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Issue 009
St. Malachy & Papal ProphecyIn a separate document on St. Malachy's Prophecy, We showed you a prophecy from the twelfth century that can be helpful in leading “doubtful Thomas’ ” to recognize Our valid possession of the Papal Office. This is not for Our aggrandizement but solely for the salvation of souls. It is a tragedy to be ignorant of God’s doorkeeper on earth of the door to heaven. We must be members of God’s family on earth so that we may be members of God’s family in heaven.We have a special word to priests who should know what Our Lord said to the Apostles as recorded in John 20, 21. He said: “Peace be to you. And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.”Any cleric who does not have a canonical mission from the Church is not a Catholic, and he is not, of course, a Catholic priest. With valid Orders he may be a valid priest, but he is not a Catholic priest. A man may have a diploma as a cop, but until he is put on a police force (deputized as such) he is not a cop. The same is true of all freelance Bishops and priests in the world today. It is Our solitary power to deputize (known as incardination) clerics into the Catholic Church, either personally or through Our Bishops. The automatic honest question of every Catholic when he meets a strange priest is this. Who is your Bishop (or Religious Superior)? When he meets a strange Bishop he asks, are you under the Pope? Today the Pope is not John Paul II but Pius XIII. In John 20, 21, quoted above, Christ “sent” the Apostles to preach His Gospel. In turn Our Lord sends men, until the end of time, by Peter and his successors to preach the Gospel and continue His Church. Without that ecclesiastical “canonical mission” no cleric is a Catholic. Outside the Church there is no salvation. Divine & Catholic Faith - An ExampleThose who have the Catholic faith are able to sense without difficulty whether others have or do not have the Catholic faith. They have a supernatural vision that is not in those without the Catholic faith. In order to bring this home to those who do not have the Catholic faith We give you an example.We remember that there was a chemical for writing that was invisible to the naked eye. However, if one put on certain glasses he could read the words written with the odd chemical. If he gave the glasses to others, all of them could read it. Only those who did not use those glasses for reading those words continued to be ignorant of them. Today the world is almost totally devoid of the gift of faith. Even the few that have it seem to throw it away at the instigation of the devil. In Apocalypse 13,7 God tells us: “And it was given unto him (the devil) to (tempt) make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.”In a word it is universal. The devil is so cunning that he is satisfied with his dupes whether they are nasty rebels or even those who consider themselves the paradigms of all truth and holiness. The proud Pharisee bragged to God of his holiness, but Christ revealed his evil and satanic hypocrisy. Christ also revealed the goodness of humble and repentant sinner. If one does not have the glasses of divine and Catholic faith he can never read the divine in the Pope, Bishops, priests, plus the divine in their offices and sacraments. Remember That Thou Keep Holy the Sabbath DayIn Our last newsletter, We explained at length what is required in regard to abstaining from “servile work” on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. Now We shall give some important suggestions as to how one is to make the Sabbath day a day of holiness.First of all, one must take time out for some set prayers and spiritual reading. If one has a Missal he should at least read the propers of the Sundays and Holy Days. The Epistles and Gospels for those days are most profitable for turning to God and away from worldly pursuits. For those who have the Goffine (“Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for Sundays and Holydays”) We urge them to read everything that is given for all those days. Make it a family affair if at all possible. This excellent book has been re-published in 1999 under the title of: “The Church's Year,” by Father Leonard Goffine. Order it from Angelus Press, 2918 Tracey Ave., Kansas City, MO 64109, 1-800-966-7337. The cost is $27.95 each plus $8.00 postage (for one to three volumes). Call them for volume prices. This book was written in 1880. The recitation of the rosary is always a must, plus litanies and other prayers. If properly understood and applied, one should be mildly employed in the performance of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Their review is in place at this point of the instruction. The seven Corporal Works of Mercy are:
“To instruct the ignorant.” Parents and the older members of the family should instruct the younger members of the family in the catechism. This obliges not only those who instruct, but it also obliges the younger ones to cooperate, that is, pay attention and study. They should be graded by means of tests and the like. “To visit the sick.” Whether the sick are at home or in the hospital they need the consolation of a friendly visit and possible treat. The sick could include the elderly who are confined to the home, even when they are well. Your divine faith and divine love will direct you in the proper way to make your Sundays something that will be a happy memory in old age and a source of great reward when you meet your just judge at the moment of your death. Ex Opere Operato and Ex Opere OperantisBecoming holy is the process of becoming sanctified from within. Even when good works are done they do not necessarily make one holy from within. There are two modes of becoming holy. They are listed in the title above.Ex opere operato means that the holiness is given independently of the works of the person receiving them. Of course, there may not be obstacles to the flow of holiness. Thus, when one receives baptism as an infant while not conscious and furthermore fully asleep, he gets the basic effects of the sacrament by the mere placing of the valid sacrament. The sacrament itself does the functioning. If however, one receives baptism as an adult, he may add to the sacrament his own prayers, acts of faith, hope and charity and the like. For those acts he gets more than the mere sacrament, and (when it is above the function of the sacrament) it is called ex opere operantis. He is rewarded for his works properly performed, something that will be explained further on. We have said that no obstacle may be placed before (or against) the action. Thus, a person in mortal sin, receiving Holy Communion, gets no ex opere operato effect of the sacrament. Of course, his pious sentiments are also non-rewardable. The ideal combination is that when receiving something ex opere operato one should strive to get as much through ones own efforts as possible. Thus, a devout Holy Communion is more sanctifying than a Holy Communion received in lukewarmness of soul. Ex opere operantis (by the action of the agent) must be properly understood. Holiness can be augmented only when there is holiness in the soul. Good works performed in the state of mortal sin merely lead one to repentance and to grace. Just how can one live in such a way that his daily actions are sanctifying for him? We call this merit. At the moment of death we shall be rewarded justly for the amount of sanctifying grace we have and the amount of merit that we have. To gain merit four factors are required.
