1. The Gospel.
The Gospel describes a woman, whose daughter was possessed by the devil. Christ arrives in a house and the woman follows Him, approached Him and fell at His feet; and besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Christ expressed the Will of God; that He must attend, first, to the Jews before the Gentiles. The Gentiles would be helped after the Resurrection of Christ.
The woman speaks with wisdom, St. Thomas noted. 'Yes Lord; yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Then Christ said; 'For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
2. How come the young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit?
Because of original sin, all men are possessed by the devil. Satan is the prince of the world, all men to the world are possessed by him.
This is why children are baptised; and baptism begins with an act of exorcism, to drive the devil away.
3. After the exorcism during baptism, the parents, god-parents and parish priest are supposed to help the child reached the perfection of Faith wherein the devils are not able to return to the soul of the child; this state of the soul is further perfected with the beginnings of the theological virtue of Charity. Here it is impossible for the devil to possess the soul.
4. The defect in Baptisms.
During the exorcism at Baptism, the devil, indeed, is driven away from the soul. But the soul of the baptised child never develop the perfection of Faith. So as Scriptures says; the devil finding that the house have remained empty, returns to the soul with seven other devils. So the state of the soul is worse than before.
This is what happens to every Catholic. The devil repossess the soul with seven other devils and never leave that soul unless the soul reaches Faith. Every time that soul sin, more devils enter his soul until there are legions of them. The soul gets worse than before. And most souls are in that state these days.
In this state of soul, the person cannot exorcise himself. (Remember souls can exorcise themselves by living the monastic life that works like a second Baptism with its exorcism effects.
5. The exorcist mother.
The Gospel today shows the Faith of the mother being able to exorcize her own daughter. Christ said so; 'It is your Faith that has saved her.' Now, keep in mind that this mother was a Gentile. She is not supposed to know anything about exorcism. Yet Christ attributed the daughter's freedom from possession through her Faith. Where did she get the Faith that alone can drive spiritual possession from the devil (this spiritual possession is worse than physical possession.) Because the woman believed in Christ.
How come the Jews did not believe Christ; while the Gentile woman believed which enable her to to exorcise her daughter? Her humility.
Humility forgives all past sins and makes a soul deserving of the theological virtue of Faith that drives out all devils, as the prayer of Compline states.
6. Humility.
The first lesson learned from Christ is humility; 'learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.' All fathers of the Church wrote on 'humility.' All founders of religious order imposed humility. Even St. Ignatius of Loyola did.
Because humility, as the Book of Wisdom states, grants the soul wisdom which is necessary in making the mature Act of Faith. This Faith, in turn is what drives away the devil.
It is this Faith that will enable souls to drive the devil that posses them and the devil that posses other souls. One does not have to be an exorcist, St. Therese of Lisieux, with her child-Faith, use to drive away the devil by her mere looks. How did she do it? By her humility, the first sign of Faith ('Poor in spirit.')
7. The humility of the Syro Phoenician woman.
She showed her humility this way;
First, like a beggar, she besought Christ to perform a deed that only God can do, i.e. to drive away the devil. Thus she believed Christ was God.
Secondly, she agreed with the Divine Will as expressed by Christ. Christ said, she must first be treated as a dog, and she agreed. She begged to be treated as a dog. What humility.
Christ said; 'For saying this go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.' For saying this, the mother exorcised her daughter.
8. Conclusions.
All men without perfect Faith are possessed by the devil; they are possessed spiritually like Judas, not so much physically like those exorcist movies. Primarily because after Baptism and the exorcism in Baptism, their souls were not properly evangelised to enable them to make the mature Act of Faith. Seeing their souls empty of Christ, the devil have returned to their soul with seven more deadly devils. And with continuous actual sins, legions have, by now, entered their souls. Thus, truly, as Pope Paul VI observed, the devil is all over the world. It has even entered the Church.
All souls without Faith are possessed by the devil. That is practically the whole world together with Catholics who have never reached the perfection of Faith.
The signs of diabolical possession are all over the world; lies, murder, sexual perversion, treason, covetousness, irrationality, etc.
As Christ always did; at the beginnings of His preachings, He would drive the devils from those possessed.
We must start by driving the devil from our own souls,. By an Act of mature Faith. Then, like the Syro-Phoenician mother, we can can drive the devil out of other people's soul by mere prayer.
Today, we cannot expect other people with Faith to help us, as the daughter was helped by the mother. There are no longer any mothers like her. The present institutional Church in the Vatican cannot drive devils away, either, because it is not showing any sign of Faith. As Christ prophesied; 'the pride of life has filled the Church. It seems it is even filled with devils, as Pope Paul VI had noted. What did he mean when he said; 'the devil have entered the Church.' Which Church?
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
GOD'S WILL vs MY WILL. Tuesday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time.
1. God's Will vs my will.
The Gospel shows Christ correcting the Jews because they preferred to follow man's tradition than obey God's command. This is a repetition of the long defect of the human race in preferring their own will over and above God's Will. The sin of Eve was that she preferred her own will (to eat of the fruit) rather than the expressed Will of God (not to eat of the forbidden fruit).
Christ gave the general rule; obey God rather than men. The Pharisee loved obeying man's rule (washing one's hands before eating) rather than the command of God (to wash your soul before Holy Communion).
2. The grand test.
The grand test God gives is whether man will choose God's Will over his own will. God made man in His sown image and likeness so that he can easily know and choose God's Will.
God made man with an intellect that he might know God's Will; God made man with a free will that he might love and choose God's Will. This way man can do God's Will by which he can attain everlasting life.
3. What happened in Paradise?
God gave Adam and Eve the grand test, which all men will undergo; a choice between God's Will and man's will.
Eve knew God's Will and intentionally disobeyed it. She did her own will under the instigation of the devil. Eve did the suggestion of the devil not because it is the will of the devil but because it was Eve's own will, too. When a person does the will of his father, mother, brother, sisters, boss, etc.....it is in effect doing his own will that conformed with the will of other humans.
4. God's Will is often not man's will.
God's Will comes from His Divinity; man's will come from his concupiscence which is the sources of vices and sin. So man's will is never God's will.
5. To be saved, man must conform his will to God's Will.
God wills that all man go to heaven, while man wills to satisfy his passion and concupiscence thus leading him to hell. Thus Christ became man to teach man to conform his will with the Will of God so that he may attain everlasting life in heaven.
6. How does man conform his will with God's Will.
First, he must know God's expressed Will as found in His commandments. These are, easily, found in Divine Revelation; for example 'To pray unceasingly.'
Secondly, he must know God's evangelical counsels as found in the Gospels. These are poverty, chastity and obedience.
Thirdly, he must know how to recognise God's inspiration. It is impossible to know these because it's knowledge is reserved only for those who are spiritually mature; like when St. Simon was commanded by God to live on top of a pilar.
