~ Keeping a critical eye on Vatican 2 ~
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
About the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Such a great name for this Vatican 2 created Council , really impressive and so much humanistic oriented .
There is no secret about Vatican 2 new humanistic trend :Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, rightly recognized that the question of man’s identity is central to modern life but failed to anticipate many of the changes in modern worldviews and lifestyles
Latest we're assisting to an increased social and political involvement of this Vatican 2's creation: the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Here is one of its signs of ecological oriented presence -> proposing a dedicated Worldwide Agency , with other words a kind of supranational Agency .. to protect ecology and environment , and nothing else ... for the moment of course .. why I'm thinking to something else .. like New World Order ??? there is absolutely nothing to worry about..
In conclusion I'm just adding that is not right to involve the Church of Christ , the Catholic Church in this environment questions and the this one Church cannot err in faith or morals, since it is guided by the Holy Ghost; so on the contrary, all other societies abrogating to themselves the name of church, must necessarily because guided by the spirit of the devil, be sunk in the most pernicious errors, both doctrinal and moral." (Catechism of the Council of Trent)
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There is no secret about Vatican 2 new humanistic trend :Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, rightly recognized that the question of man’s identity is central to modern life but failed to anticipate many of the changes in modern worldviews and lifestyles
Latest we're assisting to an increased social and political involvement of this Vatican 2's creation: the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Here is one of its signs of ecological oriented presence -> proposing a dedicated Worldwide Agency , with other words a kind of supranational Agency .. to protect ecology and environment , and nothing else ... for the moment of course .. why I'm thinking to something else .. like New World Order ??? there is absolutely nothing to worry about..
In conclusion I'm just adding that is not right to involve the Church of Christ , the Catholic Church in this environment questions and the this one Church cannot err in faith or morals, since it is guided by the Holy Ghost; so on the contrary, all other societies abrogating to themselves the name of church, must necessarily because guided by the spirit of the devil, be sunk in the most pernicious errors, both doctrinal and moral." (Catechism of the Council of Trent)
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Globalisation , Solidarity /Fraternity , Human development ...
The Pope declares openly that "Solidarity is the main driving force for integral human development " - such a plain manifestation of so called Religious Humanism .
The actual Pope is not the only one speaking clearly again and again about Fraternite /Solidarity , about Globalisation and many modern humanist concepts. By example Pope John XXII spoke about so called Way for a New Order ( see his Encyclical Mater et Registra )
The most terrible fact is that everything is coming from post Conciliar Church is against our Faith and Traditions , against all the values of Catholic Church.
Saint Pope Pius X (1903-1914) said about the dream of re-shaping Society will bring socialism:
“But stranger still, alarming and saddening at the same time, are the audacity and frivolity of men who call themselves Catholics and dream of re-shaping society under such conditions, and of establishing on earth, over and beyond the pale of the Catholic Church, ‘the reign of love and justice’ ... What are they going to produce? ... A mere verbal and chimerical construction in which we shall see, glowing in a jumble, and in seductive confusion, the words Liberty, Justice, Fraternity/Solidarity, Love, Equality, and human exultation, all resting upon an ill-understood human dignity. It will be a tumultuous agitation, sterile for the end proposed, but which will benefit the less Utopian exploiters of the people. Yes, we can truly say that the Sillon, its eyes fixed on a chimera, brings Socialism in its train.”
(Apostolic Letter Notre Charge Apostolique ["Our Apostolic Mandate"] to the French Bishops, August 15, 1910, condemning the movement Le Sillon)
In the end of my little dissertation on the "globalisation and solidarity" concepts , I'll end by asking Pope Pius X and all pre-Vatican 2 Popes and all Fathers of the Church to pray for us and for restoration of the Holy Church. Deo gratias.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Women religious' embrace of Vatican II change commendable
Quote via National Catholic Reporter
What kind of biblical roots ? There are no biblical roots promoting religious women's emancipation , well , until 1962 when took place the Second Vatican Council ..
