A Few Blunt Words to Catholics (Long)

A very, very long time ago a pagan Greek philosopher suggested that 90% of you would not like what I'm about to say, but I do ask you to read it all and I pray that you will consider it honestly. First you must realize that we are living in the most evil of all the ages. Read your newspaper. I will take only one example - abortion. We have killed more children than any people in history, and no one else is even in the ballpark! Hitler, Stalin and the other monsters of history must peek through the flames of Hell and gaze in awe and professional admiration at the level of our barbarity. We have found a way to kill children and vote for those who protect the abortionist and we still go to Church on Sunday. We can read from the Bible about the terrible things God said about those who would harm His "little ones" and never connect those words to our own final judgment. I remember being horrified when I read in school about the Aztec Indians throwing children alive into the fire as a sacrifice to their god. How barbaric! But count the numbers. What is the output of the abortion clinics in this country each day? Who are the barbarians? Who are the monsters? At least the Aztecs will have the excuse that they thought they were serving God. What excuse will we have?

As followers of Christ and members of His Church we must stand in opposition to evil! There is a very real conflict, a "spiritual warfare" that the followers of Jesus are called to take up. This is revealed with crystalline clarity in all forms of revelation. God calls His followers to reject the ways of this world and follow him. This warfare is not for the weak or the faint of heart, and many are simply not capable. St. Thomas Aquinas said, "Grace builds on Nature." That is why the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert. A generation of slaves with a slave's mentality had to die off and a new people, strong and toughened by the harsh life of the desert had to rise up. Most Catholics today seem to be like those slaves. They are simply not capable of dealing with the truth. And the truth is that the evil that is everywhere in this world is also deep within the Church. Pope Leo the XIII noticed it and composed the "Prayer to St. Michael". Pope Paul VI proclaimed that the "Smoke of Satan has entered the sanctuary"! Throughout the history of the Church it has always been those who are within that have caused the most damage. Remember that Judas was a bishop and nearly all the heresies that have ravaged the Church throughout history have come from priests and bishops. In an earlier age we were better equipped to deal with this evil and protect the truth. No less a Saint than St. John Chrysostom said, "The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops!"

This evil has festered and grown because it has been promoted and protected by a false spirituality with its roots in the "spirit of Vatican II". An astounding and diabolical pride has allowed us to turn away from the spiritual values that have made saints for 2000 years to embrace a false theology promoted by a false church and presenting a false god. This new god simply blesses whatever our desires, passions, and appetites crave. This god wants us to be happy and such things as sacrifice; penance and self-discipline are non-values. This is the god of the "group hug", "we are the church", and if you complain - "Don't be judgmental" This "god" is a god of love, but not the burning self-sacrificing love we see on the cross, but a phony and sick imitation, a daytime TV talk show morality, which is preached from too many pulpits and is fooling "even the elect"! It's a god for slaves and enslavement. It has found a home deep in the heart of the Church and the Church seems incapable of dealing with it!

If we wish to survive these days with our faith intact we should learn the lessons of history. We live in a time when the laity must rise up to save the true Church. This is very difficult because we are coming out of an age when the laity looked to the hierarchy for guidance. But as it was in the time of King Henry the VIII, you may follow your pastor or even your bishop and as a result find yourself outside the true Church. This is not an age that will suffer weak faith. Soon there will only be two kinds of Catholics - strong Catholics and ex-Catholics.

