Today’s Gospel is the healing of the paralytic who was lowered through the roof by his friends. We all know the story, but have you ever really stopped and thought about it? Have you thought about the persistence and masculine initiative on display here? Can you imagine strapping your paralyzed friend to a board, CUTTING A HOLE IN SOMEONE’S ROOF, and then lowering your buddy down through the hole you just cut with ropes, because, by golly, we have GOT to get him into the presence of Jesus? Oh, to have been a fly on that wall.
“Um, Lord, there is someone on the roof.”
“It’s cool. Don’t worry about it.”
“Okay, they seem to be cutting a hole now.”
“It’s all good. Cool out. Everything’s fine.”
“There is now a six by three foot hole in the roof.”
“So there is.” (awkward silence as paralyzed dude strapped to a board slowly descends into the room) “Hi. Sorry about this, but there was no other way in, and I’m paralyzed, and you’re God, and I REALLY need you to help me. Please.”
That’s faith. Not just by the paralyzed dude, but also by his boys that executed this bold and excellent plan. The verse in Mark 2 says, “And when Jesus had seen their faith…” THEIR faith. Plural. Not just the paralyzed dude, but also the paralyzed dude’s BOYS. It’s good to have boys. Boys with saws and plenty of rope. And persistent faith. Our Lord likes that.
“Your sins are forgiven. That’s the important part, but just to show you that I AM God and I do indeed have the power to forgive sins, get up, take your bed, and go on home now.” (paralyzed dude gets up, whereupon his boys on the roof exchange high-fives)
“YAY!!!!!”
“As the Sacred Scripture says, the Sodomites were wicked and exceedingly sinful. Saint Peter and Saint Paul condemn this nefarious and depraved sin. In fact, the Scripture denounces this enormous indecency thus: ‘The scandal of Sodomites and Gomorrhans has multiplied and their sins have become grave beyond measure.’ So the angels said to just Lot, who totally abhorred the depravity of the Sodomites: ‘Let us leave this city….’ Holy Scripture does not fail to mention the causes that led the Sodomites, and can also lead others, to this most grievous sin. In fact, in Ezechiel we read: ‘Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor. And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me; and I took them away as thou hast seen’ (Ezech. 16: 49-50).
Those unashamed of violating divine and natural law are slaves of this never sufficiently execrated depravity.”
-St. Peter Canisius, Summa Doctrina Christianae, III a/b, p. 455
Note what St. Peter Canisius says here quoting Ezechiel: that the CAUSES that LED to this most grievous sin (sexual perversion) are, in a nutshell, a lack or absence of Charity. Sexual perversion is a DERIVATIVE PATHOLOGY. It doesn’t “just happen”. You have to have the self-purgation of love from the soul FIRST. Then the sexual perversion follows. This is why there is no such thing as a “psycho-spiritually healthy” sex pervert. Sexual perversion in any form is, by definition, a monstrosity. Yes, MONSTROSITY. This is why there is no such thing as a “benign” sodomite. Because of the antecedent pathology of lovelessness (aka Diabolical Narcissism), ALL SODOMITES, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, ARE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to others, but most especially children.
And, this quote from St. Peter Canisius should probably be framed and hanging in every home:
“Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church’s enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.”
Wear white, say “baaa” every once in a while, and they’ll not only jump into your mouth, they’ll demand that all of the others do too – because “it’s what the Good Shepherd wants us to do….”
Gospel of Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost:
At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees, Amen, amen, I say to you, he who enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up another way, is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is shepherd of the sheep. To this man the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them forth. And when he has let out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. But a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. This parable Jesus spike to them, but they did not understand what He was saying to them. Again, therefore, Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All whoever have come are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. I am the door. If anyone enter by Me he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and shall find pastures. The thief comes only to steal, and slay, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
So, the easiest way for me to explain this is just to post the Catholic Encyclopedia article on “Synodality” here, and you read it.
Remember: Antipope Bergoglio was an open book test. Now Satan and the Freemasons are batting clean-up. For this one, you gotta attend the lectures and do the reading. Do NOT let the conscious, coordinated attack on the human attention span get you. Just buckle down and READ. You’ll see why I’m posting this. Look for the one mention of the laity. One. Spoiler: they have no right to be there and their opinions mean nothing.
