+ Our readings today challenge us to wake up to the facts that lie
before us, to reflect on them, pray about them and then act in fulfilling the
will of God regarding them, and not our own wills. In the
gospel passage Jesus tells us that the culture in which the Church resides must
be taken into account in the Proclamation of the Good News, and its
understanding of how the same people who live in the world, are the ones who
sit in the pews!
Regarding this Jesus tells the
disciples that “new wine must be poured into fresh skins, or else the new wine
will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.”
If the Catholic Church in
America and all over the world is to survive it needs a makeover of the elements in it that can be made over –
not the Doctrine and Dogma – but the systemic organization of its offices and bureaucracies
and its procedures and policies. And in the light of the current raging
maelstrom that is going on regarding the infiltration of a homosexual agenda
into the fabric of the Church with the sole purpose to destroy her from within
– unless the new truths of a more enlightened understanding of human psychology
and biology are integrated into the recruiting and vocational operations of the
Church – including a revamping of the entire seminary system – the Church will
become all but destroyed – with only a small remnant left to carry on.
St. Paul tells the Corinthians
in the first reading that the hierarchy are meant to be servants of Christ and stewards of his mysteries – and that they are
to be trustworthy. The good and holy and faithful majority of priests and
bishops in the country and the world fit into this category. They are
trustworthy servants of their Lord and Savior, their Rock and their Fortress. We
thank them and pray for their welfare in these dark days of suspicion, and the beginnings
of paranoia. For many, at all levels are not trustworthy, not really interested
in preserving the Church’s dignity, and ought to resign their position and take
their place with the “bad shepherds” spoken of in the Scriptures.
And so, may the Holy Angels of
God, ranks upon ranks, led by Michael, Archangel and Defender of Truth fill us
all today with the weapons of faith, and hope and love – prayer, worship and
action – so that we can be warriors for Christ – in a scenario that we cannot
avoid – but which will be resolved soon – with the help of God and the Mother
of Jesus!
I am the light of the world,
says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life.
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