Tag: Amoris Laetitia

Could this be a Sign of the Anger of God’s Son?

You know the old joke; “I couldn’t enter a church or the roof would cave in?”… well, those same people who make jokes like that, are now attending Mass AND receiving the Holy of Holies; without any fear of God; without shame, without a sense of unworthiness or repentance. Could it be that God sent them a sign and the roof did cave in?

In the last week of August, in the oldest church in Malta, in the middle of the night, the roof came crashing down. There was an almost perfect symmetrical hole, exactly in the centre of an artwork of the heavens, as if it came from there… But what’s even more noticeable is exactly where it fell.

It crashed down directly onto the modern altar, destroying it in shocking rubble. The new altar was completely destroyed and the rest of the church completely untouched. The pews were unmoved, neither was the lectern touched. They eerily stand witness to what happened in the middle of the night and seem ready to receive the congregation.

Any congregation sitting in the pew, seeing the destruction of the old altar would be shocked. The symbolism of the old altar left standing in its magnificent beauty, unveiled, as it was, by the destruction of the modern altar, and appearing to almost rise out of, or stand defiantly against the rubble, is not lost on me… It is now the only altar in the church.

 

The reasons why Jesus may be angry with this church are due to the Maltese bishop’s statement which used AL to open the path for homosexuals and those living in other irregular unions, who are unrepentant with no firm purpose of amendment, including but not limited to re-married divorcees, to receive Communion unworthily. First this was theoretical.  Then resisting priests were denounced and threatened with excommunication. Then this evil started to be implemented and thereby defiled the Altar of God and the Holiest Sacrament.

These two articles report the news and the second gives additional reasons why God may have sent this supernatural sign.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-08-23/local-news/Part-of-ceiling-in-Rabat-church-collapses-6736178150

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-dark-symbolism-of-the-ceiling-collapsing-in-maltas-oldest-catholic-chur

maltese church

Is this a sign of a Prophecy fulfilled?

Extract from the message given to Maria Divine Mercy, below:

 MOTHER OF SALVATION FOR PRIESTS: TO REMAIN TRUE TO THE CHURCH OF MY SON ON EARTH YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO  FEED HIS FLOCK

2013.09.23

My child, many signs will be made known from the heavens, upon the roofs of my Son’s Churches, when the final changes are made in the liturgy of the Holy Mass.
All those who keep their eyes open and their ears alert, will witness the anger of my Son, in a way in which they cannot fail to notice.

(You can read the full prophecy here: https://missionofsalvation.wordpress.com/message-0919/ )

Well, I pondered this and prayed and asked God to send me a sign; some explanation of why this thing in the church had occurred. The message from Blessed Mother is for priests to remain true to Jesus’ Church and to be prepared to feed His flock in the way in which it was meant to be fed; with reverence, respect and belief in His True Presence. Being worthy by obeying His Commands. I know that the traditional priests maintain this teaching and practice, some of the Novus Ordo priests also do. Many of Malta’s priests now, sadly, do not. I then opened my CTS New Catholic Bible directly on this reading: 2 Chronicles 13- 2 and I read through to Chronicles 14: 1-8.

The Heading in my Bible is:

“Abijah and Loyalty to the Legitimate Priesthood.”

13 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Micaiah daughter of Uriel, from the city of Gibeah.

War broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Abijah raised an army of 400,000 soldiers, and Jeroboam opposed him with an army of 800,000.

4 The armies met in the hill country of Ephraim. King Abijah went up Mount Zemaraim, in the highlands of Ephraim, and called out to Jeroboam and the Israelites: “Listen to me!” he said. 5 “Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the sovereignty of Israel to David and his descendants forever? It is an inviolable covenant for him and his sons. 6 Yet, Jeroboam, son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, Son of David, has risen in revolt against his lord; 7 worthless men, scoundrels, have rallied to him and they forced their will on Rehoboam son of Solomon, then a young man and timid, powerless to resist them. 8 Now you propose to fight against the royal authority that the Lord gave to David’s descendants. You have a huge army and stand there with the gold bull-calves that Jeroboam made you for gods! 9 You drove out the Lord‘s priests, the descendants of Aaron, and you drove out the Levites. In their place, you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of what is no god at all!

