When the Father was seven years old, his mother saw an angel at the foot of his bed who said that one day he would play a violin that all Germany would hear. The day is close when many who read this will Face Imprisonment and Death for the Faith. At that time recall the witness of Father Rupert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Mayer
Its a wonderful movie. He was a wonderful heroic priest. Imagine the courage he had. Like Cardinal Zen.
A Jesuit too. We must recall that there are good Jesuits too at this time...and not become too bitter against them. Many, many, many Jesuit Saints. Though I have to admit they are not my favorite people at the minute, as the Jesuits across the street know all to well. Pope St John Paul was going to disband the whole crew of them. I wish he had. As Jesus said, when the salt has lost it's flavour its time to fling it out and trample upon it.. ..and boy have they ever lost their flavour. Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
What a fearless priest. Sometimes when I pray, I ask Jesus to please give me the courage to face the things that are coming upon the world with a smile and grace and humility, and to do His will with fire and zeal.
It's not enough to simply keep silent and pray oftentimes. Sometimes it is a matter of growing a pair of you know what and roaring like a Lion. Blessed August Von Galen Bishop and Confessor.
Oh yes. I'm part of a group that prays the Rosary and DM Chaplet on most Saturdays. We gather at noon at a very busy intersection. We share our prayer intentions and go to town so to speak. We have flags and banners with images of Jesus and Mary, which say, "honk and pray for the USA". We've also done it to counter anti-life demonstrations, and sometimes we get some hate, foul language and insults tossed as us. Most people are supportive and give us loud honks, especially truckers. We've gotten some support even from a few of the local Mormons. I liken it to condition training. Everyone else in this group is older and retired. At 51, I'm the youngest one of the group. I think I'm going to make a sign that reads, "Rejoice and repent, these are the days of grace" to go along with the rest of our goodies..
It's fine doing this when folks speak out against the far right. It's not so fine at all when Catholics speak out against the far left. Against Communists and Socialism. Hence the new Secret deal between the CCCP and the Vatican and Cardinal Zen still in the pokey.
Don't think the Church has your back (the False Church that is). The only way they have your back is to stick something large and pointed and sharp right down in it. 'On his way back from the Victory Day Parade in Moscow last month, the Cuban leader Raul Castro stopped off in Rome to thank Pope Francis for his role in Cuba's rapprochement with the United States. "If the Pope continues this way," Castro said afterwards, "I will go back to praying and go back to the church - I am not joking."' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33024951
I've had moments doing this where I half-expected to be martyred by a big Dodge pickup truck. Wyoming is a "conservative" place, but we still have our share of those on the other side who just don't like people who think differently, especially Catholics. We've seen recently how the Federal Bureau of Imbeciles treats Catholic protesters at abortion factories. I was crossing the street once near where I work and some guy had an old truck in gray primer with big images of Bernie Sander's face painted on it. One look at the guy told me all I needed to know.
LOL, no, the guy looked at me with crazy eyes though. Sometimes I just wonder if he was a master troll. We get all sorts of people here, including that handful of mixed nuts that are out there. Look what happened in FL today, one of little Marco Rubio's staffers was attacked because he was wearing a Ron DeSantis hat. It's an ever increasing Godless society.
Before anyone tells me, 'You're getting too political here'. Let me quote one French writer who said, 'Everything is politics'. .and another who wrote that, 'The most political statement anyone can ever make is. 'I'm not interested in politics''. Off course the present Regime in the Vatican is Socialist/ Communist/ heavily Leftist. Is that news to anyone? When Pope St John Paul was in office he had to step down heavily on Pope Frankie (Then Archbishop of Buenas Aries) for this kinda leftist stuff and shut him down. Many of Pope Francis's statements sound like an editorial from the New York Times. They all adore him. The more leftist they are, the more they like him. I would guess he makes Bernie Saunders or AOC look like Ronald Regan. He despises Americans and the USA, for just this very reason. Am I telling anyone anything they don't already know? The only Americans he likes are fellow travellers. I mean the kind of Americans who hate the USA as much as he does.
