A True Soldier Of Christ
Different clothes. Different age. Different circumstances. Still, some of them are still out there.
By the grace of God, the interventions on the Internet are multiplying that are critical, or severely critical, or outright devastating concerning the thinking and the acting of Francis, Bishop of Rome. I hope the reaction will grow in the months and years to come. I am confident there are enough people out there who can still read and understand what other people say. Liberals, atheists, abortionists, perverts of all sorts seem not to have any issue with it.
I wanted to mention in a very special way a blogger and Catholic apologist who has hugely impressed me with his integrity and love for Christ. A man who, other than myself, draws his income at least in part from activities linked to the approval – or at the very least the lack of hostility – from local bishops and Catholic organisations, and can therefore expect to pay a very tangible price for speaking the Truth. I have paid a price in friendships and relations with relatives, or in mockery and vilification for my Catholicism, but I have – thankfully – never been put in a position to put my livelihood on the line.
Louie Verrecchio, a well-established author, columnist and speaker – and also the author of the excellent blog linked above – has been put in that position, and has made the right choice. He has made, I would say, a spectacularly right choice.
Hats off to you, Mr Verrecchio. Wretched sinner as I am, you will be in my prayers.
Mundabor
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Posted on October 5, 2013, in Catholicism, Conservative Catholicism, Traditional Catholicism and tagged Louie Verrecchio, Pope Francis. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
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Perhaps you could help me with a question, I would be very grateful. The question is about Praying for the Pope’s intentions, if say the Pope is intending say the undermining of the Papacy, can the prayer be said?
God Bless.
As far as I know, when you pray for the intention you pray for the Pope’s intention as the Church expects them to be. If a Pope prays that he may sleep with the young nun he sees every morning in the corridor, you are certainly not helping him to achieve his aim and can pray for his intentions in good conscience. Praying for the intentions of the Pope is something you do to gain indulgence, for example, or as a penance given by your confessor, but is not something you must do on a daily basis if you don’t want.
Having said that, nowadays the actual intentions of the Pope are actually published and easy to be googled: two intentions every month, a “general” one and a “missionary” one.
A lot of fluffy V II stuff going on there, as you may imagine. I instinctively avoid googling them, because I get an allergic reaction on my arms whenever I read fluffy V II stuff (at times it itches, too).
M
Okay, so it’s the intention as the Church expects them to be, thank you.
As to avoiding googling them, I do not blame you, and as to the allergic reactions, I dread to see the result when dealing with the interviews.
You have been a real help with the blog, God Bless You.
I had the same lack of clarity about praying for the Pope’s intentions. I found this article which helped me.
http://archives.sspx.org/miscellaneous/pray_much_for_holy_father.htm
Many thanks, filiamariae, extremely useful!
It seems then the traditional intentions are:
The exaltation of the Church
The propagation of the Faith
The extirpation of heresy
The conversion of sinners
Concord between Christian princes
The further welfare of the Christian people
One wonders when the habit of the individual general and missionary intentions were introduced…
M
P.s. EDIT: if to pray for the Pope intention is to pray for the extirpation of heresy, is not such a prayer, today, a prayer for the end of this pontificate?
I wholeheartedly agree with you about Mr. Verrecchio’s blog. He seems to have come out full bore, both guns loaded, over recent months. Every day, I eagerly click to his site just as much as yours!
You have paid me a very beautiful compliment, Elizabeth!
M
I appreciate Christopher’s concern. Since Pope Francis was elected, I have stopped praying simply “for the Holy Father’s intentions,” and have prayed instead “that the Holy Father’s intentions may be in accordance with the will of God.” However, Mundabor’s reply and filiamariae’s SSPX link bring much clarity to the matter – many thanks.