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Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

INTROIT I am the salvation of the people, saith the Lord: in whatever tribulation they shall cry to me, I will hear them: and I will be their Lord for ever. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. (Ps. LXXVII.) Glory etc.

COLLECT Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep us from all things that are hurtful; that we, being set free both in mind and body, may with ready minds accomplish whatever is Thine. Thro'.

EPISTLE (Ephes. IV. 23-28.) Brethren, Be re­newed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth. Wherefore, putting, away lying, speak ye the truth every man with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go clown upon your anger. Give not place to the devil. He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labor, work­ing with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.

EXPLANATION  St. Paul admonishes the Ephesians to lay aside the- old man, like a worn out garment, and put on the new man, that is, to renew their internal and external life. This renewal according to his teaching takes place, when we by a true repentance put away our vices, shun all lies, anger, injustice, &c., and adorn our soul with virtues, and zealously seek after Christian justice and perfection. We have, perhaps, already sought to change our manner of living, for which a jubilee or some other particular solemnity of the Church gave us occasion, and at that time, perhaps, purified our soul by a general confession, making the firm resolution to live for God, and work out our salvation, we appeared converted, and to have become other men: but how long did this conversion last? Ah, how soon did we fall back into the old, sinful ways. And why? Because we lived in too great, deceitful security. We thought everything accomplished by the general confession; we were satisfied, and omitted to employ the means of remaining in the state of grace. We did not thank God for the grace of conversion; we did not ask Him for the grace of perseverance; we frequented evil company, and did not avoid dangerous occasions; we indulged in idleness and pleasures as before. How can it appear strange, if such a conversion is fruitless? Ah, we should remain in wholesome fear even after the remission of our sins. (Ecclus. V. 5.) Even if we could say that we have done everything, nevertheless we cannot be certain, whether we be worthy of hatred or love. (Ecclus. IX. 1.) We should, therefore, work out our salvation according to the advice of St. Paul (Philipp. II. 12.) in fear and trembling, and thus not fall into the old life of sin, losing the hope of a new conversion.

GOSPEL (Matt. XXII. 1-14.) At that time, Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage, and they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage. But they neglected: and went their, ways, one to his farm, and another to his mer­chandise: and the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. But when the king had heard, of it; he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they, that were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together, all that they found, both bad and good; and the marriage was filled with guests. And the king went in to fee the guests; and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment: and he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.

REMARK Thir parable agrees in many respects with that for the second  Sunday after Pentecost, and has the same meaning. See, therefore, the explanation of that gospel, as also of the feast of SR Catherine, to which Maybe added the following:

EXPLANATION In this parable the king is our Heavenly Father who has espoused His only-begotten Son to the Church, and on this occasion prepares the most sumptuous marriage-feast by giving the evangelical doctrine, the holy Sacraments, and the heavenly joys. The servants sent to invite the guests are the prophets, apostles and disciples of Christ. Those invited are the Jews who despised the honor and grace of the divine King, destined for them, abused and killed His servants, and were, therefore, cast aside and with their city Jerusalem, destroyed by the armies of their enemies, as a just punishment; in their stead the heathens and all those nations were called, who were on the broad road to destruction, and who now occupy the places of the unfortunate Jews at the marriage feast of the Church, and shall also occupy them in heaven. In the Jews to whom Christ addressed this parable, is verified that many of them, nay, all are called, but few chosen, because they would not heed the invitation.

APPLICATION We have the honor not only to be invited to this marriage-feast, but are in reality guests at it, because we are members of the Church of Christ by faith. "But the Christian," says St. Gregory, "who is a member of the Church by faith, but has not charity, is like to a man who comes to the marriage-feast without the wedding garment." With this garment which is charity, Christ was vested, when He came to celebrate the nuptials with His spouse, the Church, and by the bond of charity the Son of God also unites Himself with His elect. He clearly lets us know that charity is the wedding garment which should vest us. Those, therefore, who believe and are in the communion of the Church, but who do not preserve the grace of charity, are indeed in the wedding-chamber, but they are not adorned with the wedding garment. They are dead members of the Church, and shall not be admitted without this garment into the celestial marriage-feast in the triumphant Church, but rather be cast like that unfor­tunate guest into exterior darkness. This guest was silent, when asked by the king, why he had not .the wedding gar­ment. By this we see, that no one can excuse himself to God for not having charity, because every one can have it, if he asks it from God, and, as St. Augustine says, our heart is the workshop of charity, and every one who has a heart can practice it.

PRAYER I thank Thee, O Jesus, that Thou didst call me to the marriage-feast in Thy Church; give me the wedding garment of charity that I may be present at the celestial marriage-feat, and not be cast into exterior darkness.

INSTRUCTION CONCERNING HELL

Cast him into the exterior darkness. (Matt, XXII. 13.)

What is hell?

Hell is that place where the damned must suffer eternal punishment.

Is there a hell?

