Se a Igrexa debe "entrar na gloria do reino só por esta Pascua final" (CCC 677), é dicir, A Paixón da Igrexa, entón tamén seguirá ao seu Señor a través da Tumba...
The Hour of Powerlessness
After a public ministry capturing the hopes and dreams of a people longing for their Messiah — three years of revolutionary preaching, healing, and miracles — suddenly, the One who offered hope, restoration, and the fulfillment of all desires… was dead.
Now, faith itself was plunged into utter darkness. Now hope, too, had seemingly been crucified. Now, the love that crossed every threshold and shattered every definition… lay still and cold, confined in a tomb. All that remained was the echo of mockery and the fading aroma of frankincense and myrrh.
This was but the crowning of what began in Gethsemane when Jesus — who up till then always passed through the angry mob with ease — was led away in chains. It was the hour of impotencia when the seeming impotence of Christ shook the faith of the Apostles… and confidence and assuredness melted away. They fled in fear.
Now, after two millennia of preaching, healing, and miracles, the Catholic Church is entering the same hour of seeming powerlessness. Not because she is, in fact, powerless. No, she is the sacramento da salvación established to gather the nations into the Heart of Jesus.[1]‘As sacrament, the Church is Christ’s instrument. “She is taken up by him also as the instrument for the salvation of all,” “the universal sacrament of salvation,” by which Christ is “at once manifesting and actualizing the mystery of God’s love for men.’ (CCC, 776) She is the city set upon a mountain to be the “light of the world” (Matt 5:14); she is the vessel which has set sail in history, destined for an eternal harbour. And yet…
…this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light because their works were evil. (Xoán 3: 19)
Even within the Church, her own sinful members have begun to disfigure the Body of Christ, stifle her truth, and persecute her members.
... hoxe vémolo de forma realmente aterradora: a maior persecución da Igrexa non provén de inimigos externos, senón que nace do pecado dentro da Igrexa. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, interview on flight to Lisbon, Portugal, May 12th, 201
And thus, the Church is becoming more irrelevant to this generation by the hour….
The Hour of Irrelevance
As Jesus lay in the tomb, it was as though His teachings and promises were now irrelevant. Rome remained in power; the Jewish Law still bound believers; and the Apostles had scattered. Now, the greatest temptation assaulted todo o mundo. For if the God-man is crucified, what hope is there but for man to craft his own miserable existence into whatever utopia he could until he, too, took his last breath?
As the Church follows her Lord through its own Passion, we see this temptation arising again:
... A relixioso engano ofrecendo aos homes unha aparente solución aos seus problemas a prezo de apostasía da verdade. O engano relixioso supremo é o do Anticristo ... -Catecismo da Igrexa Católica, n. 675
This is precisely the transhumanist vision of the ruling elite: Agenda 2030 and…
…a fusión das nosas identidades físicas, dixitais e biolóxicas. —Presidente Prof. Klaus Schwab, Foro Económico Mundial, O ascenso da Antiigrexa, 20:11 marca, rumble.com
In this “Cuarta Revolución industrial” lies the exaltation of man over God, “incarnated” as it were in the Antichrist…
…the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Tes. 2: 3-4)
Coa axuda de novas tecnoloxías, dentro duns séculos ou incluso décadas, Sapiens transformarase en seres completamente diferentes, gozando de calidades e habilidades divinas. —Professor Yuval Noah Harari, top advisor to Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum; from Sapiens: Unha breve historia da humanidade (2015); cf. lifesitenews.com
Hence came the last warning from the great papal prophet, Benedict XVI:
We see how the power of the Antichrist is expanding, and we can only pray that the Lord will give us strong shepherds who will defend His Church in this hour of need from the power of evil. —PAPA EMÉRITO BENEDICTO XVI, O conservador americano, Xaneiro 10th, 2023
I am reminded again of the novel Señor do Mundo by Robert Hugh Benson in which he writes of the time of Antichrist when the Church will be as irrelevant as a corpse in a tomb, when there will come…
... a reconciliación do mundo sobre unha base distinta á da Verdade Divina ... estaba a existir unha unidade diferente a calquera cousa coñecida na historia. Isto foi o máis mortal polo feito de que contén tantos elementos de ben indubidable. Ao parecer, a guerra xa estaba extinguida e non o facía o cristianismo; Agora víase que a unión era mellor que a desunión e a lección aprendérase á marxe da Igrexa ... A amabilidade ocupou o lugar da caridade, a satisfacción o lugar da esperanza e o coñecemento o lugar da fe. -Señor do mundo, Robert Hugh Benson, 1907, p. 120
Do we not see this already in the doctrine of “tolerancia"E"inclusión“? Is it not evident in the espírito revolucionario do mozos who are readily embracing Marxist errors once again? Is not appearing even within the Church herself among those “Xudases” who are betraying the Gospel for a godless global agenda?
To Whom Shall We Go?
It is admittedly distressing to watch the colapso of Western civilization in real-time, and with it, the influence and presence of the Church. While our brothers and sisters in the Middle East know all too well the violent suppression of Christianity, it is no less disturbing to see the censorship of truth and the exchange of freedom for an “apparent solution to our problems” (which we are told are “cambio climático""pandemias"E"overpopulation”). The “promise” is an airtight world where everything will be centralized, controlled, distributed and monitored by a wealthy few.
Se ninguén poder pode facer cumprir a orde, o noso mundo sufrirá un "déficit de orde global". —O profesor Klaus Schwab, fundador do Foro Económico Mundial, Covid-19: O gran restablecemento, páx. 104
It’s like watching a ballerina in slow motion pirouette into a busy freeway. We chorar; nós aviso; nós profetizar… but the world shouts back, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
And so the temptation is to despair.
What then should we do? The answer is to follow Jesus ata o final.
…he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. (Fil 2: 8)
That’s it in a nutshell: remain faithful to God’s Word, even unto death. Persevere in prayer, even when it is dry. Continue to hope, even when evil 
seems to triumph. And never worry that God will fail to help us:
Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world. (Xoán 16: 32-33)
This past month, the closer we have come to this Holy Saturday, the more oppressive and difficult I have found it to persevere in prayer. But I find myself repeating the words of Peter, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [2]John 6: 68
LORD, the God of my salvation, I call out by day; at night I cry aloud in your presence. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. For my soul is filled with troubles; my life draws near to Sheol. I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit; I am like a warrior without strength. (Salmo 88: 1-5)
To which the Lord replies in the very next Psalm:
My mercy is established forever; my faithfulness will stand as long as the heavens. I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: I will make your dynasty stand forever and establish your throne through all ages. (Salmo 89: 3-5)
Indeed, after the Tomb, the Church will arise again…
CHORAR, ¡Fillos de homes!
Chora por todo o bo, certo e fermoso.
Chora por todo o que debe baixar á tumba
As túas iconas e cantos, as túas paredes e campanarios.
Chora, fillos dos homes!
Por todo o que é bo, certo e fermoso.
Chora por todo o que debe baixar ao Sepulcro
As túas ensinanzas e verdades, o teu sal e a túa luz.
Chora, fillos dos homes!
Por todo o que é bo, certo e fermoso.
Chora por todos os que deben entrar pola noite
Os teus sacerdotes e bispos, os teus papas e príncipes.
Chora, fillos dos homes!
Por todo o que é bo, certo e fermoso.
Chora por todos os que deben entrar no xuízo
A proba da fe, o lume do refino.
... pero chora non para sempre!
Pois chegará o amencer, a luz conquistará, un novo Sol sairá.
E todo iso era bo, certo e fermoso
Respirará e daráselle aos fillos de novo.
—written Marzo 29, 2013
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