Just a reminder : The Catechism of the Catholic Church sets it out clearly, quoting the decree Inter insigniores:
We need to understand that Christians believe God to be the essence of divine omnipotence. To put it crudely, He doesn’t make mistakes. When He became Incarnate as a human being, He did so at a precise and exact moment in human history, which has been planned from all eternity. From the beginning, God had chosen that there would be a Jewish people, among whom His divine Son would be born. Their own priestly traditions would form part of the background and culture which would help them — and others — to see and know Him. Every detail about the Incarnation was known in the mind of God. He was born into the fullness of time.
He didn’t say: “Oops, sorry — I made a terrible mistake! I should have been born into the latter half of the twentieth century, so as to have benefited from the We are Church movement in Germany, or the feminist workshop sessions of America, or the Equal Opportunities legislation in Britain.” On the contrary, He was and remains omnipotent. He knew exactly what He was doing.
It is worth pointing out that, in choosing His apostles, Christ was not awarding them the priesthood as a reward for good behavior: courage, intelligence, or skill. On the contrary. One — the rock on which the Church was to be founded — denied Him, another doubted His Resurrection, and one even betrayed Him. The priesthood is not a badge of good-conduct (although, like eleven out of the first twelve, millions of Christ’s priests down the centuries have led heroic and noble lives). Rather, just as bread and wine are the essential “matter” of the Eucharist, so are men the “matter” of the priesthood.
"At the subsequent ecumenical council convened by Pius XII's successor, John XXIII, Cardinal Leo-Jozef Suenens, primate of Belgium, vigorously promoted the renewal of women's religious life.
Consequently, Vatican II urged religious communities to return to their "biblical roots" and their founding charisms and to develop a greater measure of engagement with the modern world."
What kind of biblical roots ? There are no biblical roots promoting religious women's emancipation , well , until 1962 when took place the Second Vatican Council ..
Just a reminder : The Catechism of the Catholic Church sets it out clearly, quoting the decree Inter insigniores:
Only a baptized man (vir) receives sacred ordination. The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active reality until Christ’s return. The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord Himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.
We need to understand that Christians believe God to be the essence of divine omnipotence. To put it crudely, He doesn’t make mistakes. When He became Incarnate as a human being, He did so at a precise and exact moment in human history, which has been planned from all eternity. From the beginning, God had chosen that there would be a Jewish people, among whom His divine Son would be born. Their own priestly traditions would form part of the background and culture which would help them — and others — to see and know Him. Every detail about the Incarnation was known in the mind of God. He was born into the fullness of time.
He didn’t say: “Oops, sorry — I made a terrible mistake! I should have been born into the latter half of the twentieth century, so as to have benefited from the We are Church movement in Germany, or the feminist workshop sessions of America, or the Equal Opportunities legislation in Britain.” On the contrary, He was and remains omnipotent. He knew exactly what He was doing.
It is worth pointing out that, in choosing His apostles, Christ was not awarding them the priesthood as a reward for good behavior: courage, intelligence, or skill. On the contrary. One — the rock on which the Church was to be founded — denied Him, another doubted His Resurrection, and one even betrayed Him. The priesthood is not a badge of good-conduct (although, like eleven out of the first twelve, millions of Christ’s priests down the centuries have led heroic and noble lives). Rather, just as bread and wine are the essential “matter” of the Eucharist, so are men the “matter” of the priesthood.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Great analysis of the horrible act of anarchy :the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeIgnoring the progressivist potential ( quote via Tradition in Action )
In an attempt to capitalize on the general economic dissatisfaction, Pope Benedict XVI launched his Encyclical Caritas in veritate in 2009, telling the nations to abandon Capitalism and unite under a global socialist government. In case this appeal were disregarded, the pontifical document encouraged class struggle against the capitalist establishment.
On October 24 the Vatican was the first international authority to send a message of encouragement to OM. In it, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace echoed Benedict’s encyclical, asking once again for the end of Capitalism and for a “central world bank” to regulate international finances in order to establish a global “common brotherhood.”
