Friday, November 2, 2012

BISHOP'S APOLOGETIC PAMPHLET SAYS CHURCH IS NECESSARY AND CHURCH IS ALSO NOT NECESSARY.HE KNOWS WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. THE CASES ARE VISIBLE TO HIM.

The edited pamphlet titled THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND NON CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS available on an apologetic rack in the Basilica of St.Ambrose and St.Charles in Rome prominently implies-   Jesus is the only Saviour and those who belong to non Christian religions are savd by Jesus and so they do not have to convert. Elsewhere it indicates  they need to convert.

The pamphlet now signed by the Bishop of Frascati cannot outright say every one needs to convert into the Church (AG 7,LG 14) in the Year of the Faith since he assumes there are known exceptions.

He does not state that all non Catholics in the present times are oriented to Hell,unless they convert. He cannot. Since, LG 16 ( saved with grace and a good conscience), for him, does not refer to an implicit case, known to God only and accepted by us in principle but an explicit case, known to us also and defacto, visible to us .Since it is explicit for Bishop Raffaello Martinelli,he will not write all non Catholics need to convert to avoid Hell.

He asks prominently in red :why is Jesus Christ the only Saviour ?. He cannot ask why outside the church there is no salvation since he assumes there is known salvation outside the visible Church.Some people known to him do not need faith and baptism for salvation(AG 7).So he restricts himself to Jesus being the only Saviour and every one not needing to convert into the Church in the present times.

He asks in a prominent title on the back page of the pamphlet :how are those who belong to non Christian religions saved? He answers with a quote from Lumen Gentium 16. There is no explanation.

 Being saved with grace and a good conscience is not the ordinary means of salvation as the bishop implies. The ordinary means is faith and baptism (AG 7).

Another prominent title on the back page and in red is: Those who are saved, are they always saved by Christ and his Church? Yes and this does not contradict Ad Gentes 7 which says all need faith and baptism for salvation. It does not contradict the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

He never cites LG 14,AG 7 or the dogma on exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.This is his understanding of the Catholic Church with respect to other religions.-Lionel Andrades


ALL SOULS DAY IN ROME





Vatican Council II is traditional so the SSPX does not have to go into schism

The Society of St.Pius X (SSPX)has more time to think. They can still announce that the Council without the visible dead theory is traditional.It is in agreement with their values on other religions.They may see Vatican Council II as not an issue any more.

There are Catholics reporting, here and there, that Vatican Council II is not a break from tradition. If Catholics, a few of them, think the Council is not an explicit exception to the Syllabus of Errors and extra ecclesiam nulla salus then there could be something here for the SSPX to think about.

Consider this: the Council's 'implicit intention' and 'invincible ignorance' refer to possibilities known only to God and not cases known in 2012 . The Council does not say they are known to us (so who does?!!). The Council does not say that these cases are exceptions to the dogma on salvation ( the secular media says so!) . The Council does not say that these cases are exceptions to the Syllabus of Errors.One has to personally assume these errors.

The SSPX Chapter Statement (July 19, 2012) told us that no one could go to Heaven in 2012 if he is not a member of the Catholic Church. There are no known exceptions.This is a treasure-statement. It's a big move towards full unity in the Church with the correct doctrines.

If there are no known exceptions in Vatican Council II then the Council is not a break with Tradition. The Chapter Statement indicates that the dead saved in invincible ignorance and a good conscience (LG 16) are not visible in the Year of the Faith. They are not exceptions to anything.

So it is time to challenge the Vatican publicly to cite examples from the council which show it is a break with Tradition.Otherwise the next SSPX Communique should say that the Council is in agreement with their values on other religions.

Archbishop Augustine Di Noia's 'elements of sanctification' (LG 8) and grace (National Catholic Register interview 07/01/2012  ) which he suggests are exceptions to Tradition are known only to God. He cannot name any case today who is an exception to the dogma.

Archbishop Gerhard Muller's invincible ignorance cases (LG 16) are known only to God.(National Catholic Register interview 10/02/2012 ).So invincible ignorance does not contradict the dogma which Pope Pius XII called an 'infallible statement'.

The dead saved in invincible ignorance or elements of sanctification are not visible to us on earth.

This is the visible dead error or theory.The Council does not mention it but people take it for granted.

So the next SSPX Communique could affirm Vatican Council II without the visible dead error. Affirm it in accord with the 'uninterrupted magisterium of the Church'.Let the Communique endorse a Vatican Council II in accord with the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the Syllabus of Error.

Since there is no known salvation outside the visible Church; no visible cases of the dead saved,the International Theological Commission's 'theology of religions' and 'ecclesiology of communion' has no rational base .The SSPX could continue to reject it.They could continue to reject a Vatican Council II based on an irrational premise of being able to see the dead.

Over time Bishop Richard Williamson and the SSPX-SO will know that the Council was always traditional without the visible dead mistake. The visible deceased mistake is also being made by Bishop Williamson and the SSPX-SO.

It's a win-win situation. The Council is being affirmed by the SSPX without an irrationality, and so are the SSPX traditional values on other religions .

