"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through.
I do not think that wide circles of the American Society or wide circles of the Christian Community realize this fully.
We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel.
It is a trial which the Church must take up."
Blessed Pope John Paul II, is reputed to have made the above statement when visiting the U.S.A. as Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, in 1976.
The antithesis compared to the thesis is considered the direct opposite. The anti-Gospel does not seem like the direct opposite of the Gospel and accordingly is easily accepted as the Gospel when the error/change is presented as deeper interpretation or more enlighted understanding.
The anti-church doesn't seem very different to the Church but lack of obedience to the Holy Father or adherence to traditional Church teaching is not always apparent.
How can the average person know if he or she is hearing the Gospel or the anti-Gospel?
Frankly, it is very difficult to distinquish between them except when looking at extremes.
The best solution is to hold fast to the Blessed Virgin. She above all knows her Son's Gospel.
Consecration to Mary, the Mother of God, is the best antidote to error.
Ask Mary, as the Advocate of the People of God, for protection.
I forget who said, he who acts as his own attorney has a fool representing him, or words to that effect.
Showing posts with label John Paul II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Paul II. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
What Did May First Mean to You?
Osama Bin Laden is dead. People are coming together at Ground Zero, Times Square and the White House to express, what we would normally call joy, but can joy, a gift from God, be an appropriate sentiment at the death of a man and his son?
Over the weekend we learned that Colonel Gadaffi's son and grandchildren had been killed by an American airstrike. Is this a cause for celebration?
Do the people of the USA intend to kill Gadaffi? Is that a "just" solution to the conflict in Libya?
Can American forces be used to kill Castro, Chavez, Putin?
It is interesting that the announcement of Bin Laden's death came on May Day, the same day Hitler's death was announced. In much of Europe, May first was highjacked by the Socialists and Communists but it is still the first day of the month in which we are invited to honor Mary, the Mother of God.
When Mary appeared to the children at Fatima she promised that if the Pope, in union with the bishops of the church, would consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, peace would result. Neither the Pope nor the bishops did as Mary asked and Russia has spead her errors as predicted. Interestingly, the bishops of Portugal consecrated their dioceses to Mary, and Portugal was spared involvement in the Spanish civil war and WWII.
Mary said that "...in the end..." Russia would be concecrated but it would be late, perhaps too late.
Yesterday, a great Pope was beatified, yet even he did not consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart. Pope John Paul II did not proclaim a fifth Marian dogma, that of Mary as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. This despite Mary's claim that "...in the end..." this dogma would be proclaimed.
All of this means that we are not yet "... in the end...", because neither of the actions requested by Mary have happened. My question is why?
Why do Popes and bishops not consecrate their sees to the Virgin Most Holy?
Has the spirit of Protestantism, so overwhelmed the Catholic Church, that it cannot believe that the Mother of God has the power and the authority to end wars and counter the attacks of the devil?
A Church lead by such men is headed for destruction. We cannot hide behind Christ's promise that the gates of hell will not prevail. Better we remember that the bride, like the groom, must die in order to experience resurrection.
The Church is dying and not from old age. She is being destroyed and the means given to us by God to revive her are being ignored.
Yesterday, was Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast instituted by Pope John Paul II. Despite the fact that this was the date chosen for his beatification, the church I attend did not celebrate it as John Paul II intended.
How long, I wonder, before the first Sunday after Easter will return to only being the Octave of Easter? At the church I attend there was no mention of Mary, Divine Mercy or the Beatification. No alter or flowers for Mary! No crowning of a statue by the children! Nothing to acknowledge the role of Mary or John Paul II in the economy of salvation. This is the same church where the priest consecrated leaven bread for Easter.
In 1961, at Garabandal, Spain, Mary said, "We must make many sacrifices, perform much penance, and visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently, but first we must lead good lives." In 1965, she returned to Garabandal saying, "As my message ... has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one."
When are our Popes and Bishops going to get it? When will they understand that "..in the end..." God's will is always done?
Over the weekend we learned that Colonel Gadaffi's son and grandchildren had been killed by an American airstrike. Is this a cause for celebration?
Do the people of the USA intend to kill Gadaffi? Is that a "just" solution to the conflict in Libya?
Can American forces be used to kill Castro, Chavez, Putin?
It is interesting that the announcement of Bin Laden's death came on May Day, the same day Hitler's death was announced. In much of Europe, May first was highjacked by the Socialists and Communists but it is still the first day of the month in which we are invited to honor Mary, the Mother of God.
When Mary appeared to the children at Fatima she promised that if the Pope, in union with the bishops of the church, would consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, peace would result. Neither the Pope nor the bishops did as Mary asked and Russia has spead her errors as predicted. Interestingly, the bishops of Portugal consecrated their dioceses to Mary, and Portugal was spared involvement in the Spanish civil war and WWII.
Mary said that "...in the end..." Russia would be concecrated but it would be late, perhaps too late.
