I just read this on Spirit Daily and while it seems to go along with what I just posted, it does seem to speak to our clergy crisis and church crisis, so I post it here. Why Are We Surprised (Or Discouraged)? August 2, 2018 by sd Missed amid the growing and understandable uproar over sexual abuse in the clergy — and of late, among the hierarchy — is that it’s part of an overall intensification everywhere in all segments of culture and society of evil. Darkness is rising and deepening. This is true in our families, at the workplace, on the road, on the internet, in stores, and yes in church. Discord. Dissatisfaction. Antagonism. Where there are evil spirits, those spirits are gaining momentum — power. It’s part of the test of the times in which we live and can largely be traced to the 1940s-to-1960s, when such spirits began to move through music, entertainment, academia, sexual mores, art, education, media, personal relationships, families, politics, science — especially science — and oh yes religions of humankind in a major way. That intensification has been noticeably ratcheted up (in a big way) in the past few months and will continue to vitiate our institutions. Its most overt manifestation is in pride — arrogance — which, in our dear, beleaguered, and targeted clergy, manifested as an elitism, a distance from the flock, a feeling of elevation, when it is the Host — not the priest — who should be elevated; it grew as a throne-like chair replaced the tabernacle behind the altar; it manifested in intellectuality; it manifested (this clerical superiority) in the feeling, at its incredible extreme, that Catholic youngsters (altar boys, seminarians) were there for sexual service. Arrogance does not come in a much greater form than that — nor does evil — and the situation was widespread. While many Catholic commentators now toss back and forth names of cardinals and bishops, of Vatican policies, of who knew what, of what new rules and regulations should be put in place, in how the matter should be adjudicated — discussing bishops as if this is politics — they miss the key wellspring: that simple invasion of demons. There would be no such surprise — and no traumatic discouragement — if such folks had not dismissed the mysticism that predicted it. One can take the example of Our Lady of LaSalette. Virtually never mentioned by the Catholic “media” and “intelligentsia,” by the “pundits,” by the Church critics (a harsh sort, these days), the LaSalette revelations had foreseen that the day would come when “the Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.” She had said the “holy places” would be “in a state of corruption.” She prophesied that “many convents are no longer houses of God, but the grazing grounds of Asmodeas [a major demon, especially of the New Age] and his like.” (Did not many nuns — many convents — turn modernistic and New Age?) It warned, did LaSalette, that many people, “even priests,” would “not have been guided by the good spirit of the Gospel which is the spirit of humility, charity, and zeal for the glory of God.” And what about that crisis: the rarity in even spotting a nun in habit in our time. Churches, said LaSalette, “will be locked up and desecrated.” Another crisis: closed parishes, with some churches turned into condos, museums, ballrooms, theaters, or even bars; in one case, a strip club! Now, some of this pertained to what happened under Communism; some, what occurred under Hitler. Remember, it was uttered in 1846. But it also clearly pertained to the long-term future and, it appears, our own era. At the root: the rise of a False Church within the True Church, one built not on the charisms of Christ but intellectual pretension. Don’t you wish our Church would have heeded the Blessed Virgin Mary when she said, “May those in charge of religious communities be on their guard against the people they must receive, for the devil will resort to all his evil tricks to introduce sinners into religious orders.” And so came the flood of homosexuals in clerical subterfuge — often, deceived themselves. “The priests, ministers of my Son, the priests, by their wicked lives, by their irreverence and their impiety in the celebration of the holy mysteries, by their love of money, their love of honors and pleasures, the priests have become cesspools of impurity,” said Our Lady of LaSalette — her words falling upon far too many deaf ears. No wonder some of the messages from LaSalette were officially approved and others — such as those above — held in limbo or dismissed. “The chiefs, the leaders of the people of God, have neglected prayer and penance, and the devil has bedimmed their intelligence,” said the Blessed Mother, so very wisely, with such prescience. Have we not borne witness to this? How many, inside and outside the Church, have been blinkered by the enemy — have developed a false intelligence (based on man, instead of God, Who is not theology but Spirit). “Woe to the priests and those dedicated to God who by their unfaithfulness and their wicked lives are crucifying my Son again!” Our Lady said — while also offering great encouragement to the many good priests and followers of the Faith, for this great onslaught of evil will in the end be defeated — soundly. So why the surprise? Scripture predicts the same. Why the discouragement? But now, said the prophecy, Enoch and Eli will come, “filled with the Spirit of God. They will preach with the might of God, and men of good will will believe in God, and many souls will be comforted. They will make great steps forward through the virtue of the Holy Spirit and will condemn the devilish lapses.” The Mystical Church will supplant the False One that, in too many parishes, took over the altar. Piety will replace intellectualism. And so it is: the great promise — and certainty — of the future is that as great as darkness is, greater will be the Light. No matter how dark, all it takes is a little illumination. We are going through a good breakdown, a breakdown of falsity, a purification. Oh, the Church, the predicted crisis, the dilemmas that are a surprise and shock only to those who dismissed prophecy. The Church will survive, fully rebound, even prosper — once, after these trials (more to come!), it returns to the simplicity, prayerfulness, and humility of Jesus.
