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07/08/2017
Liberals are wolves, and wolves can only bite –
Catholics who choose to keep away are right!
Liberals are wolves, and wolves can only bite –
Catholics who choose to keep away are right!
Elias forced the Israelites to choose.
Council or true God – which will I refuse?
Whoever tries to crush a true protest
Takes on the Truth, and will not come off best.
All on the Church horizon is dark, dark.
But have no doubt – God will save Peter’s barque.
If I will not live up to what I think,
My thoughts to the level of my life will sink.
When soothing priests put souls to sleep,
Our Heavenly Mother can but weep.
Superiors putting cushions under lies
Make Catholics’ non-reaction no surprise.
It’s true, we men today are broken down,
But that can brighten many a heavenly crown.
When Catholic institutions fall to bits,
The priests must help the home to take the hits.
The tastier the bait put on the hook,
The more poor fish their foes for friends mistook.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.