What do we make of the King James Only movement? Here's a Catholic take...

https://completechristianity.blog/2021/11/15/the-king-james-version-kjv-only/

I’ve been saying this for a while now. Christians have to learn how to sue our enemies. It is our RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say there are only two genders. It is our RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say that one cannot change genders. It is our RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say homosexuality is a sin. It is our RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say that sex outside of marriage is wrong and marriage is only valid between a biological man and woman. It is our RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say that abortion is murder. Any attempt to silence us, or punish us for these things is a violation of our RELIGIOUS RIGHTS. It’s a violation of civil right and human rights. Christians must give up on political positions and ideological views, claiming everything as RELIGIOUS views. By doing this, any attempt to use politics, law and policies to silence us (or punish us) is a violation of our civil, human and religious rights. So we sue them — hard.

https://theepochtimes.com/teen-sues-new-hampshire-school-over-punishment-for-only-two-genders-comment_4105865.html

You know, very few of us thought Summorum Pontificum had anything to do with reconciling the SSPX. In fact, the ONLY people I know who ever thought that, were liberals within the Church who were against it. Most of us knew the separation between the SSPX and the mainstream Church cut much deeper than the Traditional Latin Mass. Most of us understood that reconciliation was highly unlikely in this generation, if ever. Most of us recognized that Summorum Pontificum was designed for the mainstream Church, not the SSPX, and that it’s purpose was to prevent traditionally-minded young people from going over to the SSPX, by giving them a space to explore their attachment to the 1962 Missal within the safety of the mainstream Church. But alas, all that is gone now with Traditionis Custodes, flushed down the toilet like a bad case of indigestion, to appease the liberals of the Church who never wanted it to begin with. I suppose they shouldn’t be surprised when half of their youth go to the SSPX now, but most of them are too narcissistic to even notice they’re gone.

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-archbishop-traditional-latin-mass-experiment-not-successful-in-reconciling-sspx

My bishop, His Excellency Steven J. Lopes, has just been elected Chairman of the Committee on Divine Worship in the USCCB. This is very good news for lovers of traditional liturgy and traditional expressions of liturgy.

While we are still in the early stages of this, and it may not come to fruition, I think our Planners have decided that Joe Biden will have to step down soon, or at least not run for reelection, and Kamala Harris is not working out. If our Planners get their way, and I think they will, Harris may be replaced in the near future with a candidate of their own choosing. (Yes, this can happen and has happened in the past.) Some time after the new VP has settled in, they can begin the process of removing Biden.

I’m sorry folks. We live in a oligarchy, where elections aren’t real and votes don’t matter. Turn to Christ, get right with his Kingdom, start working on the parallel Christian economy. If you must vote, focus solely on state politics. Prepare for the imminent collapse of the US as we know it.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/congress-confirmation-house-senate/2021/11/16/id/1044972/

Biden’s vaccine mandate is imploding. It’s basically over. I’m sure the Whitehouse will continue to push for it, but without OSHA’s help, and the courts lining up against it, it’s basically over. This is a good thing. We can debate the efficacy and safety of the vaccine all we want, but in the end, everyone should have a choice. That’s what it means to be an American.

https://theepochtimes.com/osha-suspends-enforcement-of-vaccine-mandate-after-court-block_4108842.html

This is one of the main reasons why I say Traditionis Custodes is incoherent and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Basically, Pope Francis has painted himself into a corner with this Motu Proprio. If we are to believe that the Missal of 1970 is the Roman Rite, and there could be no other, then the principe of Traditionis Custodes is correct, and the 1962 Missal must be suppressed. But then Traditionis Custodes turns around and says the bishops are supreme in deciding this in their dioceses, leaving the 1962 Missal in place in some areas, thus contradicting the notion that there is only one expression of the Roman Rite.

It gets even more hairy than that. Because you see, if Traditionis Custodes is true, in saying there is only one expression of the Roman Rite, and that expression is the 1970 Missal, then what the hell is Divine Worship? — the missal and office used by the Ordinariates of English Patrimony? We have been told it is a third form of the Roman Rite. This only works if Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum stays in effect, but now with Francis’ Traditionis Custodes being Church law, the Ordinariates’ Divine Worship is in limbo.

I have always asserted that Divine Worship should and ought to be a separate Western rite, comparable to other Western rites in Europe. Now, if we are to take Traditionis Custodes seriously (which I don’t at this time, and neither should you), then we are well on the way of this coming to fruition.

The only question that remains is this. If Traditionis Custodes is the new norm, why does it not go all the way? The 1962 Missal should be suppressed. Yet it isn’t. Why is that? Hmm.

https://onepeterfive.com/how-god-might-bring-good-out-of-traditionis-custodes/

Welcome to the new American oligarchy, where elections are fake and votes don’t matter.

With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats?

Put your trust in Jesus, focus on your church. If your church is into escapism (rapture nonsense) then go find a different one. That’s a big part of what got us into this mess in the first place. No, find a Church that is about teaching the victory of Christ over sin and the world, that works toward building a parallel Christian economy so we don’t have to rely on the neopagans of today. (Suggestions: Catholic Church, Anglican Church of North America, Global Methodist Church, Orthodox Church) That’s how the early Christian’s did it, and within a few centuries, they took over the world.

https://nationalfile.com/youngkin-will-allow-virginia-counties-cities-k-12-public-schools-to-mandate-covid-19-vaccines-and-masks/

Jesus Christ never voted. The apostles of Jesus never voted. The early Christian’s never voted. There were no elections for Caesar or the local governors. The entire ancient world was basically a conglomeration of dictatorships. And yet, from this, the apostles turned the whole world upside-down.

