How would you describe a miserable human being in moral and ethical terms? One might think it is a lack of love or empathy for others or to shamelessly use another’s misfortune, sorrow or pain to their own advantage; like a politician exploiting groups of people for their own gain though they are bereft of any true sense of love of neighbor. In the religious realm it might be using faith to twist and cajole others into losing faith, defying gospel teachings and natural and religious moral norms in order to lead them to hell rather than to God. I suppose the damned are looking for as much company as they can get.

But I can’t help but think that the worst form of a diabolical personality are those who pretend to be good, righteous and loving while they are hiding beneath a mask their desire to hunt people down like prey: predators seem to be the worst and those who know them and ignore them are nearly as bad.

This is the situation in the Catholic Church at the moment and I cannot think of anything more miserable than predatory religious figures who are no more than wolves in sheep’s clothing or hirelings who ignore the wolves for money, favors and public acclaim. We are aware now that there are a number of bishops who live this way but it is astonishing to us that our very Pope may be among them as well. 

It might be easy to point a finger at the bishops who have devoured their own sheep and lambs but to imagine that the head of the bishops (the bishop of Rome and the Vicar of Christ Himself) might also be one of them is almost too much to fathom. And should it all turn out as being true in the coming months or years, we will have the poster boy of the most Miserable Human Being on the face of the earth. For if true, he is a diabolical narcissist, an actor par excellence and sadly the most miserable human being of our present era. There is nobody who is higher and who can fall further than the Pope of the Catholic faith and thereby his fall will be greater than scores of others who fall on a daily basis. 

Let us pray that if the allegations are true that he will bow out gracefully and that those other bishops may follow suit. Then just maybe these Miserable Human Beings will be forgotten and the Church may once again regain Her splendor (never actually lost) to the eyes of this fallen world that revels in the scandals of the Church.

O glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. Fight this day the battle of our Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in heaven. That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the Name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay, and cast into eternal perdition, souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. That wicked dragon pours out. as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity. These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on Her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck the sheep may be scattered. Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious powers of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.

V: Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.

R: The Lion of the Tribe of Juda has conquered the root of David.

V: Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.

R: As we have hoped in Thee.

V: O Lord hear my prayer.

R: And let my cry come unto Thee.

V: Let us pray. O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as suppliants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin, immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of our souls. Amen.

Now: Springtime for Francis and Commies

As sad as times are, a little levity is needed as well or we will certainly sap our strength. I was going to name it Springtime for Satan and Hades because there is a strong diabolical underpinning to all of the changes that have swept the world in such a quick amount of time. So the title(s) and the video is about all that you’re going to get from me for a cheap laugh.

That is because times are perilous within and without the Catholic Church and among the other Christian Denominations. We are awash in a new “morality” that used to be called by its proper name, immorality. Evil is good these days and has its rights whereas on paper, at least the Catholic Church affirms that evil has no rights while affirming practices that gives rights to these very same evils; not only hypocritical but downright satanic in its glorification of objective moral evils.

So is this the new normal of the world and Christianity as a whole? That we now find adultery too hard, celibacy impossible, homosexual acts as good and wholesome as the marital act? It may very well be and is probably responsible in large part to the decline of Christianity in both Europe and the United States. If this keeps up Christianity will be a liberal meeting house that claims moral superiority while rejecting all that our fathers in faith counted as among the worst sins listed in the Bible.

Satan, is gloating. He has been at this for about 2000 years to infiltrate and to destroy the Christian faith; and he is having his best success during our sad generation it seems. But satan can do nothing without willing co-conspirators.

Enter, at least in the Catholic world, Francis and his Very Merry (actually) “gay” entourage and closest allies. His new teachings that take us back to the days of Moses rather than embracing the corrections by Christ on the nature of marriage and what constitutes adultery as a serious sin. We see him making saints of Communists, neo-Marxists, Peronists and his brother Liberation Theology adherents. And of course, he cannot help beatifying anyone that unleashed the ‘open the windows to the world’ cry of the Second Vatican Council. I guess that is to lend it some sort of credibility amongst those who think these ‘saints’ are truly Saints as they were made since the Council of Trent. Sadly, it is John Paul II that stripped the process of 141 rules and regulations that were required prior to his pontificate. You must hand it to Francis to take advantage of any crack that might be available in order to drive the thin end of a wedge through until the whole door is wide enough for one and all. Who knows who will be the next big saint; perhaps Che Guevara or Fidel Castro.