Yes; reason, holy Scripture and the Church teach us that there is a hell. Reason tells us that there is a just God who will punish sin. It is evident that all sins are not punished in this world; there must, therefore, be a place, where every mortal sin, not atoned for by sorrow and penance, will be punished, and this place is - hell. All nations from the beginning of the world, even those who had not the light of revelation, believed this.

But clearer still is the existence of hell shown by holy Scripture: The pious Job, (X. 22.) speaks of a region of misery and darkness, where the shadows of death and no order, but where eternal terror dwells. The Prophet Isaias (XXX. 33.) says that hell is deep and wide, and that the fire burning in it, is like a stream of sulphur, ignited by the breath of the Lord. Our Saviour expressly says that those who have done evil, shall go to everlasting torment, (Matt.  XXV. 46.) that they shall be tortured by everlasting fire. (Matt. XXV. 41.) He makes mention of hell, and says that an inextinguishable fire burns there, and a worm which never dies, plagues the wicked. (Mark IX. 42. 43; Matt. X. 28.) All the Fathers of the Church teach and testify to the same doctrine. St. Augustine, among many others, says: "The infinite wisdom of God tells us that there is a hell, and the illimitable power of God it is that punishes the dam­ned in a wonderful, but real manner."

Wherein do the pains of hell consist?

Sacred Scripture and the Church teach concerning the pains, of the reprobate in hell, that the damned burn there in an inextinguishable fire. (Mark IX. 45.) The holy doctors of the Church say, that this fire is never extinguished, and its smoke ascends or rises from century to century, “I see this fire," says St. Gregory, "as if it were gifted with reason; it make a distinction between the guilty, and tortures the damned according to the nature of their sins." This fire burns, but never consumes its victims; it commu­nicates, as Cassiodorus says, immortality to the reprobate and lets them suffer pain, which preserves them, like salt which penetrates the flesh and keeps it from corruption, as Jesus says: Every one shall be salted with fire. (Mark IX. q.8.) This fire does not shine, it leaves the reprobate in darkness, (Matt. VIII. 12.) and with this fire a never dying worm continually torments the damned. This worm is not only a bad conscience, say the holy Fathers, but particu­larly the privation of the Beatific Vision. Eternally will the thought torment the damned: I have lost God, the only true and highest Good, I have lost Him through my fault, I have lost Him for a brief pleasure, I have lost Him forever. In hell eternity devours all time; and if after millions and millions of years a damned soul wailingly asks his companion in misery: What time is it? he receives the answer: Eternity.

Who would not fear hell, and avoid sin which incurs eternal punishment, when he reflects upon this! Arid yet there are many, , upon whom the truth of the existence of a hell makes no impression, who even deny that there is such a place, and who say: God is love, He can have no pleasure in the torments of His creatures, He cannot eter­nally punish a sin which was committed in so short a time as is the life of man." But those who speak thus, forget that God is just, that His love and mercy are indeed always ready to forgive the contrite and penitent, but that His justice must also be satisfied, when the sinner continually rejects the merciful love of God; they forget, that every grievous sin which man commits voluntarily and knowingly is an infinite, eternal insult, offered to God, which can only be atoned for by an eternal punishment. For the perverted and malicious will of a man, who dies in mortal sin, remains perverted and malicious forever, therefore he must also be punished eternally.

O my dear Christian, do not listen to such deceivers; for just on account of their sinful life, they fear hell and therefore they endeavor to free themselves from this fear by denying the existence of hell; but they cannot succeed; for Jesus, the Truth, has told us that there is a hell, and His word remains for all eternity. Endeavor rather by a pious life to escape hell, descend there in spirit frequently according to the advice of a saint, contemplate the torments of the damned, and let this reflection urge you to imitate Christ, who has promised the joys of heaven to all His faithful followers.

CONSOLING DOCTRINE ON THE JOYS OF HEAVEN

The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son. (Matt. XXII. 2.)

Heaven is compared by Christ to a marriage-feast because we will there enjoy all imaginable pleasures in the most perfect union with God. In what these joys consist, fit. Paul could not describe, although he was wrapt into the third heaven and tasted these pleasures; he only said: Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him. (I Cor. II. 9.) Holy Writ, indeed, gives us many descriptions of the celestial joys, by comparing heaven to a paradise of bliss, sometimes to a precious pearl, or a treasure which neither rust nor moth consumes, nor thieves steal; again it represents heaven under the picture of a kingdom, a throne, a crown, whereby we are raised to the highest honor; at another time to the picture of a city which is built of gold, precious stones and pearls, lighted by the splendor of God, filled with magnificence and glory, and where the inhabitants enjoy undisturbed peace and security. These are only images or similitudes, which are taken from the most beautiful, most precious, and magnificent things of the earth, to teach us that heaven is as beautiful and pleasant a place, as we can wish and represent to ourselves, and that all possible beauty, agreeableness and joy may be found there in the highest and most perfect manner, free from evil, anxiety, disgust and fear of losing them.. In heaven we will possess God Himself, the source of all joy and bliss, and will enjoy His own happiness for all eternity. More is riot needed to give us the highest conception of heaven.

