That word "all" is wrong. Pope Benedict changed it back to " for many" and so it remains. I di not think it invalidates the Mass however. I was told by a FSSP priest some years ago that to make the Mass valid these essential words must be said: "This is My Body This is My Blood"
I am sorry if I have offended you PF. Please forgive me. I will delete the offending posts of Our Lady of Quito, Our Lady of La Salette and our Lady of Akita where I mistakenly perceived Our Lady was giving us warnings as well as instructions. I know you are exhorting obedience to our hierarchy in all things especially as you stated , "when will we all stop arguing and showing how much better we know than our priests, bishops, and pope". You have (like HH) an unwavering trust in our current pope. This is commendable and saintly in my books, I on the other hand do not have this. I personally have a problem with many of the current pontiffs statements and encyclicals, including his latest declaration, Fudica Supplicans. Please pray for me and other Catholic's who have concerns regarding what we perceive as a subtle departure from truth. We are probably ridged. I can accept this accusation, if I can somehow understand Pope Francis direction We all need to align ourselves with the current pontifical teachings, however I for one am finding this hard. Please Pray for me. Thank you.
I do not align with his errors but I do respect his office. I am very very careful to observe this. I pray for the Pope's salvation with every Rosary but I do not feel obliged to obey error or anything sinful. We are in a mess as a Church and I think we must be very patient with each other. Just my two cents.
This is definitely Passion week. Jesus was always calling out the Pharisees for wrong teaching and questioning their motives. The Pharisees were always calling him a blasphemer especially for performing miracles on the sabbath. Jesus told us his teachings are about the spirit and not the flesh. I feel this way about the Pope. The jab is about the flesh not the spirit, therefore it does not concern me. Although I still respect his office if Francis is not a legitimate Pope, Jesus will take care of it. It is Jesus’ church and he is the King. Pay attention to Jesus’ words carefully. The MDM was wrong to call the Pope a usurper they should beg forgiveness. This statement lacks humility, leads to schism, and puts them in a place of authority over their Bishop.
I am not offended at all, Josephite. If I have offended you, I am sorry. I don't have an unwavering trust in Pope Francis, and I have never said to obey him "in all things." My unwavering trust is in God, Who is in control at all times and in every circumstance. We can pray, atone, and not be afraid. I wish you a very fruitful and blessed Holy Week, Josephite!
Josephite, I have an unwavering desire to respect the OFFICE of the Papacy. AED said it well that we are not obliged to follow error or anything sinful. Jesus will take care of Pope Francis. I pray for him every day and make a small sacrifice.
Before I married my wife; we lived together. At confession, during this time; after informing the priest we were living together, unmarried - the priest refused to give me absolution. He advised me to marry the girl. On his advice, I did. And I never looked back. No priest should give absolution - nor communion - to anyone (who so publicly or otherwise) flouts the laws and precepts of the church. I think it matters a lot of this priest unquestioningly gave Joe Biden communion - given that man's unconfessed position and promotion of abortion and other issues in conflict to the faith...
I know that Robert Nugent has lost his popularity on the forum. It apparently surrounds his endorsement of the Missionaries of Divine mercy. I do not want to engage in any of that. In the below video Robert Nugent addresses the question of obedience to who, to why and to how. Its interesting. Maybe someone is interested.