The twentieth century saw the demise of Christian taboos amongst all Christians starting with contaception, then came abortion, women pastors, homosexual pastors and now so-called same sex married couples. We are so much more enlightened it seems that for 2000 years the Christians simply didn’t have the proper teaching techniques and brain-washing techniques to use on our children and our susceptible college kids.

Well what now? Where do we go from here? We can either shut the doors or try like hell to take back the high ground. But do we have the desire or have we all lost the fortitude and courage of being Christ’s warriors? Its either that or our churches will amount to nothing more than meeting halls or NGO’s who pander to the government and the various UN agencies for more money to do all the ‘good’ work that they do.

Spiritual guidance, holiness, piety, sanctifying our lives in hope to get to heaven? I hope someday that it will once again be the purpose of the Christian churches. But if we want it to be that way in our lifetimes you must first have to realize that this is not the business that they are currently in. Politics, raising money, exerting power and living lavish lifestyles and indulging in their every vice without consequence seems a new mission for the new Christianity. You might find that appealing in which case the True Churches will go underground and we will be prosecuted relentlessly. If we find that appalling then we better get busy and retake that which is rightfully ours as Christ gave the Church for the sole purpose of  shepherding the sheep not to sheer them and slaughter them for their own amusement and pleasure.

Ignatius of Loyola asked us to answer and think about the following questions:

What have I done for Christ? What am I doing for Christ? What ought I to do for Christ?

If you get those questions answered rightly, we will not have a problem. If you ignore them then we might be back in the catacombs sooner than you think.

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League just wrote a piece entitled, DELIRIOUS REACTIONS TO CHURCH ABUSE. In this article the outspoken defender of the Catholic Faith, Mr. Donohue goes on and on about the abuse that is present in the filthy subset of American Culture called Hollywood. He points to the rapes, the pedophilia, the overall corruption of the industry and he seems to go on and on as if this excuses the sexual crisis that we find ourselves embroiled within the Catholic Church at the moment. And it is for more than just a moment. This has been going strong since before the advent of Vatican II.

Now I don’t know why, if he wants to give excuses for our present situation he leaves out Government politicians, large Corporate enterprises and of course Organized Crime. Their sins are as scarlet, but we all know that and almost expect it. they are on a whole a corrupt bunch who are primarily psychopathic narcissists which care little about anyone but themselves. Their thrill in their crimes against people and the laws of the land and by getting away, in plain view, with these crimes and acts of moral depravity that others go to jail for. This is their thrill. They have no love for their associates and ‘friends’ as they are being used during moments when they are needed for their own benefit; to climb the ladders to success, amass power and prestige, and of course live a life that few could live without spending a life in jail.

What particularly struck me was the offense that Bill Donohue seems to take with ordinary, outraged Catholics as well as others in the media and other people who are not all that enamored with Catholicism in the first place. So it comes across as an apologia for the Catholic Church by pointing a finger at others and diminishing the number of crimes against our clerics including Bishops and Cardinals within the Church. It seems that he is setting up a convenient straw man defense as if these others are equivalent to the crisis at hand. It is not.

They all have one thing in common however and that is their practice of what the mafia calls omerta; the unwritten law of silence, that is practiced among all groups of psychopaths who rise to power, attempt to retain power, in order to promote those who obey and punish those who do not. When their usefulness is over and they are no longer relevant then it is OK to single them out and humiliate them. And should the person who is caught with his hand in the cookie jar retaliates, then all the forces of the clique of blackmailers will come down heavy upon them. Their legal fees and their pensions may be revoked and they will be shuffled off to jail or to seclusion depending on the information that they are willing to share with police and civil authorities. It can even cost a man his life if he breaks the code of silence.

