tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post7326468665191400010..comments2024-03-04T22:30:09.216-08:00Comments on The Shield of Faith: Precedence for Pope's Reticence?Frank Regahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899023221249548349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-33223915057376114412014-01-16T14:09:04.111-08:002014-01-16T14:09:04.111-08:00The veiled insinuation here, though it could be a...The veiled insinuation here, though it could be argued to be not as bad as an outright accusation is identical to the accusations of many of the Baptist's followers against the ministry and message of Christ. They were unable to see the message of the Baptist and Our Lord's message though very different, worked together to form the whole. The great danger is instead of seeing God in people we make people our gods. Heaven is doing the same thing today by separately presenting both sides of the Divine nature if only to show that regardless of Heaven presenting a thundering message of condemnation (LaSalette, Fatima) or one of Mercy (in war torn Bosnia -the creation of "Christian" Western terrorism inflaming Muslims and Christian Western hatred of Muslims), too many of God's people are far too unwilling to repent of their fornication with the Babylonian Whore to make any difference (Our Lord faced the same problem in His day: Matt. 11:16-17).<br /><br /> In an attempt to temper Western Christians growing hatred of Muslims Our Lady had to point out the unsurpassed holiness of a certain Muslim woman. That statement was bad enough, even intolerable, for many Traditionalists; Can you imagine the reaction traditionalists would have had had She then began to speak of the two matters that Muslims have excelled Christians in, that of being staunchly against abortion and contraceptives? And this writer can discount the severe warning of chastisement from Medjugorje for failure to repent of sin merely because specific sins are not mentioned?! And then for this reason accuse Medjugorje of providing justification for Bergoglio's both silence on sin, while failing to mention his actual flat out denying its reality or its relevance? It is the duty of the Church to identify the sins that need to be dealt with, Heaven has already detailed them to the Church! It is the duty of the Church also to put both both of Heaven's messages of mercy and warnings for sin together! That failure is Begollio's crime against Heaven, not his message of Divine Mercy, when divorced from its absurd heretical extremes! The serious error of this writer is implying that Medjugorje is seriously faulty and thus is providing an excuse somehow to justify the diabolic agenda of Francis. <br /><br />It's more diversion, more division driving us further and further from the solution. Too much pride and confidence in human reason, not enough divine insight and Grace. To much politics not enough walking by faith. I wonder sometimes why God has not given up on all of us. David Websterhttp://www.newamplifiddouayrheims.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com