Today's Wisdom

Those who do not pass from the experience of the cross to the truth of the resurrection condemn themselves to despair! For we cannot encounter God without first crucifying our narrow notions of a god who reflects only our own understanding of omnipotence and power
Pope Francis

Monday, May 20, 2019

A New Threat - Be Vigilant and Read

Today we see how aggravated the situation in the Middle East has become. It is not really a war between Iran and Israel or Iran and the United States. It is a war of fundamental terrorism under a new shape guided by Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Revolutionary Guards, against the United States Administration under Donald Trump...To make things worse,  a few days ago the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Sochi but failed to agree on the Iranian crisis and other ones (CBS News here). Yesterday, President Trump warned the Iranian rulers in a tweet that "If Iran wants to fight that would be the official end of Iran" (here). Khameini's Iran is responsible for Hizbullah terrorist organization that threatens to wipe out Israel and, since 2006, has used Lebanon as a proxy base for launching attacks on Israel. Hizbullah was used by Iran in its support of Alawites (a Shiite branch) in Syria, and in the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launch of rockets against its arch-rival Sunni Saudi Arabia from Yemen where both sides try to eliminate each other. Israel, on the other hand, has targeted Hizbullah in Syria with rockets and air power while also eliminating Hamas, a Sunni Islamic terrorist organization, in Gaza.
If this is a reminder of turbulence in world peace, I suggest that we revisit my post in July 2014 here:
https://todayquestions.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-much-needed-courage-of-joseph.html
The need is greater than negotiations; for two prominent scholars: Samuel Huntington and Bernard Lewis had predicted, for over 4 decades, the return of radical Islam.
It is time to pray for the conversion of hearts and minds and to donate what we can to persecuted Christians in the world especially in Africa and Asia - We do not forget Christians killed in Nigeria this year, and in China and those killed in Sri Lanka on Easter while worshiping; for only through Jesus Christ can humanity be saved from utter destruction!

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