THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM. WHAT IS THIS FREEDOM?

GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS

We say America was built on “God-given rights.”
But before we defend those rights, we must ask:
Who is this God?

If God is undefined, then so are our rights.
And what is undefined can be reshaped, reduced—or removed.
If our rights come from government, they can be taken by government.
But if they come from God, they are enshrined in eternal truth—
Untouchable. Unchanging.
‘Worth everything to defend. Everything to live for, everything to die for!’

That is why we have a First and a Second Amendment.

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MADE IN HIS IMAGE

To be made in God’s image is not poetic—it is profound.
It is the very reason we are free.

It means we are:

Moral beings – able to know good from evil
Rational beings – capable of truth
Free beings – able to choose love or reject it
Eternal beings – destined for more than this world
And there is more—
Masculine and feminine together reflect the fullness of God’s nature:

Strength — Him.
Nurture — Her.
Law — Him.
Mercy — Her.
Justice — Him.
Compassion — Her.

God did not create man and woman in opposition—
He created them in harmony, to reveal His divine image.

WHY DO WE CALL AMERICA “SHE”?

We call America “she” not out of habit, but out of revelation.

Like Eve, she was born with promise.
Like Sarah, she carried a nation.
Like Esther, she stood against evil.
Like Mary, she was made to carry something holy into the world.

America is “she” because she was built to nurture liberty.
She guards the truth, shelters the weak, and beckons the lost to freedom.
Her torch is not just a symbol—
It is a flame of the soul.

Even Christ, in His final hour, turned to His mother and called her “Woman.”
Not to diminish—but to elevate.
So it is with America.
She is a vessel.
A guardian.
A mother of freedom.

WHAT ARE GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS?

They are not created by man.
They are written into the soul by the Creator:

Life – Because God alone gives it
Liberty – Because we are not machines
Worship – Because the soul bows to no earthly power
Truth – Because deception enslaves
Family – Because love was designed, not improvised
These are not preferences.
Not political trends.
They are sacred—because they flow from divine order.

THE GREAT EPIPHANY

The Founders pointed the way.
They knew liberty required God.
But even they—brilliant as they were—could not fully define who God is.

They saw the light through a fog of division, fractured doctrine, and competing voices.
And still—they built something great.

But now… the fog is lifting.

A question remains:
Not just Do we believe in God?
But do we believe in the God who defines Himself through His Church?

Only one voice has carried that definition faithfully—
for over 2,000 years—
without surrendering to kings, culture, or mobs.

It is the Church that gave us the Scriptures—Her Diary of Salvation.
She holds the truths that no government can rewrite.

Yes, she has scars.
Yes, there has been sin within her walls.
But that is not proof against her—
It is proof of why we need her.

THE CHURCH WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE WITHOUT SINNERS

Christ never promised His Church would be without sinners.
He promised that even the gates of hell would not prevail against her.

Look at the ones He chose:

Peter – who swore loyalty, then denied Him three times
Judas – who betrayed the Son of God for silver
Thomas – who doubted until he touched the wounds
Paul – who once persecuted the Church, then became her greatest evangelist
These were not perfect men.
But they were called by Christ, forgiven by Christ, and used by Christ.

This is the story of the Church—
Not the perfection of her people,
But the perfection of the One who established her:

Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God,
Sent by the Father,
And still alive and working through the Holy Spirit.

Her wounds do not disprove her divine origin.
They reveal our human need for grace—
And our Father’s endless willingness to give it.

The Church is not a museum of saints.
She is a hospital for sinners—built by the hands of a loving God.

Even in our weakness, He is strong.
Even in betrayal, He redeems.
Even through the broken, He builds.

Christ did not abandon His Bride.
He founded her.
He died for her.
And He lives to lead her still—
Through the power of the Spirit,
In union with the Father,
As the true and eternal Shepherd of souls.

LET THIS SETTLE

America is not simply returning to what she once knew.
She is awakening to what she never fully saw.

This is not nostalgia.
This is revelation.

To Protestants, to unbelievers, to all who long for truth—
This is not an attack on you or your faith.
It is an invitation—
To begin a journey… or to complete it.

The foundation of liberty was always there.
But the Cornerstone is now in full view.

Freedom without God is chaos
God without truth is idolatry
Truth without the Church is incomplete
And liberty without the Fatherhood of God is lost in self
This is not just a reminder.
Not just a return.
This is America’s Great Awakening.

A rediscovery for some—
But for many…
A holy discovery for the very first time.

And now the truth can be spoken—
Without apology,
Without fear,
Without disguise:

America’s Core… is Catholic.
And Mother Mary is the “She”—the “Woman” of our Nation.
God the Father is our Source.
Christ is our Cornerstone.
And the Church is our compass.

God bless America.
Richard W. Horrell
www.LibertyBuildersUSA.com