Who would not willingly despise the vain, short and im­perfect pleasures of this earth, whilst contemplating this indescribable bliss? Who would not willingly bear all the misfortunes. and misery of this world, when considering that the more .miserable we have been in this life the happier will we be hereafter. What would it avail us to have enjoyed all the pleasures of this world, if deprived of the pleasures of heaven, in, eternity!

ASPIRATION How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord, of hosts! my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. (Ps. LXXXIII. 2-3.) How do I loathe the world, when I contemplate heaven.

(St. Ignatius Loyola.)

Message to King Charles III and King Charles of Scotland

 By Anna Von Reitz

It has not escaped our Notice that the Parliament now acting and the Judiciary now operating has taken its Oath of Allegiance to King Charles of Scotland and that the Bank of England is scrambling to remain solvent and will not be able to stop the hemorrhage of pension fund assets, and the collapse of much of the real estate market and the stock market. 

We realize that there are multiple Crowns involved in your system of Government affecting the different realms and jurisdictions, and most particularly, of current concern, the Crown of Scotland and the Chair of the Estates. 

We wish both Monarchs to know that we are not bound by the words, deeds, or debts of our Federal Subcontractors which usurp upon the sovereign powers of our States or which strain against the limits of our delegated powers via the assertion of so-called Emergency Powers. 

We did not provide for any such “extra” authorities appended to our constitutional contracts with Westminster or the British Monarchy and object to the presumption of such powers both generally and specifically. 

None of the “wars” engaged in by your respective Territorial Governments from 1860 to today have been wars; they have all been Mercenary Conflicts by definition —- undisclosed illegal and unlawful Mercenary Conflicts, and to this day, these activities remain both illegal and unlawful, whereupon we call upon you in the sight of the Living God and all nations to Cease and Desist these activities. 

You may make your money from war and destruction and the promotion of death and injustice; we cannot dictate your material interests or your moral sense in terms of your investments—- but we can observe that the Naval Agency and Distribution Act of 1864 does not apply to us, our people, our assets, our land, or our American Government. 

We may also observe that the Trading With the Enemy Act, the Buck Act, and numerous other affronts to our Public Law, are offenses against our Constitutions, which have been promoted by your foreign Territorial Governments and misapplied to our populace. 

These and other Acts referencing your own citizenry have been misapplied to members of our General Public and illegal confiscation of American assets has been rife for six generations as your private corporation tribunals and foreign Admiralty Courts have illegally, unlawfully, and immorally “latched upon” average Americans who are not Federal Employees or Dependents, and have impersonated your American Employers, have seized upon them and their private estates as collateral for your debts, and in the case of Scotland, have even gone so far as to impersonate our Federation of States and have done business “in our name” fraudulently in order to access our credit—- exactly like any credit card hacker impersonates their victim and illegally accesses their credit via pretense and crimes of personage. 

We are aware that these same practices have been promoted throughout much of the world as well as America, but the fraud, personage crimes, strong-arm racketeering, and misapplication of law and violation of service contracts remains just as repugnant in each and every case. 

Your Governments have pretended to be the primary Creditors of your Employers, while in fact, all  of your activities have been paid for by your victims and your Governments are the actual Debtors overall.  

We may owe you for stipulated services, but in fact, all expenses including the salaries and pensions  of your officers and dependents have been paid for, all the equipment, all the materials, and everything else, has been paid for via the use and abuse of our fraudulently purloined credit. 

These are not the actions or activities of honest men or honest governments.  These are the actions of white collar inland pirates engaged in activities including press-ganging and enslavement which have been outlawed worldwide since 1821 and 1926, respectively. 

Whereupon we call upon both Monarchs to Cease and Desist in these repugnant practices and pretenses. 

We also note that any “carbon tax” should in fact be applied to oxygen reducers, and specifically to those industries whose activities have resulted in the decrease of atmospheric oxygen.  Funds should be allocated to clean up the oceans and plant new forests, not spent on cow diapers, in our opinion. 

Finally, we are aware of the part that both your Governments have played in the development and promotion of the entire C-19 Fiasco and attempts to claim that recipients of this phony “vaccine” are rendered Genetically Modified Organisms, and are therefore owned  as property under patent by the Perpetrators. 

Our actual American Government took action to prevent any such repugnant commercial claim and for your information, it is our Public Law that no such commercial claims can be made against living people. 

It is not our desire to harm anyone or any Government.  We are, however, determined that these criminal practices, abuses of commercial privileges and public service contracts, and other repugnant activities must come to a stop. 

We hope that common sense and self-interest will prevail, and that the Crowns of Great Britain will be used appropriately to end these and other criminal activities and to prevent ill-conceived and destructive commercial hoaxes such as the C-19 GMO claims and carbon taxes. 

Issued By: James Clinton Belcher, Head of State

The United States of America — our unincorporated Federation of States 

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A Brief But Important Message to Russia

 By Anna Von Reitz

We, the actual American Government, are now in Session. 

