When you read things like this, it is truly marvelous how the Visibility of the Church shines through, in this case to shine a spotlight on the antichurch.
“It is not to be excluded that I will enter history as the one who split the Catholic Church.” (December, 2016)
“I pray that there will not be schisms, but I am not afraid.” HERE
Ask yourself: Would a true pope utter these words? Or rather COULD a true pope utter these words? Schism is a joking matter to this man.
The heart of the matter is that the gospel says there are rules, and this man doesn’t think there are any. Or else he thinks yes, there are rules, but they are merely ideals that we can’t possibly be expected to live by. Or else he thinks, I AM THE LAW, I make the rules. It’s Luther redux.
Following is an excerpt from an essay I wrote two years ago this month. I am pasting here the most relevant passage given the latest plane ride schismgate. You can read the rest HERE.
Bergoglio believes as Luther did, that we are incapable of reforming our lives, incapable of resisting sin. We don’t really have free will, but rather our will is so damaged after the fall, that we can never make right choices on our own. Which also means we aren’t really to blame for the sins, because it was concupiscence’s fault, not ours. When we do make right choices, it was really purely God’s grace that produced the decision, and we had nothing to do with it. It’s called Bondage of the Will, and when followed to its logical end is chaos. If it really is true that we have no control over our choices, bad or good, then what is the point of any of this? It’s the Christianity of puppets.
Yes, we are all sinners. But rooting out sin, especially mortal sin, is possible. God never stops sending His grace, and when we reciprocate by cooperating with His grace, we are capable of doing good, and of greatly reforming our lives. Isn’t this the inescapable message of the Gospel? It seems to me that men who think otherwise are themselves so deeply lost in sin that they can’t imagine it humanly possible to stop. That’s the simplest explanation, whether it is Bergoglio, Luther, or a billion dissenting ‘catholics.’
The pace of events appears to again be accelerating, as we rapidly approach the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Miracle of the Sun (13 October 2017) HERE as well as the 500th anniversary of Protestant Revolt (31 October 2017). Remember Sister Lucia’s letter to Cardinal Caffarra?
Cardinal Caffarra explained that Saint John Paul II had commissioned him to plan and establish the Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. At the beginning of this work, the cardinal wrote a letter to Sister Lucia of Fatima through her bishop, since he could not do it directly. “Inexplicably, since I did not expect a reply, seeing as I had only asked for her prayers, I received a long letter with her signature, which is now in the archives of the Institute,” the Italian cardinal said. “In that letter we find written: ‘The final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan will be about Marriage and the Family.’ Don’t be afraid, she added, because whoever works for the sanctity of Marriage and the Family will always be fought against and opposed in every way, because this is the decisive issue. Then she concluded: ‘nevertheless, Our Lady has already crushed his head’.” HERE
That institute that JPII commissioned Cardinal Caffarra to establish is the same one that Bergoglio abolished this week, two weeks after +Caffarra’s sudden death, replaced by the new institute to enforce Amoris Laetitia HERE. Could the signs be any more clear?
Remember, Bergoglio himself infamously prophesied:
“It is not to be excluded that I will enter history as the one who split the Catholic Church.” HERE
You really need to get your head around the imminent cleaving of the Church. You will be facing your own non veni pacem moment (Matt 10:34) when it happens. Have the courage to make the right choice, and take whoever you can with you. You’re not crazy. All the signs are there, and whatever it is that ends up being the final wedge event, trust me, it will be glaringly obvious if you are looking for it. God won’t let anyone be tricked into choosing the wrong side, they will choose the wrong side of their own free will. They’re already doing it. We also know from from the Abomination of Desolation discourse in Matt 24 that the final religious deception, which this may or may not be, will be so great that it will consume nearly everyone (including even the elect, had those times not been cut short).
So stay frosty. Stay confessed. Hone your bearing these next few weeks. Pray.
“Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword. For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.” Matt 10:32-39
Thanks for the memories Mark. To me the present no so silent schism began with Vatican II and has not reached its apogee with the infamous one. Most Catholics are Catholic in name only; they have become Protestants over the years, especially protesting Catholic sexual morality.
Who knows what will happen next? My guess is not much. Traditional Catholics will be shunned, mocked and ignored, but not excommunicated by Bergoglio. Most clergy will not leave regardless how heretical it gets. Orthodox Catholics may find themselves having to cope alone and with other like minded Catholics in some sort of underground (catacombic) rogue Church or just go indie with Bible and Catechism.
Personally, I find the whole thing quite exhilarating. Living in interesting times can be a curse or an opportunity. For many it will the key to their salvation.
Opportunity is definitely knocking right now…to recognize that Benedict has already defeated Francis. The following is a must read for every Catholic:
https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/how-benedict-has-defeated-francis/#comments
Have you seen the latest from Br. Bugnolo at From Rome? His last three articles left me stunned. Tour de force. Case closed. Game changer (etc).
Sept 5: https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/veri-catholici-an-open-letter-to-cardinals-burke-and-sarah/
Sept 9: https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/09/09/the-vatican-has-now-accepted-that-bergoglio-is-an-antipope/
And especially,
Sept 11: https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/how-benedict-has-defeated-francis/
These are conclusions to arguments previously made brought to their full conclusions. Amazing. I find it hard to believe these have not found wider circulation and conversation. The “Benedict has defeated Francis” piece is something I always suspected, but Brother Bugnolo fills it in. And I find his reasoning compelling; and morale boosting.
The impending schism will be a blessing in disguise because the Lord will be separating the sheep from the goats.