“Those among the rich who are not, in the rigorous sense, damned, can understand poverty, are capable of giving alms, perhaps, but are incapable of stripping their souls bare. They may be moved, accompanied by the sound of beautiful music, at Jesus’s sufferings, but His Cross, the reality of His Cross, will horrify them. They want it made all out of gold, bathed in light, costly and of little weight; pleasant to see, hanging from a beautiful woman’s throat.”
Léon Bloy
I totally agree with this statement. All to often good people turn away from graphic photographs/videos of the atrocities being committed in the world. Good people who refuse to see the results of their advocacy or indifference. This is why we rarely see any graphic photographs/videos on the nightly news. It is not that the photographs and videos don’t exist.
If the network news showed these photographs/videos a lot of good people would vomit/faint.
“Be strong in your faith and the power of the Truth. Put on the armor of the Lord, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of those who have given themselves over to evil. For we do not wrestle against mere flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spirit of wickedness in high places.”
Eph 6:10-12