TradCatKnight March Message: "Possess Your Vessel"

TradCatKnight March Message: 

"Possess Your Vessel"

1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour

Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. [19] Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6: 18-19

Brothers and Sisters I write to you in the Selfless Love and peace of the Union and Marriage of Jesus Christ and of His Heart and all the blessings that flow forth from it.  Nay, in this lenten desert season let us reflect upon how Our Lord comes to us by giving all but in order to receive His all we must accept all that He is. Thus, as a part of our Holy Religion, we find the boundaries laid forth, in our Faith, that we must accept, abide in and practice, in order to remain safely in the Fortress of Grace. It is not merely enough to understand what our Lord requires of us it is equally as important for us to implement what He teaches.  The heretical protestants will argue " I do not need Religion I just need and have Jesus".  Yet, logic and reason tell us that if we are to be in a relationship with someone clearly there must be laws/boundaries established so as to understand what is expected to "even be in a relationship".  Protestants pervert the Word; they construct false maxims based upon ill philosophies of men rather than coming from the Divine One Himself passed down thru His only Catholic Church. Scripture and Tradition compose the Word. Thus, in the end, the protestant, who does not keep the proper norm of Faith remains on the outside of the Fortress and does not possess in reality what he claims. Truth does not lie. Yea, we cannot hope to possess our own vessel if we refuse to even enter upon the only Vessel, the Ark that saves, the Holy Catholic Church.
 

Brethren, clothe yourselves properly and demonstrate to the world
you are following Our Lady and the Lord and not the world

Secondly, the man or woman who will not cover his own vessel modestly cannot possibly have the hopes of covering his or her own soul in grace. For chastity is first protected by modesty. A heart is put on display in both our speech and dress and the man or woman who seeks to satisfy the self by winning over the eyes of the world will assuredly drown outside this Ark. The body was meant for Christ and meant to be glorified. But what does modern man do instead? He or she seeks to gain approval from their peers and the world which in the end is only satisfying the self and therefore Our Mother is horrified at the conduct of so many. Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. Deut 4: 24  Therefore, do not any longer horrify heaven but rather mortify your senses and spirit so that the grace of God can work and operate and bring your unruly passions and desires under control. The man who lives on the natural level alone is like ship which blows with the winds of this world of sin never knowing where they will end. But our Captain who controls our Ark, if we are faithful, has full command and knows how to bring our souls safely Home to port. But the man of self cannot simply have this he must be the captain of his own canoe.
 

Do you love Christ or yourself?
When you stare into the eternal Pond do you see His Face
or your own reflection in self's attempt to gain attention?

Thirdly, every soul this day must check every movement of his own heart and ask himself "Do I lust or truly love?" Do I love the Lord enough to properly take care of my own body and clothe myself or do I love the attention that I get so that I exalt my body or looks as if it were a "god" itself. Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jealous God.  Exodus 34:14  Truly, in order to possess your own vessel you must first possess your heart. Therefore, ask yourself again "Whom is the captain of my ship?" Do I let Christ have control or do I think I know these endless seas better than the One who created them? Christ is the Captain, Our Lady is the Ark. We first enter our Lady in order to get to Christ. Therefore who is the one that protects us from the perilous seas of sin and self. Who is the One who is a Fortress between the world and the soul? It is Our Lady whom we ought run to in order to seek safety from these times of immodesty, lewdness, pornography and all sins of the flesh.  Undoubtedly, the Rosary is our weapon, our canon (if you will), against the enemies on the seas and the Scapular is our firm walls of defense, by which the enemy cannot penetrate IF we only remain faithful! 
 

We were not meant to esteem the "self" we were commanded to deny it!

Lastly, God is the avenger of those who would lead others into scandal.  "But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea." Matthew 18:6  So why do men and women still live according to the law of self by dressing and speaking immodestly? The answer, for the most part (ignorance aside), is due to the loss fear of God or loss of any consequence to their behaviors. And why should we...assuredly they will say, as the modern world continues to promote "self", by exalting the body, looks and all those things which do not pertain to our end, salvation itself. The new tower of babel is being constructed with "self" as foundation; trying to reach God and become a "god" without every possessing God.  It is clear modern man does not possess his vessel. Modern man for along time now and especially since Vatican II continues to exalt man or the self so why not just go with the flow? But the truly few who still see clearly in these times which is a sign of the true sanctifying grace working and operating will say, "Here comes the Storm..." However, the blind lusting after their own attention will unfortunately be swept away out into the deep seas. Yea, we must continually pray to be loosened from the heavy chains of self so that we can have the hopes of our own vessels safely arriving Home. This is where our souls will truly be happy and that is in the direct Presence of the Living God who is the very antithesis of this self we so exalt. May thee Immaculate Heart of Our Lady guide, protect and guard your heart everyday in this exile, Ave Maria – Amen.

You are all in my prayers!
Please keep this apostolate in your prayers, Ave Maria!
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“The soul without prayer, without an interior life is without any ownership over the direction it is spiritually heading. It is a boat out on the vast ocean without God’s Wind directing it Home. It aimlessly drifts and hits the "rocks of self". Thus, it eventually sinks beneath the waters of sin”.

 

Modesty, Scandal, Purity, & Caring For Our Neighbor