Preparing for Our Pilgrimage

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By Charlie Johnston

I have had a brutal three weeks. The day after I left Minnesota, I started developing viral symptoms that turned out to be Covid – my third bout. Not to worry, I start an Ivermectin regimen as soon as I get a cough (the best anti-viral ever…no wonder it won a Nobel Prize!). The symptoms were muted, but still difficult. My recovery seemed unreasonably slow, so midway through the second week, I got some medical advice from a source I trust. He recommended I add the simple over the counter medication, Benadryl, to my regimen. Worked like a charm. I started improving noticeably each day. By Sunday, I was able to get to Mass for the first time in two weeks. I went Monday and then Tuesday, as well. Felt a little funky on Tuesday, but okay.

Then on Wednesday, I got genuinely scared. I feared I was having a slow-motion stroke. I had been oddly fatigued even on my recovery days, but on Wednesday my head felt the pressure of being all stuffed up without being stuffed up at all. Without losing peripheral vision, it nonetheless felt like I was looking through a tunnel. Dizziness and nausea were among the other symptoms. With no little nervousness, I went back to my source. Turns out I have a mild allergy to antihistamines…but take three Benadryl a day for a week and the allergy turns ugly – and mimics some of the symptoms of a stroke. I was advised it would take a few days to get it out of my system, but to stop immediately. By Friday, the pressure in my head was small and I was no longer looking through a tunnel…it just felt like I was watching an old-fashioned TV with the bright setting way too high. I have been getting significantly better each day as it gets out of my system.

So why tell you this? For a year and a half beginning in April of 2020, I spent at least an hour and a half each day researching Covid and various approaches to it. I am not a doctor, but I am a top-notch researcher – a fact that was acknowledged by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress from the mid-90’s through the first decade of this century. I occasionally had Democrats quietly ask me for assessments of the likely long-term consequences of various legislative initiatives. There was a group of Congressman who contacted me the day before Russia invaded Crimea to get my take on the likelihood. Barack Obama was assuring them it would never happen. I told them it would, of course, happen – for the same reason we would have to take San Diego back if it were ever lost and there was any danger at all we would lose our premier warm water naval port. I was right, Obama was wrong. After the invasion, the same group called to get a long-term assessment. Once again, I was right, Obama was wrong. There may have been a Democrat or two in that group. If so, it was the last time one sought my advice.

The point is that when doing serious analytical research, I ruthlessly attack my own conclusions until I am satisfied that the final conclusion I come to is near unassailable with existing available information, including historical data. With approaches to Covid, my primary rule was what used to be that of the medical profession: Do no harm. The medical profession was doing a lot of harm, both by suppressing Ivermectin and Hydroxycholoroquine and by pushing an untested gene therapy shot that had almost universally bad results when tested on animals – and deceptively calling it a “vaccine.”

But we had people on our side that, in their panic, were equally irresponsible in recommending exotic therapies that may or may not have helped with Covid, but did have terrible side effects that could cause serious damage to internal organs and the blood stream. I would not push those even as enthusiasts for whatever comes along frantically told me I was letting people die. I DID strongly urge the use of Ivermectin and Hydroxy because they were both effective and had almost no side effects, even at excessive doses. Do no harm – and don’t be reactionary, stumbling like a drunk into the right wall in order to avoid the left. The fact is that those societies which have exclusively used Ivermectin or Hydroxy have had a flat line on Covid infections and deaths – and have not had the massive spike in excess all-cause deaths all the countries that relied on the gene-therapy shot have suffered.

If, when doing serious research, you do not ruthlessly attack your own assumptions and early conclusions, you are NOT an analyst. At best, you are a glib partisan – and you are probably an idiot adding to the confusion rather than helping lift it.

