The blog itself contains some views on lectors and Extraordinary Ministers which I personally do not share, but as far as the background facts, one cannot argue. (or maybe one can, LOL)
hmmm, Fr. Corapi before he went off the rails into secular lala/disney land. https://www.thoughtco.com/case-of-john-corapi-541514
It's interesting that you mention Schonborn because Fr Martin has publicly advocated for revising the Cathecism on the matter of homosexuality and changing its definition as an 'intrinsically disordered' desired for 'differently ordered', which would mean it is not sinful to act upon it - I wouldn't be surprised if Schonborn is in agreement with this.
Was at Father Corapi's talks twice and was able to visit with him. He said it like it was, but pride got the best him for a time. From what I understand he is back active in the priesthood. May God bless him.
Thank you Dolours for your prayers! And to Padraig and all those who love the Carmelites, I am a Secular Carmelite Third Order and I can say this to all of you . . .You are experiencing a dark night when you have all these times of discouragements about our beautiful bride, the church. Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail against her. . .and we have Faith in Jesus and His words. If you don't have these dark nights then you are not on your way to holiness! If you have these dark night then, yes, you are on the right track. That you recognize them is a good thing, let God's will be done in you and lose your will to His. Jesus is your Peace, live His commandments. If the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, or Priests are contrary to the laws of Jesus do not believe them. Were we not told that in the end times what is good will be bad and what is bad will be good? Take these things into your hearts and ponder them. Scripture is being fulfilled, and I feel we are already in a remnant church. What Jesus needs right now are prayer warriors. In Carmel, JMJT
I loved Father Corapi's talks. And was so sad when he fell from Grace or to be more precise was discovered to have been living a double life. It was all a bombshell when it came out. When you think about it, his being found out was a real insight into how the devil drags down and destroys a Priestly soul, making him a public laughing stock in the process. I pray the Lord Jesus will lift Father Corapi up clean him off and restore his soul in the service of the Lord. The thing is can we poor ordinary souls ever trust him again not to be tempted by the urge of the flesh. Only God knows.
I pray for a number of priests by name during my thanksgiving after receiving the Eucharist at daily Mass, and I include him and Fr. Tom Eutenour and several others who I know personally who have fallen in their service to the Lord and/or left the priesthood. Former priests seem to never find peace in this life.
Back in the MOG archives is a thread discussing Francis Swank, a military wife who had locutions. The thread was begun by Mothersuperior7 who had tapes of Francis being interviewed by a group of priests. She started to transcribe them for us in the thread. Francis said: "..the Blessed Mother said I could give the message of the five angels that I have seen: The first Angel is a war. The Lord has given him instructions to cause great disturbances in all places. No other explanations need to be given he said. The second Angel says he will cause a great division in the Church. And I go back to when the Angel told me this…the Angel on July 20th 1983 said, “The Lord has said the judgment will begin with his own people before the purification. This judgment will be by many. The Lord said to Peter, “Will you to leave me? Will you respond the same as Peter? Master where would I go? "Satan is devouring many successfully, the reason is because the Lord our God wants a Church that holy. I want no marks to be upon her. There are so many who say I don’t know God’s will in my life. Be silent and listen to his word." Then the Lord said to me, “Prayer to me, but do not think prayer is enough. I desire more of you. I want you to be holy. You must rid yourself of all that is unnecessary in your lives. Too much going on in your life to spend time with me. The next question you will ask is how do I become holy? By coming to receive me as much as you possibly can. By using the sacraments instead of ignoring them. By prayer in true reparation of all sins in one’s life. Do I ask too much? Have you truly looked at how much I have given? If someone you loved deeply asked a favor of you would you turn them down? I tell you you would drop what you were doing to help that love one out, but what about me? I am your Father, your Creator, your all. And yet I ask so much. My sorrow was beat and many, but when one soul offers himself to my service how much joy comes to my heart. How the angels rejoice over this one soul. So much can be accomplished by just one soul. But do not say to me, “I will let another offer themselves”. I want yours. I love you so much I want you enjoy all that comes from heaven. Even on earth I will grant the times of a small taste of heaven to you to make the desire greater. But all I receive in return is rejection upon receiving what I give. Come to me, for I wait so patiently, I desire to fellowship with you. I will lead you and never shall you stray. I will lead you to holiness. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Put yourself behind and seek me. As I heard this from our Lord I saw the Angel who brought this message bowing as these words were spoken. Never did he lift his head nor did he move a muscle in his body with his hands crossed over his chest. He bowed in complete adoration as the Lord spoke. The Lord told me that I had to acknowledge this myself to see how the angels worship him and how we don’t give him the worship and adoration he deserves. The third Angel is the angel of Famine. The Angel said, “I the Angel of the Lord have been ordered to strike the fields and the crops. The reason being is God wants all to share. Give to those who have not has always been the message the Lord has carried because you are a nation who is selfish. You will to see what it is like to suffer.” The fourth Angel who came was the Angel of persecution. This angel said there would be much suffering for those who would stand on the side of God. This will come about because of the division in the Church. To be on the right side will be wrong, and to be on the wrong side will be right; or so as the world will perceive it. The fifth Angel who came said he carried the diseases and the plagues that would come upon this earth. He says plagues and disease would come without any cures. The doctors and all would be confused with all that would come. They will not hold the answers. The only one who we will be able to turn to is our Lord and our God, and our Blessed Mother. More to follow..
