Mary is often called "Turris Eburnea," the Ivory Tower. When the apostles denied Christ and ran away from Roman persecution, Mary stood at the foot of the cross and remained an ivory tower of strength for her son, Jesus Christ. She demonstrated her love, humility, and strength, steadfast in her faith and devotion to God. She is a role model for all women and all Christians everywhere.
The day after Palm Sunday 2019, Notre Dame burned down in Paris. This remarkable Gothic structure was a tower of strength which survived war, revolution, and secularism. But impotent French officials allowed it to burn to the ground. These officials, so deeply entrenched in secularism and socialism, have vowed to rebuild it. But the spiritual love and devotion which inspired the original Notre Dame may be gone forever. I pray that I am wrong. I pray that the people of France will reclaim their Catholic heritage and find renewed strength in their faith. I pray that they will defeat the evil of socialism and the intolerance of the European Union. I pray that Europe and Great Britain will return to our Lord, Jesus Christ, and build a new Union of Faith that will last forever.
A few days later, a professor attempted to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. St. Patrick's has long been a symbol of Catholic unity in a city which has been corrupted by liberal politics and insanity. Thankfully, this attack was foiled. But I pray it will be a wake-up call to the people of New York that something is dreadfully wrong in their city. An attack on St. Patrick's is an attack on God Himself. It's an attack on freedom. It's an attack on the United States Constitution, which grants religious liberty to all believers.
During this Holy Week, I pray that ALL Catholics and ALL Christians will band together in the name of Jesus Christ to defend America, our religious freedom, our faith, and our remarkable President.
Dawn Pisturino
April 18, 2019
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