It seems that Bill Donohue is having a hard time trying to convince Catholics who are angry and calling for justice that his argument is essentially the same. But this is the entire fallacy of his article. We know that these things go on in the underbelly of society but doesn’t Bill understand that the Catholic Church is supposed to be a beacon of moral relevance in this world? Does he understand how much worse it is for a successor to the Apostles who is supposed to care for the souls of the Church has a duty that far surpasses any group out in the world? We are supposed to be separate from the world and perhaps that is part of the problem. It seems that we are becoming more and more like the world? And when you fall from a place that is infinitely higher than the atheistic and hedonistic places of power in this world it makes a bigger splash and is far more tragic and meaningful. 

Yes, the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by homosexuals, incontinent prelates, blackmailers, Communists, freemasons and others who are little better than organized crime. And it seems that omerta and the covering up of their crimes is standard operating procedure. It is a scandal, and we should all call it a scandal, for it is precisely what it is. No use in mincing words and no use in making excuses or saying that this group or that group is more filthy than we are. That just doesn’t cut it anymore. Are we the Mystical Body of Christ or not? Are we to be saving souls rather than killing the souls of our own and perhaps chasing them away from the Church for the rest of their lives. Do their souls count for more than your feeble excuse for their equivalency to other fallen groups like Hollywood? I would be ashamed to try to equate the two as a defense and as a way to silence the scandalized Catholics who are abused themselves by all of this. For this scandal puts a black mark on everyone who is a Catholic and drives those who were considering becoming Catholic to go elsewhere. 

I’m sorry but when the Church practices omerta and operates like a gay mafia then we need to start a war to drive them from our midst. Homosexuality in the clergy is a large part of the cliques that have formed and it is also a large part of the malfeasance of the Church’s money and the state of the Vatican Bank as well. It is time to clean house. No excuses, no equivalencies and no pointing of fingers to the guy next to you. Lets point the finger at ourselves and get to work cleaning out the mess.

It is astonishing to me that people at times say that the restrictions of Catholics is too hard and they do not allow the individual enough freedom in their lives; though it is uncertain as to what this freedom consists.

On a macro level, it is obvious that we all have full access to freedom: Pro-Choice in everything we do. We are totally free, due to God’s gift of freewill, to abide by Him and to submit ourselves to His will or to sin in life. We can and do commit at times the most heinous crimes as is obvious in the present sex scandals in the Catholic Church. What is to stop us? So what you are after, it seems, is not ‘freedom’ to live according to God’s will but to have God change His will so that you can live your life outside of His Holy Will but according to your own; without any restrictions, regrets, shame or duties that even a simple marriage vow binds one to.

If we Love God as we think we do then it seems logical that we should take to heart our saviors words: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.”__ Matthew 22:37  As in a marriage vow we give to one another our entire selves in sacrificial love and perhaps for the first time in our lives we live our lives for another; to please them, protect them, to abide with them in good times and in bad times. There is nothing we would not do to attempt to bring them anything but complete happiness and joy. 

Is it not the same with God, except more so? For we seem not to think that the burden of marriage is too hard (though many fail at this these days) but we all know of good marriages that have succeeded and when they fell for a time they made up and rebuilt their marriages on trust and fidelity once again. Do we feel imprisoned in marriage? Do we feel that we have lost our freedom? Would we rather be free of our responsibilities and lose the love of another that we have become one with? Speaking for myself the answer I would give is no.

Now when God and His Church asks of us to take on His yoke and encourages us with the words, “For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.” __ Matthew 11:30  it is not because He is a liar but because He knows that True Love of Him makes His Will easy for us to bear as it does in a good and Holy marriage. Yes, we will fail from time to time as our human frailties and fallen natures makes us vulnerable to lapses in our judgement and a weakness in our will. But He again has provided for us through Confession and penance to atone for our sins and to mend our relationship once again.

So we have all the freedom in the world though we must decide if the freedoms we desire are good for us, good for our souls, good for the nation, good for humankind and especially if it is in accord with the Will of God which He has given us. For within His freedom even mortal death no longer frightens us but becomes a door which leads to Our Beloved Lord; Whom we expectantly hope to see face to face. A consummation of that love which we started here on earth and which is perfected should we be worthy enough to find ourselves with a place Heaven.

