This is a powerful graphic reminding us of what we are facing - the make-believe "Imagine" world of John Lennon's song - the final day-dream masking their dystopia - the dark black-and-white "evolution" (replacement) of the saving and true Gospel of the Kingdom.
Yes, harder to find, but growing by His grace in numbers (!) and in faithfulness, hope, and charity - thus HIs Bride grows in her beauty in His eyes. God permits such evil to continue, drawing forth greater good such as that.It is hard to prepare for what appears to be coming further into the Church.
It is heartbreaking sometimes to think of it ... I so loved 'the one, holy, Catholic Church' of old ...
but like most everywhere else now, we are seeing sin and modernism move in and take over.
There are still remnants of 'the old' ... and I believe there will be a remnant, true and thru to the end ...
but the remnant is getting harder and harder to find ...
What is it like in your parish? Diocese?
I find that prayer ("Adsumus" - Latin for "We are here" [Google Translate]), sounds presumptuous - appealing to subjectivism - presuming a knowledge of divine purposes and direction (i.e. solid catechesis in Church Tradition) and true experience / relationship with the Guide the Holy Spirit (through possession of the supernatural Gifts of wisdom, knowledge, prudence, counsel, fortitude, fear, understanding).I just came across these instructions, on our diocesan website:
Pray for the Synod
On October 4, 2023, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will open the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod for Bishops, “For a Synodal Church, Communion, Participation, Mission.”
To commemorate this event and in prayerful support of it, all parishes are being asked to include the following at weekend Masses from October 1, 2023 to October 29, 2023:
- Prayer for the Synod: The assembly should pray the “Prayer for the Synod” (The Adsumus Prayer) before the Opening Song at weekend Masses from October 1-29, 2023.
- Universal Prayer: A petition for the Synod should be included each week in the Universal Prayers from October 1-29, 2023.
- Special Solemn Blessing: A special Solemn Blessing is to be included at Mass on the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (September 30-October1, 2023) to commemorate the opening of the Synod.
Pray for the Synod - The Catholic Echo
On October 4, 2023, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will open the first session of the Synod for Bishops, "For a Synodal Church, Communion, Participation, Mission."catholicecho.org
So I looked up "The Adsumus Prayer". It is this:
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts;
Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.
All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer for the Synod on Synodality
Every session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, “We stand before Y...www.usccb.org
I find that prayer ("Adsumus" - Latin for "We are here" [Google Translate]), sounds presumptuous - appealing to subjectivism - presuming a knowledge of divine purposes and direction (i.e. solid catechesis in Church Tradition) and true experience / relationship with the Guide the Holy Spirit (through possession of the supernatural Gifts of wisdom, knowledge, prudence, counsel, fortitude, fear, understanding).
Good to read: Recent from Card Burke; Synodality versus True Identity of the Church as Hierarchical Communion – Cardinal Raymond Burke
!! No! Got a link?I saw the video of the opening dance act at the Synod. Wow - even some of the most liberal churches I have seen don't come close to that kind of crazy. And I saw a video by a Catholic apologist that basically said - "Nope, I am not defending this stuff any longer". Has anyone else seen the opening act of the Synod?
You sure you did not fall for this?I saw the video of the opening dance act at the Synod. Wow - even some of the most liberal churches I have seen don't come close to that kind of crazy. And I saw a video by a Catholic apologist that basically said - "Nope, I am not defending this stuff any longer". Has anyone else seen the opening act of the Synod?
Another head scratcher:I find this concerning.
UPDATED: Would it be a Synod "Walking Together" without an other demon idol?
UPDATE 10 Oct 2023 Here is more news about the demon idol. We’ve been able to confirm that the demon idol Cindy McCain gave to Pope Francis is most likely the ogre-woman called Soyoko Mana, not the priest killer. Soyoko Mana carries a knife and a crook to catch children, whom she eats. The baswdtprs.com
Any religious ceremony that includes contradictions is harmful to one's spiritual health. In God there is NO contradiction, and He desires for us a life in Him of no contradiction. But worldliness in priest and/or people gathered in the Mass - without conviction and repentance - indeed, with comfortable ease - what horrific contradiction! And as we know, conscience ignored the first time may be severe and redemptive. The second time, troublesome. The next time, not too bad. The next time, not so much. And "lukewarm" - aka lifeless, dead, abomination in the Holy Place - is normalized.I don't like the prayer either. I agree, it presumes alot. Lacks alot.
I imagine it was read aloud together at the progressive parish I had been visiting regularly for the late Sunday Mass.
That parish has the habit of someone (pastor?) 'making up' a prayer for all to stand and recite together before the Mass. Every Sunday.
After awhile, they change the prayer and replace it with a new one.
Just isn't a practice I like. Doesn't seem very sincere to me.
But I've backed off from visiting the progressive parish even though I love the late Mass time.
After about a month+ of it, I could feel myself becoming lukewarm about Communion, and starting to doubt the faith.
While the Church is very friendly, there is apparently a kind of worldly, lukewarm spirit there that was beginning to attach to me.
Can't explain it, but last Sunday I went to 7:30am Mass at a more traditional parish, and all was good.
... Same diocese, but, at the more traditional parish, they did not have us recite the Adsumus.
Yes I saw that one. A relative I have that is very Trad/Latin and well studied/informed said it was real. Do you know otherwise?You sure you did not fall for this?
A Years-Old Video Of The Pope With Circus Performers Is Going Viral—And Garnering Criticism—But It’s A Church Tradition
Conservative Catholics, who have long opposed Pope Francis, are sharing and condemning the video, even though previous popes have also invited circus performers to Vatican gatherings.www.forbes.com
Is this the video you saw?
He is not so well informed in this case. I spent a good part of the morning researching it.Yes I saw that one. A relative I have that is very Trad/Latin and well studied/informed said it was real. Do you know otherwise?
Salvation history is replete with instances of "fallen natural" mixed in with "God-breathed LIFE: the supernatural." But thanks be to God, He is working still to bring about the worship that He requires: worship in spirit and truth.
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