In the excellent review of my book The Kingship of
Christ and Organized Naturalism which appeared in the Jesuit magazine, La
Civilta Cattolica (Rome, March 1947), the reviewer laid special stress on
the distinction which I have been making in all books. He wrote as follows:
"The author wants a clear distinction to be
made between hatred of the Jewish nation, which is Anti-Semitism, and
opposition to the Jewish and Masonic naturalism. This opposition on the part
of Catholics must be mainly positive by acknowledging, not only individually,
but socially, the rights of the supernatural Kingship of Christ and His
Church, and by striving politically to get these rights acknowledged by States
and public life. For this indispensable undertaking… the active and effective
union of Catholics… is absolutely necessary."
Space does not allow of lengthy quotations from papal
documents to show that, on the one hand, the sovereign pontiffs insist that
Catholics must stand unflinchingly for the integral rights of Christ the King as
contained in the papal encyclicals, while, on the other hand, keeping their
minds and hearts free from hatred of Our Lord’s own nation according to the
flesh. On the other hand, they must battle for the rights of Christ the King and
the supernatural organization of society as laid down in the encyclical Quas
Primas, unequivocally proclaiming that the rejection of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, the True Messias, by His own nation, and the unyielding opposition of
that nation to Him, are a fundamental source of disorder and conflict in the
world. On the other hand, as members of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Catholic should
neither hate the members of that nation in which, through our Blessed Mother,
the Lily of Israel, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity assumed human
nature, nor deny them their legitimate rights as persons. The supernatural
elevation of mind and heart and the unshrinking fortitude that are required from
members of Christ in our day can be maintained only with the aid of Him who wept
over Jerusalem’s rejection of order. It will inevitably mean suffering for
Christ’s faithful members as the power of the anti-supernatural forces in the
world increases. Even in the midst of their suffering, however, Christ’s members
must bear in mind that there will be glorious triumph for Christ the King.
Two reasons can be assigned for the fact that
Our Lord’s faithful members will often be betrayed by those who should be on the
side of Christ the King.
Firstly, many Catholic writers speak of papal
condemnations of Anti-Semitism without explaining the meaning of the term and
never even allude to the documents which insist on the rights of Our Divine
Lord, Head of the Mystical Body, Priest and King. Thus, very many are completely
ignorant of the duty incumbent on all Catholics of standing positively
for Our Lord’s reign in society in opposition to the Jewish naturalism. The
result is that numbers of Catholics are so ignorant of Catholic doctrine that
they hurl the accusation of Anti-Semitism against those who are battling for the
rights of Christ the King thus effectively aiding the enemies of Our Divine
Lord.
Secondly, many Catholic writers copy unquestioningly
what they read in the naturalistic or anti-supernatural Press and do not
distinguish between Anti-Semitism in the correct Catholic sense as explained
above, and "Anti-Semitism," as the Jews understand it. For the Jews,
"Anti-Semitism" is anything that is in opposition to the naturalistic Messanic
domination of their nation over all the others. Quite logically, the leaders of
the Jewish nation hold that to stand for the Rights of Christ the King is to be
"Anti-Semitic." The term "Anti-Semitism," with all its war-connotation in the
minds of the unthinking, is being extended to include any form of opposition to
the Jewish nation’s naturalistic aims and any exposure of the methods they adopt
to achieve these aims.
At the beatification of Joan of Arc (December
13, 1908), the saintly Pope Pius X said:
"In our time more than ever before, the
greatest asset of those disposed toward evil is the cowardice and weakness of
good men, and all the vigor of Satan’s reign is due to the easygoing weakness
of Catholics. Oh! if I might ask the Divine Redeemer, as the Prophet Zachary
did in spirit (Zach. 13:6a): ‘What are those wounds in the midst of Thy
hands?’ The answer would not be doubtful: ‘… With these I was wounded in the
house of them that loved me’ (Zach. 13:6b). I was wounded by my friends, who
did nothing to defend me, and who, on every occasion, made themselves the
accomplices of my adversaries. And this reproach can be leveled at the weak
and timid Catholic of all countries."
Denis Fahey, C.S.Sp.
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 16, 1950