Mostly, the only freedom we need to cherish above all is the freedom to Love God and to worship and adore Him and to try our best to please Him. All other freedom is temporal and has no long term meaning. It is but a blink of an eye to our eternal soul. God’s freedom is eternal and guarantees the completion and fulfillment of our total happiness. What else can we look forward to with as much delight and enthusiasm? For Christ is our final end for which this life was given us.

Read more HERE.

Well the report on sexual abuse from 6 Dioceses in PA has hit the press and it is mind boggling to say the least. Over a 1000 children have been sexually abused and over 300 priests were indicated as the perpetrators of this abuse. Cardinal Wuerl was mentioned over 200 times in the report which lays at his feet complicity and the coverup of these crimes when he was in Charge of the Pittsburgh Diocese. 

The usual mode of operation in such things as this was prevalent as we all could guess: the code of silence among the knowing, the shell game of moving priests around, the deniability of charges and the sending of these perverts to ‘rehabilitation’ institutions to only be brought back for active ‘service’ to the community. Sound familiar? It should, as we have seen this since the late 90’s and early 2000’s showed us the filth and corruption that has gained control in our Church.

How gullible are we? Very, it seems. Did we think that the Dallas meeting in 2002 had cleaned out the Church and made it nearly impossible for this to happen again? I guess most of us wanted to believe so. Did they ever put in place any directives for themselves or was it all aimed at priests, and those who work with children in the parishes; like the awful VIRTUS program that all catechists must endure in order to teach a classroom of children? Is there any wonder why men no longer are teaching children in most parishes?

And this is only 1 state and only 6 dioceses of that state. How about the other states in the US. How about your own diocese. Isn’t it about time that we get similar reports from every diocese in this country? And not only this country; it needs to be implemented worldwide and especially within the Vatican hierarchy as well. Lets get all the documents out and have them delivered to civil authorities to deal with.

You wonder what the tally of victims would look like then; is it in the 100’s of thousands? There is no telling. But this only counts the victims of sex abuse. It does not include the families and the relatives of these victims or the spiritual abuse that many have suffered at the hands of these same religious predators. How many have left the faith, because they now see the Church as a den of iniquity? Who wants to go to Confession and speak of the most private sins with those whom we harbor doubts about their own predatory lives? 

Do parents want to raise their children in such an atmosphere?

In some respects, every single Catholic has been abused and smeared with the filth of these predators. We all walk on egg shells around children now, for fear that someone might think we too are like those predators. God forbid you give a hug to a child who needs one. Best leave a door open and make sure that there is no unsafe touching going on. And if you are tired of your Protestant, agnostic and atheist friends belittling your Church, are you quickly losing your faith and are you contemplating just leaving the Church altogether.

The abuse of the Faithful is not just sexual it is spiritual. And this spiritual abuse is likely to drive many from our parishes and prevent those who were thinking of joining the Church to rethink that decision.

So don’t think that this is an isolated instance and that the implications for the Church is simply temporary. If they do not clean this out and take all the heat at once, it will blow up all over again. And one of the biggest reasons it is likely to blow up again is the fact that almost everyone is blackmail-able to some extent. And in the ranks of power, the powerful know how to use the dirty (not so secret) secrets of their peers to gain more power and  prestige. So it is not just the homosexuals or the pedophiles we need to purge but every power hungry prelate that lives by the Code of Silence and perpetuates the blackmail of other priests and bishops for their own gain.

In some ways, we are losing our ability to believe that our prelates are ever going to change their ways. And this loss in our trust and in our hope for returning to the Faith that we like to imagine is possible, is growing ever fainter in our minds.

If you abuse our children, you abuse our trust, you abuse our spirituality and our hope. But most of all you abuse Christ and His Church.

UPDATE: since nobody could give me the answer to the question of my prior post, Seeking an Answer to a Conundrum about the questionable validity of some Sacraments, I found the answer in the most unlikely of sources; the SSPX.

I thank them for posting this theological explanation which allays my fears and those of other serious Catholics. I would suggest that we learn from this document a true answer from Holy Mother Church rather than the ramblings of those who know not what they are talking about.

You can read it here: http://archives.sspx.org/archbishop_lefebvre/validity_of_holy_orders.htm