We, the actual American Government, are in possession of the 1858 American and Russian Alliance, which we have never broken. 

We are also in possession of the paperwork ceding Alaska to Us,  and the receipts for our gold to pay for the transfer. 

Although the deal was made by our British Federal Subcontractors “for” us, using our gold, and done in our names, it was and is a valid contract. 

The investments and growth in population in Alaska would never have been undertaken otherwise. 

As our American Government is now in Session you must deal directly with us regarding any issues affecting our land and soil. 

You can also bring any economic issues that you have with our Subcontractors to us for resolution as the actual Parties of Interest. 

We do not sanction Russia for taking action in Ukraine, for example.  

We are aware of the misdeeds of NATO. 

As you know all nuclear arsenals including ours and your own have been rendered ineffective, so we fail to see what is gained by making threats. 

All the false claims about “We own Alaska!” are inappropriate, and so are the threats.  

Our countries have been at peace since 1858 and Russia has often acted as our Ally and Friend.  We expect to keep that peace and friendship intact. 

We are not threatening Russia.  A self-interested commercial corporation based out of Washington, DC, is threatening Russia. 

Being that it is what it is, and that it has no delegated authority related to land and soil issues,  and no ability to actually declare war, we suggest that you immediately designate a team of negotiators to speak directly about these matters, and we all act as rational people to promote the peace and create prosperity for everyone concerned. 

We are ultimately responsible for the debts of these corporations and have authority to direct their activities and enforce their limitations with respect to our delegated powers.  So if you have a problem with them, which you obviously do, you should be talking to us. 

From: James Clinton Belcher, Head of State

The United States of America — our unincorporated Federation of States. 

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Are you at Peace? Do you fly the Peace Flag?

Protect Yourselves and Others Against Tyranny!

By Anna Von Reitz,

 

These supporters of the Trucker Convoy are flying the American Peacetime flag, and by doing so, they are identifying themselves as peaceable Americans --- people who are NOT at war, NOT soldiers, NOT here to blow anyone up, shoot anybody, etc., etc., etc. --- and that is important.

If every American War Flag in this convoy was converted to a Peacetime Flag, there would be nothing at all that any of the Rats could do to attack or complain or harass anyone involved. They would all have to stand down and watch the parade.

Flying the right flag can save your life or the lives of people you care about. Flying the right flag can protect your property and your Natural and Unalienable rights and Constitutional Guarantees.

Remember that America --- the actual America and the actual American Government --- has been at peace since 1814, and all the "peaceable" Americans are owed the full support, protection, and respect of their government employees without exception.

So stand up for who you are and what you are doing and use the proper flag to make your silent declaration of your standing and peaceful intentions. All over this country, more Americans are waking up and catching on. They are flying the Peacetime Flag. Isn't it about time you did, too?

 

Check out http://www.uscivilflags.org/articles-history.html for the honorable and venerable history of our Peacetime Flag --- and stop a moment to think: do you want war or do you want peace? It's up to you to declare.

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Questions and Answers about Cancer

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Report Dated October the 8th 2022

 By Anna Von Reitz

This evening I am able to positively assure everyone that we have avoided a banking and insurance industry collapse.  We have not been able to keep the real estate bubble from bursting and the related fall-out from that, which could mean that up to 30% of the workforce in the United States and Europe will be out of work for some time.

It is also uncertain whether or not we will be able to prevent another illegal and immoral "Mercenary Conflict" that certain Parties are attempting to mount against Russia, but we will keep you all posted in hopes that our combined objection and intercession will put a stop to it.  

The American and Russian Alliance of 1858 is a Treaty between the Russian people and the American people, guaranteeing peace and mutual aid between us. This important Treaty between our two nations  has never been broken, and we do not intend that it ever shall be. 

The so-called Biden Administration has no permission to act against Russia so long as the Russians honor our 1858 Alliance, and any actions taken by Biden or by Perpetrators acting under his orders as the "Commander in Chief" of a commercial corporation are to be recognized as private, unauthorized, and illegal activities. 

It disturbs us that so many people have forgotten the fact that Mercenary Wars are illegal by nature, and that the Perpetrators of Mercenary Conflicts lack the standing to declare war (which is why such :"wars" are never formally declared). 

Thus, we see the puppets of the western oil cartels sabotaging the Nordstream pipelines, callously blaming their victims,  and acting against the principles of the free market that they are supposedly championing --- until and unless it threatens their own stranglehold on American, Chinese, and European energy markets. 

These actions which they have undertaken in a private capacity need to be recognized as the crimes that they are and prosecuted to the fullest extent of our Public Law and the Code of Military Justice.  

Mr. Biden has no authority to ignore, bypass, or abrogate our Treaty Obligations and we strenuously oppose all and any "orders" issued under our Delegated Authority to any contrary effect. This includes orders to the military that would trespass against The American and Russian Alliance of 1858.  

This Treaty stands and has never been replaced nor trespassed in over 160 years.  We do not accept any proposal to transgress against this venerable Treaty nor do we  provide any acquiescence allowing our employees to disrespect the peace between Russia and The United States of America. 