https://missionofdivinemercy.org/2024/06/20/2024-06-13-reconquest-do-not-be-deceived/ June 13, 2024 GOD THE FATHER. DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Dictated in English. NOTE: The footnotes are not dictated by God. They are added by Sister. Sometimes the footnote is to help clarify for the reader Sister’s sense of the meaning of a certain word or idea, and at other times to better convey the sense of God’s tone when He spoke. Further Note from Sister: In these Messages, the use of all caps is a way to denote the importance that is being given to particular words or passages. It does not indicate anger or shouting, but rather “listen children, this is important.” I was surprised at how much He used this “tone” in this writing. Write for My children, who have waited for My Words, for My Light. [smile] My beloved children, your Abba is attentive to your hearts and speaks Words of comfort and consolation to you, who have drawn close to My Heart, who have offered Me your love, your adoration, your listening heart. My children, I need your silence – that you might listen to My Voice, even when it is but a whisper, even when I speak to you through silence. My children, in the din that surrounds you, I teach you to recognize My Voice and the myriad of ways I communicate with you. This communication was so simple and trusting in the Garden before the Fall. My Heart speaking to the hearts of My beloved children, and the hearts of My children speaking to Me in response, and the “voice” of all creation joining in their praise of My Holy Will. But after the Fall – once distrust and disobedience had destroyed this union between My children and I – this once simple colloquium of love became distorted by lack of Faith, placing barrier after barrier between My Heart and the hearts of My little ones. How painful, to see My beloved ones enveloped now by the darkness and dullness of sin, of egoism, of lack of Faith and trust, so often giving ear to the voice of the deceiver instead of to My Voice – radiant, life-giving Truth. This wounded communication, children, can only be healed, restored, by Faith – child-like Faith – by your heart recognizing Me as your loving Father, as your All-powerful God, as your Redeemer and Savior, as the only Source of your Good. In this act of humility and adoration, and obedience, is hidden the key that opens your ears to My Voice, to My Will. Come to Me in simplicity and Faith, as My children, and you will learn to recognize My Voice among the thousand voices that surround you and want your attention. ONLY ONE VOICE IS NECESSARY: MINE. Who can give you the Light that you need to see the reality of what you are living? And giving you Light, Who can give you the Grace and the means you need to be able to walk in My Way and cooperate in My Plan? ONLY I CAN, CHILDREN. AND SO, I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO SILENCE YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND WILLS THAT I MIGHT SPEAK TO YOU AND MY WORDS MIGHT BE YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR STRENGTH. Be attentive to ME. These times are FULL OF MYSTERY – OF THE MYSTERY OF MY ACTION AND OF MY PLAN – AND ONLY I CAN GIVE YOU THE LIGHT YOU NEED AND [and so that you] NOT BE DECEIVED. My children, I have sent many warnings to you – as My Jesus warned His Apostles and Disciples before His Passion. And how few have taken them truly to heart, have accepted them as what they are – a sign of My Love for you. And as the Apostles refused to believe and accept that their Master could be put to death, so too now how many refuse to accept what is happening now to the Church – the Mystical Body of My Son, of My Jesus. THE CHURCH WILL FOLLOW MY JESUS IN HIS PASSION. DO NOT FORGET THIS. AND JUST AS MY JESUS WAS ABANDONED AND BETRAYED, AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE POWER OF THE ENEMY – THE DESTROYER – IN ORDER TO REDEEM YOU BY ACCEPTING SUCH A HUMILIATING DEATH, SO TOO THE CHURCH IS BEING ABANDONED, BETRAYED, AND WILL SOON BE HANDED OVER TO THE POWER OF THE ANTICHRIST. IT WILL BE DECIMATED AND WILL BE PUT TO DEATH. THE POWERS OF DARKNESS WILL REJOICE AND DANCE, AND IN THEIR GLUTTONOUS PRIDE THEY WILL FORGET THAT I AM GOD.[1] And I say to you, My children: Their victory WILL BE AS FLEETING AS MIST BEFORE THE ROARING FIRE OF MY POWER. I have said it once, My children, and I will say it again – to dispel any doubt that might still be in your heart: I, YOUR GOD, SAY TO YOU: THE USURPER HAS TAKEN WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM. THROUGH DECEIT AND MANIPULATION AND INFILTRATION THE LEGIONS OF SATAN HAVE TAKEN THE PLACES ONCE OCCUPIED BY MY SONS, CHOSEN BY ME TO LEAD MY PEOPLE. I, YOUR GOD, YOUR FATHER SAY TO YOU: BE ON GUARD, FOR THE BETRAYER IS PREPARING THE GREAT BETRAYAL AND MASKING IT UNDER THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD.