{"id":524,"date":"2011-08-15T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2011\/08\/the-red-dragon-or-the-lady-in-blue\/"},"modified":"2014-12-26T11:24:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T16:24:37","slug":"the-red-dragon-or-the-lady-in-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2011\/08\/the-red-dragon-or-the-lady-in-blue.html","title":{"rendered":"The Red Dragon or the Lady in Blue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>The Virgin battles with the Red Dragon in today\u2019s reading from Revelation, and it is a constant reminder of Mary\u2019s contradiction of the way of the world. The way of the Red Dragon is the way of the world\u2013in which we assume that life is all about success, money, prosperity, power and domination. The Red Dragon is the sign of worldly pride\u2013the sign of Satan\u2013the one who bellows \u201cNon Serviam\u2013I will not serve!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mary, with her son quietly says, \u201cI will serve.\u201d Today we see her Magnificat fulfilled for as she is assumed into heaven the Lord has exalted the humble and meek. As she tramples the serpent underfoot we see that humility triumphs. That which is low will be lifted up. That which was high and mighty will be put down.<\/p>\n<p>How are we training our souls in this wisdom? How are we educating our children in this wisdom? How are we leading our lives and our schools and our parishes in this wisdom? Do we follow the Way of the Red Dragon or do we battle against this way of the world\u2013which in American life\u2013is often equated with patriotism?<\/p>\n<p>In America the predominant assumption (scuse the pun) is that \u201cWe are the greatest nation in the world and part of the American Way is to be Supermen. We conquer all. We have the might. We have the power. We have the money. We have the military. We train our children to be \u2018winners\u2019 and too often this does not just mean personal excellence, but it means beating the other guy.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the Way of the Red Dragon, and as far as I\u2019m concerned you can keep it.<\/p>\n<p>Give me the Lady in Blue instead.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virgin battles with the Red Dragon in today\u2019s reading from Revelation, and it is a constant reminder of Mary\u2019s contradiction of the way of the world. 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