Yesterday, a great Pope was beatified, yet even he did not consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart. Pope John Paul II did not proclaim a fifth Marian dogma, that of Mary as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. This despite Mary's claim that "...in the end..." this dogma would be proclaimed.
All of this means that we are not yet "... in the end...", because neither of the actions requested by Mary have happened. My question is why?
Why do Popes and bishops not consecrate their sees to the Virgin Most Holy?
Has the spirit of Protestantism, so overwhelmed the Catholic Church, that it cannot believe that the Mother of God has the power and the authority to end wars and counter the attacks of the devil?
A Church lead by such men is headed for destruction. We cannot hide behind Christ's promise that the gates of hell will not prevail. Better we remember that the bride, like the groom, must die in order to experience resurrection.
The Church is dying and not from old age. She is being destroyed and the means given to us by God to revive her are being ignored.
Yesterday, was Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast instituted by Pope John Paul II. Despite the fact that this was the date chosen for his beatification, the church I attend did not celebrate it as John Paul II intended.
How long, I wonder, before the first Sunday after Easter will return to only being the Octave of Easter? At the church I attend there was no mention of Mary, Divine Mercy or the Beatification. No alter or flowers for Mary! No crowning of a statue by the children! Nothing to acknowledge the role of Mary or John Paul II in the economy of salvation. This is the same church where the priest consecrated leaven bread for Easter.
In 1961, at Garabandal, Spain, Mary said, "We must make many sacrifices, perform much penance, and visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently, but first we must lead good lives." In 1965, she returned to Garabandal saying, "As my message ... has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one."
When are our Popes and Bishops going to get it? When will they understand that "..in the end..." God's will is always done?
Friday, April 8, 2011
When the Son of Man Returns Will He Find Faith on the Earth?
Why did Pope John Paul II, soon to be Blessed John Paul, not order the bishops of the world to join with him when he consecrated the world to the Blessed Virgin in 1984?
Why did John Paul II not proclaim the Fifth Marian Dogma, recognising the Blessed Virgin Mary as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate of the people of God?
Could it be that he was trying to avoid a schism in the Roman Catholic Church?
Why would John Paul II think that such actions could bring about a schism?
Is it because of what John Paul II, as Pope, read on the single page written by Sister Lucia containing the words of the Mother of God?
Did the Blessed Virgin suggest certain behaviors of the Church hierarchy would cause a schism?
Was John Paul II restricted in his actions out of concern that a schism not occur on his watch?
How else can one explain why the most Marian Pope in recent history chose not to take two actions that could have given greater recognition to the role of the Blessed Virgin in the economy of salvation.
One can argue that the Fifth Marian Dogma would have made ecumenical relations with Protestants more difficult. That argument was advanced for the Fourth Marian Dogma but history has disproved the thesis.
My opinion is that following Vatican Council II many Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church became quite Protestant. As such, their view of the Blessed Virgin's role in the affairs of the modern Church is greatly diminished. This despite the words at Fatima, "In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."
The Blessed Virgin went on to say, "The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted..." What does converted mean? Convered to Christian Orthodoxy or to Roman Catholicism?
Before the Bolshevik revolution and murder of the Czar, Russia was arguably the holiest country in the world. With the conversion of Russia, Catholic orthodoxy might have the greatest of allies.
If there is to be a schism within the Roman Church perhaps Orthodoxy may be able to help the faithful decide which side to choose, given the Orthodox Church was not a participant in Vatican II, (two Russian observers notwithstanding).
Why did John Paul II not proclaim the Fifth Marian Dogma, recognising the Blessed Virgin Mary as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate of the people of God?
Could it be that he was trying to avoid a schism in the Roman Catholic Church?
Why would John Paul II think that such actions could bring about a schism?
Is it because of what John Paul II, as Pope, read on the single page written by Sister Lucia containing the words of the Mother of God?
Did the Blessed Virgin suggest certain behaviors of the Church hierarchy would cause a schism?
Was John Paul II restricted in his actions out of concern that a schism not occur on his watch?
How else can one explain why the most Marian Pope in recent history chose not to take two actions that could have given greater recognition to the role of the Blessed Virgin in the economy of salvation.
One can argue that the Fifth Marian Dogma would have made ecumenical relations with Protestants more difficult. That argument was advanced for the Fourth Marian Dogma but history has disproved the thesis.
My opinion is that following Vatican Council II many Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church became quite Protestant. As such, their view of the Blessed Virgin's role in the affairs of the modern Church is greatly diminished. This despite the words at Fatima, "In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."
The Blessed Virgin went on to say, "The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted..." What does converted mean? Convered to Christian Orthodoxy or to Roman Catholicism?
Before the Bolshevik revolution and murder of the Czar, Russia was arguably the holiest country in the world. With the conversion of Russia, Catholic orthodoxy might have the greatest of allies.
If there is to be a schism within the Roman Church perhaps Orthodoxy may be able to help the faithful decide which side to choose, given the Orthodox Church was not a participant in Vatican II, (two Russian observers notwithstanding).
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