This is important because we have a LOT of trials ahead. If you act in panic or partial, polemic knowledge you are going to have a very hard time. If you are honest and rigorous, you are going to find that a lot of things are not as you thought. If you maintain a low profile on a particular subject until you know what you are talking about, you will not often make a fool of yourself – and your conclusions will stand the test of examination and time. If you have influence over a lot of people, you have an absolute duty to them not to go flying off the handle or half-cocked…and take the heat when you have to tell them something they don’t want to hear.

I loathe people who cockily assure me that they “know the real score.” Most of them are partisan idiots who don’t have a clue and are just jockeying to be king of the hill for a day or two, regardless of whether it helps others or not.

We have serious and brutally difficult work ahead of us. I call on those who frequent this site to be leaders among their circles. To do that in a way pleasing to God you must not flap around in raw panic or give yourself over to comforting fantasies. Judge righteous judgment, for that is what you will be judged by. Do no harm. People are counting on you – and God is watching.

When even innocuous, over-the-counter medications can have significant, unintended side effects, imagine how culpable you will be if you push things that have easily discernable bad effects – and you didn’t bother to look further than what you wanted to believe or, even worse, knew and ignored the evidence to fit your narrative. No matter how rigorous you are, you will err sometimes. To minimize that, keep in mind that truth will stand the test of examination. Start by examining yourself ruthlessly. When you do err, acknowledge it as soon as you know and waste no time trying to justify your error. I know, easier said than done – as I know from my own experience – but failure to consciously adopt rigor means you will quickly degenerate into a useless, prickly crank. These are times that call for serious, sober people. Answer God’s call and put away vain, childish things.

(P.S. My sister noted that it is just like me that I would be fine with pollen and weird mushrooms, but am allergic to allergy medicine. My son once noted, while watching the fox that would always come visit and eat hot dogs with me at a cabin I went to, that I was perfectly normal until you took a closer look. I looked just like a man with his pet dog…until you came closer and saw my pet was no dog. Ah, well, I guess I am determined to be someone’s most memorable character!)

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My ninth grandchild was born a week ago, on July 22. She is Clare Joan – and I pray she lives up to her name. I only had two kids, myself. But, by gum, they have been fruitful for me! Onward Christian Soldiers!

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23 thoughts on “Preparing for Our Pilgrimage”

  1. Vivid analogies, Charlie, with mighty wise counsel. Thank you.

    Pleased that you’ve made it through another unique medical adventure. Good heavens!

    Congratulations on the birth of your newly born, Clare Joan!! She has powerhouse patrons.

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  2. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS 😉

    https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/prison-or-passivity-american-christians-choose-your-battle

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/28/way-beyond-sketchy-local-butler-county-swat-team-says-trump-secret-service-detail-did-not-communicate-with-them-before-shooting/

    https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/07/28/celebs-spread-deceptively-edited-video-falsely-claim-trump-will-outlaw-elections/

    https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/07/28/associated-press-celebrates-trans-infused-olympics-opening-ceremony-as-unprecedented-display-of-inclusivity/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/28/the-lights-went-out-in-paris/#more-262779

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/28/it-all-tracks-hersch-reports-barack-obama-threatened-biden-with-25th-amendment-removal/

    https://database39.com/Selected.php

    I know it’s naughty ;-( … but I’m hoping DNC Convention 2024/Chigago is 10X worse than 1968 DNC Convention/Chicago 😉

    https://humanevents.com/2024/07/22/human-events-kamala-harris-is-unqualified-for-the-presidency

    https://floppingaces.net/2024/07/28/the-kamala-problem/

    https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-7-28-2024/

    The same Mindset that Hal speaks to in the above is present in “Newsguard” and other BigTech “Fact Checkers” that pushed Russia, Russia & Summer of Rage & COVID Genocide plus Trump/Deplorables, Whites, Christians, Jews ….  ALL BAD people & etc. The DemonRat Party USA is chuck full of Radical & Violent Cogs that Stand Ready to provoke Chaos and much WORSE to further THEIR Agendas, Cover-Up THEIR Crimes and do violence to Citizen who dare object!!

    https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4795501-newsguard-censorship-conservative-speech/

    https://www.malone.news/p/surveillance-capitalism-and-psywar

    https://floppingaces.net/2024/07/28/sunday-funnies-805/

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

    https://newsbusters.org/  

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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  4. The virus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) has now been studied in an amazing amount of studies.