10 “But for part, our God is the Lord whom we will still serve and have not abandoned him. Our priests are sons of Aaron who minister to the Lord and those who serve are Levites . 11 Every morning and every evening they offer him incense and sacrifices burned whole. They present the offerings of bread on a table that is ritually clean, and every evening they light the lamps on the golden lampstand. We do what the Lord has commanded, but you have abandoned him. 12 See how God is with us, at our head; see his priests with the trumpets, who will sound them to call us to battle against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of our ancestors for you will not succeed.”

13 Meanwhile, Jeroboam had sent some of his troops to ambush the Judean army from the rear, while the rest faced them from the front. 14 The Judeans looked around and saw that they were surrounded. They cried to the Lord for help, and the priests blew the trumpets. 15 The Judeans gave a loud shout, and led by Abijah, they attacked; God defeated Jeroboam and the Israelite army. 16 The Israelites fled from the Judeans, and God let the Judeans overpower them. 17 Abijah and his army dealt the Israelites a crushing defeat—half a million of Israel’s best soldiers were killed. 18 And so the people of Judah were victorious over Israel because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam’s army and occupied some of his cities: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the villages near each of these cities. 20 Jeroboam never regained his power during Abijah’s reign. Finally the Lord struck him down, and he died.

21 Abijah, however, grew more powerful. He had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 The rest of the history of Abijah, what he said and what he did, is written in The History of Iddo the Prophet.

2 Chronicles 14

“Asa and his reform of public worship”

King Abijah died and was buried in the royal tombs in David’s City. His son Asa succeeded him as king, and under Asa, the land enjoyed peace for ten years.

 2 Asa pleased the Lord, his God, by doing what was right and good. 3 He abolished the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars and sacred poles, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah. 4 He urged the people of Judah to look to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commandments. 5 He abolished the high places and the altars of incense from all the cities of Judah, and so the kingdom was at peace under his rule. 6 He built fortifications for the cities of Judah during this time, and for several years there was no war, because the Lord gave him peace. 7 He told the people of Judah, “Let us fortify the cities by building walls and towers, and gates that can be shut and barred. We have control of the land because we have done the will of the Lord our God. He has protected us and given us security on every side.” And so they built and prospered. 8 King Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, armed with shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin, armed with shields and bows. All of them were brave, well-trained men.

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The connection to me was pretty clear but then on rising, the next morning, Monday 28.08.17,  I opened on:

1 Maccabees 4: 46-51
The heading is:

“The Purification of the Temple”

Then Judas and his brothers said,
    “Now that our enemies have been defeated, let’s go to Jerusalem to purify the Temple and re-dedicate it. 37 So the whole army was assembled and went up to Mount Zion. 38 There they found the Temple abandoned, the sanctuary a wilderness, the altar profaned, the gates burned down, vegetation growing in the courts and the priests’ rooms torn down. 39 In their sorrow, they tore their clothes, mourned bitterly, threw ashes on their heads, 40 and prostrated themselves on the ground. When the signal was given on the trumpets, everyone cried aloud to heaven.

41 Then Judas ordered some of his soldiers to attack the men in the fort, while he purified the sanctuary. 42 He chose some priests who were blameless in their observance of the Law and who were devoted to it 43 to purify the sanctuary and remove the stones of the abomination that had been defiled and put them in an unclean place. 44 They discussed what should be done with the altar of holocausts, which had been profaned 45  and very properly, decided to tear it down, that it might never become a reproach to them from its defilement by the pagans. So they tore down the altar 46 and put the stones in a suitable place on the Temple hill, where they were to be kept until a prophet should appear and decide what to do with them. 47 Then they took uncut stones, as the Law prescribed, and built a new altar on the lines of the old one. 48 They restored the Holy Place, and the interior of the house , and purified its courts. 49 They made new sacred vessels and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table for the bread into the Temple. 50 They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and there was light in the Temple! 51 They placed the loaves of bread on the table, hung the curtains, and completed all the work.

