Yet Another Terrorist Attack in London: A Bigger Perspective Amid the Horrific Acts of Terror

Less than two weeks after the Manchester suicide bombing and just three months after a terrorist ploughed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a policeman to death at Parliament, Saturday night, June 3, saw people scrambling amid two terrorist attacks – on the London Bridge and Borough Market. Video clips show police clearing remaining people off the bridge and ordering patrons of a nearby pub to “Get Down! Get Down!”

In addition to praying for victims and their families, now is the time to stand up for common sense in our own country, keeping in mind that it never seems to be Christians who are terrorists; instead, only radical Islamists. In this regard, has much changed since the rise of the Ottoman Empire, described by Wikipedia as “a period of history that started with the emergence of the Ottoman principality in c. 1299, and ended with the conquest of Constantinople on May 29, 1453.”

That’s right.  Today’s Istanbul is the former Constantinople. Glancing back at history, it was the Emperor Constantine who was the first Christian ruler to embrace Christianity. It was a radical change from pagan rule.  Constantine’s mother, St. Helen, is attributed with finding relics of the true cross of Christ. Constantinople was so named in his honor.  But that once-thriving metropolis was overrun by Islam warriors in 1453, and never regained its former identity to this day.

But the rise of Islam did not stop at Constantinople.  All of Christian Europe was in its conquest sites. As the Islam-driven warriors pushed into Europe, the Battle of Lepanto turned the tide against the Islam invasion—after which, and because of which, October 7 was declared to be the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary by Pope Pius V.

In light of this brief history, can there be any doubt that praying the Rosary is one of the most powerful things we can do to turn the tide against today’s terrorists, no matter what their murderous motivations.

RELATED ARTICLES & VIDEO:

• London attacks: Incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market confirmed as terrorism, The Guardian

• Live: London terror attack: london Bridge and Borough Market latest – at least two dead amid van attack, stabbings and gunfire, The Telegraph

RELATED ARTICLES:

• The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

• The Battle of Lepanto: The Battle that Saved Christian West and A Lesson for Our Times
  

• History Matters: The Remarkable Victory of Christians Centuries Ago and Its Global Impact, by Fr. George W. Rutler

• How the 1571 Battle of Lepanto Saved Europe, by Michael Novak