The United States Catholic Church is taking on the most powerful man in the world -- President Barack Hussein Obama. Nobody can say this was a fight the Church asked for, because if anything, the U.S. Catholic bishops did too much to help get Obamacare passed in the first place. Obama had in the bishops a powerful ally, which he stabbed in the back with his HHS mandate, and now he has made of them a powerful enemy. The U.S. Catholic Church is not powerful because of its numbers or influence. It is powerful because of Who we call upon to fight for us. It is none other than the Creator of the Universe Himself. Many world leaders have made their careers shipwrecked on this Rock of St. Peter, and there is no reason to believe that this one will be any different. If God should will to have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and return to our aid, there is nothing Obama or his minions can do. His reign of terror will soon come to an end.
Now we can debate whether or not the bishops' deserve this. (I personally think they do.) They did after all make a deal with the devil over Obamacare. They forgot their first calling, which is to sanctify men and bring their souls to salvation. They instead embraced the banner of "social justice" which wouldn't be a problem in itself, except that they also rejected its core teaching -- which is SUBSIDIARITY -- without which there can be no social justice. It is a lesson they are painfully learning first hand, as they themselves become the first victims of the Obamacare juggernaut. (I believe this is fitting and poetic.) That however, doesn't mean that we the faithful should ever turn our backs on them and let them fall. On the contrary, they got themselves into this mess, but we have a God who can get them out. We can only hope and pray they will have learned their lesson in the process. What is that lesson? It is simply this. Whenever the topic of Social Justice is raised -- SUBSIDIARITY ALWAYS COMES FIRST !!!! Had the bishops followed this model, they wouldn't be in this mess today.
So let's get involved people, and let us learn, pray and demonstrate. Let us stand by our flawed bishops and fight with them. Through it all however, let us first and foremost, call upon God to deliver us from this evil, and let our leaders never again be led into similar temptation. RISE UP O' LORD !!!
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I live in a purple state where my vote will count and I will hold my nose and support Romney for this issue alone. God over Caesar I say.
If Mitt should betray us in 2016 I will support someone else.
I am certain it would be a mortal sin for any Catholic to vote for Obama at this point. Seriously! Anyone who supports an enemy of the Church is collaborating with the persecution of the Church, and that is the mortal sin of sacrilege. Period!
So I believe Catholic's are morally and religiously obligated to NOT vote for Obama, and if that means voting for Romney or some other buffoon then so be it.
Not to worry, a President Romney will betray us too, just not directly. He will betray us overseas by supporting those who slaughter Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere. Just as Obama supports these thugs now. In that respect, it almost doesn't matter who you vote for. The powers that be have slated extinction for Christianity in the Middle East, and they own both Romney and Obama. Yes, hold your nose and vote for Romney, as he is the lesser of two evils, but be prepared to protest his policies too.
Thanks for bringing this up; i meant to mention it last time there was an article with commentary on bishops.
While I'm sympathetic, they made their own bed and now have to lie in it. As a person with libertarian leanings, I don't believe government should be telling any organization what type of insurance to provide or who they can admit as members.
One of my objections to the Catholic church is that they come across as consistently endorsing socialistic enterprises of the government in the name of charity.
I for one resent forced charity since we now have too many takers.
Sth_ thx,
The problem with the US Catholic bishops is they seem to only selectively teach authentic Catholic social justice. They consistently leave out SUBSIDIARITY and that is their flaw. There can be no Catholic Social Justice without Subsidiarity.
Another problem the US bishops have is they don't seem to understand economics. If they would just listen to the economists (both past and present) who espouse Distributism, they would find economic models they could support withing having to compromise Subsidiarity all the time.
I maintain that the Holy Father, not President Barack Hussein Obama, is the "the most powerful man in the world." Cf. Card. Manning's two excellent sermons regarding the temporal powers of the Pope: "The temporal power of the pope in its political aspect (1866)" and "Christ and Antichrist : a sermon at the mass of Requiem for those who fell in defence of Rome (1867)."
Sir Knight, kudos to you on this article. For once I have nothing to add. Pete Frey
Dear CK, I don't like to speak in a negative way publicly about bishops: it is sort of like if my dad was a drunk (he wasn't -he never drinks) and I went around complaining to people I didn't know well about his vice. That would be in poor taste since I love my family. That would give people who don't love my family ammunition to tear us apart even more than the devil already has.
But if my father doesn't think clearly on important issues, with him as with all people, i have a duty to instruct the ignorant.
Our bishops have, as a whole, acted in a naive and ignorant way regarding our government Empire and its policies. They have done this, often, out of a silly misunderstanding as to how the poor are REALLY helped, and, there, they have not followed the Church's social teachings. They have made the poor poorer both materially and spiritually through their mistakes. And, alas, now the Empire spreads monetary policies and welfare policies and war policies and freedom (i.e. license) policies etc. worldwide.