52-54 The twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev, in the year 148[a]was the anniversary of the day the Gentiles had desecrated the altar. On that day they made a lawful sacrifice was offered on the new altar of holocausts, which they had made. The new altar was dedicated and hymns were sung to the accompaniment of harps, lutes, and cymbals. 55 All the people bowed down with their faces to the ground and worshiped and praised the Lord for giving them victory.

56 For eight days they celebrated the re-dedication of the altar. With great joy, they brought burnt offerings and offered fellowship offerings and thanksgiving offerings.57 They decorated the front of the Temple with gold crowns and shields, rebuilt the gates and the priests’ rooms and put doors on them. 58 Now that the Jews had removed the shame which the Gentiles had brought, they held a great celebration.59 Then Judas, his brothers, and the entire community of Israel decreed that the rededication of the altar should be celebrated with a festival of joy and gladness at the same time each year, beginning on the twenty-fifth of the month of Kislev and lasting for eight days.

60 Then they built high walls and strong towers around Mount Zion, so that the Gentiles could not come in and trample and defile it again. 61 Judas placed a detachment of soldiers there to guard the Temple. He also fortified the town of Bethzur, so that the people of Israel would have a fortress facing Idumea.

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I think that God takes his Holy Temple, His priests, His commandments, profanation, and desecration of His Altars pretty seriously, don’t you? Our Lady’s message was that signs would be sent on the roofs of her Son’s Churches, showing his displeasure. No matter what physically caused this, the symbolism of that gaping hole and the destroyed altar, in the oldest church in Malta, cannot be missed.

God bless+++

Donna Liane

 

 

Bible used: The CTS New Catholic Bible, The Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London, 2007.

 

(Crusader Will): Random Testing – Part Two: High Level Fallout

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PART TWO:  HIGH-LEVEL FALL-OUT

1

It’s almost as if the internet

were designed for end-time’s main onset.

There’s a deep Malaise in Bloggerland

that print media cannot withstand.

Local authorities may keep mum,

but gags on truth we can overcome.

Although Francis sows confusion,

the record will break the illusion.

Let’s broach these errors to date,

that the pew-stalled dare not contemplate.

 

2

We open with Laudato Si

which critics call far from error-free.

From St Francis Francis got the name,

if not this encyclical’s chief aim

(backing ecological myths

spread by neo-pagan re-truth smiths.

So this I’ve nicknamed Lousy Data.

This makes me persona non grata,

like Lord Monckton, whose analysis

caused it some kudos paralysis).

 

3

Random-testing critics’ reactions

highlights the underlying factions

in ideological debates

this encyclical incorporates.

Teilhard de Chardin, Karl Marx, Al Gore

get, says one wit, a Francis rebore.

But scientific error’s no base

for any valid doctrinal case,

such as made here, to view earth-ethics

as a new eco-religious mix.

 

4

Off-the-cuff’s one thing; but: pre-planned?

Such would prove things at root underhand.

The frantic Francis pace that’s churned out

word/deed pile-ups shows “well-planned” no doubt.

Still, picking out from background onslaughts

on priest-a-shuttle “bad-mention” courts

does not wrestle obscurity

from shepherds’ names, nor impurity

from the motives for their great pretence

that they act in our dumb-sheep defence.

 

5

The Synod (family-themed) which proved

the battleground Lucia was moved

years earlier to call the “last”,

had chief contenders reacting fast

(most laymen left adrift on the tide) –

if few took on the other side,

or claimed debate-finality;

all was interim view-parity.

But much unthinkable was aired,

whose contrariness many shared.

 

6

Faith’s juggernauts ran on well-oiled cogs,

however ballistic grew the blogs.

Among hushed pew-folk suspense just hung,

even as the prelate-balance swung:

cardinals at odds; bishops caught “out”;

priests spurred to rule-bends. Full hard-truth rout!

But few, purple-robed, backed lay-disgust.

Many saw shattered a life-time’s trust.

Do-something’d Francis did nothing till:

Pledged post-Synod sifts from through-the-mill.

7

Forth lumbered Amoris Laetitia.

