Posted on 11/01/2017 12:39:52 PM PDT by ebb tide
One of the tritest of trite expressions is that a picture is worth a thousand words. And yet it is true, especially if one studies the picture in all its implications.
Consider, for example, this most revealing photograph:
The photo was taken at the very moment Rosary-praying Catholics were about to be forcibly removed by police from the cathedral in Brussels during an insane “ecumenical service” to “celebrate” the Protestant Revolt, aka the “Reformation.” Arms linked, they were praying the Rosary in reparation for the sacrilege taking placing before them.
Study the picture. Notice that the two rows of Catholics reciting the Rosary are composed entirely of young people. Now look behind them to the rows of people attending the “celebration” of the “Reformation” without protest. Notice that they are late-middle-aged or older, most with gray hair.
Look next at the young woman in the foreground: shamelessly attired in a tight mini-skirt and black leggings, she can be seen in the video here extracting what appears to be a program for the scandalous event from the hands of one of the youths praying the Rosary before they are removed, one by one, from the premises.
This one photograph tells the whole story of the state of the Church today: a decadent and dying “mainstream” given over to ecumenical madness, literally attempting to commit suicide, while young people courageously invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and are arrested for praying the signature Catholic prayer on consecrated Catholic ground. And the only sign of youth affiliated with the dying establishment is a shamelessly attired woman who violates every standard of modesty as she assists in an unholy ceremony in what is supposed to be a holy place.
The next sham Synod, on “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment,” is supposed to be all about “listening to the young.” It is a very safe bet that there will be no listening to the young who are flocking to the traditional Latin Mass all over the world, who have had enough of the failed, trendy Catholicism of the past fifty years, and who represent the real future of the Church, which awaits the day of her restoration. Indeed, Francis has repeatedly denounced these faithful young Catholics for their “rigidity,” even suggesting that they are “sick.”
Instead, we can be certain that the youth of miniskirts, selfies with the Pope, and “irregular relationships” will receive an attentive hearing, as if to ensure the continued decadence of a decadent establishment. The effort will fail, just as the entire disastrous experiment with novelty has failed. But the dictatorial regime of novelty in the post-conciliar Church aims to impose its will until the bitter end, as if determined to provoke the wrath of God.
Marco Tosatti has published a letter from a major figure in the Church, known only as “Big Shot,” in which we read:
“Dear Tosatti, you won’t believe it, but I am beginning to really be afraid. I have begun to pray once again the prayer of exorcism to St. Michael the Archangel written by Pope Leo XIII (recited at the end of Holy Mass until 1964 when it was unexplainably ‘deleted’). I ask myself if I will have the strength to take action without any assistance from my Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, sensing rather that it sets itself daily more and more against the Gospels and the Truth that it taught me. The Cardinals and Bishops who still believe in the Truth of Christ had better do something quickly! I fear we are in the End Times, dear Tosatti. I am a “Big Shot” but terrified…”
The final consummation of the Message of Fatima cannot be long in coming, as the prophecy of the Third Secret, concerning sin within the Church, unfolds in what Pope Benedict XVI called “a really terrifying way” — three years before he abruptly and mysteriously abandoned his papacy.
How interestingly ironic.
Protesting the misguided leadership of the RCC for recognizing the protesting the misguided leadership of the RCC 500 years earlier.
Do you not realize that faithful Catholics are now protesting against the same man and his revolt as those same faithful Catholics did 500 years ago?
There's nothing ironic about it.
Absolutely ironic.
Luther was a faithful Catholic protesting heretical teachings of RCC.
Your picture depicts faithful Catholics protesting the RCC, acting in heresy, remembering a faithful Catholic (Luther) protesting heretical teachings of RCC.
Are you currently in protest against Luther’s heretical - to you - teachings?
Shameful and sad.
Why, did he teach something heretical?
Depends on your beliefs and, ultimately your authority.
E.g., do you believe in the Real Presence?
Frankly speaking , no group has the right to pray the rosary
immediately before, during or after Church services unless prior permission has been granted.
I can see some point of order there, during Mass for instance, however it was an “ecumenical service” with a Protestant preacher.
Ah, you’re trying that trap. Heh. Luther made clear his view thereon, and I accept it as the best a human can understand & explain of that spiritual reality which is still beyond our full comprehension & articulation. And no, Luther did not accept “transubstantiation” as he wasn’t a cannibal.
I’m not sure if you’re agreeing with Luther the Real Presence or not? Or do you agree with Zwingli?
Their goal was disruption, for which they may be rightfully removed from the premises.
The right to disrupt includes the right of others to disrupt that disruption.
Now *you’re* being ironic.
I’m sure I’m not falling into the trap of arguing with you about points I have no interest in arguing with you about.
In this thread, I am only interested in the point of this thread:
the treatment of the faithful who protested the heresy of the RCC regarding
the treatment of the faithful who protested the heresy of the RCC regarding indulgences.
I see you get to pick what is heresy and what is the point of the thread.
That does somewhat illustrate my point, and provide some clue why you seem unwilling to to argue your position.
No, it was a photo of faithful Catholics protesting a protestant celebration of Reformation Sunday in a Catholic Church.
I do get to decide what I am going to talk about, yes, and if that’s on-topic for the thread then that’s OK.
Why, did the Protestants barge in and commandeer the facilities? oh my, I thought it was a scheduled event sanctioned by the RCC.
Of course you get to decide what you wish to discuss. And your choice is revealing as well.
As is your decision that the topic of the thread is “the treatment of the faithful who protested the heresy of the RCC regarding indulgences.”
I think that a bit of a personal twist in your discussion.
When do you discuss Luther’s heresy according to your authority? I’m assuming never.
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