Am adding this child and his family to my daily prayers. I can't understand this at all!! I feel this is pure child abuse and I can't believe a rational or sane person would not think this also. The child is 7 not 17. It's disgusting. The lifetime of depression and mental health issues this poor child will endure. Please Lord, stop this madness. May God have mercy on this mother's soul. And on my soul for judging but I am so angry about this trans gender bs.
You are quite right to judge the actions, which are objectively extremely evil, the destiny of this woman's soul being in the hands of Christ. As Camille Paglia recently pointed out in the strongest fashion, in her condemnation of transgenderism being forced by proxy upon those little ones who are in no way competent to decide, what is going to happen in the future when boys such as the one in this example grow up to have tiny, dysfunctional male organs and realise they wish to be men? The legal profession will have a rich harvest, but then again that might be part of the motivation. However, the pain, angst and familial rupture has the potential to be even more appalling than it already is. God spare us from utterly selfish people who have rejected Him and in their arrogance appointed themselves as God, instead.
This is so sad, and disgusting. There is no way this should be done to a child... Lord, have mercy..... prayers.....
I decided, for no reason I can give you on my own behalf, to read Ralph Martin's "Will Many Be Saved" this last week or so. It turns out to be very appropriate reading during present events in the Voodoo Vatican. It explains to me how we have arrived at this point. Martin discusses the way evangelisation and the topic of salvation was dealt with in the Second Vatican Council. Pope Emiritus Benedict has often made the point that there was nothing very wrong with VII, except it was never implemented. The more I learn, the more I think he's right. On the vital subjects of Sin, Judgement, Salvation and Damnation, Martin clearly demonstrates that the Council was totally in line with Scripture and Tradition. It taught that, without orthodox missionary work, involving baptism and proper cathechesis, many outside Christianity would go to Hell. It pulled no punches. The teaching is as sound as a bell. Unfortunately, like much in the Second Vatican Council, this wasn't the policy that was adopted in its wake. Instead, the 'spirit of Vatican II' hijacked the issue and wholly embraced the universalist teaching of Karl Rahner and Urs von Balthasar. Nearly all contemporary theologians went along with it. If you want to read a modern theologian, I'd suggest on the evidence of this excellent book to confine yourself to Ratzinger/Benedict and to the recently-deceased Germaine Grisez. Other than these two, best confine yourself to those of earlier centuries- many seemed to deviate after about 1800. However, Universalism among Catholics reached its apotheosis with Rahner and von Balthasar. I think it might be the deadliest of all heresies. It's not new, but the Church quickly and decisively shot it down when it first emerged with Origen. It's a perfect solvent for morality. It teaches that we're all going to Heaven and that Hell is empty, except maybe for Hitler, Atilla the Hun and Stalin and such monsters. I can't think of a worse thing to tell fallen men. Loads will believe it, because they will want to believe it. Many atheists will give up their atheism for this creed. Roll up!, roll up!, what a deal, you can do what you like, you'll enjoy Eternity in Heaven, regardless. It's only human nature. Most of us want to get the best available for the minimum of effort. With Universalism, you get Everything for Nothing. Communism to the nth degree! According to Martin, a huge portion of the clergy in the Church accept this teaching to varying degrees. But the Tradition of the Church, and the Council backs it fully, is that at least very many and probably a majority of souls are damned and we should work out our salvation 'with fear and trembling'. This Tradition is based on the words of Christ, St Paul, St John, Augustine, Aquinas, St Robert Bellarmine and hosts of other giants of the Church. The weight of evidence is irrefutible. Rahner and Balthasar offer only the slimmest of arguments for their case, and based on misinterpretation, as far as I can see. Their writings are full of modernist obfuscation and difficult to understand, compared to the straight talkers of the tradition. I wish to finish with two points. Firstly, it is easy to see how Universalist theology leads to a Voodoo Vatican. Nobody's going to Hell, except maybe Hitler, therefore baptism and cathechesis are really only an icing on the cake for pagans; next thing is to say that paganism has enough of the truth for salvation; next step is to say that paganism and all non-Christian religions are the equal of Christianity; final step is to say that any religion that disagrees with this universalist, 'tolerant' equality is a heresy. Hence they might decide to condemn traditional, orthodox, 'rigid' Catholicism. An internal 'schism'. And we're very close to that point, now. Secondly, I think one of the prophesies of Fatima mentioned a bad Council. Garabandal is much more specific and mentions a 'small council', or synod. I think both are referring to the current synod, or 'small council', because despite the faults which it shares with several prior councils, Vatican II seems increasingly to me to have been sound. Both of my points seem to be directed to a focussed conclusion, and the speed of events hints that we might be nearing a resolution that can only be achieved with God's intervention. The devil is clearly in control of worldly events and is too powerful, by orders of magnitude for mere man to have any hope of resistance. Come Lord Jesus.