If, as it appears, Mr. Biden has self-interestedly ordered the destruction of key pieces of Russian and Western European gas pipeline infrastructure so as to force Europeans to be dependent on Middle Eastern - North American energy resources and also forcing them to pay exorbitant  "Climate Taxes" for the privilege, he should be recognized as a felon engaged in promoting an illegal Mercenary Conflict and also recklessly undertaking damage to the environment.  

Because of these ill-considered and unconscionable attacks against the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines old coal-burning power generation facilities will have to be cranked up, bringing back the spectre of acid rain destroying European forests and meadowlands, black smoke polluting the air, and all leaving behind a legacy of poisonous coal fly ash to dispose of.  Because of these criminal actions against the Nordstream pipelines, vast amounts of natural gas have escaped from the damaged pipelines, destroying the ocean flora and fauna in proximity to the ruptures.  Because of these criminal activities millions of Europeans face a winter of uncertain energy supplies and rising energy costs.

Once again, human suffering and damage to the Earth's biomes has been the result of unchecked corporate greed and power-mongering. 

How much longer is any thinking being supposed to put up with this malicious mismanagement and abuse of corporate privileges?  How many more homes and jobs have to be lost and how much more of the natural environment prostituted as "collateral damage" before we all rise up with one accord and say--- enough! 

No more illegal Mercenary Conflicts.  No more sabotage.  No more illicit foreign occupation of sovereign nations by commercial corporations.  No more commodity market rigging.  No more job losses.  No more bail-ins, bail-outs, or other mischief perpetuated against the Public by private corporate interests.  

We call upon every sentient being on this planet to condemn the damage done to the Nordstream pipelines and ask for a full investigation and prosecution of the criminals responsible for these acts of commercial and biological terrorism.  

Let us next turn our attention to how best to soften the collapse of the real estate speculation bubble, remove illegal mortgages, and retrain millions of workers for more satisfying and productive occupations.  

James Clinton Belcher, Head of State

The United States of America

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Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

At the Introit of the Mass the Church prays for the peace which God has promised by His prophets:

INTROIT Give peace, O Lord, to them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: hear the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people Israel. (Ecclus. XXXVI. 18.) I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into the house of the Lord. (Ps. CXXI. 1.) Glory etc.

COLLECT O Lord, inasmuch as without Thee we are not able to please Thee, let Thy merciful pity rule and direct our hearts, we beseech Thee. Thro'.

EPISTLE (I Cor. I. 4-8.) Brethren, I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus, that in all things you are made rich in him, in all utterance and in all knowledge: as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ who also will confirm you into the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

EXPLANATION St. Paul shows in this epistle that he possesses true love for his neighbor, because he rejoices and thanks God that he enriched the Corinthians with different graces and gifts, thus confirming the testimony of Christ in them, so that they could without fear expect His arrival for judgment. - Do thou also rejoice, with St. Paul, for the graces given to thy neighbor, for this is a mark of true charity.

GOSPEL (Matt. IX. 1-8.) At that time, Jesus entering into a boat, passed over the water, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son; thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold, some of the Scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth. And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? whether it is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the man sick of the palsy): Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. And he arose, and went into his house. And the multitude seeing it feared, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

EXPLANATIONS

I. Those who brought this sick man to Christ, give us a touching example of how we should take care of the sick and help them according to our ability. Christ was so well pleased with their faith and charity, that He cured the man sick of the palsy, and forgave him his sins. Hence we learn how we might assist many who are diseased in their soul, if we would lead them to God by confiding prayer, by urgent admonitions, or by good example.

II. Christ did not heal the man sick of the palsy until He had forgiven him his sins, by this He wished to teach us, that sins are often the cause of sicknesses and other evils, by which we are visited, and which God would remove from us if we were truly repentant. This doctrine Jesus confirmed, when He said to the man, who had been sick for thirty-eight years: Sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. (John V. 14.) Would that this were considered by those who so often impetuously demand of God to be freed from their evils, but do not intend to free themselves from their sins, which are the cause of these evils, by a sincere repentance.

III. "He blasphemeth." Thus thought the Jews, in their perverted hearts, of Christ, because they believed that He in remitting the sins of the sick man, usurped the rights of God and thus did Him a great injury; for it is blasphemy to think, say, or do any thing insulting to God or His saints. But these Jews did not consider that they by their rash judgment calumniated God, since they blasphemed Christ who by healing the sick man, and by numerous other works had clearly proved His God-head. If Christ so severely reprimanded the Jews, who would not recognize Him as God, for a blasphemous thought against Him, what will He do with those Christians who, though they wish to be adorers of God and His Son, nevertheless, utter blasphemies, curses, and profanations of the holy Sacraments?

IV. When Jesus saw their thoughts, He said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? This may be taken to heart by those who think that thoughts are free from scrutiny, and who never think to confess their evil and shameful thoughts. God; the most Holy and most just, will, nevertheless, not leave a voluntary unchaste, proud, angry, revengeful, envious thought unpunished, any more than an idle word. (Matt, XII. 36.) The best remedy against evil thoughts would be the recollection that God who searches the heart sees them, and will punish them.

