For Catholics: What shall we do...

23 March A.D. 2002 | father_elijah

[father_elijah]

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER?

We Catholic Americans are at a crossroads. Our Lord Jesus Christ who is the Light of the World is exposing all those who wound his sacred Body by abusing children and youth. Our Lord is also exposing rot and disease within the structures and leadership of the Church from within provinces of religious orders, Catholic universities, and diocesan chanceries.

It is time to clean house. Not only do the pederasts, sex abusers, and homosexuals need to be removed from leadership and the ranks of the ordained, but also the Church needs to excommunicate all Catholic politicians in the United States of America whose votes continue the holocaust of abortion.

PREPARATION
In order to serve Christ and his poor Church in this time of crisis, each of us are called to avail ourselves of the sacraments that we may trample the devil under our feet. Let each of us 1) make a good confession; 2) receive the Eucharist on the Feast of Divine Mercy and receive Christ’s promises to St. Faustina of mercy and pardon; 3) engage in works of mercy; and, 4) encourage others to do the same.

We lead by prayer, and we are made strong by Christ’s self-offering of his Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We have a great weapon for fighting evil in the rosary. We do not turn to prayer as a last resort, but we turn to prayer as the beginning, center, and end of all that we strive to do for Our Lord Jesus Christ. We engage in prayer for the Church knowing that when we pray we are not alone in prayer or in action. Our Lord, Our Lady, St. Joseph, and the whole communion of saints join with us in interceding for the Church.

We who long for the cleansing of the Church from these grave evils have the means of prayer through which we can grow in holiness even as we pray for the Church to be cleansed of evil and made holy as Christ is holy. Let us avail ourseves of these gifts of prayer:

The Daily Mass or a daily Act of Spiritual Communion
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
Benediction and Adoration
The Holy Rosary
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
The Litanies
The Liturgy of the Hours
Other Chaplets and Devotions

Let every action we undertake be covered in prayer and overshadowed by the Holy Spirit so that only God’s will is desired and achieved through our efforts.

ACTION
For love of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are called to action against evil. Let each faithful Catholic offer themselves at Mass or at home to be the beginning point of the Church’s cleansing and renewal. Ask the Lord’s blessing that we may each speak the truth in love and walk in the Holy Spirit.

There are a variety of actions that one can undertake to be part of the solution. The following are suggestions that have been made on various internet discussion lists.

*Show up at your parish and pray at 3pm every day
*Show up at your diocesan Chancery and pray
*Show up at the nearest Chancery on the Monday after Easter
at 12 noon and pray the Rosary for the Cleansing of the Priesthood
*Write, telephone, and e-mail your bishops and priests and express your horror over the sexual scandals and tell them you expect full disclosure and immediate action.
*Write to the Holy Father -- write in Polish if you can -- and beg him to intervene and clean up the Church in the United States. Be sure to copy your bishop and pastor.

The following are some actions you may consider asking of the Holy Father(and recommending to your bishop):

1. Ask the Holy Father to lead the Church in a worldwide Day of Penance for the sexual sins of the Church’s leadership;
2. Ask the Holy Father to declare that homosexuals may not receive Holy Orders;
3. Ask the Holy Father to remove Cardinals, bishops, priests, and deacons who have covered up cases of sexual abuse.
4. Ask the Holy Father to give the Church in the USA new Cardinals especially elevating Archbishop Chaput of Denver
5. Ask the Holy Father to shut down religious orders or provinces of religious orders (like the California province of the Society of Jesus) that are a scandal in themselves.
6. Ask the Holy Father to give Cardinal Law, Cardinal Egan, and Cardinal Mahony new jobs at the Vatican.
7. Ask the Holy Father to suspend the US National Conference of Catholic Bishops and to appoint either a triumvirate to clean house or an Inquisitor General to root out evil and liberate the Church in the USA from error and crime.
8. Ask the Holy Father to restore the prayer “St. Michael the Archangel” to the close of every Mass.
9. Ask the Holy Father to extend the faculty to every priest in the Church to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 Missal.
10. Ask the Holy Father to excommunicate Catholic politicians who support the holocaust of abortion.
11. Ask the Holy Father to give the Cardinal’s red hat to Archbishop Chaput, Bishop Bruskewitz, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.
12. Ask the Holy Father to disassociate the Church from those once Catholic universitiies and colleges that no longer affirm the magisterium of the Church or loyalty to the Pope.
13. Ask the Holy Father to make Fr. Benedict Groeschel the next Archbishop of New York.

Some will find these ideas too presumptuous, but it is clear that the Holy Father and the leadership of the Church in the USA need to hear from the rank and file faithful.

