New Year's Morning: Many Catholics Back on Their Way to Hell

Jan 1 is the feast of "The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God." It is a "holy day of obligation," meaning Catholics who missed Mass on Jan 1 have committed a mortal sin, therefore losing their salvation and are now back on their way to hell......again.

This is certainly bad news for all those Catholics who pounded too many drinks, partied too hard, or stayed up too late on New Year's Eve. If Catholic theology is correct, they better hope they don't die before getting to confession and eating some wafers!

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says:

Para 2180: "The precept of the Church specifies the law of the Lord more precisely: On Sundays and other holy days of obligation (emphasis mine) the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass."

Para 2181: "Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin."

Whenever Rome uses the word "grave" - it means mortal sin. Para 1857: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave (emphasis mine) matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent."

The result of mortal sin? A loss of salvation. Para 1861: "It (mortal sin) causes exclusion from Christ's kingdom and the eternal death of hell."

However, Catholic theology is not correct. This whole "mortal sin" thing is nothing but a wicked invention of man to get people coming back to the Catholic Church for cheap salvation - kneel before the priest in confession, eat a wafer, and then one is supposedly okay with God again. Rubbish!

When Christ truly saves a person, He saves permanently. He said in John 10:28: "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."

Paul preached in Acts 13:38b-39a: "Through this Man (Christ) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; And by Him all that believe are justified from all things."

Thank God for the blessed truth of the bible!! Those trusting in Christ ALONE "shall never perish," and are "justified from all things," not just some things.

Question - How can a Catholic take hold of these promises? Answer - By confessing Catholicism as sin, forsaking the Roman Church forever, and trusting in Christ ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins - NO Catholic priesthood and Catholic Church needed!

Please pray daily for Catholic conversions, as only Christ has the power to free someone from the clutches of Rome.

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!

Pope's Preacher Inspired by Two Adulterers

What brings joy to the heart of the pope's personal preacher when he thinks about life after death? Answer - a movie about two adulterers! This was revealed in the Oct 31 Zenit News Agency article titled, "Life After Death,"

In his commentary on the Roman feasts of All Souls Day and All Saints Day, Father Raniero Cantalamessa used an example from the movie Dr Zhivago to point to life after death and that "Jesus has prepared it (a place) for us."

What was the "example" from the movie? The adulterous relationship betwen Lara and Dr Zhivago! Permit me to quote from the pope's personal preacher at length:

"Those who have seen the movie 'Dr Zhivago' will remember the famous song from Lara, the sound track. The Italian version says: 'I don't know what it is, but there is a place from which we will never return...' The song points to...Two lovers find each other, seek each other, but they are those whom destiny...cruelly separates, until the final scene when their paths cross again, but without recognizing each other."

And here's the kicker:

"Every time I hear the notes of this song, my faith brings me almost to shout out inside me: Yes, there is a place from where we will never return."

The two people in this movie the good Father is referring to are - Lara, a woman who cheated on her husband, and Yuri Zhivago, who cheated on his wife, if you recall, while she was expecting baby number two!

This is what makes the pope's personal preacher want to "shout out inside me?" Wow.

By the way, Father, they weren't "Two lovers," they were two adulterers. Only a Catholic priest could look for inspiration about a guy who left his pregnant wife and small son for another woman.

This is another example of the Roman priesthood letting its wicked heart show! And this just wasn't any priest - but the priest who regularly preaches to the pope! Please pray daily for Catholic conversions.

Dancing Around the Bible Again

Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting in Rome Oct 5-26 for a “Synod on the Bible.” The bishops are once again faced with that Catholic dilemma of giving lip service to the bible as well as “encouraging” Catholics to read it, but hoping that no one actually does!

Some of this tension was noted in an Oct 16 Catholic News Service article on the synod titled, “Some Prelates Say Private Bible Reading Just First Step for Catholics.” For example:

“A recurring theme in the synod hall was the tension (emphasis mine) several bishops see between some schools of biblical scholarship and the traditional faith of the church.”

Cardinal William Levada called this, “One of the most delicate (emphasis mine) questions for the synod.”

Why should reading the bible be delicate? Or full of tension? Let me give you a translation of what they’re trying to say:

‘There’s lots of things in the bible that disagree with what the Catholic Church teaches, so let’s be careful not to push the bible too much!!’

