More Screwball Teaching from the Pope's Personal Preacher

The Catholic rejection of bible truth can lead to some strange "teachings" - in this case from the pope's personal preacher Father Reniero Cantalamessa. This was seen in the Dec 19 Zenit News Agency article titled, "Preacher: Give Birth to Christ this Christmas."

Jesus said in John 3:7 - "Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye (emphasis mine) must be born again."

However, Father Cantalamessa teaches it backwards. According to him, we need to give birth to Christ in our lives! Here are some of his quotes describing this screwball notion:

"We are mother's of Christ when we carry him in our heart and in our body by divine love and with a pure and sincere conscience."

"How holy and dear...and desirable above all things it is to have such a brother and such a son (emphasis mine), our Lord Jesus Christ."

Comment - Jesus can be our "son?" Wow! This is wickedness!!

"We give birth to him when we accomplish holy deeds that manifest him to the world."

"Once conceived, the blessed Son of God will be born in the heart so long as this soul, after having made a right discernment...puts his holy plan immediately into practice."

Then - the good Father said something really nutty:

"If the (holy) plan is not put into action, Jesus is conceived, but he is not born. It will become one of many spiritual abortions."

Comment - Yes......go ahead and shake your head, he actually said this. How could anyone in their right mind suggest that each one of us could be a "mother" to Christ, that we could have Christ as our "son," or that we could abort Christ?

This is Catholic insanity at it's worst!!! Catholics need to repent of the sin of Catholicism - it is the Spirit of God that births a sinner into becoming "a new creature" (2 Cor 5:17) in Christ, not Catholics allowing themselves to "give birth" to Jesus or by being some kind of "mother" to Him.

Please pray daily for Catholic conversions.

Kids Skipping Mass? It's not Rome's Fault!!

When there are problems within Catholicism, you can be sure that it's never Rome's fault. Such an example was seen in the Dec 2 Zenit News Agency article titled, "Kids Skipping Mass? Blame Ignorance, not Rebellion."

The article featured an interview with French priest Eric Jacquinet, who spoke about "causes for young people's estrangement from the church." Here are some reasons he gave:

1. "The family's inability to transmit the faith."

2. Many "young people are children of separated parents."

3. There are places in Europe where "Christians are in a minority amid the immigrants."

Oh......I get it! It's the parent's fault, or the government's fault! But God forbid, it's never Rome's fault.

Father Jacquinet also pulled out the ignorance excuse. Catholic apologists often use this line in trying to explain why people leave the Catholic Church. The thought goes something like this:

"They're just ignorant - if they really knew the Catholic faith, they would never have left the church." They will then blame some cathecist or individual priest for not fully teaching the "glories" of Rome to someone who left the Catholic Church.

Question - Why have I "skipped mass" since December, 1992?

Answer - Because God's Spirit convicted me of the sin of Catholicism. Yes, I did know what Rome was all about - wickedness and idolatry! I repented of being a Catholic, and I was then born again as a child of God through faith ALONE in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of my sins - no priests, wafers, confessions, holy days, popes, or priests needed!