Sunday, November 06, 2016
Bob Wakeham's Article on Cremation Shows a Profound Lack of Understanding of the Catholic Church
Bob Wakeham recently wrote an article in the local Telegram in St. John's Newfoundland Canada. In it, he bemoans the Church's teaching on cremation. He says his dad wanted his ashes spread in the ocean and his father's brother also wanted to keep some of the ashes.
So of course, as usual, when Bob found out his actions violated Church laws, he started bashing the Church. Typical Catholic. Now, Bob says he left the church long ago, but he was afraid some of his relatives stilled cared what they church taught.
Bob is a typical modern-day Catholic. They do whatever they feel like, and when they find out they are violating a church rule, they lash out at the Church. They should listen to St. Augustine who said if you only follow the parts of the Church you agree with and reject the rest, it's not the Church you're following but yourself.
At least Bob decided to leave the Church. Others will linger on and try to "change it from within". But although he has left the Church, he cannot leave it alone. To him, and many like him, the Catholic Church is the source of all life's troubles. Everything would be so great if only the Church would get out of their way. Well, if they were truthful they'd realize it's not the Church that's in their way but their own conscience.
Instead of realizing they must change or improve, they blame the Church. It's called projection. You do something wrong. You feel guilty. You look for a target to blame.
Bob obviously learned next to nothing from his childhood exposure to Catholicism. He makes one mistake after another in his virtually unreadable opinion piece. He is so proud of himself for being such an independent thinker. He really has to get over himself big time. He's not as clever as he thinks.
There are so many errors in what he said, it's hard to know where to begin. One thing he says is:
Why would he "presume" it was ex cathedra. Obviously he has no idea what that means. He went on Wikipedia for 2 minutes, looked up infallible, it said one condition was it had to be a pronouncement that was done "ex cathedra", and instead of even looking into what ex cathedra statements were, he "presumed" the statement met that criterion (which it does not).
There isn't even any point trying to educate someone like that on what an ex cathedra statement is, or on the other types of infallibility within the Church.
It seems Bob sees cremation as some kind of individualistic, do-it-yourself ceremony to give things your own personal meaning. I'm so sick and tired of this modernist attitude. People have it for everything including baptisms, weddings, and every other sacrament. They have no desire to follow God's laws. Rather, they want to make up their own laws and just follow those. How convenient.
I've heard this so often. People getting married demanding the right to marry on a beach, in a tropical location, with their best friend officiating and then not following Church teaching on marriage after the wedding. WHY ARE YOU EVEN GOING TO A CATHOLIC CHURCH?? Same goes for baptism. They have no desire to listen to the Church. They just want to have a personal self-affirming event where they are the center of attention and make up whatever rules they want.
It's like people go and essentially create their own religion and then whine and gripe when the Catholic Church doesn't let them do whatever they want.
As his namesake suggests, Bob WAKEham needs to wake up. If you don't like the Church, don't listen to it. You're only going to do whatever you want in life anyone. No one will ever tell the infallible Mr. Wakeham what to do, he's just so above correction or guidance. Did your father express a desire to violate Church law when he asked to be cremated? If not, you should follow his desires and keep his burial within Church guidelines.
Also, you should be man enough to grow up and take personal responsibility instead of trying to blame the Church for everything.
So of course, as usual, when Bob found out his actions violated Church laws, he started bashing the Church. Typical Catholic. Now, Bob says he left the church long ago, but he was afraid some of his relatives stilled cared what they church taught.
Bob is a typical modern-day Catholic. They do whatever they feel like, and when they find out they are violating a church rule, they lash out at the Church. They should listen to St. Augustine who said if you only follow the parts of the Church you agree with and reject the rest, it's not the Church you're following but yourself.
At least Bob decided to leave the Church. Others will linger on and try to "change it from within". But although he has left the Church, he cannot leave it alone. To him, and many like him, the Catholic Church is the source of all life's troubles. Everything would be so great if only the Church would get out of their way. Well, if they were truthful they'd realize it's not the Church that's in their way but their own conscience.
Instead of realizing they must change or improve, they blame the Church. It's called projection. You do something wrong. You feel guilty. You look for a target to blame.
