tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post3202139399401489830..comments2024-03-28T08:42:07.659-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Is the Pope Going to Dismiss the Swiss Guard?Tancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-71940241286465849062017-10-20T00:18:47.785-07:002017-10-20T00:18:47.785-07:00I love your comment but certainly true. I wonder i...I love your comment but certainly true. I wonder if he prays. I mean internal prayer. He is like a gad fly or magpie always on the go. Certainly a cerebrate am concern with his salvation. Let us pray for him.Christian By Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532122025426392159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-62970697364070659792015-02-16T08:35:08.944-08:002015-02-16T08:35:08.944-08:00Annonymous above asks: The Holy Ghost CHOSE this m...Annonymous above asks: The Holy Ghost CHOSE this man? He seems to have a false notion of what the assitance of the Holy Spirit in the election of popes is about. There is no kind of revelation to the cardinals as to who they should elect. It is a very human thing and if anyone wishes to check out the history of the Papacy, he will find out that many of those chosen to exercise this important office have been morally iniquitous and calamities, one of the most notorious being Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borja, not to mention Julius II, who had Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In the X century they were probably even worse. It seems to me that the action of the Holy Spirit is more in the fact that despite so many morally repulsive popes and others who were not up to their high office, the Church survives. There is no guarantee that there will not be more mediocre o evil popes. However, in the XX century there has been a string of good and holy popes. A catholic is not obliged to like or love a pope. He is obliged to respect him and obey as with his bishop also. However, he is not obliged to be in agreement with every word which comes from the mouth of a pope. Magisterium is a specific thing and it has various levels. Interviews are not included in it. Neither should they ridicule him as that is not good for the Church. He has his good and positive side and some may disagree legitimatley with his style. Personally I would prefer if he followed protocol as protocols are generally helpful and should be respected. A good Catholic should also be benign in his judgements regarding others, especially bishops and popes inasmuch as possible. That is also part of charity. Thomas J. Henniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629842557160726719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-59995429987830278662015-02-15T12:47:33.088-08:002015-02-15T12:47:33.088-08:00The Holy Spirit can guide the cardinals in conclav...The Holy Spirit can guide the cardinals in conclave if they are open that guidance. God does NOT choose popes he ALLOWS them according to his own purpose and will. <br />The church has suffered through disastrous papacies before. And the church survived. We'll do it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-43929607402123609472015-02-10T05:33:54.429-08:002015-02-10T05:33:54.429-08:00The Swiss Guard needs a Pope in order to have a fu...The Swiss Guard needs a Pope in order to have a function and reason to exist.I wish we could live to see a True Pope's coronation.Its been 1959 or so since it's happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-42265616546161955232015-02-03T05:00:39.661-08:002015-02-03T05:00:39.661-08:00The Holy Spirit doesn't choose anti-popes.Lear...The Holy Spirit doesn't choose anti-popes.Learn the Catholic Faith before you start insults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-61457514851207523802015-02-03T04:54:27.484-08:002015-02-03T04:54:27.484-08:00The holy spirit doesn't choose anti-popes.Do n...The holy spirit doesn't choose anti-popes.Do not bash the Catholic faith until you have a better understanding of the true faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-46460285761890695142015-02-02T04:50:04.260-08:002015-02-02T04:50:04.260-08:00That's the thing: we do not know what this pop...That's the thing: we do not know what this pope will do next. We can't imagine what the next scandal will be. We can't foresee what will be the next slap against the faithful. What will be the next inventive name-calling? It used to be that we could depend on the pope to uphold the trues and traditions of the church and now we are in a fog.M. Prodigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598092468839468735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-40477923175521339082015-02-01T19:36:39.504-08:002015-02-01T19:36:39.504-08:00The dismissal of Colonel Anrig may or may not sign...The dismissal of Colonel