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Today we are 199 days from the start of the Synod of Bishops. As a dear friend of this blog pointed out yesterday, the t-0 date is the Monday (5th October 2015) when all the fun starts.
In preperation of this main event, this blog has published and will continue to publish some helpful guides to help the discerning Catholic understand just want in fact is transpiring.
With the above in mind, over the last few weeks, we have been hearing about a certain “Spirit” who might be getting involved with some of the Synod participants, just like he could be getting involved with some lapsed catholics, between now and the end of the Synod. And as it just so happenes, a while back, I published a post regarding just this subject matter, i.e. how one can discern whether it is in fact the Holy Spirit that is moving the individual’s “internal waters”, or someone or something else. Could be a bout of indegestion for all we know. Or it could be some dark prince who we know all to well.
Therefore, with this in mind, I am re-blogging below the mentioned post for your information.
In the last post titled Francis’s Fascination with Pentecostalism Explained (see here) we observed a strange, by Catholic teaching, conjecture being made by the former Franciscan priest and “liberation theologian cum environmentalist theologian” Leonardo Boff. Needless to say, the a fore mentioned uttering’s of Mr. Boff and my commentary generated quite a bit of traffic in the Deus Ex Machina comment box. This commentary revolved around the subject of “discernment” as to what legitimately can be considered as “interventions” of the Holy Spirit as taught by the Catholic Church. In the below post, I lay out my thoughts on this subject matter.
Introduction
Just to refresh our readers memories, Boff made the following statement:
Why do I say this? Because what he [ed: Messori] regrets is the “unpredictability” of the pastoral action of this Pope. Well, this is the characteristic of the Spirit, its unpredictability, as St. John says:…
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Dear SA,
HERE’S a discernment test for us:
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/03/21/blood-of-st-januarius-liquifies-during-franciss-visit-to-naples/
Check out the Pope’s response. Saints in heaven never love half way.
BUT it could be a real sign to him that he’s rejecting HALF of the gifts God gave His Church by spurning Tradition! This is going to cause some consternation on the net… 🙂 🙂
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also Gotta keep in mind Scripture:
Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
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and our research shows it has never been officially declared a miracle by the Church, and could be faked using material around at the time it began, which when shaken, will liquefy. Also one of the necessary ingredients for that is only found near Volcanoes.
http://www.cicap.org/new/articolo.php?id=101014
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and our research turned up the fact that this liquification has never been declared a miracle by the church, and could have been faked at the time it started, using materials available to artists and alchemists–one of which is only available near volcanoes.
http://www.cicap.org/new/articolo.php?id=101014
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sorry for the duplicate comment…
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Dear SA,
Here’s one on the Eucharist reverence, receiving on the tongue, (crumb proof) genuflection and veiling for women –perfect for your Brick by Brick file: We love this guy. (Gabriel Castillo)
His website has other, equally great videos, and we recommend taking the time to watch all of them.
http://truefaith.tv/
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Hi:
Awesome.
On a similar note, I have just got back from Poland and noticed some strange billboards up. They had pictures of JPII in a business suit. And the theme was that along the lines of “you too can be a saint”. And I thought, my that is a pretty high aspiration to aim for. Wouldn’t it be better to aim a bit lower, like making certain that the targeted catholic will at least be saved. And watching this video, it is all so clear and concise. No wonder the modernist’s churches are empty.
S.A.
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Sorry, the above video wasn’t the one on the Eucharist we intended. Trying again:
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Sorry, don’t know why it’s not copying correcty ..
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As they say, 3rd time’s the charm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9NWnLj-6l8
If you add https:// the link should be the right one. It’s titled “The Eucharist: A Reverence Revolution.
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Here’s another item with his “mercy” theme. The Pope declared today, that ALL Capital punishment is wrong. Doesn’t that directly contradict Church teachings?
To answer our own question. Yes.
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/03/20/pope_francis_no_crime_ever_deserves_the_death_penalty/1130871
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Oh-oh! October 5 – Faustina’s feast day. Mercy theme?
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Dear SA,
This is great choice of topics for right now–thanks for re-bogging it. Since you first posted it, we found this GREAT (ioho) explanation by Father John Hardon –in words easy for any Catholic to understand-without a theology degree–(i.e. dummies like us)
🙂 🙂 We’ve gone over it twice, and get more and more out of it each time.
His insights are solid and when we apply them to what’s been going on today, we can’t help but think he’d wish to add something to it, about when it all applies to the person on the Chair of Peter as well. Hope you’ll take look–it’s well worth the time..
(it also has a copyright notice so we are only giving the link here, even though it’s rather short.
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/discern.htm
Pax Christi
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Thks for the link. Awesome!
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Dear SA,
We agree. We took something from it for Lenten reflections too–the idea that people don’t need the Devil to do evil, all they need to do is give in to their selfish desires. The Devils tempting only plays off of that, and compounds it. And the other side of that coin, is that we DO require more than ourselves to do GOOD. We need God’s Grace and Truth to help our gifts of free will and reason. REALLY good food for thought–especially in analyzing what these Church-attackers are doing.
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