Bob obviously learned next to nothing from his childhood exposure to Catholicism. He makes one mistake after another in his virtually unreadable opinion piece. He is so proud of himself for being such an independent thinker. He really has to get over himself big time. He's not as clever as he thinks.
There are so many errors in what he said, it's hard to know where to begin. One thing he says is:
Last week’s proclamation from the Pope — I presume this was one of those “ex cathedra” announcements, meaning the pope is infallible on “matters of faith or morals” — also ordered that Catholics not keep the ashes of loved ones in private homes.
Why would he "presume" it was ex cathedra. Obviously he has no idea what that means. He went on Wikipedia for 2 minutes, looked up infallible, it said one condition was it had to be a pronouncement that was done "ex cathedra", and instead of even looking into what ex cathedra statements were, he "presumed" the statement met that criterion (which it does not).
There isn't even any point trying to educate someone like that on what an ex cathedra statement is, or on the other types of infallibility within the Church.
It seems Bob sees cremation as some kind of individualistic, do-it-yourself ceremony to give things your own personal meaning. I'm so sick and tired of this modernist attitude. People have it for everything including baptisms, weddings, and every other sacrament. They have no desire to follow God's laws. Rather, they want to make up their own laws and just follow those. How convenient.
I've heard this so often. People getting married demanding the right to marry on a beach, in a tropical location, with their best friend officiating and then not following Church teaching on marriage after the wedding. WHY ARE YOU EVEN GOING TO A CATHOLIC CHURCH?? Same goes for baptism. They have no desire to listen to the Church. They just want to have a personal self-affirming event where they are the center of attention and make up whatever rules they want.
It's like people go and essentially create their own religion and then whine and gripe when the Catholic Church doesn't let them do whatever they want.
As his namesake suggests, Bob WAKEham needs to wake up. If you don't like the Church, don't listen to it. You're only going to do whatever you want in life anyone. No one will ever tell the infallible Mr. Wakeham what to do, he's just so above correction or guidance. Did your father express a desire to violate Church law when he asked to be cremated? If not, you should follow his desires and keep his burial within Church guidelines.
Also, you should be man enough to grow up and take personal responsibility instead of trying to blame the Church for everything.
Saturday, November 05, 2016
Parents are the primary teachers of kids, OBVIOUSLY
I'm so sick and tired of politicians talking about how "we" must educate "our" children. No, you don't own them. Keep your hands off them! Public education is a sham and a scam. It's expensive (something like $13000 per student per year), and extremely ineffective. It's all about control and promoting propaganda. We must fight back and stop this total nonsense!
Hillary Clinton's Connection to Satanism is Absolutely Shocking... [VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED]
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Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman has been caught being involved with the most Satanic rituals imaginable. In an email leak from John Podesta, we can see him being invited to what's called a "Spirit Cooking dinner" at the home of Marina Abramovic.
There are videos of Marina Abramovic performing rituals for such dinners. I can barely even describe it in my blog here because it is simply too gruesome and disgusting. My readers are good people, and I think this would be very disturbing for many.
The actions described in one of Marina Abramovic dinners is so horrendous and revolting that warn you against ever watching videos of it. Let's just say that it involves various forms of blood and other human excretion. I could not even finish watching this video because it was absolutely way too disturbing. For anybody out there who does not think that Hillary Clinton is involved in it absolutely vile, disgusting, disturbing activities they really have to do a little bit more research.
We also had revelations not too long ago about Hillary Clinton and John Podesta absolute hatred towards Christians and specifically Catholics. They endlessly mocked them and made fun of them. Are we supposed to vote for these people that revile Christians to such a degree? Not that I can vote for her anyway since I'm Canadian. But this is an important question for Americans out there.
Who is the Current Pope of the Catholic Church?
The current pope of the Catholic Church as of November 5, 2016 is Pope Francis.
Friday, November 04, 2016
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
St. Malachy Biographical Information
When was St. Malachy Born?
He was born 1095, of noble birth
Where was St. Malachy Born?
Armagh, Ireland
When and where did St. Malachy Die?
He died on November 2, 1148 AD, in Clairvaux, France
What did St. Malachy do?
