Jorge Bergoglio and his cockamamie, Post-Christian Pachamama Papacy

The Pachamama demon figure: Icon of the “new” Post-Christian papacy
of Jorge Bergoglio and Associates

Definition of the word, cockamamie, courtesy of Dictionary.com:
Adjective Slang.
ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical:
full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.

WORDS RELATED TO COCKAMAMIE
insane, crazy, stupid, incoherent, unreasonable, preposterous, unsound, wrong, ridiculous, absurd, unwise, foolish, aberrant, unimaginable, incredible, astonishing, improbable, outlandish, implausible, impossible

Pic: Jorge Bergoglio’s (a.k.a. Pope Francis)
favorite Pachamama demon figure,
photoshopped into already demonic looking,
real life Vatican Hall, for dramatic effect.)

Satan is entrapped in a lower existence, imprisoned in currents of deadly, unredeemable chaos, as are those who choose to follow him.

Satan’s “NO” to God
Non serviam – Latin for “I will not serve”

Saint Hildegard sees how the Ancient Adversary is at work to lure and coerce into this same pit all those whose lives he invades and touches.

Obedience begins with the realization that one cannot bring into completion the work God has begun.

The ambiguity surrounding this life is beyond human capacity to understand or master, and left to ourselves, we are always at risk of being mastered by it.

Following our own whims is not enough because even the whims of the heart are subject to this confusion.

Our dignity, our integrity, our existence require firm ground on which to stand, or they all fall.  This understanding, this saving truth is found somewhere beyond our natural capacities, from Someone above us, who comes down to us, who calls to us and who waits for us to welcome Him.

Rather than allowing oneself to be consumed with the confusion of doing what one wishes, we only begin to redeem the ambiguity of life by searching out the most appropriate way of serving the Lord who reveals Himself to us.

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The Perils of Progressivism

 

This timeline, along with these recent statistics, demonstrates that the eroding of family life in the United States is not something sudden, but rather the result of a gradual process of social change.

The events listed are not a random collection, but show a determined and coordinated decline of our culture, rooted in our changing understanding of sexuality, marriage and family, and even life itself (which is now a commodity, which can be engineered).

The link between contraception, abortion, and homosexuality itself can be demonstrated simply by examining the Supreme Court decisions concerning these issues, which in their opinions directly build one upon the other.

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Saint Anselm – Father of Scholasticism, Doctor of the Church, Faithful Catholic in all things

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The modernist blasphemy “dogmatic evolutionism” or “reinterpretation of dogma to fit the times”

According to Msgr. Víctor Manuel Fernández, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina:

“Some have even claimed that all Church teachings depend and are based on non-negotiable principles. This certainly is heresy! To claim that Jesus Christ, his resurrection, fraternal love and all that the Gospel teaches us depends on ethical principles is a distortion of Christianity.”

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Editor’s note: These are the same type of errors Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are shamelessly promoting in the United States – and the poorly educated, easily misled public is happily, gobbling them right up!

But it’s one thing for cheap, tin-horn politicians to promote falsehoods – and quite another for the priests and hierarchy of the Catholic Church – who are supposed to know better.

Perhaps Msgr. Fernandez no longer believes in Divine Revelation, Sacred and Apostolic Tradition, and the Sacred Deposit of Faith – which are precisely the things on which Catholic ethical principles have always been fashioned?

Or perhaps, these days, to Msgr. Fernandez, there is nothing sacred?

Let’s pray for all those attending the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.

The true story behind Brazil’s famous Cristo Redentor “Christ the Redeemer” Statue

The original idea for a monument to Christ came from a group of Brazilians who, in the wake of World War One, feared an advancing tide of godlessness. Church and state had been separated when Brazil became a republic at the end of the previous century, and they saw the statue as a way of reclaiming Rio – then Brazil’s capital city – for Christianity.

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Article from 2014 explains what’s really happening in Ukraine, today.

Understanding what Vladimir Putin is doing doesn’t require converting a media Beelzebub into a media St. Francis. It does, however, demand that we spit out the simple-minded gruel peddled by the MSM and the well-coiffed spokesbeings for the Washington-Brussels Axis of Putty.

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…all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened (Genesis 7:11)

A battered diamond that survived a trip from “hell” confirms a long-held theory: Earth’s mantle holds an ocean’s worth of water.

“It’s actually the confirmation that there is a very, very large amount of water that’s trapped in a really distinct layer in the deep Earth,” said Graham Pearson, lead study author and a geochemist at the University of Alberta in Canada.

