Examine the question: "Why" is the word we use to express the chain of cause and effect. If there is nothing, that nothing cannot cause something. Every relationship and law we know is a relation of something to something. Even our reason itself is circumscribed by the something in which we exist. The question is stupid so the answer has to be stupid. (Devine revelation excluded.)
Understanding “Synodalspeak” requires special listening skills. For example, the Bishop says, “I stand by the teachings of the Catholic Church. That is my Church.” Meanwhile, Scripture says, (1Tim 1:11): We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. So, the Bishop’s term “Catholic Church” is not the one following, for the sake of the people or otherwise, the gospel entrusted to Paul. That is because his “Catholic Church” threw out decades ago the “received …More
Oh, that careful wording of the elites. Immoral? Yup. Illegal in any of the 50 states? Sure. "Illicit on private property off shore?" Arguably no. My opinion is that Gates, who thinks himself a global leader, is only a useful idiot, a puppet of those really running the show.
The Synodal Church is a gateway drug for the Apostolic Faith. It took me about two years to go from Confirmation to the richness of the Traditional (Apostolic) Faith.
Homosexuality is indeed emerging as an obvious issue with the most senior levels of the "Synodal Church". None of us should be so proud to look down on them but we are obliged not to look up to them. Pray for them but cling with all your might to the Apostolic Church.
The Vatican’s Synod Secretariat published on November 17 an Interim Report (28 pages) on its ten study groups. It is essentially a progress update toward a final report expected by December 31, 2025. “A special word must be reserved for the question of women's access to the diaconate,” the Interim Report notes, adding that the final document will address “the specific theme of the participation of women in the life and leadership of the Church.” On homosexuality, the Interim Report states: “Some emerging issues (which we find more appropriate to designate thus rather than as controversial) will be addressed in a manner that offers an operational dimension to the proposals advanced.” The Synodal “Paradigm Shift”: Subjectivity of Sinner The document proposes a "principle of pastorality" as "an interpretive horizon to express this paradigm shift (also in relation to the love/truth relationship).” It calls for a “mutual interaction between life (of the believer) and doctrine” and …More
Correction: We can only call God our Father through our Lord Jesus. By today standards, even King David would've been called cruel... Look how churches are constantly bombarded with gay promotion and the PR on how merciful one might be due to the "welcoming" of sodomy... BUT it doesn’t stops there, how the mass keeps accepting abuses with compromises, how silence falls with the constant anhilation of the faith in "democratic" societies is constant, look how Canada has allowed more churches to burn than most african countries, the Philippines, a bastion of the novus ordo, a "catholic" priest dream has allowed blessing of gay couples... People should open their eyes about the times we are living in.
In the linked article, the author voices the demand of the Synodal women, "We want to be treated as equals not only theoretically, in dignity, but also in church ministry." As I tell my three year old granddaughter when she wants something impossible, I am glad you know what you want. Your next question should be "What is good?" Later in the article, the author notes, "Who but women are blessed with the natural gifts of birthing, feeding, nurturing and teaching?". Yes, indeed, women are particularly blessed with gifts no man has. That aids their station in life. For reasons we don't fully understand, God made men different and gave men and women roles consistent with each's abilities. The essence of Catholicism is "servium", surrendering to the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. That includes the traditions we don't understand and even what you don't want. The potential of women's consecrated life as a sacrament equal to holy orders
At what point do the faithful say, “ENOUGH”! Of course having an impact on world affairs or politics would be expensive. In the case of the Church, it is cheap. A short (one page or less) anonymous letter indicating one or two, a most, acts which are beyond the pale and that you are withholding donations until this nonsense stops. Then, don’t give. The secret is that the fixed costs for any church are high. Even a modest reduction in donations will be sorely felt, and quickly. Get with it people, ENOUGH!
