Revolution of Mary

Neo-Pagan Environmentalism

Mary begins her Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) with the soul and God, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior.”  The whole universe revolves around these two realities: (1) the soul aspiring to joy in unity with God, (2) which God alone provides. This unity ultimately enfolds and transforms the entire universe.

Humanity worships God.

Mary proclaims God's greatness. God is present and active in every corner of Creation, while also transcendent. Nature is sacramental; it's beauty and diversity reveal something about God. 

 The first Creation finds its meaning and its summit in the New Creation in Christ. The ultimate purpose of Creation is to "unite all things in Him" (Eph 1:10).

Mikhail Gorbachev, former communist dictator and a leader of the neo-pagan cult of Mother Earth, begins and ends with the self and matter when he declared: “I believe in the cosmos. Nature is my god.”

Humanity worships self (ego) and the Earth. 

Belief in God alienates people from themselves and nature. All traditional religion, and in particular the Catholic Church, is seen as an obstacle to the restoration of the environment. 

There is no transcendent God or eternal soul, only matter and energy.

There is no ultimate meaning to life.

“Behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.”  The Lord of History has willed that Mary be venerated through the centuries. 

History is guided by Divine Providence, consisting of the dispositions by which God guides all his creatures with wisdom and love to their ultimate end. 

People are cooperators and co-workers with the Triune God.

Peace and justice fail when humanity seeks its own salvation and forgets the love of God and neighbor.

Mary is our Mother, given to us by Christ. As the Mother of Jesus Christ our Redeemer, Mary is also the Mother of the New Creation in Christ.

We are a special part of Creation, not separate from it. In some sense, nature is viewed as our sister, or our Earthy mother.

The Earth is our home. The Earth is a community of life.

There is no divine purpose or providence for the human species.  Hence, no deity will save us; we alone must save ourselves.  The future is determined not by God, but by humanity and matter alone. 

History shows that all efforts to remove God from the moral order sooner or later lead individuals and societies to moral degradation.  This is exemplified by the terrible experiments of Communism, National Socialism, and Marxism.

The Earth is our only mother.

The Earth is a single living being.

Humanity is separate from nature and is like a cancer spreading on the Earth.

When a whole set of ethical principles denies or ignores the existence of God, we are not made a part of nature, we are placed below and apart from nature, for while nature remains with God, we are left alone with only government.

“His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.”   Fear is here understood as filial, that is, a shrinking away from hurting one who is loved.  Such is the fear of a child for devoted parents, a person holding a tiny newborn baby for the first time, and the fear a Christian has of Christ.  Fear here is related to love and is the beginning of wisdom.

Humankind is dependent on God. 

Fear is born out of a concentration of power, not of love.  Fear is founded not on filial but on servile fear, the kind of fear a slave has for a tyrant, an oppressed citizen for a dictator. Belief systems that deny the filial fear of God always end in the creation of servile fear of man. 

Humankind is dependent on the state, which will eventually be a global super-state.

  While development must be sustainable, Catholics also strive for authentic development for humankind and the whole of Creation.

Numerous social conditions, including the right to life, respect for the individual person, liberty, food, clean water, clothing, shelter, health, work, education and culture, love, peace, security, the right to establish a family, and a beautiful environment, impact our ability to realize our human dignity and reach our full potential.

"The apex of development is the exercise of the right and duty to seek God, to know him and to live in accordance with that knowledge..." (Pope John Paul II, Centesimus Annus)

 Humankind carefully and wisely develops Creation so that the whole of Creation reaches its full potential, according to God's will.

A corrupted view of "sustainable development" is the fundamental social principle. 

The world in its entirety has more value than the person.

Surgical and chemical abortion and euthanasia are necessary to advance "sustainable development." 

So-called "overpopulation" is the primary factor limiting our ability to reach full human potential.

Abortion, artificial contraception, and euthanasia are the highest social and environmental values.

Nature evolves entirely on its own, led exclusively by blind material forces.  Humanity's role is to leave nature alone and submit to material forces.

Violence is necessary.  Jesus declared, “The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence” (Mathew 11:12).  But this violence must be against self, against its selfishness, greed, lust for power, and arrogance - the primary causes of ecological destruction. Prayer is our weapon.

The sword that strikes must be thrust inward to rid oneself of all that would make one reject God, despise neighbor, and ultimately destroy our natural environment.

 The development and spread of wealth, freedom, and justice, which properly understood make for the prosperity of the poor, are inspired by a voluntary, inner charity that loves God and neighbor.

 Humanity has nothing to lose but the chains of sin, which darken the intellect and weaken the will.  The rest of Creation suffers from our sin.  By throwing off sin through the merits of Christ, people become children of God and heirs of the Kingdom of God.

In a mysterious way, Christ’s redemptive mission extends to all of Creation. The work of Redemption is to elevate Creation to a new level. 

Creation is drawn to the sphere of the divinity and of the intimate life of God.

The whole of Creation finds its meaning and its summit in the New Creation in Christ, the splendor of which surpasses that of the first Creation.

Violence is necessary. But the violence must be against neighbor, against those who own property, and against unborn children.  This is explained as a type of self-defense, economic repression and environmental destruction being the alleged original aggressive actions. Egotism must be disguised as social justice.

Violence is needed to establish a "just" socialist, communist, or other oppressive order. It is believed that violence will disappear once its causes, alleged to be mostly capitalism, religion, liberty, and so-called "overpopulation," are eliminated.

Violence against unborn children and the aged (euthanasia) is necessary to promote sustainable development.

The sword that strikes must be thrust outward to rid society of all that would despise the dominant or preferred set of beliefs, typically socialism and other forms of oppressive statism and a variety of New Age beliefs, including the ethics underlying the Earth Charter.

The transfer of wealth takes place through violent confiscation if necessary, and the forced shifting of wealth from one person’s pocket to another. 

Environmental justice is enforced by the state, which will become a global super-state. The nation-state and individual rights will be eliminated and replaced with hypothetically self-sustaining, utopian "bioregions" ruled by the global super-state.

 Humanity has nothing to lose but the chains that bind us to God, family, and private property. 

Humanity and/or nature will be restored to itself as the "true god."  At death the ego "dissolves back into the cosmic matrix of matter/energy." ²