Along the same lines, representatives of the Catholic Church in America are doing whatever they can to sabotage the bank system. For example, in its article “Faithful take money out of big banks to protest corporate greed,” National Catholic Reporter lists several Catholic institutions in Northern California that are exiting the bank system to invest in small communitarian economic cells. (NCR, October 28, 2011, p. 9)
The entire progressivist wing of the Catholic Church is eager to support OM as much as it can. Once again, the OM’s inspirer so far has not shown the ability to take advantage of this enormous potential.
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Bugnini
“We must strip from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling block for our separated brethren that is for the Prostestants.”
- "Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, main author of the New Mass, L'Osservatore Romano, March 19, 1965
Once more about "Lefebrians" .. actually about the Remnant
Very incisive attack against SSPX's leader ... written by one of Vatican 2 Insider columnist Andrea Torniell
Quote:
During his homily on 8 December, Fellay said “the spirit of the world has entered the Church. So we are not just up against external enemies but against a non Catholic spirit that has wormed its way into the Church. This change, this spirit’s intrusion into the Church, became apparent after the Second Vatican Council. It is a great mystery; it is as if the devil had stepped foot inside a sanctuary. One shudders at the thought.” It is like an illness - the bishop went on to say – that has invaded a person’s body.” According to the Society’s Superior, the point has come where “the extent of the problem has become apparent.” And “one has to admit that Rome has made an effort with regards to us.” “But if Rome tells us to accept anyway, we simply cannot.” The Lefebvrian bishop therefore, affirmed that the Church’s problem is not the Society’s dissent, but the existence of a non Catholic spirit that has made its way into the Church.
Vatican Insider
Quote:
During his homily on 8 December, Fellay said “the spirit of the world has entered the Church. So we are not just up against external enemies but against a non Catholic spirit that has wormed its way into the Church. This change, this spirit’s intrusion into the Church, became apparent after the Second Vatican Council. It is a great mystery; it is as if the devil had stepped foot inside a sanctuary. One shudders at the thought.” It is like an illness - the bishop went on to say – that has invaded a person’s body.” According to the Society’s Superior, the point has come where “the extent of the problem has become apparent.” And “one has to admit that Rome has made an effort with regards to us.” “But if Rome tells us to accept anyway, we simply cannot.” The Lefebvrian bishop therefore, affirmed that the Church’s problem is not the Society’s dissent, but the existence of a non Catholic spirit that has made its way into the Church.
Vatican Insider
Bon Ton for good parishioner - Vatican Insider
We all know that communion in hand is nothing than a Sacrilege .
Even so one of the Vatican (2) - newspapers : Vatican Insider is posting with with nonchalance ( in a totally heretic way )
Quote:
"The “catholically correct” faithful contributes to the activities of the parish community.
Supports any restoration of the parish environment so that what the ancestors have left is not lost.
Communion can be made by receiving the Eucharist directly into the mouth or on the hand.
In this case, the left hand should be placed above the right and, once the Eucharist is received, the faithful must pull to one side and then take the consecrated Bread with the right hand and bring it to the mouth. "
Bon Ton for good parishioner - Vatican Insider
Even so one of the Vatican (2) - newspapers : Vatican Insider is posting with with nonchalance ( in a totally heretic way )
Quote:
"The “catholically correct” faithful contributes to the activities of the parish community.
Supports any restoration of the parish environment so that what the ancestors have left is not lost.
Communion can be made by receiving the Eucharist directly into the mouth or on the hand.
In this case, the left hand should be placed above the right and, once the Eucharist is received, the faithful must pull to one side and then take the consecrated Bread with the right hand and bring it to the mouth. "
Bon Ton for good parishioner - Vatican Insider
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Labour/ endure hardships like a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3).
In a.d. 61, while under house arrest in Rome, Paul tried to steady the Ephesian church for the tough years ahead; a time when, as he had already warned, they would have to carry on without him (Acts 20:17-28).