St. Malachy was bishop of Down, Ireland from 1124 to 1148 and bishop of Connor from 1124 to 1136/1137. He was also bishop of Bangor, Ireland.
What is his Irish name?
His Middle Irish name is Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair
His Modern Irish name is: Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair
How do we know about St. Malachy?
Much of our knowledge of this saint comes from St. Bernard of Clairveaux.
What is St. Malachy the Patron Saint of?
St. Malachy is the patron saint of 3 diocese: Archdiocese of Armagh, Diocese of Down, and Diocese of Connor
When is St. Malachy's Feast Day?
St. Malachy's Feast Day is 1 day after his death, on November 3, 1148.
He was born 1095, of noble birth
Where was St. Malachy Born?
Armagh, Ireland
When and where did St. Malachy Die?
He died on November 2, 1148 AD, in Clairvaux, France
What did St. Malachy do?
St. Malachy was bishop of Down, Ireland from 1124 to 1148 and bishop of Connor from 1124 to 1136/1137. He was also bishop of Bangor, Ireland.
What is his Irish name?
His Middle Irish name is Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair
His Modern Irish name is: Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair
How do we know about St. Malachy?
Much of our knowledge of this saint comes from St. Bernard of Clairveaux.
What is St. Malachy the Patron Saint of?
St. Malachy is the patron saint of 3 diocese: Archdiocese of Armagh, Diocese of Down, and Diocese of Connor
When is St. Malachy's Feast Day?
St. Malachy's Feast Day is 1 day after his death, on November 3, 1148.
Happy All Souls Day
If people do not realize that the day following Halloween is called All Saints Day, even fewer people realize that the next day is called All Souls day. All Souls day is a very specific day within Catholicism. It's a day when we pray for the souls of people who have died before us. But it is not for everybody who has died. We do not need to pray for people who are in Hell obviously because hell is a place of Eternal damnation from which There Is No Escape. At the same time we do not need to pray for the souls of people who are in heaven already because they are already joined in the beatific Vision with God and therefore we do not need to pray for them because they have already attained the ultimate good. Therefore logically speaking the only people that we are praying for during All Souls day are people who are in purgatory.
Although like many believes many people have omitted all form of belief and purgatory, it is still very much part of the Catholic and Orthodox religions. Although not exactly the same the Jewish religion also has certain beliefs in a form of purgatory. However I am not an expert in Judaism and so I refrain from going any further than this. Purgatory for Catholics is a place of purification. In fact this is where the very name comes from we believe that people who died not in a state of mortal sin but in a state of grace you have not attained an adequately high level of perfection must go through a purification process. We know this because we know that nothing that is impure or anything that is not perfect cannot enter into heaven. We also know that many people who died are not yet perfect. Therefore we have two options. The first option is to believe that anybody who is less than perfect will go to hell. Many very extreme people have taken this position. However reasonable people who trust in the mercy of God cannot under any circumstances believe in such a strict belief system. Therefore because God is merciful he allows people to enter into his kingdom even though they are not yet perfect. It is precisely in purgatory that they attained this perfection.
Therefore on November 2nd remember to pray for the souls of people who have died. We have no way of knowing if any particular individual is actually in hell. And for the vast majority of people we have no certain way of knowing they are in heaven. Therefore we can pray for the vast majority if not all people who have died except canonized saints. However let's not just use this most blessed day to only pray for people who have died. Let us in fact use this day to contemplate our own mortality. We too shall face our own demise and will one day be faced with judgment. Will we be condemned to hell or will we ultimately be destined for heaven even if along the way on that Journey we must be purified?
Holy Saints throughout history have received Revelations about the nature of purgatory and it is spoken about to some degree so very little in the Bible both in the Old and New Testaments. Generally what they reveal is that Purgatory is a sort of Bittersweet place because while on the one hand there is great pain and suffering torments of many types as our sinful tendencies are violently ripped from our bodies from our minds and from our souls at the same time these tortured Souls are comforted in the knowledge that their ultimate destination is an eternal peace and joy greater than anything that could ever be attained on earth with the Holy Trinity.
Happy All Souls day everybody.
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