Thu Jan 11, 2024 - 9:04 pm ESTFri Jan 12, 2024 - 10:36 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — Multiple Illinois bishops are forbidding parishes from hosting drives to sign a petition for a state ballot advisory question aimed at legally requiring parental consent for medical interventions such as abortions and “sex changes” for minors. Along with prohibiting Catholic church-based drives for the petition, the Dioceses of Rockford and Joliet have instructed pastors not to send out mass emails to parishioners about the petition or the group promoting it, the Parents Matter Coalition (PMC). The petition seeks to place on the November 2024 ballot the following advisory question: “Shall the written consent from a minor’s parent or guardian be required before any entity, person, clinic or school can provide a minor (under the age of 18 years) any non-emergency medical procedure, medication, pharmaceutical, or any gender modification procedure, gender identification counseling or gender therapy?” Aside …
Cardinal Fernandez, along with many of the prelates of the church, need to hear and heed the words of Saint Alfonso de Ligouri. Their eternity is at stake.
This very principle pronounced by Müller should now be applied backwards. Not only the current pontiff cannot revise Apostolic Tradition, but neither can any prior pope, nor the Synod on Synodality, nor any synod, council, pope or bishop. Debating if Francis “is” pope has its place, but irrespective of his status, no pope can revise (“develop”) Apostolic Tradition. His actions and pronouncements, wherever they add to or change the Apostolic Tradition, are simply null and void. This was the bridge too far. I suspect it was pushed because of Francis’ ill health. They couldn’t wait for the Synod on Synodality to authorize the local synods to decide. So, they watered it down to a private, informal, nothing to see here, mere pastoral blessing. But like a single drop of poison in the punch, even weak bishops who went along with all of the nonsense from Rome for years, could not stomach blessing sodomy. No amount of word games could change what it really was. These are people who have been …More
Cardinal Muller, speak it loudly, strongly and faithfully.... "this individual dressed in white" making up his own 'pacha-gospel' with the left hand of that friend of his, pacha-Tucho.... IS NOT A POPE - especially of the Catholic Church! Until all Cardinals remain silent...there will be a continuation and fortification of this 'end of the earth' (near hell) anti-papacy, pacha-papacy, anti-Catholicism!!
Francis will not live to close the Synod. This is an extreme reversal from the process of letting the Synod on Synodality free local synods decide such things. But his discussion of his funeral and putting the blessing of Sodomy before the Synod closes is a clear sign that Francis does not expect to live more than a few months. He wanted to repay the Sodomy lobby for all their support before he goes. But this was too soon. Without the mask of Synodality, the “Synodal Church” will split from the Catholic Church, bishop by bishop. As the Synodal Church dies, the Catholic Church will heal, slowly flushing out accumulated modernism. Becoming Apostolic again. Or so I think.
Francis' lapdog, Tucho Fernández, published on 18 December a statement on the "Pastoral Significance of Blessings" co-signed by Francis. Tucho has been accused by Argentinean Sister Lucía Caram of being a practising homosexual. He claims to be offering a "broadening and enrichment" of the "Catholic" understanding of the blessings. However, he instead presents an absurdity that he sarcastically calls "a real development". To deceive his audience, he first copied a few lines from the Catechism. Fernández correctly states that all sexual relations find their natural, proper and fully human meaning only in a marriage between a man and a woman, open to the procreation of children. "The Church's teaching on this point remains firm," he says. Nevertheless, he suggests that a liturgical rite of homosexual "blessing" - the "blessing" of mortal sin - is possible. It should just not contradict the aforementioned truth or create confusion, what is precisely the case. Tucho believes that the Church …More
When Paul wrote, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema,” he was admitting that he battled against principalities and powers and it was only the grace of God which preserved him, and it was not impossible that God’s permissive will may allow him to fall. A valid Pope is not some magical creature, above humanity and, apparently, above sanctity. This pope stands against the Gospel of of Paul. We must treat him with kindness, for he is in desperate need of our prayers, but show no respect for any of his pronouncements which contradict Paul. Paul made no provision for an “invalid Paul.” It didn’t matter to Paul and it should not matter to us. We cling to the Apostolic Tradition because our lives depend on it. We defend it against all who would distort it, no matter the “validity” of their role.
The foundation of the Synodal Church is that our problems today are not only different than the problems in the past, but incomparable with the problems of the past. Yet every evidence we have is that the tools are different but the problems the same. People are fallen. Some sell sub-standard goods. Some write overly long complaint letters. We still have “Lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God. The problems haven’t changed and neither has the solution, for He is the same yesterday, today and forever.