Risposta komprensiva għal bosta mistoqsijiet mexxiet triqti rigward il-pontifikat taqlib tal-Papa Franġisku. Niskuża ruħi li dan huwa kemmxejn itwal mis-soltu. Iżda b'xorti tajba, qed twieġeb diversi mistoqsijiet tal-qarrejja ....
MINN qarrej:
Nitlob għall-konverżjoni u għall-intenzjonijiet tal-Papa Franġisku kuljum. Jiena wieħed li inizjalment inħabbt mal-Missier Imqaddes meta ġie elett għall-ewwel darba, iżda matul is-snin tal-Pontifikat tiegħu, ħawwadni u għamilni mħasseb ħafna li l-ispiritwalità liberali tiegħu tal-Ġiżwiti kienet kważi qajjem il-wiżż bil-weraq tax-xellug. viżjoni tad-dinja u ż-żminijiet liberali. Jien Franġiskan Sekulari allura l-professjoni tiegħi torbotni għall-ubbidjenza tiegħu. Imma rrid nammetti li jbeżżagħni ... Kif nafu li mhuwiex anti-papa? Il-midja qed idawwar kliemu? Għandna nsegwu bl-addoċċ u nitolbu għalih aktar? Dan huwa dak li kont qed nagħmel, imma qalbi hija konfliġġenti.
Benedittu XVI intimida lill-midja għax kliemu kienu bħal kristall brillanti. Kliem is-suċċessur tiegħu, mhux essenzjalment differenti minn dak ta ’Benedittu, huma bħal ċpar. Iktar ma jipproduċi kummenti spontanjament, aktar jirriskja li jagħmel lid-dixxipli fidili tiegħu jidhru bħall-irġiel bil-pali li jsegwu l-iljunfanti fiċ-ċirku.
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
To be certain, every scandal in the Church is like another threatening wave; every heresy and error that presents itself is like a rocky shoal or shallow sandbar upon which the Barque of Peter risks running aground. Recall the observation Cardinal Ratzinger made several years before the world learned who Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis) was:Lord, Your Church often seems like a boat about to sink, a boat taking in water on every side. —Kardinal Ratzinger, 24 ta 'Marzu, 2005, Meditazzjoni tal-Ġimgħa l-Kbira fit-Tielet Fall ta ’Kristu
wegħda. [2]cf. Ġesù, il-Bennej Għaref In a dream of the Barque of Peter, St. John Bosco recounts:At times, a formidable ram splinters a gaping hole in its hull, but immediately, a breeze from the two columns [of the Virgin and the Eucharist] instantly seals the gash. -Profezija Kattolika, Sean Patrick Bloomfield, P.58
“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!”. The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” (Mark 4:37-40)
Il-ministeru pastorali tal-Knisja ma jistax ikun ossessjonat bit-trażmissjoni ta ’għadd kbir ta’ duttrini diskonnessi li għandhom jiġu imposti b’mod insistenti. Il-proklamazzjoni fi stil missjunarju tiffoka fuq l-essenzjali, fuq l-affarijiet meħtieġa: dan huwa wkoll dak li jaffaxxina u jattira aktar, dak li jġiegħel il-qalb tinħaraq, kif għamlet għad-dixxipli f'Emmaus. Irridu nsibu bilanċ ġdid; inkella, anke l-edifiċju morali tal-Knisja x'aktarx jaqa 'bħal dar tal-karti, u jitlef il-freskezza u l-fwieħa tal-Vanġelu. Il-proposta tal-Vanġelu trid tkun aktar sempliċi, profonda, radjanti. Huwa minn din il-proposta li mbagħad joħorġu l-konsegwenzi morali. —L-30 ta ’Settembru, 2013; americamagazine.org
Church’s mission, particularly at this hour. He went on to explain:I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. Heal the wounds, heal the wounds…. And you have to start from the ground up. —Ibid.
“No, no, no!” cried some. “We are still at gwerra, and we are losing! We must reassert the doctrines that are under attack! What is wrong with this Pope? Is he a liberal??”
