One can see though that since Benedict's death all hell has broken loose. Therefore it is logical to think of him as the restrainer.
Love the hat. Love Anne; but I am very glad I am not married to her. I used to think she went to far, but so bad are things now I suspect she is probably not going far enough. I wonder where she keeps getting all this inside information? For instance that Papa Frankie repeatedly refused the Last Rites? Mind you it would not in the least surprise me. Not for the faint hearted in case you are easily scandalised.
It’s from the nineteenth century and is recognised by The Church, as far as I know. A pope can simultaneously be worm-ridden and not an antipope, I think.
It has certainly gone to pot altogether since Benedict died, but it’s up to one or more Cardinals with a bit of gumption, if there are any, to declare Francis and Leo antipopes and their elections null and void.
He is pretty old now. He almost died from Covid a couple of years ago. He has a powerful rosary and Mass ministry online. He was in his private suite in Rome offering the TLM for us, his followers, on the same day that Pope Leo blessed a block of ice.
It came from La Salette. It was the part of the secret that was repressed and then discovered in the Vatican archives in 1991 or thereabouts.
I believe that this is a proper perspective because it is inclusive of all time and space. The church doesn't only exist its modern form, but in all forms since it began. In the cloud of unknowing the anonymous author goes on to say that when one enters into a state where they are focused on God to the point of letting all thoughts drop off, they are no longer focusing on the particular, which means they are focusing on everything inclusive of all time and space. When St. Peter was focused entirely on Christ he was able to walk on water, but when he let his focus slip into fear he began to fall into the water. Here is where this gets incredible from a modern perspective. While we know water to be a molecular structure of h2o, the qualities of the wave are quantum in nature. The fact that it makes waves, moves as a liquid and so on are all quantum. This miracle could also be Jesus having left behind for us an indicator of how reality actually works for us to discover in the future. Jesus walks not just on material water but also on its quantum nature, the waves of consciousness. Many saints went through incredible suffering by maintaining their gaze on Jesus throughout all of history and in focusing on Jesus I believe we are united with them. Because Jesus is the common denominator. So there is no need to leave the church, because as long as we are focused on Christ we maintain our connection with all in the Church that is in alignment with God in all of time and space. We are water walkers.
Don’t hold your breath! Nor Cardinal Sarah. The only ones saying anything are Cardinal Muller and Bishop Schneider. Also, Archbishop Vigano, but he has got himself excommunicated, which makes it difficult. Other than that, crickets… Forgive me, I forgot dear Cardinal Zen, who is quite a bit older than Cardinal Burke, but hasn’t given up the fight. I read recently of his condemnation of the pervert pilgrimage in the Vatican.
That’s another one to the list, along with my edition above of Cardinal Zen. But there are thousands of them. There are very many lay people standing up for Catholicism, but how often do you hear of bishops or cardinals joining them? Are they allergic to the internet? Do they not read sites like this? What are they reading (don’t answer that!)?
Water is a mystical substances. We could not be without it. It washes our bodies, but it also cleanses our souls of original sin. It’s literally a substance like no other. Unlike every other substance, it takes up a greater volume as a solid than as a liquid. That’s why our water-pipes burst in freezing weather. It also creates a conundrum for those Climate Changers scaremongering about rising sea levels-polar ice occupies more space than would the water it melts into. As regards the Time issue, Eternity stands outside Time. The perspective of God, and presumably also of the Church Triumphant (it might still be a bit through a glass darkly in Purgatory) is one of being able to gaze upon all of Divine History from beginning to end, with the tenses of Past, Present and Future having no relevance. All events, in God’s eyes have a Unity, with nothing lost or forgotten. The date of the Crucifixion, ironically definable as the Centre of Eternity, is as close to us in 2025 AD, as if it is today. The Apostles are as close to us, in this more real Reality, as is Pope Leo and his colleagues. I’m sticking with the Apostles. They’re part of the Church Triumphant-Leo isn’t yet-nor is he guaranteed to be.
The reason why Cardinals, those who stand in the footsteps of the Apostles wear red is that it shows their determination to shed their blood to defend the Church. We must remember that at the time of that syphilitic mass murderer Henry viii only one Catholic Bishop in all of England and Wales stood up for the Church.## We are simply doing a remake on a bigger scale. All the original Apostles ran away. Let us pray that our present leadership grow a pair as they did.
There’s nothing new under the sun, is there? History is a bit like those old American private-eye TV series of the seventies-the same formula over and over again.
Beautifully said. There is this quote from Lao Tsu which is quite incredible in relation to water and Christ. "There is nothing in the world softer and weaker than water, and yet for attacking things that are hard and strong, there is nothing that can surpass it. For there is nothing so effectual that can take its place. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, yet no one can put this knowledge into practice. Therefore a sage has said, 'He who receives unto himself the calumny of the nation entitles himself to the lordship of the state; he who bears the nation's direful woes shall be looked up to as the king of the world.' Words that are strictly true seem to be opposed to common senses." Lao Tsu lived 200 years before Christ and yet seemed to have already understood the paradoxical nature of Christ in the nature of water.
Our Lord did receive to Himself the calumny of the nation and He did bare our direful woes…and He is looked up to as The King of the World. Viva Christo Rei!!
The Apostles had no courage until the Holy Spirit came and gave it to them. It seems more and more I learn how we can do absolutely nothing without God, that everything good we do is a free gift from Him, and that if we want these gifts for our prelates, we must pray and sacrifice to obtain the gifts of courage, Faith and zeal for them!
