I'm very happy that you've brought the subject of "Total Sacrifice" into discussion. Jesus Christ gave Himself in Total Sacrifice.
Funny that you mention giving to the Church when just on the 9th of June, 2007, the Daily Readings at Mass had this Gospel, Matthew 12: 41-44:
He (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”
What has the Catholic Church given to the Americas and particularly to citizens in the United States? Only the absolute of teaching the Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
Recall that there was a pretend Catholic who wanted to be your president?
It was the Catholic Church as lead by the Vatican in Rome, and through the strict teachings of our present Pope (who was just a Cardinal back then) that saved America and perhaps the entire world from a champion of sin in every sense of Sacrament-hating fake Catholic.
The Virgin of Gadalupe is indeed Our Mother whose children, the priests of the Church that come to crush the heads of serpents.
I thank you for giving this opportunity to talk about the Catholic Church who's bled the enemy of mankind via the Blood of Christ, the Cross upon which He died, and the Remembrance of His Sacrifice via the Sacraments (today's Sunday Mass 2nd Reading by St. Paul (1 Cor 11:23-26), especially the Holy Eucharist who has defeated those champions of sin.
Maybe you didn't know why you brought up the subject of the "Virgin of Guadalupe", but I'm sure it's not out of hate for Jesus Christ, His Mother, nor those priests who try to be like St John and have enough spiritual courage to be with the Mother of God at the foot of His Cross. If you have anger, then I'm sure it's not directed at good priests who've stood against sin. Likewise, I'm sure you're no fool to media-hype that attacks everyone seeking Truth and giving testimony when they find it.
Mexico has not been friendly to the Catholic Church. In fact, the Freemasonry, Communists/Socialist, Atheists of Mexico has had a long running history of murdering Catholic Clergy. Review Blessed Padre Pro and how he faced his executioners for remaining a Catholic Priest.
Viva Cristo Rey!It's not the Catholic Church that bleeds the "south of the border"--it is Satan. And it won't be forever that people suffer. Let your soul upset over Satan and sin and not for the custodians of the Sacraments. If you have a bad experience of a horrible fake Christian/Catholic/clergyman, etc., then let that hatred burn in Hell and not in your heart. Nail that temptation for hatred on the Cross so that you can stand next to the Saints who've accepted Christ's Total Sacrifice.
