On Solitary Confinement by Joe Morrison

Joseph Morrison was framed in the FBI's Whitmer "kidnap plot," he is currently incarcerated and appealing his wrongful conviction. "Though I am captive to man, I am free in and through Christ..."

September 1, 2024 - Joseph Morrison, founder of the Wolverine Watchmen, framed by the FBI in their Whitmer “kidnap plot” hoax, is currently incarcerated and he could be in prison until 2063 if his appeal is not successful.

You will learn more about his case and his trial in our forthcoming documentary about it, “Kidnap and Kill: an FBI Terror Plot.” Suffice it to say, these men did not get fair trials.

Joe and I were talking about Father Roman Braga, a Romanian Orthodox monk who was sent to Pitesti, an infamous prison known for conducting brainwashing experiments, where he was placed in solitary confinement. Father Braga was accused of participating in the Burning Bush movement and was sentenced to 18 years forced labor. After talking about this, Joe wanted to share his thoughts on Solitary Confinement.

Solitary Confinement by Joe Morrison

One thing that truly stood out to me about what Fr. Roman said was about Solitary confinement and finding oneself. I agree with him, for it was in my 55 days of solitary confinement that I truly, for the first time in 28 years, knew myself. Maybe that is not true, maybe I knew myself once many years ago as a boy but somehow lost myself. Like I said before, a lot of that has to do with that wonderful statue at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Detroit.

But in solitary one must find God not at a statue, or in a church, or through the priest, but truly in the heart. When one must wrestle with himself and with God as Jacob did, it is truly humbling. When one truly wrestles with God, he will have a permanent limp like Jacob, but it will not be physical. He will come to the understanding that without God, without Christ, he can do nothing.

It was in solitary that God revealed I am to suffer for man and for those who love me, but even more so for those who hate me and to pray for them. But I dare not compare myself to our blessed Savior, my suffering is but a drop in the ocean compared to his. For his suffering did not end in Calvary but continues to this day until all is reconciled to the Trinity. God suffers with us and through us. But God also loves us and loves through us. What do I speak of but great mysteries, who am I to speak on such things? Only through the grace and wisdom the Lord has bestowed upon me.

It is easy to get distracted with the world. Even the good things of the world, for the world was created good by God. But when we obsess and put our whole focus on the world, we lose sight of many things, and if we are not careful, we can lose our salvation. For what shall a man gain if he loses his entire soul? I thank God that he never left my heart in all my sin and wandering. I left my heart; I left my home, but it was the Good Shepherd who came and put me on his shoulders and brought me back.

Those of us who have been brought back have a duty to our King and Master to go out and to love and bind the wounds of those who have been beaten and left on the side of the road for dead. I speak not only physically, but spiritually. We see these people every day but instead of embracing them, we walk on the other side of the road. Maybe not physically but spiritually, we leave them to die. This is a sin, and we must repent.

We must go inside the heart and find God and to love him there, then we can go out and love him in the world. Then we can love the urine-soaked homeless person as we love Christ and to truly see Christ in them. But until we find him in our heart, we will not find him in the face of our neighbors. May God have mercy on me a lazy, unworthy, and useless servant for He has given me words in my heart, and I pray in my weakness that I was able to even dispense a small measure of what He has revealed to me.

Though I am captive to man, I am free in Christ and through Christ. Truly man can do nothing to me for they cannot take God from the heart. I wish that all men could experience this joy. Although it is a joy that must be constantly cultivated and worked for, for the enemy of our souls seeks to sow despondency and despair. But let us lay hold to the hope of the Cross of Christ, of His glorious Resurrection.

May the joy, peace, and love of the Lord be with you always, through the prayers of the Blessed Theotokos and all the Saints. Amen.

Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed!