If nothing else, Pope Francis is consistent.
How so?
Well, in any number of ways, but today I have in mind his near-singular focus on the things of this world, his remarkable disdain for the Church’s teaching office, and his habitual pitting of doctrine against authentic Christianity.
In his Wednesday Audience held earlier today, His Holiness managed to package all three in one.
He begins:
“In our previous catechesis, we reflected on the Church as a Mother who nurtures us in the faith, guides us on the way of salvation, and protects us from evil. Today, I wish to reflect on the Church as a Mother who teaches us the works of mercy.”
From here, Pope Francis effectively goes on to redefine “teaching” as little more than setting a good example as opposed to providing instruction.
“And so the Church acts like Jesus. She does not give lectures on love, on mercy. She does not spread a philosophy, a path of wisdom throughout the world. Of course, Christianity is all this, but as a consequence, in reflection. The Mother Church, like Jesus, teaches by example, and uses words to illuminate the meaning of her gestures.”
The doublespeak in this paragraph is much more than just a momentary detour into rhetorical sloppiness; rather, it’s the ethos of Pope Francis through and through.
A quick spin through Evangelii Gaudium alone is enough to discover just how much this pope wishes to make of doctrine the enemy of true Christianity.
Pastoral ministry in a missionary style is not obsessed with the disjointed transmission of a multitude of doctrines to be insistently imposed … A supposed soundness of doctrine or discipline leads instead to a narcissistic and authoritarian elitism … In some people we see an ostentatious preoccupation for the liturgy, for doctrine and for the Church’s prestige … [sound catechesis] will not reduce preaching to a few doctrines which are at times more philosophical than evangelical … (cf Evangelii Gaudium)
Returning to the excerpt from today’s audience, of course the Church uses words to explain the meaning of her deeds, but notice the Holy Father’s outright contempt for a Church that imagines herself to be so grand as to “lecture” the ignorant, and to “spread a philosophy and a path of wisdom,” as if she is… oh, I don’t know… the bulwark of truth or something.
More disturbing still is the pope’s perhaps nastiest habit of all; namely, redefining Jesus Christ Himself.
Every literate Christian who has ever cracked the cover of a Bible knows very well that Our Blessed Lord gave numerous lectures on love and mercy. His public ministry was very much dedicated to spreading a philosophy and illuminating the path of wisdom such that all generations throughout the world may know the way of eternal salvation.
One cannot help but ask, who exactly is the Jesus of Pope Francis?
As I’ve observed in the past, it’s the itinerant Jesus, the servant and doer of good deeds who is destined to be beaten and bloodied by the powers of the world, but it’s most certainly not Christ the King who reigns triumphant.
In today’s audience, we really didn’t learn anything new; we simply received more evidence still of the deep disconnect that exists between the Jesus of the current pope’s mind and the Jesus of the Gospels.
In any event, with the irony apparently lost on the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis continued his own rather lengthy lecture on mercy by focusing squarely on the “corporal works.”
We will have to wait until next week to find out if he plans to continue his “catechesis” (such as it is) by expounding upon the “spiritual works,” but given that they include such unsavory activities as “instructing the ignorant; counseling the doubtful, and admonishing sinners,” each of which comes dangerously close to that most dreaded activity of all, proselytism, I tend to doubt it.
Providence will provide as the seers of fatima and akita reiterated after the appearance of our blessed lady.This bishop of rome is a knave and a scandal to the mystical body of christ and the coming synod will show him up to be that.He has been elected to show up,once and for all,the errors of vatican iii and to flush out the heretics,modernisers ,and apostates once and for all.Our lady will crush the snake-have no fear of that!!god bless .philip johnson.
“Good” Protestants who cling to mis-interpreted Scripture, with no Traditional Magisterial clarifications, reject Pope Francis’ no-doctrines- approach” without hearing why that’s wrong–leaving them deeper in the dark and scornful –even of the truths he interjects. One wrote this week: “Pope Francis sent a tweet Tuesday that absolutely violates the truth of Scripture: “The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan.”
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[the response:] “Mary the Mother to the World? Mary was a blessed vessel God chose to bring the Messiah into the world, but Jesus did not exalt her, and neither should we. Let’s stand with the simplicity of the gospel.”
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How clearly that error will be shown, when the Church exalts Our Lady as Jesus told Sister Lucia he desires, placing devotion to her Immaculate Heart next to that of His own Sacred One- by Consecrating Russia as an official Magisterial Act, as she requested, bringing the great Conversion- miracle and world Peace. In the meantime, we are still praying faithfully, and wondering whether our prayers will lead to this Pope’s conversion where needed, or to a future Pope who makes the Consecration of Russia his first priority. Time marches steadily on, and atrocities mount:
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The Vatican announced: “..the coming synod will be different from its predecessors.. Sep 10, 2014 L’Osservatore Romano
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/catholicnews/2014/09/bishops-synod-taking-on-a-less-formal-tone-under-pope-francis/
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“253 persons will take part to the extraordinary synod for the family: 114 presidents of bishops; conferences; 13 heads of Eastern Catholic Churches; 25 heads of dicasteries of the Roman Curia; 9 members-Ordinary Council of the Secretariat; the general secretary; the undersecretary; the religious elected by the Union for General Superiors;26 members appointed by the Pope; 8 fraternal delegates, and 38 auditors–among them 13 married couples – and 16 periti, or experts.”
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“there will be an update “within the framework of ecclesial renewal desired by Pope Francis.” “This new criteria of an open discussion will be now transferred to the debate within the synod.” “Our criteria is first to depict the painting, and then to put the framework around it,” wrote Cardinal Baldisseri.
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… to “make it develop in a more dynamic and participatory way, with interventions and testimonies.” ..in a more informal tone.”
–“PREVIOUSLY- the summary of the interventions, prepared by the bishops beforehand,were delivered to journalists-published in the Vatican web-site; same-day briefings in different languages- provided. –“NOW-the interventions will not being delivered in advance; open discussion should be reported to journalist in briefings.. but there will not be an official document. This year’s synod.. will not even have a conclusive statement,-the post-synodal apostolic exhortation will be delivered only at the end of the 2015 synod.
Chris Jackson in The Remnant, and Matthew in these pages, have touched upon what I believe may be one source for Bergoglio’s confidence in “redefining Christ”: the subject of Biblical criticism. If I may offer my own brief definition of this term: Biblical criticism involves the analysis of Sacred Scripture using the methods of profane sciences. (In itself, this is far from being condemned by the Church, but, as Pope Pius XII writes in Divino Afflante Spiritu, “The commentators of the Sacred Letters [should be] mindful of the fact that here there is question of a divinely inspired text, the care and interpretation of which have been confided to the Church by God Himself”.)
One highlight of Jackson’s article is the following comment:
“[Is it] not curious that the most vehement proponents of the idea that Mark was written before Matthew has always been the Protestants? This is because Matthew 16:18 contains the most clear language regarding the establishment of the papacy and its authority. If the Protestants (and modernists) can show that Mark was written first, they can say that Matthew (or the later Christian Church) ‘added’ the section about the papacy”.
I wonder if Jackson knows that, in his letter to Scalfari, Bergoglio asserts that Mark is the oldest Gospel? Just seven years previously, his predecessor remarked, “let us remember that the tradition of the ancient Church agrees in attributing to Matthew the paternity of the First Gospel“. What happened to change things, and where is “the care and interpretation of [Sacred Scripture]…confided to the Church by God Himself”?
Links (prefix these with the usual “vatican.va” http path):
1) holy_father/francesco/letters/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130911_eugenio-scalfari_en.html
2) holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20060830_en.html
The most frightening aspect to this papacy is that Bergoglio is not stupid—-He is cunning!!! He will use the synod the way the Modernists used V2. His concept of Catholicism is entirely different from the Church’s two thousand year history–both in Her teachings and in Her Traditions. The Catholic faithful who understand this must become extremely Militant!!
