IRISH WOMEN DELIRIOUS WITH JOY

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Watching Tv One News tonight, the frenzied women in Ireland delirious with joy because now they can murder their own children, it should be hard for the Catholic clergy not to recognize the demonic influences at work.

As a friend of mine has just remarked, that terrible outcome reveals the state of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Legalized abortion is a symptom of the absence of God in the hearts of individuals and the nation. I would add - and my friend would agree - that it's also a symptom of the presence of Satan.

The Yes vote is hardly surprising. How many NZ congregations were encouraged to pray in a spirit of solidarity, last week, for imperiled Ireland? None that I know of.

And I imagine Irish congregations hear the same kind of homilies we have in New Zealand: for example, that Holy Mass is about 'celebrating us', because we love 'each other' and we're 'wonderful'. 'God is not awe, He is not fear, He is love'. The Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity which, ironically, we celebrate today isn't a mystery at all: 'It's simple! God is love!'

Well yes, but we poor ninnies in the pews ask ourselves, what kind of love? Could you please explain?

My explanation is that God's love is not sentiment, it isn't about being nice, it's not about being comfy and getting your jollies. He may occasionally flood a person who prays with sweetness and joy, but more often He seems absent, cold and distant. He goes off your radar. But for those who love him, it's always for the best. All the time, always and everywhere, His love is at work in mysterious ways,

even for those who don't love him, to draw everyone close to Him on earth so they can enjoy Him for ever in heaven.

So the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, and the Mystery of the Mass, cannot in logic be about 'celebrating us'. It's about celebrating GOD.

1. Firstly, it's about adoring GOD who created us only so that He could give us good things on earth and the best in heaven. 
2. Secondly it's about giving GOD thanks for all of the above. 
3. Thirdly it's about making atonement to GOD for sin (you know, that product that you don't see on the shelves any more because people didn't like it, there was no market for it, no profit in it.) 
4. And lastly Mass is about petition, asking GOD for what we need. Of course we ask for what we want, but if we are in a state of grace (and don't get me started on that) He will give us what we truly need, i.e. help to get to heaven.  

It's the business of celebrating ourselves instead of God which has brought Ireland to this tragic state. It's the way we put the second commandment before the first. "I am the Lord your God. You shall not put strange gods before me." When we put ourselves before God we make strange gods of ourselves, of our 'rights', our 'choice', bodies, our careers, our ambitions.

In an interview with Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, co-author of the dubia on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, the Fatima visionary Sr Lucia has stated that the devil's final war is against marriage and family life, to destroy them.

And what better way is there for Satan to do that, than to persuade or coerce a mother into murdering her own child?