Time to recall Ralph Martin's prophecy PROPHECIES GIVEN AT ST. PETER’S BASILICA DURING THE CLOSING EUCHARIST ON PENTECOST MONDAY—MAY 1975 Because I love you, I want to show you what I am doing in the world today. I want to prepare you for what is to come. Days of darkness are coming on the world, days of tribulation….Buildings that are now standing will not be standing. Supports that are there for my people now will not be there. I want you to be prepared, my people, to know only me and to cleave to me and to have me in a way deeper than ever before. I will lead you into the desert…I will strip you of everything that you are depending on now, so you depend just on me. A time of darkness is coming on the world, but a time of glory is coming for my church, a time of glory is coming for my people. I will pour out on you all the gifts of my spirit. I will prepare you for spiritual combat; I will prepare you for a time of evangelism that the world has never seen…. And when you have nothing but me, you will have everything: land, fields, homes, and brothers and sisters and love and joy and peace more than ever before. Be ready, my people, I want to prepare you…” (given by Ralph Martin) “I speak to you of the dawn of a ‘new age’ for my church. I speak to you of a day that has not been seen before….Prepare yourselves for the action that I begin now, because things that you see around you will change; the combat that you must enter now is different; it is new. You need wisdom from me that you do not yet have. “You need the power of my Holy Spirit in a way that you nave not possessed it; you need an understanding of my will and of the ways that I work that you do not yet have. Open your eyes, open your hearts to prepare yourselves for me and for the day that I have now begun. My church will be different; my people will be different; difficulties and trials will come upon you. The comfort that you know now will be far from you, but the comfort that you will have is the comfort of my Holy Spirit. They will send for you, to take your life, but I will support you. Come to me. Band yourselves together, around me. Prepare, for I proclaim a new day, a day of victory and of triumph for your God. Behold, it is begun.” (given by Bruce Yocum) I will renew my church. I will renew my people. I will make my people one. I am calling you to turn away from the pleasures of the world. I am calling you to turn away from the desires of the world. I am calling you to turn away from seeking the approval of the world in your lives. I want to transform your lives….I have a word for my church. I am sounding my call. I am forming a mighty army….My power is upon them. They will follow my chosen shepherd(s)…. “…I Be the shepherds I have called you to be….I am renewing my people. I will renew my church. I will free the world.” now that I, your God, brought Peter and Paul to Rome to witness to my glory. I have chosen you also and have brought you to Rome to bear witness to my glory, confirmed now by your shepherd. Go forth to the healing of the nations. Know that I am with you; and though you may pass through tribulation and trial, I will be with you even to the end. I am preparing a place for you in glory. Look to me and I will deliver you from the power of the evil one. Behold I am with you now, all days, even till the end of time.” “You have known the truth these days. You have experienced the truth these days. It is clear to you at this moment what the truth is. It is the truth of my kingdom, my kingdom that will prevail….I want you to take that truth, to rest in that truth, to believe in that truth, not to compromise it, not to lose it in confusion, not to be timid about it, but to stand simply, in love, but to stand simply, firmly rooted in the truth as foundation stones upon which my church can have new life and new power.”
Thank you. I was unaware of that. That he has a prophetic gift only strengthens the credibility of his his studies.
Excellent post -- I think we are coming into the period of explicit apostasy predicted in the 3rd secret In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved -- but not in Germany and many other nations after the Amazon Synod (my inference) By the way -- I recommend another Ralph Martin book which I believe is a classic -- The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fulfillment-All-Desire-Guidebook-Journey/dp/1931018367 This book will be used in the seminaries of the future (my prophecy!)
Thank you. I'll have to take a note of that. So many books, so little time. Have you tried buying any books from the Book Depositery? Great range, usually cheaper than Amazon and postage is free. I buy almost all my books from them, now. The way it's going, it's going to just be Portugal.