Most of you will be familiar with the ploy of pitting one group against another taught by Saul Alinsky and his band of cut-throats – rich against poor etc. – Mr. Obama uses this to great effect. So:
“and his habitual pitting of doctrine against authentic Christianity.” above, and many similar “pitting” statements of the Holy Father, makes me wonder if there is an Alinsky School of Marxist/Socialist Thought in Argentina.
I found another soul confused about the nature of Our Lord and Savior who in analyzing perhaps one of the most well-known depictions of Our Lord by the eastern church blasphemously called an aspect of Our Lord evil:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkyCGVsusj4
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The person discussing the Christ Pantocrator Icon of St. Catherine’s at the foot of Mt. Sinai failed to do even the most rudimentary research on this icon, which would have revealed that the icon seeks to depict the dual nature of Our Lord. The man-God; the suffering servant and God Almighty ruler and judge of all; paschal lamb and Lion of Judah.
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Unlike our Church leaders the person commenting on the icon recognizes
(my comment continued)
the dual nature of Our Lord, however. He mistakes the divine aspect depicted on the right side of the icon as “evil” when in fact it depicts Our Lord as divine ruler and judge of all creation. His depiction in this aspect is terrifying (not evil) and rightly so for Our Lord warned us as follows:
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Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.
How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
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And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:
Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
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And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.
Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?
And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.
I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.
Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
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In view of these warnings, it is hardly surprising that the iconographer depicted Our Divine Judge as terrifying.
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But our leaders systematically downplay this aspect of Our Lord, and even allow the heresy of universal salvation to be taught to the faithful even though Our Lord warned us of the few that are saved!
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What does the bible say about those who misrepresent the nature of Our Lord:
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“And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus, is not of God: and this is Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh, and he is now already in the world.”
If the Holy Spirit was at the conclave that elected Pope Francis aka “Papa Humbilito” then we are in real trouble….for He has truly had enough and the “chastisement” clock is winding down. “PF” is bad enough. He has become a caricature. “Nasty” not “Holy” comes to mind. The real question is just how could authentic and faithful Princes of the Church elect him? Shepherds Not! Hopefully, next months Synod will finally expose the modernist and apostates with such unmistakable clarity that even the heterodox will be stunned.
Jacob,
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I’m not so “optimistic” that in the upcoming synod the mask will “be” teared off the modernists to such an extent that “even the heteredox will be stunned”. In fact the mask HAS ALREADY been teared off. If anyone doesn’t see already that behind the mask lies a hideous, odious looking face, God knows what would be required for them to open their eyes.
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If most faithful catholics have accepted without question such farces as the “Canonizations” of J XXIII and JP II, what will stop them from acquiescing to whatever evil comes out of the Bergoglian Oktober Revolution?
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In case anyone forgot: REMEMBER
JP II is the man behind the Assisi abominations
JP II stood behind the infamous head of the Legionaires (apparently) right up to his death. It was for B XVI to clean up the mess.
JP II was at the helm of the barque during THE greatest mass defection from the Church in Her history
JP II was at the helm during the systematic coverup of sexual molestation of children by priests
JP II was at the helm during the massive infiltration of sodomites in the seminaries.
It is true enough that many of these things started during Paul VI’s pontificate, but JP II “The Great” did NOTHING NOTHING to stop the trend.
To all those “St” JP II “The Great” fans:
I’m sorry folks but:
THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE POPE. PERIOD.
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Sure, trads will not agree with whatever comes out of the Oktober Synod, but when push comes to shove, they will quietly acquiesce and just put out mild, timid, weak cries of protest, you’ll see… Quite honestly, I don’t really even expect loud vigourous cries of protest from the SSPX, but we’ll see…
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At this stage, regardless of whether we have 20 “Oktober synods” down the line, I think only a direct divine chastisement will wake up the dying patient from his delirium and insanity.
PS I just came across this statement by cardinal Karol Wojtyla from a retreat preached before Paul VI in 1976. Anybody care to comment? It seems a rather dubious statement to say the least.
