"God, I Thank Thee That I Am Not Like Devout Catholics"...

  What?

Are we living in a parallel universe?

I thought we (Catholics) are supposed to be devout!

But as I just wrote: are we living in a parallel universe?

Black is white; night is day; right is wrong; evil is good, etc., etc., etc...

One of my favorite parables from the Bible is St. Luke chapter 18:9-14, the Pharisee and the tax collector...

Of course, we know that the Pharisee brags about his "goodness" to God in the temple, while the lowly -- and admittedly -- sinful tax collector dares not even raise his eyes up to the Holy of Holies, but instead beats his breast and begs for mercy, and, as our Lord proclaims, this man (the tax collector) went home JUSTIFIED!  (In a state of grace, that is!)

I -- being an admittedly sinful man -- beg you to read this article from cnsnews.com, written by Fr. Jerry Pokorsky...

It will show -- in spades -- the ultimate hypocrisy of the self-proclaimed "devout Catholics" inhabiting the highest offices in the land of the free and the home of the brave. 

God, I Thank Thee That I Am Not Like Devout Catholics | CNSNews.

As practicing, devout Catholics, we must discern -- that means to make judgments! -- as to the objective, obvious good or evil of those around us.  If we fall prey to the "judge not lest ye be judged" improperly interpreted nonsense, then we can easily be persuaded to follow the Judas goat over the cliff to our spiritual death...

Of course, the worst hypocrisy flows from those in power in the ecclesiastical realm and trickles down to the lay faithful, or those who are trying to be faithful to our Lord and His holy Church.

We see this on an almost daily basis with heresies and idolatrous actions and words that directly contradict the authentic Magisterium and the dogmas of our holy Faith, emanating, sadly, from the very Bishop of Rome, Bergoglio...

Where, according to Bergoglio, truly devout Catholics (traditional Catholics, that is) are the real enemies of Christianity! 

Weird!

Well, maybe not so weird after all, because we -- traditional Catholics -- are the last line of defense against the new-world-order globalists and their cronies in the Vatican attempting to destroy the last vestiges of the Church of Christ... 

We have to pray for the conversion of Bergoglio and his nest of vipers -- and for the defeat of their diabolical agenda... And for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

PS: 

--Fr. Jerry Pokorsky is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington who has also served as a financial administrator in the Diocese of Lincoln. Trained in business and accounting, he also holds a Master of Divinity and a Master’s in moral theology. Father Pokorsky co-founded both CREDO and Adoremus, two organizations deeply engaged in authentic liturgical renewal. He writes regularly for a number of Catholic websites and magazines.