The April 6 talk by Catholic author and blogger Matt Walsh at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church will be live-streamed in high definition video on the parish web site and on its YouTube channel. Walsh’s talk, “Satan’s Tactic for Christian America: Don’t Awaken Their Courage!” will begin at 7:00 p.m. CDT.
Walsh is a nationally known speaker, blogger and author of The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left’s Assault on Life, Marriage and Gender. A columnist for The Daily Wire, Walsh has an extensive following on social media, including more than 650,000 Facebook followers. He is a relentless critic of the decline in our culture and wholly unafraid to take on controversial or hot-button subjects. Walsh is known through his writing and his speeches as a fierce and articulate defender of truth, moral values, and the Christian faith.
Friday’s events will begin at 6:00 p.m. with exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, followed at 7 by Walsh’s talk and at 8:00 p.m. by Benediction. The video feed will be available on the St. Mary web site, and on its YouTubeChannel.
Those attending the talk in person are asked to make a $10 donation to defray expenses. The event is being held at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church, 3673 County Road P, Cross Plains, WI 53528.
The original article on Matt’s appearance is below:
Matt looks to elaborate on a recent article he wrote HERE. The title of Matt’s talk will be: “Satan’s Tactic for Christian America: Don’t Awaken Their Courage!”
In the article, Matt wrote:
“Christians in the East forfeit their lives rather than forfeit their souls, and we forfeit our souls even though we could quite easily retain both. The Church overseas has been under violent assault, yet the enemies of Christ have not won. They have diminished the Church in numbers by killing its members, but it is strong and resilient where it still stands. Our situation is exactly the reverse.
We have submitted to the forces of darkness. We have bent our knees in homage to Satan, and the enemies of the faith haven’t even fired a shot to induce our surrender. Satan does not beat us with a stick; he dangles a carrot. He lulls us to sleep. He distracts us. He tempts us. Kill us? Why would he do that? We are no threat to him. A Christian in Afghanistan is a threat. He must be destroyed. It’s the only way. But a lazy, soft, equivocating Christian in the West? There is no need to persecute him. He is not worthy of it. Just give him a television and the internet and let him damn himself.
Satan’s legions in America — to include his agents within the church, of which there are many — have figured out the secret. Don’t put a gun to their heads and tell them to stop being Christian. Instead, just give them something else to do. Whatever you do, never make them afraid, because if you do that you may accidentally awaken their courage. And then your plan is in trouble.”
Venerable Fulton Sheen once wrote:
“It is a characteristic of any decaying civilization that the great masses of the people are unconscious of the tragedy. Humanity in a crisis is generally insensitive to the gravity of the times in which it lives. Men do not want to believe their own times are wicked, partly because it involves too much self-accusation and principally because they have no standards outside of themselves by which to measure their times.”
Venerable Fulton Sheen also wrote:
“The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.”
Matt Walsh’s amazing talk promises to awaken in all of us the need for faith-filled and courageous warriors, willing to stand against the forces of evil in our times and say “I’m Going In!“.
This powerful evening includes the following …
6:00pm – Adoration, Solemn Vespers, Rosary & Confession
7:00pm – Matt Walsh Talk
8:00pm – Benediction
8:15pm – Social with Matt Walsh
Offering: $10 at the door (to defray expenses).
St. Mary of Pine Bluff
3673 County Road P
Cross Plains, WI 53528
stmarypinebluff.com
