As his sermon for the Easter Vigil makes plain, not even the Resurrection of Our Lord from the dead is capable of unmooring Francis’ thoughts from the temporal concerns of almighty mankind.
Commenting upon “Mary Magdalene and the other Mary” who went to Jesus’ tomb only to discover that He is risen, Francis saw fit to rattle off an all-too-familiar laundry list of social injustices:
“In their faces we can see reflected all those who, walking the streets of our cities, feel the pain of dire poverty, the sorrow born of exploitation and human trafficking. We can also see the faces of those who are greeted with contempt because they are immigrants, deprived of country, house and family. We see faces whose eyes bespeak loneliness and abandonment, because their hands are creased with wrinkles. Their faces mirror the faces of women, mothers, who weep as they see the lives of their children crushed by massive corruption that strips them of their rights and shatters their dreams.”
Poverty, exploitation, human trafficking, immigration, loneliness, abandonment, corruption…
Nowhere reflected in his sermon was even a modicum of concern for the supernatural ends for which man was created; much less any sense of the true significance of the Lord’s resurrection.
Francis went on to say:
“By daily acts of selfishness that crucify and then bury people’s hopes. By paralyzing and barren bureaucracies that stand in the way of change. In their grief, those two women reflect the faces of all those who, walking the streets of our cities, behold human dignity crucified.” [Emphasis added.]
How very clever; stealing words from the language of our Lord’s Passion for use as metaphorical expressions that seek to recast the meaning of Easter into the planks of a political platform; as if the Sacrifice of Christ is ordered toward nothing more than the elimination of social inequality.
I, for one, find this repulsive.
It sickens me in a way similar to those occasions when Barack Obama would cite Sacred Scripture; striking the image of a man treading on foreign soil, pretending to be a citizen, but only as a means to an end.
That is not to say that Francis is altogether unconcerned with Church related matters.
On the contrary, he is deeply concerned about such things; albeit in the manner of a politician.
And so he took the occasion of the Easter vigil to campaign against the opposition party:
“When the High Priest and the religious leaders, in collusion with the Romans, believed that they could calculate everything, that the final word had been spoken and that it was up to them to apply it, God suddenly breaks in, upsets all the rules and offers new possibilities.”
Can there be any doubt that Francis was speaking not of the Pharisees of old, but rather of those in our day who take the Divine Law, the immutable doctrines of the Faith and the bi-millennial practice of the Church seriously; i.e., rigid Catholics like us who believe that “the final word” has indeed been spoken in precisely those matters that the false “god of surprises” (aka Jorge Bergoglio) seeks to upset in Amoris Laetitia?
Truly, with every passing day it seems that the mountain of evidence attesting to the utter lack of Catholic faith in this man somehow manages to grow larger.
As the title to this post suggests, Francis is nothing if not clear and consistent.
I frankly believe that all this contemporary fashion of over-concern for immigrants is due to a deep societal psychological condition where mankind hopes it too can hop the border fence into Heaven without meeting the conditions for entry, and as an illegal will then demand that God hand over Paradise to them. Even the good thief, St.Dismas was actually sorry and repented and accepted his punishment. The communist socialist thieves of today believe that everything is theirs by right because ‘social justice’ and because of the banner of victimhood. Forget Christ the spotless Victim. God is responsible for their being victimized by His Creation, therefore it is God who needs to apologize and make reparation to them. After all, if Bergolio can accuse the rest of us for not doing anything to combat poverty and all the human wrinkles and frailty, then I wonder how much more he accuses God of sitting idly by crucifying people’s hopes when He could easily just make a mess and turn stones into Federal Reserve Dollar Bills. Maybe that’s what Francis actually believes God wants to do, and believing himself to be the incarnation, is getting the mess started. Maybe for him, man has become god because God, like the deity of Kaballah and Chardin exists in every material thing and we are all going to merge together in the great diverse ecumenistic noosphere or whatever to turn into the god itself, so our acts of charity and socialism are the acts of god itself.
Anyone ever watch that Japanese anime ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’? It’s like that. Except without the cool robots.
Raymond Arroyo and a priest whose name I don’t remember stated quite clearly in a TV interview that the Catholic Church in the USA makes millions of dollars each year by accepting immigrants (legal or otherwise) into their diocese. Follow the money. “Charity begins at home”.
Good stuff Louie – But here is what the false Philospher Jorge believes [ a la Emannual Kant]
Its reported by Tracey Raymond in “Catholic Theology” as meditated to Jorge by Juan Carlos Scannone, titled “theology of the People”
1. Time is greater than Space
2. Unity prevails over Conflict
3. Reality is more important than Ideas
4. Wholeness is greater than the Parts. (I suspect the missing word is “sum of the parts” but not clear.
What a crock that is. Kantian pseudo intellectual Giant of an intellect that he was[not]; he claimed that reality is the conformation of everything[Reality] to his ideas.