But if I may be so bold, the problem with that response (which has nearly snowballed into a schism for some today) is that it reveals a heart that is not humbly listening or self-reflecting. The Pope did not say that doctrines were not important. Rather, he made a crucial observation about the culture wars: the orthodox teachings of the Church, firmly enunciated under St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI and widely known in the mainstream, have not pulled the world out its freefall into hedonistic paganism. That is, continuing to merely reassert doctrines isn’t working. What is needed, Francis insists, is a return to the “essentials”—what he would later call the kerygma.
Fuq fomm il-katekista trid tinstema’ l-ewwel tħabbira: “Ġesù Kristu jħobbkom; ta ħajtu biex isalvak; u issa qed jgħix maġenbek kuljum biex idawwalkom, isaħħuk u jeħliskom.” Din l-ewwel proklamazzjoni tissejjaħ “l-ewwel” mhux għax teżisti fil-bidu u mbagħad tista’ tintesa jew tiġi mibdula b’affarijiet oħra aktar importanti. Hija l-ewwel f’sens kwalitattiv għax hija t-tħabbira prinċipali, dik li rridu nisimgħu għal darb’oħra b’modi differenti, dik li rridu nħabbru b’xi mod jew ieħor tul il-proċess tal-katekeżi, f’kull livell u mument. -Evangelii Gaudium, le. 164
warned the faithful against laziness, complacency, unfaithfulness, gossiping, and consumerism—such as in his latest Apostolic Exhortation:L-Edoniżmu u l-konsumiżmu jistgħu jippruvaw il-waqgħa tagħna, għax meta nkunu ossessjonati bil-pjaċir tagħna stess, nispiċċaw inħassbu wisq dwarna nfusna u d-drittijiet tagħna, u nħossu ħtieġa ddisprata għal ħin liberu biex ingawdu lilna nfusna. Se nsibuha diffiċli biex inħossu u nuru xi tħassib reali għal dawk fil-bżonn, sakemm ma nkunux kapaċi nikkultivaw ċerta sempliċità tal-ħajja, nirreżistu t-talbiet deni ta 'soċjetà tal-konsumatur, li jħalluna fqar u mhux sodisfatti, anzjużi li jkollna kollox issa. -Gaudete et Exultate, n. 108; vatikan.va
“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”… Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” (Mark 4:37-40)
Il-Papa mhuwiex sovran assolut, li l-ħsibijiet u x-xewqat tiegħu huma liġi. Għall-kuntrarju, il-ministeru tal-papa huwa l-garanti tal-ubbidjenza lejn Kristu u l-kelma tiegħu. —PAPA BENEDIKTU XVI, Omelija tat-8 ta ’Mejju, 2005; San Diego Union-Tribune
...guide you to all truth. (John 16:13)
must be said emphatically; even though Pope Francis has been ambiguous at times, he has not changed a single letter of doctrine, even if he has muddied the waters of pastoral practice. But if that is indeed the case, there is a precedent for when such circumstances occur:And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong… I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the gospel. (Gal 2:11-14)
Il-Papiet għamlu u jagħmlu żbalji u din mhix sorpriża. L-infallibilità hija riservata ex cathedra ["Mis-sede" ta 'Pietru, jiġifieri, proklamazzjonijiet ta' dogma bbażati fuq it-Tradizzjoni Sagra]. L-ebda papiet fl-istorja tal-Knisja qatt ma għamlu ex cathedra żbalji.—Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi, Teologu, f'ittra personali għalija
This question is likely getting to the heart of many concerns today, and it is a serious one. For there is presently a growing momentum among “ultra conservative” Catholics to find a reason to declare this papacy invalid. That’s all complete nonsense. No, it’s actually a straightforward matter… no one has tried to blackmail me. If that had been attempted I would not have gone since you are not permitted to leave because you’re under pressure. It’s also not the case that I would have bartered or whatever. On the contrary, the moment had—thanks be to God—a sense of having overcome the difficulties and a mood of peace. A mood in which one really could confidently pass the reins over to the next person. — IL-BENEDITT TAL-POPA XVI, Benedittu XVI, l-Aħħar Testment fi kliemu stess, ma 'Peter Seewald; p. 24 (Pubblikazzjoni Bloomsbury)
He will be persecuted and imprisoned in the Vatican through the usurpation of the Pontifical States and through the malice, envy, and avarice of an earthly monarch. —Our Lady to Sr. Mariana de Jesus Torres; tfp.org
I saw also the relationship between two popes … I saw how baleful would be the consequences of this false church. I saw it increase in size; heretics of every kind came into the city of Rome. The local clergy grew lukewarm, and I saw a great darkness… I had another vision of the great tribulation. It seems to me that a concession was demanded from the clergy which could not be granted. I saw many older priests, especially one, who wept bitterly. A few younger ones were also weeping. But others, and the lukewarm among them, readily did what was demanded. It was as if people were splitting into two camps.
