19th Sunday after Pentecost

This Sunday is the 19th after Pentecost. First, I'm going to speak my mind about some things going on in the Church. I said this last year when this stuff was happening, and I feel the need to have a repeat. Our Holy Father, Francis, has canonized two previous popes, John XXIII and John Paul II, with a third one, Paul VI, was beatified at the end of the month of October(2014), which is the 'Month of the Most Holy Rosary'. This is yet another slap in the face to Our Lord and our Lady. These popes helped start a movement within the Church which has led so many people to leave the Church, and also for a great number denying the Truth, and thus, excommunicating themselves from its fold. The first one, called a council in the 60's, maybe to see some of his cronies, and to discuss events of the world. (What a laugher! See the post of a few days ago, on St. Michael's day, concerning the why's of the St. Michael prayer being brought about. When John XXIII convoked this council, it was 75 years that 'satan' was given permission to destroy the Church by Our Lord. He was given 75-100 years to do so. He has prevailed!) But he, John, was overrun by modernists, who took over the council, and brought forth ideas which would ruin the Truth as we know it. The Truth is still there, but those who hold those beliefs which should be held, are called 'radicals'. That pope was pretty spineless, if you ask me. He let the modernists run him and the council and refused to correct them....fast forward through the years. The second pope on this list, though he was very popular, has led many people astray by his actions(ie. Assisi). He was instrumental at the council, and that was probably why he was chosen to be the successor of Peter. He, as well as his predecessors, were to push all of the bad ideas of the council. John Paul I apparently was going to make the 'Mass of all time' again the normal. This is probably why he was, I believe, killed. Can't have that notion anymore. The third pope in this tight little grouping had the 'new mass' started, which has led to sooooo much sacrilege it's NOT funny. But, at least he said that '...the smoke of satan has entered the Church'. (How could the smoke NOT enter, given the fact that all the windows were wide open?) How right that statement was! To push the ideas of that unfortunate council has led millions leave the Faith or push heresy. The ones who are left and call themselves Catholic don't even know the pre-Vatican II Faith. They are content with the happy-clappy one we've had since. The council DID NOT define anything, which is the only reason why I believe that the Holy Spirit was there, after all. The council left a lot of gray area, which led to many interpretations and novelties, which are, for the most part, sacrilege! Our Lord said: "By their fruits you shall know them (the enemy)". Well, the fruits for the last 50+ years are rotten. The first two men on the list were canonized, with another to follow. Thank God, the canonization process is NOT a doctrine of the Faith we must believe to be saved! As the current Pope says, we are supposed to love all no matter what. Unconditionally. The upcoming synod is supposedly putting forth that we are to accept the homosexual agenda in its entirety! A 're-describing' of the Sacrament of Marriage. Blasphemous! At least some of the Bishops are finally speaking out against this travesty. May God bless them and make their numbers grow. Pray for Cardinal Burke and those who are with him. And, for the hundreds of British Bishops who are united to say NO to this nonsense. Remember, there ARE rules to follow. ALL need to conform to these to be saved. This is called DOCTRINE! It can NEVER be changed! The True Catholic Faith is based on logic, NOT emotion! It does NOT change with the times! Sister Lucy, the one child from Fatima who was left on earth to warn us had told a Cardinal Caffara that the devil's final battle against Our Lady would focus on marriage and the family. It seems that this battle is about to commence. Nuf said. Now, on to this Sunday's readings.

We will hear, once again, from the Gospel of St. Matthew about the wedding feast, in which many were called to join in, but they did not. This represents the Church calling all to come in. Those who refuse will be burned. Man, why do people have to be so obtuse? St. Gregory, a holy Pope, explains these passages:

'The kingdom of heaven is the assembly of the just; for, the Lord says by Isaiah: "Heaven is My throne." Solomon says: "The soul of the just man is the throne of wisdom"; and St. Paul calls Christ the Wisdom of God. If therefore, heaven be the throne of God, and the soul of the just man is the throne of Wisdom, this soul is a heaven...The kingdom of heaven, then, is the assembly of the just...If this kingdom is said to be like to a King, Who made a marriage for His Son, your charity at once understands who is this King, who is the Father of a Son, King like Himself. It is He, of whom the psalmist says: "Give to the King Thy judgment, O God, and to the King's Son Thy justice!" God the Father made the marriage of God His Son, when He wished that He, who had been God before all ages, should become Man towards the end of ages. But we must not, on that account, suppose that there are two persons in Jesus Christ, our God and our Saviour...It is, perhaps, clearer and safer to say, that the King made a marriage for His Son, in that, by the mystery of the Incarnation, He united the Church to Him. The womb of the Virgin-Mother was the nuptial chamber of that Bridegroom, of whom the psalmist says: "He hath set His tabernacle in the sun; and He, as a Bridegroom, cometh out of His bride chamber!"'


In this parable the king is our Heavenly Father who has espoused His only-begotten Son to the Church, and on this occasion prepares the most sumptuous marriage-feast by giving the evangelical doctrine, the holy Sacraments, and the heavenly joys. The servants sent to invite the guests are the prophets, apostles and disciples of Christ. Those invited are the Jews who despised the honor and grace of the divine King, destined for them, abused and killed His servants, and were, therefore, cast aside and with their city Jerusalem, destroyed by the armies of their enemies, as a just punishment; in their stead the heathens and all those nations were called, who were on the broad road to destruction, and who now occupy the places of the unfortunate Jews at the marriage feast of the Church, and shall also occupy them in heaven. In the Jews to whom Christ addressed this parable, is verified that many of them, nay, all are called, but few chosen, because they would not heed the invitation.
When Divine Providence calls, RESPOND! (And, hopefully in the correct way)

Let us end with the prayer after the Antiphon of the Magnificat:

'O almighty and merciful God, graciously keep away from us all things that are adverse: that being free in mind and body, we may, with unimpeded minds, attend to the things that are thine.'

This is what it's all about, in Truth!