The Will of God can only be found in these three sources and nowhere else. No one can know the Will of God in the second category unless he perfectly knows the Will of God in the first category. And no one can know the Will of God in the third category unless he has a perfect knowledge of God's Will in the first and second category.
7. Present day situation.
Most men are ignorant of God's will, either through His commands, his counsels or his inspirations. Today, all who claim that such and such is the Will of God, as in the Dubai declaration, are wrong; first, because they do not fall under any of the above categories. And secondly, because they are, obviously, ignorant of the Will of God as expressed in the first and second categories.
8. My will.
All men know their own wills because it is their own will. In which case they can be certain that it is not God's Will.
9. Conforming one's will with God's Will.
A person is a good Catholic when he conforms his will with God's Will. This is possible, only, by the grace of God. To know the Will of God, man needs the help of grace; to conform one's will with God's Will needs, even, greater graces. But it is possible, and this is what makes a person a saint.
The way this is done had been well described by St. Francis de Sales in his 'Treatise in the Love of God.' Yes, to do so is a supreme act of Charity, the love of God, that makes a person a saint and deserving of everlasting life. Very few can do it because it is an act of Divinity aided by divine grace that needs the aid of the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. This is the goal of all Catholics, but very few make it.
The Gospel shows Christ correcting the Jews because they preferred to follow man's tradition than obey God's command. This is a repetition of the long defect of the human race in preferring their own will over and above God's Will. The sin of Eve was that she preferred her own will (to eat of the fruit) rather than the expressed Will of God (not to eat of the forbidden fruit).
Christ gave the general rule; obey God rather than men. The Pharisee loved obeying man's rule (washing one's hands before eating) rather than the command of God (to wash your soul before Holy Communion).
2. The grand test.
The grand test God gives is whether man will choose God's Will over his own will. God made man in His sown image and likeness so that he can easily know and choose God's Will.
God made man with an intellect that he might know God's Will; God made man with a free will that he might love and choose God's Will. This way man can do God's Will by which he can attain everlasting life.
3. What happened in Paradise?
God gave Adam and Eve the grand test, which all men will undergo; a choice between God's Will and man's will.
Eve knew God's Will and intentionally disobeyed it. She did her own will under the instigation of the devil. Eve did the suggestion of the devil not because it is the will of the devil but because it was Eve's own will, too. When a person does the will of his father, mother, brother, sisters, boss, etc.....it is in effect doing his own will that conformed with the will of other humans.
4. God's Will is often not man's will.
God's Will comes from His Divinity; man's will come from his concupiscence which is the sources of vices and sin. So man's will is never God's will.
5. To be saved, man must conform his will to God's Will.
God wills that all man go to heaven, while man wills to satisfy his passion and concupiscence thus leading him to hell. Thus Christ became man to teach man to conform his will with the Will of God so that he may attain everlasting life in heaven.
6. How does man conform his will with God's Will.
First, he must know God's expressed Will as found in His commandments. These are, easily, found in Divine Revelation; for example 'To pray unceasingly.'
Secondly, he must know God's evangelical counsels as found in the Gospels. These are poverty, chastity and obedience.
Thirdly, he must know how to recognise God's inspiration. It is impossible to know these because it's knowledge is reserved only for those who are spiritually mature; like when St. Simon was commanded by God to live on top of a pilar.
The Will of God can only be found in these three sources and nowhere else. No one can know the Will of God in the second category unless he perfectly knows the Will of God in the first category. And no one can know the Will of God in the third category unless he has a perfect knowledge of God's Will in the first and second category.
7. Present day situation.
Most men are ignorant of God's will, either through His commands, his counsels or his inspirations. Today, all who claim that such and such is the Will of God, as in the Dubai declaration, are wrong; first, because they do not fall under any of the above categories. And secondly, because they are, obviously, ignorant of the Will of God as expressed in the first and second categories.
8. My will.
All men know their own wills because it is their own will. In which case they can be certain that it is not God's Will.
9. Conforming one's will with God's Will.
A person is a good Catholic when he conforms his will with God's Will. This is possible, only, by the grace of God. To know the Will of God, man needs the help of grace; to conform one's will with God's Will needs, even, greater graces. But it is possible, and this is what makes a person a saint.
The way this is done had been well described by St. Francis de Sales in his 'Treatise in the Love of God.' Yes, to do so is a supreme act of Charity, the love of God, that makes a person a saint and deserving of everlasting life. Very few can do it because it is an act of Divinity aided by divine grace that needs the aid of the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. This is the goal of all Catholics, but very few make it.
GOD'S WILL vs MY WILL. Tuesday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time.
1. God's Will vs my will.
The Gospel shows Christ correcting the Jews because they preferred to follow man's tradition than obey God's command. This is a repetition of the long defect of the human race in preferring their own will over and above God's Will. The sin of Eve was that she preferred her own will (to eat of the fruit) rather than the expressed Will of God (not to eat of the forbidden fruit).
Christ gave the general rule; obey God rather than men. The Pharisee loved obeying man's rule (washing one's hands before eating) rather than the command of God (to wash your soul before Holy Communion).
2. The grand test.
The grand test God gives is whether man will choose God's Will over his own will. God made man in His sown image and likeness so that he can easily know and choose God's Will.
God made man with an intellect that he might know God's Will; God made man with a free will that he might love and choose God's Will. This way man can do God's Will by which he can attain everlasting life.
3. What happened in Paradise?
God gave Adam and Eve the grand test, which all men will undergo; a choice between God's Will and man's will.
Eve knew God's Will and intentionally disobeyed it. She did her own will under the instigation of the devil. Eve did the suggestion of the devil not because it is the will of the devil but because it was Eve's own will, too. When a person does the will of his father, mother, brother, sisters, boss, etc.....it is in effect doing his own will that conformed with the will of other humans.
4. God's Will is often not man's will.
God's Will comes from His Divinity; man's will come from his concupiscence which is the sources of vices and sin. So man's will is never God's will.
5. To be saved, man must conform his will to God's Will.
God wills that all man go to heaven, while man wills to satisfy his passion and concupiscence thus leading him to hell. Thus Christ became man to teach man to conform his will with the Will of God so that he may attain everlasting life in heaven.
6. How does man conform his will with God's Will.
First, he must know God's expressed Will as found in His commandments. These are, easily, found in Divine Revelation; for example 'To pray unceasingly.'
Secondly, he must know God's evangelical counsels as found in the Gospels. These are poverty, chastity and obedience.
Thirdly, he must know how to recognise God's inspiration. It is impossible to know these because it's knowledge is reserved only for those who are spiritually mature; like when St. Simon was commanded by God to live on top of a pilar.