    While most of the newer studies focus on the damage caused by the spike protein from both the natural virus and it’s lab produced synthetic form, it was in some of the first studies where we were given some insight into what this “new” virus was like. One researcher concluded that it would take 600 years of natural mutations to produce the chimeric genotype of SARS-CoV-2! It is important to understand this statement because if it had evolved naturally, it’s presence along side other organisms which would have come in contact with this virus over that 600 year period would have helped them evolve natural protections along with the virus’ changes. But scientist skipped this natural evolutionary back-and-forth and we are now being surprised with a highly evolved organism much more advanced than the rest of nature! This would be like transporting a virus from 600 years in the future back in time to today with all the consequences that such an act entails!

    One of the noticeable effects in humans has been “long covid” along with several other health effects but as a biologist, I have been noticing a trend in wildlife populations too. I know many people in the natural history sciences. The diminishing populations of animals across the board is well documented but much more recently, this trend has multiplied exponentially in many populations. Not surprisingly, these scientists are claiming “climate change” as the culprit because they truly are at a loss as to what it is. This is because no molecular studies of this kind are being conducted nore are there any protocols for even proceeding with such a study. The “hands off” dilemma of all things Covid has endangered the whole planet.

    When the first Atom bomb was developed a running theory was that once the reaction was started it would not stop until all the earth’s atoms were destroyed! Thankfully, this did not happen. But there is now evidence that this man-made virus has spread through and entrenched into the earth’s biome. This is not a new occurrence as microplastics, insecticides, hormones and glyphosate are now found systemically in nature.

    As humanity, along with all life, deals with these toxic realities, may we turn to God as our refuge and our strength.

    Jesus, I Trust in You.

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  6. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉

    https://catholicexchange.com/memorial-of-saints-martha-mary-and-lazarus/

    https://exsurgedomine.it/240728-vade-retro-eng/

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-end-of-imagination-tolkiens-theory-of-art-and-the-question-of-ai/

    https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/confrontational-catholicism

    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258431/words-cannot-describe-it-bishop-cozzens-responds-to-heinous-last-supper-mockery-at-olympics

    https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/07/28/degenerate-muse-modernity-betrayed-arts/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-olympic-drag-queen-show-wasnt-just-mockery

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/forums/forums-did-nun-see-beginning-of-next-war

    https://chetnagle.substack.com/p/governments-are-killing-their-poor

    https://terryspcfreetopics.quora.com/https-jonspoliticalcorner29-quora-com-The-History-of-Kamala-Harris-by-Geoffrey-B-Higginbotham-Major-General-USMC-Ret-F

    https://www.glennbeck.com/blog/3-facts-left-forgot-kamala

    https://libertyonenews.com/mark-kelly-harris-vp-contender-founded-chinese-funded-surveillance-balloon-company

    https://jonathanturley.org/2024/07/28/german-publisher-stops-all-printing-of-vance-book/

    https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/07/28/down-the-memory-hole-google-hides-autocomplete-suggestions-for-trump-assassination-attempt/

    I’m sure Google, The DNC & The Usual Suspect LeftMedia don’t what you to hear of Open Borders and Terrorists either!

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/palestinians-terror-ties-detained-after-illegally-crossing-southern-bordeagents-overwhelemed

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/bill-melugin-120-chinese-illegal-aliens-caught-southern/

    https://catholicvote.org/

    https://stream.org/category/us/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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    1. Speaking of Google, always ready to do bad deeds, it has erased every single reference in searches for the assassination attempt on Trump. People all over have commented on that. I try never to use “G”, but now use DuckDuckgo exclusively.

