---I fell asleep last night, book in hand, and had a dream. It was the enemy of God and he was talking to his apprentice.
My dear Wormwood...
"My dear Wormwood, we must congratulate ourselves on the marvellous job we have done in keeping alive the anger in the hearts of the enemies of that Oratory. Their ideas and influence have now spread so far and wide that the ends we have been so patiently seeking are all but certain. More have joined them now and we must encircle that vile church like wolves, so that all of us together can obliterate it!
"It has been excruciating for us to watch the carnage that has been occurring over these last few years in that place. It is simply not in line with what we are trying to achieve in the world today and it must stop! Especially troubling are all those young men, one after the other, growing to love our Enemy and His (shudder) Mother so much that they would be willing to give their lives to Them. How many vocations have there been emerging from that place these last few years, Wormwood? What?! Seven you say? Outrageous - simply unacceptable!
October 2024, St Mary Magdalan's cave, La Sainte Baume
"Do you know what many of them will do to us if we do not put a stop to this?"
"Do you know what many of them will do to us one day if we do not put a stop to this? They will become priests! ... that will go out into the world with fire and zeal in their hearts and preach against us. They will stop us from doing our work, Wormwood, they will stop us dragging souls to hell to share in our agony for all eternity, they will lead souls to our Enemy and to an eternity of joy and happiness instead - and I simply cannot allow this.
"We are now at the climax of what we have worked so hard for, so close to achieving our goal!! We have influenced so many to distrust them and done a marvellous job spreading lies, detractions and calumnies against them! We have painted them black as night. Just a little longer, Wormwood. You must double up your efforts now so that we can destroy it once and for all. Get everybody on the job. Hone in on any possible lie or twisted fact or fiction and magnify it - make it HUGE! Make up more dirt, whatever it is doesn't matter - we are desperate now - I can taste it, our success is so close!
"With that Oratory out of the way, we can practically have a holiday! Ugh, that disgusting preaching every Sunday... those Brothers and Sisters sending so many prayers to our Enemy... those parishioners trying so hard to live holy lives... those horribly sweet little children growing up with the (ugh) Truth... the hideous modesty in the way they dress... that ceaselessly growing congregation with all that offensive forgiveness in their hearts towards their enemies... Outrageous!!!
Their reverence for that Sacrament
Their reverence for that Sacrament nauseates me, Wormwood! We are virtually powerless to distract them in their Masses because of that unbearable devotion of theirs. Not even one opportunity are we provided to abuse our Enemy in that church - oh how it scourges me, how it tortures me!!! And how I hate that LATIN!! How can we ever hope to bring our diabolical changes to the Mass if it's in that dead language and in the hands of THOSE priests who are so determined to preserve its authenticity?!
"Go now Wormwood... get all our friends onto it with the greatest urgency... quickly now, before people become bored with all the repetition and realise our tactic of falsehood and illusion - keep the momentum. DO NOT STOP until that Oratory is destroyed!!! And if all those innocent people are hurt along the way then all the better!!! Go Wormwood... GO!!!"
---I awoke in a pool of sweat, the book still in my hands. "Screwtape Letters." Oh dear, I must stop doing my spiritual reading so close to bed time. So grateful it was just a nightmare. I don't think I could bear it if it were actually true :(
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