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Offline andysloan

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On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
« on: March 30, 2014, 06:33:13 PM »
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  • Fr Pfeiffer sermon:






    Our Lady to Venerable Mary of Agreda (17th Century):

    "However, I wish on this occasion to reveal to thee the just reproach and indignation of the Most High against mortals; so that, comparing the conduct of other men with the humility and meekness, which I exercised toward my spouse saint Joseph, thou mayest understand it better in divine enlightenment. The cause of this reproach, which the Lord and I have to make against men, is the inhuman perversity of men in persisting to treat each other with so much want of humility and love. In this they commit three faults, which displease the Most High very much and which cause the Almighty and me to withhold many mercies. The first is, that men, knowing that they are all children of the same Father in heaven (Is. 64, 8), works of his hands, formed of the same nature, graciously nourished and kept alive by his Providence, reared at the same table of divine mysteries and Sacraments, especially of his own body and blood, nevertheless forget and despise all these advantages, concentrating all their interest upon earthly and trivial affairs, exciting themselves without reason, swelling with indignation, creating discords, quarrels, indulging in detractions and harsh words, sometimes rising up to most wicked and inhuman vengeance or mortal hate of one another. The second is, that, when through human frailty and want of mortification, incited by the temptation of the devil, they happen to fall into one of these faults, they do not at once seek to rid themselves of it nor strive to be again reconciled, as should be done by brothers in the presence of a just judge. Thus they deny Him as their merciful Father and force Him to become the severe and rigid Judge of their sins; for no faults excite Him sooner to exercise his severity than the sins of revenge and hate. The third offense, which causes his great indignation, is, that sometimes, when a brother comes in order to be reconciled, he that deems himself offended will not receive him and asks a greater satisfaction than that which he knows would be accepted by the Lord, and which he himself offers as satisfaction to God’s Majesty. For all of them wish that God, who is most grievously offended, should receive and pardon them, whenever they approach Him with humility and contrition; while those that are but dust and ashes, ask to be revenged upon their brothers and will not content themselves with the satisfaction, which the Most High himself readily accepts for their own sins. Of all the sins, which the sons of the Church commit, none is more horrible than these in the eyes of the Most High."



    (See Chapter "St Joseph resolves to leave his spouse")

    http://www.ecatholic2000.com/agreda/mystical/city.shtml




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    On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
    « Reply #1 on: March 31, 2014, 01:21:41 PM »
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  • Is this the same Fr Pfieffer who publicly, calumniously accused Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of murdering a child in a Satanic ceremony based on no substantive evidence whatsoever?

    Is this same Fr Pfieffer now preaching a sermon on the "Lack of Charity Among Catholics?"

    I anxiously await his future sermons on the "Lack of Prudent Speech Among Catholics" and "Hypocrisy Among Catholics."


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    On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
    « Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 03:12:56 PM »
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  • How do you know Fr Pfeiffer had not cause to believe this?


    In our age, we have:


    Bohemian Grove



    Satan's enthronement in the Vatican,





    Rome set to be the seat of antichrist
    (Our Lady of La Salette)



    And Fr Pfeiffer retracted this statement in a following sermon




    THE DIALOGUE OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA
          

    Dictated by her, while is a state of ecstasy, to her secretaries, and completed in the year of Our Lord 1370.
       

    A TREATISE OF PRAYER
       

    29. A brief repetition of the preceding chapter; and of the reverence which should be paid to priests, whether they are good or bad.
       
    "I have shown you, dearest daughter, a sample of the excellence of good priests (for what I have shown you is only a sample of what that excellence really is), and I have told you of the dignity in which I have placed them, having elected them for My ministers, on account of which dignity and authority I do not wish them to be punished by the hand of seculars on account of any personal defect, for those who punish them offend Me miserably.

    "But I wish seculars to hold them in due reverence, not for their own sakes, as I have said, but for Mine, by reason of the authority which I have given them. Wherefore this reverence should never diminish in the case of priests whose virtue grows weak, any more than in the case of those virtuous ones of whose goodness I have spoken to you; for all alike have been appointed ministers of the Sun -- that is of the Body and Blood of My Son, and of the other Sacraments.

