I thought a few follow-up notes to my speech might be in order as you ruminate on this past weekend.
First, the Declaration was simply my attempt to have you consider the power that you possess as a moral agent, a free man with duties and rights flowing from the Creator Himself. Something akin to what St. Paul mentions in his letter to the Romans:“For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. [14] For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these having not the law are a law to themselves:”Second, we are not rebels, but citizens. However, our “citizenship” extends to both this world and the world to come. Thus, our duties and rights must be exercised with both “worlds” in mind, and all our actions should coincide with the law of God first. “We must obey God, rather than men.” It is perplexing to try to be detached from this world, while still doing what is necessary to be moral in this life. Perhaps our path can be summed up as “Seeking and doing what is right, here and now, so that eternity is just a continuation of our way of life!”Third, the litmus test was intended to challenge the egalitarian and pseudo-democratic spirit of our age. It would be wrong to say that a “strong, authoritarian governance” is the ONLY proper one for mankind on earth, but we can say that our initial society, the family, is founded upon that very concept (a benevolent authority as leader and care-taker of his fold) and that all subsequent, organizational elements of society would do well to mimic what God put in nature, in the family.Finally, I think we all know that there will be no utopia on earth. The best we can hope for is to aspire to something like the Christendom we lost. But, I offer this simple “cure” for the trials and dilemmas facing us today:1. Frequent communion; and2. Devotion to Mary.God bless you and the fellowship of the clans. I am proud to be associated with so fine a group.
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Declaration of Utter DependenceDavid is being modest.
His “Declaration” made many a man misty eyed and, per Jefferson’s description of John Adams’ advocacy of the original Declaration on 1 July, 1776 “…was our Colossus of Independence… he moved us from our seats”!
I’m going to share it on my Substack later today and on today’s Mike Church Show because men need grounded direction in a world aligned against Reason and Reality. David’s followup is also worth drawing from! Today’s quote of the day in my Pile of Prep reminds us of all this and who must wrestle and conquer the beast “eating out our sustenance…to reduce them under absolute Despotism”!
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” – G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
The diabolical, challenging events of Saturday morning forged the Fellowship Of The Clans in ways no number of speeches, conferences or even Congresses ever could and for that we should all be thankful. There was a CRUSADER Knight, Christian Humility that was at work there and it carried on through Sunday’s spectacular Barbecue of The Clans and final Congress. Let us continue all of these efforts including forming those sub-regional Signal messaging groups; forming those Fellowships/Guilds/Associations and considering David’s Declaration of Utter Dependence that I will be posting and sending out in Part II of the Recap of The Fellowship Of The Clans.
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Our investment club is seeking 100 Crusaders to invest $5,000 each so we will have $500,000 as seed money for our great undertaking. I have stated that we WILL LAUNCH the investment club if we get to half of that goal, 50 contributors. As of tonight, we stand at 43!!! Seven more and we will launch the club. If you know any Crusaders who might want to join us, please pass along some information to them. Perhaps, my speech at the Crusader Congress would give them some insight on what we intend. That speech is here.
The first thing to address is how the money will be “invested”. I have attached the “purpose statement” of the club, what we will be seeking and how we will go about it. This is a short document, so I will flesh out more specifics now. There will be 4 areas where the money will be put to use.
The investment club fund will be managed by me, in conjunction with the other board members.
In future emails, I will discuss further each individual segment of the fund, the person or board that will oversee those areas, the fees associated with management and who will receive those fees. There is still much work to be done, like setting up the legal entity that will house the Crusader Investment Club, but since we are so close to the minimum “launch” number, I thought I would make this initial announcement. While I have no set time to have the Investment Club active, it appears it will be sooner rather than later. In short, stay tuned….