Sedevacantists and Hypocrisy

I hate to say such things about my fellow Catholics, but our Lord was not afraid to call out the Pharisees on their hypocrisy, so I shouldn't be afraid to call out the modern Pharisees, the sedevacantists, on their hypocrisy.  Namely, the fact that they claim to be traditional Catholics, yet they refuse to hold the most important tradition of all; submission to the Roman Pontiff.

They, like the Pharisees, seemingly delight in pointing out the sins of others and mindlessly accuse anyone who disagrees with them of "manifest heresy", yet hypocritically ignore their own uncharity and often outright hatred of anyone who doesn't hold their beliefs.  So of them even promote anti-Semitism and conspiracy theories regarding Jews.

Tell me again why I should take such people seriously?

Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?  Or sayest thou to thy brother:  Let me cast the mote out of thy; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?  Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam from thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.  (Matthew 7:3-5)

Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

St. Agatha died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily, where she was born. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to force her to consent to sin, she was imprisoned for a month with an evil woman. He then turned from sensuality to cruelty and had her breasts cut off; but that night Agatha was healed by St. Peter. She was then rolled over sharp stones and burning coals, and finally taken to prison where she died while praying. Her name appears in the Roman Canon.

It still amazes me the things that our revered martyrs were able to endure for the faith.  Here's a woman who took her purity to heart so much that she was willing to be tortured and mutilated and finally killed rather than consent to sexual sin.  If only more people in this world had that kind of dedication to their purity, that they are willing to endure any hardship to keep it.

St. Agatha, ora pro nobis!

Life Issues

My younger brother has completely gone off the tracks.  He get's himself in trouble with the police, goes to court, and demands that we pay off the court costs.  The family is glad to do so, but how does he repay us?  By using foul language with us, cussing  out our parents, and acting like a little gangbanging thug.

I just don't understand him, and I'm at a loss as to what to do.  I need all of you who read this blog to pray for him.  He needs the Most High to aid him.

An Interesting Message on Youtube

From someone calling himself "romeusurped58".  I'm going to assume with a name like that he's one of those "remnant Catholics" who believe all the rest of us who are faithful to the Magesterium are on their way to hell.  Apparently, me and fellow Catholic YT user gnrhead are "sola scriptura PUBLIC HERETICS" (to use his hysterical language; hysterical both in its tone and in its funniness), because according to him, the blood of Christ is only for the elect, and everyone else is "damned" by the blood of Christ.  Gee, I was under the impression that mankind is redeemed by the blood of Christ shed on Calvary, but what do I know.

Isn't the whole notion of Christ's blood only being for a select group of people something that John Calvin taught?  If that's what romeusurped58 is asserting, wouldn't that make him a heretic too, because he's asserting something that was taught by a Protestant reformer?  He makes reference to both the Council of Trent and Pope Pius XII, yet cites no canons from the Council, nor any writings or recorded statements from Pius XII in regards to the issue.  I haven't read everything from either, but I don't remember either of them ever teaching such a thing.

And what exactly does "sola scriptura PUBLIC HERETIC" (there goes that hysterical language again) mean?  Does it refer to the fact that gnrhead uses the Bible to back up his statements and in his defense of Catholic teaching?  Since when was that a heretical thing to do?  Hasn't the Church, both before and after Vatican II, hold that Bible study is a good thing?  Didn't Popes encourage the study of Sacred Scripture?  I believe they did, so this whole nonsense is out the window.

I bring this up only to show that those on the extremist Traditionalist fringe would rather replace shrill language and accusations of "manifest heresy" rather than actually try to back up any of their claims.  We must pray for these poor, misguided souls.

UPDATE:  Apparently, this user has been on YouTube before, going under various names such as "creathavok" and "radtrad", and has been banned each time for fomenting anti-Semitic hatred.  Please pray doubly for this poor, angry soul.

Churching of Women

Father Z over at his blog has this little tidbit.

What a wonderful tradition to bring back.  It is often so hard to raise a child a Christian in today's increasingly decadent and depraved world.  Why not give women a special blessing asking Gods graces to do so?  I don't think many would argue against it =).

Pax Christi.

Harry Knox Just Wont Give it Up

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Sorry Harry, but I'll take the words of His Holiness over the words of a loudmouth homosexualist any day.

A Prayer for Priests

O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the Devil's traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things.
AMEN.

Pax Christi.