Dear Diego:

Be not afraid! No matter what happens God promises to give us the grace to persevere. He does not promise material goods, but he does promise we will have the grace to go through whatever it is we have to go through.

If you think about it is silly to say, as this TV personality apparently said, the store up food because the price of food will skyrocket soon. How much are we supposed to stock up? Three months, four months, six months, one year, five years, 10 years or more. No matter how much we stock up our stock will run out. The type of catastrophe that these prophets of doom talk about is a relatively permanent one, not a short-lived one. Thus, no matter how much one stores up it will run out and you'll be in the same position you were if you had not stored up.

It is wise to stock up enough food and water for a "normal" disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or other major disaster where goods and services may not be available for a few weeks. I have been such a disaster. Stocking up on such goods to make it through a short-term disaster is wise.

Remember the story of Joseph. Josepeh was wise and stored up food in reserve during the years of plenty. Joseph was in charge of the food stores of all of Eygpt. When the famine came, Eygpt had food. Others who were not so wise had to come to Joseph. This action of Joseph was that of wisdom, not fear. It is not wisdom, but fear to store goods to last a long term disaster such as that predicted for the Last Days. It only delays the inevitable. No one other than a multimillionaire or billionaire has the money to stock up food and water for many years. Even for them their stock will run out eventually.

It is not a bad idea, if you have the land, to grow your own food. The efficacy of a home garden has nothing to do with the disaster. Home-grown food is always better for you than what is provided in a grocery store.

Bottomline: store up food and water as you are able to last through a normal disaster of a few days to a few weeks. For the rest, give your trust to God for him to give you the grace to persevere through the greater disasters.

Fear about such things is a lack of trust in God. This does not mean we should not properly prepare, but it does mean to acknowledge reality and remember that no one except the Uber rich can store up food and water for months on end. He who relies upon and stores up material goods, yet loses his soul, has lost everything. He who relies upon and stores up grace from God, yet he loses all his material goods, has gained the kingdom of God.

Do not worry about what these doomsayer people prognosticate. Live your life normally and wisely and rely upon and trust our Lord.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary