“I Know That My Redeemer Lives”

Imagine living with such deep hate. Evangelicals, and Catholics who voted for this should bow their heads in shame.

— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) November 9, 2026

If they weren’t going to be ashamed when Trump said he was free to grab women “by the pussy;” or when he separated mothers from children on the border; or for his racism; his civil convictions for raping E. Jean Carroll and then lying about it; his felony conviction for fraud; his ceaseless efforts to protect himself from exposure in the Epstein files; ICE’s murders and cruelty, not to mention his utter disregard for anyone but himself…

…I think it’s fair to say they aren’t going to be ashamed by this. Hell, I’m not even surprised. I’m just surprised this 👇 didn’t bother the delicate sensibilities of the “protectors of the faith” even more:

Trump: “In theory I go to heaven. I don’t want to go to hell.” https://t.co/P4u0NeMYeX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 9, 2026

Theory? What theory? I mean, I adhere to the vision of Julian, that all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. And I don’t really think damnation is an option in the “afterlife.” But making life on earth hell for others brings something akin to damnation. Consequences are simply inescapable; in this life. And the consequences of Trump’s actions are…being Trump.

I really can’t imagine a worse fate. Whether he will be well, ever, is something we cannot know.

"And thus our good Lord answered all the questions and doubts I could put forward, saying most comfortingly, 'I may make all things well. I can make all things well and I will make all things well and I shall make all things well; and you shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well.

I will just note that the promises of redemption from the prophets and from Jesus and even the Revelation,* all occur in this world, not some  goes.Platonic ideal where the Forms dwell. And Julian doesn’t limit her vision to the “next life,” or even really imply it. All visions of reconciliation in the Hebrew or Christian scriptures occur in this world, the one we know. Even the triumph of the Revelation to John is a new Jerusalem descending to earth; this earth. So thinking about immortality after mortality is not at all the right way to understand the word of God.

Which interpretation would annoy most Evangelicals and Catholics, too. So it goes.

*Or even Job, who tells his friends that he knows his redeemer lives, and that Job will see the Redeemer in his flesh, and with his own eyes. (Job 19:25-27)