And, Cardinal Odilo Scherer summed up best how Catholic bishops want people to read the bible:

“Exegesis is not enough because understanding what God is saying requires an attitude of listening in faith (emphasis mine).”

Another translation is needed here. Listening in faith – what His Eminence really means is:

‘If you read the bible and see anything that contradicts Catholic teaching, then don’t trust the bible, trust the Catholic priesthood.’

Comment – The poor Catholic clergy – they’ve always got to perform this high-wire balancing act of praising the bible, yet hoping no one reads it! The last thing a Catholic priest or bishop wants is a person reading the bible. Why? Because the true Christ is found in the bible, whereas Rome presents a false christ – one who turns himself into wafers, and does whatever Mary tells him!

God has made the bible so simple even a child can come to faith in Christ from it. 2 Tim 3:15 says:

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Jesus Christ.”

The bible points people to - Christ. The Catholic Church points people to – antichrist! No wonder Catholicism hates the bible so much.

The Catholic "Jesus" - Endangered by High Commodity Prices

Thieves recently broke into Detroit’s Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and stole, “The tabernacle, chalices and ciboriums, candlesticks and votive candle holders, processional crosses, light fixtures, an ice cream cart, and even the corpus of a crucified Christ that was removed from the cross it was on.” This was reported in the Sept 12 issue of The Michigan Catholic, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Detroit, in an article titled, “Tabernacle, Other Sacred Items Stolen from Historic Corktown Church.”

The article said:

"The theft is yet another incident of thieves stealing copper, bronze and other metal items from area churches, as high scrap metal prices have increased the vulnerability of older buildings, especially churches."

Parish priest Father Russ Kohler made light of the fact that the Catholic “Jesus” - inanimate wafers locked up inside the tabernacle - was stolen:

“This won’t be the first time Jesus has been between two thieves. I’d like them to be appreciative of His presence, but we’d like Him back.”

Comment – only in the Catholic Church could “Jesus” be stolen along with light fixtures and an ice cream cart!

What’s the Catholic Church to do? With commodity prices going higher and higher, storing “Jesus” in metal containers may be dangerous! Maybe they should put “Him” in cardboard boxes or paper bags – but just be sure all the wafers are gone before recycling!

Every once in a while we are reminded of the utter foolishness that results from the thinking that Jesus turns Himself into wafers at the command of a Catholic priest. No such thing happens.

Pray that God gives Catholics the grace to see through the wickedness of wafer-worship; that they repent of the sin of Catholicism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no Catholic priests or wafers needed!

Pope and His Priests - Still Telling God What to Do

“In honor of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul, Pope Benedict XVI has designated June 2008 through June 2009 as the Pauline Year.” This was reported in the Aug 22 Catholic Universe Bulletin, the newspaper of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in an article titled, “Pilgrims Celebrate Pauline Year Close to Home.”

The pope likes to demonstrate how he can boss God around. One way is how the pope gives priests power to command Christ to turn Himself into wafers and wine – a truly awesome spectacle!

Another example of this power is the indulgence – whereby the pope relieves Catholics the temporal punishment of their sins by instructing them to do certain rituals or visit certain places.

To celebrate the birth of Paul, His Holiness had “A decree published by the Apostolic Penitentiary (that) offers a plenary indulgence to pilgrims honoring St Paul. Ideally, the pilgrim would visit St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, where St Paul is entombed.”

However, in these times of a slow economy and weak dollar, Cleveland bishop Richard Lennon has recognized that many Catholics can’t get to Rome this year. Therefore “Lennon has applied the decree to churches in the Diocese dedicated to St Paul.”

So……all a Catholic has to do to get this indulgence is to make a short pilgrimage to one of the churches named St Paul in northeast Ohio. That’s a lot cheaper than going all the way to Rome!

Comment – At least Bishop Lennon is allowing Catholics a full indulgence if they confine their “pilgrimage” to northeast Ohio. Earlier this year when the pope went to World Youth Day in Australia, he granted full indulgences to those who made trip down under, but only partial indulgences for those who stayed home and only prayed for the event.

This is the heart of the Roman priesthood – that sinful man commands and God jumps. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (para 882) says the pope has: “Full, supreme, and universal power over the whole church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.” This is wickedness! How dare a mere man claim such power!

Question - what is the “god” of Rome like? Answer – in 2008-2009 “god” will give special privileges to those who visit a parish named St Paul, but not a parish named anything else! This is absurd. Please pray that the God of the bible would free people from such a foolish and false religious system.