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.
I’m not at all stuck with him. I have 265 popes, prior to Francis, to refer to. Many of them are saints whose feast day Catholics celebrated today.
Sure man, that’s why that is all you post about.
It’s a belief shared by many, if not most Christians.
Are you a Christian? If so, does your church have a statement of beliefs or Confession - Augsburg, Westminster...? If so, there’s a teaching on it.
Is somebody forcing you to read my posts?
Nope, just checking to see when or if you’ll do anything about your subject but whine about him.
A lot of Catholics are complaining about Bergoglio.
As they should he a walking Charlie Foxtrot. But those that complain about Luther haven't stood up to the clown. Surely they could stand tall and avoid being excommunicated but bring real effects instead of complaining about him in an echo chamber.
It’s not an echo chamber if you can hear it.
Never heard of such a thing. I’m a P.K. and spent my college years in Seminary. What is it and what is the doctrine behind it? Is it Biblical or something “made up”?
I guess it doesn’t matter.
Dude, you can’t even deal with a single Internet gadfly without losing your temper and throwing childish insults around. How are you gonna march into your bishop’s office and demand that Francis be removed, hmmm?
Where have I lost my temper?
Last night.
The evidence is right on the thread, or shall I recount again how I can quote the Council of Trent and you can’t quote any Luther that isn’t from an I-hate-Protestants website?
Shall I recount the childish insult that you posted as a reaction, followed by quitting the thread?
You can’t even handle ME without losing it, and I’m just black text on a white screen. What are you gonna do about Francis, hmm?
I’m surprised you didn’t discuss it in seminary. Real presence in Eucharist? Sacraments..?
NOT real presence wasn’t a doctrine until 16th Century, after Luther, Zwingli.
Scriptural basis in NT is Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, Epistles…
Perhaps you covered under some other rubric in seminary?
As they should he a walking Charlie Foxtrot. But those that complain about Luther haven’t stood up to the clown. Surely they could stand tall and avoid being excommunicated but bring real effects instead of complaining about him in an echo chamber.
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Of course they haven’t. Remember, Rome has managed to indoctrinate so many Catholics that they are the One True Church (TM). And so leaving in protest isn’t allowed.
So Francis and his kin KNOW that they can do whatever the heck they want and these Catholics complaining about him will never actually leave their Roman churches. Because after all, getting excommunicated by Pope Francis is still excommunicated, and they won’t be part of the One True Church (TM) after that.
My apologies but I’m not familiar with what P.K. means here?
May I remind you that it was you who accused me of being a "filty liar" last night.
“filthy”
Yes. And in doing so, I gave you a perfect chance to humiliate me with your knowledge and force me to either slink off or apologize to you. Heck, you didn’t even have to have read Luther; you literally have the sum of human knowledge at your fingertips; a single Google search would have brought up the entire Large Catechism where you could pick to your heart’s content.
You had a GLORIOUS chance to humiliate me, but instead of proving that you were telling the truth, you threw a serious tantrum and howled that you weren’t gonna read anything by ‘that heretic.’ In a way that kind of makes me wonder how truthful you were being when you said that you originally read Luther.
As I said, if you can’t handle a single Internet gadfly, how can you handle your bishop? Heck, how can you even handle your priest?
Here’s a Cliff’s Notes version of the history and current situation of various teachings on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_presence_of_Christ_in_the_Eucharist
Bear in mind, like the Most Holy Trinity, it’s not something susceptible to a Cliff’s Notes version.
Listing of Holy Scripture:
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/scrip/a6.html
You don't need help from me; you're doing a great job displaying your temper.
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