An Article in the Crusade Magazine, Michael Santana starts with this Scripture:

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation. … Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life. —Rev 2:10

In the center of St. Peter’s Square an obelisk stands, topped by a cross. At the bottom is the following inscription: Stat crux dum volvitur orbis, or, “the cross stands while the world is turning.” 

Michael Santana says times are tough, not only the economy, but our mother, the One, Holy, Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, suffers. 

Stantana points out that the Church has been tossed by outward and inward storms in any age that scorns truth and abolishes morality.  The Church was born of the pierced side of her crucified Founder, and from the start she has faced fierce persecution, as well as unrelenting heresies that did their utmost to sink her throughout her entire history.

He continues with, the Lord promised to Peter the “captain of His holy bark”, that “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt 16:18), “… and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.” (Matt 28:20) This was The Lord’s personal guaranty.

The two drastically different photos in the article shows one of the catacombs when the young Church was hunted to the death and had to meet in the underground cemeteries of Rome.  The other picture is of St. Peter’s Basilica which is over the same pagan Rome that swore to stamp out the name “Christian.” Santana says, “It was on a soil drenched with the blood of martyrs that the Church rose triumphant as a queen, and has inspired the most beautiful civilization of all: Christendom.”

He goes on to say, “… the Lord did not promise a smooth ride: ‘If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.’ (John 15:20) The modern age persecutes the Church and her perennial doctrine because, being the bride of truth Himself, she cannot make room for any error.

No matter what the Church goes through, we must remember that our fidelity is above all to Christ and His divine bride, to her tradition and perennial teachings. As the storm rages and thickens, let us not doubt. It is easier for the ocean to drain, than for the bark in which Christ sleeps to sink."

In the center of St. Peter’s Square an obelisk stands several feet high, topped by a cross. At the bottom, the observant tourist can read the following inscription: Stat crux dum volvitur orbis, or, “the cross stands while the world is turning.” 

Article by Michael Santana in the Crusade Magazine March/April 2015
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property
https://www.tfp.org/magazines/crusade_mag_vol_134.pdf

Image: Saint Priscilla Catacombs, Rome, Italy
Image: St Peter’s Basillica  By Jeb ulon - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30172578