> As a reminder, please join us in our 54-day Rosary Novena in the run-up to the election, https://2020nationalnovena.com/optin1598968688164 > When a trainwreck happens, the entire train — every car one after the other — doesn't careen off the tracks all at the same moment. First, the engine comes off, then the next car, and so forth. > In an especially long train, the cars near the back may not even be aware that the engine has come off the tracks. Maybe a sudden shiver or shake signaling something; but that the passengers are about to die — not so much, not at first. > But eventually, the entire train is derailed and no one escapes. And no one can put the train back on the track and just resume with the journey. The ride is over. This is an apt way to understand what has happened to the Church. It's a trainwreck — just in slow motion. Transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-train-wreck