…“the two popes” was not a relationship between two contemporaries, but two historical bookends, as it were, held apart by centuries: the pope who Christianized the most notable symbol of the pagan world, and the pope who would subsequently paganize the Catholic Church, thus reversing his sainted predecessor’s gains. —Steve Skojec, May 25th, 2016; onepeterfive.com
The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will
increase. The devils will have unusual power, the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who will obey the true Sovereign Pontiff and the Roman Catholic Church with loyal hearts and perfect charity. At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavor to draw many into error and death…. Sanctity of life will be held in derision, even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Our Lord Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor, but a destroyer. —Works of the Seraphic Father by R. Washbourne (1882), p.250
Ruma titlef il-fidi u ssir is-sede tal-Antikrist. —seer, Melanie Calvat
Il “Rome will lose the faith” mean that the Catholic Church will lose the faith? Jesus promised that this will mhux happen, that the gates of hell will not prevail against her. Could it mean, instead, that in times to come the city of Rome will have become so utterly pagan in belief and practice that it becomes the seat of Antichrist? Again, very possible, particularly if the Holy Father is forced to flee the Vatican, as the approved prophecy of Fatima suggests, and as Pius X saw earlier in a vision:
What I have seen is terrifying! Will I be the one, or will it be a successor? What is certain is that the Pope will leave Rome and, in leaving the Vatican, he will have to pass over the dead bodies of his priests! —Ċf. ewtn.com
Another interpretation suggests that internal apostasy among clerics and laity could so weaken the exercise of the Petrine 
charism such that even many Catholics will become vulnerable to the deceiving power of the Antichrist.
The fact is that there is not a single approved prophecy in the body of Catholic mysticism that predicts the Pope will ipso facto become the very instrument of hell against the Church, as opposed to its rock… though, certainly, many a pope has failed in his witness to Christ in the most scandalous ways.
Il-Pietru ta 'wara Pentekoste ... huwa dak l-istess Pietru li, minħabba l-biża' tal-Lhud, ċaħad il-libertà Nisranija tiegħu (Galatin 2 11-14); huwa fl-istess ħin blat u xkiel. U ma kienx hekk matul l-istorja tal-Knisja li l-Papa, is-suċċessur ta ’Pietru, kien f’daqqa Petra u, Skandalon—Kemm il-blat ta ’Alla u xkiel? —PAPA BENEDIKT XIV, minn Das neue Volk Gottes, p. 80ff
A DIABOLICAL “PROPHECY”
However, there is one false prophet whose infamous messages linger on, even after several bishops (most importantly her own) have condemned her writings. She went by the pseudonym of “Maria Divine Mercy.”
