Correction: We can only call God our Father through our Lord Jesus. By today standards, even King David would've been called cruel... Look how churches are constantly bombarded with gay promotion and the PR on how merciful one might be due to the "welcoming" of sodomy... BUT it doesn’t stops there, how the mass keeps accepting abuses with compromises, how silence falls with the constant anhilation of the faith in "democratic" societies is constant, look how Canada has allowed more churches to burn than most african countries, the Philippines, a bastion of the novus ordo, a "catholic" priest dream has allowed blessing of gay couples... People should open their eyes about the times we are living in.
In the linked article, the author voices the demand of the Synodal women, "We want to be treated as equals not only theoretically, in dignity, but also in church ministry." As I tell my three year old granddaughter when she wants something impossible, I am glad you know what you want. Your next question should be "What is good?" Later in the article, the author notes, "Who but women are blessed with the natural gifts of birthing, feeding, nurturing and teaching?". Yes, indeed, women are particularly blessed with gifts no man has. That aids their station in life. For reasons we don't fully understand, God made men different and gave men and women roles consistent with each's abilities. The essence of Catholicism is "servium", surrendering to the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. That includes the traditions we don't understand and even what you don't want. The potential of women's consecrated life as a sacrament equal to holy ordersMore
At what point do the faithful say, “ENOUGH”! Of course having an impact on world affairs or politics would be expensive. In the case of the Church, it is cheap. A short (one page or less) anonymous letter indicating one or two, a most, acts which are beyond the pale and that you are withholding donations until this nonsense stops. Then, don’t give. The secret is that the fixed costs for any church are high. Even a modest reduction in donations will be sorely felt, and quickly. Get with it people, ENOUGH!
Cardinal Fernandez, along with many of the prelates of the church, need to hear and heed the words of Saint Alfonso de Ligouri. Their eternity is at stake.
When Paul wrote, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema,” he was admitting that he battled against principalities and powers and it was only the grace of God which preserved him, and it was not impossible that God’s permissive will may allow him to fall. A valid Pope is not some magical creature, above humanity and, apparently, above sanctity. This pope stands against the Gospel of of Paul. We must treat him with kindness, for he is in desperate need of our prayers, but show no respect for any of his pronouncements which contradict Paul. Paul made no provision for an “invalid Paul.” It didn’t matter to Paul and it should not matter to us. We cling to the Apostolic Tradition because our lives depend on it. We defend it against all who would distort it, no matter the “validity” of their role.
The foundation of the Synodal Church is that our problems today are not only different than the problems in the past, but incomparable with the problems of the past. Yet every evidence we have is that the tools are different but the problems the same. People are fallen. Some sell sub-standard goods. Some write overly long complaint letters. We still have “Lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God. The problems haven’t changed and neither has the solution, for He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
The stained glass had historically lifted our souls to heaven and our minds to the saints. The Synodal Church lowers our minds to the worst of Earth and our souls to conflict. How much more obvious can they make it?
Well, this is good news. Many must be leaving for the mass of the ages. As Jesus said, “The wheat will be gathered into barns”. Perhaps there was no Aramaic word for school auditoriums and church basements. But we are indeed being gathered, away from the flames which are consuming the Synodal church.