Topsy turvey upside down thinking, embraced by Jorge.
If one substitutes the god Jorge speaks of for the title “Jorge” than its clear he is;
1. Announcing that he is God Himself.
2. Letting the rest of us know that its, for the people, by the people….on it goes.
3. He is ready to be declared Head of the Snake on Earth.
Wait then for Jorges coming enthronement, from bishop of Rome, to what? A…. C….?
When that happens the 7 Hilled City will tumble, I expect with all of the on following predictions to boot.
Shorten the Days Lord, lest no flesh be saved.
Our Lady of Good Success – Ora pro nobis
St Padre Pio, come to our aid, increase our faith, you have Risen surely with the crucified Christ also. Ora pro nobis
Isaiah 32:6-7
6 For fools speak folly,
and their minds plot iniquity:
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7 The villainies of villains are evil;
they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
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And we also have Archbishop Martin of Dublin calling Catholicism a “religion of fear” and a “faith of prohibitions,” denouncing the Church for its historic “harshness” towards the LGBT community. He went on to say “I have no wish to stuff my religious views down other people’s throats.” @churchmilitant.com. If that’s the case why become a priest (the same for PF et al). It must have been to subvert the CC from within as what was a vibrant missionary church is now being driven by active Sodomites/Marxism/Free Masonry, NWO & Satanism. They must be continually called out for what they are & not allowed to preach the gospel of PF who doesn’t believe in Hell or a Catholic God. How in Heaven’s name can we accept such a man as pope knowing how they got rid of PB & ignored JPII’s rules for papal elections etc. Far too many so-called ‘Traditional Catholic’ websites are holding back on doing their duty in this respect.
Strange how silent the SSPX have become of late & how grovelling the four Cardinals, still waiting for PF to make himself available for their “dressing down”, despite all our prayers for them to get on with it.
Well said, Ana, well said.
Thank you for speaking the truth. We live under persecution and evil collaboration of anti-God dictators who run the secular and Church institutions. The evil out of bishops such as Archbishop Martin of my diocese, Dublin, is diabolic. He has waged war with his fellow NWO globalists on Faith and fundamental morality on every front, persecuting and outlawing those who adhere to the One True Faith, or even just the Natural Law.
Francis has been very clear and consistent for a modernist heretic. It only seems unclear and inconsistent if you think he is a Catholic.
I hope this does not get posted twice. Something happened on this end. My apologies if it does.
You are exactly right Louie. This man speaks about the material, the transcendent does not exist to him. What does exist are Marxist concerns, liberation theology, and that is what he is concerned with. He is the most negative pope, surely, always accusing others, always griping about the actions of others. For a world hooked on positivity, he is a complete downer. He comes off as a crab. I don’t know why young people would like him at all.
I wanted to share an observation with you all. The effects of the errors of what Archbishop Martin is promoting.
I work with adolescents and young people, who often have developmental issues such as autism or cognitive disorders. The LGBT movement is having a tragic effect on these very vulnerable young people. The numbers of children who are now dissatisfied with their own sexual identity is rising dramatically, particularly among girls, who are obviously conflicted about being girls, or outright deny it. I just had a 12 year old proudly announce to her peers and a group of adults she is “gender-queer” and discovered this over the Easter break. A sadder child you could not find. These are children who already are burdened in life by circumstances. They are being intentionally confused and are at great risk of sexual predation by people of the same or opposite sex. The numbers are now startling to me. It is obvious it is affecting children very much. God protect them. Certainly they are being asked to deal with issues far beyond their ability to comprehend. Public schools are responsible for a great deal of this, by allowing these materials to be taught to children and young people. Parents are not aware or are complicit in this.
These are evil times.
Lord, please protect all of our children and young people.
What kind of world are we in when we have a pope and bishops who are actively working to increase the presence of Islam and LGBT in our midst. Do they now have cash registers where their hearts and souls should be? Have they no conscience at all?
Theres only one answer to your question. They arent true Catholic popes or bishops.
I’m beginning to think that there is something slightly odd about Pope Francis.
Is it just me, or does anyone else have an inkling that there might be something unorthodox about him?
Yes Papal Suject; Me too!
Its the head gear he’s wearing. There are no scallop shell and bear with the saddlebag…his Beneboy brother in crime, he had these Marks of the Beast.
Its odd that he does not “go on parade with the same Livery”..Mnnn there must be a Masonic reasoning or interesting mythology behind that KKK hood. At least the base colour is “white” for pure?
Otherwise for all intents and criminal purposes, he is cut from the same Lodge Manchester but humbler garments. …oh sigh…borring
“By daily acts of selfishness that crucify and then bury people’s hopes. By paralyzing and barren bureaucracies that stand in the way of change.” That’s a description of what has been done to the faithful by prelates like Francis the past 53 years! We want change BACK to the Catholic Faith!
You guys would probably call the Prophet Amos an evil liberal heretic.
But he answered and said, It is written,” Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”