Sounds like (but proves less than) “glitzier”:

marriage and Eucharistic error,

joyfully loved but striking terror

into some Churchmen as Church fellows

spread these errors world-wide. Truth’s bellows

pound shrinking ear-drums, but it’s the Host

the hordes want to desecrate most.

The Four whose pope tight-lips their “Dubia”

might as well rot in darkest Nubia.

 

 

Part Three will be published tomorrow.

Prophecies fulfilled – Apostolic Exhortations – Twisting the Truth:

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Error and Truth – Fp’s Apostolic exhortations

 Twisting the Truth (prophecy)

“The division between the loyal followers, those who accept My Father’s Book, the Most Holy Bible, and those who want to change the Truth, is about to become wider. One half will not deviate from the Truth. The other half will twist the Truth. They will do this to suit their own political and personal motivations, which will be hidden behind a couched language. The Truth will soon be declared to be a lie and God will be accorded the blame.”  (B of T: November 21, 2012 )

In FP’s apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia

  • Footnote 351 (Amoris laetitia‘s) granted permission for unrepentant adulterers to commit sacrilege at Mass
  • He also conveniently failed to quote St. John Paul’s Familiaris consortio 84 which explicitly upholds Christ’s commandment forbidding Communion for purportedly remarried adulterers,
  • Amoris laetitia‘s Footnote 329 rips the Second Vatican Council’s Gaudium et spes 51 (concerning temporary abstinence from marital relations) completely out of context in order to argue that “doing it for the children” might mitigate the mortal sin of adultery.

In his previous apostolic exhortation Evangelium Gaudium no. 161,

  • FP claimed that “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” is the first and greatest commandment — thereby putting human beings and our human relationships above God and our obligation to worship Him in spirit and in truth. Contrary to what Pope Francis claims, Jesus, as all faithful Catholics know, says the first and greatest commandment is “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy might, etc.,” while love of neighbor is the second greatest commandment.

 (This makes all the difference in the world — and the Pope’s reversal of these commandments, putting mere mortals ahead of God, seems to explain all his actions and emphases since his election to the See of St. Peter, beginning with his ultra vires and scandalous washing of the feet of women, pagans, and transsexuals on Holy Thursday.)

  • Evangelium Gaudium, falsifies Patristic doctrine in Footnote 51, which provides quotes from the Church Fathers in support of the statement in
  • Evangelium Gaudium 47, “The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

That sentence from EG no. 47, standing alone, is true.  But in light of subsequent actions and utterances of the Pope and numerous other bishops and cardinals, there is much more going on there …I think it now should be clear the Pope in EG no. 47 telegraphed his intention to impose upon the Church the approval of giving Communion not only to adulterers but to anyone who is impenitent or even those who lack the saving Catholic faith of Christ.  This is indicated by the way the teachings of the Church Fathers are treated in

  • Footnote 51 of Evangelium Gaudium.

According to francis, the great doctor St. Ambrose of Milan in his De Sacramentis (On the Mysteries) said:

“I must receive it always, so that it may always forgive my sins. If I sin continually, I must always have a remedy.”

Taken alone, this could sound like a scandalous encouragement to presumptuous or sacrilegious reception of Holy Communion, as if receiving the Sacrament of the Eucharist removes mortal sin without any need for recourse to the Sacrament of Penance (contrary to the infallible, permanently binding dogma of the Council of Trent).

Did St. Ambrose really say, “I must receive it always”?  Did he think it’s wrong to refrain from Communion at Mass, that reception of Communion when at Mass is obligatory?

No, he didn’t think that, nor did he say, “I must receive it always,” nor, “I must always have a remedy.”  Evangelium Gaudium Footnote 51 not only takes the great Milanese doctor’s words out of context, but it also mistranslates them.

 Here’s the passage in context, and correctly translated (emphasis added):

“Therefore as often as thou receivest—what saith the Apostle to thee?—as often as we receive, we show the Lord’s death; if we show his death, we show remission of sins. If, as often as blood is poured forth, it is poured for remission of sins, [then] I ought always to receive it, that my sins may always be forgiven me. I, who am always sinning, ought always to have a remedy.”

