“The sacrament of Baptism makes us sons and daughters of the Father in Christ Jesus. Confimation makes us witnesses and transmitters of this new life within us to witness to Christ and bring truth to our neighbour. This will involve a personal and public struggle between the mystery of salvation and the mystery of iniquity—a spiritual combat against the forces of evil. Like soldiers, we enter into the combat of Christ and with Christ, assisted by the grace of the sacrament of Confirmation…” ✝️
When I was an Anglican priest, I would meet Catholic priests who called me “Father” and said things like, “I’m praying for your priestly ministry.”
This reinforced for me that I was approved by Catholic clergy and was therefore “valid”. It did terrible damage to my soul and it was very uncharitable of them - although they didn’t intend it. They confirmed me in my error.
This is why I am against fake ecumenism. It set me back.
The first Catholic priest who ever challenged me, saying I wasn’t a priest and that I should become a Catholic, was Msgr James Conley, who told me so in a friendly but firm way at a cafe in Rome by St Anne’s Gate in 2006. He’s now Bishop Conley of Lincoln Nebraska. Thank you, @bishop_conley
My opinion is that Pope Leo (a cradle Catholic) does not fully understand how he is reinforcing Anglican errors by assuming kindness and encouraging their sacerdotal acts. The Anglicans interpret it as “full approval and 99% Full Communion.”
Sometimes Protestants just need to be told “Let’s be one. True unity is in truth and communion. Protestantism is lacking and wrong. It’s time to become fully Catholic.”
Do you agree?
Happy Sunday!
The pews are filled. The Catholic Church is growing worldwide and is being debated amongst our politicians and pundits alike.
This is all Good news.
America might be saved yet.
Christ is King. ✝️
For Liberals, Leftists & Wokes:
If you think Pope Leo XIV is right about the Trump-Iran War,
don't you think He is also right about being against Abortion, Same Sex Marriage, Gender Ideology, Euthanasia, Atheism?
Come home now
Dear friends, today I turn seventy years old. I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents; and I thank all those who have remembered me in their prayers.
The Woke Liberal Left had been preaching that the Right is the side of Violence
But we saw Donald Trump almost Killed,
Trans shooter shooting inside a Church full of children
And now Charlie Kirk assassinated
The Danger was actually the Woke Liberal Left
I’m so tired of the silly political analyses of the papal candidates: “where does he stand on immigration? On climate change? On the poor?” Look, there are indeed moral implications of the Gospel, but the Gospel itself is what truly matters. And the Good News is that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and hence the rightful Lord. What I’m looking for in a Pope is a man who firmly believes this and knows how to make it compelling to people today.
In the face of the evil which seeks to cover the world in darkness and to corrupt the souls of men, menacing the very Mystical Body of Christ, let us arm ourselves with the divine grace which has its eternal source in the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in His glorious-pierced Heart. Only the life of Christ in us conquers evil and dispels the darkness which is its fruit.
@HeidiMendoza45 Abandon these woke-liberal agendas Ma'am Heidi and embrace Conservatism. These Wokes are not after tolerance but TOTAL DOMINATION. They won't settle for anything less than Power. Join The Conservative Movement and we will support you all the way.
Mainstream media had degenerated into a Liberal Woke Leftist Propaganda Machine that seeks to promote Liberal, woke, and leftists ideologies and brainwash the masses.