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“The royal function of Jesus is not first of all to exercise authority over others; it is a manifestation of the kingly character of man. This kingly character is embedded within human nature, within the structure of the human personality”
Very true. It’s the old “forked tongue” of the one Jesus said was ” a liar from the beginning”–still being used to confuse souls.
He used Eve’s desire for what appeared good -but was forbidden, to grow a related desire for freedom from all limitations and punishments. That apparently prevented her from reasoning correctly – that no creature can become equal in power to it’s creator; and that it made no sense to exchange her trust in God’s proven integrity and love, for trust in the word of a serpent which had encouraged a sinful act of disobedience.
— But we are too easily duped when we desire things that are evil, and “ideas” come along that seem to justify them as good.
Dear In Hoc
It would seem to require more context, do you have an on-line source?
Dear Indignus,
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This is the source of the quote:
http://www.traditioninaction.org/Questions/B423_JPII_Nantes.html
(from Wojtyla’s “Sign of Contradiction”, p. 176)
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Hope this helps.
Dear In Hoc,
Apparently that source was also using the quote without any additional context , to make the point that it was typical of the writings of John Paul II to promote the “cult of man”.
–Judging solely from the quote, our own first impression was -it seems to be backwards- if he was trying to make the point that man’s character was meant to reflect the royal nature of the God in whose image we were all made–elevating our stature above earthly creation, for example, or calling us to a higher nobility. Otherwise it makes no sense to us,- but we’ve never been fans, so that may be due to lack of familiarity with his philosophies..
jocobum, I heard a talk yesterday by Fr. Hesse (sorry I have to learn how to link) and he said a conclave can be seen as simply an administrative function – bishops elect one of their own to be chief bishop. I know, I know, we do believe this is more ‘important’ than that, however it is very clear from history that the Holy Ghost missed the boat several times if He was directing past conclaves.
Our Lord Jesus said He would be with us until He decides to wrap it up – and we believe the Faith will never die – but this certainly never was meant to say the Holy, Roman, Catholic Church would THRIVE until the end.
The most chilling words I can think of in this crisis in our beloved Church are Our Lord Jesus asking: “When the Son of Man returns, will He find Faith on the earth”? Why would He ask such a question of the Holy Ghost was always there, hovering, in the conclaves? What we are seeing now is a chastisement – we don’t need to wait for fire from the sky – it’s here.
@Barbara
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Speaking of people crawling out from under the rocks, this over at Rorate Caeli:
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/09/shock-with-appointment-of-danneels-to.html
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Calling Rembert Weakland, can you please pick up the courtesy phone? Long distance call from Rome. Rembert Weakland.
More on the Danneels appointment by Francis from the EF blog:
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http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/cardinal-danneels-at-bishops-synod-and.html
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Enablers and cover-uppers of pederasts are the “flavor of this pontificate”.
In one way this is good news, it downplays the authority of the Synod.
In another way this is not good news, because it allows the mischievous and malicious to say outrageous things and hide what is said from the public.
For example, who knows that at the previous syond, 90% of the laity in the visitors gallery were Kiko followers, and that 1 bishop actually spoke of him in Synod as if he were another prophet or apostle…
A bit off-topic but noteworthy :
“Catholic League head Bill Donohue said Thursday that his organization won’t participate in the March 2015 parade for the first time in 20 years.
.. parade organizers promised him that if a gay group could march under its own banner, a “pro-life” Catholic group would be included also…
[but…surprise]
“– the organizers backed out of their pledge.”
… and another reason to hurry up with the consecration; there may be no Russia left to consecrate:
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/sep/02/dying-russians/
It’s a little long, but it suggests they’re dying from lack of hope — broken heart.
One for the “show me the money” category.
Who funds the anti-Catholic/anti-natural law agenda? Link here:
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http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/billionaires-us-political-power-index.
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Notice how many openly “aberro-marriange” backers appear in top 20.
Yes, Barbara, the evil ploy of creating false dichotomies, victim classes, etc., to promote evil ideas. It is sickening.
