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Letter from the Editor

“Without Me, you can do Nothing”

In the previous issue of MICHAEL, we highlighted cial Credit is only a means, the end is the salvation of
the importance for all who call themselves Catholics souls” (see page 10). This reminds us that we are in a
or Christians to work to establish justice, so that the spiritual battle and that satanic forces are behind the
will of God is done “on earth as it is in Heaven” as we current financial system.
repeat so often in the Lord’s Prayer. In this issue, we In his treatise, Prayer: The Great Means of Sal-
note that the Church has teachings on social justice vation and of Perfection, St. Alphonsus Liguori de-
which emphasize that the goods of the earth have scribed prayer as “the necessary and sure means
been created for all human beings and that all should of obtaining salvation, and all the graces we need
have access to, at least, what is needed to live. As Fr. [in order] to attain it”. He coined a famous and ele-
Henri Boulad said: “Can I have liberty or freedom if I mentary maxim: “He who prays is saved, he who
have nothing to eat?” (see page 8) prays not is damned!” St. Alphonsus added: “To
In his 1967 encyclical letter Populorum Progres- save one’s soul without prayer is most difficult, and
sio (on the development of peoples), St. Paul VI said: even impossible… but by praying, our salvation is
“More than any other, the individ- made secure, and very easy.” He
ual who is animated by true char- added: “If we do not pray, we have
ity labours skilfully to discover the no excuse, for the grace of prayer
causes of misery, to find the means is given to everyone… if we are not
to combat it and overcome it reso- saved, the whole fault will be ours,
lutely”. It is this form of true char- because we did not pray”.
ity which inspires the apostles of After the Holy Mass, the most
MICHAEL. Thanks to C. H. Douglas recommended prayer is the Rosary
and Louis Even, we know the cause of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. The-
of poverty in the world: the current rese of Lisieux said: “By the Rosary
financial system where all money you can obtain everything. Accord-
is created as debt. We also know ing to a graceful comparison, the
the remedy: the financial proposals Rosary is a long chain that links
called Social Credit, or Economic heaven and earth. One end of it is
Democracy (see pages 4 and 5). in our hands and the other hand is
Some folks think that religion in the hands of the Holy Virgin. As
should not be concerned with jus- long as people pray it, God cannot
tice. Others hold a more absurd abandon the world, because this
view, namely that God, religion and prayer moves His heart powerfully”.
spiritual intervention are not neces- Prayer, including the Holy Mass
sary to correct the current financial and the Rosary, supports Christian
system and obtain justice. To con- families (see page 36). Thanks to
sider changing the system without Jesus and Mary gave us the prayers of her grandmother, the
God, or even worse by mocking His the Rosary as a weapon for daughter of infamous atheist Jo-
laws, is blindness and sheer mad- seph Stalin became a Catholic (see
ness. This issue of MICHAEL seeks victory and as a chain to page 40).
to convince the latter group that connect us to Heaven. It’s All our actions, good or bad,
God cannot be ignored in the battle up to us to grab it! have consequences for the rest of
in which we are engaged. society (see page 44). God uses victim souls to make
In the first lesson of our annual study sessions reparation for many sins, such as the murder of mil-
in Rougemont, Canada we note Social Crediter lions of innocent children in abortion. One of those
Geoffrey Dobbs’ observation that the mutual trust victim souls was Mother Yvonne-Aimée of Jesus,
we enjoy with each other is social credit. This trust who spread a devotion to Jesus, King of Love (see
reaches its apex when Christianity is applied and page 47). To conclude, in our fight for justice let us
when God’s Ten Commandments are obeyed. Such put God first because, as He said, “Without Me, you
social credit is a foundation for the monetary reforms can do nothing” (John 15: 5). Happy reading! v
known as Social Credit. As Fr. Coulon from France, a
participant in September’s study session, said: “So- Alain Pilote, Editor

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