Leave "political correctness" to the false church. It's time for a little plain speech. Its time for a little truth! There are many homosexuals in the priesthood and in the hierarchy. Many of these are not living celibate lives, and they prey on others. They do not preach the truth of Jesus Christ because they could not do so without condemning themselves. They are in positions of authority in Chancery Offices and seek to add to their numbers by controlling vocations. They organize into "support groups" many of which are not oriented toward celibacy, but exist to provide "contacts" for sexual relationships. Priests are dying of AIDS at an alarming rate and some have even blamed the Church for not teaching them about "safe" sex in the seminary! (How safe can "safe" sex be, when Hell is the result!)? The Church has not shown any desire or ability to deal with this. Recently the Vatican told a priest and a nun to stop giving workshops across the country promoting the homosexual lifestyle. That's nice. But they have been giving these workshops for 20 long years!! How many souls have been lost and lives destroyed while the hierarchy did nothing! Maybe your newspaper today will carry the story about another multi-million dollar lawsuit involving a pedophile priest. The judgments are so high because juries are learning that bishops knew who the pedophiles were and allowed them to continue to destroy children. Bishops protected the pervert and provided innocent victims for him to prey upon. Bishops even hide perverts by trading them from diocese to diocese like baseball players! (You take mine, and I'll take yours.) Parents and good priests approach Church authorities with accusations and are ignored or referred to an inept committee. The goal of those in authority is simply damage control and covering it up. Recently I met with a very well known priest who was sent to represent the hierarchy in a terrible case of sexual abuse. His primary concern seemed to be to avoid publicity. I told him we would consider his request if he would answer two simple questions. First - Would he give me just one example of the Church intervening on its own to stop that particular form of abuse? - He didn't answer. Second - If we backed away and did not make this public and as a result of our choice another innocent person was attacked, would God hold us responsible for that terrible sin? He didn't answer that question either. It seems that the operative spirituality of the Church has become so weak that it is no longer capable of dealing with evil. It is a fact that authorities in the Church have allowed innocent lives to be destroyed and then have covered up the crime and protected the criminal! This has been done with the thinly veiled excuse that "we must protect holy mother church from scandal"! The tragic truth is this publicity and large lawsuits have done much more to protect the innocent than the Vatican, the National Council of Catholic Bishops or the Apostolic Delegate combined! And (with apologies to Vince Lombardi) the protection of the innocent is not the most important thing; it's the only thing! If it is necessary to protect one innocent child then I pray that every diocese in the country will be sued for every nickel it has and every sordid detail be put on the front page of every newspaper! The Church that I love and that Jesus promised would last until the end of the world is a Church that doesn't want to appear holy, it must be holy!

Allow me to return to that Greek philosopher and the 90%. Heraclitus was a philosopher and a warrior. During a lull in the battle he wrote a letter to the leaders of Athens regarding the soldiers he was receiving as replacements. He said that for every 100 men they sent 90 were useless. They were little more than battlefield clutter. Out of the 100, about 10 were fighters and the outcome of the battle rested on their shoulders. And maybe one, only one, was a true warrior. The spiritual warfare is no less warfare, and I believe the percentages apply. The vast majority doesn't want to know the truth. They just want things to be "nice" and the truth and the demands it would place on them as followers of Christ are unacceptable. I appreciate those who pray but if that's all you do, remember it says in the epistle of St. James that "Faith without works is dead and has no power to save you!" I would ask those 90% to consider joining the warrior class. You are needed! If you cannot - Then at least stay out of the way. The battle is tough enough without clutter. If you cannot fight this Goliath, at least stand back and make room for those who are going forward to sling their stones. The false charity and empty spirituality of those who mouth pious platitudes over the broken bodies and souls of the innocent is an affront to the martyrs and missionaries who gave their lives to share the true faith. I have seen, up close and personal, the heart-rending results of allowing predators to destroy children, families, and faith. A "drawing room" spirituality does not have the power to fight the malignant evil of this age. Delicate sensibilities must be sacrificed and hands dirtied in favor of a cross-centered faith! We are not fighting for principles or philosophies. We are fighting for SOULS and we must not lose!

That is why the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert. A generation of slaves with a slave's mentality had to die off and a new people, strong and toughened by the harsh life of the desert had to rise up.

My brother in law preached a sermon several years ago saying much the same thing. He said that God didn't allow the wandering in the desert 40 years to get the Jews out of Egypt, but to get Egypt out of the JEWS! They had to learn they were no longer slaves who would be fed and clothed by their masters, but would have to learn to do for themselves and rely on God for direction.

What a great article! We do have to fight for our Church, each in our own Parishes in our own way. Think about becoming an RCIA teacher so that the new converts won't get Catholicism Lite, but the whole truth. Become involved in the youth ministry, especially the Confirmation classes so that these 'soldiers for Christ' will know for what they are fighting. Teach a First Communion or First Penance class so that the little ones will learn the truth from the beginning and you can help create a fire in their hearts for Jesus.

In other words, don't stand on the sidelines and bitch and moan; get involved! You can be sure the folks who want a milquetoast Church are already there! We need to be willing to fight them at the ground level!

Think your estimates may be low, abortion rates have been 1.5MM to 1.8MM per year for a very long time.. true toll is probably in the 40-50MM in the US now.. about the same as the Siberian camps.

