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Holy Trinity Sunday

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò - Open Letter to Donald John Trump, President of the United States

Open Letter to President Trump

from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

June 7, 2020
Holy Trinity Sunday

Mr. President,

In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of light constitute the most conspicuous part of humanity, while the children of darkness represent an absolute minority. And yet the former are the object of a sort of discrimination which places them in a situation of moral inferiority with respect to their adversaries, who often hold strategic positions in government, in politics, in the economy and in the media. In an apparently inexplicable way, the good are held hostage by the wicked and by those who help them either out of self-interest or fearfulness.

These two sides, which have a Biblical nature, follow the clear separation between the offspring of the Woman and the offspring of the Serpent. On the one hand there are those who, although they have a thousand defects and weaknesses, are motivated by the desire to do good, to be honest, to raise a family, to engage in work, to give prosperity to their homeland, to help the needy, and, in obedience to the Law of God, to merit the Kingdom of Heaven. On the other hand, there are those who serve themselves, who do not hold any moral principles, who want to demolish the family and the nation, exploit workers to make themselves unduly wealthy, foment internal divisions and wars, and accumulate power and money: for them the fallacious illusion of temporal well-being will one day – if they do not repent – yield to the terrible fate that awaits them, far from God, in eternal damnation.

In society, Mr. President, these two opposing realities co-exist as eternal enemies, just as God and Satan are eternal enemies. And it appears that the children of darkness – whom we may easily identify with the deep state which you wisely oppose and which is fiercely waging war against you in these days – have decided to show their cards, so to speak, by now revealing their plans. They seem to be so certain of already having everything under control that they have laid aside that circumspection that until now had at least partially concealed their true intentions. The investigations already under way will reveal the true responsibility of those who managed the Covid emergency not only in the area of health care but also in politics, the economy, and the media. We will probably find that in this colossal operation of social engineering there are people who have decided the fate of humanity, arrogating to themselves the right to act against the will of citizens and their representatives in the governments of nations.

We will also discover that the riots in these days were provoked by those who, seeing that the virus is inevitably fading and that the social alarm of the pandemic is waning, necessarily have had to provoke civil disturbances, because they would be followed by repression which, although legitimate, could be condemned as an unjustified aggression against the population. The same thing is also happening in Europe, in perfect synchrony. It is quite clear that the use of street protests is instrumental to the purposes of those who would like to see someone elected in the upcoming presidential elections who embodies the goals of the deep state and who expresses those goals faithfully and with conviction. It will not be surprising if, in a few months, we learn once again that hidden behind these acts of vandalism and violence there are those who hope to profit from the dissolution of the social order so as to build a world without freedom: Solve et Coagula, as the Masonic adage teaches.

Although it may seem disconcerting, the opposing alignments I have described are also found in religious circles. There are faithful Shepherds who care for the flock of Christ, but there are also mercenary infidels who seek to scatter the flock and hand the sheep over to be devoured by ravenous wolves. It is not surprising that these mercenaries are allies of the children of darkness and hate the children of light: just as there is a deep state, there is also a deep church that betrays its duties and forswears its proper commitments before God. Thus the Invisible Enemy, whom good rulers fight against in public affairs, is also fought against by good shepherds in the ecclesiastical sphere. It is a spiritual battle, which I spoke about in my recent Appeal which was published on May 8.

For the first time, the United States has in you a President who courageously defends the right to life, who is not ashamed to denounce the persecution of Christians throughout the world, who speaks of Jesus Christ and the right of citizens to freedom of worship. Your participation in the March for Life, and more recently your proclamation of the month of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, are actions that confirm which side you wish to fight on. And I dare to believe that both of us are on the same side in this battle, albeit with different weapons.

For this reason, I believe that the attack to which you were subjected after your visit to the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II is part of the orchestrated media narrative which seeks not to fight racism and bring social order, but to aggravate dispositions; not to bring justice, but to legitimize violence and crime; not to serve the truth, but to favor one political faction. And it is disconcerting that there are Bishops – such as those whom I recently denounced – who, by their words, prove that they are aligned on the opposing side. They are subservient to the deep state, to globalism, to aligned thought, to the New World Order which they invoke ever more frequently in the name of a universal brotherhood which has nothing Christian about it, but which evokes the Masonic ideals of those who want to dominate the world by driving God out of the courts, out of schools, out of families, and perhaps even out of churches.

