Which would you choose?
This is really a no-brainer for any Catholic with a rightly formed conscience...
Before I go any further, I would like to post some of the canons that pertain to the responsibilities, duties and rights of the faithful... (I will put emphasis where I feel it is necessary to highlight pertinent sections.)
Can. 212 §1 Christ’s faithful, conscious of their own responsibility, are bound to show Christian obedience to what the sacred Pastors, who represent Christ, declare as teachers of the faith and prescribe as rulers of the Church.
[But not a false obedience; that is a vice, not a virtue.]
§2 Christ’s faithful are at liberty to make known their needs, especially their spiritual needs, and their wishes to the Pastors of the Church.
§3 They have the right, indeed at times the duty, in keeping with their knowledge, competence and position, to manifest to the sacred Pastors their views on matters which concern the good of the Church. They have the right also to make their views known to others of Christ’s faithful, but in doing so they must always respect the integrity of faith and morals, show due reverence to the Pastors and take into account both the common good and the dignity of individuals.
Can. 213 Christ’s faithful have the right to be assisted by their Pastors from the spiritual riches of the Church, especially by the word of God and the sacraments.
Can. 214 Christ’s faithful have the right to worship God according to the provisions of their own rite approved by the lawful Pastors of the Church; they also have the right to follow their own form of spiritual life, provided it is in accord with Church teaching.
And here is the all-important canon 211:
Can. 211 All Christ’s faithful have the obligation and the right to strive so that the divine message of salvation may more and more reach all people of all times and all places.
If we look at the gist of what these canons provide, it shows that the lay faithful -- and the hierarchy -- have the job of fulfilling the primary role and purpose of the Church: the spreading of the Faith for the salvation of souls!
That also means making known some of the "hard sayings" of the Faith, such as the dogma that outside the Church there is no salvation!
Look what happened when Our Lord told His disciples that they had to eat His flesh and drink His blood in order to have (spiritual) life in their souls... Chapter Six of St. John tells the whole story...
How many "Catholics" have walked away over the last 60 years or so???
The figure is in the millions -- in the millions!
Why is that? What has happened?
If the shepherds were doing their job of guiding the flock to Christ, then this would not have happened. The "great" apostacy would not have happened. The protestantized liturgy would not have happened, that is, the novus ordo concoction devised by a so-called Archbishop by the name of Bugnini and promulgated by a very weak Pope Paul VI...
What has happened is that there has been a massive infiltration of some very bad actors of the demonic nature, working for the father of lies, Satan. This is not my opinion, but a proven fact.
What Archbishop Sheen warned us about has come to fruition in spades! There is a false church that mimics the Catholic Church, but it is not Catholic in any way, shape or form. It is devoid of the sublime, spiritual goodness and truth that Our Lord proclaimed to those who would listen, but He didn't force His teachings and commandments on anyone, lest they lose their ability to use their God-given free will...
Our Lord cautioned us to know them by their fruits, and the fruits of the current cabal occupying Rome come from a poison tree...
I leave the reader with this question: can a communist validly receive the sacrament of Holy Orders and become a Catholic priest??
The answer should be obvious...
We are now living through at least the third and fourth generation of communists wearing the Roman collar...
Pray 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
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