Arlington Nuns "Dismissed from Religious Life"
Seven Carmelite nuns from the convent in Arlington, Texas - who recently joined the Priestly Society of Pius X - have been dismissed from religious life on paper.
Mother Marie of the Incarnation, prioress of the Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity and president of the Association of Christ the King, made the announcement in a letter to the Diocese of Fort Worth on Monday. The Vatican put Mother Marie in charge of the Arlington convent on paper, but she never set a foot inside.
The bitter feud between the nuns and the Fort Worth Diocese, led by Bishop Michael Olson, has lasted more than a year and even involved civil courts.
Mother Marie of the Incarnation has now written: "Our only wish is for the dismissed members of the Carmel to repent, so that the monastic property can once again be rightly called a monastery, inhabited by Discalced Carmelite nuns, in good canonical standing with the Church of Rome."
The Arlington nuns own a vast and extremely valuable property. Only a few weeks ago, …More
If the phone sex involved a trannie the sister would have been invited to the synod.
As a RN who has worked with a lot of people after anesthesia, I can tell you that the superior's comments to the bishop, when he met her as she arrived at the convent after day surgery, could not be presented in a court of law. If her supposed phone conversation happened at a similar framework, the same would be true. I have seen anesthesia turn the kindest people into monsters, and also seen the opposite. That is why they must have signed consent that they will not drive or sign any legal paperwork for 24 hours. And I have witnesed the effect lasting as many as 3 days. I believe this information should have been used by the legal team, because it could have exonerated the superior of legal guilt, if any.
Dismissed by the CounterChurch. I’m glad they joined the SSPX. At least they shan’t worry about being canceled by the prot V2 types.
Phone sex…disobedience…owning valuable property…..I’m afraid none of that conforms to any kind of Teresian Carmeliteness. Good riddance
I would not be so quick as to say "good riddance" or "keep warm and well fed" or "raca/fool"...
What do these saints have in common?
Saint Paul of Tarsus "killer of Christians"
Saint Mary Magdalene "ex-harlot"
Saint Camillus de Lellis.
Saint Matthew.
Saint Dismas, the Good Thief who stole heaven from Our Blessed Lord on the Cross
Saint Augustine "...there (in the gutter) but for the grace of God, go I."
Saint Pelagia
Saint Mary of Egypt
They all led dissolute lives and converted so as to be with God in Heaven when they died...
When you point the finger at someone else, three are pointing back at you. Also, the Church, whether clerical, consecrated life, or lay, is no better than you and I.
The least, sinful traditional Carmelite, or traditional Catholic for that matter, is worth more in the eyes of God than the most virtuous modernist heretical Catholic bishop, or knowingly modernist Catholic, or Protestant.
With a Pope St. Pius V being my first preference, as a last preference, I'd rather have a Pope Alexander VI, who kept his shameful sinful life secret, free from public scandal, but who was an orthodox Catholic in all his papal decisions, than a Pope Francis, a pertinacious heretic, who simulates the "appearance of piety, but denies the virtue, thereof" (II Timothy III, 5), and is hell-bent upon destroying the Catholic Church.
Only God sees the hearts of men...so let's let Him be the Judge.
Being dismissed from post-conciliar religious life by a modernist bishop is a true blessing in disguise. The Carmelites are now free to pursue their consecrated lives and religious vows as true "brides of Christ."
In much the same way, Abp Vigano, defender of the Faith, was dismissed from the modernist Church by a heretical pope. This is his credential as a true Catholic bishop in light of eternity.
Both the Carmelites and the Archbishop are in the minority...
The Catholic Faith, however, is not democratically determined by a majority vote. There is no guarantee that the Faith will be adhered to by the majority of Catholics. Vast swathes of lands with formerly vibrant Churches like North Africa, Japan, Turkey, Iran, Iceland, and Scandinavia are virtually extinguished of the Catholic Faith.
However, St. Athanasius, defender of Catholic orthodoxy, was not bothered about being in the minority. He took glory in that very fact...He famously said: "The Arian heretics have the churches, but we, the Catholics, have the Faith."
Abp Lefebvre, modern day Athanasius' motto as bishop on his coat of arms was: “Tradidi quod et accepi – I delivered unto you that which I myself have received” – I Cor. XV, 3). How true the Archbishop was when he said that he had passed on to us, his spiritual sons and daughters, only what he himself had been taught, had received, not "one iota" more, not "one iota" less.
St. Luke in his Holy Gospel, chapter XVIII, verse 8, quotes Our Lord, alluding to this "holy remnant" in the end times: "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith left on the earth?"
St. Paul in his Letter to the Romans XI, 5 "So it is in our time; a remnant has remained true; grace has chosen it."
St. John the Apostle in his Apocalypse XII, 17: "So, in his spite against the woman, the dragon went elsewhere to make war on the remnant of her seed, the men o keep God’s commandments, and hold fast to the truth concerning Jesus."
St. Jerome, Father of the Church, alludes to a "holy remnant" of the new Israel (the Church) in his commentaries.
Patristics, and Holy Scripture should give us pause for reflection and prayer in reverential fear of the Lord. For indeed, are we among that "holy remnant," faithful to the unchanging Faith of our fathers, or are we are not? The choice is ours...Everything else in this life fades in importance in comparison to the answer to that question alone.
When will you get it you moron no one has the time or inclination look at your verbal diarrhoea
Christ told Martha that Mary had chosen the better part. Since V2 Rome has basically been against cloistered religious life, preferring the active life. I pray that this Carmel may flourish and attract many holy women. to its order.