Anrig may or may not signal the Pope's intent to disband the Swiss Guard. I'm not sure he could if he wanted to. Has it not occurred to anyone that the Guard serves as much to isolate the Pope as to protect him? Switzerland, after all, is home to the nameless, numbered accounts hiding the fortunes of the Prince of This World. I'm certain most of the guards are honorable, courageous young men, but it would not surprise me if there were one or two or more moles whose job it is to report on the Pope, and to restrain this or any Pope from the sudden use of his moral authority to restrict or eliminate usury (not that I think there is any particular danger of that happening under Francis). <br /><br />The choice of Casa Santa Marta also struck me as a way of temporarily averting the gaze of worldly powers that have certainly spent fortunes infiltrating and bugging the Apostolic Palace. By now, I'm sure it's business as usual for the moles and spooks of the devil, but for several days or weeks, Francis had freedom that no Pontiff in centuries has had. I know many on this forum think he would use such freedom wrongly. I pray that you are wrong, however much I fear that you are right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-65627694133531465112015-02-01T16:59:18.994-08:002015-02-01T16:59:18.994-08:00We must not forget that a martyr is someone that c...We must not forget that a martyr is someone that choses to give up his life rather than to oppose one dogma or truth that is handed to us by tradition from Christ to Pius XII...Can't call JPII a saint, nor a martyr...He promulgated heresy, practiced idolatry...this man is not a Catholic; doesn't have the true faith...practiced religious liberty. Did you know that a list of 101 heresies have been found in his personal encyclicals. A pope that promulgates one heresy loses authority and falls outside the Catholic Church... So, to call this man a martyr or a saint is naive. The only reason why Novus Ordo Church canonized him was to promote Vatican II. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-41544574226868516922015-02-01T16:48:41.886-08:002015-02-01T16:48:41.886-08:00Better pray like Moses on Mount Horeb with your ar...Better pray like Moses on Mount Horeb with your arms open in cross...that he's to be thrown off his horse on the way to Damas...This man does not have the faith...(can't even explain the basics of the Holy Trinity : three persons in one God) doesn't believe that Christs realized miracles, even Jews could not deny it! He hates tradition so badly that he would not hesitate to set up the whole Vatican place up for sale for the sake of his socialist views. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-73131714769710043662015-02-01T16:40:49.700-08:002015-02-01T16:40:49.700-08:00You can wait a long time before you get cardinals ...You can wait a long time before you get cardinals to say something or to do something...Remember, the whole problem is Vatican II...They are attached to this heretic and apostatic doctrine...Until we burn the documents of VII in a bonfire on St Peter's Square you can bet your life you're not going to see changes...it will go worse...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-79758088970082647272015-02-01T11:30:40.447-08:002015-02-01T11:30:40.447-08:00"Alien from the Planet Peron" What a gre..."Alien from the Planet Peron" What a great phrase! LOLBarnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-20211137377034366602015-02-01T06:30:44.998-08:002015-02-01T06:30:44.998-08:00Anonymous...He's doing a great job sinking the...Anonymous...He's doing a great job sinking the Novus Ordo....I support that. His persecution of traditionalists will only serve to stiffen our resistance. He's a loser whichever way he looks.LeonGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778834856947933957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-89935316190733734012015-02-01T06:28:41.647-08:002015-02-01T06:28:41.647-08:00Interestingly and significantly, the political sai...Interestingly and significantly, the political sainthood tsars at The Vatican ignored his 27 years as pope but only studied his personal life as a qualification. With the process being gutted in 1983 can anyone have faith in that.LeonGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778834856947933957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-16383829702232111882015-01-31T22:35:23.774-08:002015-01-31T22:35:23.774-08:00Yes thank you all. I pray for Pope Francis everyda...Yes thank you all. I pray for Pope Francis everyday. I know the Holy Spirit doesn't choose the Pope - that was the point of my, perhaps unclear comment - the frustration in talking to Catholics who insist that he is. I should be more careful when I write , I obviously wasn't very clear. Besides I only comment occasionly here when particularly motivated to do so...the Swiss Guards thing was a provocation.....