On The Feast of The Assumption Remember The Miracle of Vistula
The Polish Army's still unbelievable victory over Soviet commies on the Feast of The Assumption 1920
On this Blessed Feast of The Assumption of Our Lady, The Atlantic informed CRUSADING, Rosary praying Catholics that we are She is winning. But if you are in that number, you already knew that. This screed is a testament to The Rosary’s power as Mr. Pannetton’s fear of Baphomet and the boys losing ground is palpable.
Just as the AR-15 rifle has become a sacred object for Christian nationalists in general, the rosary has acquired a militaristic meaning for radical-traditional (or “rad trad”) Catholics. On this extremist fringe, rosary beads have been woven into a conspiratorial politics and absolutist gun culture. These armed radical traditionalists have taken up a spiritual notion that the rosary can be a weapon in the fight against evil and turned it into something dangerously literal.
Their social-media pages are saturated with images of rosaries draped over firearms, warriors in prayer, Deus Vult (“God wills it”) crusader memes, and exhortations for men to rise up and become Church Militants. Influencers on platforms such as Instagram share posts referencing “everyday carry” and “gat check” (gat is slang for “firearm”) that include soldiers’ “battle beads,” handguns, and assault rifles. One artist posts illustrations of his favorite Catholic saints, clergy, and influencers toting AR-15-style rifles labeled sanctum rosarium alongside violently homophobic screeds that are celebrated by social-media accounts with thousands of followers.
I have never seen any Catholic men combine USING AR-15's and praying the Rosary. and I have organized and marched in dozens and dozens of Rosary CRUSADES. The same people who promote “gender affirming hysterectomies” for 13 year old girls, are now equally deluded over the rise of Marian love and devotion and Her concurrent protection and Graces she is extending to her devotees.
In 2021, my friend KV Turley reminded us that the Rosary and Our Lady saved Poland from the Red army on this very day.
On Aug. 5, sensing the urgency of the situation, Pope Benedict XV exhorted all to pray for “God’s mercy for Poland ... to join all the faithful in imploring the Most High God that through the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary may save the Polish Nation from her final defeat and may turn away this new plague from Europe.”
On the morning of Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption, wave upon wave of Soviet soldiers continued to attack Warsaw. Yet that morning, from within the city, Polish forces managed somehow to stem their advance. And then, against all odds, they began to retake ground that the Red Army had won. The Soviets started to wonder how the Polish army, which they had seen defeated for many weeks, had begun to fight back with fresh heart against a superior foe. A Soviet counterattack ensued, but it was futile. The Red Army was unable to vanquish the defending Poles. In fact, as the day of Aug. 15 progressed, Polish soldiers seemed to become bolder in counterattack.
Strange rumors began to circulate in Warsaw. Some claimed that in the sky above the Polish lines had appeared the Black Madonna of Czestochowa.
While the Poles fought with a new resolve, the Soviets, curiously, lost theirs. One Russian rifleman was later to comment that by the afternoon of Aug. 15, “The moment had come when not only individual units but the whole mass of the army suddenly lost faith in the possibility of success against the enemy. It was as though a cord that we had been stretching since the [invasion] had suddenly snapped.”
To relieve Warsaw and to break the Soviet advance, the counterattack had begun with Piłsudski at its head. Expecting to discover a significant Soviet force at any moment, the charging Poles were surprised to find their path mysteriously clear. As they advanced further, they found themselves all but unopposed. Piłsudski worried that the Soviets were setting a trap — that they were planning to encircle his men with a superior force once they had advanced sufficiently and escape was impossible. Yet for almost two days, Polish forces raced onward, brushing aside what few Bolshevik units they encountered. Piłsudski could not believe his eyes.
A blessed Feast of The Assumption to you. Our Lady of Czestichowa! Ora Pro Nobis
Thank you for sharing this story. Our priests are always encouraging us to read about the saints of the past and their heroic acts of courage! But I want to thank you for your restrained commentary regarding Danny. You hit the mark, and accurately chastised him with beautiful Catholic directness yet with charity. You so eloquently used sternness and rebuffed Danny’s clear ignorance of how men must at times show military prowess about the faith that provides the only means to salvation!