The Will of God can only be found in these three sources and nowhere else. No one can know the Will of God in the second category unless he perfectly knows the Will of God in the first category. And no one can know the Will of God in the third category unless he has a perfect knowledge of God's Will in the first and second category.
7. Present day situation.
Most men are ignorant of God's will, either through His commands, his counsels or his inspirations. Today, all who claim that such and such is the Will of God, as in the Dubai declaration, are wrong; first, because they do not fall under any of the above categories. And secondly, because they are, obviously, ignorant of the Will of God as expressed in the first and second categories.
8. My will.
All men know their own wills because it is their own will. In which case they can be certain that it is not God's Will.
9. Conforming one's will with God's Will.
A person is a good Catholic when he conforms his will with God's Will. This is possible, only, by the grace of God. To know the Will of God, man needs the help of grace; to conform one's will with God's Will needs, even, greater graces. But it is possible, and this is what makes a person a saint.
The way this is done had been well described by St. Francis de Sales in his 'Treatise in the Love of God.' Yes, to do so is a supreme act of Charity, the love of God, that makes a person a saint and deserving of everlasting life. Very few can do it because it is an act of Divinity aided by divine grace that needs the aid of the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. This is the goal of all Catholics, but very few make it.
The Gospel shows Christ correcting the Jews because they preferred to follow man's tradition than obey God's command. This is a repetition of the long defect of the human race in preferring their own will over and above God's Will. The sin of Eve was that she preferred her own will (to eat of the fruit) rather than the expressed Will of God (not to eat of the forbidden fruit).
Christ gave the general rule; obey God rather than men. The Pharisee loved obeying man's rule (washing one's hands before eating) rather than the command of God (to wash your soul before Holy Communion).
2. The grand test.
The grand test God gives is whether man will choose God's Will over his own will. God made man in His sown image and likeness so that he can easily know and choose God's Will.
God made man with an intellect that he might know God's Will; God made man with a free will that he might love and choose God's Will. This way man can do God's Will by which he can attain everlasting life.
3. What happened in Paradise?
God gave Adam and Eve the grand test, which all men will undergo; a choice between God's Will and man's will.
Eve knew God's Will and intentionally disobeyed it. She did her own will under the instigation of the devil. Eve did the suggestion of the devil not because it is the will of the devil but because it was Eve's own will, too. When a person does the will of his father, mother, brother, sisters, boss, etc.....it is in effect doing his own will that conformed with the will of other humans.
4. God's Will is often not man's will.
God's Will comes from His Divinity; man's will come from his concupiscence which is the sources of vices and sin. So man's will is never God's will.
5. To be saved, man must conform his will to God's Will.
God wills that all man go to heaven, while man wills to satisfy his passion and concupiscence thus leading him to hell. Thus Christ became man to teach man to conform his will with the Will of God so that he may attain everlasting life in heaven.
6. How does man conform his will with God's Will.
First, he must know God's expressed Will as found in His commandments. These are, easily, found in Divine Revelation; for example 'To pray unceasingly.'
Secondly, he must know God's evangelical counsels as found in the Gospels. These are poverty, chastity and obedience.
Thirdly, he must know how to recognise God's inspiration. It is impossible to know these because it's knowledge is reserved only for those who are spiritually mature; like when St. Simon was commanded by God to live on top of a pilar.
The Will of God can only be found in these three sources and nowhere else. No one can know the Will of God in the second category unless he perfectly knows the Will of God in the first category. And no one can know the Will of God in the third category unless he has a perfect knowledge of God's Will in the first and second category.
7. Present day situation.
Most men are ignorant of God's will, either through His commands, his counsels or his inspirations. Today, all who claim that such and such is the Will of God, as in the Dubai declaration, are wrong; first, because they do not fall under any of the above categories. And secondly, because they are, obviously, ignorant of the Will of God as expressed in the first and second categories.
8. My will.
All men know their own wills because it is their own will. In which case they can be certain that it is not God's Will.
9. Conforming one's will with God's Will.
A person is a good Catholic when he conforms his will with God's Will. This is possible, only, by the grace of God. To know the Will of God, man needs the help of grace; to conform one's will with God's Will needs, even, greater graces. But it is possible, and this is what makes a person a saint.
The way this is done had been well described by St. Francis de Sales in his 'Treatise in the Love of God.' Yes, to do so is a supreme act of Charity, the love of God, that makes a person a saint and deserving of everlasting life. Very few can do it because it is an act of Divinity aided by divine grace that needs the aid of the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. This is the goal of all Catholics, but very few make it.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
5th Sunday in Ordinary time. PARABLES ON THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
1. The parables on the kingdom of God.
Christ spoke to the crowds in parables because they could not understand; and for them not to understand. This was due to their lack of Faith. But to His disciples He explained all things.
One of the most contentious topic in the Catholic Church is 'how does the Church look like.' This is of the utmost importance because we have to work out the salvation of our souls within the Catholic Church. First; we must know how the Church look like, secondly, how to enter the Catholic Church and, thirdly, we must know when we are already inside for the peace of our mind.
But most Catholic do not know any of the three items above. So Catholics cannot prove they are Catholics, they cannot prove that their parish is Catholic, they do not know if their diocese is Catholic. They cannot prove that their own bishop and priest are Catholics.
They do not know how to check if the Catholic religious groups in their locality are Catholics. And worse, we cannot know and prove that our Pope is Catholic.
2. Proving.
No religion or sect have the ability to prove that theirs is the true religion and theirs is the true God. Philosophy is the means by which any religion or sect can prove that theirs is the true religion and God. The Catholic Religion is the only religion that prove it is the true religion through philosophy. Even the religion who brought philosophy to Europe could not use it to prove its authencity as a religion bur St. Thomas was able to use philosophy to prove the Catholic religion and the Catholic For are the only true religion and God.
3. The four visible signs of the true Church mentioned in the Creed is the universal visible sign by which all men can know which is the true religion. The theological virtues is the deepest proof that the Catholic religion and the Catholic God is the only true God and religion. There is a third way by which we can know the true religion and God; i.e. an enumeration of the Parables of the Kingdom of God without doubt is the best way to prove the true Church. One of them is the Gospel of the 5th Sunday in ordinary time. The Catholic Church is like Christ being in the boat of Peter and Andrew wherewith Christ told Peter to lower the nets Upon doing it they caught such a number of fish that their nets were at the breaking point.
4. The Church as Peter's boat at sea.
There are several incidents describing Peter's boat at sea. These describes there different stages of the Catholic Church in her history. The first state of the Church begins with gaining souls. This is shown when Peter lowered the nets on all side of the boat and caught different kinds of fishes.
The second stage of the Church is when it became filled with members so the fish nets were at breaking point. The third stage of the Church is when there were only seven apostles in the boat. When they were commanded by Christ to lower the net only on the right side. And they caught only 153 large fishes which they landed on the shore and laid down at the foot of Christ who was standing on the shore.
