TradCatKnight Newsletter (May 2014)
Love’s Discipline
Dear Faithful,
Every now and again it is good to reflect
on past experiences, not only to help us grow from our mistakes, but also to
take the “good” out of those experiences. In so that it may help us to continue
to build upon already existing virtue which comes thru the aid of grace. In
this modern world, how often do we hear the claim that, “traditionalists”,
otherwise known as true Catholics(Rejecting Vatican II outright &New Mass),
are not charitable. In a world so materialistic this word “love” is often misused
and misinterpreted. We have the homosexuals who think they “love”; the
modernists of Vatican II who think they “love”. And yet when the bonds of Faith
are broken no true Love can possibly be given. Did Christ preach the Gospel of
coexistence & convergence with other false sects & religions? Truth is
Love where truth is not Love is not. Yes, we know these souls do not have the
proper understanding of love because man has become center and summit. Self has been throned in the hearts of men and
the Infant Jesus has been kicked to the curb. I have often been accused of not
being “charitable” but allow me explain the depths of His Heart using some past
examples.
I recall, very early on in my
business career, long before Our Lady &Lord, would call me out of the
world, a certain superior who I deemed not so “nice”. He was very proactive and
high energy. A six cups of coffee a day type
of guy. Every week we would have to call in our “numbers” as managers to him
and no matter how much my numbers would impress my peers and subordinates the
numbers always were not enough to him. It seemed nearly every week we would
have “discussions” and I could never understand why he seemed so “unloving” and
harsh to such a productive employee but also to the rest of the employees in our
region. Due to this I eventually left for another opportunity while working
through graduate business school. Years later I would encounter the same personality
type but on a much larger scale responsibility wise. It dawned on me upon
reflection from both of these previous bosses, that the inevitable, I could not
escape. And what was this I was running from? Answer, Perfection! That is, each
and every day, no matter how successful one may have been in the past, we must
strive in the uniting of the will and intellect toward and even greater
success. And what is this success in the spiritual life? It is not only the
complete denial of self but its utter annihilation and removal from our very
being which we lead to God absorbing more of us. To the degree we let go is the
degree He can sow.
Question? Can we use these principles
in the spiritual life? Answer, Yes! Did not Our Lord call us to perfection? Did
not the Saints so closely imitate Our Lord that we can say they were
perfectionists? Ought we be complacent with the grace He gives and waste our
talents? For if He cannot trust a soul in the little things how would He dare
to give an even bigger responsibility which would only require greater grace. As
a past athlete I look at the dedication that was necessary to achieve what was
achieved and how would this be possible without those mentors who so “unlovingly” pushed me for
something even greater that what I thought I could achieve. How could I achieve
this without all the naysayers around me? Is not Christ now perfecting in us a
more sharper Image of Himself by gifting us with the modernists who surround us
and a sick liberal world who “loves” anything but truly the Truth? Ah! But the
sinner will say I shall never be “this”… or that is impossible. And yet it is….that
is, without grace.
My good friends, did not Our Lord lay
down the path to Perfection, by suffering what He did not owe, only so that I
might by strive to achieve what He already gained for us. Yes he saved us but
Love demands & commands us to work for Love is disciplined. Even as Faith
without works is dead so too is a supposed “love” without works is dead; for in
the End Love remaineth and it is there we are certain that we shall be alive
forevermore. And so what is this Perfection? It is perfectly joining our hearts
and minds with that of His Sacred heart. Oh, How simple man says it is! And yet
why are their only a few who shall enter therein. Does not “Love” sometime”
seem to be tough even in the most orderly homes? Does not the Coach push his
players both mentally and physically only to show them what can be achieved
both individually and as a unit? Why did the Saints take upon them vast
penances which to the modern man seem so ridiculous? For modern man is a
surface dwelling creature hardly penetrating within long enough to understand the
true Law of His Heart within. The fine wine is only made from a crushed grape even as the sinner pressed upon
by hard and harsh crosses is eventually turned into a Saint.
Upon reflection, my previous bosses
achieved their success by being disciplined. First, by being disciplined by
their own superiors and then by carrying out the same line to their
subordinates. Who can achieve greatness in any venture or career without being disciplined?
Who can raise an orderly home without first being disciplined themselves? If
men at the beginning of the onslaught of Vatican II had been disciplined enough
in true love the majority would not have went along. But men failed love and
hid themselves under a smile in cowardice marching as lemmings off the cliffs
of true Faith. My previous bosses were only trying to get out of me what they
knew I could potentially be and yet how often I resisted. How often does Our
Lord grant a soul a heavy Cross only to be lamented with complaint and
murmuring not realizing that it is the weight of this Cross that will crush the
“self” so that Christ, Who is Love, alone would remain. I must decrease so that
He may increase but to the the world this is folly. The latest fad on the
internet is the “Selfie”. Does this not perfectly fit into what I am saying; God
is removed and the self has taken the place of man’s God.