The American people are mature and have now understood how much the mainstream media does not want to spread the truth but seeks to silence and distort it, spreading the lie that is useful for the purposes of their masters. However, it is important that the good – who are the majority – wake up from their sluggishness and do not accept being deceived by a minority of dishonest people with unavowable purposes. It is necessary that the good, the children of light, come together and make their voices heard. What more effective way is there to do this, Mr. President, than by prayer, asking the Lord to protect you, the United States, and all of humanity from this enormous attack of the Enemy? Before the power of prayer, the deceptions of the children of darkness will collapse, their plots will be revealed, their betrayal will be shown, their frightening power will end in nothing, brought to light and exposed for what it is: an infernal deception.

Mr. President, my prayer is constantly turned to the beloved American nation, where I had the privilege and honor of being sent by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Nuncio. In this dramatic and decisive hour for all of humanity, I am praying for you and also for all those who are at your side in the government of the United States. I trust that the American people are united with me and you in prayer to Almighty God.

United against the Invisible Enemy of all humanity, I bless you and the First Lady, the beloved American nation, and all men and women of good will.

+ Carlo Maria Viganò

Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

The Very Reverend Jonathan Robinson, Founder and Provost of the Toronto Oratory. Requiescat in pace

The Toronto Oratory has announced the passing into eternity of the Very Reverend Jonathan Robinson, Provost of the Toronto Oratory. 

A good man. A faithful man. He was a delight. I will miss him. When he came to Toronto to start the Oratory, my late mother was a nurse a few blocks away. She always liked him, his twinkle in the eye and his blonde hair. He offered her funeral in Latin when the local parish refused.

God rest you Father Robinson. Thank you for all you did for me.

Donald Trump has been driven to his knees!

American President Donald Trump has been driven to his knees and not in submission to the anarchists and assorted, communists, Democrats, race-baiters and thieves destroying American cities right now. He and Melania visited the Saint John Paul II Shrine in Washington and proclaimed an executive order on religious freedom.

The Archbishop of Washington, a man closely connected to McCarrick, Wuerl, Tobin and others of that leftist Anti-Christ, effeminate ilk has condemned his visit to the shrine of St. John Paul II in Washington, calling it "reprehensible." The Episcopal "bishop" of Washington has done the same with his visit to the "Church of the President's" - St. John's Episcopal claiming it is "outraged." I've not seen either state that the terror on America's streets is reprehensible or outrageous.

I think it is apt to remember this.

The Jews have a prayers when they wake that states, "Lord, thank you for not making me a Gentile" and, "... a woman." While these are no doubt Talmudic and from rabbinical Judaism they were and remain an act of spiritual arrogance and superiority. How different is this disgusting Jewish "prayer" which God would not acknowledge from that of our own "Catholic" and other "Christian" so-called, leaders. No doubt, it was this attitude that Our Blessed Lord had in mind when he told of this:

"The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted." Luke 18:11-13

Last night, we had a visit from a good friend whom we have not been able to see for a while. We spoke of this and I remarked that Donald Trump does not have the advantage of being a Catholic through the sacraments. To deny that God is pouring out grace upon him would be wrong. If God did not pour out his grace upon Francis Libermann or Scott Hahn, they would not have become Catholics. We pray for God to pour out the grace of conversion and then we arrogantly deny that there is no grace on non-Catholics? That is spiritual insanity.

I tell you this. For all of his faults, Donald J. Trump is a better Christian and probably closer to God right now than Joseph Biden. Biden has no excuse.

Neither does Wilton Gregory who has been covered up homosexual priests and abuse. Then, we have the hysterical tweets and media interviews by the likes of James "the bible is not a prop" Martin, the effeminate too pretty Father CNN, Edward Beck, or the rantings of an allegedly ordained hater of all things Catholic, Daniel Horan, OFM, and others.

At the end of their lives, it very well be that God says to Donald John Trump, "Well done, good and faithful servant." As for the others, "I do not know you."

As for those who have engaged in the riots, this is their destiny.

Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers: Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of God. And such some of you were. But you are washed: but you are sanctified: but you are justified: in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 

Pray for the President, his safety, holy wisdom and conversion.

Tucker: Our leaders dither as our cities burn

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Hymnus: Veni, creator Spiritus

Geska Lima needs our help

If you have been on Twitter, you've probably come across this lady.

https://twitter.com/Geskalima

You will know that in the darkness of Twitter, Geska brings a little light and joy. Her prayers and little vignettes and natural settings are delightful and heart-warming. I have no doubt that you'll agree with me that Geska is a shining example of a Catholic lady and puts most of us to shame. I know that I could be more like her. We could and should all, be a little more like Geska. My wife and I don't know her well outside of Twitter, but we have met at St. Mary's Davenport Road in Toronto after various Masses and have had nice chats.

