Two Signs Of Gay-Coddling Sacrilege To Come?

SIGN #1!

Today, when I went to the USCCB site to look up something else, this was on their main page

As you can see, they originally published that release more than a year ago.  So why, oh why, are they resurrecting it?  Are they trying to prepare us for these "blessings" to happen in our churches?

Consider that this appears just as Cardinal McElroy is making his presence known as the new Archbishop of Washington.  He is infamous as being unabashedly sympathetic to the gay lifestyle, going so far as to intimate that sodomy is not inherently sinful.  If some question that link as coming from a conservative source, consider that the Washington Blade waxes gleeful over McElroy's appointment here.

McElroy will be installed as prelate on March 11.  How long will it be after that before such "blessings", that is, actual cooperation with the mortal sin of sodomy, be expected of parish pastors?  What are we as Catholics in the pews going to do about it?  If we remain silent out of fear, we will be complicit in that sin.

SIGN #2!

On January 22, Cardinal Gregory attended and gave a talk at a "prayer service" held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown (We've heard about them before, haven't we?) for the LGBTQ "community".  A number of sources chortled about it, but Outreach carried the full text of Gregory's screed.  In a nutshell, he apologized to the gays on supposed behalf of the Church for the times when the Church was faithful to Christ's teachings on sexuality and marriage.  Gregory pulled a similar stunt at Georgetown University last August.  That's twice in one year that Gregory has groveled before those flaunting mortal sin.  A reasonable person could assume that Gregory is condoning and even applauding their perversions.

This Catholic denounces both the USCCB and Cardinal Gregory for capitulating to those in mortal sin, paving the way for even more depravity.  We certainly do pray for them, for we all must face Our Lord at the moments of our deaths.  We also suggest that faithful Catholics withhold all donations to the Archdiocese and let them know why.

Am I The Only One To Notice The Bishops' Silence Regarding The Release Of The Pro-Life Activists?

Below is the statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the release of the 23 pro-life activists who were unjustly imprisoned by the Biden administration.

CRICKETS

DEAD SILENCE

Please don't tell me that they simply had not the time to prepare a statement.  The release happened Thursday, and prior to that, rumors had been widely circulating that the release was imminent.  They had plenty of time to prepare a statement.  Moreover, had the released people been climate activists or shills for unbridled illegal alien invasion, the bishops would have been falling all over themselves to wax lyrical about both the release and the bravery of the activists with great alacrity.  They might, in light of this posting, attempt to mumble something in the most perfunctory manner, but it will ring hollow and superficial.

Their silence can mean only two things:

1. Absolute indifference to their plight, and the plight of the millions of children murdered by abortion.
2. Alignment with the mindset of those who commit these acts of murder.

Once I held the opinion that the bishops were simply too cowardly, too afraid of losing governmental funding for their pet projects, to take an actual Catholic stance towards abortion.  When I saw how ruthlessly they punished priests who upheld Church teaching regarding sexually-perverted lifestyles, I realized that they could indeed move decisively, albeit in the wrong direction.   That leaves me with the two choices noted above.  While I hope the first one is the case, I am seeing how very likely the second one is more the case.  The majority of the bishops have made clear their alignment with the gay agenda.  Why would they not be just as pro-abortion as their pals such as Biden and Pelosi?

President Trump Pardons Pro-Life Activists

The headline of my previous post also now applies to over twenty pro-life activists whom the Biden administration strong-armed into jail via kangaroo courts for peaceful civil disobedience.  Among that number are the activists known as the Garland Nine.  The Thomas More Society, who have been representing these activists throughout their ordeals, announced the pardons earlier today.  Below is video of Trump signing the order.  Trump noted that these activists were peaceful and quite a few are elderly.  More commentary below the video.

Elections have consequences.  It really does matter who wins, even if none of the candidates is as pure as the driven snow.  In addition to this pardon, Trump has ordered federal offices to recognize only two genders, stopped DEI nonsense in federally-funded establishments, removed the United States from WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement.  He has started to seal the southern border and renewed efforts are underway to remove illegal aliens.  These are at the top of my head, so I'm sure there are more.

There is still much to be done - not only by Trump, but by each and everyone of us.  It starts with the daily Rosary and continues through being alert and active.

Free At Last! Free At Last! Thank God Almighty We're Free At Last!

And yes, I say that with both national occasions in mind!

Why McElroy's Appointment Is Particularly Dangerous

In the Jan 16th episode of the Anchor Team, Michael Hichborn and Dr. Janet Smith elaborated on why the appointment of Cardinal McElroy is particularly egregious to the Church at large.