Yes, the mask is long off for those with ears to hear and eyes to see. The all-pervasive ignoring of the most egregious evil from the Holy See is diabolical.
ah, bergoglio – what mensch – ain’t he the same dude who proclaimed to the entire world, heaven and hell recently – “I boast of my sins!!! saith St Paul!” Only a satanic creep or an utterly mentally ‘compromised’ critter could say, let alone, believe such simple nonsense. God certainly doesn’t command we follow satan-suit.
Thanks, I’m still finding my way around blogs!
I was trying to get my head around all this apparent evil this morning – I say apparent because “THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING”. What if the Pope is right? I mean, are WE the crazy ones? Is it possible that we are missing something in all this new theology? What am I not getting? If I really get with this program maybe I will understand and praise God that the rules have changed and all will be well?
I ask these questions because I just can’t believe my ears, my eyes, my sense of the Faith could be telling me the truth: that the devil has infiltrated the Church to this extent, and this quickly.
Then I prayed Matins, Lauds, and Prime. It all became clear. Modernists tell us the the Holy Scriptures are just ‘narrative’, stories, nay: myths. But the truth is Holy Scripture is HISTORY. After all, what is history if not the record of man’s relationship with his Creator?
But just read the Psalms! It’s all there. As soon as the Hebrews deviated from God’s plan for them He used ‘the world’ to punish them. At their cries for relief, He comforted them and helped them back on the true path.
Of course, that’s what He is allowing now; for us to wallow in the filth of ‘the world.’ He is allowing the world to swamp us, to carry us off into captivity like the Hebrews of old. There is nothing new here, folks. All this is His response to the swamp of mortal sins committed by the millions every day in this world.
There is one difference though: we no longer struggle. Remember that wonderful book by Scupoli, “The Spiritual Combat”? Now we are urged to float with the current as we head to the Falls. We PRESUME that God will save us, that He will ‘understand’ and not hold us to account when we do our will not His.
What is lacking in our day is an understanding of human nature. I heartily recommend “Introduction to the Science of Mental Health” by Father Chad Ripperger. Father is formerly FFSP, now works with the International group of Exorcists. This book is huge, and not an easy read but it shows what man is, how he thinks, and where our own minds can be so ‘corrupted’ that we really do start to do evil thinking it’s good. His web site is: http://www.sensustraditionis.org/
We can’t understand where we’ve gone so terribly wrong unless we understand Fallen Man. And unless we re-learn that this life is supposed to be a struggle. Sorry to blather on, and kind of OT, but I’m really afraid over what seems to be happening. I want to go back to bed and stay there. Or get under the bed and hide. If what is happening really is true, what are we going to do?
Yes, pray. Yes, bear witness to the Truth. But will God raise up saints to help us as He did in the past? Where is St. Robert Bellarmine? Where is St. Charles Borromeo? Where is St. Thomas More? And Dear God where is St. Pius X? Or are WE supposed to become saints and do their job, in our era? I don’t mind saying right here: I’m scared. I too see what the Fatima children saw: souls falling into Hell like snowflakes. Souls of my children and extended family, the souls of my friends, and my neighbours.
I’m not starting my day off with a song on my lips, eh? But I’ll get my Rosary going and Our Mother will comfort me. Again, sorry for the blather but I’m scared!!!!!
Dear Barbara,
-no problem. We appreciate good reminders like those in your remarks above, and we pray Jesus comes and finds Faith like this still on the earth. .
Dear Barbara (and all)
It isn’t “blather” it’s the reality today – God letting the world see the results of its un-repented sin, and what happens when the Church doesn’t act as He wills. .. And here’s another aspect of it:.
–Our Lady should always be revered as she is in Heaven and once was and on Earth- for her purity, love, fidelity, participation in God’s redemptive acts, intercessory prayers and Motherhood, to name just a few reasons for honoring her above all other Saints.