You will also know that Geska has been fighting a battle with cancer. At this point, I will sign-off and let Geska speak. As for the links, well, at posting, it is at $3075.00. Many of us have been able to continue to work during this Wuhan China Virus pandemic. We've saved money on gasoline and lunches out at work. We've not contributed to the collection plate. What if we took a little bit of that and sent it to Geska. 

I bet we could break $10,000 before the end of Pentecost Sunday.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/geskalima-medical-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Benedict Ratzinger's journey. Sorry, I'm not going with him.

I had a conversation the other day with a friend and fellow blogger about Francis. One of our points of discussion is that a far as the Law is concerned, Francis Bergoglio is the Pope. He is the pope according to Canon Law, he is the pope because the priests of Rome accept him as bishop, as to the bishops and cardinals in the world and the faithful. We may not like it, he may be a heretic and an apostate and an evil man and while I may think it and believe it, it is of no consequence. None of us have authority to declare and remedy it. 

We further agreed to agree that the real culprit in all of this is Joseph Ratzinger. We recalled discussions seven years ago that "he must have cancer," or, "he knows he has Alzheimer's and does not want to lead the Church in such a condition." Truly, did you not think there was something serious?

He did this to us. He ran away, he was and remains a coward. There was no "mystical" reason for his departure. He bailed out. If he was being hounded from within to leave he could have gone to the window at his Sunday Angelus and told us, we would have risen up. Italians loved him, they would have stormed the palace to save him. This is how a Catholic would act. 

No, instead he left us and did not finish his job. 

I'm not interested in this book, I'm past interest in anything Ratzinger writes or says. I loved him. Now, I am nothing but indifferent towards him. Reading this makes me even more indifferent.

We have truly been abandoned. It is this abandonment by our Shepherds, sorry, our Hirelings, that has led to the theories by Ann Barnhardt and Brother Alexis. Someone will be culpable for all of this, I have to believe that our merciful God will not lay the blame on those who question and come to conclusions that may be wrong because of the crimes of those who lead.

https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/peter-seewalds-spiritual-and-historical-journey-with-the-pope-emeritus

Alleluia Sing To Jesus HYFRYDOL | Stephen Buzard Organist, Our Lady of ...

 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus, His the scepter, his the throne

Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone

Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood

Jesus out of every nation hath redeemed us by his blood.

 

Alleluia! Not as orphans are we left in sorrow now

Alleluia! He is near us, faith believes nor questions how

Though the cloud from sight received him when the forty days were o'er

Shall our hearts forget his promise, I am with you evermore?

 

Alleluia! Bread of heaven, here on earth our food and stay

Alleluia! Here the sinful flee to thee from day to day

Intercessor, Friend of sinners, earth's Redeemer, plead for me

Where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea.

 

Alleluia! King eternal, thee the Lord of Lords we own

Alleluia! Born of Mary, earth thy footstool, heaven thy throne

Thou within the veil hast entered, robed in flesh, our great High Priest

Thou on earth both Priest and Victim in the Eucharistic Feast.

Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise

Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise - Charles Wesley

"Ascendit Deus" Peter Phillips

Byrd Viri Galilaei

Orlando Gibbons - O Clap Your Hands Together (1622)

Tallis - Spem in alium

Spem in alium numquam habui praeter in te Deus Israel

qui irascéris et propitius eris

et omnia peccata hominum in tribulatione dimittis.

Domine Deus, Creator coeli et terrae, respice humilitatem nostrum.

 

Hope in any other than Thee I have never had, O God of Israel, whose anger may

yet may be appeased as Thou forgivest all the sins man commits in his distress. 

Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, look upon us in our lowliness.

WHO'S a liar. This is not a question.

Andrew Cuomo: Apostate Catholic, Mass Murderer!

Who can forget this picture of Andrew Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York. Look at the glee in his face as he signs the death warrant of New York's babies defending himself, that it's all okay because you know, he "was educated in religious schools" and is a "former altar boy."

Kill the babies and kill the elderly. Not a far leap.

But it's okay, he's a Catholic was an altar boy. 

Hell's gates are opened wide Andrea, just waiting for you.

There is this.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/coronavirus-crisis-andrew-cuomo-reckless-choices/

On March 6 Cuomo insisted, “The overall risk level of the novel coronavirus in New York remains low” and said, “We have more people in this country dying from the flu than we have dying from coronavirus.” As late as March 8, Cuomo, instead of advising people to stay away from the subway, advised New Yorkers to seek out less-crowded subway cars, the mass-transit equivalent of saying, “Let them eat cake.”

