Proverbs 9:6

Why do empires and nations fall from power? Why do they decline and collapse?

History contains much evidence that no great empire was defeated from without before it had rotted from within, spiritually, morally and ethically.

The Roman Empire certainly did not collapse for lack of military power. Rome had no match militarily…but it fell! It was fatally vulnerable to the fierce forces without because of its materialism… its hedonism and self-indulgence…its amoral, permissive social decay within.

America is no exception!

She will never be destroyed by forces from without but from her own decadence. America’s need is critical for a spiritual, moral and ethical rebirth.

And that will never come until people recognize that their spiritual roots are in God alone. As long as professed followers of Christ are indistinguishable from the culture around them, there is no reason to expect that the nation will be saved from secular, materialistic, hedonistic suicide.

Let us work and pray for a revival of spirit and for courageous people to follow the Gospel.

Fr. Hugh Duffy

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