See original article at:

From http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2017/03/francis-falsified-footnotes-he-mangles.html

 

 

Evil intent: Amoris Laetitia Part 2

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“So we won’t speak plainly, … then I will draw out the conclusions.”

(See previous post Evil intent: Amoris Laetitia Part 1)

Some examples of the evil intent of this papacy:

1.Explosive language pertaining to homosexualiy was allowed to be presented at the synod. These suggest ideas which oppose Church teachings: CCC: #2357; Gen.19 13: Story of Lot and city of Sodom; (Ezek. 16:50); (Lev. 18:22, 20:13); (Rom. 1:26–28, 32); and (1 Cor.6:9–10). 

2. Admission by (pope) Francis: Deliberately NOT speaking plainly regarding Communion for divorced and remarried.(See Evil intent: Amoris Laetitia Part1) Jerusalem Bible: Matthew5:37 “All you need to say is ‘Yes’ if you mean yes or ‘No’ if you mean no; anything more than this  comes from the evil one.”

 

3. Despite the final Synodal Relatio affirming that marriage is for one man and one woman, it inserted paragraphs that support homosexual unions.

4. Pope videos – pagan images projected onto the Vatican on the feastday of the Immaculate Conception; the ‘I believe in love, (no mention of God) – all religions are equal video- contrary to the teachings of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

5. Washing the feet on Holy Thursday of women and Moslems, etc are a direct insult and put- down of the dignity and role of the priesthood. It denigrates the meaning and symbolism of the ceremony.

6. #Amoris Laetitia ¶3 Each country/region can seek solutions better suited to its culture/traditions/local needs  [aka protestant style federation of (40000+) churches, no central church magisteriurm, relativism] (TTcrusader                  

7. #AmorisLaetitia ¶301 “It can no longer simply be said that all those in any irregular situations are living in a state of mortal sin “ [ie adulterers (divorced/remarried), sodomites, fornicators are not in a state of mortal sin, sin does not exist, and the 6th commandment is washed away] (TTcrusader)

8. #AmorisLaetitia footnote #351 “In certain cases this can include the help of the sacraments” [ie adulterers (divorced/remarried), sodomites, fornicators may  receive holy communion] (TTcrusader)

9. #Amoris Laetitia uses half- quotes from Encyclicals to suit his own purposes. E.g. ‘ a statement from Familiaris Consortio of John Paul II which notes that that there can be situations “where, for serious reasons, such as the children’s upbringing, a man and woman cannot satisfy the obligation to separate.” The rest of the statement was deliberately omitted. “they ‘take on themselves the duty to live in complete continence, that is, by abstinence from the acts proper to married couples.” See : http://voiceofthefamily.com/key-doctrinal-errors-and-ambiguities-of-amoris-laetitia/ 

10. #Amoris Laetitia not only uses half-quotes but twists them by inserting footnotes: e.g. Amoris Laetitia has not only eliminated reference to “complete continence” from the quotation from John Paul II, but has actually inserted a footnote suggesting that “complete continence” might, in some cases, not in fact be possible or even desirable.See: http://voiceofthefamily.com/key-doctrinal-errors-and-ambiguities-of-amoris-laetitia/

11. Pope Francis uses words originally written about married couples and applying them to those living in adultery. E.g. Footnote, no. 329 originally from (Gaudium et Spes, No. 51). Instead of “But where the intimacy of married life is broken off, its faithfulness can sometimes be imperilled and its quality of fruitfulness ruined, for then the upbringing of the children and the courage to accept new ones are both endangered”(Gaudium et spes) he states “In such situations, many people, knowing and accepting the possibility of living ‘as brothers and sisters’ which the Church offers them, point out that if certain expressions of intimacy are lacking, ‘it often happens that faithfulness is endangered and the good of the children suffers’.”

See http://voiceofthefamily.com/key-doctrinal-errors-and-ambiguities-of-amoris-laetitia/

“…the Pope intentionally manipulated the synodal process — against the will of the Bishops –to get an outcome that he knew would not be otherwise acceptable.” 

