GOSPEL John 10:11-16.
At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”
“My own know me.” The sheep know what’s what.
I think the word “formal” confuses people. It does not mean judged by someone who has true authority. It is scholastic language and basically means that someone is a heretic in the true sense of the word if he knows what the Church teaches and denies it anyway.
Same the the word judge. In legal language it means to adjugate. But in regular language it means the second act of the mind, and is necessary for thinking. Getting this confused you would think that you are forbidden from even thinking if an alleged pope teaches heresy.
Maybe Fr. Nix should apologize publicly for his support of President Trump!
Anyone notice how the deep state took a hiatus when Bidun handed over the keys? Yes, they go blabbering on about their pandumbic treaties but, say, Hilary is nowhere to be seen.
Seems like all or *most all* OD are pro Trump.
In the novus order, Good Shepherd Sunday is next week. I’ve got two images which I’m poised to email to a lot of the dioceses in my city. One depicts a stone rolled away from a tomb with the title ‘The Most Unsuccessful Lockdown in History’ and the other shows our cathedral, doors shut, ‘health notices’ on the doors and a woman kneeling at the closed main doors while masked and gloved people go past.
#NeverForget