Both Hichborn and Smith make a compelling case why McElroy's appointment is even more harmful than was Gregory's appointment several years ago.  This is seen as a direct slap in the face of President-elect Trump, who has sworn to close the border and deport those who are here in defiance of our laws.  We can also expect the gay agenda to be unhindered in the Church, as well as the baby-killing agenda and any other dissidence against the moral teachings of the Church.

I must make clear one serious difference of opinion that I have with Dr. Smith.  She stated several times that those Catholics who find the truth of the Church's abysmal state hard to swallow, simply excuse themselves and focus on other matters.  I hold that such is not a morally valid option for anyone who calls themselves a Catholic.  Each and every one of us is part of the Church Militant.  No one is exempted from the moral duty to face and confront the evil that pervades the structures of the Church.  Indeed, it is this very same willful ignorance that has allowed such evil to ensconce itself in the Church unhindered.  All of us, no exceptions, must thicken our skins, harden our noses, and stiffen our spines in the face of this evil.  If some find their faith to be shaken by the sordid truth, may I suggest that such faith has very shaky basis and needs correction?  Sometimes the boat must be rocked to see if it will withstand a storm.

We need to get serious about learning our faith, opening our eyes to current events so that we can pray and act accordingly.

Another Progressive Prelate To Putrify The Archdiocese Of Washington

McElroy should learn from these boys

Cardinal Gregory has resigned as Archbishop of Washington and Cardinal McElroy will be his successor.  See the announcements in the Catholic Standard and the USCCB site.  There is plausible talk that Francis put McElroy here to be a thorn in President Trump's side, namely when it comes to stemming the de facto invasion known as illegal immigration.  McElroy has also shilled for climate change, going so far as to state that it is a bigger threat to life than abortion.  Of course he's equating the murder of 3300 babies a day with a left-wing hoax.

He has also covered up clerical sexual abuse in his diocese.  Jennifer Rohrbach Morse interviewed Rachel Mastrogiacomo, a survivor of satanic ritual abuse conducted by a priest in the context of Mass.  Leila Miller carries that interview on her site.  McElroy tried to cover it up, but fortunately the priest was laicized and did jail time.

Complicit Clergy repeated a story by NBC News that details how attorneys who are or were prosecuting sex-abuse cases against San Diego priests are denouncing this appointment.  Apparently, his crusade to deny abuse victims justice compelled him to declare bankruptcy for the San Diego archdiocese to keep the victims from being compensated.  Lisa Roers, one such victim, penned an open letter to Francis, begging him not to appoint McElroy.  However, Francis and McElroy are cut from the same cloth so Ms. Roer's plea went unheeded.  

McElroy supports the ordination of women to the diaconate.  He would not allow facilities of San Diego parishes to be used by Catholic homeschool groups.  He supports the inclusion of unrepentant gays (that is to say, engaging in repeated and flagrant mortal sin) as Catholics in good standing.  A former resident of the Archdiocese of San Francisco warns us of McElroy's hostility towards the Traditional Latin Mass. McElroy's appointment is yet another indicator of Francis' mindsets. 

Now the question for us residing in the Archdiocese is this - what are we prepared to do, if and when we see insults to Our Lord and His Church in our own parishes?  Please drop your thoughts in the comments box.

Tweedle-Dee In, Tweedle-Dum Out?

Rumors are afoot that Cardinal Gregory is resigning his post as Archbishop of Washington.  He is 77 years old, and is already 2 years past the customary retirement age.  Furthermore, these same rumors peg Cardinal McElroy has Gregory's successor.  Again, these are just rumors, but for the sake of this post, we'll assume they are true for the purpose of commentary.

Gregory and McElroy are both part of the hierarchy that is undermining the One True Church.  I've written on McElroy before.  As you see in that collection of posts, he actually ordered his priests to disobey Canon 915.  He's also acquainted with the practice of canceling good priests within his diocese.  In 2017, after Wuerl's resignation, his name was floated as a possible successor before Gregory was chosen.  Now his name comes up again.

The next few weeks will tell the tale.

Hate Crimes Directed At ADW Churches On Christmas Eve - Why No Mention Of This In The Catholic Standard?

At two Christmas Eve Masses in St Mary's County in Maryland, an obviously imbalanced man disrupted two masses.  The guy's name is Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz, aged 58 years.  At Holy Angels Church in Avenue MD, the 5pm Mass, he dropped an onion in the aisle.  When  a parishioner followed him after that, he pelted the parishioner with tangerines.

At the midnight Mass at St Francis Xavier in Leonardtown, he poured whiskey in a holy water font.  After a bit of a tussle, parishioners subdued him and held him until sheriff's deputies arrived.  Kudos to the parishioners who took proper action and who didn't just cower in their pews.

