Posted on 11/01/2017 12:39:52 PM PDT by ebb tide
One of the tritest of trite expressions is that a picture is worth a thousand words. And yet it is true, especially if one studies the picture in all its implications.
Consider, for example, this most revealing photograph:
The photo was taken at the very moment Rosary-praying Catholics were about to be forcibly removed by police from the cathedral in Brussels during an insane “ecumenical service” to “celebrate” the Protestant Revolt, aka the “Reformation.” Arms linked, they were praying the Rosary in reparation for the sacrilege taking placing before them.
Study the picture. Notice that the two rows of Catholics reciting the Rosary are composed entirely of young people. Now look behind them to the rows of people attending the “celebration” of the “Reformation” without protest. Notice that they are late-middle-aged or older, most with gray hair.
Look next at the young woman in the foreground: shamelessly attired in a tight mini-skirt and black leggings, she can be seen in the video here extracting what appears to be a program for the scandalous event from the hands of one of the youths praying the Rosary before they are removed, one by one, from the premises.
This one photograph tells the whole story of the state of the Church today: a decadent and dying “mainstream” given over to ecumenical madness, literally attempting to commit suicide, while young people courageously invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and are arrested for praying the signature Catholic prayer on consecrated Catholic ground. And the only sign of youth affiliated with the dying establishment is a shamelessly attired woman who violates every standard of modesty as she assists in an unholy ceremony in what is supposed to be a holy place.
The next sham Synod, on “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment,” is supposed to be all about “listening to the young.” It is a very safe bet that there will be no listening to the young who are flocking to the traditional Latin Mass all over the world, who have had enough of the failed, trendy Catholicism of the past fifty years, and who represent the real future of the Church, which awaits the day of her restoration. Indeed, Francis has repeatedly denounced these faithful young Catholics for their “rigidity,” even suggesting that they are “sick.”
Instead, we can be certain that the youth of miniskirts, selfies with the Pope, and “irregular relationships” will receive an attentive hearing, as if to ensure the continued decadence of a decadent establishment. The effort will fail, just as the entire disastrous experiment with novelty has failed. But the dictatorial regime of novelty in the post-conciliar Church aims to impose its will until the bitter end, as if determined to provoke the wrath of God.
Marco Tosatti has published a letter from a major figure in the Church, known only as “Big Shot,” in which we read:
“Dear Tosatti, you won’t believe it, but I am beginning to really be afraid. I have begun to pray once again the prayer of exorcism to St. Michael the Archangel written by Pope Leo XIII (recited at the end of Holy Mass until 1964 when it was unexplainably ‘deleted’). I ask myself if I will have the strength to take action without any assistance from my Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, sensing rather that it sets itself daily more and more against the Gospels and the Truth that it taught me. The Cardinals and Bishops who still believe in the Truth of Christ had better do something quickly! I fear we are in the End Times, dear Tosatti. I am a “Big Shot” but terrified…”
The final consummation of the Message of Fatima cannot be long in coming, as the prophecy of the Third Secret, concerning sin within the Church, unfolds in what Pope Benedict XVI called “a really terrifying way” — three years before he abruptly and mysteriously abandoned his papacy.
Wow!
She's racked up quite a few airline miles by now!!
Isn't the One, True Church doing an adequate job??
Great gif. Totally mind blowing. :)
Hey, y’all. Yes, I’m still out here, lurking every now and then. Carry on.
Peace,
SR
Attributing the work of Jesus to Mary is not going to end well.
Jesus judges? Not by HIS words. He told us that He came to save not judge and HE was the one who promised answered prayer when we prayed to the Father in His name.
That fella you quoted is a false teacher.
I know! :)
I posted it so people are aware of how Roman Catholicism views her.
That is not how she is portrayed in the NT as we know.
Wow! Good to know you are out there, and if it takes a stunning GIF to hear from you then we may have to post more.
LOL. :-D
John 5:21ff21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. 22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, 23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.…
2Tim 4:8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
John 5:30 "I can do nothing on My own initiative As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 9:39 And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
There are more, but these are some in His own words. Paul, James and Acts 17:31 "because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead."
Scripture is clear Who will judge the 'quick and the dead'.
And yet we have Jesus saying here in John 12:47.......
If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
The context of the comment I was referring to is that of Jesus judging the sinner, who is supposed to be a believer.
The verses you posted talk about God judging through Jesus.
The problem is when people do not see Jesus as their Savior, but rather as their judge so they go to someone else, like Mary, to appease Jesus.
Believers are already forgiven, there is no condemnation.
John 5 is pretty clear that all judgement has been given to the Son. Jesus will judge all at their death or the last day. Believers have no reason to fear as they have been justified by grace through faith in the redeeming work of Jesus.
The problem is when people do not see Jesus as their Savior, but rather as their judge so they go to someone else, like Mary, to appease Jesus.
I think you are absolutely correct in that assessment, but that doesn't change the facts. It is really indicative of a condition when works replace faith. How can you know when you have done enough vs believing and accepting the finished work of Christ trusting in His promises.
Because in verse 48 there is the answer. When Jesus was on earth He was there to save. Then we have His Word. That will condemn the unbeliever.
48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
SR, you’re back! I haven’t seen you on FR in a very long time.
I hope you are well, and Merry Christmas!
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