This is beginning to turn now that a satanist has taken office in the White House (there have been others but Obama doesn't cloak it as much). By God's mysterious grace life sometimes works that way.
So now we pray and work and hope as the bishops reel, along with their flock, for the powerful and loving hand of our God to work justice for His children.
The reign of terror will end, and as it was that devil Fouche that began the end of the Terror in France over 200 years ago, today it is Obama who God has chosen as the beginning of the end of morbid evils.
Let us praise our Lord for the bishops are coming to their senses!
I will say this in defence of the bishops; remember when they were in seminary and the times it was in. Post V-II for the most part, so they went through seminary during some of the worst times in the uS Church's history. They were poorly instructed and (I think this was intentional) and were made to understand Social Justice in a very Marxist way. This current crop is better than what we had ten years ago, and through our prayers and fasting and support, we will have better bishops that will be more faithful and orthodox in our land.
Deo Vindice!
By the way, though I'm not a devout Christian or Catholic by any stretch, I do enjoy your blog and it was refreshing to find another person who can see the evil we are up against.
I have stopped voting for the most part unless there is an amendment or bond issue perhaps. Otherwise, property rights and civil liberties continue to erode at the local, state, and federal level.
I like Ron Paul, but alas, Americans are too stupid for freedom.
What do you think of Austrian economics? I believe the focus on property rights is an important part of creating a system where there is more for everybody.
Austrian model is good. Distributism is better, in my opinion. A mixture would be fantastic.
Here's a great write up on 'religious liberty' that has been condemned by 9 popes http://www.sspx.org/news/our_first_cherished.htm
Here's Fr Isaac Reylea on it too http://youtu.be/L6eAuK6O4cY (he starts our on Our Lady & 2nd half hits on 'religious liberty'
Enjoy!
sth_thx,
You'll notice that I've been a big supporter of Ron Paul too, namely because he is the least of all the evils the Republican Party had to offer this year.
As for economics, the Austrian model starts off on the right track, but then deviates into a serious flaw. It assumes that economics is a force of nature, like a science, that has no morality, but rather self-corrects based on market forces. The problem here is that economics is a man-made invention, and men are moral creatures with a fallen nature. Thus in reality, economics is actually morality by another name, and as a result of that it must be governed by certain moral rules, lest man's fallen nature take over. In the case of the Austrian model, the fallen nature of man is given free reign to do as it pleases. Thus it isn't long before only the strong survive, and small businesses are crushed by larger businesses. As property is slowly concentrated into the hands of the few, monopolies are created, and this turns once independent merchants and tradesmen into employees of larger businesses.
You see Socialism and Fascism are not self starting evils. They are rather knee-jerk reactions to runaway Capitalism.
That's why Pope Leo XII gave us the solution in his encyclical Rerum Novarum. From this, an old economic theory called Distributism (not to be confused with "redistributism") was reborn. Distributism is a form of modified Capitalism or what some have called Micro-Capitalism. It is Capitalism governed by a moral code, which says that people are entitled to buy, sell and own property, up to a certain point. Yet people should be prohibited from forming monopolies, which effectively destroys the right of others to buy, sell and own property. I recommend you do some study on this. You can Google "Distributism" for more information, and this video will serve as a good primer --- click here
Confederate Papist, you are dead on regarding our bishop's educations. I studied and lived at one of their schools/seminaries (the Canisianum at the University of Innsbruk in Austria. For example, Archbishop Hunthausen was educated at the same place. I became agnostic that year overseas due to the horrible spiritual doctrines it was spreading.
I was acquainted with Fr. Coreth -i think that is the spelling, and would have a beer with him here and there. He wrote "The Metaphysics" which was the philosophical backdrop for Rahner's theology. Karl Rahner, not his brother. It was a screwed up metaphysics where Fr. thought he had bridged the philosophy of Aristotle and Kant and by implication, Aquinas and Idealist philosophy. He was a good and gentle priest and when I one day told him he never bridged the gap between the philosophies he said "yes, my Metaphysics is bankrupt." I was shocked because so many scholars are proud and he was still considered a world renowned philosopher the day he said that. He was truly humble and sad as he said it.
So what can we say of Rahner and those bishops? It will take many years before the intellectual revolution JPII started and B16 continues reaches its full fruition. And that is why i try to be gentle with our misguided parish priests. I love them as i love the Father in heaven.
As for economics, we have a little disagreement: I'd like a combo of Distributivism and Social Credit (as espoused by the Michael Journal people out of Canada) better than your combo.
Hey sth_txs, i missed your post when i got excited about repsonding to CP's comment. I think i won't vote for President for first time ever. It strikes me as all part of a corrupt money system that any wanna-be president has to cow-tow to. I almost thought i'd vote Romney till I heard him say dismissive things of poor/disadvantaged people.