I just looked on the Catholic Standard web site.  They were quite efficient in reporting the death of former President Jimmie Carter, that just happened today - God have mercy on Carter's soul.  However, I found nary a peep of Goetz's rampage and attacks on those two churches within the Archdiocese of Washington.

Had these sorts of attacks been directed at a synagogue or mosque, I daresay that the Standard would have issued voluminous tomes to denounce these hate crimes, and rightly so.  Then why, oh why, do we hear crickets coming from them when our own Churches, and the Catholics within them, are similarly attacked?  These incidents are all over the secular media, rendering the Standard's silence at best, inexcusably silly, and at worst, highly suspect.  I think the latter is the case.

Pagan Idolatry In US Catholic Church - What Will YOU Do???

At St Denis Church in Diamond Bar CA, an immense sacrilege happened during the evening Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, obviously with the authorization of the parish priest.  After the homily and before the offertory, a troupe of pagan dancers performed a dance that can only be called sacrilegious idolatry.  The parish of St Denis seemed to think nothing amiss about this, having posted the video below to their Facebook page.  They seemed to have trouble with their sound system, and perhaps that is just as well.  The pagans actually started off that Mass at the 13:00 mark with an introductory ritual.

If you know anything of Our Lady of Guadalupe, you'll know that she aided greatly in the conversion of the Aztecs and other native American tribes, delivering them from the very same pagan practices that were celebrated at this Mass.  Somehow the phrase "the dog returns to its vomit" seems most appropriate here.  There is a more complete analysis of this debacle at Complicit Clergy.  Meanwhile, the Traditional Latin Mass is banished to the hinterlands while idolatry is celebrated during Mass.

I am equally appalled by the behavior of the congregation.  In the video, you see them applauding that dance of idolatry.  Some of them look like they are old enough to know better than that.  Can their own faith in Our Lord be so compromised that they actually approve of this idolatry during Holy Mass?  Or could it be that they are simply going along to get along, because they are cowards too afraid to stand up for Jesus in His Church?

Now the question is "what will we do when this happens in our parishes?"  Not "if", but "when".  I remind you that this isn't happening in some third-world backwater.  That happened a few days ago in the United States.  Will we laypeople have the conviction and courage needed to drive the filth out of our churches (as Jesus cleansed the temple), should someone dare place it there?  Or will we just sit on our hands, stew about it and then complain on social media afterwards?  As Bishop Strickland said a few weeks ago, what will it take for us to act?

The Arms Of A Catholic

In the Dec 12th edition of the Anchor Team, Michael Hichborn was joined by Richard Barrett.  They discussed Barrett's book, "The Armed Catholic", and the theology supporting a person's right to defend themselves, even to the point of using lethal force if need be.  They also touched on the related topics of capital punishment and the Just War Theory, but spent most of the time discussing the right of the individual to defend him or her self from an unjust aggressor.  Indeed, the right to self-defense comes from God as part of the right to life itself.

Such a right includes the right to obtain means of self-defense that are adequate to address the threats that one might face.  Today that includes firearms.  Both Hichborn and Barrett agreed that a right to self-defense might actually be an obligation, particularly if the person being attacked has other persons who are dependent on him or her.  Perhaps the aggressor is threatening those in his charge.  That person would be morally obliged to defend the person under his charge.  Think of a parent defending his children.  In a family, that obligation would fall primarily on the father's shoulders, but the mother might have to take up that mantle if her husband is away or otherwise unable to take action.

So now that raises some interesting questions.  Are Catholic men willing to address that aspect of their responsibilities, particularly if they have families under their care?  Do they accept that there are evil people out there who may harm their families if given the opportunity?  Have they swallowed the "guns are scary!" kool-aide?  Our society has focused a lot on a man's ability to provide for his family, not so much on his ability to protect his family.  When I was a young child, that wasn't so much an issue, for most of the fathers were World War II veterans.  They knew how to fight and how to handle firearms.  The makeup of adults in general has degraded quite a bit since then.  Now we, men and women, are timid and lazy.  But I digress.

They discussed the US bishops' misguided attempts to inflict "gun control" on peaceful citizens. Hichborn and Barrett seemed to imply that the bishops are simply misguided by hippie mindsets or are trying to lick the boots of progressive sugar-daddies.  I for one think the US bishops' motives are a bit more inimical than that.  Think of my post that immediately precedes this one.  The bishops are at least sympathetic to socialism.  Could it be that they intend men to be emasculated, so that socialism finds a weakened resistance?  Do they want the adults to be timid and lazy, as mentioned in the previous paragraph?  Yes, that question is rhetorical.  Please watch the video.

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