See   http://www.onepeterfive.com/pope-speaking-plainly-communion-divorced-messy/

Evil intent: Amoris Laetitia Part 1

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“If we speak explicitly about communion for the divorced and remarried,” said Archbishop Forte, reporting a joke of Pope Francis, “you do not know what a terrible mess we will make. So we won’t speak plainly, do it in a way that the premises are there, then I will draw out the conclusions.”

Background:

On May 3rd, Forte proclaimed on the Italian news website, Zonalocale.it, “Not a new doctrine, but the merciful application of that ‘old wine’ that, as is known, is always the best.”

 “Forte was the man personally chosen by Pope Francis as the Special Secretary for the synods on marriage and family, and he is widely believed responsible for the  insertion of the explosive language  pertaining to homosexuals in the 2014 Synod’s mid-term relatio.

Conclusion:

What is most important to note is …that the Pope intentionally manipulated the synodal process — against the will of the Bishops –to get an outcome that he knew would not be otherwise acceptable.

Above excerpts  from “Forte: Pope Did Not Want to Speak “Plainly” Of Communion for Remarried”.  See   http://www.onepeterfive.com/pope-speaking-plainly-communion-divorced-messy/

Comment

“Pope Francis made this statement as “a joke” as reported by his friend, Bruno!! What an awful “Joke” which was not a joke at all because he did it. It shows evil intent.” (Donna Liane)

He was laughing at his own cunning (can only come from one place) strategy and at us! Who else could twist the truth in such a manner? This strategy is diabolical because it puts man above God. We can already see the potential damage to the Sacraments of Marriage, Eucharist and Penance; the challenges against the 10 commandments (denial of existence of sin);the “no-one will be condemned forever” theory which means commit all the mortal sins you like.

Pretty soon, we will be told that we don’t need confession, that Jesus didn’t need to die on the Cross; and that one religion is as good as another (Wait! Didn’t he already say that?) – pope video

Talk about Vatican II and the ripple effect of all the changes that were not intended in the document — you haven’t seen anything yet!

Don’t forget the messages in the Book of Truth: Stock up on Bibles, Crosses and Crucifixes, Rosaries, Seals, scapulars and anything that is holy and of Christ – because they won’t be available. As people wake up to the truth, these things will be in demand.  (Remnant Survivor)

God bless

Heresy in a Nutshell – straight from the Vatican.

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The prophecies of recent years are no longer just the rantings of a few nutjobs.

The prophecies are now OFFICIAL FACTS, straight from the Vatican website, signed by the false prophet himself.

  1. #AmorisLaetitia ¶3:  “Each country/region can seek solutions better suited to its culture/traditions/local needs”  [aka protestant style federation of (40000+) churches, no central church magisteriurm, relativism]

2. #AmorisLaetitia ¶297:  No one can be condemned for ever [ie, no one goes to hell]

 3. #AmorisLaetitia ¶301: “It can no longer simply be said that all those in any irregular situations are living in a state of mortal sin. ” [ie adulterers (divorced/remarried), sodomites, fornicators are not in a state of mortal sin, sin does not exist, and the 6th commandment is washed away]

4. #AmorisLaetitia footnote #351: “In certain cases this can include the help of the sacraments” [ie adulterers (divorced/remarried), sodomites, fornicators may receive holy communion]

Read it for yourself in “Amoris Laetitia” on the link below:

https://w2.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20160319_amoris-laetitia_en.pdf

This article has been contributed by TTcrusader.

Amoris Laetitia – ‘Mercy’ that Will Not Save.

What should be obvious is not obvious:

  • We can’t make excuses for our situations. We have free will. We have a choice.
  • The language used is a ploy to water down the frankness of the Gospel:

Words such as “irregular situation”, “imperfect situations they find themselves in”, “marriage is an ‘ideal’ to be strived for”, “discernment”, “internal forum”, “accompaniment”, distort the reality and perception of sin.

