Before he was shot I knew relatively little about Charlie Kirk. It’s been more than a week since his death but I would be remiss if I did not pay tribute to this man who I got to know through finally watching some of his videos. I think I donated $100 at least once, in October of 2024, to his Turning Point USA organization while he was alive but I plan to donate at least once more and to write at least one more post concerning his videos. Turning Point USA sounded like a good thing to donate to given the mailing I received, which, honestly, I do not remember. I, like him and evidently most of America was fighting to bring common sense back into American politics. From his videos I finally saw what a kind, non-confrontational (in my opinion), style of argumentation he had, to try and politely convince young voters (evidently with a lot of success) of his opinion and try, through logic and gentleness try to change theirs. His was an attempt to show two things in my opinion, 1) how unkind and even barbaric some of the non-conservative positions were 2) and that the only true way to both look at the world and interact with the world to change it for the better is the way Jesus Christ did.
I would ask that you pray for his soul and possibly offer a mass for him and the young family he left behind. I think he was studying to become a Catholic; to join his Catholic wife in faith and hope and believe he is either at rest in heaven or eventually, after a time in purgatory, will be at rest in heaven.
Well done good and Faithful Servant (Matthew 25:21)
Traditional Thomistic Catholic 