Christ and his Church call us to evangelize and sanctify the world. That’s not the same as voting. Christians are not commanded to vote, and there is no sin in refusing to vote, but at the same time there is no sin in choosing to vote either. If you must vote, then by all means, vote! But don’t get that confused with your mission to evangelize your neighbors with the good news and sanctify your neighborhood with good works. Voting can play a small role in that sanctification process, but it is only a role, just one role, and often not a very effective role. There are other things far more effective and important.

DEMOCRACY is the method through which ungodly people gain access to political power.

If democracy were the means through which we elect godly leaders, how did the Christian kings of Medieval history rise to power?

If the democratic process is the key to Christian ascendency, how did Christendom arise from the ashes of the Pagan Roman Empire?

It’s a weak document, and it has no teeth, but I suppose it’s better than nothing. Even if it did have teeth, denying communion to pro-abort politicians, it wouldn’t matter. The local bishops who ignore canon law would just ignore this document too. The bishops now, officially, have bigger fish to fry. According to The Pillar, a much more accurate poll done by a faithful Catholic organization, literally HALF of all Catholics who attend weekly mass, don’t believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist anyway. The bishops have their work cut out for them. I doubt many will rise to the occasion. This generation of older bishops just need to retire. Get out of the way please! They’re nothing but obstacles to the gospel now.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249622/breaking-bishops-vote-to-accept-eucharistic-coherence-statement

This is what justice looks like. Take a good and hard look at it. We don’t see it very often…

https://youtu.be/QJ_IJFs1KBE

This is what I wrote on Gab about the Kyle Rittenhouse case 8 days ago. I stand by it today, And I’m pleased that Rittenhouse was acquitted…

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I think this young man committed only one crime — the crime of naivety. It seems pretty obvious to me he didn’t go there to kill anyone. Rather it seems he was going there (with others) to defend private property and to help an overwhelmed police department. In previous generations, he would have been hailed as a hero.

However, he was naive, because he believed his actions would be welcomed by local government and the press. They were not. He was also naive because he believed that AR would be enough deterrent to scare off the rioters. It was not.

The violent rioters tried to kill him. The police arrested him. The local government prosecuted him. And the press demonized him. That’s how the world is today, and that’s why older men like me (also well armed) sit back and watch it all burn when the big cities descend into anarchy. We know better. This is the world the Leftists created. These are the results the Leftists wanted. So that’s why I don’t live in the city, and I won’t respond to their cries for help.

One of the reasons why I've been somewhat aloof about the increasing political tyranny pressing down on America now is because in many places, this is exactly what people want. You see, the political Left has proved, by their rhetoric, voting habits and illegal activities, that what they want is an oppressive Marxist state. This is nothing new, mind you, I've been around for half a century now. I watched all this unfold in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s too. It's just what they want. Oh sure, they'll tell you that's not the case, but they're only lying to themselves. Riots and revolutions are the cries of spoiled children begging for "parental discipline." This is what the Left wants -- chaos and anarchy -- because what they're really crying out for is a big oppressive government to put them in their place and enslave them. So, that is what they're getting, particularly in the big cities of the Blue states.

What we're witnessing happen in America right now is a self-regulation. Blue-state governors are clamping down (per what the Left wants), while Red-state governors are opening things up. People who don't like living in the big cities of Blue states are moving out. They're going to more rural areas of Red states. That's why property values are increasing in Red states. This is self regulation. The end result is the Blue states will become more Leftist, as only the Leftists remain. They, in turn, will lash out in more riots and revolution, like they normally do, and in response they will get the more tyrannical government they're begging for, with more loss of civil rights and privacy. This is what they want, and I'm content to let them have it.

Meanwhile, those who have decided to escape will eventually find their way to freedom in the Red states, and they too will get what they want in the form of freedom and a better way of life. It's all working out according to God's plan. God will allow the country to remain politically united, as one nation, for as long as it takes to get his people out of the "Egypt" portions of America. When he's done, the nation will breakup, the borders between states will be closed, and that will be that.

Soon, we will see more riots and anarchy in the streets of big cities in politically, Blue states. More buildings will burn, and police will be overrun, for a time. But not long after that, the governments of those Blue states will clamp down again, in a tyrannical way, which will pacify the political Left for a time longer, until they do it again. This is just what they do. It's what they want. This is just how the Left operates. I'm content to let them have their way, in their cities of their states. Who am I to fight against the tyranny they cry out for so badly?

And this is why the next time the Left riots, we should just let the their cities burn. Any attempt to help stop the violence will be met with prosecution from the Left, and if you should manage to be acquitted, you’ll have to deal with the feds. There is no hope for this nation, none at all. The big cities of the Blue states must simply be allowed to destroy themselves. It is the only way.

It's amazing what happens when a Catholic priest is unmuzzled and can finally say what's on his mind. I suppose it might surprise you to know how many priests actually think this way, but can't say anything publicly about it, for fear of being cancelled by their bishops.

https://tv.gab.com/channel/lifesitenews/view/fr-altman-torches-us-bishops-at-6197f222206a2682f8925b6c