The action must be some good action such as doing the duties of one’s state of life. They can be prayers or any kind of labor, no matter how menial. We marvel at the alchemist of the Middle Ages who struggled (but never succeeded) to change base metals into gold. Here, in the spiritual life, with the help of God we can change the dross things of this life into the “gold” of everlasting glory in heaven. The motive must be supernatural. It must be above the natural motive for work, such as earning a living, to support the family and the like. It must be to give glory to God and/or for the salvation of souls in some way. What a tragedy if otherwise good Catholics miss this great opportunity to become great saints. The good and supernaturally motivated actions must be “fired” by divine help, which is actual grace. That grace gives light to the mind to know God’s will and strength to the will to do God’s will. That element of divine assistance must be sought in prayer. Just check many of the prayers in the Missal for examples of this petition. Every day, start the day with some kind of Morning Offering. Renew it over and over in the day by short ejaculations as, “All for the greater honor and glory of God.” Offer your sacrifices and the like for the conversion of sinners, the advancement of holy souls and the like. The key to great holiness lies in the steady advancement in sanctifying grace and merit. Prayer to St. Michael the ArchangelHis Holiness, Leo XIII, Motu Proprio, September 25, 1888, granted to the faithful who recite this prayer an indulgence of three hundred days, once a day.See the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
in its entirety.
The thing that amazes Us no end is the fact that in succeeding publications of the Raccolta the most important parts of Pope Leo XIII’s document were missing from the official books. This tells Us that bastard officials in the Church had to do that skullduggery. The words of this Prayer from the original Raccolta tell us of Our times: “Even in the holy place where the See of Blessed Peter and the chair of truth was set up to enlighten the world, they have raised the abominable throne of their impiety with the iniquitous hope that the Shepherd may be stricken and the flock scattered abroad.”They tell that the very chair of Peter would be attacked, and in so doing the flock would be scattered. That warning came as a private revelation to a Pope, and the minions of Satan in the Church had to hide that revelation so that they would not be recognized for what they are, namely, bastard Catholics – as Cardinals, Bishops and priests leading the blind faithful into the pit of hell. In this letter We bring this information to the doubting Thomas’ who in their blindness still call John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II Popes. We are the successor of Pope Pius XII. The devil has accomplished the scattering of the flock (the Catholics) through the men Pope Leo XIII prophesized would come after him, appearing to be sitting on the actual chair of Peter. They surreptitiously usurped the physical chair of Peter (the Vatican), but they never received the office and authority from God that goes with that physical chair. The Signs of a Valid ElectionIn short review, We give you the fingers pointing (but not proving) to Our valid election on October 24, 1998. Hundreds of years ago it was revealed and recorded in the Monastery archives of a Capuchin Friary near Rome that, in the end times, a Capuchin would be elected Pope. Years ago We gave that out in a Caritas newsletter.Another finger is the number forty, so sacred in all Church history. It has a twofold force. The true Catholic Cardinals, from Pope Pius XII, made the greatest deception in all history. They “elected” John XXIII, a faithless Freemason, to the physical chair of Peter. What was accomplished was what the underworld of Satan wanted to happen. The faithful believed that he also had the office and authority of Peter from God. For that execrable deception God left the Chair of Peter vacant for forty years. God marched the “calf-worshipping” Israelites around in the desert for forty years to let those idolaters die in the desert. They were not worthy to enter the Promised Land. In like manner, God permitted forty years to pass for the wicked Cardinals to drop their bones in their graves, with whitened sepultures and stinking bones. Not one of them lived to see the true successor of Pope Pius XII. In Our papal election, another forty comes with its pointing finger.
Christ was dead for exactly forty hours, and then He arose from the dead.
The Mystical Body was mystically dead for forty years. Exactly forty
years later (the time between the death of Pius XII and Our election) the
known Catholics of the world elected Us as the Pope.
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