PRAYER How great, O Jesus! is Thy love and mercy towards poor sinners, since Thou not only forgavest the sins of the man sick of palsy, but calling him son, didst console and heal him! This Thy love encourages me to beg of Thee the grace, that we may rise from our bed of sins by true penance, amend our life, and through the ways of Thy commandments enter the house of eternal happiness.

INSTRUCTION ON INDULGENCES

Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. (Matt. IX. 2.)

The same that Christ says to the man sick of the palsy, the priest says to every contrite sinner in the confessional, and thus remits the crime or the guilt of his sins, and the eternal punishment, by virtue of the authority given him by God. But since sins not only bring with them guilt and eternal punishment, but also temporal¹ and indeed spiritual or supernatural punishment, such as, painful conditions of the soul, as well in this world as in purgatory, and natural ones, as: poverty, disease, all sorts of adversities and accidents, we should endeavor to liberate ourselves from them by means of indulgences.

What is an indulgence?

It is a total or partial remission of the temporal punishment which man would have to suffer either in this or the next life, after the sins have been remitted.

How do we know that after the remission of the sins there still remains temporal punishment?

From holy Scripture; for our first parents after the forgiveness of their sin, were still afflicted with temporal punishment. (Gen. III.) God likewise forgave the sins of the children of Israel, who murmured so often against Him in the desert, but not their punishment, for He excluded them from the Promised Land, and caused them to die in the desert. (Num. XIV.) Moses and Aaron experienced the same, on account of a slight want of confidence in God. (Num. XX. 12., Deut. XXXII. 51. 52.) David, indeed, received pardon from God through the Prophet Nathan for adultery and murder, (II Kings XII.) still he had to endure heavy temporal punishment. Finally, faith teaches us, that we are tortured in purgatory for our sins, until we have paid the last farthing. (Matt. V. 26.)

Did the Church always agree with this doctrine of Scripture?

Yes; for she always taught, that by the Sacrament of Penance the guilt and eternal punishment, due to sin, are indeed forgiven for the sake of the infinite merits of Jesus, but that temporal punishment still remains, for which the sinner must do penance. Even in the earliest ages she imposed great penances upon sinners for their sins which were already forgiven. For instance, murder or adultery was punished by a penance of twenty years; perjury, eleven; fornication, denial of faith or fortune-telling, by seven years of severe penance with fasting, etc. During this time it was not allowed to travel, except on foot, to be present at the holy Sacrifice of the Mass, or to receive the holy Eucharist. If the penitents showed a great zeal for penance and sincere amendment, or if distinguished members of the Church, particularly martyrs, interceded for them, the bishops granted them an indulgence, that is, they remitted the remaining punishment either totally or partially. In our days, on account of the weakness of the faithful, the Church is lenient. Besides the ecclesiastical, the spiritual punishments which would have to be suffered either here or in purgatory for the taking away of sins, are shortened and mitigated by indulgences through he treasure of the communion of saints.

Has the Church the power to remit temporal punishments, or to grant indulgences?

The Council of Trent expressly states, that the Church has power to grant indulgences, (Sess. 25.) and this statement it supports by the words of Christ. For as Christ protests: Amen, I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; so He also promised, that whatever the Church looses upon earth, is ratified and loosed in heaven. Whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. (Matt. XVIII. 18.) Even an apostle granted an indulgence. In the person and by the power of Christ, that his spirit might be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, (II Cor. II. 10.; I Cor. V. 4. 5.) St. Paul forgave the incestuous Corinthian, upon whom he had imposed a heavy punishment.

What is meant by saying, indulgences are granted out of the treasury of the saints or of the Church?

By this is meant that God, by the Church, remits the temporal punishment due to sin for the sake of the merits of Christ and the saints, and supplies, as it were, by these merits what is still wanting in our satisfaction.

What kinds of indulgences are there?

Two; plenary and partial indulgences. A plenary indulgence, if rightly gained, remits all ecclesiastical and temporal punishment, which we would otherwise have to expiate by penance. A partial indulgence, however, remits only so many days or years of the temporal punishment, as, according to the penitential code of the primitive ages of the Church; the sinner would have been obliged to spend in severe penance. Hence the name forty day's indulgence, etc.

What is a Jubilee?²

It is a plenary indulgence, which the pope grants to the faithful of the entire world, whereby all the temporal punishments of sin, even in cases reserved to the pope or the bishops, are remitted, and forgiven in the name of God, if the sinner confesses contritely and receives the holy Eucharist and has a firm purpose of doing penance.

What is required to gain an indulgence?

First, that we should be in the state of grace, and have already obtained, by true repentance, forgiveness of those sins, the temporal punishment of which is to be remitted by the indulgence; and secondly, that we should exactly perform the good works prescribed for the gaining of the indulgence.