Of course the camps are long closed, the infant slaughter houses still operate full tilt.

"We live in a time when the laity must rise up to save the true Church."

Uh, no offense, but as an ex-Catholic, part of the RCC's problem is and has been its arrogance as the "ONLY" true representative of Christ on earth. They have in the past and continue now to lie to itself, its congregation and the world. Which is why I am no longer one.

The Bible speaks to me, directly thank you - I for one would have appreciated it if in 16 years even ONE Priest or Nun had encouraged me to read the Word on my own. Seems too many of 'em had other things on their mind - sex, politics or religous hegemony.

I'm with you pal. His Church is a den of sodimite degeneracy, sloth and gluttony. The only place we have a voice is in the contributions we make, and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for the intentional cover-up by the corrupt to hide and unleash evil clothed as priests to prey on alter boys and young seminarians and nuns seeking to serve God.

This Pope is humiliating and darkening the Divine Spirit of our faith having refused to deal aggressively with the gutter fraud existing at every level of the Church throughout his tenure. Now he dares to move his guilt from public attention saying the Jews have "....humiliated...." the suicide bombers of the UN fabricated fraud named Palestine.

Interesting word choice.

May God forgive the harm he has brought on our faith, as well as the harm caused to thousands of innocent boys, girls, men and women who must walk with the psychological stain of rape - resulting from their trust of the sexual predators wearing the symbol of His crucifixion in the House of God.

Your legacy is already written Pope John Paul II, and you know what it reads in the docket of every civil and criminal court in the world.

****Let's join the 10% of the fighting Catholics!****

Luther had a better idea. If the RC church is the church Christ spoke of why is its history one long story of corruption and upheaval? The church which the gates of hell would not prevail against is obviously that which personifies the Spirit of Christ. Surely this is not the bureaucratic institution of Rome .... so thoroughly tainted with scandal and politics throughout every age.

Christ came to bring a sword. A sword that divides spirit from flesh. The Kingdom from this world. As in the days when Jesus walked this earth and the religion of men had corrupted the Temple and opressed the people ... so it is today. Christ's Church is of the Spirit. Organised religion is of the world. Not just Roman Catholicism but all huge institutional denominations.

Face it. False teaching rules and the love of most has grown cold. The church has abandoned The Word and Christ resides where he always has .... in individual human hearts.

So, in 100 years roughly, Communists killed worldwide about 100MM of their own citizenry.. in approximately 30 years abortion in the US has slaughtered 40MM-50MM.. or even if I use your estimate of 30MM... doesn't seem like a whole lot of difference to me in terms of effective wholesale slaughter.

As followers of Christ and members of His Church we must stand in opposition to evil!
We live in a time when the laity must rise up to save the true Church.

Leave "political correctness" to the false church.

Some good thoughts for a lot of Protestents as well. (Except for that part about the true Church)

I for one would have appreciated it if in 16 years even ONE Priest or Nun had encouraged me to read the Word on my own.

Seems almost every time I go to confession, my penance is to read the Bible. I've been to several Catholic Bible studies, and I'm now helping conduct one.

Contrary to what folks think who, when they were Catholics took no initiative whatsoever, some Catholic DO read the Bible and ARE encouraged to do so. And it's not something recent--one of the best Catholic Bible study guidebooks was written in the 1920's--for laymen.

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Take care, Kennesaw

Naw, the true length of time is no greater than 43 years (1917 - 1960). An estimated 60 million were killed by communists between 1917 and 1945 (somewhat less than 30 years). A like number has been estimated to have been killed by the ChiComs between 1945 and 1960. So the overt murder rate is at still higher than the abortion rate.

No, you didn't read my entire post. The great killing purges in Russia and China basically were ended with China's "Great Leap Forward" fiasco in 1960. From then on, the killing was greatly decreased by several orders of magnitude. The great killing spree in Russia lasted about 27 years, and in china about 15 years. The amount killed in each country has been estimated to be more than 60 million (how many more is anybody's guess). This also does not take into account the multi-millions killed by non-european and non-chinese communists since then, nor by totalitarian regimes which are nominally non-communist, but actually are in the same bed with them.

All I am saying is that to say that we are worse than these other countries is absolutely incorrect. We are much better - especially if you compare apples to oranges and also throw in the forced abortion practiced in communist countries (Russia is an exception here, but China more than makes up for it).

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