Good article.
One Holy Catholic Apostolic Bump
The Church is where it has always been; within the hearts and souls of those who believe in Christ as our Savior.
A beautiful Church is very nice, but not always essential. I very rarely go to Church.
I admit that freely. But that does not change my knowledge of and attachment to my faith. Nothing in the secular world can change that except for me, and I wish never to alter or lose that bond with God.
The Church of the end times will be a secretive place. A place where only the true, the faithful will congregate. Meanwhile, the hijacked Church will worship Satan.
We are there aren’t we? These indeed are the end of times.
Drove by a Church the other day that had a Rainbow flag directly under the US flag. Damn...
Money issues are collapsing the church. Millions$ are being spent by the Cardinals and Bishops that are unaccounted for. Yet they expect pew sitting Catholics to keep throwing their envelopes into the collection basket every Sunday.
The Cardinals and Bishops in the US are playing the church going Catholics for fools. But it is unraveling. More churches will be closed in the next five years as the older church supporters die off. One day the collection basket will be empty.
I think if someone wants to really know how it is going, just call up random Catholic churches and ask how they are doing things that are concerning. You are a millionaire moving into the area and are looking for a local church to join and are willing to donate heavily if they do these things and are willing keep it quiet per ‘gay marriages’ or blessings or priestesses or giving communion to your protestant spouse or whatever. And see what they say.
Freegards
I have certainly found it more conducive to my spiritual health, not to mention a positive disposition, to ignore most of what comes out of Rome these days.
Relax. It was much worse... in every generation. Just read one encyclical from each of the last five centuries and learned how the Church situation has always been dire, rough, and on edge. Pope Francis? Goofball. Gay Cardinals? Going to hell. FSSP and Christ the King seminaries? Will fix most things.
If a person starts wringing his hands over the state of the Church, then he needs a vacation.