Weapons of Faith and Unity

Divine Appeal Reflection - 267

Today, consider in Divine Appeal 267: "Pray for My Apostle of the last days for he has to fight the ancient enemy of mankind with the weapons of Faith and unity to counteract on the cry of the Red Lucifer."

Faith and unity are not abstract virtues but the weapons by which the Church resists deception, overcomes familiarity, and stands unshaken before false modernization. When reverence awakens, families, priests, and nations rediscover that only in our Adorable Jesus can hearts remain one and faith endure. The ancient enemy does not always roar; often he whispers. He corrupts souls not through open hatred but through dullness. Familiarity erodes reverence—when prayer becomes routine, when Scripture is read without listening, when the Holy Mass is endured rather than adored. The devil triumphs not by fiery rebellion but by sleep. He blinds us to the divine by convincing us that we already know it. Just as Nazareth dismissed Christ as “the carpenter’s son” (cf. Mk 6:3–6), so too do many today reduce Him to habit, forgetting that every Eucharist is Calvary and every prayer an embrace with eternity. Souls across every state of life are vulnerable: consecrated men and women risk making the altar a duty instead of a sacrifice, parents risk treating children as burdens rather than gifts, and workers risk seeing their daily labor as toil instead of vocation. Familiarity dulls reverence, and reverence lost strangles faith. The remedy is wonder—choosing each day to awaken awe before the hidden God who abides with us. Faith restores vision, unity awakens reverence, and the smallest act of love becomes radiant. In our Adorable Jesus, the ordinary is never empty—it is eternal clothed in simplicity.

Within families, familiarity corrodes unity. Spouses stop cherishing one another, forgetting the sacrament that once bound their covenant. Parents, overwhelmed by routine, lose sight of the sacred act of soul formation, while children, numbed by today's distractions, withhold honor and obedience. Divorce, born of indifference and pride, often begins in subtle loss of awe—when the marriage bond is taken for granted. Consecrated souls face the same temptation. Religious vows, luminous at profession, can become mechanical if the heart ceases to see them as a covenant with Christ. Priests too risk approaching the altar as mere obligation, forgetting that it is the very sacrifice of Calvary made present. This deception is refined: the devil does not ask us to reject Christ but to treat Him as common. Yet the family is not ordinary—it is a sanctuary; vows are not duties—they are flames; the priest’s Mass is not routine—it is eternity entering time. Across all vocations, the fight against this enemy is vigilance. To see anew each day the presence of God, to awaken gratitude, and to choose reverence. In our Adorable Jesus, love overcomes dullness, vows regain their fire, and families rediscover holiness as their daily bread.

Society too has fallen asleep under the weight of familiarity. In governments, corruption no longer shocks—it is expected. In culture, sins once shameful are normalized, clothed in glamour, and paraded as progress. Even violence and injustice lose their sting because they have become familiar. The ancient enemy deceives by numbing conscience until the extraordinary evil becomes ordinary background noise. In this numbness, prostitution is dressed as freedom, divorce as empowerment, greed as success. But when sanctity is forgotten, profanity flourishes. The community loses sight of what is sacred when families cease to pray, when leadership abandons truth, and when citizens resign themselves to falsehood as a given. Yet God calls every state of life to resist by faith and unity. Politicians who see their role as stewardship, teachers who inspire souls beyond exams, parents who guard innocence, priests who keep reverence alive—all fight this silent battle. Faith sharpens the heart, unity strengthens resistance, and awe reawakens the soul. Society will be renewed not by louder ideologies but by hearts refusing to be lulled asleep. In our Adorable Jesus, every vocation regains dignity, every role becomes holy, and even the smallest act of truth breaks the chains of cultural familiarity.

Layered over familiarity is the seduction of false modernization. Our age crowns novelty as god, demanding that truth bend to fashion and holiness bow before convenience. Churches are tempted to dilute doctrine for applause, families shape values by social media trends, and governments redefine morality with each election. Modernization whispers that what is ancient is irrelevant, that fidelity belongs to yesterday, and that Christ Himself must adapt to culture. But truth cannot be modernized. The Gospel cannot be edited. Our Adorable Jesus is not of this time or that time, not of fashion, but of eternity. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (cf. Heb 13:8). Science and progress are gifts when rightly ordered, yet when enthroned above God, they become idols—modern towers of Babel collapsing under pride. The Church does not fear what is new; she has always baptized cultures. But she trembles when novelty replaces fidelity. The saints across centuries, whether hidden in deserts or radiant in digital cities, testify that only the Cross endures. Across vocations, the battle is the same: to resist deception by anchoring hearts not to shifting sands but to the eternal Rock. In our Adorable Jesus, time bows before eternity, and fashion dissolves before truth.

Prayer

Our Adorable Jesus, awaken us from the sleep of familiarity and protect us from the lies of false modernization. Renew reverence in priests, fidelity in families, and faith in society. Anchor us in Your eternal truth, that faith and unity may triumph over deception. Amen.

Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist, intercede for us.