The first stage represents the stage of the Church when she was just beginning to win souls. They were great persecutions, so the storm that endangered the boat. This was the first days of the persecution where the blood of martyrs became the seed of the Church.
The second stage is when the Church gathered so many members. In which time she begun to be filled with heresies, thus the danger of the net breaking. This had happened in the past.
Then the third state is the Church today. There are only seven apostles in the boat. The net was lowered only on the right side and many of the crowd in Genesareth were cured just by touching the clothing of Christ. The net is no longer lowered on all sides but
meticulously lowered on the right side, i.e. to souls that shine with good works as enumerated in the New Testament. The chosen twelve apostles symbolise the head of the Church possessed the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. These signs of the Church at the end times is not present in the Vatican institutional Church nor in any so-called Catholic groups. Being cured by merely touching His clothing is a symbol of the members of the Church who have obeyed the least of Christ commandments as written in the New Testament.
It is the inability of the institutional Catholic Church to show that her leaders have the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and for her members to show knowledge and obedience to the least of the commands of Christ as found in the New Testament that makes one suspect that the true Church is not in the Vatican Church but is somewhere else. The ignorance of the description of the seven gifts and an enumeration of the least of the commands of Christ in most people makes everyone unable to point out where the true Church is.
Therefore, individuals have no way of knowing if they are truly Catholics or not. On the other hand, those who have Faith, i.e. only those who are already inside the Catholic Church, would know that they make up the truly Christian Church whose salvation is assured. They, also, see the seven gifts present in their spiritual leaders. And, themselves, knowing and obedient to the least and most of the commands of Christ as enumerated in the New Testament.
Christ spoke to the crowds in parables because they could not understand; and for them not to understand. This was due to their lack of Faith. But to His disciples He explained all things.
One of the most contentious topic in the Catholic Church is 'how does the Church look like.' This is of the utmost importance because we have to work out the salvation of our souls within the Catholic Church. First; we must know how the Church look like, secondly, how to enter the Catholic Church and, thirdly, we must know when we are already inside for the peace of our mind.
But most Catholic do not know any of the three items above. So Catholics cannot prove they are Catholics, they cannot prove that their parish is Catholic, they do not know if their diocese is Catholic. They cannot prove that their own bishop and priest are Catholics.
They do not know how to check if the Catholic religious groups in their locality are Catholics. And worse, we cannot know and prove that our Pope is Catholic.
2. Proving.
No religion or sect have the ability to prove that theirs is the true religion and theirs is the true God. Philosophy is the means by which any religion or sect can prove that theirs is the true religion and God. The Catholic Religion is the only religion that prove it is the true religion through philosophy. Even the religion who brought philosophy to Europe could not use it to prove its authencity as a religion bur St. Thomas was able to use philosophy to prove the Catholic religion and the Catholic For are the only true religion and God.
3. The four visible signs of the true Church mentioned in the Creed is the universal visible sign by which all men can know which is the true religion. The theological virtues is the deepest proof that the Catholic religion and the Catholic God is the only true God and religion. There is a third way by which we can know the true religion and God; i.e. an enumeration of the Parables of the Kingdom of God without doubt is the best way to prove the true Church. One of them is the Gospel of the 5th Sunday in ordinary time. The Catholic Church is like Christ being in the boat of Peter and Andrew wherewith Christ told Peter to lower the nets Upon doing it they caught such a number of fish that their nets were at the breaking point.
4. The Church as Peter's boat at sea.
There are several incidents describing Peter's boat at sea. These describes there different stages of the Catholic Church in her history. The first state of the Church begins with gaining souls. This is shown when Peter lowered the nets on all side of the boat and caught different kinds of fishes.
The second stage of the Church is when it became filled with members so the fish nets were at breaking point. The third stage of the Church is when there were only seven apostles in the boat. When they were commanded by Christ to lower the net only on the right side. And they caught only 153 large fishes which they landed on the shore and laid down at the foot of Christ who was standing on the shore.
The first stage represents the stage of the Church when she was just beginning to win souls. They were great persecutions, so the storm that endangered the boat. This was the first days of the persecution where the blood of martyrs became the seed of the Church.
The second stage is when the Church gathered so many members. In which time she begun to be filled with heresies, thus the danger of the net breaking. This had happened in the past.
Then the third state is the Church today. There are only seven apostles in the boat. The net was lowered only on the right side and many of the crowd in Genesareth were cured just by touching the clothing of Christ. The net is no longer lowered on all sides but
meticulously lowered on the right side, i.e. to souls that shine with good works as enumerated in the New Testament. The chosen twelve apostles symbolise the head of the Church possessed the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. These signs of the Church at the end times is not present in the Vatican institutional Church nor in any so-called Catholic groups. Being cured by merely touching His clothing is a symbol of the members of the Church who have obeyed the least of Christ commandments as written in the New Testament.
It is the inability of the institutional Catholic Church to show that her leaders have the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and for her members to show knowledge and obedience to the least of the commands of Christ as found in the New Testament that makes one suspect that the true Church is not in the Vatican Church but is somewhere else. The ignorance of the description of the seven gifts and an enumeration of the least of the commands of Christ in most people makes everyone unable to point out where the true Church is.
Therefore, individuals have no way of knowing if they are truly Catholics or not. On the other hand, those who have Faith, i.e. only those who are already inside the Catholic Church, would know that they make up the truly Christian Church whose salvation is assured. They, also, see the seven gifts present in their spiritual leaders. And, themselves, knowing and obedient to the least and most of the commands of Christ as enumerated in the New Testament.
Sunday, February 03, 2019
VIRTUES and VICES. 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
1. Christ came from Capernaum and was preaching in Nazareth.
Christ was preaching on what we must do to attain everlasting life. That man must have Faith in Christ, believing that He was perfect man and perfect God.
It was easy to preach that Christ was man. But it was becoming impossible for Christ to preach that He was God. Because to know that Christ was God, grace was necessary. And not everybody was getting grace.
Grace can only come along with virtues; like the virtue of Faith. And Faith is a supernatural virtue.
On the other hand, vices are the opposite of virtues. Vices are the sources of sin. They are not sins in themselves but the sources of sins. They prevent souls from knowing supernatural truths like the truth that Christ was God.
In today's Gospel, the town mates of Christ in Nazareth could not believe He was God because of the vice of envy. They envied Caparnaum because Christ performed miracles there and not in Nazareth.
2. Preaching that Christ was perfect man and perfect God.
He was obviously a man. But He had to teach that He was, also a perfect God. He did this through miracles and His Divine Teachings. Miracles can only be done by God. And Divine Teachings can only come from God. Christ used both to prove He was God. He used miracles in Caparnaum and Divine Teachings in Nazareth.
