Woe To You, " Liberal Catholics", " Progressives"

[KnightofChrist]

[font="Arial"][b]A [url="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2009/02/rorate-cli-editorial-standing-with.html"]RORATE CÆLI[/url] Editorial: Standing with Peter.[/b]

[color="#990000"]"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, ... Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. ... You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell? Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city." (St. Matthew, xxiii, 27-34)[/color]



[indent][color="#FF0000"]Shame[/color] on you, "Liberal Catholics", Pharisees of the "New Springtime"! You proclaim to tolerate all, and to respect diversity, but you loathe those whose only wish is to preserve the purity of what was always taught and of the prayers that were always offered, because their continued presence in the Church contradicts the new "house" you tried to build.

Shame on you, "Progressives", official Scribes of the "Spirit of the Council"! You build monuments to the "Good Pope John", but reject all that he stood for, in traditional doctrine and in liturgical beauty. You hail Paul VI, but have done all you could to ignore his greatest magisterial document, Humanae Vitae, and discredit him in the eyes of the world. You maligned John Paul II every single day of his pontificate, but now you praise him, for you have found your new scapegoat - Benedict XVI, a man who, as his last work on earth, has accepted the heavy burden of the Fisherman, trying to bring unity to the flock God entrusted him.

You crucify Peter in the global public square. You deliver him to the enemies of the Church of Christ. You hate him for his struggle to rehabilitate what the Church has always believed and the way the Church has always prayed. You persecute him for he removed the scarlet sign of "excommunication", which you used to despise, but which you now view as good!

You hypocrites! You are accommodating towards abortionists and you pander to politicians dedicated to the culture of death - but you misrepresent Peter's legitimate gesture of mercy as an act of uninformed weakness. Liberal serpents, pseudo-Conservative vipers, you are "witnesses against yourselves" for your relentless persecution of Peter. Yet, Peter will keep working for unity with charity, charity in Truth.

Those who love the Vicar of Christ will keep praying daily for him, so that he "will not flee for fear of the wolves", so that he may persevere in the mission he set out to accomplish. What about you? "Your house shall be left to you, desolate."[/indent]

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[Hassan]

[quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1768042' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:01 PM'][font="Arial"][b]A [url="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2009/02/rorate-cli-editorial-standing-with.html"]RORATE CÆLI[/url] Editorial: Standing with Peter.[/b]

[color="#990000"]"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, ... Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. ... You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell? Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city." (St. Matthew, xxiii, 27-34)[/color]



[indent][color="#FF0000"]Shame[/color] on you, "Liberal Catholics", Pharisees of the "New Springtime"! You proclaim to tolerate all, and to respect diversity, but you loathe those whose only wish is to preserve the purity of what was always taught and of the prayers that were always offered, because their continued presence in the Church contradicts the new "house" you tried to build.

Shame on you, "Progressives", official Scribes of the "Spirit of the Council"! You build monuments to the "Good Pope John", but reject all that he stood for, in traditional doctrine and in liturgical beauty. You hail Paul VI, but have done all you could to ignore his greatest magisterial document, Humanae Vitae, and discredit him in the eyes of the world. You maligned John Paul II every single day of his pontificate, but now you praise him, for you have found your new scapegoat - Benedict XVI, a man who, as his last work on earth, has accepted the heavy burden of the Fisherman, trying to bring unity to the flock God entrusted him.

You crucify Peter in the global public square. You deliver him to the enemies of the Church of Christ. You hate him for his struggle to rehabilitate what the Church has always believed and the way the Church has always prayed. You persecute him for he removed the scarlet sign of "excommunication", which you used to despise, but which you now view as good!

You hypocrites! You are accommodating towards abortionists and you pander to politicians dedicated to the culture of death - but you misrepresent Peter's legitimate gesture of mercy as an act of uninformed weakness. Liberal serpents, pseudo-Conservative vipers, you are "witnesses against yourselves" for your relentless persecution of Peter. Yet, Peter will keep working for unity with charity, charity in Truth.

Those who love the Vicar of Christ will keep praying daily for him, so that he "will not flee for fear of the wolves", so that he may persevere in the mission he set out to accomplish. What about you? "Your house shall be left to you, desolate."[/indent]

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how about lapsed Catholics?

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Hassan' post='1768161' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:39 PM']how about lapsed Catholics?[/quote]
Most of us aren't too pleased with them either.

[Aloysius]

I was just about to post this; expresses my sentiments exactly to much of the reaction to the lifting of the excommunications against the SSPX bishops.

[Nihil Obstat]

A lot of people I know don't even know what SSPX is.

I guess in this case they're happier being ignorant.

[Hassan]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1768261' date='Feb 1 2009, 01:36 AM']Most of us aren't too pleased with them either.[/quote]


uh oh

[MissyP89]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1768261' date='Feb 1 2009, 12:36 AM']Most of us aren't too pleased with them either.[/quote]

Eh. You'd be surprised at how many have no clue. I was one until I came here.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='MissyP89' post='1768343' date='Feb 1 2009, 12:33 AM']Eh. You'd be surprised at how many have no clue. I was one until I came here.[/quote]
We weren't all that pleased with you until you came here.

You're right though. A lot of people just don't care about faith. Want to get by without.

[puellapaschalis]

Wow. Finally someone not mincing his words on the [i]good[/i] side of the fence (Vatican norms notwithstanding). Bravo.

[Winchester]

[quote name='Hassan' post='1768161' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:39 PM']how about lapsed Catholics?[/quote]
Being weak is not the same thing as being in opposition.

[MithLuin]

And to be perfectly honest, I think plenty of faithful Catholics would have reason to be leary of the situation, considering how forcefully and antagonistically the views of the SSPX have been expressed in the past.

Let's face it, if what they really stood for was "We think the Traditional Latin Mass is beautiful and we want to continue saying it," there never would have been a schismatic act. It's the "We're right and the pope and the rest of the Church are wrong" attitude that got them in trouble and alienates people.

But hey, if they're ready to accept Vatican II (as long as they aren't forced to change their liturgy), then I guess it's alright, and maybe they've learned some charity and humility recently. It's pretty understandable for someone to be bitter against the opposition while persecuted.

I agree that there are plenty of other groups out there that I would hesitate to even call Catholic because they are so far out in the deep end. I can't imagine that someone of the ilk of Hans Kung is very happy with our current pontiff.

[Saint Therese]

[quote name='Winchester' post='1768443' date='Feb 1 2009, 10:17 AM']Being weak is not the same thing as being in opposition.[/quote]

Iawtc. I am a revert, and I have people in my family who are away from the Church.

Besides, Jesus didn't come for those who are well and don't need the Divine Physician, but for the sick, the sinners, etc. IMO the real Pharisee is someone who thinks their religious status-that is practicing Catholic, etc -somehow makes them better than "sinners".