> As a reminder, please join us in our [54-day Rosary Novena](https://2020nationalnovena.com/optin1598968688164) in the run-up to the election. > Just a brief programming note: Please remember that tonight, Church Militant will be airing our live, hour-long special "Campaign 2020 Overview" where we talk about everything at stake in this election. You can always count on Church Militant for the straight story with our usual spot-on Catholic analysis and commentary. > When Our Lady and St. Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple to do for him what was prescribed by the law — namely His presentation as the firstborn — they encountered the old man, Simeon, a devout and upright man. > At the end of the passage, Simeon pulls Our Lady aside and offers her a two-part prophecy — one about Her divine Son, the other about her. "This child will be responsible for the fall and rise of many in Israel, a sign that is to be contradicted": That was the first part and pretty obvious. The second part, however, is a little more mysterious: "And a sword thine own soul shall pierce that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare." Transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-secret-thoughts-being-laid-bare