Divine teachings are more reliable proofs of His Divinity because it cannot be imitated. Miracles can be imitated by magicians. So the people of Nazareth were getting better proofs of Christ's Divinity. And yet they were envious of Caparnaum which was getting an inferior proof. From the vice of envy they sinned by not believing in Christ.
3. The lesson is; Virtues enables souls to know Divine Truths and help bring souls to heaven; vices keep men ignorant of Divine Truths and prevents them from going to heaven.
Faith, Hope and Charity are theological virtues that are necessary for the salvation of souls. There are many other virtues like humility.
There are many vices. The better known are the seven capital sins so called because they are the sources of sins. One of them is envy. The others are vainglory, anger, avarice, sloth, gluttony and lust. Put together the vices produce hatred of God and/or despair.
4. The Nazareans heard Divine Truths from Christ and should have believed that He was God. But they could not believe because of their vice, envy. So even if Christ performed miracles in Nazareth as they requested they would still not believe in Him due to their vice.
Vices, like the seven capital sins, open souls to being possessed by the devil. It is said that Satan entered into Judas because of the vice of avarice. Gay and sodomites are possessed by the devil because of the vice of lust.
5. Bishops and priests exhibit gross ignorance of supernatural truths precisely because of their vices. Their sins, that are now exposed in the US, came from vices. Even the candidates for canonization are doubtful saints because of the vices in their lives.
Christ, Himself, prophesied that there will be no theological virtues in the Church these days; Scriptures describes these days as showing the decay of Faith and the waxing cold of Charity, the two main theological virtues necessary for salvation.
If these virtues are no longer in the institutional Church, this Church cannot save our souls. Why stay in her? If the virtues are what will save us, why not just master the virtues and put them into practice? Like the virtue of Faith?
6. Vices are natural.
But sins come from vices. And the whole world is living under the influence of vices thus it is flooded with sins. This way of life is preventing the Catholic world, just like the Nazaraens, to know supernatural truths that makes one a Catholic. Are you still wondering how come we cannot find a real true Catholic bishops, priest or Pope?
Christ was preaching on what we must do to attain everlasting life. That man must have Faith in Christ, believing that He was perfect man and perfect God.
It was easy to preach that Christ was man. But it was becoming impossible for Christ to preach that He was God. Because to know that Christ was God, grace was necessary. And not everybody was getting grace.
Grace can only come along with virtues; like the virtue of Faith. And Faith is a supernatural virtue.
On the other hand, vices are the opposite of virtues. Vices are the sources of sin. They are not sins in themselves but the sources of sins. They prevent souls from knowing supernatural truths like the truth that Christ was God.
In today's Gospel, the town mates of Christ in Nazareth could not believe He was God because of the vice of envy. They envied Caparnaum because Christ performed miracles there and not in Nazareth.
2. Preaching that Christ was perfect man and perfect God.
He was obviously a man. But He had to teach that He was, also a perfect God. He did this through miracles and His Divine Teachings. Miracles can only be done by God. And Divine Teachings can only come from God. Christ used both to prove He was God. He used miracles in Caparnaum and Divine Teachings in Nazareth.
Divine teachings are more reliable proofs of His Divinity because it cannot be imitated. Miracles can be imitated by magicians. So the people of Nazareth were getting better proofs of Christ's Divinity. And yet they were envious of Caparnaum which was getting an inferior proof. From the vice of envy they sinned by not believing in Christ.
3. The lesson is; Virtues enables souls to know Divine Truths and help bring souls to heaven; vices keep men ignorant of Divine Truths and prevents them from going to heaven.
Faith, Hope and Charity are theological virtues that are necessary for the salvation of souls. There are many other virtues like humility.
There are many vices. The better known are the seven capital sins so called because they are the sources of sins. One of them is envy. The others are vainglory, anger, avarice, sloth, gluttony and lust. Put together the vices produce hatred of God and/or despair.
4. The Nazareans heard Divine Truths from Christ and should have believed that He was God. But they could not believe because of their vice, envy. So even if Christ performed miracles in Nazareth as they requested they would still not believe in Him due to their vice.
Vices, like the seven capital sins, open souls to being possessed by the devil. It is said that Satan entered into Judas because of the vice of avarice. Gay and sodomites are possessed by the devil because of the vice of lust.
5. Bishops and priests exhibit gross ignorance of supernatural truths precisely because of their vices. Their sins, that are now exposed in the US, came from vices. Even the candidates for canonization are doubtful saints because of the vices in their lives.
Christ, Himself, prophesied that there will be no theological virtues in the Church these days; Scriptures describes these days as showing the decay of Faith and the waxing cold of Charity, the two main theological virtues necessary for salvation.
If these virtues are no longer in the institutional Church, this Church cannot save our souls. Why stay in her? If the virtues are what will save us, why not just master the virtues and put them into practice? Like the virtue of Faith?
6. Vices are natural.
But sins come from vices. And the whole world is living under the influence of vices thus it is flooded with sins. This way of life is preventing the Catholic world, just like the Nazaraens, to know supernatural truths that makes one a Catholic. Are you still wondering how come we cannot find a real true Catholic bishops, priest or Pope?
Friday, January 25, 2019
THE COVINGTON AFFAIR . The Catholic students and the Bishops.
1. Words of Christ.
Christ said; 'Whoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. And whoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.'
'To confess Me' means to obey My commandments or to believe in what Christ said.' 'Before men' means what I believe and my obedience to the commands of Christ must be expressed before other men.
If you do so, Christ, Himself, will claim you as His follower before God the Father.
On the other hand, if you disobey the commands of Christ or do not believe in what Christ taught; and you show this to other people, then Christ will attest to God the Father that you are not His follower.
This Gospel text from St. Matthew 10:32 will be our bases for analysing the events at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of the March for Life, USA.
2. The March for Life.
God is the author of Life and Death. God gave man life to give him the occasion to merit heaven. And Death is the end of God's testing man. God decides when man dies but the manner of his death will depend on God's discretion that will benefit man's soul the most.
Death which entered the world because of sin was used by the devil to install fear in man. The fear of death will be used by the devil to destroy souls. Man is supposed to fear God, not death. But the devil tempts man to fear death instead of God. And this temptation will lead man to hell.
Though God is the author of both life and death, the devil had always used the fear of death to destroy souls. Thus to kill one's neighbour is an act authored by the devil. But whether it is accomplished or not is in the hands of God.
Life comes from the direct Will of God; while death is from the permissive Will of God. Being from the direct Will of God, the Church celebrates the March for Life, 'Thou will be done.'
3. The incident in the Lincoln Memorial.
A group of High school Catholic students from the Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky had just attended the March for Life and were waiting for their bus ride back home when they found themselves faced with a group of another group of demonstrators of indigenous tribe and a group of black Israelites.
