Thinking on Advent and the Long Defeat

A fine article over at the National Catholic Register.  Ours is not to fight for this world, but the next one.  Yes, that can be overplayed, and we have a responsibility for the here and now as well as the hereafter.  But to think by using the World's tactics the Kingdom will end up better is as foolish as the new trend of adopting the World's latest tactics and philosophies and imagining the Kingdom will end up better.