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–September 11, 1683, after Mass and begging Our Lady’s intercession, the Moslem invasion of Europe under Sultan Mohammed IV, was stopped. On September 12th, The Christians triumphantly entered Vienna; the standard proclaiming “Death to the Infidel” was delivered to Pope Innocent XI; and he declared it a date to honor Mary, whose maternal intercession had saved Christendom just has it had over 100 years earlier at the Battle of Lepanto. And so September 12th, “The Feast of the Holy Name of Mary” (originally approved in Spain in 1513) was extended to the Universal Church in 1683 by Pope Innocent XI. __
–Between then and now, Louis de Montfort reminds us : “The whole world is filled with her glory” –Christian peoples chose her as guardian and protectress of kingdoms, provinces, dioceses, and towns..cathedrals are consecrated to God in her name. There is no church without an altar dedicated to her..There is not a child who does not praise her by lisping a ‘Hail Mary.’ There is scarcely a sinner, however hardened, who does not possess some spark of confidence in her. The very devils in hell, while fearing her, show her respect.”
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WHAT HAPPENED? Our Lady said the 3rd secret of Fatima was to be revealed to the world no later than 1960, “because by then it would be evident”. We saw no evident Papal assassination by that date, but we did witness Our Lady’s public honors, rosaries, novenas and statues disappearing- relegated to dusty rooms in the basements of many Churches–while VII’s ardent supporters declared it necessary not to “offend” Protestants, who object to the very sight of her-after centuries of programming.
–Still following VII, (1970) The Sept 12th Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, was “revised out” of the Roman Missal and “removed” from the Roman Calendar-leaving only a votive Mass. (In 2003, John Paul II reinstated that Feast as an “optional memorial” in the third edition of the Roman Missal).
–And here we are in 2014, with world-wide terror-in-the-name-of-Allah desperately needing to be stopped, and Our Lady’s Fatima requests still being ignored.
–Today would be another good day to attend Mass and beg her intercession. [excerpts from]: http://catholicstraightanswers.com/what-is-the-origin-of-the-feast-of-the-most-holy-name-of-mary-september-12th/ feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In the “war on children” category, this came across my desk from Poland.
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Background.
Today, the Polish Parliament rejected a drive by a public advocacy group against pedophilia to “criminalize” the promotion of pedophilia and “sexualization” of children in Polish schools.
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Needless to say, the initiative was defeated by the “socially conservative” PO party. All Catholics in good standing, one of whose sympathizers is ++ Dziwisz (JPII aide).
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Below is a translation of the letter that was issued by the head of the group after the vote.
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Text:
[Polish] MEPs rejected a bill that would stop support by the [Education] Ministry of “sexualizing” children and adolescents. Under the civil bill [petition), [was] signed by 250,000 people.
Read:
[Speaker of the Polish Parliament] Kopacz was shocked [by] what you learn from seksedukatorzy [sex-educators]: “Sir, in the parliament [there] are young people”
In response to the decision of the Sejm [Parliament], [the] Committee Legislative Initiative “Stop Pedophilia” issued a statement.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
When Mariusz Dzierżawski read on the rostrum fragments of the Great Book of Siusiaków [Weiners], the recommended book (!) by “educators” [from] the sexual “Ponton” Group which cooperates with the [Education] Ministry, MPs [were] disgusted [and] booed and [the] marshal [sergeant at arms equivalent] pointed to 16-year-olds on the balcony saying that there are children in the room.
As adults, people feel disgust, and 16-year-olds should not [be allowed] to hear this, [but] you allow it sex-educators [to take] advantage of such books towards[teaching] children 12-13 years old, and even younger, because [to such age groups] is directed this publication?
[This initiative] allowed to prove an extremely important and frightening fact, and will better protect children and adolescents against demoralization by the sex-educators.
[Polling agency] Ipsos survey shows huge public support for this project. 90% of respondents supported it, only 5% are against. The decision of the MPs Rainbow Coalition of PO [supposed conservative political party]-SLD [ex communists]-Palikot’s Movement [Radical extremists] to reject the project, shows a complete detachment members of these parties have to the will of society.
We thank all of you for your cooperation and support. For your time and commitment. It is thanks to you we operate, thanks to you, that within the last few months, there came to light more abominations which are committed by sex-educators than [have transpired] for several previous years.
This initiative opens up new possibilities and allows you to carry out further, even more dynamic measures for the protection our of children and youth.
