To be serving in SF is to truly be bringing Christ into the belly of the beast. God bless and protect this good priest.
I am afraid it is made a thousand times worse when the very person who should have your back is sticking a great big knife in it. The Kiss. Judas Iscariot Kisses Jesus Christ In The Garden Of Gethsemane. From El Mundo Ilustrado, Published Barcelona, Circa 1880
I saw a video just yesterday where Pope Francis said he dosen't know why Christ died on the Cross... (major facepalm). We all best pray for that poor man's soul...
Everything that is going on in the so called Synod on Synodality is supposed to be a secret. But apparently a young Jesuit Priest stood up and said we need to affirm Voodoo , a form of Satanic Witchcraft and a Catholic perversion on the island in which he lives. That tells us everything we need to know about the abomination currently going on in Rome. But I try to look on the bright side and that is that more and more ordinary decent Catholics like you and me are speaking out. I have a great devotion to Padre Pio and follow a wonderful Catholic layman from South Africa, who published little stories about the saint on utube. He has never said anything about the abominations going on in the Church until this wonderful video right out of the blue, which cheered me up buckets.
I've been avoiding media that's critical of Pope Francis and have steered well clear of news about the Synod, trying not to have uncharitable thoughts about the Holy Father. I think he's probably the worst Pope we've ever had but I don't think he's as bad as some ultra consevatives make him out to be. I watch Michael Lofton from time to time in an effort to see the best side of the Pope but he has been really grating on my nerves lately. If Pope Francis said the moon is made of green cheese, I wouldn't be surprised if Michael Lofton tried to spin it as a matter for serious consideration and submission of the will. Anyway, this video played automatically after the last Michael Loften video I watched. It's a discussion between Gavin Ashton (former Anglican Bishop and now Catholic) and two other Catholics. I don't agree with them on everything but I think they have nailed it on what appears to be an agenda to use doctrinal development and pastoral practice to change Church teaching on sexual morality. I feared that Amoris Laetitia was the first step towards what is now being "developed" at the Synod. God help us all. Here's the video:
I find the best method for me to deal with Pope Francis is to pray for him. Prayers are never wasted.
I find it hard to reconcile such an underhand heretical conspiracy with the idea that Pope Francis isn't as bad as some make him out to be. What could be worse?
He seems to be of the opinion that his methods will bring about a great renewal in the Church. We have to look for the good in him. I get the sense that he does believe that he's doing his duty of protecting the faith as long as he doesn't write clear heresy into official Church documents. He does appear to have some unattractive personality traits and prejudices but that doesn't necessarily make him a bad person. For all we know, he could be quite holy. A good and holy person can be a bad Pope, and some of the worst sinners who occupied the Holy See might have been ok Popes aside from their scandalous behaviour. Pope Honorius seems to have been a good person and may have been holy. He was cleared of having been a heretic and of teaching heresy but I don't think he was cleared of having permitted the Faith to be corrupted. Those were hard times for the Church but the barque didn't sink. God can bring good from the worst of man's deeds.
My discernment of him from what I 've read of him from his childhood to his present days is that he is one of the most evil men who ever walked on Planet Earth and the goodness knows he has had plenty of competition. Totally evil and a complete possession of the Devil. Bent on the total destruction of the Church, a long held dream of Satanists everywhere. In so far as there is any sign of goodness or right speaking they are simply meant to further deceive. A totally, totally bad lot. I am not confused by him the least little bit. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/understanding-pope-francis-response-to-same-sex-union-blessings
Sorry about the mistake in my post. I meant to say that the barque didn't sink. I used to have a very negative opinion of Pope Francis. Then I realised that my low opinion was having a bad effect on me and certainly wasn't helping him. It's hard to find a middle ground with the Catholic household names. It's either he can do no wrong or he never does anything right. At 86 he can't have many more years so it will be down to a future Pope to actually enshrine heresy in official Church teaching. According to Patrick Coulombe, nearly all the bad Bishops he promoted are in Europe and the US. He seems to thinks the the majority in other countries aren't too bad so the future might not be as bleak as it seems.
Pope Honorius might have made a mistake. Good people can make mistakes. Pope Francis said Mass in St Peter's with a demonic symbol on the altar, directly above where lie the remains of St Peter. In Amoris laetitia and its supporting letter, to the Argentinian bishops, he has effectively inverted the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ from 'Go and sin no more', to 'Go and sin more'. I could go on and on and on... These are not 'mistakes'. He is now surreptitiously supporting a Synod that has only one real purpose-to bless sodomy. Most of the people he has appointed to positions of influence in the Vatican seem to be sodomites. You say your low opinion of him was having a bad effect on you-so it should, as it does on all the faithful. It's natural to feel miserable with a pope like this. Changing one's opinion just to feel better isn't the answer.
Twister Pope by Fr. Jonathan Atchley I've been twisted in knots ever since Pope Francis has released his answers to the newly issued five dubia (questions) issued by four prominent Cardinals. Few of his holiness' replies made sense, but I found his tacit permission to bless same-sex relationships particularly perplexing. Until, that is, I read a scintillating article by Dr. Monica Miller published today on Crisis Magazine: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/understanding-pope-francis-response-to-same-sex-union-blessings. Here's the skinny (from Dr. Miller): Pope Francis believes (mistakenly) that God's greatest attribute is mercy, that Jesus came to show mercy. Mercy trumps rigid thinking of "sterile doctrine" (i.e., official church teaching). So it is pastorally merciful and therefore better to bless than not to bless. Yes, even if you're blessing sin, because in Francis' thinking, sometimes that's all we're capable of giving God--our sins. Of course, Catholics know that God is love, and that Jesus came to bring us truth that sets us free (from sin). Good spiritual reading will remind us that we're called to holiness, that virtue takes effort, and that effort will be well-rewarded. My friend Deacon Schwerdt also kindly reminded me of a principle of logic we learned in the seminary: “Bonum ex integra causa; malum ex quocumque defectu. If one part of the sentence is false, the whole sentence is false." Applied to Pope Francis's argument, if part of his thinking is in error, one may rightly question the legitimacy of his conclusions. We would do well to pray for the Holy Father. And maybe take up a collection to send him out for a sound, Catholic re-education. https://www.catholicismrocks.com/po...b-51fa-4b7c-aee6-a313e0fa4734&utm_medium=mail