Then all hell broke loose against the young students. All because of a picture. There was nothing wrong in the picture except that there was a man unshaven and long haired. There were joyous young boys in the background.
The hell that broke loose all came from the inside. From the evil that is inside fallen human nature. Christ said so. Nothing from the outside; but things from the inside, from the heart that comes out that is evil.
Evil was spewing out of mass media, from actors, from majors, from indigenous tribes, from pagans, Protestants, from black Jews (?) All of these were directed towards the young Catholic students. All of these were expected. After all the youth were attending the March for Life.
All the hatred for everything in the world were focused towards the young students. It is like kicking the chair out of frustration. Why the chair? Because it is there. And the young Catholic students were just there.
4. The news is now telling what really happened.
The lies still prevail but the truth is slowly coming up. It was a battle between the truth and the lies. Sinners who are the majority the world are clinging to the lies. The very few goods are being enlightened by the reveal truth.
The truth is this. The indigenous and the black Jews were throwing expletives towards the Catholic Youth, under the pretence that they were wearing 'Make America great again' hats. But really just because they were good.
And a boy, Nick Sandmann, stood composed before the adult indigenous man with a slight smile. Later on, the boy explained that he was just saying a little prayer, as all good Catholic do when they need God's help, to defuse the aggressive behaviour of the two groups spewing expletives.
5. How did the youth behaved especially the one young boy in the picture.
He obeyed the command of Christ. He confessed his Catholic Faith in the importance to maintain life. And he confessed that truth before the indigenous indian and in front of insulting Jews.
He did not defend himself with expletives or arguments. He did so with a silent prayer in his heart and a calm composure in his stance.
St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote that such an act of confessing a belief in a teaching of Christ can come from grace alone. That is not humanly possible. Not for a young boy in front of threats from aggressive adults.
6. The dismaying picture.
The Catholic administration of the Catholic school, their bishop Joseph Foys and several US bishops like Stowe, together with all the pagans, atheist, heretics, etc...joined to condemn the clearly innocent and, in fact, Catholic behaviour of the Catholic youth. How come? They disobeyed the commandment of Christ.
They had no Faith, that is why they refused to confess Christ before man. These bishops and school administration denied Christ before man. For whatever reason is unimportant; but they had no Faith, in which case they were not truly Catholic since they lacked the fourth visible signs of the true Church, 'Apostolic'. Since they did not have one sign, they would not have the other three visible signs. Dare those bishops and administrators to prove that they are Catholic and they won't be able to prove it. Bet you.
The issue is; who was on the side of Christ and who was against Christ. 'You are either for Me or against Me.' The behaviour of the two sides is clear. It is time for the last testing and the two, the youth and the bishops, have taking their stand.
Christ have also taken His stand. He who confesses Me before men, I will confess before My Father in Heaven. He who denies Me before men I will deny before My Father in Heaven.
7. St. Thomas quotes more Gospel lines to show certainty that Christ's command was well obeyed. Christ said; 'if you obey this command well, you will get more persecution. From your loved ones, from the press, from Jews, from indigenous, etc. And true enough the young boys and their families have received many threats from that time on and continues to do so up to the present time. They really confessed Christ before men very, very well. Shame on those bishops. They even became part of the persecutors.
Christ, in the Gospel of Matthew, clearly said that continuous persecution will follow those who confess Christ before men.
8. The aggressive behaviour towards the Catholic Youth.
The Catholic church had been treated that way since the beginning of her birth. That is expected; there is nothing new there. It would have been strange if they were kind to the young kids, like if Pelosi acts nicely towards Trump. That is wishing the impossible.
This is not the problem. It is expected and more is to come.
Many are defending the Covington youth because it is beginning to appear that they were right and good. And men of good will sees that. But we have presented the true theological issue in the incident; the issue is a matter of salvation and damnation. A matter of obeying Christ's command or not. A matter of confessing Christ before men or not. A choice all Catholics must take that will decide their salvation or damnation. This is no small matter
Christ said; 'Whoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. And whoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.'
'To confess Me' means to obey My commandments or to believe in what Christ said.' 'Before men' means what I believe and my obedience to the commands of Christ must be expressed before other men.
If you do so, Christ, Himself, will claim you as His follower before God the Father.
On the other hand, if you disobey the commands of Christ or do not believe in what Christ taught; and you show this to other people, then Christ will attest to God the Father that you are not His follower.
This Gospel text from St. Matthew 10:32 will be our bases for analysing the events at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of the March for Life, USA.
2. The March for Life.
God is the author of Life and Death. God gave man life to give him the occasion to merit heaven. And Death is the end of God's testing man. God decides when man dies but the manner of his death will depend on God's discretion that will benefit man's soul the most.
Death which entered the world because of sin was used by the devil to install fear in man. The fear of death will be used by the devil to destroy souls. Man is supposed to fear God, not death. But the devil tempts man to fear death instead of God. And this temptation will lead man to hell.
Though God is the author of both life and death, the devil had always used the fear of death to destroy souls. Thus to kill one's neighbour is an act authored by the devil. But whether it is accomplished or not is in the hands of God.
Life comes from the direct Will of God; while death is from the permissive Will of God. Being from the direct Will of God, the Church celebrates the March for Life, 'Thou will be done.'
3. The incident in the Lincoln Memorial.
A group of High school Catholic students from the Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky had just attended the March for Life and were waiting for their bus ride back home when they found themselves faced with a group of another group of demonstrators of indigenous tribe and a group of black Israelites.
Then all hell broke loose against the young students. All because of a picture. There was nothing wrong in the picture except that there was a man unshaven and long haired. There were joyous young boys in the background.
The hell that broke loose all came from the inside. From the evil that is inside fallen human nature. Christ said so. Nothing from the outside; but things from the inside, from the heart that comes out that is evil.
Evil was spewing out of mass media, from actors, from majors, from indigenous tribes, from pagans, Protestants, from black Jews (?) All of these were directed towards the young Catholic students. All of these were expected. After all the youth were attending the March for Life.
All the hatred for everything in the world were focused towards the young students. It is like kicking the chair out of frustration. Why the chair? Because it is there. And the young Catholic students were just there.
4. The news is now telling what really happened.
The lies still prevail but the truth is slowly coming up. It was a battle between the truth and the lies. Sinners who are the majority the world are clinging to the lies. The very few goods are being enlightened by the reveal truth.
The truth is this. The indigenous and the black Jews were throwing expletives towards the Catholic Youth, under the pretence that they were wearing 'Make America great again' hats. But really just because they were good.
And a boy, Nick Sandmann, stood composed before the adult indigenous man with a slight smile. Later on, the boy explained that he was just saying a little prayer, as all good Catholic do when they need God's help, to defuse the aggressive behaviour of the two groups spewing expletives.