Sincerely,
Legislative Initiative Committee “Stop Pedophilia”
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Important point to notice. In a country where 90% of people do not want the sex education of children in primary and junior high schools, the ruling party who won elections on a “social conservative” is leading the charge to “sexualize” these same school children.
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Just think what the pressure must be like in sectors where people don’t have to stand for election every 4 years? Think bishops…. The good news, from Poland, is that the Bishops Conference are on the right side of this one.
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Hope Francis doesn’t find out about this “war on mercy”. 😉
Dear Barbara,
Now is the time to remember what Jesus taught us about putting all our Faith in Him. You’re definitely among friends here , who feel exactly as you do–all the same frustrations, “apparently lost” loved ones, “apparently crumbling Church, world snowballing into hell. But go to Jesus and Mary, and ask them to calm any devil-induced fears. We’re here to work, and the right fear of the Lord’s justice is the only thing we should really fear, not what men can do to us.
It’s not always easy, but it’s true. Remember that everything we see happening still has God’s voice in the midst of it, calling all to come to Him. Our anguish in bewailing the loss of Faith, itself is an echo of that. You’ll be fine, just reject unholy fear as a tool of the devil, and trust God’s plan for all souls. We’ve had to do that with our families and extended families as well. But if there is one thing which teaches you the meaning of God’s unfailing love, it’s how you never can put your concern for the souls of your children away somewhere. You get that. So does God. So does our Lady. Keep offering your daily work as the best prayer next to the Mass. God Bless 🙂
p.s. Left out the obvious above- regarding the parade: St. Patrick’s Day -N.Y.
p.s. Thanks for the link, we hadn’t heard of it before, and it looks great.
Agreed, dear Indignus famulus,
I like the site for its relative orthodoxy. I think it’s from when Father was FSSP. If you want to blow your mind, listen to Father’s treatise on His Majesty’s Beatitudes. With a glass of wine, if you’re so inclined.
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Makes one come to terms with how the Beatitudes have been profanely distorted to have an entirely different meaning within the Immanentism put forth post VII. It’s possible,{ IMO,} you will never be the same, {in a good way,} after you listen, as many of my students have indicated.
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In the “just so you know-not for nothing” category, Father is not particularly enamored of Fatima devotees in case you hit on him addressing this on the site. Interestingly, I did find myself sensitive to this, my SV/Privation position notwithstanding.
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Before I had the pleasure of meeting you here, I linked to the site in commenting often. Father also has the entire treatment of Trad problems, which I think are very worthwhile too, to hear in their entirety.
Dear Barbara,
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What we are experiencing is dead real. It’s nothing of our own imagining. St Maximilian Kolbe and the hundreds of thousands of other prisoners who went through the extermination camps probably were thinking the same thing:
“Is this REAL?”
But it was as real as the crisis we are going though.
At this stage it’s entirely superflous to give more proof of the reality of the things we are going through, but a particularly shocking example took place Sep 1, during the “interreligious match for peace” where Lennon’s infamous atheistic-Marxist song “Imagine” was sung by a scantily dressed (beautiful) Argentinian Singer.
I don’t recommend anyone watch the video of the scandalous performace/song, but if you’re looking to read more about this I’d recommend Mike’s blog:
http://publicvigil.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/bergoglio-dream-comes-true-imagine-that.html
“Bergoglio’s dream comes true – Imagine that”
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For some comforting spiritual reading during these times of tribulation I’d recommend St Thomas More’s masterful work, “Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation”, written in the tower of London awaiting execution. The book, interestingly for the early 16th century, delves into some topics of psychology (although obviously it doesn’t describe it as such).
http://www.amazon.com/A-Dialogue-Comfort-Against-Tribulation/dp/1889334138/ref=cm_cr-mr-title
Dear de Maria,
Thanks for the info and for the “head-up” . Would you elaborate a bit more on how he is “not particularly enamored of Fatima devotees”? We’ve never heard of anyone who’s traditional and doesn’t appreciate the direct connection between its rejection by the Vatican, and what’s happening today.