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The obtuse “Spirit” of Vatican II: Many of today’s prelates, even at the highest levels of the Church, seem embarrassed by what the Catholic Church believes.

Blushing bishops

They seem to seek out politically-minded formulations that will allow them to escape secular criticism, rather than boldly proclaiming what the Church has always believed and believes now.

They very apparently fear men more than God.  I believe our Blessed Lord had some words for those who fear men more than God.

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Dirty little secret: Many of today’s “Fallen away Catholics” were first left spiritually and morally abandoned by the “Fallen Away, Know-Nothing Catholic Church” of the 1970’s.

by Doug Lawrence

Coming of age in the early 1970’s and looking to the Catholic Church for guidance on faith, family and other matters of critical import brought only shrugs, along with the continuing assurance that I would be just fine if only I managed to follow my conscience.

But how could I follow my conscience on matters I knew nothing about? Wasn’t there somebody who could provide a reliable Catholic perspective for me – perhaps a local priest or a bishop? (Sound of crickets chirping.)

That was my personal experience with the “New Pentecost” which led to the “New Springtime” of the post-Vatican II Catholic Church – and it took me more than twenty years to get over it!

It wasn’t until I eventually developed a modicum of personal maturity, along with the necessary research skills, that I managed to overcome the ecclesial nonsense, fend off the rampant incompetence and corruption, and finally develop a working understanding of the one, true faith – no thanks to anyone in the church, except God!

It was then that I discovered – or more correctly – rediscovered – the power and the glory that is still ever present in the Holy Catholic Church – despite the rabble and the schmucks (I’m really trying to remain charitable here) who continue (on a daily basis ) to do everything in their power to run it into the ground!

The clerics of the 1970’s Catholic Church were AWOL when I most needed them, and due to the wide-spread apostasy and modernism embedded in virtually every part of the institutional church, many of them remain (at least, spiritually) absent without leave, today!

Modernism is the present day equivalent of Original Sin, since it corrupts everything! I have little doubt that when Pope Paul VI spoke of the Smoke of Satan somehow finding its way into the Temple of God, it was actually Modernism of which he spoke!   

For example: At this past Sunday’s Mass I was subjected to a homily, consisting of at least forty percent pure heresy, that was later followed by vigorous applause from the entire congregation (minus one – me).

What used to get a person (particularly a priest) sanctioned, or even burned at the stake, now generates spontaneous applause and wide-spread approval!

Witness the “Francis Effect” in action!

God help us!

Pray the Litany of Saint Joseph – Powerful Patron of the Dying

The Litany of Saint Joseph

Kyrie, eleison. R. Christe, eleison.	Lord, have mercy on us. R. Christ, have mercy on us.
Kyrie, eleison. Christe, exaudi nos. R. Christe, audi nos.	Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
Pater de caelis, Deus, R. miserere nobis.	God the Father of heaven, R. have mercy on us.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, R. miserere nobis.	God the Son, Redeemer of the world, R. have mercy on us.
Spiritus Sancte Deus, R. miserere nobis.	God the Holy Ghost, R. have mercy on us.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, R. miserere nobis.	Holy Trinity, one God, R. have mercy on us.
Sancta Maria, R. ora pro nobis.	Holy Mary, R. pray for us.
Sancte Ioseph, R. ora pro nobis.	St. Joseph, R. pray for us.
Proles David inclyta, R. ora pro nobis.	Renowned offspring of David, R. pray for us.
Lumen Patriarcharum, R. ora pro nobis.	Light of Patriarchs, R. pray for us.
Dei Genetricis Sponse, R. ora pro nobis.	Spouse of the Mother of God, R. pray for us.
Custos pudice Virginis, R. ora pro nobis.	Chaste guardian of the Virgin, R. pray for us.
Filii Dei nutricie, R. ora pro nobis.	Foster father of the Son of God, R. pray for us.
Christi defensor sedule, R. ora pro nobis.	Diligent protector of Christ, R. pray for us.
Almae Familiae praeses, R. ora pro nobis.	Head of the Holy Family, R. pray for us.
Ioseph iustissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph most just, R. pray for us.
Ioseph castissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph most chaste, R. pray for us.
Ioseph prudentissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph most prudent, R. pray for us.
Ioseph fortissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph most strong, R. pray for us.
Ioseph oboedientissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph, most obedient, R. pray for us.
Ioseph fidelissime, R. ora pro nobis.	Joseph most faithful, R. pray for us.
Speculum patientiae, R. ora pro nobis.	Mirror of patience, R. pray for us.
Amator paupertatis, R. ora pro nobis.	Lover of poverty, R. pray for us.
Exemplar opificum, R. ora pro nobis.	Model of artisans, R. pray for us.
Domesticae vitae decus, R. ora pro nobis.	Glory of home life, R. pray for us.
Custos virginum, R. ora pro nobis.	Guardian of virgins, R. pray for us.
Familiarum columen, R. ora pro nobis.	Pillar of families, R. pray for us.
Solatium miserorum, R. ora pro nobis.	Solace of the wretched, R. pray for us.
Spes aegrotantium, R. ora pro nobis.	Hope of the sick, R. pray for us.
Patrone morientium, R. ora pro nobis.	Patron of the dying, R. pray for us.
Terror daemonum, R. ora pro nobis.	Terror of the demons, R. pray for us.
Protector sanctae Ecclesiae, R. ora pro nobis.	Protector of Holy Church, R. pray for us.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, R. parce nobis, Domine.	Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, R. spare us, O Lord.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, R. exaudi nobis, Domine.	Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, R. graciously hear us, O Lord.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, R. miserere nobis.	Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, R. have mercy on us.
V. Constituit eum dominum domus suae. R. Et principem omnis possessionis suae.	V. He made him the lord of his household. R. And prince over all his possessions.
Oremus Deus, qui in ineffabili providentia beatum Ioseph sanctissimae Genetricis tuae Sponsum eligere dignatus es, praesta, quaesumus, ut quem protectorem veneramur in terris, intercessorem habere mereamur in caelis: Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen.	Let us pray O God, in Thy ineffable providence Thou wert pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant, we beg Thee, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector; Thou who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.

O Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires.

O thou Saint Joseph, do assist me by thy powerful intercession, and obtain for me from thy divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; so that, having engaged here below thy heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of fathers.

O Saint Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee, and Jesus asleep in thy arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath.

Saint Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for me. Amen!

Catholic Cartoons – worth a look

See them all at Sword of Peter

God’s little helpers: Noah begot triplet sons to help him build the Ark

Noah’s thanksgiving sacrifice

And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)

Editor’s note: Extra man-power for that big, big job.

Not to mention the even bigger job to come!

When we chose to do God’s work and stick to it, God will provide whatever is necessary, out of his own, supernatural abundance.

Time and time again attempts were made to deprive Catholics of their historical memory, even of their language and to subject them to forced assimilation.

The six Protestant Ministers who helped design
the Novus Ordo Mass and usher in forced
Conciliar Reforms that the Catholic faithful never requested 

by Doug Lawrence

Regarding the Crimea situation, Vladimir Putin recently had this (in part) to say:

Time and time again attempts were made to deprive Russians of their historical memory, even of their language and to subject them to forced assimilation.

Those who stood behind the latest events in Ukraine had a different agenda: they were preparing yet another government takeover; they wanted to seize power and would stop short of nothing. 

We can all clearly see the intentions of these ideological heirs of Bandera, Hitler’s accomplice during World War II.

Putin’s words – whatever their particular object or authorship – whether truthful or mere political rhetoric – struck a “cord” with me, regarding recent Catholic Church history and politics. Change just a few of the words and see what you get:

Time and time again attempts were made to deprive Catholics of their historical memory, even of their language and to subject them to forced assimilation. (Absolutely true, right up to the present day.)

Those who stood behind the workings of the 2nd Vatican Council had a different agenda: they were preparing to take over the Catholic Church; they wanted to seize power and would stop short of nothing. (Absolutely true, right up to the present day.)

We can all clearly see the intentions of these ideological heirs of Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Henry VIII and the other great heretics of the Protestant Reformation. (Absolutely true, right up to the present day.)

I don’t know who writes Putin’s speeches – but the stuff about “forced assimilation” applies to all kinds of long standing political and ideological grievances – including the Israel/Palestinian conflict, abortion, homosexual unions, the HHS Mandate and of course, the way the obtuse and destructive “spirit” of Vatican II continues to be forcibly inflicted on the Catholic faithful.

People resent having someone else’s “brilliant” ideas “jammed down their throats” and they also tend to have very long memories. Fifty-plus years of dismal evidence testifies to wrong-headedness of the people who took over and implemented the Conciliar Reforms.

I wonder when “The Catholic Peace Talks” will officially begin?

The dangers of Alinskyian Community Organizing in Catholic parishes

Opening page – Dedication

“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history… the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”

How could a system dedicated to Lucifer become a force for social change in Catholic parishes?