5. How did the youth behaved especially the one young boy in the picture.
He obeyed the command of Christ. He confessed his Catholic Faith in the importance to maintain life. And he confessed that truth before the indigenous indian and in front of insulting Jews.
He did not defend himself with expletives or arguments. He did so with a silent prayer in his heart and a calm composure in his stance.
St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote that such an act of confessing a belief in a teaching of Christ can come from grace alone. That is not humanly possible. Not for a young boy in front of threats from aggressive adults.
6. The dismaying picture.
The Catholic administration of the Catholic school, their bishop Joseph Foys and several US bishops like Stowe, together with all the pagans, atheist, heretics, etc...joined to condemn the clearly innocent and, in fact, Catholic behaviour of the Catholic youth. How come? They disobeyed the commandment of Christ.
They had no Faith, that is why they refused to confess Christ before man. These bishops and school administration denied Christ before man. For whatever reason is unimportant; but they had no Faith, in which case they were not truly Catholic since they lacked the fourth visible signs of the true Church, 'Apostolic'. Since they did not have one sign, they would not have the other three visible signs. Dare those bishops and administrators to prove that they are Catholic and they won't be able to prove it. Bet you.
The issue is; who was on the side of Christ and who was against Christ. 'You are either for Me or against Me.' The behaviour of the two sides is clear. It is time for the last testing and the two, the youth and the bishops, have taking their stand.
Christ have also taken His stand. He who confesses Me before men, I will confess before My Father in Heaven. He who denies Me before men I will deny before My Father in Heaven.
7. St. Thomas quotes more Gospel lines to show certainty that Christ's command was well obeyed. Christ said; 'if you obey this command well, you will get more persecution. From your loved ones, from the press, from Jews, from indigenous, etc. And true enough the young boys and their families have received many threats from that time on and continues to do so up to the present time. They really confessed Christ before men very, very well. Shame on those bishops. They even became part of the persecutors.
Christ, in the Gospel of Matthew, clearly said that continuous persecution will follow those who confess Christ before men.
8. The aggressive behaviour towards the Catholic Youth.
The Catholic church had been treated that way since the beginning of her birth. That is expected; there is nothing new there. It would have been strange if they were kind to the young kids, like if Pelosi acts nicely towards Trump. That is wishing the impossible.
This is not the problem. It is expected and more is to come.
Many are defending the Covington youth because it is beginning to appear that they were right and good. And men of good will sees that. But we have presented the true theological issue in the incident; the issue is a matter of salvation and damnation. A matter of obeying Christ's command or not. A matter of confessing Christ before men or not. A choice all Catholics must take that will decide their salvation or damnation. This is no small matter
THE COVINGTON AFFAIR . The Catholic students and the Bishops.
1. Words of Christ.
Christ said; 'Whoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. And whoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.'
'To confess Me' means to obey My commandments or to believe in what Christ said.' 'Before men' means what I believe and my obedience to the commands of Christ must be expressed before other men.
If you do so, Christ, Himself, will claim you as His follower before God the Father.
On the other hand, if you disobey the commands of Christ or do not believe in what Christ taught; and you show this to other people, then Christ will attest to God the Father that you are not His follower.
This Gospel text from St. Matthew 10:32 will be our bases for analysing the events at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of the March for Life, USA.
2. The March for Life.
God is the author of Life and Death. God gave man life to give him the occasion to merit heaven. And Death is the end of God's testing man. God decides when man dies but the manner of his death will depend on God's discretion that will benefit man's soul the most.
Death which entered the world because of sin was used by the devil to install fear in man. The fear of death will be used by the devil to destroy souls. Man is supposed to fear God, not death. But the devil tempts man to fear death instead of God. And this temptation will lead man to hell.
Though God is the author of both life and death, the devil had always used the fear of death to destroy souls. Thus to kill one's neighbour is an act authored by the devil. But whether it is accomplished or not is in the hands of God.
Life comes from the direct Will of God; while death is from the permissive Will of God. Being from the direct Will of God, the Church celebrates the March for Life, 'Thou will be done.'
3. The incident in the Lincoln Memorial.
A group of High school Catholic students from the Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky had just attended the March for Life and were waiting for their bus ride back home when they found themselves faced with a group of another group of demonstrators of indigenous tribe and a group of black Israelites.
Then all hell broke loose against the young students. All because of a picture. There was nothing wrong in the picture except that there was a man unshaven and long haired. There were joyous young boys in the background.
The hell that broke loose all came from the inside. From the evil that is inside fallen human nature. Christ said so. Nothing from the outside; but things from the inside, from the heart that comes out that is evil.
Evil was spewing out of mass media, from actors, from majors, from indigenous tribes, from pagans, Protestants, from black Jews (?) All of these were directed towards the young Catholic students. All of these were expected. After all the youth were attending the March for Life.
All the hatred for everything in the world were focused towards the young students. It is like kicking the chair out of frustration. Why the chair? Because it is there. And the young Catholic students were just there.
4. The news is now telling what really happened.
The lies still prevail but the truth is slowly coming up. It was a battle between the truth and the lies. Sinners who are the majority the world are clinging to the lies. The very few goods are being enlightened by the reveal truth.
The truth is this. The indigenous and the black Jews were throwing expletives towards the Catholic Youth, under the pretence that they were wearing 'Make America great again' hats. But really just because they were good.
And a boy, Nick Sandmann, stood composed before the adult indigenous man with a slight smile. Later on, the boy explained that he was just saying a little prayer, as all good Catholic do when they need God's help, to defuse the aggressive behaviour of the two groups spewing expletives.
5. How did the youth behaved especially the one young boy in the picture.
He obeyed the command of Christ. He confessed his Catholic Faith in the importance to maintain life. And he confessed that truth before the indigenous indian and in front of insulting Jews.
He did not defend himself with expletives or arguments. He did so with a silent prayer in his heart and a calm composure in his stance.
St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote that such an act of confessing a belief in a teaching of Christ can come from grace alone. That is not humanly possible. Not for a young boy in front of threats from aggressive adults.
6. The dismaying picture.
The Catholic administration of the Catholic school, their bishop Joseph Foys and several US bishops like Stowe, together with all the pagans, atheist, heretics, etc...joined to condemn the clearly innocent and, in fact, Catholic behaviour of the Catholic youth. How come? They disobeyed the commandment of Christ.
They had no Faith, that is why they refused to confess Christ before man. These bishops and school administration denied Christ before man. For whatever reason is unimportant; but they had no Faith, in which case they were not truly Catholic since they lacked the fourth visible signs of the true Church, 'Apostolic'. Since they did not have one sign, they would not have the other three visible signs. Dare those bishops and administrators to prove that they are Catholic and they won't be able to prove it. Bet you.
The issue is; who was on the side of Christ and who was against Christ. 'You are either for Me or against Me.' The behaviour of the two sides is clear. It is time for the last testing and the two, the youth and the bishops, have taking their stand.
