Thank you to our holy leaders!
Thank you to all of the bishops, priests, all clergy, who are Standing up for the Teachings of The Catholic Faith which was handed down to us by Christ Himself! Praise God for all things, especially giving you to us. And Praise to The Holy Spirit who has guided you to be our Shepherds.
I want encourage everyone to cling to holy priests, get to know your Bishops also, and to know your faith, so that you know truth when you see it. Remember what Christ has put into place in His Church remains. His promises are true and faithful!
"For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain; but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled. He must have a firm grasp of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it." Titus 1:7-9
Christ does not change and nor does His Word!
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." Hebrews 13:8
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On another note, thinking of all the baptized Catholics doing evil in the world. I know in my own life as a baptized catholic I have done evil, I have not helped our beautiful faith, I admit that, I repent of that, and I have been living with those consequences. I left my Lord for this world, I have been finding Him again, because He is faithful. Sin separates us from God and His Church! And to those of us who have been given the True Faith, there is much that is expected from us. It is a shame to waste it.
I think right now (as it is in all times because of providence) we are getting the church we deserve! All the evils of the world are due to Luke warm, fallen Catholics, all Catholics who do not hold to The True Teachings of our beautiful faith! We all have a responsibility to know our faith, practice our faith and pass on The Faith.
"Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose." 1 Corinthians 1:10
Once a baptized Catholic (baptized in the Trinity thrice) always a catholic. There is no such thing as "used to be Catholic" there is only baptized people and unbaptized people. If you are baptized YOU ARE CALLED TO HOLINESS! If you are not baptized you are called to being baptized and called to a life of holiness in Christ. All are called to holiness!
Anytime especially when evil is happening in our Church it is A CALL TO HOLINESS! God is allowing all this for our PERSONAL HOLINESS and to help GET US TO HEAVEN! And to win souls for Christ. Just like how He allowed all of us to fall on our faces so many times again and again. We are to accept all things from The Will of God, even our sufferings in whatever form that may come.
Now is the time to be the change that we want to see in others including those in The Church. Now is the time to be faithful to Christ and His Church! Sin is never an excuse for sin. All you will get is more sin!
If you watch Fr. Goring, Fr Ripperger and any of the many holy priests out there regularly, then you know It was all to bring us to this point now. We must practice our beautiful faith that is the answer. God will do the rest!
Thank you to all of the holy clergy out there for being what we need in this battle!
This is all that I have for this post but remember that we are in a battle. "For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12
From Joanne
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