Posted on 08/05/2019 6:07:47 PM PDT by ebb tide
Wait for the punchline.
The Lord is purifying his Bride and converting all of us to himself. He is letting us be put to the test in order to make us realize that without him we are simply dust. He is rescuing us from hypocrisy, from the spirituality of appearances. He is breathing forth his Spirit in order to restore the beauty of his Bride, caught in adultery.
“Pope” Francis, letter to priests, 4 August 2019. HERE
Except they got the translation wrong. Here is the Italian:
sorpresa in flagrante adulterio.
Caught in flagrant adultery; caught in the very act. We even use the term “in flagrante” in English.
This is sick. Is the Bride of Christ the Whore of Babylon?
Although I wonder, maybe he is just referring to the Cardinaliate as adulterers for calling a faux conclave in March of 2013, in violation of Canon 359, because they had no authority to do so while the See was still occupied? The analogy works, because they abandoned their true pope, ran off with a fake pope, and they continue their sordid affair to this day, every one of them in silence.
Alas, no, I don’t think that’s it.
Ping
Or perhaps he is trying to speak the truth about how things are going with his papacy.
Or perhaps he is speaking the truth without trying about how things are going with his papacy.
There is precedent. John 11:51
I should add that this proves yet again that he isn’t always entirely wrong about everything. One can learn a lot from listening to the Pope—like listen real closely and don’t always trust people in authority—many people in authority in Church can’t be trusted and may lead you astray.
He’s right, you know.
Man in the Mirror is the only Michael Jackson song that I can stand. Many people could benefit from reflecting on it.
There is only one Bride of Christ, and it's the Catholic Church: it is not his "papacy".
I find your defense of his blasphemy to be very unlike you.
It’s not his papacy in the sense that he is not the one who created the office, and he doesn’t create the standard by which it is to be judged.
This is a basic application of the second rule of Tyconius, (St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, Book III, chapter 32) of the Bipartite Body of Christ. In the Church on earth one can find both tares and weeds. Chrysostom is of the opinion that the majority of Bishops are on the High Way to Hell, but they are still Bishops and God can even work through Bishops.
Pope Francis is Pope, no doubt, but he is no more the Platonic ideal of Pope than Stalin is the Platonic ideal of an Orthodox Seminarian or Hitler the ideal of an altar boy. Good things can be said about Hitler, good things can be said about Pope Francis. He isn’t all bad. Who am I to judge?
BTW—it is his Papacy in the sense that he will have to answer for the decisions he made directly and indirectly.
There is death, and then there is judgment.
And then there will be either heaven, perhaps preceded by purgatory, or hell.
In this the same goes for the Pope as everyone else—
But there is a very real sense in which it is his papacy.
Pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.
But it was you who used the term, "his papacy", in defense of Bergoglio's blasphemy of the Bride of Christ, the Catholic Church.
Or perhaps he is trying to speak the truth about how things are going with his papacy.
Or perhaps he is speaking the truth without trying about how things are going with his papacy.
Yes,
See post 7 for the sense in which I would hold that it is his Papacy.
EEWWWWWWW!!!!
I took the words "his papacy" in the same you might hear the words "The Clinton Presidency"...you know, during his tenure in the position.
No doubt the gay orgies among the Vatican’s Lavender Mafia are part of the beauty this Commie Mole has in mind.
I take it that Man in the Mirror is a bridge too far for you.
I will freely admit that it is horrible music, but I must confess that I think the message is reasonably good, and packaged in a way that many people who might not otherwise be prompted to reflect on may be prompted to reflect.
I was referring to the quality of the pun inherent in your comment........reflecting on” “The Man in the Mirror”.
Never heard the song...so cannot comment on it.
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