What may turn out to have been Cuomo’s worst unforced error was his March 25 order that nursing homes must accept patients who carried the coronavirus. This now looks like setting off a series of time bombs in New York State’s elder-care facilities, and Cuomo didn’t reverse this policy until May 11. The governor protested at that time that only 12 percent of New York State COVID deaths had occurred in nursing homes, but we are now learning that many people who died after falling ill in nursing homes have not been counted in the official stats. One such facility reported seven COVID deaths to the state, the New York Post reported, but the actual number of deaths there over a five-week period this spring was 76. New York is literally burying this problem: Many New Yorkers who died in nursing homes were never tested for the virus. Nursing-home staffers told the Post far more people are dying at long-term-care facilities than in a normal spring and that a coverup is underway. There is now a bipartisan group in Albany calling for an investigation, but Cuomo replied, “This is going to be a period where we don’t play gratuitous politics.”

And this:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/20/ny-gov-andrew-cuomos-careless-cruelty-shows-in-cor/

Don't do this!

Father Robert Reddy of the Archdiocese of Toronto - Requiescat in Pace.

The Reverend Robert Reddy of the Archdiocese of Toronto has passed away. He was in residence at St. Mary's in Barrie and was formerly the pastor at St. Andrew's Church in Brechin, Holy Family in Whitby and at St. Mary Immaculate in Richmond Hill, Ontario which is where I came to know him. Father Reddy was a great priest, faithful, kind and doctrinally sound. While not offering the traditional Mass himself, he was a friend of tradition in every way. He welcomed the traditional Mass at St. Mary Immaculate by his Associate Pastor and never turned down a request by the Toronto Traditional Mass Society - Una Voce Toronto - for the use of the church for Feast Day Masses. 

I will miss him. 

Please remember Father Reddy in your prayers at Mass today in whatever way It takes place. 

O GOD, Thou didst raise Thy servant, Robert,

to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ,

according to the Order of Melchisedech,

giving him the sublime power

to offer the Eternal Sacrifice,

to bring the Body and Blood of Thy Son Jesus Christ down upon the altar,

and to absolve the sins of men in Thine own Holy Name.

We beseech Thee to reward his faithfulness

and to forget his faults,

admitting him speedily into Thy Holy Presence,

there to enjoy forever the recompense of his labours.

This we ask through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord.

Amen.

A Homily worth listening to.

The ability to embed is not available. It is an Ordinary Form Mass at the proper altar. The homily is must listen, you can begin at 19:00. The end at 1:02 is also a must.

The time has come to move out of this and back to Ora et Labora with common sense and regard for the health of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeMRDEh2cI&t=2350s

The Catholic Church has abandoned the Jewish people

The Catholic Church has abandoned the Jewish and Arab peoples. That is obvious. Why any Jew or Muslim would become Catholic today is beyond me. Rather than preach the truth, we affirm those that believe in error. Who could want this? Not God. Only the devil - it is he who is using the Church to send people to Hell, not saving them for Heaven.

When the book is opened. who is going to be with the goats?

It won't be these who strive in good conscience just because they don't  become Catholics. There is no salvation outside the Church but the Catholic Church no longer seems to believe it. God will bring about their salvation through His Church, not the corrupt visible Bergoglian and post Vatican II church which it has become. 

Why is this man doing our work? It seems to me that God works in spite of It. They even quote Chrysostom to back up some argument, but now without specifying that he was an "Anti-Semite." 

The bottom-line is that Catholics have failed in our mission. Historically, we called the Jews Christ-killers when we all killed Him and He came to die, regardless. To this day, that is still a factor preventing conversion. Now, we have abandoned them. How did this happen?

Though a descendant of four immigrants from Mt. Lebanon I believe in the right of Jews to safety and security within a political state on their ancestral land if that makes me a Zionist, as I've been accused of being, then so be it.

Nota Bene: Hateful comments to Jews, Muslims or this writer will not be published. Save your time.

Bergoglian "Fasting" dinner for Vox and Fox

To Jorge Bergoglio and the Committee on Human Fraternity, I remind you of this:

1. Let not your fasts be as with the hypocrites, for they fast on Mondays and Thursdays, but do your fast on Wednesdays and Fridays.

2. And do not pray as the hypocrites, but as the Lord commanded in his Gospel, pray thus: "Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, as in Heaven so also upon earth; give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One, for thine is the power and the glory for ever."

3. Pray thus three times a day.

The Didache. Ch. VIII

My wife and I very much enjoyed this all Ontario grown and raised dinner. Rib-eye bone-in steak on which I opened the wallet for organic, grass-fed and hand trimmed just to spite this "fast," fresh Ontario asparagus, potatoes, fiddleheads, Cremini mushrooms and a fine bottle from Pelee Island Winery from grapes grown on Lake Erie’s Pelee Island, the most southern locale in Canada.

Yesterday, we ate fish. Tomorrow, we will have mussels. That, is how it is done.