Do indulgences free us from performing works of penance?

By no means: for there are few in the proper state to receive a plenary indulgence in its fulness, since not only purity of soul is necessary but also the inclination to sin must be rooted out, it therefore cannot be the intention of the Church to free us from all works of penance by granting us indulgences. She cannot act contrary to the word of Jesus: Unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. Luke XIII. 3.) She rather wishes to assist our weakness, to supply our inability to do the required penance, and to contribute what is wanting in our penance, by applying the satisfaction of Christ and the saints to us by indulgences. If we, therefore, do not wish to do penance for our own sins, we shall have no part in the merits of others by indulgences.

Can indulgences be gained for the souls of the faithful departed?

Yes, by way of suffrage, so far as we comply with the required conditions, and thus beg of God, for the merits of His Son and the saints, to release the souls in purgatory. Whether God receive this petition or not, remains with Him, He will act only according to the condition of the deceased. We must, therefore, not depend upon the indulgences and good works which may be performed for us after death, but rather endeavor, during our life-time, to secure our salvation by leading a pious life; by our own good works and by the gaining of indulgences.

What follows from the doctrine of the Church concerning indulgences?

That an indulgence is no grant or license to commit sin, as the enemies of the Church falsely assert; that an indulgence grants no forgiveness of sins past or future, much less is permission given to commit sin; that no Catholic can believe that by gaming indulgences he is released from penance, or other good works, free from the fight with his evil inclinations, passions and habits, from compensating for injuries, repairing scandals, from retrieving neglected good, and glorifying God by works and sufferings; but that indulgences give nothing else than partial or total remission of temporal punishment; that they remind us of our weakness and lukewarmness which is great when compared with the zeal and fervor of the early Christians; that they impel us to satisfy the justice of God according to our ability. Finally, they remind us to thank God continually that He gave the Church a means in the inexhaustible treasure of the merits of Christ and His saints, to help our weakness and to supply what is wanting in our penance.

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1. See Instruction on Satisfaction on the fourth Sunday in Advent.

2. The word jubilee signifies deliverance, remittance. With the Jews every fiftieth year was so called, and all the prisoners and slaves were to be set free in this year, according to the command of God, the inheritances which had been sold, restored to their masters, the debts cancelled, and the earth left untilled. This was a year of grace and rest for the Jews. This Jubilee of the Jews is a figure of the Catholic jubilee, in which the captives of sin and Satan are liberated, the debt of sin remitted, and the inheritance of heaven, which the sinner had sold to Satan, is restored to him.

Shoes Dropping

 By Anna Von Reitz

Political cronies of Biden in both the Air Force and Navy have been caught doing multiple deliberate harms to the enlisted men under their command and implicated in likely scheme to detonate air-borne torpedoes to destroy the Nordstream pipelines. 

The Navy and Air Force have collaborated to develop air-deployed torpedoes to deliver depth charges and other payloads to underwater targets. 

It was apparently this technology that was used to blow holes in the Soviet gas pipelines supplying Western Europe with affordable energy. 

One renegade officer is in custody and others who apparently authorized the clandestine misuse of this technology are being sought. 

There is very little doubt that this was a deliberate attack by USAF and US NAVY officers acting under orders from Joe Biden to carry out an illegal False Flag attack against the Russian and German infrastructure, precisely as threatened by Biden prior to the attack.

Subsequent convoluted attempts by the mainstream media to spin out a “Russia attacked its own pipeline” conspiracy theory are falling on deaf ears as the world connects the dots. 

At the bottom of the pile lurks NATO “concerns” about Western Europe becoming dependent on cheap Russian gas and US CORP desires to force Europe, which is already illegally occupied by U.S. Armed Forces since the Second World War, to buy much more expensive North American LNG, coal, and oil products which would have to be shipped across the Atlantic.  

These North American energy sources would be much more expensive because of the shipping costs and would also be subject to stiff European Union Climate Change taxes on carbon emissions compared to the Russian gas—- which is why there are two Nordstream gas pipelines in the first place. 

Unfortunately for Americans, this merely confirms that what is functioning as our “government” is merely a self-interested and increasingly criminal foreign commercial corporation which is under the control of a self-admitted criminal and thug.

While occupying the office of U.S. Vice-President, Joe Biden used his position to secure the firing of a Ukrainian Prosecutor who was investigating the possible criminal activities of Hunter Biden, his own son. 

Joe Biden bragged about this abuse of power and thought it was just fine to use his position as Vice-President to economically blackmail another country and subvert justice for personal gain and protection. 

Clearly, such a man lacks the moral compass we need in public office, and yes, it is entirely credible that he would act illegally to promote a secretive attack on the Nordstream pipelines— both out of personal pique and commercial greed. 

This thuggish disregard for law is part and parcel of Joe Biden and the political party that supports him. It was the Soup du Jour during the eight year-long crime spree known as the Obama Administration and it is the same now. 

