WHATEVER the science and politics of Covid, or what the World Economic Forum chillingly refers to as “The Great Reset,” whatever you believe and whatever is true, the tremendous good that can come in the aftermath of this worldwide series of events is undeniable and staring us right in the face.

Millions — no billions — of people have had their lives turned upside down. Some have faced almost no negative consequences, some have even benefited, but many more face, have faced, or will face in the near future, extreme hardship.

That means there is unprecedented opportunity to do good.

I know readers of this website are kind and compassionate. I’m sure most of this has already occurred to them, and they even have better ideas, but I’ll just mention a few things to remind anyone who has gotten to feeling helpless because relentlessly annoying bloggers are always pointing out the bad things and the overwhelming power of stealthy government at this moment in time.

We are not helpless. We have enormous power.

The first and most pressing thing we can do is pray, for those here because we owe them the most, but also for those around the world. We can pray for those affected by the illness itself, of course, but those hurt by the actions of government and by fear-mongering propaganda are far, far more numerous. In India and parts of Africa, people were beaten by police with clubs if they left their homes at wrong hours of the day. The word “draconian” is an understatement for the harshness of the restrictions there. Many people in poor countries are expected to starve to death in the months ahead. There is not one too many on the face of the earth, but the depopulation agenda is most definitely in effect. A virus is not the killer.

Please turn your hearts in sympathy and prayer to these victims. Please weep for them if you can — but not with despair or hopelessness.

A little more prayer is probably all that is possible in many cases, but for others who have the opportunity this could mean a lot more prayer. Perhaps we have to make minor or even serious changes in our lives and schedules, sacrificing social events (if anyone has them anymore) or work goals. Our whole lives may change just so that we can pray more. Those in St. Louis and perhaps elsewhere who showed up and prayed the rosary in front of monuments being attacked by Antifa set a shining example for us all. Prayer matters. God listens.

The highest purpose of our prayers is the spiritual welfare of all these billions. Let all that has happened, dear Lord, wash away countless sins and benefit the world supernaturally. May it make it possible for many to know and love You amidst their hardship and continuing loneliness. May the Queen of Heaven take them in her maternal arms and may they through Your graces enter the Mystical Body of Christ and reach heaven, where there is no sin and no sickness and no tyranny. May the sight of so many in dehumanizing masks awaken a desire, a true thirst, in humanity for knowledge of what is miraculously and mysteriously expressed in a face — the human soul and the image of You.

That God loves every face more than we can comprehend is something we may have forgotten. I know it seems kind of corny to say, but He made each one.

Pray for all those world controllers with misplaced and twisted utopian ideas or outright sinister motives, for the profiteers of vaccines and ventilators, for the billionaires who dream of a green, depopulated planet, for politicians who seemed to get sick pleasure in controlling our movements and putting us under house arrest, for the bastards who made people die alone and without funerals, for the social engineers who are revving up for yet more change; for the psychologists, intelligence agents, advertisers and other propaganda artists so diabolically effective at brainwashing and manipulating millions, for those at high levels of the economic food chain who bilked the masses, for everyone who has wrongfully profited from the vast Covid industry, for the ugly mobs of Communist vandals and looters and racially motivated haters. What they did is done. We cannot go back. May God forgive them and change them.

Pray for those given over to mass media and its lies. Like drunks returning again and again to the bottle, they in some cases choose their mental slavery. They are addicted to fear and constant crisis. They love slavery and want it. They put their trust in government instead of God. Many right now are mentally deranged and delusional. There is nothing we can do for these people but pray for them and cultivate kindness toward them, remembering that we in many cases were once the same way and are still greatly flawed. You don’t have to agree with someone politically to care for them or love them.

Let’s pray for ourselves most of all that we not become obsessed, despairing, angry, irritable or otherwise unhinged or forget that the greatest problems we have are within ourselves.

The events of the last few months have opened up immense, new horizons for acts of charity. A Covid World is in that sense incredibly beautiful.

I say that without justifying the outrages and crimes against humanity and without suggesting we should resign ourselves and not seek justice. Justice is necessary. We have a lot to do. But this new world is beautiful in the way a sick person is beautiful because he summons hidden powers of love and tenderness.

In Western countries, the mental effects are the most severe consequences of the shutdowns. Not many people will starve — we are a very long way from that. But many people have suffered from isolation, intense disappointment and stress because of the loss of jobs and businesses. Their lives may take years to rebuild and they may have dropped permanently out of the middle class.

We can help with financial and/or social support. When nursing homes open — perhaps they already are open to the public in your area — we can visit people, even those we don’t know, who have experienced crushing isolation in recent months. We can purposely look for people near where we live who may be struggling with the cumulative effects of loneliness and try to approach them and spend time with them. We can offer to babysit for free for families in hardship. We could give monetary gifts to those we know in need. Perhaps you lead a very busy life and can’t possibly change that; you can give more than you usually would to trustworthy charities.

After rioting in one city, I think it was Minneapolis, many people came out to help clean up the damage and they were criticized by some for being wimps. I totally disagree with that and think we should, if we live near an urban area that has experienced looting and rioting, help with the recovery in any way if we possibly can. The same is true of areas where monuments have been overturned.

In terms of monetary gifts, there is especially pressing need in poor countries, where according to the U.N. (I know, they aren’t the best source) as many as nine million people may starve as a result of the economic shutdowns. Think about that. It’s mind blowing what this has done. In places where people live from day to day, the consequences are dire.

The U.N. is arguing for government aid, but non-NGO charitable organizations working in foreign countries would be far, far better. According to a charity aid worker I heard speak today, the worst hit countries in the aftermath of the shutdowns, ongoing in some countries, are Venezuela, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, India and Haiti. In India, he said, some people have expressed the desire to get Covid and die (even though most people don’t die from it) rather than live through the aftermath and possible starvation for their entire families. There are many, many charitable organizations. We can research and choose. Unfortunately, many of these organizations spread Christian heresies. I am looking for an answer to this problem. It doesn’t have to be a lot of money. We truly are the lucky ones if we are able to give or even head to these countries and help.

Be glad that all this has happened.

No matter what our circumstances, even in just a few minutes a day, we can counter desolation and need with acts of love. We have power after all. God has not abandoned us and He sees everything we do.

— Comments —

P. writes:

Thank you so much for posting this. I needed to read this. I’ve been fighting anger, fear, and depression for the last four months, though I know that God is in charge and that He’s allowed this to come for his good purpose. It’s just so easy to fall into despair. I’ve seen church members turn on one another because “she isn’t wearing a mask! How dare she!” I’ve become critical and angry with people who only get their information from the mainstream media and won’t even consider that something’s not quite right with the reporting and the numbers, yet I know they’re God’s children too and I need to pray for all of us. And often when I go to pray, my thoughts just keep circling round and round instead of lifting to Heaven. This post helps. Thank you again.

Laura writes:

Thanks for your appreciation.

This is a wartime experience. You have survived it. You are fighting it. Isolation, lack of activity, constant fear in the news, so many lies, so much surrender, all the depressing masked faces, the constant manipulation and threats. You’d have to be abnormal to sail through it all and feel no sadness or moodiness.Without God’s help, we just can’t make it through this. Weep for others, but weep for yourself too. It’s been so hard.

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