What really happened at the Tyler diocese revealed in the latest interview by Bishop Strickland below.
May Our Good Lord reward this holy Bishop for his brave and courageous martyrdom and for his composure and wisdom. May the Holy Mother of God spread her mantle over St. Peter's so the shenanigans who have taken over the Vatican have to walk away in shame, as seen by Blessed Sr. Anna K. Emmerich.
Someone told me one time that they respond to snail mail best as it leaves a trail if it needs to be signed for. This is how lawyers often do things.
Thank you, I will watch this later though it is all so sad. I am sure the good Bishop will do amazing things in the future. I would be very careful of Catholic websites that post attacks on this Bishop or put up links to such attacks, I notice, 'Spirit Daily', had such a link up. Very vexing.
Spirit daily also has posted material about a layman, an entomologist, who does exorcisms. The layman is reading the prayers of exorcism from the Roman Ritual, and we know that only ordained priests who have been appointed as exorcists by their bishops may read those prayers from the Roman Ritual. Someone with the amount of Catholic knowledge like Michael Brown should find this very disturbing and not even post an article about what this 'deliverance' man, Dr. Miesch, is doing (to his own peril).
I saw that too. Definitely not up to the standard we expect from Spirit Daily. Not only does this man read the priests’ exorcism rites, which is extremely dangerous for a lay person but also the strange statement “ when there is someone in Purgatory who refuses to repent”. Um… don’t you mean in hell? I thought all in Purgatory were saved but being cleansed of their sins. This guy and his partners are referred to as devout Catholics. Maybe they were badly catechised.
I was startled at that line , as well. Another one: I commanded the spirit to repent and accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior that didn’t sound right to me
This is not Catholic teaching. He is waaaay out in left field. If it is poor catechesis someone needs to set him straight for his own safety.
If someone who was thinking of launching a Catholic Ministry on the Internet for advice I would say the following: 1. Keep it free and keep it simple. Don't give up your day job. Do it as a free service. Like St Paul of Tarsus who kept on working as a tent maker. 2. Keep it small. Beware of it becoming more about yourself than about God. 3. If you are becoming famous or over popular, tremble in your boots and seek ways that it may be stopped. If necessary pull the plug on the whole enterprise. 4. Beware of giving things like Spiritual Retreats on Cruise Ships and Pilgrimages to exotic places. Who appointed you a Spiritual Director? Why a Cruise Ship or exotic place anyway? 5. Don't sell stuff, keep it a Temple of God rather than a market place. 6. Keep it as far you can Spiritual and on Spiritual Matters. 7. Don't go courting a lot of people flocking to your site. 8. Never be afraid of controversy, of telling the truth, of confronting evil. Of becoming unpopular, of failing. 9. Never be neutral in the face of evil. 10. Keep it Spiritual as far possible. All about God and the things of God. 11. Always swim in all that you do in an ocean of prayer. 12 Let Our Lady guide you in all that you do and from time to time go to her and ask her one simple question. 'How is this going; do you want it to continue or do you want me to stop? Is this still a good thing or has it turned bad?' Listen hard and carefully for her answer.
Seriously Padraig you have the wisdom of Solomon in this post. Wow. 12 commandments for Catholic internet.
It feels like these times have been in prophecy since Jesus walk the earth. It isn't fun watching the church seemingly desolve into one with little influence or faith at the top. It's horrible watching what is happening in every city and town, the loss of faith, hearts of stone, anger, morals disappearing, financial difficulties, earthly powers seemingly leading us all to distrnction. It surprises me how fast time is moving now. A year starts and in no time were looking back on it. The terrible things that would have shocked me 5 or 10 years ago are now happening every month. I keep trying to remind myself God did warn us and God is still in charge. He is allowing this so greater good will come from it. I'm trying to be thankful for the gift of life in this time. Getting to experience everything happening, fighting the good fight, falling and getting back up, is a life lesson I keep learning. I pray to help others reach salvation too, but often wonder if I'm doing enough to even get myself there. How little control we have over almost everything. More and more I find all I can do is submit it all to Him. I can't control what is going to happen at work today, so spending too much mental and emotional energy on things way bigger than me seems fruitless. But I am a truth seeker and the need to know what is true and what is right is not something I can let go of. If I have been given the gift to decern who is lying and misleading I've got to use it. The battle is alway what to do with the information once I am confident I have exposed the lies. Maybe it's getting older but still staying informed but letting go is where I am at now. It's a little growth.in wisdom, faith and trust. Before my mom died she woke briefly from a long sleep, looked at me straight in the eyes and said "Saint Joseph!". It felt like she was telling me a message or instructions. Weeks later amid some temptations I've battled my whole life I realised she was asking me to consecrate myself to him. I think God allowed her to see and advise me of the help I would need to lead myself and family though the challenges coming and hopefully reach heaven. God Bless.
Excellent advice. So many of these Catholic " influencers" started out with the right intentions but when they became monetized the trouble began. It becomes their income and then they have to keep the clicks coming. Its quite a diabolical system. You can't serve God and "Mammon" Christ made that very clear.
