I know there are some people who will never get it but I fear there are way more than what we think. We are liked minded here but are we living in a bubble here like DC and Hollyweird but in our own way?
Today I was invited to a brunch at a good friends home. There were about twenty people there. They are black and they are very Christian and loving people. There was only one other white person there. I am explaining this so you understand the mindset.
I never talk politics around them because I am positive they are liberal Democrats.
In the living room they had on MSNBC so I was definitely not sitting in there. As I was walking through they were reporting on Fani Willis being able to stay on the case and they were all excited.
I was sitting in the kitchen with my friends sister and brother. The people at the party are on their late 60's to mid 70's.
I don't recall the conversation but the sister said to her brother who was talking to me I don't like to talk politics. She said to me once I said something to my family and it got really ugly so I don't talk about it anymore.
The brother asked me if I like Trump. I stated as I was laughing I don't really want to talk about this. He said well are you and I said yes I like Trump because I think he has the people's best interests at heart.
He said he's a racist. He said did you know his father's a racist? I said to him I don't know about his father but Trump did a lot for the black community. He said he does that for show. Then I asked him have you ever heard Biden when he was young what he said about the black people? He said he never said anything. I said there's plenty of video but there and you are never going to see that on TV. I said you do know the Democrats where the party of the Klu Klux Klan. He said no they are not. I said how about Robert Byrd he was the head of the Klu Klux klan. I said you do know why the Civil War was fought because Lincoln freed the slaves and the Southern Democrats wanted to keep their slaves. He shook his head no.
He said you kniw what MAGA means. I said yes it means make America great again. He said you know why Trump says that? I said yes. He said he wants to return to slavery. That is what he means. I said no he wants to make America unified and great be being independent. He wants us to be strong and bring manufacturing back to be independent. I told him thus hads absolutely nothing to do with slavery.
I said you better do some research to really find out what's going on not what you're being told because the media is lying to you. His sister said this is why I don't bring it up because everybody yelled at me. Then I asked him I just want you to think about this why does everybody hate this man so much that is in the government.
Then his sister brought up to me about Ukraine and she couldn't understand why Putin wanted to hurt everybody. I told her I had some insight in that since the girl I work with was born and raised in Russia and came here when she was in her twenties and her family is still in Russia.
I told her the reason he went into Ukraine was because the Russians that were there wanted Putin to save them. I told her that there were biolabs there that he destroyed. I said she is not a fan of Putin but she is backing him 100% on this. The media wants to make Putin the boogeyman but I told her the US government is involved in all that is going on in Ukraine so they just want to blame it on Putin.
She said now I'm glad I met somebody that could tell me more than what I was listening to on the news. I told her the worst thing to do is listen to any of the news stations because they all lie.
The one thing I noticed is no one brought up anything about Trump's affairs or anything like that it was all about him being a racist.
This is how effective the media is in brainwashing the masses.
Thought you would want to know my experience today to give you room for thought.
They are intellectually blind (the 3 acts of the intellect are to understand (what), judge (whether), and reason (why)). You ask them what is a woman they just stare blankly at you like a dumb cow. They have completely lost the use of their reason because by their sins they have handed themselves over not to the God of all Truth but to the god of lies and now they live in the lies. Only prayer, fasting, and penances on their behalf will be able to break through their blindness, no amount of reasoning or evidence can convince them. Brute force spiritual warfare is the only option.
I believe that spiritual warfare is real, how do I do it though?
Through prayer and evangelism. Brute force simply means unwavering in the truth and not compromising it. The truth is what eradicates the devil and his cohorts.
Thank You
Traditionally it is prayer, fasting, suffering, almsgiving, growing in virtue, offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, mental prayer / meditation amongst other things. I come from a Catholic background so we have a very rich tradition of spiritual warfare.
The bread and butter for a Catholic is the daily Rosary, weekly fasting, and offering up your suffering / mortification (i.e. denying yourself) as penances. This past Lent I've been doing a more rigorous fast (1 meal) + abstaining (no meat) for 40 days with Sundays excepted.
If you're not of that tradition, then I think offering up a weekly fast + abstaining, for example on Fridays having only a single meal with no flesh meat. You can reverently meditate on the Bible for an hour daily. Recite a Psalm a day as an offering of your time to God. You can mortify your senses by eliminating sugar from your diet. Little ways where you can conquer yourself and withdraw from the pleasures of the world so the Kingdom of God has a stronger foothold in your soul.
I would say a fast / abstaining routine + scripture meditation and offering that up for your friends / family would be a good start. If you're not too wary of Mary, then look into getting a Rosary and start praying that.
Some devotions to St. Joseph
https://www.knightsoftheholyeucharist.com/saint-joseph-holy-cloak-prayer-download/
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/st-joseph-full-novena-13879
https://www.amazon.com/Consecration-St-Joseph-Wonders-Spiritual-ebook/dp/B083BFGDYS/ref=sr_1_2
https://www.divinumofficium.com/ - Divine Office / Breviary which Priests/Monks/Nuns are required to pray daily. This would be really advanced and not what laity would typically dive into.
Thank You