<br />he won't be happy until the vatican is stripped of all Catholic Identity was what passed through my mind ...then I let off steam with the rest...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-44542867932696742682015-01-31T19:08:12.266-08:002015-01-31T19:08:12.266-08:00It's time for this man, Jorge Bergoglio, to be...It's time for this man, Jorge Bergoglio, to be deposed. He is clearly a threat to the Catholic faith. His vision of the Church is not that of a religion, but of a spirutal movement tha caters exculsively to the poor and, just as importantly, the liberal media. I am disgusted by everything that has happened since March 13, 2013.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-4408776592196957062015-01-31T18:20:24.235-08:002015-01-31T18:20:24.235-08:00See below. And stop calling evil good.See below. And stop calling evil good.Anonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-70615870360251449362015-01-31T17:41:14.517-08:002015-01-31T17:41:14.517-08:00The Vatican has been corrupt and rank with apostas...The Vatican has been corrupt and rank with apostasy since the mid 1950's.I say this in all due respect,because at one time I felt Benedict was a 'good pope'.Do some reading when you have time.Bugnini and the metz pact are good names & events to start researching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-14221093535259880722015-01-31T17:40:18.897-08:002015-01-31T17:40:18.897-08:00Anonymous at 11:42
"...it is hoped that Musl...Anonymous at 11:42<br /><br />"...it is hoped that Muslim world will be attentive and oblige him in granting the crown of martyrdom."<br /><br />I had to laugh, but really, that's what I've been wishing, too. Shame, shame on me! LOL!<br />Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00003965922434128196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-72554339243792793292015-01-31T17:37:50.882-08:002015-01-31T17:37:50.882-08:00@Leon hahaha I literally LoL@Leon hahaha I literally LoLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-88965055250373796392015-01-31T17:32:55.076-08:002015-01-31T17:32:55.076-08:00You can die from Carbon monoxide, earthquake colla...You can die from Carbon monoxide, earthquake collapse, heart attack, axe-wielding murderers, terrorists, brain aneurysm. <br /><br />And some children don't even get born before they die. Or killed. <br /><br />Truly, if there is justice in the Universe, there must be a God; if not, why bother living if only for temporary pleasures and avoidance of pain, even if we trample some miserable souls who are going to die anyway? <br /><br />But a Universe with God does care about the trampled. God does care about those treated unjustly. God can see what human eyes cannot. The problem with all these progressive clergymen is that their delusions of thinking they know what God is thinking, has spilled over to thinking they know what's best for the people following them around. <br /><br />Yeah. Most life is pain and suffering. Avoiding it is an exercise in futility. But if you are reconciled with pain and suffering by identifying with that Man on the Cross, we realize that from time to time, God does give us a break; but we have to endure because even if the Universe is temporary and will be destroyed by horrific forces beyond our reckoning some day, our souls are immortal, and longs for home, which is not this cruel and transitory place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-57338475820813770462015-01-31T16:57:19.121-08:002015-01-31T16:57:19.121-08:00If babies are not safe in their mother's womb ...If babies are not safe in their mother's womb - you are not safe in your living room.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-27074712404479904802015-01-31T16:40:03.771-08:002015-01-31T16:40:03.771-08:00If Catholic Altars are not safe from destruction ,...If Catholic Altars are not safe from destruction ,nothing is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-89963972534105360682015-01-31T16:36:19.639-08:002015-01-31T16:36:19.639-08:00The Church doesn't teach that Holy Spirt choos...The Church doesn't teach that Holy Spirt chooses the Pope. The College of Cardinals choose the Pope. The Pope is protected from teach error when he speaks ex cathedra on faith and morals and when he's teaching in union with the rest bishops. Thankfully, almost nothing he's said meets those things.John F. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497490500148126673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-78024327760942773902015-01-31T14:51:53.461-08:002015-01-31T14:51:53.461-08:00Oh God save us from Pope a Francis before he destr...Oh God save us from Pope a Francis before he destroys everything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com