Finally, be sure to pray for the Pope, and write to the Holy Father a letter of encouragement. Assure him of your prayers for his intentions and for him personally. Also, write letters of encouragement to any deacon, priest, or bishop whom you know to be defenders of the faith and devoted to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our good and faithful priests need to know that they are loved and cherished.

Jesus, King of the nations, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
Good Saint Joseph, pray for us.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us.

[Conservative til I die]

btw, let me add i meant born again fundamentalists, not Catholics. My faith was born again, and it was due tyo the undeniable truth of the Catholic Church.

[father_elijah]

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen the article or even heard about it. Again, many thanks.

[Ex-Wretch]

Jesus Christ IS the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by Him.

You are in denial and your heart is an adamant stone. Repent! Jesus is coming back very soon for a bride that is without spot or wrinkle. Does that describe YOU (or the RC institution)?

[timestax]

Truth hurts eh!!Tell me what those tall fish-mouth hats depict that the cardinals wear on their heads??!!I KNOW what it depicts!

[father_elijah]

Thank you for your excellent suggestion regarding the placement of the Tabernacle.

[Conservative til I die]

Dude, it does. Thanks to your brilliance, I'm leaving the "Whore of Babylon" today!!!!!!!! Thanks!

Quick, someone pass me the Jack Chick comic or the Watchtower; I need to read something with a lot of academic weight!!!!

[eleni121]

As a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, I grieve also for the difficult time the RC Church is living through at this time of attacks on Christianity all over the world (has it ever ceased?)

It couldn't have come at a worse time...and yet it seems to me that the spirit of Christ is guiding this latest struggle within the RC Church as well as many other branches of Christianity. The EO Church (in particular the Greek Orthodox) went through a similar upheaval several years ago and survived.

[Conservative til I die]

Who talks like you people do? Talk like a normal person.

[father_elijah]

I am happy for you that you feel enlightened. May the Lord bless you and by His Spirit lead you into all truth.

[timestax]

Truth hurts eh? Ask your priest guru to explain to you the accurate history of those tall, fish-mouth hats that the cardinals/priests sometimes wear. It isn't pretty!!

[Judith Anne]

Go ahead. Say it. You know you want to.

[Conservative til I die]

Tell me who this "Jay-zuz" is and why I need to pay him through the man with the 900 # and the Kentucky Fried hairdo I see on late-night TV in order for this Jay-zuz character to buy me a new car and consolidate my debts?

[pbear8]

Sorry, I don't speak Latin and neither did Jesus

Actually, it is likely that Jesus had at least some Latin as Jerusalem was a very cosmopolitan city under Roman control. Recall that He had no trouble communicating with the centurion who sought healing for his daughter.

[timestax]

Just find out the accurate history of those tall fish-mouth hats and their relationship with sexual behavior, and then get back to me if you dare!

[Conservative til I die]

Do these tall fish hats have anything to do with the Whoremaster receiving the mark of Shiva (too bad it wasn't) awhile back? Please, astound me with more of your truth, satan.

[Judith Anne]

Come on, coward. Fill us in.

[timestax]

I never mentioned anybodies name or religion. Your just spittin out venom and not even thinking !

[Ex-Wretch]

"Who talks like you people do? Talk like a normal person."

If you had the Holy Ghost you would not be asking the question.

I am leaving for a while. But I will be back.

[timestax]

I'm not going to do your research for you. Ask your "Can do no wrong" preists or "Can do no wrong" pope!!

[Conservative til I die]

This is the best I could find on the net. It's by some idiot (any relation?) and his pyarmidology/bible code matrix site, and these are clearly "obvious facts:"

Later, the earth entered the period of ascension of the constellation Pisces the Fish just before the appearance of Yeshua (Jesus) in His earthly ministry. It is no wonder that the superstitious people of earth adopted the sign of the fish for Christianity, as you see on many cars today. People have always been drawn to mix pagan symbols into their religion. Likewise, the Roman Catholic church with the mitered hats worn by the Pope and Cardinals are in the shape of a fish head with an open mouth pointing upwards. We entered the age of Pisces and the people adopted fish symbols so that even though Christian, they wanted to mix in the pagan worship of the gods from the zodiac. Don't write me and tell me these mean something else than just stated, since it is apparent to me that they represent Pisces the Fish. Now that we are entering Aquarius, will Christians adopt symbols related to the water pourer, and perhaps explain that it represents the pouring out of the Holy Spirit to the people on earth? Come to think of it, if Yeshua comes to earth to reign soon, as the Messiah. then this will occur.