Heads up Eric, it’s probably not wise to pick a fight on the MOG forum with the forum’s founder and owner. It’s not one you will win, and filing a Report with us moderators about it wasn’t a wise move either. We all love and support our forum’s founder, even when he can be a bit of a cantankerous Irish hothead ;-)
Just a reminder that Mother Church lists 7 sins as deadly: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth. Mine may not be lust, but... http://www.deadlysins.com/
I remember Conchita saying something about people losing the ability to sense sin, this makes me think of that.
Since this forum is privately owned and operated in Ireland, American concepts of “free speech” don’t apply. And the forum owner and/ or moderators can edit or delete posts that don’t abide by completely arbitrary, self serving and capricious community standards ;-) But we strive not to do that and to simply keep it Catholic.
Brian I found the "Ratzinger Code" link in the above article you posted, very interesting. It seems Pope Benedict XVI was giving clues to his plight, throughout the last nine years of his life. I've placed 2 of 4 videos below.
https://fatima.org/neues-europa-1963/ In 1963, the German newspaper Neues Europa published what it purported to be "an extract" of the Third Secret of Fatima. The text of this "extract" was preceded by the following introduction from the editor, Louis Emrich: I have done everything possible to procure for myself the original text of the third message of Fatima, but all my efforts remained futile. The Vatican has made all the arrangements for this document to remain a papal secret until a new order. However, today I am in a position to communicate to readers of Neues Europa in all countries an extract of the content of the third Secret, in the form made available in inside information, in diplomatic circles of Washington, London and Moscow … The editor then claims that the "extract" was read by President Kennedy, Great Britain’s Prime Minister MacMillan, and Soviet leader Khrushchev, and led to the signing of the Anglo-American-Russian accord at Moscow. He concludes by stating that "although this document is not the original text of the message of Fatima, such as it was revealed on October 13, 1917, by the Mother of God to the little seer Lucy, essential points of the original are nevertheless found there. “It was the thirteenth of October, 1917. On that day, the Holy Virgin appeared for the last time to the little visionaries, Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucy, at the end of a series of six apparitions in all. After the manifestation of the miracle of the sun at Fatima, the Mother of God revealed a special secret message to Lucy, in which She particularly stated: “‘Dont worry, dear child. I am the Mother of God speaking to you and begging you to proclaim in My name the following message to the entire world. In doing this, you will meet great hostility. But be steadfast in the Faith and you will overcome this hostility. Listen, and note well what I say to you: Men must become better. They must implore the remission of the sins which they have committed, and will continue to commit. You ask Me for a miraculous sign so that all may understand the words in which, through you, I address mankind. This miracle which you have just seen was the great miracle of the sun! Everyone has seen it — believers and unbelievers, country and city dwellers, scholars and journalists, laymen and priests. And now, announce this in My name: “A great punishment shall come to all mankind, not today as yet, nor even tomorrow, but in the second half of the 20th Century. What I have already made known at La Salette through the children Melanie and Maximin, I repeat today before you. Mankind has not developed as God expected. Mankind has gone astray and has trampled underfoot the gifts which were given it. There is no order in anything. Even in the highest positions, it is Satan who governs and decides how affairs are to be conducted. He will even know how to find his way to the highest positions in the Church. He will succeed in sowing confusion in the minds of the great scientists who invent arms, with which half of humanity can be destroyed in a few minutes. If mankind does not refrain from wrongdoing and be converted, I shall be forced to let fall My Son’s arm. If those at the top, in the world and in the Church, do not oppose these ways, it is I who shall do so, and I shall pray God My Father to visit His justice on mankind. “‘There will also come a time of the hardest trials for the Church. Cardinals will be against Cardinals and bishops against bishops. Satan will put himself in their midst. In Rome, also, there will be big changes. What is rotten will fall, and what will fall must not be maintained. The Church will be darkened and the world plunged into confusion. “‘God will punish men still more powerfully and harshly than He did by means of the Flood, and the great and powerful will perish just as much as the small and the weak. “‘The greatest World War will happen in the second half of the 20th Century. Then fire and smoke will fall from the sky, and the waters of the oceans will be turned to steam, hurling their foam towards the sky; and all that is standing will be cast down. Millions and millions of men will lose their lives from one hour to the next, and those who remain living will envy those who are dead. There will be tribulation as far as the eye can see, and misery all over the earth and desolation in every country. “‘The time is continually approaching, the abyss is growing wider, and there is no end in sight. The good will die with the wicked, the big with the small, the princes of the Church with their subjects. Satans henchmen will then be the only sovereigns on earth. “‘This will be a time which neither king nor emperor, Cardinal nor bishop expects, but it will come, nevertheless, in accordance with My Father’s plan to punish and take vengeance. Later, however, when those who survive all this are still alive, God and His glory will once more be invoked, and He will once more be served as He was, not so long ago, when the world had not yet become corrupted. “‘I call on all true imitators of My Son, Jesus Christ, all true Christians and apostles of the latter days! The time of times is coming and the end of everything, if mankind is not converted, and if this conversion does not come from above, from the leaders of the world and the leaders of the Church. But woe! Woe if this conversion does not come about, and if all remains as it is, nay, if all becomes even worse! “‘Go, My child and proclaim this! I shall always remain by your side to help you.’”