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin wishes to state that these messages and alleged visions have no ecclesiastical approval and many of the texts are in contradiction with Catholic theology. —Statement on Maria Divine Mercy, Archdioces of Dublin, Ireland; dublindiocese.ie
I have examined some of these messages and found them to be patently fraudulent and corrosive of true Christian faith as the Catholic Church teaches it. The alleged recipient of the messages operates anonymously and refuses to identify and present herself to local Church authority for a theological examination of the content of her messages. —Bishop Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia; cited by Bishop Richard. J. Malone of Buffalo; cf. mariadivinemercytrueorfalse.blogspot.ca
Not long after that statement, it was revealed that “Maria Divine Mercy” is Mary McGovern-Carberry of Dublin, Ireland. She ran the publication relations firm, McGovernPR, and reportedly had ties to a cult leader and convicted sex offender known as “Little Pebble,” and also to a clairvoyant named Joe Coleman. Witnesses allegedly observed her using kitba awtomatika, which is normally associated with demonic influence. When Carberry was outed, she shut down her website and Facebook page without any explanation and was even caught on security cameras buying up newspapers on the day her 
identity was exposed in Ireland.[4]cf. The Outing of Mary Carberry by Mark Saseen
In short, the brief emergence of Maria Divine Mercy (MDM) who gathered millions of readers, has been an absolute mess—a saga of kontradizzjonijiet, għata, ereżji, and most tragically, division. The essence of her writings is that Benedict XVI is the last true pope having been forced from the Chair of Peter and held hostage in the Vatican, and that his successor is the “false prophet” mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Of course, if this were true, then we should hear of the invalidity of that conclave from, at the very least, the “dubia” Cardinals, such as Raymond Burke, or the orthodox African contingent; or if true, then Benedict XVI “the last true pope” is actually a serial liar who has put his eternal soul at risk since he denies being pressured; or if true, then really, Jesus Christ has deceived His own Church by leading us into a trap.
U anke if MDM’s messages were without error, contradictions or failed predictions as they are, it is still disobedience for theologians and laymen alike to promote her works when they are explicitly unapproved.
When someone first sent me a link to MDM, I spent about five minutes reading it. The very first thought that entered my mind was, “This is plagiarized.” Not long after, Greek Orthodox seer Vassula Ryden made the very same assertion.[5]Note: Vassula is mhux a condemned seer, as some have alleged. See Il-Mistoqsijiet Tiegħek dwar l-Era tal-Paċi. Moreover, aside from the errors in MDM’s writings, they also condemned anyone for questioning them, including Church authorities—a tactic used in cults to control. Many who zealously followed the writings, but later regained their equilibrium, have described the experience as cult-like. Indeed, if you point out the vast problems and corruption with the MDM phenomenon today, her remaining followers immediately invoke the persecution that Saints Faustina or Pio endured as proof how the “Church can get it wrong.” But there’s a huge difference: those saints did not teach error let alone antipapalism.
If I were Satan, I would produce a “seer” who echoed what other authentic seers were saying. I would promote devotions like the Chaplet or Rosary to give the messages an air of piety. I would teach that the Pope cannot be trusted and that he is actually going to create a false church. I would suggest that the only true church is the one the “seer” is now leading the “remnant” through her messages. I would have her publish her own gospel, a “Book of Truth” that cannot be criticized; and I would have the seer present herself as the “last true prophet,” and frame anyone who questions her as virtual agents of the Antichrist.
There, you have “Maria Divine Mercy.”
Meta wieħed mit-tnejn huwa mitkellem, it-tifsira tista 'tinftiehem tat-tnejn, kważi mingħajr kwalifika. —Ibierek Iżakk ta ’Stella, Liturġija tas-Sigħat, Vol. I, pġ. 252
Thus the prophet Simeon’s words to Mother Mary can apply to us:
…and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:35)
Clearly, the thoughts of many hearts are being revealed at this hour: [7]ara Meta l-Ħaxix ħażin jibda jmur those who were previously lingering in the shadows of modernism are now emerging like Judas into this night (see Id-Dish Dipping); those who have “rigidly” clung to their own ideas of how the Pope should run the Church, while unsheathing their “sword of truth,” are now fleeing the Garden (cf. Matt 26:51); and yet those who have remained small, humble and faithful like Our Lady, even when she did not understand our Lord’s ways,[8]cf. Luqa 2:50 are remaining at the foot of the Cross—there where His mystical Body, the Church, appears scourged, disfigured, and… nearly shipwrecked.
Which are you? Which one am I?
Jekk ma qrajtx Il-Ħames Korrezzjonijiet, it is a must-read. Because here I believe the Lord, if not the Pope, revealed what He’s up to…. revealing qalbna before a final correction of the Church, and then the world, begins….
