It is true that we must be aware of the heresies and wrong
teachings which sometimes comes from the top in the church,
we must hold on to the truth, and never let ourselves be let astray
by modifications or false teachings.
It is in expressing what is wrong and why, that we maintain
the truth.
But shouting, revolting, protesting unceasingly against our
current pope, is not Christ-like, and it is Christ we are supposed
to imitate.
And calling for, even expecting, a schism in the Catholic Church,
is completely contradictory to the spirit of Christ.
Having a great intellectual understanding is great, but the
understanding has to descend into the heart, body and soul.
We are called to imitate Our Lord,
Our Lord who was humble and gentle at heart.
Yes, He overturned the tables in the temple in rage, when He
saw how they abused it, but it was by telling us to pick up our
crosses and follow Him, if we want to be His disciples, that He
showed us the hidden spiritual way that leads into the
Father's presence: "I must do the Father's will".
It is in contradiction to the ways of the world, which is how
we were told to live as Christians.
This is how the Church has produced so many saints and martyrs.
For by our own will it would not be possible; for nobody wants
to suffer, no matter what kind of pain.
Accepting the pain; personal, physical, emotional, psychological,
familial, social, political, ecclesial.
Yes, it is painful to have a pope who does not appear to care about
the church, and who systematically spreads confusion every time
he says something.
But reacting by calling for schism is not the catholic way.
Monseigneur Lefebvre did not, he was excommunicated for having
gone against the pope, he spoke out against the modern mass after
Vatican 2 and he saved the Traditional Mass, but as far as I know he
did not call for a schism, rather he said, correctly, that the new
modern vatican 2 church was in nature schismatic, as the rite
of the Mass was altered, and anyone that has changed
from attending the modern Mass to the Latin Mass can confirm this.
Nevertheless we are a suffering Church, and the attacks against her,
often comes from within.
The thousands of children and other vulnerable people that has been
sexually, physically and emotionally abused from within the ranks of
the clergy and religious is only one example.
There has been terrible popes in the past, the Church's history is full
of saints and martyrs and really good people, and likewise devious and
unholy clergy, who cared more about political power than the Church.
Right from the beginning Christ was betrayed and denied, Judas and Peter.
Marriage divorce is not allowed by the Church, when a couple marry it
is for life, no matter what happens.
This is totally radical as well, because it implies accepting pain.
If, or when, it arrives, human instinct will always seek a
way out, but the divine way is to not do that.
If one of the spouses turns out to be an abusive alcoholic, for example,
it is an opportunity for sanctification for the other.
Indeed, in some orthodox churches the spouses exchanges crosses
during the wedding ceremony.
And it is the same for us laypeople in regard to the clergy; we are
aware of their failings and weaknesses, but we do not shout for a divorce.
We hold on to the truth, and we live our faith in mind and body.
We know that there was abuse within the church also at the the time of
Martin Luther, with the Indulgences, but Luther was a schismatic who
wanted out, so he used this as his ticket out. It was about himself,
not about Christ.
I would say the same about Enoch Burke, who protesting about
something totally legit, made everything about himself, acting like
the true protestant that he is, he personifies it, along with the rest of
his family. He has no humility.
Yes, the courts are corrupt, because the world is corrupt, the world
is full of liars, this is nothing new, it has always been like that.
Enoch Burke is not going to change anything in the world by staying
in prison, what he is looking for is a hero status. He is not catholic,
ok, but there seems to be many catholics who admire him. He is not
helping the concern we all have about transgenderism by his obstinate
behaviour.
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