      So sorry you’ve had such a difficult time, Charlie. Thank you for the reminders we all need. God bless you. 🙏

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  7. (the best anti-viral ever…no wonder it won a Nobel Prize!). -Charlie

    (the best anti-viral ever…no wonder any mention of it got you banned from ‘polite’ society!) -Me

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  8. A few years back, my eldest daughter was stung multiply times in the face by bees. After several hours of intense pain, she decided to take Benadryl. Things went from bad to worse quickly and ended up in the emergency room on steroid drip. She had an allergic reaction to the Benadryl she had taken. The Dr. ended up saying that it was not the actual Benadryl, but the food dye in the Benadryl that caused it. She can take the dye-free and have not problems. I wonder if you have an allergic reaction to the actual Benadryl or the food dyes in the Benadryl?

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    2. No, it is to antihistamines. After he told me, I remembered that, when I was young, I was so badly allergic to Dristan – the antihistamine of choice to a bygone generation – that if I accidentally took one I immediately took off because I knew I was going to be down for a day or two. They looked almost the same as Anicin (a painkiller) so there were a couple of times someone gave me one for a cold and I only thought after I had taken it to verify what it was. Not good.

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  12. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS 😉

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/catholic-charities-obama-foundation-affiliate-colluding-city-chicago/

    https://www.markmallett.com/blog/fatima-and-the-unhumans

    https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1816960072385200325

    https://catholicexchange.com/my-soul-proclaims-the-greatness-of-the-lord/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/28/a-reminder-about-information-and-research/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/29/speaker-johnson-appoints-top-men-to-investigate-trump-assassination-attempt/#more-262840

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/07/29/facebooks-ai-says-trump-assassination-attempt-was-fiction-n2642651

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258lkb6x.1m0x/da038b31

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

    https://justthenews.com/  

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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  13. The Paris Olympics overture was a floor show for the Antichrist.

    What the world saw was a transgressive homosexual romp and stomp across what Christians hold sacred. France’s elites signaled to the planet that it sacralizes homosexuality, transgenderism, sexual excess, and blasphemy. The Paris Olympics overture was a floor show for the Antichrist. Watching the degrading Paris ceremony on Friday, with its exaltation of sexual transgression and regicide, brought to mind historian Hannah Arendt’s line about how uncontrolled transgression laid the groundwork for 20th century totalitarianism: “The members of the elite did not object at all to paying a price, the destruction of civilization, for the fun of seeing how those who had been excluded unjustly in the past forced their way into it.”

    “The only thing that seems certain is that we are again in one of those periods of family decay in which civilization is suffering internally from the lack of a basic belief in the forces which make it work.”–

    Harvard sociologist Carle C. Zimmerman

    “What happened on Friday night in Paris was a globally televised dismantling and mockery of one of the core symbols of Western civilization, as a manifestation of France’s national character. The etymological opposite of “symbolic” is “diabolic.” Draw your own conclusions. But do not miss the symbolism here, when, hours after the opening ceremony, the 18th arrondissement of Paris lost electrical power. The only thing left illuminated was the Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur, built in the 19th century in reparation for the crimes of the Revolution. The light shines in the darkness, and even in Paris, the darkness did not overcome it.”

    https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/a-civilizational-suicide-note-on-the-seine

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    1. I like the parallel, Phillip, Sacre Couer having been built in reparation for the crimes of the French Revolution. I was especially excited to see the news of that gorgeous shrine being illuminated, and the picture showing it all aglow. I was there many decades ago and it is awesome. Seems that we keep seeing “coincidences”! Those who are spiritually blind may not see it, but those with spiritual eyes will see the examples; praise God!!