What I find interesting, is mere year later Pope St. John Paul, then Cardinal Wojtyla, further prophecised (defined) what Ralph Martin received as follows: In an address given during that 1976 Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia for the bicentennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla spoke some words which I believe were prophetic. - We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the Antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously. Seems to me, many have yet come to accept the seriousness of our times and yes, the times of the "final confrontation between Christ and the Antichrist". The "Anti-church" is becoming more noticeable by the day now.
I thought this question had been settled by SCOTUS. Waiting for CA to fulfill the predictions of falling off into the sea....and they're pushing it! Federal Court Forces Little Sisters of the Poor to Fund Abortions Under Obamacare Mandate A traditionally liberal federal appeals court has ruled once again that the Little Sisters of the Poor have to pay for abortions under their health insurance plan under the Obamacare mandate. Over the past three years the Supreme Court has twice protected the Catholic nuns, but pro-abortion state officials have filed new lawsuits trying to force the Catholic order to pay for abortions in their health care plan. Today, a 3-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a decision. The panel’s ruling invalidated the new pro-life rules the Trump administration put in place to protect the Catholic nuns and others from being forced to fund abortions. In May 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower court rulings against the Little Sisters and granted them an exemption from the Obama HHS mandate, which required the nuns to fund abortion pills in their health care plans or pay millions of dollars in fines. In 2018, the Trump administration announced a new rule protecting religious non-profits, including the Little Sisters, but several states, including Pennsylvania and California, immediately sued the federal government to take that protection away, forcing the Little Sisters back to court. The 9th Circuit panel ruled on the California case today: “The panel held that the religious exemption contradicts congressional intent that all women have access to appropriate preventative care and the exemption operates in a manner fully at odds with the careful, individualized, and searching review mandated by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” Judge J. Clifford Wallace wrote for the majority. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led 13 other state attorneys general in a lawsuit against the administration challenging the exemptions. “Today will serve as a reminder to the Trump Administration that politicians and employers certainly have no business interfering with women’s reproductive healthcare,” Becerra said in a statement. Senior Circuit Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, a George H.W. Bush appointee who leans conservative, penned a dissent, arguing that the case has more to do with states looking to save money than it has to do with women’s health care. He added that the decision is redundant because a judge in Pennsylvania has already halted the administration’s birth control exceptions. “The casual reader may imagine that the dispute is about provision of contraception and abortion services to women. It is not.” Kleinfeld wrote. “No woman sued for an injunction in this case, and no affidavits have been submitted from any women establishing any question in this case about whether they will be deprived of reproductive services or harmed in any way by the modification of the regulation. This case is a claim by several states to prevent a modification of a regulation from going into effect, claiming that it will cost them money.” In 2016, the government admitted, before the Supreme Court, that it has ways to get abortion-causing drugs to women without forcing the Little Sisters of the Poor to participate. In fact, California and Pennsylvania each have programs for providing tax-funded abortions to women who want them. Yet these States sued to enforce the federal mandate on religious non-profits like the Little Sisters. “This is a nonsensical political battle that has dragged on six years too long. These states have not been able to identify a single person who would lose contraceptive coverage under the new HHS rule, but they won’t rest until Catholic nuns are forced to pay for contraceptives,” said Mark Rienzi, president of Becket. “It is time for the Supreme Court to finally put this issue to rest.” President Trump has stood with the Little sisters in their battle. During the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington this year, President Donald Trump defended the conscience rights of pro-life doctors and nurses. He also stood up for the Little Sisters of the Poor, the group of Catholic nuns that is still fighting in court against being forced to pay for abortion-causing drugs. “When I asked for your support in 2016, Americans of faith were under assault. But the shameful attempt to suppress religious believers ended the day I took the oath of office,” the president said. “My administration has taken historic action to protect religious liberty. We’re protecting the conscience rights of doctors and nurses and teachers and groups like the Little Sistersof the Poor. We’re with them,” Trump told the audience of hundreds of Christian voters. In 2017, pro-abortion attorneys general in Pennsylvania, California and several other states filed lawsuits to overturn new religious protections issued by the Trump administration. The