We live in an age of tyranny. The ugly, scary visages of tyrants stare down upon us, Big Brother style, from all sides.

When a soul is freed from the destructive views of Identity Politics, that soul no longer holds false views that allow it to be deceived and manipulated.

Those who engage in silent prayer are being arrested by non-believers. If prayer has no efficacy, it would seem there would be no need to arrest those who pray. How ironic.

We are engaged in spiritual warfare with those who deny man’s essence as an immortal soul. Spiritual warfare does not get any more basic than this.

Films and novels often portray mankind living in a Programmed Matrix, but perhaps this is only an echo of the original and enduring matrix, the Mind of God.

Promoting blind obedience to authority, such as secular “experts,” places the faithful in harm’s way. Should clergy who promoted obedience to dishonest, corrupt, and biased experts face a special form of penance?

Were Bishops guilty of “anti-intellectualism,” or was this Franciscan promoting obedience to experts and intellectuals who should have been disobeyed?

Through reality checks immortal souls can achieve freedom from the matrix of traps, and thus come to know grace and salvation.

Were Catholic Bishops fooled into recommending the COVID vaccines? Who deceived the Bishops?

Discernment of God’s Will in dispute resolution parallels discernment of vocations.

In contrast to the positive and mediating influence that the media contribute, when the media become compromised and corrupt they put forth false reports that promote conflict.

The introduction of spiritual needs into Divine Collaboration motivates participants to reflect on their true nature, their true essence as a spiritual being.