Thank you so much. I need all the prayers I can get. It's just so frustrating. The Church Militant fighting the good fight here on earth has somehow morphed into the Church Rollover with atheists tickling bellies in the Vatican. It's no coincidence that atheists are the Pope's loudest cheerleaders. My posts weren't meant as an hystrionic attention seeking grand exit. I apologise for giving that impression. It's just that I find it hard to say nothing and I end up every month confessing the same sin not knowing whether I'm confessing the wrong sin. I'm confessing a sin which I don't believe is sinful: upholding what the Church has always taught in defiance of the Pope who, when he isn't contradicting or undermining eternal truths, is promoting and rewarding people who do. We can't hide from the truth anymore that the Fr. Spadaros, Martins, Sosas, et al are the Pope's mouthpieces flying kites to see how much pushback he would get to enshrining heresy in official Church documents. The sin I should be confessing is a lack of humility because I can't manage to speak the truth with charity and end up feeding my own dislike of Pope Francis whom I'm obliged to love. At this stage, any Catholic who can't see through the Vatican's gimmicks and charades doesn't want to see because there's more than enough evidence. The days of blaming poor translations and media spin are over. We're flogging a dead horse trying to open people's eyes to what's happening. They know but refuse to acknowledge it. Best for my own soul to steer clear of reading about Vatican scandals or reading drivel from people who behave as though Pope Francis is Jesus come again in the flesh. I actually read today on another forum someone likening Fr. James Martin to Jesus. That's how low the Church has sunk. This downward trajectory will take us ever lower. The way things are going, Fr. Martin or one of his ilk could be the next Pope, far fetched though that may seem. By then the Pope Francis idolators will be ready to believe it when they are told that St. Paul, St. John (the disciple Jesus loved) or perhaps Jesus himself were really practicing homosexuals. Those of you who think that couldn't happen probably once thought, like me, that no Pope would ever believe keeping the Commandments to be unattainable goals even with the help of God's grace. How wrong we were. Better for my own soul to give Catholic news a miss for a week or two. That should give me time to read St. Hildegard's book and spend some more time praying for the gift of humility. I'll probably be back on the St. Hildegard thread after I've read the book. God bless.
Dolours, I too feel your frustration, for I have been battling this for sometime now. Though I have come to grips with the reality that many are not acknowledging these things because they are in the very infants stages of their conversion or if they have even entered a conversion. Much like a small child afraid to stray from what their parents are telling them to do, so are these luke warm Catholics they think that the pope is all knowing. . It isn't until they become adults in their conversions that they realize their "parents" were not the greatest that they thought they were. We can beat these luke warm over their heads while they are still infants or we can plant small seeds of hope and nurture it. When a small child is constantly scolded, they eventually tune their parents out or they end up resenting them. Its a very difficult battle. I have come to offer up my frustrations to God on their behalf.
Last week, in my closest parish, I saw the usual Eucharist Adoration sign for first Friday's, except that this time it was different because it was titled "In Times of Confusion...Eucaristic Adoration" and it was also much longer that usual, from 9pm to 5am, with a mass at the beginning and another at the end. I am not sure why this was done, but I am sure that it is the consequence of faithful going up to the priests and asking them about what is going on in the Church - they obviously don't have an answer, so the best that can be done is pray and adore Our Lord. So more and more people are becoming aware and worried about what is coming from Rome. I am on Twitter and I can tell it is exploding with Catholics speaking up against Fr Martin and others following his line, with even great priests like Dominican Fr Thomas Petri here in NY responding directly to Fr Martin and his suggested heresies. When this next Sep 6 the pope interview comes out, there is going to be a huge uproar. With the pope's tacit approval of civil unions, and his assertion that sins of the flesh are the most minor ones, many people that still have not opened their eyes will open them. Where will this all end? I wouldn't be surprised if it ends in a persecution, ten years down the road, with the official Church siding with the world to punish the faithful Church in the underground. But the best thing is that we are getting closer to a point of clarity where what seemed to be a maybe (the direction taken is off and smells heretical) is becoming blatantly clear...
