Back in the mid-1970's, when I was in the U.S. Coast Guard, I took leave and visited my parents who had a neat little mobile home in central Florida... Down the road apiece, was a small horse ranch that my folks liked to visit every now and then, to feed a carrot or two to a little pony, that, when he saw them coming near the fence, would scurry over to them, knowing that my mom and dad had that special, little treat for him!
Even though it was only one or two carrots, the tiny horse was happy to get his little gift, and quickly started munching on them... This not only made the pony's day; it also made my folks happy to visit and feed their little equestrian friend...
If you compared a couple of carrots to the horse's main feeding, it would only be considered a crumb or two, yet still welcomed by the pony...
There is a story in the Bible about a poor man, named Lazarus, begging for the crumbs that fell from a rich man's table. Lazarus eventually died and was taken to the bosom of Abraham. When the rich man died, he was buried in hell, suffering eternal torments of fire and hate (there is no love in hell!). He entreated Abraham to have Lazarus dip his finger in water and come to cool his tongue. But Abraham explained that there was a great chasm between those in hell, and where he and Lazarus were, and no one could cross from one place to the other...
The condemned man then asked Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house to preach to his brethren, otherwise, they too would end up in "this place of torment." Abraham explained that those still living had Moses and the Prophets to teach them the laws and ways of God that would lead to salvation... The damned man replied that if they saw and heard someone from the dead, they would believe! But Abraham said, that if they didn't hear Moses and the prophets, neither would they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead... (see St. Luke 16:19-31, King James Version.)
Practicing Catholics are being thrown a few "Catholic crumbs," every once-in-a-while from the table of the current occupant of the Chair of St. Peter, Bergoglio... As an example, the Vatican (just who or what is the Vatican, anyway?) recently stated that the Church cannot, in any way, shape or form, bless same-sex "unions." Okay, that's a good "crumb," but at the same time, Bergoglio appoints homosexual-friendly males and females to certain advisory committees, or has private audiences with homosexuals and lesbians, not to admonish them and urge them to change their lives around, but for a photo-op! He'll rightly condemn abortion, then he'll turn around and appoint the likes of Jeffrey Sachs -- a radical supporter of abortion, contraception and population control on a Vatican "advisory" board!
Imagine, two of the most hideous of sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance, are, for all practical purposes, being fostered under the auspices of Bergoglio and his cabal of Judases...
Then there is idolatry: the First Commandment being torn apart and trampled underfoot; for the sake of "dialogue" or "brotherhood"?
We must continue to pray for Bergoglio's conversion to the Catholic faith...
Insidious! We cannot accept tradition with modernism, period! Yet, what do we hear coming from Rome these days? Just that: the Deposit of Faith being mixed with modernism and novelty, especially when it comes to the constant teachings of the Church and the holy Mass...
The Elect and the Remnant are between a rock and a hard place, but there is always hope! We know where that hope lies; not in any one politician or movement, but in Him Whose Resurrection we just celebrated. "... for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12, King James Version.)
Pray for strength and honor -- and for discernment!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us!
Gene DeLalla
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