new rules protect the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers from having to pay for birth control drugs and devices that may cause abortions in their employee health care plans. The Little Sisters won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, but the new lawsuits pushed them back into court. The Obamacare mandate forces employers to provide every form of birth control, including types that may cause abortions, in their employee health plans. Many religious employers, like the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, do not oppose providing most forms of birth control, but they do oppose the types that may end an unborn baby’s life. Whats more, the Obama administration carved out exemptions for huge corporations like ExxonMobil and PepsiCo but not for religious individuals. Lawyers with the Becket Foundation, which represent the Little Sisters, pointed out that Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro did not challenge the exemptions for those big businesses. Shapiro and other pro-abortion attorneys general have claimed that the Trump administration rules violate the First and Fifth Amendments because they put employers’ religious rights over women’s and deny women equal protection under the law, Patch reports. But even Shapiro admitted that the HHS mandate under Obama was “extremely narrow,” leaving little room for religious exemptions. Trump’s order limits a rule created under the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act that required employers, including non-church religious organizations, to cover all forms of contraception at no cost to the employees, including birth control drugs and devices that can cause abortions. Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at Becket and lead attorney for the Little Sisters, previously told LifeNews: “Sadly Josh Shapiro and [California Attorney General] Xavier Becerra think attacking nuns is a way to score political points. These men may think their campaign donors want them to sue nuns, but our guess is most taxpayers disagree. No one needs nuns in order to get contraceptives, and no one needs these guys reigniting the last administration’s divisive and unnecessary culture war.” The controversial birth control mandate has twice made it to the Supreme Court where it sided with both Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters. The court ruled that Hobby Lobby and other similar businesses were protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, which states that an individual’s religious expression shouldn’t be “substantially burdened” by a law unless there is a “compelling government interest.” In the Hobby Lobby ruling, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the ACA birth control rule “would put these merchants to a difficult choice: either give up the right to seek judicial protection of their religious liberty or forgo the benefits, available to their competitors, of operating as corporations.” https://www.lifenews.com/2019/10/22...or-to-fund-abortions-under-obamacare-mandate/
Prayers — and Royalty — Never Die: The Habsburg Dynasty The powerful family faith story continues in today’s generation. Editor’s note: The reorganization of Europe following World War I had a profound impact on many Catholic communities and on one pillar of European Catholicism in particular: the Habsburg family. Victor Gaetan’s interview with His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Rudolf of Austria is the first in a series of articles exploring the legacy of this legendary dynasty, which was founded in the 11th century. Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 69, is a very busy man. Having worked in the financial sector for decades, he now concentrates on holiness: promoting the cause for beatification of his grandmother, Servant of God Zita, the last empress of Austria; monitoring progress toward sainthood of his grandfather, Blessed Charles I (or Karl), the last emperor of Austria and the last king of Hungary (who reigned from Nov. 21, 1916-Nov. 11, 1918); being a father to eight children, including four in religious life; and supporting favorite charities, including sitting on the board of directors of the U.S. Magnificat Foundation and co-founding the Zermatt Summit, dedicated to “humanizing globalization” and projecting the Catholic Church’s social teaching as an antidote to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. In a rare interview, senior international correspondent Victor Gaetan spoke to the humble paterfamilias to learn more about the enduring devotion of this legendary Catholic family, a pillar of European civilization, the Habsburgs. For the first time, the archduke, the son of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918-2007), also reminisces about the relationship between Emperor Charles and Miklos Horthy (the Hungarian statesman who sent Blessed Charles into forced exile following World War I); the lost chance of Hungary’s return to constitutional monarchy in 1990; and the meeting of Empress Zita and Cardinal József Mindszenty in Switzerland in 1972. Your grandfather, Emperor Charles I of Austria and king of Hungary, who reigned from 1916 to 1918, was well-known for his devotion to God, to the Church and to his family. As a condition of ending World War I, President Woodrow Wilson demanded the empire be dissolved and your grandparents were exiled. Yet they bore this pain with dignity. Charles is the only 20th-century ruler to be beatified — by Pope St. John Paul II in 2004. How is Blessed Charles’ cause for sainthood progressing? The greatest work to establish sainthood is done before beatification. The positio is compiled, a whole 