Vatican Council II is traditional so the SSPX does not have to go into schism and excommunication. Give the dissenters and liberals time in future to think. There will be a new problem, when it is known that AG 7 affirms the dogma and Traditiom and LG 16 does not contradict them.
Lionel Andrades

WORDS FROM A NUN IN PURGATORY TO ONE IN A CLOISTER

RECALLING THE REPUTED WORDS FROM A NUN IN PURGATORY TO ONE IN A CLOISTER

A suffering soul in purgatory to Sister M. at a cloister in 19th century France (from Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory):




"If you could only know what I suffer! Pray for me, please. I suffer intensely everywhere. My God, how merciful You are! No one can imagine what Purgatory is like. Be kind and take pity on the poor souls.
May 1874. I have been in the second Purgatory since the Feast of the Annunciation. On that day I saw the Blessed Virgin for the first time. In the first stage, we never saw her. The sight of her encourages us and this beloved Mother speaks to us of Heaven. While we see her, our sufferings are greatly diminished.

"You do well to pray to St. Michael and to urge others to do so. One is indeed happy at the hour of death when he has had confidence in some of the saints. They will be his protectors before God in that terrible moment.

"Make it a practice to live in the presence of God with a pure intention. God seeks devoted souls who will love Him for His own sake. These are very few. He wants you to be one of His true friends. Many think they love God, but they love Him for their own sakes.

"February 1875. Watch carefully over your interior life. Keep all your small troubles for Jesus alone. He is well able to make up to you for whatever He takes from you. Your life must be one of unceasing interior acts of love and of mortification, but God alone must know of it. Do nothing extraordinary. Lead a very hidden life, yet one closely united to Jesus.

"Love God very much. How happy are the souls that do this. They possess a treasure! The great penance of your life will be, not the absence of your Jesus but great sorrow for all the pain you have given Him, by your failure to love Him as you desire, in return for the overwhelming number of graces which He has showered upon you and which He will continue to shower upon you.




"Love everyone, but do not put your trust entirely in anyone, because Jesus wants to be your great confidant. Everything for Him and for Him alone. Perform all your actions in the presence of God as I have so often told you. Consult Him before all you do or say. Let your life be one of faith and love... Do nothing to distinguish yourself. Without offending anyone, avoid the company of those who are too unreserved and those who are uncharitable. As for yourself, be busy about your own affairs. Keep your opinions to yourself and never express them unless obliged to do so. Be preoccupied with only that one subject, the mainspring of your life, Jesus.

"December 8, 1875. Love God intensely. Do not fear your own suffering. Trust in Him, never in yourself. Die to yourself from morning to night... Do not breathe or live except for Jesus Christ. God must be your only confidant. Complain to no one except for Him. Be quite hidden from the eyes of everyone else.

"Feast of the Annunciation. When God wishes a soul to be entirely His, He begins by crushing it, very much as apples are crushed in the press—to extract its passions, its self-seeking, in a word, all its defects. When a soul is sufficiently broken, He reshapes it according to His will. If it is faithful, it is soon transformed. Only then does Jesus load it with His choicest graces and inundate it with His love.

"Jesus wants you to deal with Him, as with an intimate friend, without any fear whatsoever. It is true that His Majesty is frightening and that you are not worthy to have such intimate converse with your Jesus, but is He not the Master that enriches whomsoever He wills? Ask Jesus to make you rich in every virtue, as He wishes you to be, but in the meantime, shape your life in accordance with His inspirations. Enlarge your heart because what Jesus desires above all things is to see in it His love. What wonderful graces you will receive if you are faithful, graces you have never even thought of.


"May 12th. Mortify yourself corporally, but more especially spiritually. Forget yourself. Deny yourself in everything. Never look at what others are doing. God does not demand the same perfection from everyone. All are not enlightened in the same way, but you, whom Jesus Himself enlightens, look only to Him, let Him be your aim and object in everything.

"Never grow weary in your work. Begin each day as if you had so far done nothing. This continual renouncement of one’s will and comfort and one’s own opinions is a long martyrdom, but it is most pleasing to God. God wants you to be something special, not as regards your exterior, but in your inner soul. He asks of you a union with Himself, so great that you never lose sight of Him, even amidst your absorbing occupations.

"While on earth one truly cannot picture or imagine what God really is, but we (in Purgatory) know and understand Him for what He is, because our souls are freed from all the ties that fettered them and prevented them from realizing the holiness and majesty of God, and His great mercy. We are martyrs, consumed as it were by love. An irresistible force draws us towards God who is our center, but at the same time another force thrusts us back to our place of expiation. We are in the state of being unable to satisfy our longings. Oh, what a suffering that is, but we desire it and there is no murmuring against God here. We desire only what God wants. You on earth, however, cannot possibly understand what we have to endure.

"Be ingenious in mortifying yourself and in breaking your own will. Be especially nice to those who are less agreeable to you than to others, no matter what wrong they may have done to you. This means renouncing yourself and pleasing Jesus. Nothing else matters. It is on these occasions that you must silence the human will, but you must do it because Jesus wills it. Do not allow self-love to get the upper hand, but do all blindly to please Jesus alone."

[resources: Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory]

Praying the 27-day Family Tree novena

The first nine days for our Father’s side.
The next nine days for our Mother’s side.
The next nine days for yourself.
The Creed, Our Father, three Hail Mary’s and Glory be.
Then fourteen times:
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be and
Eternal rest grant unto them O! Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them and may they rest in peace. Amen.
Make an act of Contrition.

-from Spirit Daily
 
Photos from the Purgatory Museum, Rome.