Are You a Warrior Soul?
General George Patton, Jr., in his 1926 essay The Secret of Victory wrote, "The secret of victory lies not wholly in knowledge. It lurks invisible in that vitalizing spark, intangible, yet as evident as the lightning -- the warrior soul. The fixed determination to acquire the warrior soul, and having acquired it to either conquer or perish with honor is the secret of victory."
If we glimpse the depth of the horrific problem of abortion, and how entrenched it is in our society, there are two ways we might respond.
First, we can pretend that there is nothing that can be done, and end up either not engaged in the battle, or engaged in it as "a hobby", as something to be squeezed in when more important things are not demanding our attention. And we never take on tasks that will require too much sacrifice or prove wrong the idea that we cannot succeed.
The other response is to become the "warrior soul." While this not "fanaticism" it is total dedication, to the point of being willing to give one's life in the cause. "Fanaticism" means that except for the one focus we have our personality shuts down and we disconnect from reality. The "warrior soul," on the other hand, devotes all of his fully functioning personality to his cause, and it is precisely because he is connected to reality that he sees the cause as all - important.
Social change doesn't come through committees and boards. It comes through warrior souls. It's something like what Scriptures tell us: "The way we came to know love was that he laid down His life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers." (1 Jn 3:16)
~ Fr. Frank Pavone,M.E.V., National Director of Priests for Life, (www.priestsforlife.org), from his book Ending Abortion, pages 8-9
If we glimpse the depth of the horrific problem of abortion, and how entrenched it is in our society, there are two ways we might respond.
First, we can pretend that there is nothing that can be done, and end up either not engaged in the battle, or engaged in it as "a hobby", as something to be squeezed in when more important things are not demanding our attention. And we never take on tasks that will require too much sacrifice or prove wrong the idea that we cannot succeed.
The other response is to become the "warrior soul." While this not "fanaticism" it is total dedication, to the point of being willing to give one's life in the cause. "Fanaticism" means that except for the one focus we have our personality shuts down and we disconnect from reality. The "warrior soul," on the other hand, devotes all of his fully functioning personality to his cause, and it is precisely because he is connected to reality that he sees the cause as all - important.
Social change doesn't come through committees and boards. It comes through warrior souls. It's something like what Scriptures tell us: "The way we came to know love was that he laid down His life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers." (1 Jn 3:16)
~ Fr. Frank Pavone,M.E.V., National Director of Priests for Life, (www.priestsforlife.org), from his book Ending Abortion, pages 8-9
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