SAINT TERESA OF JESUS DIXIT

TODAY, MODERNISM UPHOLDS THIS ERROR AGAINST THE FAITH, WHICH POPE GREGORY XVI DENOUNCED.

Pope Gregory XVI:

“Another cause that has produced many of the evils that afflict the Church is indifferentism, that is, that perverse theory spread everywhere, thanks to the deceptions of the impious, which teaches that eternal life can be obtained in any religion, provided there is rectitude and honesty in one’s conduct.”  [...] If the Apostle says that there is one God, one faith, one baptism, then let those who think that salvation can be found everywhere understand that, according to the Savior's judgment, they are against Christ, for they are not with Christ, and those who do not gather with Christ scatter miserably. Therefore, it is certain that those who do not have the Catholic faith and do not keep it whole and undefiled will perish eternally.

(Encyclical Mirari vos, no. 9, August 15, 1832)

THE CAUSE OF THE WORST CRISIS THE CHURCH HAS EVER FACED

His Holiness Pius IX warned:

“Catholic liberalism is one foot in truth and one foot in error; one foot in the Church and one foot in the world, one foot with me and one foot with my enemies… What afflicts your country and prevents it from deserving the blessings of Heaven is the confusion of principles. I will speak the word and I will not remain silent: what I fear most for you is not those wretches of the Commune, veritable demons escaped from hell, but Catholic liberalism, that fatal system that always dreams of reconciling two impossible things: the Church and the Revolution. I have already condemned it, but I would condemn it forty times more if necessary. Yes, I say it again because of the love I have for you; yes, this balancing act is what can end up destroying religion among you.”

(Pope Pius IX, Address to the Catholics of France, June 18, 1871).

Saint Pius X also pointed out this great danger:

"Liberal Catholics are wolves in sheep's clothing. And for this reason, the priest, the true priest, must reveal to the people entrusted to his care their dangerous snares and their evil aims."

(Saint Pius X, Address of September 5, 1894, as Cardinal).

We now quote an interview given by Cardinal Ratzinger to Vittorio Messori in November 1984. Regarding the challenges facing the Church at Vatican II, he said:

"The problem of the 1960s was that of acquiring the best values ​​resulting from two centuries of 'liberal' culture. In fact, these are values ​​that, although born outside the Church, can find their place, purified and corrected, in its worldview. That is what has been done."

This clearly shows the strong influence of liberalism and modernism within the Church in the 1960s (and long before); of wheat already influenced and contaminated by the tares. It is the nefarious influence of Maritain. That quote negates the radical condemnation of the papal magisterium of ALL liberalism.

The Commonitorium of St. Vincent of Lérins (a Father of the Church) teaches:

"It belongs to Catholics to preserve the deposit of the holy Fathers, to condemn impious novelties, and, as the Apostle has said time and again, to pronounce anathema (condemnation) upon anyone who proclaims a doctrine different from that received (Gal. 1:9). From this it follows that every Catholic who desires to prove that he is a legitimate son of our Mother the Church must adhere to the holy Faith of our Fathers, cling to it, and die for it. He must also detest impious novelties, hate them, combat them, and persecute them."

The First Vatican Council made it clear that the Magisterium's role is not to innovate, purify, or Christianize the errors of the world, but to preserve and explain the faith received:

“The Holy Spirit was not promised to the successors of Peter so that they might teach new doctrines, but so that they might religiously guard and faithfully expound the revelation handed down by the Apostles.”

Is it clear what the core and cause of the errors that are currently growing like weeds within the Church and causing the worst crisis in its history are?

But the time will come when the Lord will separate the weeds from the wheat, so we must remain faithful to the true faith and to the Catholic Church He founded.

DON'T FORGET YOUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

 

BLESSED ARE YOU IF YOU ARE PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST

“How many generous Christians have been stripped in times of persecution of their military ranks, their civil offices, their possessions, torn from their families, thrown into exile, or handed over to the executioners? But they, far from complaining, went joyfully, following the example of the apostles, because they had been deemed worthy to suffer insults for Christ. Whatever the pretext for the persecutions you suffer, particularly if the reason for them is your faith, accept it all without hesitation, as coming from the paternal and wise hand of your heavenly Father.”

Fr. Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure, S.J. (1656). 

SAINT PAUL SAID: "FOR BUILDING AND NOT FOR DESTRUCTION"

An abusive decision against the good of the Church is invalid in itself, for, as Saint Paul teaches (2 Corinthians 10:8), the power the Lord gives is for building and not for destruction:

2 Corinthians 10:10

And though I may seem overly confident of the power the Lord gave me to build you up, not to tear you down, I will not be ashamed of having said this.

Nam et si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra, quam dedit Dominus in aedificationem et non in destructionem vestram, non erubescam.

AGAINST THE CURRENT

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)

On the road, by the riverbank, Lidubino meets his friend Tucho. Seeing Lidubino hurrying, Tucho asks, “Where are you going in such a rush, my friend?” Lidubino happily replies, smiling, “To the river! I’m going to swim against the current!” “What!” exclaims Tucho. “You’re crazy! Swimming against the current? You could get electrocuted!”

Today, we Christians urgently need to heed God’s word: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world.” In other words, we must “swim against the current,” going against what the world and its pleasures offer and propose as right and true.

Swimming against the current means:

- Living a life free from alcohol and drugs. The world and friends will tell you, "Let's eat and drink, let's get drunk, for tomorrow we die..."

- We must live a life of marital fidelity. Surely some will say, "One is no good," we should have two, three, or four wives. That's not true! We must swim against the current; we are only allowed one wife.

- "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul," says the commandment (Matthew 22:37), and the world tells us to love money first, to love your house and possessions more, to love power and fame more...

- There are countless attacks from the enemies of the Church of Christ. Their goal is to make us doubt the existence of God. They want to snatch away our faith and steal it from us. They want to make us believe that this life is the only one and that there is no other.  They even tell us in rhyme: “Seize the day, seagull, for there is no other like it”… we must keep swimming against the current, otherwise we will shipwreck our faith (1 Timothy 1:18).

In short, if we want to reach the promised land, we will have to swim against the current; we will have to fight every day with fear and trembling for our salvation (Philippians 2:12). Amen.

Author: Adhemar Cuellar Zuñiga