The Catholic Church is a HIERARCHY established by Christ Jesus Himself. Democracy is an obviously satanic construct designed to give power to the worst and basest impulses of fallen man.
Freemasonry seeks to destroy the Catholic Church on Earth by DEMOCRATIZING, that is, FAUX-SYNODALIZING it. The gambit is so obvious, it’s sad that it has to be explained.
Death to democracy. Death to “the synodal church”. Give me a secular monarch, and GIVE ME A POPE – the Monarch of monarchs.
—-Ann Barnhardt, Monday in the Octave of Pentecost ARSH 2025.
St. Peter, enthroned, flanked by St. John the Baptist and St. Paul.
A general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under hierarchical authority, for the discussion and decision of matters relating to faith, morals, or discipline. It corresponds to the Latin word concilium. The word synodus appears probably for the first time in the so-called “Apostolic canons”, while the word concilium was employed in the same meaning by Tertullianmore than a century earlier. Synod and council are, therefore, synonymous terms.
When the bishops of the whole world are congregated under the presidency of the pope, the synod is denominated ecumenical or general. It is only to such an assembly that it is lawful to apply the term sancta synodus (see GENERAL COUNCILS). If the bishops of an ecclesiastical province meet under the headship of their metropolitan, the council is termed provincial. When the hierarchs of all the provinces of a nation assemble, the synod is called national, or, under certain circumstances, plenary. The regulations governing provincial and plenary council are practically the same. In addition to those mentioned, there are other synods that are more difficult of classification, as synods of the East or the West, the synodoi endemousai of Constantinople, and the mixed councils of ecclesiastical and secular dignitaries who assembled together to make regulations for both spiritual and civil matters.
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Different from all other councils is the diocesan synod. Other councils are assemblies of bishops who have a definitive vote in the matters under consideration, but in a diocesan synod there is only one voter and only one lawgiver, the bishop of the diocese. This article deals mainly with diocesan synods. In his book “De Synodo Dioecesana” (lib. 1, c. i) Benedict XIV thus defines a diocesan synod: “A lawful assembly convoked by the bishop, in which he gathers together the priests and clerics of his dioceseand all others who are bound to attend it, for the purpose of doing and deliberating concerning what belongs to the pastoral care.” The Council of Trent (Sess. XXIV, c. ii, “De ref.”) required that a diocesan synod be held once a year. This law is still in force, but a mild interpretation, introduced by custom, has been tacitly sanctioned by the Holy See. Usually, the date for holding the synod should be announced on the Feast of the Epiphany. A month before the opening the decree of convocation should be affixed to the cathedral doors, and it should be published on three successive Sundays in parish churches. When two dioceses are united under one bishop, the synod should be celebrated alternately in the cathedral of each such diocese. It belongs to the bishop to convoke the diocesan synod whether he be consecrated as yet or not. An archbishop, however, who has not yet received the pallium, has not the same right. Vicars-general can assemble a synod only in virtue of a special mandate of the bishop. When a diocese is vacant, the vicar capitular can and should hold a diocesan synod if a year has elapsed since the celebration of the last once. Ordinarily, the convocation of a synod should take place after the episcopal visitation of the diocese, as the bishop can then be better guided in forming his statutes. When, however, the visitation has been neglected for years, it is considered more advisable to hold the synod first. As the bishopis the only law-giver at a synod, it belongs to him to draw up the various decrees which he may wish to promulgate at its sessions. While he convokes the synod by his own authority and is not required to consult his chapter concerning the convocation or its preparatory acts, yet he must ask the counsel of his chapter or diocesanconsultors as to the decrees he desires to enact, though he is not bound to follow their advice. The bishop is exhorted, in the formation of his decrees, to hold private conferences with the prudent, learned, and piousclerics of his diocese, and then to consult his chapter on the proposed statutes thus formed (S. C. C., 26 Nov., 1689). Only in this way does the bishop deliberate with the clergy of his diocese at a synod, and though the finished decrees will receive all their authority from him, yet it is consonant with the mind of the Church that, in the formation of the statutes, the opinion of the clergy be heard and considered. Summonses to a diocesan synod should be given to the vicar-general, the members of the cathedral chapter, holders of benefices, and all others who have care of souls. If there is a custom to that effect, all the clergy of the diocese may be summoned. Regulars who have care of souls are obliged to attend a synod. Their superiors are not, however, obliged to attend, unless they personally act as parishpriests or curates. The bishop has power to punish with censures all those legitimately summoned who fail to attend. Laymen may also be invited by the bishop to be present at a synod if there is a custom to that effect, but under no circumstances can they acquire a right to such summons.