  • The words “mortal sin”, and “living in sin” are not used to describe the situations of the people referred to.
  • When the practice becomes a habit, you lose your sense of sin (e.g. living together, divorced /remarried without annulment;)
  • Moral theology is precise – you cannot apply the “situation ethics” principles. This denies the teachings of Christ. It assumes that we know better.
  • Jesus forgave but He also said “Sin no more”
  • “Gospel frankness is needed, not flattery” (Fr. Gerald Murray- Canon lawyer)

Words are used to confuse, dilute, excuse, blame, label, but not to tell the Truth.

  • “it can no longer simply be said that all those in any ‘irregular’ situations are living in a state of mortal sin and are deprived of sanctifying grace.” (AL §301)

The true meaning of this sentence is obscured by its structure. “Basically he says those people  have sanctifying grace and are not in mortal sin- simply said!!”  These words are deadly landmines for any soul who treads there.

This means that div/remarried adulterers, gay couples, unmarried couples are  NOT in mortal sin.

  • “The situations they find themselves in” – These people CHOSE their situations, over and above God’s law. They have free will – a gift from God. How many of these people even attempted to have their marriage annulled?
  • The language used by Bergoglio to characterize people: Those who believe in the Truths of the Catholic Faith as Jesus taught, are labelled as “rigorous”, “rosary-counters”, “they throw stones at people’s hearts”,

In  (§351)  He makes comments referring to Confession as a torture chamber, and Holy Communion as a prize for the perfect– both of which are never in reality really considered in this way by any Catholic I know. This statement is insulting to priests and to the faithful.

(§351)  In certain cases, this can include the help of the sacraments. Hence, “I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber, but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium [24 November 2013], 44: AAS 105 [2013], 1038). I would also point out that the Eucharist “is not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak” (ibid., 47: 1039). 352 Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (24 November 2013), 44: AAS 105 (2013), 1038-1039.

In the quote above, he refers to two  characterizations of the Sacraments as if they were in opposition. It is true that the Eucharist  ”is a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak”  but only for  those not in a state of mortal sin, in which case it becomes a further condemnation  for their souls.

It is true that Confession/Reconciliation is ‘an encounter with Lords mercy’, but  it’s not true that it is a torture chamber in any way, if you envision it as an act of Mercy.

Here again, emotive words and images are used to  misrepresent and distort the Sacraments themselves.

Prophecies for the Church TODAY – in light of francis’ recent comments.

+AMDG+

Prophecy of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich : (on Communion for divorced/remarried?)

April 12, 1820 “I had another vision of the great tribulation. It seems to me that a concession was demanded from the clergy which could not be granted. I saw many older priests, especially one, who wept bitterly. A few younger ones were also weeping. But others, and the lukewarm among them, readily did what was demanded. It was as if people were splitting into two camps…”

Comments ( by DL and RS):

Could this prophecy have something to do with admitting divorced/remarried to Holy Communion?  (Bergoglio: “I can say yes. Period.”)

It seems to fit.  I am sure there are many priests (and faithful) who are crying bitterly!

It also seems to tie right in with prophecies of the schism –“people splitting into two camps…”

This definitely is a concession that cannot be granted. If you do not turn from mortal sin, you cannot receive Christ in the Eucharist and as a priest, you cannot give Him. The very thought continues to make me feel sick and grieved.

Other relevant prophecies:

Pope St. Leo the Great (400-461)  “He that sees another in error, and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.”

Pope St. Felix III (†492) “Not to oppose error, is to approve it, and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.”

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) “There will come a great prodigy, which will fill the world with awe. But this prodigy will be preceded by the triumph of a revolution during which the Church will go through ordeals that are beyond description.” “Liberal Catholics are the worst enemies of the Church.”

Eugene Cardinal Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII) in 1931: “I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a Divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soul...I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the true Faith of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.”… “A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. …”

Our Lady of Good Success: ...“The secular clergy will leave much to be desired because priests will become careless in their sacred duties. … How the Church will suffer during this dark night! Lacking a prelate and a father (Bishop of Rome/Pope) to guide them …many priests will lose their spirit, placing their souls in great danger.”

Our Lady of LaSalette  (19 September, 1846) “The Church will be in eclipse…. Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”-

St. Antony of Egypt (251-356) “Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day’s problems. When the Church and the World are one, then those days are at hand. Because our Divine Master placed a barrier between His things and the things of the world.”

