By Dr. Dencio Acop
Gathering, not scattering, has always been the language of God. On April 28-30, (2023), the largest satanic gathering in history called ‘satancon’ will happen in Boston. Massachusetts is the American state with the largest population of Catholic Christians. The event will not be a gathering, but a scattering. And it is nothing new. It began with the rebellion (scattering) of angels led by Lucifer also called Satan. Soon these preternatural forces infected humans. The event at Marriott Copley Square will merely manifest the extent of the scattering work done on humans by Satan and his cohorts. Jesus came to gather the twelve tribes of Israel multiplied by the Gentiles to form the global mystical body of Christ. His life of charity and sacrifice to save us from our sins modeled what it is that truly unifies us: love, kindness, humility, selflessness, service, faith, hope, .. the common good. Away from chaos, anarchy, divisiveness, deceit, falsehood, perversion, corruption, disobedience, selfishness, malice, .. idolatry. As Cardinal O’ Malley lamented, it is so sad that today multitudes of us would rather choose and side with death rather than life. With evil rather than good. How did the world ever come to this? We are far from united. We are as lost in the wilderness as ever before. And worse, we are scattered by our technology.
Gathering, not scattering, is the language of God. The internet has become today’s manifestation of the forbidden fruit. While the technology has many benefits, it is generally seen now as a scatterer than a gatherer because of its profit-driven algorithm. This algorithm feeds whatever man chooses, right or wrong. Single-handedly, internet algorithm has not only depleted man of his reason but brainwashed him. Many poisons of the forbidden fruit are found in cyberspace. Taken in with just a click of a finger. Fake news. Alternate narratives (lies). Pornography. Hate messages. Indecency. Immorality. Crime. Promotion of alternative unnatural lifestyles. Etc. The most vulnerable victims are myriad. The uneducated. The young and innocent. The lonely and people without God. The naive and gullible. The easily tempted. The morally weak and un-ready. The ill-effects and adverse impacts are all around even if they are subtle and hardly recognizable. People seemingly living normal lives but privately hampered by different kinds of addictions (drugs, pornography, alcohol, vices, cellphone, etc.). Some ill-effects are more pronounced but equally pervasive. Rampant divorces and broken homes. Suicides. Crimes including cybercrimes. Violence. Bullying including cyberbullying. Narco-politics. Atheism. Agnosticism. Paganism. And now Satanism. These are all scatterings. And they continue. Getting worse.
Gathering, not scattering, has always been the language of God. His Son came to gather all of humankind unto Himself. As He was lifted up on the cross and His ascension, He did this in both desolation and consolation. Christ’s mystical body is all about drawing us His children to Himself through missionary work and the sacraments. Especially the Holy Eucharistic Celebration which unites all of heaven and earth through the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus said there is no other way to salvation but through Him. Today, the Author of Life and gathering is challenged as at no other time by the purveyors of darkness and scattering. Smooth and wily, the latter has managed to fool the world and make it appear as though the Author of Life is merely one of the choices of the created and that Atheism, Agnosticism, Paganism, and Satanism are equally worthy choices. The strategy and tactics of the evil one can be seen in the large-scale murders of the conceived reminiscent of Herod after Jesus was born. It can also be seen in the redefinition by plagiarists and counterfeiters of the Life Author’s natural creations. In the rise of secularism and materialism. Not satisfied with imminent destruction of the body through nuclear annihilation, the evil one in men now reveal the true goal which is the destruction of the human soul through lies, perversion, and fear. All far-reaching doctrines of scattering. Reflecting the great scatterer. And enemy of God. And we are either with him. Or against.