There is no question due to the
erroneous perception of love by the modern world men would rather smile and be
quiet rather than take out the whip or use fists because they only live by what
they can see carnally. I, too, am guilty, upon looking into my past to those
whom I thought were uncharitable but now looking back I can see the immense
love that they were trying to give. In the end, we all want to get to heaven
but only a few are willing to accept Love’s discipline which is necessary to
get them there. Love does not always come under the guise of a smile but often through
a thunderous voice and scowl. Yes, in Love’s protection of the Faith it seems
we find ourselves in a never ending fight against this “uncharitable” routine
by the many that teach their false doctrines and hold to compromising positions
and do so with a smile. What a wicked time and generation we live in. “Love” is
not love to modern man; it is truly lust, for man has replaced God as Center,
Summit, Source and End. Men love Vatican II because they love themselves and
not the Truth, therefore, God in His Omnipotence allowed it. He will allow men
to see what will become of the world without Truth, true love and her
discipline. Lust, which is modern mans flavor of love shall continue to breed
darkness, chaos and ruin into the world. For when they shall shout “peace and love” and
the Dogma of Faith is lost it will be the most darkest.
Nay, just as we discipline the body
to train it to grow in size so do we in the spiritual life unseen. For in order
to grow in “love” we must deny what we think is ours so that we might gain the
only One worthy enough to be throned in our hearts. Yea, I love because He is
and I am only because He said He was and forever shall be, therefore, this is
enough for any heart. Does true Love require at times a thunderous voice or
even violence? Yes and we can thank this modern world and its supposed
progression for the regression of the proper understanding of the word Love. Still
further, do we love by shaking hands with the Church’s enemies who now reside
on high? Answer: In the negative. We can only achieve thru grace what our hearts are
willing to accept but can the majority of hearts accept Christ alone? The answer
is a resounding, no! How many I have met over the years who say they would give
it all up for Jesus and so I ask “Why don’t you?” Then the outpouring of
excuses gushes out. Should it be any wonder why the Lord will allow a worldwide
economic collapse and such atrocities the world has yet to see? All done
without any break in God’s nature Who in love shall reroute hearts back unto
the proper understanding of Him Who is Love which can only be acquired in
holding the proper norm of Faith.
Verily, accept what God puts in front
of you; accept the people He surrounds you with. For even as the Great
Architect of the Universe has orderly planned natures course so has He chosen
to surround you with the circumstances you face and the people you meet daily. Ah!
Such opportunities around us that we see on the surface as only “evil” but in reality
are allowed to further your own soul in love. Therefore, do not run from those
who try to get the best out of you even if on the surface they don’t seem so
nice. In a liberal world how much harder is it going to be to re-implement true
order back into Society? And will this not come under the banner of just force?
Indeed, it shall! But the liberal will claim it’s not “love”. Why would you
make me accept the Divine Law and Catholicism? It is not that we can take away
a man’s free will but man’s free will does not precede nor supersede Gods Right
to have His laws govern the world. This is His world not ours but men are too
prideful and inflated, like the modernists of Vatican II and their “new humanism”,
to see the proper understanding of this true liberty.
Modern man is very
undisciplined and seeks out further comfort and the thought of suffering
including poverty is only an afterthought excuse to build this new world order “utopia’. The communists, who pretend to love, by using
poverty and environmentalism as an excuse, to get across their pseudo "equality" agenda, are in high
places just waiting for the right time to execute the final blow in “the Plan”. Take this day as
it ought and live each day as if it were Lent; for the holy suffering which we
must endure in grace is only preparing us for the Life to come which is
Perfection. Logic dictates that if we seek to reside in Perfection Forever, ought
we not, at least, by way of the heart in intent strive for it? The soon chastisements
are further proof of Gods Mercy but also
speaks to “Love’s” discipline which is required for each soul to live by daily.
And what a hard price the many shall suffer soon in this rerouting of hearts
back unto God their Creator, Source and End. What a sobering thought to know
that even in the apex of Holy Christendom the majority of souls went to hell and
what can we say in this hour when the very word “Love” has been turned upside
down in perversion. Amen. Ave Maria!
"Let it be"
Oh, How I Long to be! Only in Thy
Presence
An Eagle in flight… so free in true
liberty
Who lands upon and resides in the great
Tree, Our Lady
And without cataracts of the eye
Does he fly above and in all things
clearly doth he see
Who grew from youngling into an adult
By learning to embrace his poverty
A dignity in truth which far
surpasses the rabbits below
Who speak of their “equality”
Nay, for greater is He within, Who is Love, than man alone
Who can only speak in the loneliness
of his “me”
Yea, this is the disease that they
call “free”
Which Rome shall shout in loss of Dogma
of Faith in Apostasy
But this self wast conquered as the
very last drop from His Heart didst bleed
O’ Lord…It is Thee ….and thy
discipline that I truly need
And like Eagles let us fly off this
cliff in Faith and Hope
Rising above the Great Storm and all atrocity
Mayst the good God speakest to the
hearts of men and let this be!
And so shall it be accomplished in
the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Hebrews 12:7
Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct?
Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct?