[/QUOTE] Yes, I can see where you are coming from. No good-willed Catholic wants schism. But we have to keep in mind that 'Pope Francis' himself said in 2016 "I might go down in history as the one who split the Catholic Church" (quoted off the cuff). So, there could be a plan there. It is very difficult to react to this. I do understand your reaction. That said, I am very encouraged by the many Bishops conferences, bishops, priestly societies etc. who have come forward with objections against Fiducia supplicans (quoting the title off the cuff). On December 17, a statue of St. Peter in Bishop Jorge Bergoglio's (now 'Pope Francis') diocese was struck by lightning. This was on Jorge Bergoglio's very birthday, and one day before the publication of Fiducia supplicans. Obviously, a statue of St. Peter kind of represents the papacy. Hence, St. Peter is normally depicted holding two keys - a silver key representing earthly power, and a golden key representing the key to the gates of heaven. Interestingly, the statue in question was only holding one key to begin with. Interpreting this, one could perhaps argue that Jorge Bergoglio only holds earthly power but has not validly acquired the key to the gates of heaven. When lightning struck, the one key and the halo and the blessing hand of the statue were afflicted or destroyed. What could this mean? That Jorge Bergoglio is about to lose his earthly power? That a lack of holiness is about to be exposed (missing halo)? That heaven is not happy with the kind of blessings 'Pope Francis' intends (damaged blessing hand on the statue)? This is all open to interpretation. I am not in a position to judge whether Jorge Bergoglio is truly the Pope or not. Perhaps he has gone too far with Fiducia supplicans? Resistance seems to be building. God bless all here!
He seems to have rejected all the titles of the papacy except “Bishop of Rome.” That corresponds with the bolded part of your post here.
This is because people can relate to comparatively small lies only. Adultery, stealing, fraud, cheating in exams, etc. But if the lie is big (satanic) enough, then people cannot relate. Normal people are not satanists, so they cannot possibly relate. If people cannot relate, they might be misled.
Yes, I can see where you are coming from. No good-willed Catholic wants schism. But we have to keep in mind that 'Pope Francis' himself said in 2016 "I might go down in history as the one who split the Catholic Church" (quoted off the cuff). So, there could be a plan there. It is very difficult to react to this. I do understand your reaction. That said, I am very encouraged by the many Bishops conferences, bishops, priestly societies etc. who have come forward with objections against Fiducia supplicans (quoting the title off the cuff). On December 17, a statue of St. Peter in Bishop Jorge Bergoglio's (now 'Pope Francis') diocese was struck by lightning. This was on Jorge Bergoglio's very birthday, and one day before the publication of Fiducia supplicans. Obviously, a statue of St. Peter kind of represents the papacy. Hence, St. Peter is normally depicted holding two keys - a silver key representing earthly power, and a golden key representing the key to the gates of heaven. Interestingly, the statue in question was only holding one key to begin with. Interpreting this, one could perhaps argue that Jorge Bergoglio only holds earthly power but has not validly acquired the key to the gates of heaven. When lightning struck, the one key and the halo and the blessing hand of the statue were afflicted or destroyed. What could this mean? That Jorge Bergoglio is about to lose his earthly power? That a lack of holiness is about to be exposed (missing halo)? That heaven is not happy with the kind of blessings 'Pope Francis' intends (damaged blessing hand on the statue)? This is all open to interpretation. I am not in a position to judge whether Jorge Bergoglio is truly the Pope or not. Perhaps he has gone too far with Fiducia supplicans? Resistance seems to be building. God bless all here![/QUOTE] Actually there have been quite a load of bizarre incidents surrounding Papa Frankie down the years now which maybe most people have forgotten. The first was when lightening struck the Vatican twice when Pope Benedict resigned. There was also the case were he released the flock of doves at St Peter's and they were attacked and killed by seabirds. I think some of them are recounted here:
Yes, dear Padraig, I have taken my thoughts from the video by Anthony Stine. Credit to him! Although I am generally not a fan of videos and prefer reading, recently I have become a bit of a follower of Anthony Stine. I think his work is very good, holy and profound. He comes across like so many men in my parish - striving for holiness, traditional, intelligent, and awake to the situation of our times.