–Also, you mentioned when he WAS with the FSSP. Can you tell us what’
the story is behind that?
Thanks to you, and others above, for the encouraging words. I thank Our Dear Good God that I have an FFSP parish and a wonderful, strong, no B.S. Priest. Just as an aside, our pastor is a martial arts expert, he served in the Military for quite a few years before, as a convert, he became a Priest, and he’s now a Military Chaplin – and, no, we Church Ladies don’t offer many suggestions on how he should run his parish!!!!!
I’m also very blessed to be able to attend Holy Mass almost every day even though it’s a half hour drive. I do feel better tonight after my upset this morning, and after realizing that this is ‘good’ for us – ALL suffering is good, right? The Almighty and Everlasting God brings good out of evil and all we have to do is trust.
On Father Ripperger’s site is one of the best talks: The Horror of Suffering – an eye opener.
On Fatima: this may be an FFSP thing – I’m not sure – but our Priest also does not encourage an over-reliance on apparitions – ONLY because he wants us to know well what the Church teaches of God’s Revelation first – and as we all know apparitions can lead to some crazy things when they become an obsession in weak minds. Not suggesting that here…
As for me I keep The Story of Fatima, and the Akita messages on my desktop. Referring to them very often keeps me sane. Imagine reading the actual words spoken by MARY!!!! That sends chills down my spine – chills of wonder and reverence and love.
One last thought: there will be a Remnant. We will help form that Remnant. See ya on the barricades!
Dear Barbara, We have been a tiny remnant for a long time. God bless you.
No, Barbara, you’re not crazy. The Faith and the moral law have not changed, cannot change. Our shepherds have become wolves. Stay loyal to the Faith, to Our Lord, who is constantly being attacked and mocked by the leaders in the Church. Reparation!
Dear Indignus, Barbara, Lynda,
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I just finished writing up a piece on a little-known abbey in Germany. It is powerful testimony to the resilience of those who build their house on the true Rock. Even if the smallest of fragment remains, restoration is inevitable.
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http://bit.ly/1AKzdar
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Enjoy! 🙂
Dear Matthew,
These words at the end of the piece are a sight for sore eyes:
“in 2008, Mariawald Abbey was granted permission to restore its liturgical tradition and return to the exclusive celebration of the Tridentine Latin Mass, making it the first monastic order in Germany to receive this privilege. Since then, it has become a bastion of traditional Catholic spirituality and a true blessing to the many pilgrims who seek the peace of Christ within its walls.”
Thank you and God Bless all..
Dear Matthew,
Our Reply at #19.
Thanks, Matthew. Beautiful.
One for the context category: What does opposition to the Mass of All Ages entail.
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LInk here: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2014/09/what-does-opposition-to-traditional.html#.VBZ-8KPDWZM
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Money quote:
For fostering a true consciousness in liturgical matters, it is also important that the proscription against the form of liturgy in valid use up to 1970 should be lifted. Anyone who nowadays advocates the continuing existence of this liturgy or takes part in it is treated like a leper; all tolerance ends here. There has never been anything like this in history; in doing this we are despising and proscribing the Church’s whole past. How can one trust her present if things are that way? I must say, quite openly, that I don’t understand why so many of my episcopal brethren have to a great extent submitted to this rule of intolerance, which for no apparent reason is opposed to making the necessary inner reconciliations within the Church. (416)
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Yep. There has never been anything like this in history.
“A supposed soundness of doctrine or discipline leads instead to a narcissistic and authoritarian elitism”
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## St Paul would not agree. Nor would:
St John
St Peter
St Jude
St Ignatius of Antioch
St Polycarp of Smyrna
St Irenaeus of Lyon
St Dionysius of Alexandria
St Alexander of Alexandria
St Athanasius of Alexandria
St Damasus of Rome
St Cyril of Alexandria
St Leo the Great
St Gregory the Great
St Nicholas the Great
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– and that brings us only to 867. All these are Saints, all except the Apostles are bishops. All have left writings behind. And not a single one of them would agree with this Pope.