting to meet Allah for Christmas.
After giving much thought to what they would like, Trump decided there was simply no better gift than sending them to meet Allah.
“A one-way ticket to Allah! They’re going to love this,” said Trump as he wrote “Merry Christmas” on the missiles destined for Nigeria. “No one gives better gifts then me, your favorite President. It’s a beautiful gift, very expensive, let me tell you. I spent millions of dollars on it, but it will all be worth it for the looks on their faces. It’s so nice, I don’t think anyone will be regifting this one.”
Dubbed “Operation Santa Trump”, the military helped deliver Trump’s presents to several sites in Nigeria with incredible precision. “It feels good, giving back,” said Air Force pilot Lieutenant Dan “Firefly” Rogers. “We all need help sometimes getting away from thinking about ourselves, and the whole commercialization of Christmas. When you pull the trigger to send gifts like that, it brings the meaning of Christmas home.”
Go here to read the rest. Too many 21st century Catholics would be appalled. Urban II would be nodding in approval however, and Pope Saint Pius V would be attempting to enlist in the crusade.
The legacy media has been remarkably mum regarding the Trump strikes on jihadists in Nigeria.
Likely, because if they were to caterwaul much about them, as they have so foolishly done about the narcoterrorist smuggling strikes and the tanker interdictions, they would draw greater attention to the mass murders of Christians, the burnings of their churches and villages, and to entirely show the ugly face of Muslim terror—something they have so carefully buried in their news coverage.
Radicalized Muslim versus Radicalized Catholic.
One kills others in the name of their God.
One abandons themselves and gives his own life up as a source of life for others in the Spirit of their God.
One is honored by the legacy Media.
One is shunned by the legacy Media.
It’s a breath of fresh air to have a standing President who can tell the difference between the two and take the correct action to reward them both.