Austrian economics is interesting; I read Lew Rockwell here and there. But I think the bottom feeders who always go after too much money would make mince meat of it within decades were it to become State policy. We'd all be sefrs under that too, I think.
"they got themselves into this mess"?
Oh and I suppose the rest of us (laity) are all squeaky clean? It seems to me that for the past 100 years this country of the people and by the people have been living a dormant life all this time. I'd even say we're the ones who have not been exercising our civic duties as we should. The state of our country kind of reminds me of the Israelites way of life in the 17th chapter of 2nd Kings, under the rule of Hosea. We, like the Israelites "would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God". We've allowed enemies to infiltrate our government and schools and bring ruin upon us. We're fragmented from internal descension. Who are we to blame for all this? Yes, maybe our Bishops and Priests have been remiss in some areas and naive in some instances. But let us be honest with ourselves. We've all been living a "neutral" life, saying nothing, looking the other way. I don't think God called "neutral" Catholics or Christians. By virtue of our baptisms we're called to "rock the boat". Well, I don't see much waves out there coming from the laity. I believe this is no time to be playing the "blame game", pointing fingers and talking trash about our religious leaders or the Church. Maybe we should take some example from some of the Saints like Francis of Assisi (he may have disagreed with some but he never, ever disrespected a Priest) or Thomas Moore. I'd say Moore is the man for this "season". Maybe he's the man for the moment we should ALL aspire to.
He calls us to live a unity of life. He calls us to moral coherence and integrity in our exercise of our civic duty. This is a crucial time in the history of our country. Let us not be blaming and accusing. If we ever needed to stick together as a faith family is now. Elections have consequences and we are the ones who determine those consequences.
Heard the argument once that, given the present state of US politics, to not vote either Republican or Democrat is not to not vote. Rather it is a vote against the system and its corruption. One can not be elected today unless he is corrupt or corruptible, so goes the argument.
Does anyone agree with this line of thinking?
Anon Commenter #16 and Paul,
firstly, I agree with you wholeheartedly. A nation gets the government it deserves, as one wise old Christian man told me some years ago.
Secondly, Paul, Your comment is as applicable in Australia as it is in the US.
Blessings,
Sarah,
Australia.
PS: look at the Catechism of the Catholic Church in line with Distributism and you will get the best ecconomic system suited to human wellbeing and thriving; the CCC has a great deal to say about ecconomics and the mercantile world - read CCC2424 and the paragraphs that surround it.
Rather than a system that looks to the Austrian school, for instance, we need to look to Holy Mother Church for a better way that is humane and decent; and the only one is based directly upon the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ as seen in holy Scripture and reitterated in the CCC, Encyclicals, plus methods and systems developed directly from them e.g. subsidiarity. NO OTHER SYSTEM will minimise rank greed, monopoly and exploitation. .
http://www.theamericancause.org/
Pete Freytex
Roger Charles S.J. has written some good books on social teachings that refer back to papal and Church documents. He's also a good historian of the subject with a lot of stuff @ Amazon. His "Social Teachings of Vatican II" i really liked.
"Does anyone agree with this line of thinking?"
I'm with not voting since that only encourages them and I for one refuse to endorse the system as it is any longer.
There have been quiet a few elections over the years where the eligible non voters 'won' the election. I concluded years that the loss of civil liberties and property rights will only become worse regardless of voting.
Too many Americans are too stupid for freedom anyway.
CK, on your first comment it is certainly true that if a catholic votes for Obama knowingly complicit with his desire to kill children through abortion, it is a mortal sin. But objectively a catholic may do this act without full knowledge of the import of their incorrect act, in which case God does not impute the consequences of mortal sin i.e. separation from Him.
We can only hope and teach so that more and more Catholics come to clearly understand the connections between abortion and genocide
sth_txs,
It does appear that voting is pretty much pointless for those who actually believe in personal freedoms. Bush effectively put an end to those through the Patriot Act and he was supposedly some herald of freedom.
So that is freedom ala the two party system of the US: i.e. it is not freedom at all but the illusion of freedom under the guise of governmetal protection of their citizens. I say "their" because these supposed heralds of freedom believe they own or control those whose freedoms they claim to uphold. It is just smoke and mirrors for those few who have gained power through the voting system.
So, in today's milieu, i do believe not voting IS voting for an alternative.
And we have to hope the ME is not fooled into believing it is freedom that is being offered to them through the Arab Spring. It is moral license which allows the jackals to eventually control those who were fooled into believing it was freedom being offered.
The only thing i don't agree with you on is that so many Americans are too stupid. I do believe they are brainwashed, but that is different. Many very intelligent people can be manipulated because they have emotional needs or some other personal difficulties.
I believe the common people tend to be caught up in their survival in a world run by jackals since the introduction of secular states in the Western Hemisphere. They are not dumb: they would rather bar-b-que in the backyard with their loved ones and friends than envelope themselves in the mechanations of evil states and their policies.
It is these people we begin to free through blogs like this.
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