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) “It is absurd for a heretic to say that he believes in Jesus Christ. To believe in a person is to give our full consent to his word and to all he teaches. True faith, therefore, is absolute belief in Jesus Christ and in all He taught. Hence, he who does not adhere to everything Jesus Christ has prescribed for our salvation does not have any more of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ than the pagans, Jews and Mohammedans.”

St. Francis of Paola (1416-1507)    “During this unhappy period there will be laxity in divine and human precepts. Discipline will suffer. The Holy Canons will be completely disregarded and the clergy will not respect the laws of the Church. The Holy Canons and religious dogmas are clouded by senseless questions and elaborate arguments. As a result, no principle at all, however holy, authentic, ancient, and certain it may be, will not remain free of censure, criticism, false interpretations, modifications and delamination by man.

Bl Anne Catherine Emmerich “…Among the strangest things that I saw, were long processions of bishops. Their thoughts and utterances were made known to me through images issuing from their mouths. Their faults towards religion were shown by external deformities. A few had only a body, with a dark cloud of fog instead of a head. Others had only a head, their bodies and hearts were like thick vapors. Some were lame; others were paralytics; others were asleep or staggering.”

“I saw what I believe to be nearly all the bishops of the world, but only a small number were perfectly sound…”

“Then I saw that everything that pertained to Protestantism was gradually gaining the upper hand, and the Catholic religion fell into complete decadence…”

 La Salette:  Mélanie Calvat (1831-1904)  Our Lady of LaSalette declared to Melanie: “The Church will be in eclipse.” (“Eclipse” means hidden; covered up; seeming to disappear. The Holy Scriptures say: “Where there is Peter, there is the Church.” Melanie understood that Peter would be hidden along with the Church, and that his “eclipse” would be a prelude to the disappearance of the Mass. )

For, in commenting on this part of the secret, Melanie said to the French Abbot Combe, “The Church will be eclipsed. At first, we will not know which is the true pope. Then secondly, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will cease to be offered in churches and houses; it will be such that, for a time, there will not be public services any more. But I see that the Holy Sacrifice has not really ceased: it will be offered in barns, in alcoves, in caves, and underground.” Abbot Combe: “The Secret of Melanie and the Actual Crisis”, Rome, 1906, p.137.

Marie-Julie Jahenny (1850-1941) Stigmatist   29th March, 1879 “The abandoned church will be without its supreme Head who governs and directs it1; For quite a long time the Church must be deprived of all prayer, all offices; exiled from God and the Saints. They also intend to remove all Crucifixes and statues of the Saints from all the shrines and throw them in a profane place to break them with joy.”   (1This could refer to the resignation of Benedict )

27 November 27, 1902; 10 May 10, 1904   “I give you a WARNING. The disciples who are not of My Gospel are now working hard to remake according to their ideas and under the influence of the enemy of Souls a MASS that contains words that are ODIOUS in my sight. When the fatal hour arrives when the faith of my priests is put to the test, it will be (these texts) that will be celebrated in this second period. [This does not refer to Novus Ordo because this comes at a time of persecution according to the next statement below.]

The First period is the one of my priesthood which exists since Me. The second is the one of the persecution when the enemies of the Faith and of Holy Religion will impose their formulas in the book of the second celebration. These infamous spirits are those who crucified Me and are awaiting the kingdom of the NEW MESSIAH!”

St. Faustina  Stigmatist  December 17, 1936  from St. Faustina’s Diary #823: 17th December, [1936].  “ I have offered this day for priests.  I have suffered more today than ever before, both interiorly and exteriorly.  I did not know it was possible to suffer so much in one day.  I tried to make a Holy Hour, in the course of which my spirit had a taste of the bitterness of the Garden of Gethsemane.  I am fighting alone, supported by His arm, against all the difficulties that face me like unassailable walls.  But I trust in the power of his name and I fear nothing.

( Note that 17 December 1936 is the birthday of Jorge Bergoglio. Was St. Faustina suffering so much for him – a priest heading for the greatest apostasy?)