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  15. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy St. Ignatius Day! 😉

    I wonder what St Ignatius would of his Order today!?;-(

    https://catholicexchange.com/ignatius-of-loyola-soldier-for-christ/

    https://catholicexchange.com/leaning-into-fear-gertrude-von-le-forts-the-song-at-the-scaffold/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/be-normal/

    https://catholicexchange.com/radical-catholicism/

    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/blessed-solanus-healed-me

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-the-2024-nebraska-pro-life-ballot-initiative-matters-for-the-whole-country

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/forums/forums-where-demons-hide

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watchdog-launches-hate-map-political-violence-perpetrated-leftist-organizations

    https://onepeterfive.com/fr-john-hunwick-and-the-cultus-of-king-charles-the-martyr/

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/christians-react-apparent-mockery-last-supper-paris-olympics-grotesque-mockery

    https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/new-catholic-trade-school-boasts

    https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-nationalism/

    https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/confrontational-catholicism

    https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/07/30/kamala-trying-to-disown-far-left-positions-against-ice-fracking-and-police-funding/

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/two-risks-social-security-medicare-loom-large

    https://catholicvote.org/

    https://stream.org/category/us/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258lkweh.1pvt/10acfb80

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  16. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy  Day! 😉

    https://catholicexchange.com/how-do-we-share-christ-with-others/

    https://stream.org/congresswoman-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-on-prioritizing-prayer-in-a-busy-world/

    https://catholicfamilynews.com/

    https://catholicexchange.com/paris-massive-blackout-and-sacre-coeurs-light/

    https://www.catholicleague.org/buttigieg-says-abortion-makes-men-free/

    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/5-broader-contexts-of-the-paris-olympic-sacrilege

    https://tmattingly.substack.com/p/does-france-have-a-new-patron-saint

    https://life-craft.org/the-eternal-root-of-homelife/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/postmodern-identity-when-make-believe-becomes-delusion

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/americas-lab-rats/

    https://www.lifenews.com/2024/07/31/doj-data-confirms-biden-weaponized-justice-system-to-target-pro-life-americans/

    https://reclaimthenet.org/senate-passes-kids-safety-bills-despite-privacy-digital-id-and-censorship-concerns

    https://allenwest.substack.com/p/freedom-of-the-press

    https://www.judicialwatch.org/assassination-attempt-trump/

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

    https://patriotpost.us/alexander/108979-who-is-the-real-kamala-harris-2024-07-31

    https://catholicvote.org/read

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://www.americanthinker.com/

    https://townhall.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  17. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS 😉

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-unshakeable-masculine-love-of-a-husband-and-a-priest/

    https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/07/31/watch-interview-with-john-stansifer-author-of-father-kapaun-no-bullet-got-me-yet/

    Kamaleon Harris In-Action!  The Indian, Black & Irish Tar Baby & DEI Hire that The DemonRats have stuck THEMselves to!

    EVIL, Rich, Powerful & godless Globalists are in near Panic Mode. The Righteous Resistance is building in the USA, EU, Canada & elsewhere. The Global THEY are very Dangerous …. BE PREPARED!!

    https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/opinion/kamalaflage-dems-race-to-rewrite-harris-leftist-history/

    De Judge & Tony Shaffer … On-It!

    https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-gives-green-light-to-shoot-denver-cops/

    https://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/

    https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/how-the-world-economic-forum-could-take-firm-control-of-the-global-financial-system/

    Head-Line Watch!:

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258ll751.1m0x/11adda3e

    https://spectator.org/

    https://amgreatness.com/

    https://floppingaces.net/

    https://thefederalist.com/

    https://justthenews.com/

    https://hotair.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

    https://www.newsmax.com/

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/108998-mid-day-digest-2024-08-01

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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Charlie Johnston is a former newspaper editor, radio talk show host and political consultant. From Feb. 11, 2011 to Aug. 21, 2012, he walked 3,200 miles across the country, sleeping in the woods, meeting people and praying as he went. He writes on cultural, global and political issues from an orthodox Catholic perspective. He emphasizes that we find God most surely through the ordinary, doing the little things we should with faith and fidelity. His constant refrain is that, to live real joy, we must acknowledge God, take the next right step, and be a sign of hope to those around us. He lives in the Archdiocese of Denver in the United States.