2,000-page history proving his life was heroic, and a miracle is identified. In 1960, a Polish nun living in Brazil was completely healed — she was bedridden, but after praying for my grandfather’s intercession one night, she woke up and could walk. This was the first miracle. The next step is canonization, and what is needed is a second miracle; only two or three are analyzed by the postulator, Andrea Ambrosi, who is in Rome. He is hopeful regarding one potential miracle in particular, but it takes some time to make sure everything is absolutely correct before you close the file. The Church, of course, has time, so everything goes quite slowly, but it is better not to make a mistake. We had another miracle, but, sadly enough, it was a case of terminal cancer; and although the person healed totally, the individual died four years later from another cause. The Vatican wants the person to survive five years, so it could not count in the end. It is interesting: One of the potential miracles is a breast-cancer survivor, and that person is not a believer, does not have the faith. People around that person prayed for the healing and obtained it. So a question is: Will that person find the faith or not? No one is born a saint. It is a work in progress, your whole life. My grandfather for sure, he was always, always deeply Christian. Even as a child, he gave away things to the poor. He was already involved in his faith and in the action linked to faith. Blessed Charles and his wife, your grandmother, Empress Zita, were a very close, loving couple. His feast day is Oct. 21, the anniversary date of their marriage in 1911. What is the status of her cause? For the last 10 years, on behalf of my family, I’ve been working on the process of beatification for my grandmother. It is moving quite nicely. One miracle is being analyzed, and the lifetime research is finished. A total of 36 people testified about her. I was one. I was sworn in and had to answer 276 questions — 18 hours of interrogation. It is a very serious process. At your talk at University of Notre Dame six years ago, you told a fascinating story about Pope Pius X’s prophesy that your grandfather would become the emperor when he was not a direct successor at the time. Did Empress Zita tell you that story herself, or did you read it? Both. I knew her very well because she was not only my grandmother but also my godmother. We had a close relationship. Between the two wars, she testified for the beatification of Pius X, and one of the accounts she shared was this: In 1911, she visited the Pope to receive a blessing for her upcoming marriage. The Holy Father said, “When you and Charles become emperor and empress, you will have to do whatever you can to make peace in Europe.” He added, “Charles is the present from God to Austria and your family for being faithful to the Church and the faith.” Yet in 1911, Emperor Franz Josef was on the throne and his nephew Franz Ferdinand, the heir, was still alive. His assassination in 1914, which triggered World War I, put your grandfather in the line of succession. So the Pope gave your grandmother a mission, an assignment that was puzzling to her. Absolutely, and devotion to peace was their way of life, so it was not a problem. But at the time, when she walked out of the Vatican with her mother, the duchess of Bourbon-Palma, she turned to her mother, and said, “Thank God he is not infallible in matters of politics,” because she didn’t quite believe his message. It was only after the assassination of Prince Ferdinand that she realized the truth of the whole thing, you see. cont'd below
cont'd from above Your grandfather died tragically at the age of 35 of pneumonia in 1922, leaving your grandmother to raise eight children in exile, with few resources. Yet she never lost faith and lived a long life. She died in 1989, at age 96. How did she explain why God allowed the evil that invaded Europe in the 20th century, such as communism? She followed very closely what happened with the Church, and she knew very well about Fatima since 1917 [which occurred while her husband was emperor]. One of the mysteries of Fatima was that if the world did not convert, the communists would spread their bad ideology throughout the world, until Russia was consecrated to the Holy Virgin Mary. Finally, it was Pope John Paul II who did that. And then, obviously, communism fell. Please don’t quote her because she did not say this specifically, but knowing her, she knew very well: If you obey what God tells you, even through children [as in Fatima], you are on the right way; but if you don’t, the consequences are the ones you chose because you did not follow the will of God. Empress Zita died in spring 1989, at age 96, in Vienna, Austria, before the fall of the Berlin Wall. With tens of thousands of Soviet troops in Hungary, the country’s communist government allowed about 50,000 Hungarians to cross the border into Austria for Zita’s funeral in Vienna. Some 250,000 people participated in the funeral. What did her funeral say about the way your family is perceived in Hungary? They absolutely realized that our family tried to stop the war [World War I] to help them and to do what we could as king and queen, because [being] queen and king is a holy service to a country. It’s not ruling only; it is a service to a country and its people. So I think people realized that, but it did not translate into a movement either religious or political. The family is still very respected. After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, Hungarian parliamentarian elections were held for the first time in May 1990. I understand that your uncle, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of Karl and Zita, the last crown prince (1916-1918), was asked by the new parliament, which elects the president, to stand as a candidate for the presidency. Is that so? Yes. A majority of the parliamentarians who wanted him were from the Smallholders Party, I think, and some conservative groups. They asked my uncle Otto if he would accept to be elected president. And he said No, not unless he is called back because he should be king. And that ended that. I know many people were a little bit sad that he didn’t say Yes, because probably the next step would have been to change the constitution to a kingdom again. This was in 1990. Yet his devotion to Hungary was so strong, he asked that his heart be interred at the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, outside Budapest, while his body is buried in the Habsburg family crypt in Vienna. Yes, and the hearts of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita are enshrined together in the Loreto Chapel at Muri Abbey, Switzerland. I read that Cardinal József Mindszenty met with your grandmother, Empress Zita, after his departure from Hungary in 1971. Did you ever meet Cardinal Mindszenty? I met Cardinal Mindszenty once at the 80th birthday of my grandmother in 1972, in Switzerland. We celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost and always had a bishop or a priest attending her birthday celebrations. That year Cardinal Mindszenty came. I remember my grandmother speaking with him in fluent Hungarian. She was happy, and he was happy. He was a very young chaplain and participated in the crowning in 1916, so they had a lot of common memories. cont'd below
cont'd from above Did your grandmother and Cardinal Mindszenty talk about the regency? I don’t know because my grandmother was always very discreet. I think if she spoke to the cardinal — both of them, without even making a deal, knew that they would not tell other people what was said, so they could talk freely. What I know is that the regent, Miklos Horthy, who had betrayed his king [my grandparents], came to Brussels to ask my grandmother to pardon him, and she did it. When was that, approximately? I don’t know when exactly. All I know is my father told me that story because he was living in Brussels at the time. I suppose it was after he [Horthy] was overthrown by the Nazi regime in 1944. Had Emperor Karl stayed in power, it was his intention to implement the following reforms: Develop the ministries of social affairs and of health; develop his monarchy into a federal state; implement agrarian reform for Bohemia and Hungary; create social-assistance programs and medical insurance; protect youth from vulgar literature; and grant autonomy to the different nationalities. My grandfather discussed autonomy with Archduke Franz-Ferdinand [the heir to the Habsburg throne whose assassination in Serbia led to World War], and they both agreed to implement this reform after the death of Emperor Franz Joseph. In the second part, the modest former banker talks about marriage, family and raising children in the faith. Four of his eight children are members of a religious order, the Eucharistein Fraternity, founded in 1996 in the French Alps by a Swiss priest, Father Nicolas Buttet. Did you pray for a vocation in your family? My grandmother, Empress Zita [currently considered for beatification], always prayed that one of her children would join the Church. Then she prayed for her 33 grandchildren, that one be with the Church, and it did not happen. Yet prayers always last … My wife and I also prayed for such a gift. We never thought that we would have four children asked by Jesus to follow him, but they said Yes, and so it happened. Where are they now? All four are in this new order, devoted to the Blessed Sacrament and Franciscan in its spirituality. Eucharistein reflects that the Eucharist is at the center of their life. Our son Johannes made his perpetual vows on June 22, the same day his younger brother, Thomas, “received the clothing,” as we say in French, prendre la vie, at the main house in Epinassey, Switzerland. Johannes has been based at a house in St.-Jeoire, France, not far from Geneva, in the Haute-Savoie region. Our daughter, Marie-des-Neiges, took her perpetual vows last year. She is in St. Jeoire, as well. And Joseph, our youngest child, who is 28 years old, lives in a Eucharistein house in Chêatau Rima, north of Grasse, lost in the mountains. It is a beautiful place. They rebuilt an old convent, and now there are people buying land, building houses nearby, to be close to the monks like in the Middle Ages. It is truly fantastic. Tell me a bit about the charism of the order. What occupies the community? They are very poor. For example, they never buy food, so if they don’t get food, from neighbors or their own labor on the land, they don’t eat. Although, it always comes. They allow the poor people of our times — meaning those who live in the streets, those who drink or take drugs, things like that — they can come whenever they want. They only have to agree to work with their hands with the monks and the sisters, and they are fed and have a roof, then. They go to the Holy Mass every day, and they can leave when they want. The community has the formal prayers which monks have: early in the morning. Of course, the Holy Mass, the Rosary, adoration, then in the evening again. The practice is ora et labora, prayer and work, so they also have handwork and agriculture at the monastery. Everything has been built over the last 20 years. Now, the Definitive Rules have been recognized by the Vatican, so that is very good news. How did you and your wife raise your children in the faith to receive such