Ralph Martin > Quotes

“The enemy is constantly probing our defenses and testing them. He is continually trying to move us out of position, throw us off balance, and inflict wounds. So it is that one of our main tasks as soldiers of Christ is to hold our ground or “stand firm” and resist the efforts of the enemy”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“What is “woke” culture? It is a collection of political, social, and economic beliefs that insist on a post-Christian secular culture that embraces abortion, the LGBTQ+ agenda, various forms of socialism, government control, sometimes specifically calling for world government. It also includes something like a new version of class warfare based on racial identity, dividing the world into the “oppressors” and the “oppressed” and fomenting suspicion and hostility among citizens of a country.”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“Modern society is in the middle of formulating an anti-Christian creed, and if one opposes it, one is being punished by society with excommunication. The fear of this spiritual power of the Antichrist is then only more than natural, and it really needs the help of prayers on the part of an entire diocese and of the Universal Church in order to resist it.”5”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“the world does not need a new secular religion to replace Christianity. It needs you and me to be better witnesses. Better Christians. Let us being by forgiving, loving, sacrificing for others, putting away spiritual poisons like resentment and envy.”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“For example, when a specific temptation comes into our mind or our emotions, we need to utilize the warning function of the Holy Spirit and immediately identify it as a wicked thought or suggestion or unclean movement of our sensual nature with our mind/understanding. We then need to reject the temptation wholeheartedly with our will, turn away from the emotions that lead into sin, and cultivate the positive emotions of love for God and neighbor.”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“To mount this level of resistance takes prayer, courage, wisdom, insight, and trust in the Holy Spirit. It takes keen discernment and being well-clothed with the necessary spiritual armor and the enormously powerful spiritual weapons at our disposal. It also requires what may only be a remnant of the Church to be well connected with each other to support and uphold each other as each is tested.”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“The power of resistance is manifest and strongest in us when we are together in prayer, reading the Word of God, interceding for one another and our world, receiving the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and doing all we can to strengthen our companions in the faith.”
― Ralph Martin, Join the Resistance

“It is right to care for the environment and it is indeed a moral issue. It is right to care for the rights of the poor and to help protect them against policies motivated by greed and not respecting their well-being. But as I read all of them—and they are long!—I kept asking myself, Can you imagine Jesus saying things like this? No. Jesus was laser focused on the salvation of souls, on faith and repentance, on our eternal destinies, and these notes are hardly found in any of the documents. When they are found, they are completely overwhelmed by the very much greater abundance of “this world” concerns.”
― Ralph Martin, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward