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| Francis the Antipope, accused of heresy. Again. |
Four bishops, several priests, and numerous Catholic scholars have rebuked Pope Francis for a recent statement about the reception of Holy Communion, according to which “everyone is invited to the supper of the wedding of the Lamb (Re 19:9).
"To be admitted to the feast all that is required is the wedding garment of faith which comes from the hearing of his Word," the Pope wrote in his Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi, but he omitted the “essential topic of repentance for sin for the worthy reception of the Eucharist.”https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/bishops-priests-and-scholars-correct-pope-francis-statement-on-holy-communion/?utm_source=featured-news&utm_campaign=usa
15 September 2022Tēnā koutou Priests & Parish leadership,
“We cannot live without Sunday” Martyrs of Abitene. 303 AD
With the recent lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions we are happy to extend an enthusiastic invitation for all Catholics of Aotearoa New Zealand to return to full and active participation in Sunday Mass.
This is New Zealand. Our country's name has not been changed; there is not a majority in favour of changing it. One might well prefer the name 'Aotearoa' - as we do, actually - but until a petition shows two-thirds of the population prefers 'Aotearoa', it remains New Zealand. In continually referring to our land by an invented name, our bishops are subverting the truth for political, socialist ends which contravene Catholic doctrine (Popes Pius XI, Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI).
We have lived through difficult times since March 2020, including serious illness and months of restrictions prompted by our concern for the weak and the most vulnerable. We have embraced necessary and often difficult restrictions with precautions to keep our communities, families, workplaces and parishes safe and healthy.
'Serious illness' has always been with us. It's part of our human, sinful condition. But never before has it been accompanied by 'months of restrictions', imposed on a global scale by a global elite, which were made possible only by the cooperation of the Catholic Church which led the way by denying us Holy Mass and forcing as many as were forceable into accepting a potentially lethal jab concocted by means of murdered infants. Nothing be more opposed to Catholic dogma and common decency.
And as our Mother, the Church expresses her concern for weak and vulnerable primarily through the Sacraments, especially Reconciliation and Eucharist. But the bishops swallowed Ardern's fake 'keep ourselves safe' narrative whole and entire,and placed the people of God at grave risk of eternal damnation.
Throughout this time our personal relationship with Jesus Christ has sustained us and we have continued to pray together in innovative and creative ways including social media resources. However, we have longed for the time when we could once again worship together. In recent months this has been possible to an increasing degree and with the lifting of all restrictions we welcome all Catholics of Aotearoa to return to weekly Sunday Mass.
The bishops must be employing the editorial 'we'. There's little evidence of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in Massgoers who take Him casually in their hands and spend so little time with Him after receving Him in Holy Communion. 'Worshipping together' was always a possibility - for true shepherds who would never desert their flock. 'Restrictions' were imposed by the amoral, atheist Communist PM Ardern and should have been met with passive resistance from bishops worldwide. 'We obey God rather than men' (Acts 5, 29). But Antipope Francis showed himself to be a globalist, one of the elite.
When we speak of our Catholic commitment to Sunday Mass as an obligation, this is not the imposition of an external rule but rather the expression of a healthy heart’s desire. While the projects and successes of the world can bring us significant satisfaction, we Catholics are aware of an inner restlessness which reminds us that only God can give the depth of earthly peace and wholeness that we seek. We nurture and savour this relationship with Jesus Christ, who is God-with-us in our own life of prayer and recognise that this always draws us to the Sunday Eucharist which, from the time of the first Christians, has always been an event of encounter with Christ which we cannot live without.
It is absolutely the imposition of an external rule. It's called the Third Commandment.
Many of us remember a past time when the Sunday obligation was carried as a heavy burden, often motivated by fear. In the absence of such fear, we find a new opportunity to embrace Christ’s gift of the Eucharist as something freely chosen, and from which we are dispensed for reasons due to illness or other circumstances which make it difficult to participate.
So the bishops do not fear God. They do not fear wounding God Who created them and gave them every good thing. Well good night, bishops. Yes we are dispensed from our Sunday obligation by real illness but love for Christ has a way of overcoming 'difficult'. "If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass" - St Padre Pio.
The stigmatist Padre Pio celebrates Holy Mass
While many have already begun returning to Mass in these weeks after a Covid-break, this time of lifting restrictions provides an unprecedented opportunity for others who may have been away from Mass for many years or decades to return. If you know of someone who may be uncertain about returning to Mass you might offer to accompany them. If you would like company as you return, don’t hesitate to call a friend and take the step together.
We take this opportunity to remind our Catholic community that the Mass is the ultimate Earthly encounter with Jesus and our Catholic ancestors often made great sacrifices to take part in this weekly event which is once again fully available for each of us. In the wake of the removal of wider government Covid-19 restrictions, all restrictions regarding the Mass are lifted.
So that includes, of course, Communion on the tongue as well as holy water fonts. But before you say, thank God, read on.
It is ultimately for parish communities to decide what changes they wish to make, while always keeping to the fore the concern for those who are most vulnerable.
Uh-oh. The bishops have abrogated their responsibility as shepherds. They've passed the buck to Parish Councils, or whatever they're called in your neck of the woods. They, not the bishops (not necessarily even the Parish Priest, specially not if he's an immigrant and specially not if he's Asian), will call the shots on Communionon the tongue and holy water and anything else that they decide threatens the physical health so recently discovered to be so fragile, and since Vat2, so much more important than spiritual health and life everlasting.
It is important to remember, however, that the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions does not remove the risk of transmission of infections from Covid-19 or other viruses. We therefore ask every community and each community member to be prudent in retaining particular restrictions as deemed necessary in the interests of continuing to protect the most vulnerable.
There we go again: a loophole big enough to drive a bus through. The bishops have been forced by the Government's lifting of Covid restrictions to do the same, but it's all a sham. In this far from pastoral letter the bishops desert the fold, leaving their flock to the depredations of any wolves prowling in the parish council. The demon has succeeded in having his wicked way once again. The Most Holy Eucharist may now, with our bishops' blessing, be offered to the new god of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, the 'community'.
As we prepare to receive Holy Communion, we recognise the invitation to enter into communion with the Risen Lord and each other. We question our disposition of heart as we remember the beautiful teaching of St. Cyril who in the late third century wrote: "When you approach...make your left hand a throne for your right hand, since the latter is to receive the King."
St Cyril urged the greatest possible care and reverence in receiving Our Lord in the hand; he showed an awareness that deepened in the Church over time, developing organically in the way that doctrine and dogma must, eventually to abandoning Communion in the hand.
The sudden leap backward, or volte-face, in bringing back Communion in the hand but oh-so-carelessly, after Vat II, demonstrates the error of antiquarianism.
In the ancient Church the Host was still taken on the tongue, after receiving it into the cupped palm of the right hand held over the left. The idea of taking Our Eucharistic Lord with the left hand would have horrified the Church Fathers. That practice so encouraged by our bishops and mis-mothered priests was NEVER known in the Catholic Church, but was invented not even by Martin Luther but by Calvin, who unlike Luther did not believe in the Real Presence and thought up Communion in the hand to destroy any belief his followers might have had. Clever Calvin.
As we receive the King so may our hands be hands of blessing and service to our brothers and sisters. We wish to take this opportunity to thank you, the Catholic community of Aotearoa, for your patience, your generous and faithful commitment and your service over the past two and a half years.
'Faithful commitment'. Que? Our understanding is that Mass attendance has markedly dropped over the past two and a half years. As the Antipope Francis, who spearheaded the Covid restrictions in the Church in unswerving service to his dark masters, and New Zealand's Bishops must have known it would.
This has been a time of learning for all of us as we become more aware of our need to care for those who are most vulnerable. Most of all, we celebrate the opportunity we now have to discover anew the blessings and graces of the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist without which we cannot live.
Why don't the Bishops call it the Mass? Because 'the Mass' means Catholic. That's why. The Bishops prefer Protestant.
✠ John Dew, Cardinal Archbishop of Wellington, Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North and NZCBC President ✠ Michael Dooley, Bishop of Dunedin ✠ Michael Gielen, Bishop of Christchurch ✠ Stephen Lowe, Bishop of Auckland, Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton and NZCBC Vice President and Secretary ✠ Paul Martin SM, Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington.
We beseech Thee, O Lord, let Thy continual pity cleanse and defend Thy Church, and because it cannot continue in safety without Thee, govern it ever more by Thy help
- Collect, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost.
The bishops made a bad move following the government's covid plan hook line and sinker, now they are doing a bad job of extracting themselves. The government's elimination strategy failed, the vaccine was only marginally effective, and also downright dangerous of itself.
ReplyDeleteThe Church lost a huge opportunity with Covid to assert our faith.
Walking in lockstep with the secular world always fails. Souls were lost and our churches will be ever emptier as a result.
Yes, the world opposes Christ. So the Church, His Mystical Body, must oppose the world.
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