a bounty of vocations? First, how did you approach the task? It’s an important question! We gave a talk in Montreal on the transmission of faith two years ago. As we explained, my family has been Catholic for as long as we go back in history: 1,400 years. From one generation to the next, we transmitted more or less successfully the most precious of these presents, which is faith. The principle vector or instrument for transmitting the faith is obviously the family. My wife and I were engaged for two years. This long period allowed us to prepare our marriage. To what can we compare a marriage? A priest once told me, we can compare a marriage to a ladder. There are two vertical pillars, the man and the woman, who look at each other, and they love each other. There are also the steps, which serve to climb and turn toward a third person, God, of course, and the children who come. From the beginning, my wife and I made a decision to try to live our life in accordance with what we believe. So as the children grew, we took a lot of time to explain the faith and the liturgy to them. Please give our readers some examples of how you and your wife bolstered the children in faith. We took them to Mass often, even during the week. We made sure they went to holy confession. In our days, you can’t say, “Children: Go to church!” You have to say, “Come with us to church.” It is not the way it was 50 or 60 years ago. We made pilgrimages with them, for example, to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to Częstochowa in Poland. A present given to a child is often quickly forgotten, but having common activity, the good influence lasts much longer. So we did several pilgrimages together, because pilgrimages within a family last for your whole life. We gave them the right books to read. When they were smaller especially, we took care to introduce them to good books that would elevate their souls and their spirits and keep their consciences straight. In the evening, it was important to review these readings at home. We were also very attentive to how our children were choosing their friends. And we tried to avoid the internet, explaining how it could destroy them. Things like that. This is very big work. Absolutely, right! With your wisdom, knowledge of history and faith, 100 years after the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a century marked by destruction: What are the dangers facing us today? Today? This is my own feeling. I read a lot. I pray a lot. I discuss a lot. Basically, we must be close to the years of the anti-Christ, because everything is in a horrible state. Look at how the population and the people live: The materialism, which is one of the main dangers, has become the master of most of the souls of the world. This is a terrible thing! Basically, I have the feeling that the devil is working now, if I can say it, like hell on the world, to destroy the Church. And, obviously, he is helped by some people in the Church, also, which is very sad. We have to pray a lot and help the priests and the Church to change now and to become really Christian, in a way. And I think this Pope is doing his best to move the whole thing in the right direction, but I would hate to be in his place because it must be so tough. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/prayers-and-royalty-never-die-the-habsburg-dynasty
ETA, We just had a Blessed Karl Symposium here in Dallas last weekend... thanks for this terrific article!
Good interview with former CIA officer, Kevin Shipp, whistleblower. When you think about this massive network....$$$$ backed up......and the attempt now to get some universal/NWO cashless kind of banking system...."they" will then have control over everything. They don't like you, they empty your assets w/ no recourse. Wonder if the network reporter referred to who has his own show is Shephard Smith since he left FOX after Barr had meeting with owner?? Also mentions the Vatican bank for lots of money laundering, international pedophilia rings, spirit cooking.....et al.
Texas Gov Announces Investigation Into Case Of Mother Transitioning 7-Year-Old James Younger Against Father’s Wishes ctober 23, 2019 9:17 PM ET Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced an investigation into the case of a 7-year-old whose mother plans to transition him to a girl against his father’s wishes. Abbott tweeted that the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is looking into details of James Younger’s case. A judge is expected to make a final verdict in the court case Thursday. “FYI the matter of 7 year old James Younger is being looked into by the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services,” Abbott tweeted. (RELATED: Texas Father Doesn’t Want His Seven-Year-Old Son To Be Transitioned To A Girl. A Jury Decided Against Him) Texas Gov Announces Investigation Into Case Of Mother Transitioning 7-Year-Old James Younger Against Father’s Wishes | The Daily Caller
Looks like it's the mother who needs psychological help.....but no help these days for those truly in need....even medicine/health care has been corrupted. Heartbreaking! Watch 7-Year-Old James Younger Describe his Mother’s Abuse – Mom Wants Him to Be a Girl https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...his-mothers-abuse-mom-wants-him-to-be-a-girl/ ..... A video of James Younger when he was only 3 years old surfaced revealing that his mother put dresses on him and painted his fingernails when the child was just an infant! When asked if he was a boy or a girl, James, then only 3 years old answered, “girl.” He said his mom told him he’s a girl. This is heartbreaking. Donald Trump Jr. retweeted this video earlier today.
