Lord have mercy!
Dear Mikha'el,
Habakkuk 3: 17-19
17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
the Holy Spirit through the Prophet Habakkuk, entreats for those who love God to be steadfast in their Love and Faith in spite of losing everythingelse and everyone else they could perceive as being true and doing what they are ordained and created to do, and instead have betrayed everything good that they naturally were supposed and expected to do.
the true disciple of Christ is one who continues to love the Lord and His Church in spite of what humans who were entrusted , invited, and appointed have done to themselves and others, thus ultimately what they have done to Christ. whether or not there are righteous men, whether or not, the entire world became apostate, whether or not the entire world became murderous and insane, whether or not bishops shepherd their flocks with love, whether or not, the servants have turned to wolves, whether or not the congregation has abandoned the fold, whether or not the fold is filled with wolves, in the absence of everythingelse good and comforting, the presence of everything evil in the place of where the good should have been, the true lover of God holds on to God regardless of whatever sort of victory the forces of darkness are declaring today.Remain in the Way, in the Truth,and in The Life.
May the Holy Spirit,strengthen and heal your heart my brother and all those who grieve over this. Indeed we are reminded that we must remain faithful to the end and keep our eyes on the Lord and not on frail man.
May the Lord bring healing to all those that have been victimised by this. May the man who was given the grace of being stopped and time for repentance use this time to repent and escape the darkness that holds him captive.
Most Holy Theotokos intercede for us.
Amen!