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At the synod the decrees determined on by the bishop are promulgated, and a period of two months is allowed for having recourse against them to the bishop or the Holy See. All the clergy and laity of the diocese are bound by these decrees, and it is not necessary for the bishop to send his statutes to Rome for revision before publication. Exempt regulars are bound to observe diocesan decrees in all things which concern the sacred canons, the Constitutions of popes and councils, and the decrees of the Sacred Roman Congregations. The bishop may not force his clergy to buy printed copies of the diocesanstatutes (S. C. C., 14 Dec., 1658). During the synod the appointment is made of synodal examiners. To the former duties of these officials has been added by the “Maxima Cura” of Pius X (20 Aug., 1910) that of being associated with the bishop in drawing up the decree for the administrative removal of parishpriests. By the same papal Constitution, parochial consultors, who are to be assessors in case of recourse against a decree of removal, are also to be chosen by the synod from among the parishpriests. Synodal witnesses are likewise chosen at some synods, whose main duty it is to help in the framing of deliberative questions or to report at the following synod what has been the effect of the degrees promulgated at the last assembly, or to suggest new ones. Synodal judges are also to be chosen, though they are rarely now employed. Their office is to expedite such causes as may be committed to their judgment outside Romeby the Holy See. These judges should be at least four in number in every diocese, and their names must be forwarded to Rome as soon as selected. The subject-matter of the decrees framed at a diocesan synod should concern only the preservation of faith or discipline. Under no circumstances may such a synod define any new article of faith or decide any doctrinal point in dispute between Catholictheologians or frame statutes contrary to the common canon law of the Church.
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul the work of Your grace and Your love.
Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal,
the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth,
the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven,
the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation,
the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints,
the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,
and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him.
Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
Such massive life decisions as getting a new phone case require prudence and knowledge. Flip-flopping is a species of failure. Measure twice, cut once, and let your yes be yes, and your no be no. Changing one’s phone case with the wind or the zeitgeist is no way to live. It’s unmanly and weak.
If I do get a new phone case, y’all will be the first to know.
Such massive life decisions as getting a new phone case require prudence and knowledge. Flip-flopping is a species of failure. Measure twice, cut once, and let your yes be yes, and your no be no. Changing one’s phone case with the wind or the zeitgeist is no way to live. It’s unmanly and weak.
If I do get a new phone case, y’all will be the first to know.
The cause of homosexuality, and all aberrosexuality is DIABOLICAL NARCISSISM.
The further one descends into Diabolical Narcissism, the freakier and freakier the aberrosexuality becomes. Think Charlie Sheen. Think Miley Cyrus, Bruce Jenner and really all of the so-called “entertainment” industry. Think all musloid cultures – musloids openly screw blood relatives, children and infants, animals and dead bodies, and islam ratifies this.
Celibacy (not being married) and chastity (not engaging in sins against the 6th Commandment) have nothing to do with causing perversion and are red herrings. Don’t fall for it for a second. There is NOTHING harmful or risky about a psycho-spiritually normal person, fully and normally capable of love and thus BY INTRINSIC DEFINITION heterosexual, directing the energy of their sexuality toward a life espoused and in service to Christ and His Holy Church.
Taking vows of celibacy and chastity do not make a man or woman “asexual”. ASEXUALITY IS HIGHLY DISORDERED, AND A RED FLAG SIGNAL OF CEREBRAL DIABOLIC NARCISSISM. Asexuality, or CLAIMS of asexuality – which are frequently a cover for homosexuality – should be a DISQUALIFIER for the priesthood and holy orders and monastic/religious life of any kind.
The one and only normal “sexual orientation” is HETEROSEXUALITY. Period. Everything else is diabolical. There is no such thing as a “benign” homosexuality, asexuality or aberrosexuality of any stripe. ALL are derivatives of Diabolical Narcissism, and thus extremely dangerous to souls, not only of the individual, but also to the people the Diabolical Narcissist comes in contact with.
(Man, I wish someone would make a video presentation about this. I know it would be long – like three hours – but it is such an important and overarching subject. Oh… wait.)
