Posted on 09/29/2019 9:06:36 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
Read the full Acies Ordinata statement here in Italian, English and French.
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Clearly this isn't some whack-job group of American capitalist fossil fuel burners who hate the Pope blah blah blah. I know where my prayer intentions will sit during Mass today. Thank you for posting this incredible story.
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In 590 AD --- a plague year in Rome ---, Pope Gregory the Great "saw in a vision the Archangel Michael standing upon the edifice (Castel Sant'Angelo) with drawn sword of vengeance. The Archangel looked at the icon of Our Lady and exclaimed:
Queen of Heaven, rejoice: Alleluia.And Gregory the Great shouted out:For He whom thou didst deserve to bear: Alleluia.
He is risen, as He said: Alleluia.
Pray for us to God: Alleluia.The angel sheathed his sword of vengeance, and the plague ended.
This must have been an amazingly beautiful event to participate in. Thus is very fascinating. Thank you.
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One must assume I suppose that this group is in support of the new direction the pope and church are taking...
One of the participants was Count Giovanni Piccolomini. In comments to LifeSite, he said that his ancestors include two popes, Pius II and Pius III, one General of the Jesuit Order, several bishops and cardinals, military leaders and scientists.
Count Piccolomini said what motivated him to participate in the Acies Ordinata event was his “wish to reiterate my and our fidelity to the Pope, the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church and its eternal teaching.”
But --- excuse me, I take it back --- I am perhaps being irony-deficient. A more charitable interpretation would be, perhaps you forgot your /s/
I can see how the Holy Spirit uses the Bible to correct human thinking.
And I can also see how Satan uses human thinking to “correct” the Bible.
Interesting times we’re living in.
Thank YOU, Jesus! Without YOU, we wouldn’t stand a chance.
To me, it was blatantly obvious that these 200 Catholics were praying for the exorcization of the demons who infect the current Pope Francis. As Mrs. Don-O said, I too hope you forgot to add the “sarcasm” tag to your post.
I assume just the opposite is true, so I guess one of our assumptions is true, and one is incorrect. Since it is an exorcist like event, that is why I assume as I do.
The papacy is an institution not a man.
God Bless them.
That is excellent. I'm going to steal--- um, I mean, quote --- that!
It was one of those “it just came to me” kind of thoughts where I was hoping for a place to write it down before I forgot it. Lol
Count Piccolomini said what motivated him to participate in the Acies Ordinata event was his “wish to reiterate my and our fidelity to the Pope, the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church and its eternal teaching.”
Is it not true that there will be Catholic officials there whose desire is to thwart the pope's agenda???
You've got the Count there to show his fidelity to the pope...And he says this:
Asked about the symbolic significance of praying at the foot of Castel Sant’Angelo, he said “this castle saved the lives of more than one pope in the past, and its name indicates our wish to invoke the whole celestial militia to defend the Catholic Church.”
What, he's praying at the Castle that protects popes to protect another pope, or this time praying against the pope at the castle that protects popes???
Another participant whose presence leant great symbolic weight to today’s event was Rodolphe Pfyffer von Altishofen from Luzern, Switzerland. His family provided eleven commanders for the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the armed force charged with protecting the pope.
And why honor this guy since his contribution is being a member of the family that protects popes??? Isn't that why he's there, to carry on the tradition???
I don't see where my assumption is so bizarro...
Without Jesus we would all be dead by now, except for the few chosen who would be struggling through the returning ice age. As the cycle gets set back to day 0. All Jesus had to say was no, and one can imagine he got close quite a few times.
Your comment explains everything.
This pretty much illustrates it--- from the beginning to about 1:08. It's worth your minute and 8 seconds.
"...wish to reiterate my and our fidelity to the Pope, the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church and its eternal teaching."
"...and its eternal teaching," no some goddamned (not being profane here, being literal) "New Paradigm" or "Open Church" or other jargon from the present, lamentable pope's Modernist/Peronist agenda.
The Count's fidelity is to the Church, not to the Bergoglian Controlled Demolition project.
"...our wish to invoke the whole celestial militia to defend the Catholic Church."
He's invoking a celestial militia to defend the Church from what? From the spiritual Enemy who threatens to swallow up both Pope and Church.
Biggest indicator: this whole demonstration is to "exorcise" and "expel the diabolical spirit from the Vatican," which cannot possibly be interpreted as a gesture of confidence that the Vatican is, at present, on a wholesome course.
A little more context: The Sept. 28 Acies Ordinata was the second gathering to be held in Rome. The first was held ahead of the Vatican clerical sex abuse summit in February, to “oppose the Vatican’s policy of silence about homosexuality."
So it's paired with a previous action expressing public "opposition" to disastrous Vatican policies.
"Roberto de Mattei, historian and founder of the Rome-based Lepanto Foundation; organizer of the Acies Ordinata..." One of the most important and visible opponents of the wayward course of the Bergoglio pontificate, features in many articles put up in the Religion Forum by ebb tide.
I don't expect you to be a maven of Catholic insider baseball, but you do know how to do a Free Republic search?
Your assessment diverges 180o away from reality--- and to anyone who's paying attention, ludicrously so, like saying the Normandy invasion was coming to the assistance of Heinrich Himmler.
Sincerely, you should ask about these things before you sally forth to make pronouncements about them.
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