The Thinking Housewife: "The Bombastic, Pseudo-Humble Love-Talk Of Pope Francis"

Pope Francis: Vatican II on Steroids

THE Great Catholic Love Fest that began with Vatican II has culminated in the bombastic, pseudo-humble love-talk of Pope Francis. Vatican II was a sort of Woodstock for modernist theologians and Pope Francis was nurtured in its atmosphere. Every day, it seems, he leaves smoking ruins around him.

The blogger Mundabor says divine justice is at work:

Understandably, many good Catholics are now praying every day that the Lord may, in His Mercy, free us from Francis, the Scourge of Catholicism. They rightly reflect that due to the unique position of this man, as I write this on the morning of the 3 October 2013 it is fair to say no one else on the entire planet is making – unwittingly, I hope – the work of the Devil as effectively and as destructively as this man.

Still, it must be very clear to us that what we – as Catholics and Christians – are collectively living is nothing more than what we have collectively deserved, and the Lord’s Justice has now descended upon us in a way that is impossible for us to ignore any longer.

It is as if the Lord would – in a way, of course – say to us: “So you love ecumenism, don’t you? Care a lot for “religious freedom”, right? Live happily with abortion, am I wrong? Are so full of understanding for sins that call to heaven for vengeance, aren’t you? Well, boys ‘n girls: let’s see how you like this…“.

After which, he allows the Cardinals to commit the Stupid Act Of The Century and appoint an ignorant, hypocritical, morally very questionable, fake humble, unaware of Catholicism, clearly heathenish, popularity-worshipping, camera-loving, logorrhoea-plagued, beauty-hating, provincial Argentine Peronist as Pope.

Punctually, the man begins to give them – and all of us – overdoses of what they – and all of us – have been tolerating for decades. Better still, the man brings the many budding heresies of the V II to ripeness, like a peach in August. With him the Neo-Modernist heresies, up to now mixed with Catholic Truths, become of age, and want if not the sole attention, certainly the main place at the Catholic table. [cont.]

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Paul writes:

A respondent to Mundabador laid out the appropriate strategy and reasoning for it:

We are not the leaders of the Church. The Church is led by the Clergy, with the Pope at the top. Being bad leaders does not deprive them of their role or responsibility.

What can we do? Work in our sphere of influence with intelligence, charity and prudence. Dare to be Catholic and proud of it in our family, with our friends, at work. Pray that we may become better at living, better at converting, better soldiers for Christ, and that we may have [a] better leader.

The respondent’s strategy is most certainly the decisive strategy.  We need to adhere to Catholic doctrine, to love it, and most importantly, to live it.  Only then shall we reap what we sow albeit perhaps only in the afterlife.  We all know this.

Still the strategy should not cause the faithful to ignore the common sense of smart students of Catholic apologetics when they point out the faithful have reason to beware of certain ideas even when those ideas are held by the leadership.  Jesus surely had no qualms about criticizing his Jewish leaders.

This was written by Laura Wood. Posted on Thursday, October 3, 2013