Contemporary "Worship"

Wherever it is in the world, the Catholic Church can be likened to a chameleon – always seeking to be popular by blending in with and borrowing from the local culture. This has happened in the USA as Catholics have embraced the tacky “contemporary worship” found in a lot of churches today.

Sadly, many evangelical and Protestant churches have abandoned solid bible teaching and godly, reverent worship, and now seek to attract and retain crowds by using rock-n-roll, what they euphemistically call “contemporary worship.”

And – the Catholic Church has noticed the large crowds this music brings. Ever the chameleon, Rome is now using this garbage to attract crowds! Such an example was reported on in the May 16 Catholic Universe Bulletin, the newspaper of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in an article titled, “Rocking the House.”

On May 4 outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland, the Cleveland Diocese sponsored an event called “Real Music.” Hundreds of Catholic youth attended this as various bands competed for the chance to play at a Catholic event this coming August. Some of the groups included:

1. For My Escape – described as a “hard-rocking, head banging group who got the energy level up right away.”

Comment – Does Christ accept hard-rocking, head banging “worship?” No.

2. Christian Spirit Band – “a mesh of south-of-the-border sounds, with a positive message and a fiesta mood.”

Comment – With Catholic support for illegal immigration, I guess this was to be expected!

3. End Time Worship – “with their upbeat Christian message and a happy, pop music-like sound.”

Comment – Would our Lord Jesus really shuck ‘n jive to dah moosic? No.

I’m not surprised Rome is using this stuff now – Rome is an unregenerate and dead church. But what’s really bothersome is how evangelical and Protestant churches have brought this trash in and jettisoned 400 years of godly worship music.

60 years ago, if you wanted to listen to rock-n-roll, you had to go so some colored whorehouse or saloon. Today it’s in our churches. And by the way, let’s not forget what “rock-n-roll” originally referred to!

Every Sunday morning as we open our hymnals at church, I ask our Lord to free those churches that have been overcome by this rock-n-roll filth. Please pray daily that Christ cleanse His churches of “contemporary worship.”

Why the Catholic Church Needs Illegal Immigration

An example of the Catholic need for illegal immigration was seen in the May 11 Catholic New World, the Archdiocese of Chicago newspaper, in an article titled, “11 Men to be Ordained for Archdiocese.”

On May 17 Chicago Cardinal Francis George ordained 11 men to the Roman priesthood – none of whom are from the USA! Five are from Poland, two from Tanzania, two from Mexico, one from Columbia, and one from Ecuador. To quote from the article:

“All accepted the Archdiocese of Chicago’s invitation to leave their homeland and minister to the church here.”

Comment – I can’t blame them (the newly ordained priests, that is). Life will be a lot easier than it is in Tanzania or Ecuador!

The article made no mention of any complaining by Mexican Catholic bishops about this. This is interesting because in Mexico there is one priest for every 7000 Catholics, while in the USA there is one priest for every 1400 Catholics. You would think that the USA would be sending priests to Mexico to even things up!

The real story is - the Catholic Church knows it has Mexico fully in its grip, so they’re not concerned about a “priest shortage” down there. What counts is bolstering the Catholic Church in the USA – which, if there had not been any illegal immigration the past 40 years, there would be the same number of Catholics here as were in 1965.

The Chicago archdiocese has 2.3 million Catholics – and not one from Chicago for the priesthood this year! This is good news as it should encourage us to keep praying daily for Catholic conversions. And may we also keep praying that our Lord stop the illegal immigration that is destroying the USA.

No Surrender!!

He Can't Get Away from This Guy

“Carl Mawhinney is infuriated at what has come to the ‘hood. Dale Fushek, the Catholic priest whom he accuses of sexually related misbehavior with him when he was a young teenager two decades ago, has brought his upstart non-denominational church to within a half-mile of Mawhinney’s home in Mesa.”

This was reported in the April 26 East Valley/Scottsdale (Arizona) Tribune, in an article titled, “Neighbor Angry Over Fushek’s New Church.”

Fushek is a suspended priest from the Diocese of Phoenix. He’s facing several charges relating to sexual misbehavior back in the 80’s and early 90’s, and Mawhinney’s case is one of those charges! Fushek’s first pre-trail hearing is scheduled for May 21.

What Fushek and an ex-priest have done is start something called “The Praise and Worship Center.” It resembles one of those wimpy, non-denominational evangelical churches – meeting in a large auditorium, with a watered-down message, along with the requisite and trashy rock-n-roll “praise” music with lyrics suited to the level of four-year-olds.

The Praise and Worship Center is now meeting on Sunday mornings at a place called Fiesta Fountains, a banquet and conference center a half-mile from Mawhinney’s home! When Mawhinney found this out he said, “He is setting up shop in my neighborhood. I can’t believe that he is doing this.”

“Mawhinney said he stepped in the foyer of Fiesta Fountains on Sunday and asked if it was Fushek’s new location. Immediately a man confronted him and told him, ‘You really need to come here and hear Dale’s message. He is awesome and he is full of the Holy Spirit.’”

“I looked at him and I said, ‘I won’t be attending this because I am one of the victims that was abused by him,’ Mawhinney said.”

The Phoenix Diocese is of no help in this matter, as they have washed their hands of anything Fushek now does.

Sadly, Mawhinney is still a Catholic. May Christ free him from his hurt and from the sin of Catholicism. Please keep praying daily for Catholic conversions, and that God protect children from – the Roman Catholic priesthood.

Padre Pio's Corpse Needs Tidying Up

Question - What’s the Catholic Church to do when the exhumed dead body of a “saint” isn’t in good shape?

Answer – They hire a company like Gems Studio of London, which does work for Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum!!

This was reported in the April 24 Catholic News Service in an article titled, “Cardinal: Relic of Padre Pio Reminds Catholics Saints were People.”

“Padre Pio” (real name Francesco Forgione 1887-1968) was an Italian priest who had the “stigmata” - bleeding hands and feet - and was named a “Saint” by John Paul II in 2002. Catholics attribute these wounds to some sort of “holiness,” whereas in reality it was nothing more than psychosomatically induced self-mutilation in order to achieve some personal fame and notoriety.

To commemorate the 40 years since his death, the church at San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy wants to display Padre Pio’s corpse in a new, crystal tomb. The body was dug up March 2 and, “Was in fair condition, although the skull and parts of the upper body showed serious decay.”

Bummer!! A corpse looking like that won’t bring in the tourist money! So, what did the Catholic Church decide to do? They “Hired Gems Studio, a London-based firm that makes figures for Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, to create a silicon mask – including a short moustache and ample beard – for the body.”

Well……It looks like “Padre Pio” will join other Gems Studio wax creations such as John Wayne, Emperor Franz Joseph, and Mozart.

Gems also does something called animatronics – it’s where the wax figure can actually move and talk! As a matter of fact, the London Madame Tussaud’s museum has an animatronic figure of comedian Jim Carrey presently on display. There’s been no word if Padre Pio’s mask will talk or not.

Once again we see this weird Catholic fascination with dead bodies; it’s actually quite macabre when you think about it. Please pray daily for Catholic conversions, as only the power of Christ can free people from such a system.