If the Book of Revelation speaks of the mystery of the end of time to a believer, to a secular person the verse that I have quoted serves as a dramatic and quite literally effective reminder of the challenge threatening humanity and the planet, its ‘common home’, for which it must care.1 Provided we are farsighted in discerning the ends, and wise in choosing the means, a reaction is possible and, therefore, necessary.
Contrary to what is often heard, the consequences of the war, especially the issue of energy supplies, must not cause us to stray from the charted course – or at most only for short stretches. They should actually strengthen our resolve to walk this path to the very end.