FOLLOW JESUS
Here is the “warning” that I have personally received from some readers since the first year of Pope Francis’ pontificate: “What if you’re wrong, Mark? What if Pope Francis really is the false prophet? You’ll lead all your readers into a trap! I will not follow this Pope!”
Can you see the dark irony in this statement? How can one accuse others of being deceived for remaining in unity with the Magisterium when they have declared themselves the ultimate arbiter on who is faithful and who is not? If they have determined that the Pope is an antipope, who then is their judge and infallible guide but their own ego?
il Papa, Isqof ta ’Ruma u s-suċċessur ta’ Pietru, “huwa l- perpetwu u sors viżibbli u pedament tal-għaqda kemm tal-isqfijiet kif ukoll tal-kumpanija kollha tal-fidili. "-Katekiżmu tal-Knisja Kattolika, le. 882
On the other hand, St. Paul’s advice on how to prepare for and withstand the deception of the Antichrist was not to throw oneself blindly into an individual, but into the Tradition handed on by the entire Body of Christ.
…stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours. (2 Thessalonians 2:15)
Il-ġisem kollu tal-fidili ... ma jistax jiżbalja fi kwistjonijiet ta 'twemmin. Din il-karatteristika tidher fl-apprezzament sopranaturali tal-fidi (sensus fidei) on the part of the whole people, when, from the bishops to the last of the faithful, they manifest a universal consent in matters of faith and morals. -Katekiżmu tal-Knisja Kattolika, le. 92
Those Traditions are built on 266 popes, not just one. If Pope Francis someday acts contrary to the Faith, or promotes mortal sin as normative, or orders the faithful to take what is clearly “the mark of the beast” etc., will I blindly obey and encourage others to do so as well? Of course not. At the very least, we’d have a crisis on our hands and perhaps a “Peter and Paul” moment where the Supreme Pontiff would need to be corrected by his brethren. Xi wħud jissuġġerixxu we’re already nearing such a moment. But for Heaven’s sake, it’s not like we are walking in the dark, blindly following a guide. We have the fullness of truth shining bright and clear and undiluted lighting the way before all of us, the Pope included.
There came a point when the Apostles faced a crisis of faith. They had to choose to either continue following Jesus or declare themselves wiser, and return to their former way of life.[9]cf. Ġwanni 6:66 At that moment, St. Peter simply declared:
Mgħallem, għand min immorru? Għandek il-kliem tal-ħajja eterna. (Ġwanni 6:68)
I am reminded again of a prophecy, allegedly from Jesus, given before St. Peter’s successor, Pope Paul VI, in a gathering with the Charismatic Renewal 43 years ago:
Se nneħħilkom dak kollu li qed tiddependi minnu issa, allura tiddependi biss fuqi. Żmien ta ' id-dlam ġej fid-dinja, imma ġej żmien ta ’glorja għall-Knisja Tiegħi, a time of glory is coming for My people…. U meta ma jkollok xejn għajr Jien, ikollok kollox ... —St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Pentecost Monday, May, 1975
Perhaps what my reader above is experiencing—a conflicted heart—is part of this stripping. I think it is…. for all of us.
QARI RELATATI
That Pope Francis… A Short Story
That Pope Francis… A Short Story – Part II
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| ↑1 | cf. Ġesù, il-Bennej Għaref |
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| ↑2 | cf. Ġesù, il-Bennej Għaref |
| ↑3 | cf. POPE FRANCIS, closing remarks on the Synod; Aġenzija tal-Aħbarijiet Kattoliċi, It-18 ta ’Ottubru, 2014 |
| ↑4 | cf. The Outing of Mary Carberry by Mark Saseen |
| ↑5 | Note: Vassula is mhux a condemned seer, as some have alleged. See Il-Mistoqsijiet Tiegħek dwar l-Era tal-Paċi. |
| ↑6 | Spe Salvi, n.50 |
| ↑7 | ara Meta l-Ħaxix ħażin jibda jmur |
| ↑8 | cf. Luqa 2:50 |
| ↑9 | cf. Ġwanni 6:66 |