Related article from The Wanderer 

Saint Luke’s Presentation narrative effectively puts the lie to the recently popular “Late Epiphany Theory”

The Gospel of St. Luke proclaimed, where we are treated to pertinent details of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple, under the Mosaic Law, 40 days after Christmas:

And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord: And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons: And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon: and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel.

And the Holy Ghost was in him. And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace: Because my eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him.

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a widow until fourscore and four years: who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.

Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord: and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel. And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth. (Luke 2:22-39)

As of late, nearly every Christmas, we’re told by highly educated “experts” and “specialists” that the Magi/Wise Men didn’t make it to Bethlehem for a year or two after the birth of Christ, and that the Holy Family was likely living in a rented/borrowed house there when the Magi finally arrived.

Yet here we have Saint Luke, who had earlier testified, in writing, that everything he wrote was true, eye-witness testimony, told in the correct order:

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of the things that have been accomplished among us, According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word: It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.  (Luke 1:1-4)

The Gospel of Saint Luke clearly states that Jesus was duly presented at the Temple 40 days after birth, according to the Law, and the Holy Family returned to Nazareth immediately afterward.

Catholic Tradition holds that the Magi arrived very shortly after the birth of Jesus – probably a couple of weeks (or less) after the blessed event. Not months or years later!

So, who are we to believe? Late-day progressive Bible critics who generally scoff at the concept of divine inspiration and supernatural inerrancy – or contemporary eye-witnesses to the actual events and circumstances in the life of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and others?

What do you think? 

Catholic catechesis is lousy because it’s based on the widely adopted liberal educational “model”

Other denominations, I’ve observed, do a better job of offering meaningful adult faith formation, and it’s well attended.

Yes, there is Sunday school for children, but that’s not considered the central formational focus of the community.

There are logistical differences beyond the confessional ones here, of course.

Episcopalians and Lutherans and Presbyterians rarely offer 6 back-to-back services on a Sunday morning, and don’t have the same need for childhood sacramental preparation as Catholics do.

Many Protestant churches schedule formation opportunities for all ages on Wednesday evenings.

That’s part of the reason the adult formation classes and workshops we do offer are so poorly attended—adult catechesis is just not a part of our regular expectation and structure. And adding it to an already overscheduled parish calendar doesn’t seem to be much of a solution.

So here’s my totally immodest proposal, audaciously presented on the virtual eve of the grand ComicCon of Catholic religious education, L.A.’s RECongress: Snap out of it.

Let’s just stop catechizing children.

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Some practical questions and answers about Heaven

Will we recognize loved ones in heaven? Will we relate to them in the same way as we do/did in this life? Given that heaven is eternal life, what will we do to pass the time; to keep from getting bored? What about finding out that a loved one went to hell and is suffering eternal damnation? Even in heaven, wouldn’t finding that out be extremely upsetting?

Father Trigilio’s response is as follows (slightly edited):

Satanism and the Holy Eucharist

“Because of the hate”

…I asked Nicolas one final question. I told him that I had also heard that those who were very deep in Satanism could actually tell whether a communion host had been consecrated or not. For example, they will not steal communion bread from Protestant communion meals, nor will they steal unblessed communion bread for desecration at these “Black Masses.” It would not work because some of the Satanists would immediately recognize that it was just ordinary bread. They would be able to tell that Jesus Christ was not sacramentally present there.

I asked Nicolas whether this also was true. He again replied that it is, and he told us that he could do this himself before his conversion from Satanism. A chill went down my spine.

If someone were to put ten identical communion hosts in front of him, nine unconsecrated and one consecrated, he would have been able to point directly and immediately to the host that had been consecrated.

I asked him in amazement, “But how were you able to know?!?” He looked at me and the words he spoke are forever burned in my memory: “Because of the hate,” he said. “Because of the burning hate I would feel toward that host, apart from all the others.”

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Submitted by Nancy W.

Father Z opines over today’s apparent lack of belief in God and the Church – and the reality of Hell

Christ, God, gave us the Catholic Church.  It is the Church He founded.  He gave us the sacraments as the ordinary means of salvation.  He gave His own authority to the Church to teach about faith and morals.  He gave us a visible point of reference for unity and security of knowledge for our membership in His Church: Peter and his successors and the apostles and their successors with Peter.

Knowingly reject the Church – and Peter – and the Church’s teaching and her discipline of Christ’s sacraments, and you place yourself on a path that might just land you in hell for eternity.

If nothing else from this rant gets through to readers, and this is especially my plea to priests and bishops, I beg you on my knees, I implore you: make it a habit to think about the Four Last Things at least once a day.  We are all going to die.

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Submitted by Jola S.