Materialism, commercialism, a cynical sensuality—these constantly threatened the faith of Paul’s converts at Ephesus. Religious deception was rife. How could Paul rally the church to carry on their spiritual battle without him? Near the end of his letter to the Ephesians, the Holy Spirit filled Paul with a stirring word picture drawn from Paul’s prison experience.
We can almost see the creative fires burning inside Paul as he neared the end of his letter. "Put on the full armor of God," Paul concluded, "so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes" (Ephesians 6:10-11). "The Roman soldier has his armor," Paul was saying, "so does the true Christian."
With the armor of God we can brace ourselves for the battles we will face in our Christian lives (1 Timothy 6:12). We, like the Ephesians, are up against Satan’s wiles. But we, like them, will win!
Second Corinthians 4:4 exposes Satan as the "god of this age." It’s no stretch to see what Paul means in Ephesians 6:12: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
Soldiers who have been briefed by their commander-in-chief are on spiritual alert. They expect battle! That is why Paul counseled young Timothy: "Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3).
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Putting on the Armor of God
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the Full Armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the Full Armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,…”
(The Bible, Ephesians 6:10–18)
(The Bible, Ephesians 6:10–18)
GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS
[1] Know also this, that, in the last days, shall come dangerous times. [2] Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, [3] Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, [4] Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God: [5] Having an appearance indeed of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.
[6] For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires: [7] Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth
~~2nd Epistle Of Saint Paul To Timothy~~
Douay Rheims Bible
For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.
[6] For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires: [7] Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth
~~2nd Epistle Of Saint Paul To Timothy~~
Douay Rheims Bible
For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.
In the beginning of my new blog
The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.
Unfortunately, many Christians take the verses that tell us we won't know the time of His coming to mean they should ignore any and all scripture that might warn us of this time of tribulation. Others have fallen into the trap of fearing being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" should they display an interest in the Biblical prophecies about our future on Earth. My philosophy is simple. God included it in the Bible and, since God is all knowing, we should trust that it is something we should know and study along with the rest of His Word.
It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily, and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, or believe Christians will be witness to the full tribulation, wrath, and final judgments, matters not. The beginning of birth pains and the signs of the times should have the same effect on all of us. It should motivate us to save as many souls as we can in the time that we have left. The Great Commission tells us to be disciples to all nations, bringing the message of salvation through Christ to all people. If the Church is raptured before the tribulation, it is important that we leave behind an explanation for the trials and judgments those left behind will face. How else will they recognize the deception of the anti-Christ and seek instead the truth of the Bible? If we are to endure the tribulation along side them, we will need to be prepared to not only share the message of salvation, but share with them the reasons for God's judgment and hold it up as further proof of their need to be saved.
Unfortunately, many Christians take the verses that tell us we won't know the time of His coming to mean they should ignore any and all scripture that might warn us of this time of tribulation. Others have fallen into the trap of fearing being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" should they display an interest in the Biblical prophecies about our future on Earth. My philosophy is simple. God included it in the Bible and, since God is all knowing, we should trust that it is something we should know and study along with the rest of His Word.
It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily, and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, or believe Christians will be witness to the full tribulation, wrath, and final judgments, matters not. The beginning of birth pains and the signs of the times should have the same effect on all of us. It should motivate us to save as many souls as we can in the time that we have left. The Great Commission tells us to be disciples to all nations, bringing the message of salvation through Christ to all people. If the Church is raptured before the tribulation, it is important that we leave behind an explanation for the trials and judgments those left behind will face. How else will they recognize the deception of the anti-Christ and seek instead the truth of the Bible? If we are to endure the tribulation along side them, we will need to be prepared to not only share the message of salvation, but share with them the reasons for God's judgment and hold it up as further proof of their need to be saved.
The time is at hand
Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand.
( Doauy Rheims Bible - Revelation 1:3 )
( Doauy Rheims Bible - Revelation 1:3 )
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