As has been stated, there are people out there who know more than we do about theological niceties but I think that Bishop Gracida's open letter to the Cardinals might assist in assuaging the consciences of anyone accusing themselves (and by implication, others) of 'hubris'. https://abyssum.org/ Apologies if this has already been published.
putative adjective [ before noun ] uk /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/ us /ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/ formal generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true:
pu·ta·tive ˈpyo͞odədiv/ adjective generally considered or reputed to be. "the putative father of a boy of two" synonyms: supposed, assumed, presumed; Hmmm...an apt word for our time.
For our discernment, Our Lady's latest message to Simona given at Zaro (not yet translated into English) warns of an imminent schism in the Church. It says evil is lurking and getting ready to attack, corrupt and destroy the Church. http://cenacolimariapellegrina.blogspot.com/
Sadly if some sort of intervention is not about to be made or has not already been done in private by the Dubia Cardinals or some others with authority in the Church then I shudder to think of what is coming. As I have said many times this is like a snowball traveling downhill and gaining momentum and size. The opposition to all of this is fairly sizable, but toothless. No opposition is as good as agreement. The moves are becoming more sweeping and bolder. Without clerical leaders we will be scattered to the winds.
I saw Mother: she was dressed in a white dress, a golden belt at the waist, a heart made of white roses in her chest; on her head the crown of twelve stars and a very light pink cloak that ran down to her feet; her arms were open as a sign of welcome. Praised be Jesus Christ "Dear children, I come to you with my heart filled with joy and my arms full of blessings and graces. My children, open your hearts and let the grace of the Lord enter, let him dwell in you. My beloved children, there is no better and loving Father than your heavenly Father. He loves you with immense love and wants only what is best for you; my children let him dwell in you, let yourselves be loved. My children, I come to gather all true Christians to prepare you. Pray children, pray for my beloved Church: a great split will be there; My children evil lurks in the corners of the Church and there awaits the right moment to go out and assault, corrupt and destroy my beloved Church and my beloved children. My children pray, pray for my beloved children; when one of them falls, he drags down with him many souls. My children pray, be like a chain of love, of prayer that does not end, that surrounds and sustains my beloved Church. My children, strengthen yourselves with the sacraments, with Holy Mass and with Eucharistic adoration. My children, be light flames that burn for the love of the Lord. My children, let yourselves be loved, open your hearts and let yourselves be shaped by the love of the Lord. My children, tighten the crown of the Holy Rosary and be ready. Now I give you my holy blessing. Thank you for coming to me. "
Yes, i see you had it google translated. A better translation should be available soon but the general meaning is very clear.
Reading the attached, it's pretty clear that the Jesuits will use the change in the Catechism to attack Catholics who don't vote for the pro-abortion Democrats. Sr. Prejean is famous. Reading the comments beneath the article, it looks like she's also a brand name. She quotes St. Paul about telling slaves to obey their masters while conveniently omitting his instruction that masters treat their slaves like brothers because Baptism makes us all equal in the sight of God. Expect similar arguments for the acceptance of same sex unions. Sr. Prejean is another who is talking about capital punishment as though it were on a par with abortion. That's she's also a member of Amnesty International is all I need or want to know about her to disregard her opinions on anything. Whatever good she may have done has been far, far outweighed by Amnesty's promotion of abortion worldwide. That tells me that Sr. Prejean, rather than seeing both as equally evil, believes that capital punishment of convicted felons is a greater evil than the murder of innocent pre-born babies. https://www.americamagazine.org/fai...y-pope-francis-revises-teaching-death-penalty Incidentally, America did a documentary about Catholicism in China. Watching the documentary, you would be forgiven for rushing over there to spend your days under the loving gaze of the Chinese Communist Government. They failed to mention that the religious freedom only extended to the Official Catholic Church in China. I don't recall any mention, either, about the law against anyone under 18 years old being permitted to enter a church. The Jesuits are rotten to the core. While I pray for a renewal of the Church, I can't see anything qualifying as renewal which doesn't include a root and branch clean out of that order if not its complete abolition. I have edited this post to include the correct link to the America interview with Sr. Panjean.
He doesn't have an array of linguists at his beck and call to help him rewrite the Catechism making unclear what once was clear to anyone reading it. Bishop Gracida is quite elderly and, unlike younger Bishops, has nothing to lose by speaking out against any abuses of the Conclave, especially as he prepares to come face to face with Almighty God. I have read comments from some people (usually those who welcome any and all changes in Church teaching on a range of issues under the guise of mercy) hinting that he should be silent and that he must be suffering from dementia. They make no attempt to address the claims he makes about the Conclave. It was Bishop Gracida who helped save Mother Angelica and EWTN from the wrath of the US Bishops Conference. I hope that EWTN will show enough respect for him now to at least give some serious consideration to his letter.
Good. I'm glad you replied. If you went and read the article pointed to by SteveD. Please go back and read again. And see if you can see why the 'He' who doesnt have an array of linguists, isn't the Bishop. And perhaps you can confirm that you are one of those on the forum who say Pope Francis is a putative pope.
Fits well into the prophetic consensus today. Pedro Regis and Luz de Maria messages have been saying the same thing. Anyone who has their eye's and ears open can see this taking place as we speak. The schism has been defacto for decades now, but soon it will be fully manifested for all to see.
