You're right, but here's why I do. First of all because I believe what Christ said that the gates of Hell would never prevail against her.
Second of all, there is a growing contingent of Catholics--laity, priests and bishops, who will not tolerate this nonsense anymore. The liberal religious orders are dying out--go on their websites and all you see are old ladies in street clothes. Go on the websites of the orthodox orders, you see very young men and women, full habits, lots of vocations. Go to the liberal parishes you see, typically, old folks and very few of them. Go to a Latin Mass or other orthodox parish and you see young families--BIG families....we have four and we are on the small side.
This is a war of attrition. Liberal Catholicism is withering up. Oh it still may be too numerically dominant for my tastes, but every year its position grows weaker and weaker. And this current Sodomite mess is going to really separate the wheat from the chaff. The wimps who love human respect more than the Gospel will peel away fast, and those who are left are going to be purified by persecution and even more committed.
Also, the sheer size and worldwide reach of the Church means that even if American Catholics become miserable apostates, African Catholics will be there to carry the torch.
Without a doubt, the enemy is powerful, but in Christ victory is assured.
Pray for us.
Interesting post.
Christ's Church is where two or more are gathered in His name, as Christ said. Christ renamed Simon "Cephas" ("Peter","rock") because Peter announced that Christ was the Son of God and that is the rock of Christianity that the gates of hell cannot not prevail against. Christ's rock is certainly not the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is one of the aspects of the gates of hell that has always tried to prevail against Christ's Church throughout history...killing martyrs, burning bibles, keeping the people illiterate, taking their money, etc.
Peter never went to Rome. That was Simon Magus, who renamed himself Simon Pater, Pater meaning father ("pope"), to go to Rome imitate Peter after Peter rebuked him in Samaria for trying to buy his way into an apostleship. Magus was just another of Satan's counterfeits, he's had a lot of them throughout history.
Go to the liberal parishes you see, typically, old folks and very few of them
Patently untrue...the suburbs are teeming with liberal parishes and parishioners of all ages...can’t imagine what you are seeing...
Go to a Latin Mass or other orthodox parish and you see young families—BIG families...
Do you not believe that the TLM is the first thing in the crosshairs of Francis’ brood...the bulk of current prelates-and parishioners-absolutely hate it, and all it stands for...which is why I love it...
African Catholics will be there to carry the torch.
Um, please note the last time something originating from the continent of Africa produced anything other than violence and bloodshed...along with ‘torches’ to light rubber tire necklaces...FWIW, I have been saying the next long tenure Pope-clearly not this one-would come from a classic third world country, and bring the final impoverishment of the faith with him...any of the countries in Africa fit that bill nicely...
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