Auschwitz I and II - Birkenau

                                              Disclaimer:

This blog post is only as theological as you want to make it. I recently had the opportunity to visit one of the sites left from the Nazi Genocide that took place from 1933-1945. I also had the opportunity to walk back out of the gates of the concentration camp that 1.3 million died in. This experience was extremely real, extremely profound, and extremely moving. I have found no adjective for what I saw here. I have posted the photos that I took at Auschwitz I and II not to offend anyone, but to provoke thoughts and conversations. I truly hope that this indeed does scare you and cause you to question the world that we live in. Could this happen again? Is this happening today? What are we doing about it? This is not a hiccup in history that can be forgotten about and I find it specifically important for today's youth. It is especially hard for us (the youth) to fathom these almost surreal events that took place only a few generations from us; yet, we have more technology at our fingertips then Hitler could have dreamed of having. Technology is a tool or a weapon and genocide continues to happen today all over the globe.

one last note, everything that Hitler did was legal. Jews were not considered to be human during this genocide, just as babies are not considered to be human today.

Discernment

Discernment: The selfless act of one giving their worldly desires over to their maker and trusting that Jesus Christ will deliver them to their proper vocation. A process by which is vital for every single man and woman to undergo when their hearts are mature and their minds open to the will of God.

Women: You are already there, for you were created in the garden of perfection and your love for God was assumed. Feel no shame in the light of Christ; your hearts are already lost in the midsts of his divinity. Do not burden nor boast yourself by your gifts; do not lead your brothers to sin. Exalt rather, your maternal love to the world and the lord your God will captivate your heart and grant you eternal peace. Your heart should be so lost in Christ that man must seek Him to find you.

Men: Swallow your pride. Bang on the gates to Eden and beg for mercy. For by nature you are foreign to this fertile land. Consecrate yourself to Mary, it is by the way of your mother that you may once again know love.  Shamar the woman of God. It is your duty and your salvation as men to protect that which gives you life. Do not lead your sisters to sin. Give your will completely to God. It is the most blessed among men that he will call his own. This is the vocation that you should desire. Pray for this circumcision of heart. By searching for God in heaven, you may find her heart which God created for you.