"This angel said there would be much suffering for those who would stand on the side of God. This will come about because of the division in the Church. To be on the right side will be wrong, and to be on the wrong side will be right; or so as the world will perceive it." The DIVISION has been happening for 50 years but NOW the acceleration is at a maddening pace. You see the madness in the streets, 24/7 "News", InterNet, your cities, businesses, homes and churches. I'll say again! The same Lavender Marxist HiJackers of Vatican II are the same people who have HiJacked the Global Political Left. The same people who have pushed and are now demanding compliance with their godless Agenda of unlimited Abortion, Sexual Perversion, Drugs and Socialist BigBro Gubermint. You can see these godless humanoids, in-action & celebrating, today at their annual pagan Burning Man "Festival" in the Nevada Desert! Fifty years of The Left Agenda enforced by Political Correctness in Church and State has brought us to this sad state of affairs. The Madness is at a fever pitch NOW. Satan & his disciples seem to know that The Final Confrontation is upon them and they are ready for battle .....are YOU!!!??? GOD SAVE ALL HERE!! View attachment 6763
Dolours, I hope you can hang on in there gal ! I would like to confess to not being one who believes the Pope is Jesus or the Pope is perfect, or the Pope is some sort of holy icon who can never do any wrong. That would be a ridiculous perspective. But I do not sincerely believe we have the authority and permission from Almighty God to pass judgement on the Pope. I believe we are servants of the Lord, and of the lowest order at that. Cardinal Burke is in my prayers every day for God to give him the strength and oppurtunity to have the conversation with Holy Father Francis and like Saint Paul with Saint Peter, bring the Pope to see how his views are causing so much pain and confusion. Cardinal Burke is placed by God in the proper order to seek the Popes time and get to the bottom of this. God has not left us bereft and without someone to speak to the Pope. We have a duty of care to get on our knees and beg God to allow this to take place. Our criticism, will only be getting on Gods nerves. Getting drawn into the camp for or against the Pope is ridiculous, we have our own faults to deal with on a daily basis, and the days problems and worries are sufficient for me. You hang on in there, because you are gifted with a great skill when it comes to sharing your views. I enjoy reading them even when I do not agree with them. LOL Love and blessings and peace. Oh, and ps. I go to Michael Voris and the Vortex when I want to hear the wholly all of a Catholic man lambasting the Hierarchy for their failure in the last forty or so years. And there I have a truly cathartic release from all the frustrations we have to endure these days. And I have not felt the need to confess my Voris moments to date. LOL
Jarg, a the beginning of your post you are inadvertently describing what we call a First Friday, First Saturday vigil. If you attend and go to confession, receive Holy Communion. Say Holy Rosary and meditate for fifteen minutes on one or all the mysteries of Holy Rosary, offering to make reparation for sins against Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are fulfilling what Our Lady asked at Fatima. First Friday and First Saturday do not always follow next to each other in order for the vigil to take place like this; if for example First Saturday falls on first day of a Month. Because the First Friday would be the following week end if you see what I mean. Anyway, if you managed to stay you will have clocked up one of each. God bless, and pray, hope and don't worry about things. Jesus is with us, walking every step of the way, along with Heavenly Mama. And if Saint John the Evangelist is not somewhere in there hidden but present, I will eat my hat. We are not alone in this crisis.
I pray for the church every morning for about an hour before anyone else in my family gets out of bed. I haven't the eloquence of Dolores or other posters here so I don't get into arguments. Many good people I know probably don't get what's going on but pray for the church every day. Things will start to become clearer when the correction is issued. My contribution is to pray and walk the narrow path laid out by Jesus. At the end of the day God is in charge and has allowed this to happen to purify his church. It's important to keep our peace of mind. I am grateful though for those on this forum who have called this out.
Everything you say is true! The Church Rollover--perfectly described. But that "church" is not The Bride the Mystical Body. The institution right now is full of evil and/or foolish men and women who have fallen for the oldest con in the world: " did God say....". Right back to the Garden. Eve all over again. It would be desperately tragic if it were not so infuriating. Yesterday having dinner with a friend who also anguished over the state of the Church I said "we are living in Sodom and Gomorrah. Hard to get my brain around it but that is where we are. The days of Noah...here we are knowing the flood is coming and the fire will fall and we can't get anyone to join us in the Ark (Our Blessed Mother's Immaculate Heart). " we are a pitiful few here where I live. We know each other from Eucharistic Adoration and from prayer vigils in front of the abortion clinic. May God grant there are many others we don't know of but I have not met them. I think we are looking down the barrel of a gun whether from NK or the militant left crazies or from Islam. Sometimes I fast from the news both secular and church so I can find peace. A fine and Holy priest who has since gone to the Lord used to say " don't read the world' news!! Read God's news!" Pretty sure he is right. I don't know where I am going with this except to say I know what you are feeling and the pain of it. So many of us are right there with you. "I believe I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. Be stouthearted and wait for the Lord. He will not fail to act " psalm 27. I pray it frequently.
JAK, Thank you for the link to the thread. I can hardly keep up with all of the information posted on MOG lately but it is wonderful to have this place to come to discuss so many topics. TY.
