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"And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth....
[Apocalypse (Revelation) 8:13]

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Fr. Campbell, “The Brightness of His Coming” (2 Thess.2:8)

“The Brightness of His Coming” (2 Thess.2:8)

Note: Not an endorsement for sedevacantism nor that we are in the great apostasy.  The great Apostasy is when men formally take the mark of the beast which we are en route to.

 


Our Lord Jesus Christ went before us to show us the way of salvation, and to encourage us to resist the wiles of the devil. But in these days the many are deceived, following the broad and easy path that leads to destruction. Our Savior warned us that before His return there would be little faith left on the earth. St. Paul speaks of a Great Apostasy (2Thess.2:3).

 
We have reason to believe that we are now in the time of the Great Apostasy. The Church has suffered catastrophic changes since Vatican II, promoted by the papal imposters who have occupied the throne of Peter. What appears to the world to be the Catholic Church no longer serves Jesus Christ, and has turned itself to worshipping the world instead. Consider these words of the alleged pope, Paul VI, who is now scheduled for fast-track canonization by the false church. These were some of his words on the occasion of one of the moon landings:

“Honor to man; honor to his thought; honor to his scientific knowledge;… HONOR TO MAN, KING OF THE EARTH, AND TODAY PRINCE OF THE HEAVENS.”   

The holy Sacraments Our Lord gave us have all been changed to the point of invalidity. From what I have seen for myself, there are no long lines for Confession, but everyone lines up for Holy Communion anyway. Perhaps it matters little, because Novus Ordo priestly ordinations are invalid, and their “priests” have only bread to offer. But you can have it in whole wheat, or even gingerbread in some cases, and that accompanied by guitars and maracas.

The Mass, as understood by the Novus Ordo, is not the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass that has been handed down to us from the Apostles, which Fr. Faber called “the most beautiful thing this side of heaven”. It is now the protestantized “communion service” invented by Archbishop Annibale Bugnini (d. 1982), with the input of six Protestant clergymen. This was the opinion of Lutheran sociologist, Peter Berger, concerning Bugnini’s changes to the Mass:

“If a thoroughly malicious sociologist, bent on injuring the Catholic community as much as possible had been an advisor to the Church, he could hardly have done a better job.”

Concerning the Sacraments, why are there no long lines for Confession, like the lines we have here at St. Jude’s? Well, if there is no sense of sin, there is no need for Confession. And many no longer believe in the Real Presence. To them the bread and the wine they receive are merely symbolic of the Body and Blood of Christ.

So if they don’t need the Sacraments, it follows that they don’t need the Church. Everything falls like a house of cards, and church attendance drops to record lows.

Meanwhile, “Papa” Bergoglio is leading the Novus Ordo “church” to new heights… well, depths. He makes little of sin, but says we should be concerned about climate change. He smiles at perversions and blesses illicit unions. The most “ecumenical” of Novus Ordo “popes”, he takes an active part in the worship of the false religions, incurring multiple excommunications. Perhaps he has not heard that “outside the Church there is no salvation”.

Novus Ordo funerals in white vestments are now “celebrations of life” during which the deceased is declared to be in Heaven. They no longer pray for the souls in Purgatory, and there is no suggestion that anyone could have ended up in Hell.

But we must cling to the ancient and unchangeable Faith of the Holy Catholic Church. We believe what the Holy Gospels record about the life of Jesus Christ, including His great miracles like raising the dead, casting out devils, walking on water, and commanding the storms to cease. We believe also in the doctrines defined by the true popes and Councils of the Church up to, and including, the First Vatican Council, which was never officially closed. Among the defined doctrines we include the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the infallibility of the pope when solemnly addressing the whole Church on matters of faith and morals.  

The true Catholic Church has become a remnant, but we must hold the line. And if we have any misgivings about the validity of our position, we should take to heart the words of St. Athanasius, who lived at a time when the Church was almost overcome by the great Arian heresy. In the words of St. Jerome, “The whole world groaned and marveled to find itself Arian.” These are the thoughts of St. Athanasius:

    “May God console you!... What saddens you… is the fact that others have occupied the churches by violence, while during this time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have the premises, but you have the Apostolic faith. They can occupy our churches, but they are outside the true faith. You remain outside the places of worship, but the faith dwells within you. Let us consider: what is more important, the place or the faith? The true faith, obviously. Who has lost and who has won in this struggle, the one who keeps the premises or the one who keeps the faith?...
    “You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the faith which has come down to you from Apostolic tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis.
   “No one, ever, will prevail against your faith, beloved brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day.”

Our Lord sums it up in a few words:

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom” (Lk.12:32).