The Remnant; Our Lord told his disciples that the proclamation of the Kingdom of God is highly likely to cause opposition, hostility and even persecution. Under these circumstances, Jesus said, “everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-33). By extension, this concept may well apply not only to Our Lord, but also to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary: this is precisely the consideration which immediately comes to mind considering what happened on the 19-21 August weekend in Rimini during the annual meeting organized by Communion and Liberation (CL), when a statue of the Virgin Mary was covered by a cloth “to avoid clashes” and religious pictures removed because of the fear of Islamic extremists, as reported not only in il Giornale, but also in other national dailies portals, such as la Repubblica and il Tempo. Read the rest here.
