You think there would be "crackpot theories" if ANYONE outside of the people that pulled whatever they did off, knew what in blazes happened?
I don't think so. I think we're all in for a huge surprise once we hit eternity and the final judgment. There's a lot we don't know, and people trying to figure it out, using their weakened intellects and wills. It doesn't help that we have very few shepherds to lead us, and so, we have disarray, and differing opinions on what exactly happened, and what is going on right now.
If it were easy to figure this out, there wouldn't be any fighting/different opinions. Unfortunately it's not. It's a convoluted mess manufactured by none other than Satan himself.
Need we be reminded of when Pope Leo XIII had that vision at the tabernacle? We KNOW the Devil has everything to do with this. The best thing we can do is to get as much grace as we can during these times, and once sacramental grace has run out, we do what Our Lady has told us to do when there isn't any: Wear your scapular and pray your Rosary.
We know what's happening in the end. Mary will triumph. She promised she would. The only things we can totally bank on right now, is that 1) We're all going to die, and 2) Mary WILL triumph and this mess WILL be figured out. Which order that will come in for you or I is anyone's guess.
We also know that Satan has figured out that attacking from the outside never works, after banging his head against a wall for centuries trying to do that, only to see the Church get stronger. So, we know that he's sent his minions into the Traditional Communities to sow dissent and cause confusion, so to accomplish his main goal: Getting to see all of us in Hell. He is the architect of confusion, division, and hatred. What do you expect?
I really wish there was an absolute answer to who is pope, who is legitimately a priest, bishop, whatever, but that's just outside the realm of anything we poor sheep can know 100% certainly. We just have to stand firm and BE CATHOLIC--- not just in externals, but really LIVE it. Set examples, be charitable in all we do. Sacrifice, and do what we must do, offering it all to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts. Be Christlike. Instead of personally attacking each other, we should say Rosaries for each other. The Rosary is such a powerful weapon against the Devil.
It's really easy to sit back and attack people for thinking a different way you do, but it takes a strong will to actually remember to pray for those people. Not everyone is as gifted in intelligence as you might believe you are, so have some mercy on people. God knows their hearts.
That's my rant of the day. +JMJ+
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