Targeted by Communists. Protected by Our Lady?
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President Trump is expected to stop at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Sunday, Sept 22.
The visit will take place one week after the second attempt on the former president's life and, as many are noting, after a number of extraordinary coincidences involving Trump and the Blessed Mother.
Trump survived a first assassination attempt on July 13, the anniversary of Our Lady's third Fatima appearance. On Sept. 8, Trump wished Our Lady a happy birthday, and he was again spared an assassination attempt on Sept. 15, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.
In this regard, a social media post quotes Pope St. John Paul II: "In the designs of Providence, there are no coincidences."
While the shrine is normally open to visitors seven days a week, it is unclear if it will be accessible to the public during Trump's visit on Sunday. Campaign committee staff have kept details of the visit close to the vest. Some in the media are claiming the visit is a campaign stop; other people insist the former president is going to pray.
Trump will be the first presidential candidate to visit the Marian shrine in the 21st century.
Although denied by certain Polish outlets, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump will be joined at the shrine by Poland's President Andrzej Duda. Duda, president of the Central European country since 2015, is currently in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
"Our Lady of Częstochowa, please protect President Trump." – comment on X
Duda and Trump have enjoyed a close relationship since the former president was in office. Duda hosted Trump in 2017 in Warsaw, Poland's capital. Both men are attacked concertedly by leftist-globalist forces.
Welcoming the visit of the two world leaders to the American Częstochowa, as the shrine is also called, a prominent Polish Catholic priest in the United States confirmed that "presidents Duda and Trump are friends."
The priest also recalled Trump's "very touching speech in Warsaw" in which the president said in reference to the collapse of Communism in Poland in 1979:
"A million Polish people did not ask for wealth. They did not ask for privilege. Instead, one million Poles sang three simple words: 'We Want God.'"
The clergyman added that if the Poles in Poland could vote in the November US election, "the majority of Polish people would vote for Trump."
"Mother Mary takes good care of the souls that honor her. Let's keep praying for Trump." – comment on X
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa was constructed in the early 1960s, fueled by the fervor of Polish Catholics who migrated to the Keystone State. Pope St. John Paul II, who fought vigorously against Communism his whole life, visited the American shrine three times, twice as Cdl. Karol Wojtyla and once as pope. A statue of him stands on the grounds, overlooking Doylestown.
It was modeled after the revered shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa in southern Poland, which houses the miraculous icon known as the Black Madonna. It is said to have been painted by St. Luke himself on a cedar table used by the Holy Family.
Poles have prayed to Our Lady for protection throughout their nation's troubled history.
In the 20th century, She is deemed responsible for the Poles' stunning defeat of Soviet forces in 1920, a victory that kept Communism out of the whole of Europe for the next two decades.
This battle at Warsaw, often referred to as the "Miracle on the Vistula," is considered one of the most significant military triumphs in Polish history. In fact, it is widely regarded as one of the most decisive events in the history of Europe and the entire world.
Victory was achieved on Aug. 15, the feast of Our Lady's Assumption into Heaven, when many soldiers claimed to have seen Her radiant and reassuring presence in the clouds above Warsaw.
"As a Polish-American from PA, let me explain, this is a massive deal to Polish-Americans in PA." – Jack Posobiec on X
In Pennsylvania, as in many other states, the Nov. 5 election is set to be a formidable and incredibly close contest.
Bucks County, where the shrine is located, is a critical swing area in Pennsylvania – itself a critical swing state. Trump lost the county in 2016 and 2020.
Trump won Pennsylvania's prized 19 electoral votes in 2016, but lost them in 2020 with an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots going to Biden.
A new poll, according to the latest RealClearPolitics polling average, shows Trump leading Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground state. He leads by 0.2 – a key momentum swing with just 47 days until the election.
Who wins Pennsylvania's electoral votes or the simple majority of 270 to win the election is something Americans – indeed people throughout the world – are watching with literal bated breath.
"All things are possible with God! I say this, not to be flippant, but to highlight the unfathomable love and mercy He has for us and continually shows us. Ad majorem Dei gloriam!" – comment on X
How Trump is preparing for a visit to the shrine of the Mother of God has not been disclosed. He is, however, posting this message on X: "Early Voting in Pennsylvania. GO VOTE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! DJT"
Dr. Barbara Toth has a doctorate in rhetoric and composition from Bowling Green State University. She has taught at universities in the US, China and Saudi Arabia. Her work in setting up a writing center at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahmen University, an all-women's university in Riyadh, has been cited in American journals. Toth has published academic and non-academic articles and poems internationally.
Poland is deemed a country of East Europe, not Central Europe. 👍😎