Under Obama we watched our military dismantled and denigrated, our enemies given arms while our friends were killed by “friendly fire”, and our money was counterfeited offshore with the President’s personal approval. Illegal arms sales to enemy forces by the Obama State Department were at the heart of the Benghazi Massacre. 

And we still haven’t learned our lessons? 

We have just witnessed the dismemberment of the Ukraine.  Why?  Because it was being used as the base for criminal activities—- the staging ground for illegal NATO biological warfare facilities, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and arms trafficking. 

Our own country is being used in much the same way to provide the white collar support for these patently evil and illegal activities. 

As we speak, Russia is mopping up the situation in Ukraine and doubling down. 

Can there be any doubt in your mind that we are being “asked” to clean up our own mess before the rest of the world has to clean it up for us? 

Vladimir Putin doesn’t make money or gain popularity by making war, but we should have no doubt that he and the entire rest of the world are sick of the criminality and hypocrisy  of “the US” government. 

If the truth is told, we are sick of it ourselves, which is why we have taken action to summon our actual American Government into Session, so that the rest of the world knows that we are still here and taking action ourselves. 

Let’s hope and pray that there are enough loyal members in the American Armed Forces to hold the criminal elements in the US Armed Forces in check.  And let’s hope that the truth about what happened to the Nordstream pipelines is brought forward and the criminals are punished for what they have done—- the harm that they have caused millions of innocent people. 

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GOA Proudly Endorses James Brown for The Montana Supreme Court!

 

Join the Fight for Liberty! James Brown is the No Compromise Candidate for The Montana Supreme Court! Dear Paul,  Gun grabbers have a plan to force gun confiscation in Montana using the State Supreme Court. That’s why GOA is asking you to please vote for pro-gun champion James Brown for Montana Supreme Court.  Please get your friends, neighbors and family to vote for James Brown for the Montana Supreme Court as well.  I cannot stress enough the danger posed by his radical anti-gun opponent…  …and how James Brown stood beside gun owners in a heated battle, even as other supposed conservatives backed away. Liberal Ingrid Gustafson is a left-wing activist who’s been setting criminals free – and appears ready to start locking up peaceful gun owners instead.  She is an anti-gun radical who is Governor Steve Bullock’s personal pick for the state supreme court.  Attorney General Austin Knudsen calls her a “hardcore leftist” who has done “a tremendous amount of damage to the judiciary and our criminal court system.”  Knudsen points out she’s “literally releasing criminals back on the streets” because she “truly does not believe in incarceration, she does not believe in the criminal justice system." And she’s backed by activists who have a plan to force gun confiscation in Montana.  They plan to pack the state supreme court with their activists, then bombard the state with lawsuits to overturn gun rights – which their hand-picked judges will rubber stamp.  If Ingrid Gustafson wins, your guns, your gun rights and your freedoms could be stripped from you by this activist judge.  James Brown is a native Montanan in birth and belief.    He will stand up, without compromise, for your Second Amendment rights and Montana’s treasured traditions.  Brown says that, “As a constitutional conservative, I am the only candidate in this race who will always follow the Constitution and the law as it is written — not make law from the bench — and I will proudly defend our constitutional rights, freedoms, and liberties.”   But James Brown doesn’t just talk.  James Brown fights!  When the biggest, most powerful liberals in Montana tried to personally destroy pro-gun and conservative activists, some people who promised to stand with you ran away.  But James Brown ran TOWARD the fight and took on the liberals, toe to toe.  I can tell you James Brown stood with Montana conservatives and gun owners when others backed down or fled the fight.  He refused to back away from us, even when powerful anti-gun radicals threatened his own career.  He’s now on the Public Service Commission, where he’s been a strong, powerful – and never-compromising – voice for you.  Folks, one doesn’t get any tougher than James Brown.    He has passed the toughest test of all, standing by you and me even when the cost could have been more than just a bad headline or a lost election.  But, as you and I have seen too often, an iron backbone and no-compromise spirit aren’t enough to win.  James Brown needs you, your loved ones, and your friends to all get out and vote for him.  This race will be very tight.  Powerful liberal forces want Gustafson on the Court.  Whether Montana stays free – or becomes California – could come down to your vote.  Please, don’t let them use the courts to sue away your gun rights.  Get out and vote for James Brown for Montana Supreme Court.  Election Day is Tuesday, November 8.  Early voting starts October 11.  Sincerely,  Tim Macy  President, Gun Owners of America P.S.  Liberals are carrying out a plan to seize control of the Montana Supreme Court and begin overturning gun rights.  You can stop them, by getting out and voting on Tuesday, November 8 for pro-gun hero James Brown for Montana Supreme Court.  James Brown isn’t just 100% pro-gun.  James Brown actively fights back against corrupt liberal gun grabbers.  His radical opponent, hand-picked by gun grabbers as part of their plan, is releasing criminals into the streets and is poised to strike down Montana’s pro-gun laws.  This race will likely come down to a few votes.  Don’t let them turn Montana into California.  Get out and voting on Tuesday, November 8 for pro-gun hero James Brown for Montana Supreme Court.  https://gunowners.org/