[2] My children, you do not fully understand the trial that is upon you, as the Apostles and Disciples did not understand how they would be put to the test and how easily they would be deceived. My children, what you see now – the confusion and deceit that is more and more apparent – is only the beginning of the Great Deception that will soon be unveiled. My children, I Am preparing you for that battle. A battle so fierce that without My Grace and without My formation in Faith, you cannot withstand. Why? Because the forces of darkness will come from the depths of Hell in all their power of deceit, hidden at first under the appearance of light, of goodness, with signs and wonders that will deceive and convince many whose faith is weak that these forces are good, a part of Me, sent by Me, willed by Me. MY CHILDREN, ON GUARD. Think of HOW CONVINCING LUCIFER HAD TO BE IN ORDER TO CONVINCE SO MANY OF MY ANGELS TO FOLLOW HIM – When they had only known ME, experienced My Love, My Power, My goodness. And yet Lucifer – who had been endowed by Me with so many gifts, knowledge and power – turned these gifts into death-giving blows for My Creation. He was able to deceive and convince many of My Angels that he was light, and so they followed him and fell, and fell, and fell. My children, do you understand now how vulnerable you are to his attacks, and how powerful will be this deceit that he has been preparing to once again convince and force My creation – My children – to worship him. This is what he is preparing. This is what for centuries he has worked for. To confuse and deceive My children in such a way that in thinking they are worshiping Me, they are worshiping him – darkness. He mocks all that I do, so he builds his own “church,” his own “rites,” his own “sacraments,” his own “teachings,” his own “miracles,” his own “healings.” All to mock and blaspheme and separate My children from Me. At first through the appearance of light and goodness, but soon that veil falls and he rules by fear and hatred and a darkness so dense and deep that refuses even an atom of My Light. MY CHILDREN, THIS IS THE BATTLE I AM PREPARING MY ARMY FOR. THESE ARE THE ATTACKS THAT YOU WILL FACE AND THAT I TEACH YOU HOW TO FIGHT AGAINST. AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE RESERVED AN OCEAN OF GRACE FOR THESE HOURS. THIS IS WHY I COME TO PREPARE YOU. AND WHY I INSIST ON YOUR SILENCE, ON YOUR FAITH, ON YOUR TRUST, ON YOUR ABANDONMENT TO MYWILL. Because this is the Armor you need, the protection you must have in order not to be deceived. [Continued in next post]
[Continued from above] DO NOT BE AFRAID. BE ALERT. BE ON GUARD. THIS IS MY BATTLE, AND YOU HELP ME. I AM YOUR CAPTAIN. YOU ARE MY SOLDIERS. DO NOT FORGET THIS. My children, the usurpation of the positions of authority in My Church is not the ultimate goal. IT IS A NECESSARY STEP IN THE PLANS OF MY ENEMY, one that has been prepared and planned for centuries, My children. This is why no human effort can stop it.[3] As no human effort could stop My Jesus’ arrest or His trial, or His condemnation or His Crucifixion. The Action that I need from you, My sons and daughters, is TO LISTEN TO ME. TO SET ASIDE YOUR PLANS, YOUR IDEAS, THAT MY WILL AND MY PLAN MAY SHINE IN YOUR HEARTS. AND ABOVE ALL, My children – I NEED YOUR FAITH AND YOUR TRUST – THAT ACT OF YOUR SOUL THAT GIVES ME MY RIGHTFUL PLACE AS GOD, AS YOUR GOD, THE ONLY ONE WHO IS. THE LORD AND MASTER OF ALL THAT IS. YOUR FATHER. THIS IS WHAT MAKES YOU MINE – TRULY MINE. THIS IS THE TRUTH THAT YOU MUST CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH. The battle will not be about this argument or that argument, about this practice or that, but it will be a direct attack on this TRUTH on which all other Truths and knowledge stand. First, all the protections that I have given you throughout the centuries must be dismantled, culminating with the greatest One – the very Presence of My Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist. The enemy is at work preparing the destruction – the apparent destruction – for if he cannot destroy It directly, he works to destroy It, “remove It” from the hearts of My children through lack of Faith and indifference, and blasphemy after blasphemy. Once these protections have been weakened or destroyed, then the infection of reason takes place – supplanting the Gifts of Intelligence and Wisdom that I grant through Faith, and placing in their stead rational, human thought infected by the pride of Satan. This is an insidious attack that began in the Garden, with Adam and Eve, and now sees its culmination in the denial of the Savior, of His Presence, of My Gifts, of My Grace, of child-like