Christ have also taken His stand. He who confesses Me before men, I will confess before My Father in Heaven. He who denies Me before men I will deny before My Father in Heaven.
7. St. Thomas quotes more Gospel lines to show certainty that Christ's command was well obeyed. Christ said; 'if you obey this command well, you will get more persecution. From your loved ones, from the press, from Jews, from indigenous, etc. And true enough the young boys and their families have received many threats from that time on and continues to do so up to the present time. They really confessed Christ before men very, very well. Shame on those bishops. They even became part of the persecutors.
Christ, in the Gospel of Matthew, clearly said that continuous persecution will follow those who confess Christ before men.
8. The aggressive behaviour towards the Catholic Youth.
The Catholic church had been treated that way since the beginning of her birth. That is expected; there is nothing new there. It would have been strange if they were kind to the young kids, like if Pelosi acts nicely towards Trump. That is wishing the impossible.
This is not the problem. It is expected and more is to come.
Many are defending the Covington youth because it is beginning to appear that they were right and good. And men of good will sees that. But we have presented the true theological issue in the incident; the issue is a matter of salvation and damnation. A matter of obeying Christ's command or not. A matter of confessing Christ before men or not. A choice all Catholics must take that will decide their salvation or damnation. This is no small matter
Christ said; 'Whoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. And whoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.'
'To confess Me' means to obey My commandments or to believe in what Christ said.' 'Before men' means what I believe and my obedience to the commands of Christ must be expressed before other men.
If you do so, Christ, Himself, will claim you as His follower before God the Father.
On the other hand, if you disobey the commands of Christ or do not believe in what Christ taught; and you show this to other people, then Christ will attest to God the Father that you are not His follower.
This Gospel text from St. Matthew 10:32 will be our bases for analysing the events at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of the March for Life, USA.
2. The March for Life.
God is the author of Life and Death. God gave man life to give him the occasion to merit heaven. And Death is the end of God's testing man. God decides when man dies but the manner of his death will depend on God's discretion that will benefit man's soul the most.
Death which entered the world because of sin was used by the devil to install fear in man. The fear of death will be used by the devil to destroy souls. Man is supposed to fear God, not death. But the devil tempts man to fear death instead of God. And this temptation will lead man to hell.
Though God is the author of both life and death, the devil had always used the fear of death to destroy souls. Thus to kill one's neighbour is an act authored by the devil. But whether it is accomplished or not is in the hands of God.
Life comes from the direct Will of God; while death is from the permissive Will of God. Being from the direct Will of God, the Church celebrates the March for Life, 'Thou will be done.'
3. The incident in the Lincoln Memorial.
A group of High school Catholic students from the Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky had just attended the March for Life and were waiting for their bus ride back home when they found themselves faced with a group of another group of demonstrators of indigenous tribe and a group of black Israelites.
Then all hell broke loose against the young students. All because of a picture. There was nothing wrong in the picture except that there was a man unshaven and long haired. There were joyous young boys in the background.
The hell that broke loose all came from the inside. From the evil that is inside fallen human nature. Christ said so. Nothing from the outside; but things from the inside, from the heart that comes out that is evil.
Evil was spewing out of mass media, from actors, from majors, from indigenous tribes, from pagans, Protestants, from black Jews (?) All of these were directed towards the young Catholic students. All of these were expected. After all the youth were attending the March for Life.
All the hatred for everything in the world were focused towards the young students. It is like kicking the chair out of frustration. Why the chair? Because it is there. And the young Catholic students were just there.
4. The news is now telling what really happened.
The lies still prevail but the truth is slowly coming up. It was a battle between the truth and the lies. Sinners who are the majority the world are clinging to the lies. The very few goods are being enlightened by the reveal truth.
The truth is this. The indigenous and the black Jews were throwing expletives towards the Catholic Youth, under the pretence that they were wearing 'Make America great again' hats. But really just because they were good.
And a boy, Nick Sandmann, stood composed before the adult indigenous man with a slight smile. Later on, the boy explained that he was just saying a little prayer, as all good Catholic do when they need God's help, to defuse the aggressive behaviour of the two groups spewing expletives.
5. How did the youth behaved especially the one young boy in the picture.
He obeyed the command of Christ. He confessed his Catholic Faith in the importance to maintain life. And he confessed that truth before the indigenous indian and in front of insulting Jews.
He did not defend himself with expletives or arguments. He did so with a silent prayer in his heart and a calm composure in his stance.
St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote that such an act of confessing a belief in a teaching of Christ can come from grace alone. That is not humanly possible. Not for a young boy in front of threats from aggressive adults.
6. The dismaying picture.
The Catholic administration of the Catholic school, their bishop Joseph Foys and several US bishops like Stowe, together with all the pagans, atheist, heretics, etc...joined to condemn the clearly innocent and, in fact, Catholic behaviour of the Catholic youth. How come? They disobeyed the commandment of Christ.
They had no Faith, that is why they refused to confess Christ before man. These bishops and school administration denied Christ before man. For whatever reason is unimportant; but they had no Faith, in which case they were not truly Catholic since they lacked the fourth visible signs of the true Church, 'Apostolic'. Since they did not have one sign, they would not have the other three visible signs. Dare those bishops and administrators to prove that they are Catholic and they won't be able to prove it. Bet you.
The issue is; who was on the side of Christ and who was against Christ. 'You are either for Me or against Me.' The behaviour of the two sides is clear. It is time for the last testing and the two, the youth and the bishops, have taking their stand.
Christ have also taken His stand. He who confesses Me before men, I will confess before My Father in Heaven. He who denies Me before men I will deny before My Father in Heaven.
7. St. Thomas quotes more Gospel lines to show certainty that Christ's command was well obeyed. Christ said; 'if you obey this command well, you will get more persecution. From your loved ones, from the press, from Jews, from indigenous, etc. And true enough the young boys and their families have received many threats from that time on and continues to do so up to the present time. They really confessed Christ before men very, very well. Shame on those bishops. They even became part of the persecutors.
Christ, in the Gospel of Matthew, clearly said that continuous persecution will follow those who confess Christ before men.
8. The aggressive behaviour towards the Catholic Youth.
The Catholic church had been treated that way since the beginning of her birth. That is expected; there is nothing new there. It would have been strange if they were kind to the young kids, like if Pelosi acts nicely towards Trump. That is wishing the impossible.
This is not the problem. It is expected and more is to come.
Many are defending the Covington youth because it is beginning to appear that they were right and good. And men of good will sees that. But we have presented the true theological issue in the incident; the issue is a matter of salvation and damnation. A matter of obeying Christ's command or not. A matter of confessing Christ before men or not. A choice all Catholics must take that will decide their salvation or damnation. This is no small matter
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