Faith, and will end in the complete relativization of My Truth – of My very Person. THE UNFAILING WEAPON TO FIGHT AND DEFEAT ANY ATTACK FROM THE ENEMY IS YOUR CHILD-LIKE FAITH. Do not be deceived, My little ones, into thinking that your plans, your ideas, your thinking, can defeat the works of darkness. For if you persist in this lie, the enemy already has a foothold in you, he has already scored a victory against you, making you think that you can solve the problem, that you can fix the situation. Pride has already entered. The cooperation I require from My children is different in each age of Salvation History – all according to what is needed in My Plan for the good of all My little ones. TODAY, children, IN THIS HOUR, what I require from you is that you believe ME, that you listen – not to your own ideas – but TO MINE. NOW. I ASK FOR THIS ACT OF ADORATION AND TRUST THAT PLACES ALL YOUR IDEAS AND PLANS AND UNDERSTANDINGS AT MY FEET. AND LETS ME PLACE MY WILL IN THE DEPTHS OF YOUR BEING. This act of Surrender to My Will terrifies your humanity – I know. BUT THIS ACT OF FAITH AND ADORATION IS WHAT ANCHORS YOU TO ME, TO MY HEART, TO MY TRUTH. I Am breaking the chains that anchor you to fallible, untrustworthy foundations – your own reasonings – in order to anchor you to the One, True, Everlasting Foundation – ME. I AM THE HEAD. I AM THE FOUNDATION. I AM THE TRUTH. I AM THE AUTHORITY AND THE POWER THAT IS OVER ALL AND RULES ALL. DO NOT FORGET THIS. My children, be at Peace. Trust Me. Trust your Father Who loves you. This world, these hours are fleeting. Look up at Me, that you might never forget Who is waiting for you.[4] Look up at Me, that you might never doubt that I love you and that I want your eternal good and happiness. LOOK UP AT ME, that you might never forget that I AM YOUR GOD, YOUR FATHER, ALL-POWERFUL TO SAVE. LIGHT, LIFE, LOVE, TRUTH, JUSTICE, PEACE – ONLY IN ME, SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MINE – ONLY IN ME. My beloved ones, I receive all your love and your efforts, and I bless you for them, and through them I help your brothers who are still so blind. I, YOUR FATHER, BLESS YOU + I, YOUR SAVIOR, YOUR JESUS, BLESS YOU + I, THE DIVINE BREATH OF LIFE, WHO ENLIGHTENS AND STRENGTHENS YOU, BLESS YOU + And I, My little ones, your Heavenly Mother, bless you as well, and lead you in the holy Act of Adoration in which all of Paradise and Heaven participate: “TO THE ONE WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE, AND TO THE LAMB, BE PRAISE, AND HONOR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.”[5] [1] All these words were said with much solemnity, seriousness and strength. Not necessarily in a “booming” tone, but rather with the weight and power of the absoluteness of TRUTH, against which there is no argument that can stand. [2] Again, this was said with the weight and “solidity” of immutability (not a word I ever use, but it came immediately as I was beginning this footnote). I perceived as if these words – these truths – so hard to receive and accept, are founded on rock – on His TRUTH – and therefore cannot be dismissed, they remain. One could raise thousands of arguments against these Truths, but they collapse because it is like trying to crush a rock with a feather. [3] This is such a difficult Truth for our humanity to accept – because it crushes our pride. I do not understand this to mean that we just sit back and do nothing. NO. But that the particular action needed is not what we think, but rather the incredibly difficult and trying acts of Faith and trust, which seem to our humanity so…ineffective, insufficient, elusive, in the face of what is happening – so “not concrete” enough – “yes, yes, faith…but we need to DO something…” not realizing that it’s precisely thoughts like these that prove our lack of faith and trust. This is why it seems to me He keeps saying to us: set aside your thoughts and listen to ME. He is taking us back to the very foundation of what an effective action is – an action that has its origin exclusively in His Will. In order to be effective soldiers (effective anything, really) we have to go back to that foundation – His Will – and only His Will, and accept what He tells us He needs us to do, even if it seems “not enough.” [4] Said with much love, like a caress. [5] Revelation 5:13. It seems to me such a gift and a mercy to be able to learn and say these words that are said in Heaven while we are still on earth. To think that with these brief words we truly are united to Eternity, to the Victory, to the fulfillment of His Promises – to Him. It seems to me that these words and this act of adoration put everything back in its proper order and perspective, and it is why they are so powerful – giving to God what is rightfully His.