    "This dignity belongs to good and bad alike -- all have the Sun to administer, as has been said, and perfect priests are themselves in a condition of light, that is to say, they illuminate and warm their neighbors through their love. And with this heat they cause virtues to spring up and bear fruit in the souls of their subjects.

    "I have appointed them to be in very truth your guardian angels to protect you; to inspire your hearts with good thoughts by their holy prayers, and to teach you My doctrine reflected in the mirror of their life, and to serve you by administering to you the holy Sacraments, thus serving you, watching over you, and inspiring you with good and holy thoughts as does an angel.

    "See, then, that besides the dignity to which I have appointed them, how worthy they are of being loved; when they also possess the adornment of virtue, as did those of whom I spoke to you, which are all bound and obliged to possess, and in what great reverence you should hold them, for they are My beloved children and shine each as a sun in the mystical body of the holy Church by their virtues, forevery virtuous man is worthy of love, and these all the more by reason of the ministry which I have placed in their hands.

    "You should love them therefore by reason of the virtue and dignity of the Sacrament, and by reason of that very virtue and dignity you should hate the defects of those who live miserably in sin, but not on that account appoint yourselves their judges, which I forbid, because they are My Christs, and you ought to love and reverence the authority which I have given them.

    "You know well that if a filthy and badly dressed person brought you a great treasure from which you obtained life, you would not hate the bearer, however ragged and filthy he might be, through love of the treasure and of the lord who sent it to you. His state would indeed displease you, and you would be anxious through love of his master that he should be cleansed from his foulness and properly clothed.

    "This, then, is your duty according to the demands of charity, and thus I wish you to act with regard to such badly ordered priests, who themselves filthy and clothed in garments ragged with vice through their separation from My love, bring you great Treasures -- that is to say, the Sacraments of the holy Church -- from which you obtain the life of grace, receiving Them worthily (in spite of the great defects there may be in them) through love of Me, the Eternal God, who send them to you, and through love of that life of grace which you receive from the great treasure, by which they administer to you the whole of God and the whole of Man, that is to say, the Body and Blood of My Son united to My Divine nature.

    "Their sins indeed should displease you, and you should hate them, and strive with love and holy prayer to re-clothe them, washing away their foulness with your tears -- that is to say, that you should offer them before Me with tears and great desire, that I may re-clothe them in My goodness, with the garment of charity. Know well that I wish to do them grace, if only they will dispose themselves to receive it, and you to pray for it; for it is not according to My will that they should administer to you the Sun being themselves in darkness, not that they should be stripped of the garment of virtue, foully living in dishonor; on the contrary I have given them to you, and appointed them to be earthly angels and suns, as I have said.

    "It not being My will that they should be in this state, you should pray for them, and not judge them, leaving their judgment to Me. And I, moved by your prayers, will do them mercy if they will only receive it, but if they do not correct their life, their dignity will be the cause of their ruin. For if they do not accept the breadth of My mercy, I, the Supreme Judge, shall terribly condemn them at their last extremity, and they will be sent to the eternal fire."
     

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    On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
    « Reply #3 on: April 03, 2014, 03:23:27 PM »
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  • Quote from: andysloan
    Fr Pfeiffer sermon:


    [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ph6I2uy5vDA[/youtube]




    The mediafire audio version seems to be identical:


    Actually, the sound quality is better in this latter version (no pretty pictures, though).

    The download might be slow, but it's worth the wait.

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    On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
    « Reply #4 on: April 03, 2014, 04:23:58 PM »
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  • Quote from: BTNYC
    Is this the same Fr Pfieffer [Pfeiffer] who publicly, calumniously accused Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of murdering a child in a Satanic ceremony based on no substantive evidence whatsoever?

    Is this same Fr Pfieffer [the name is Pfeiffer] now preaching a sermon on the "Lack of Charity Among Catholics?"

    I anxiously await his future sermons on the "Lack of Prudent Speech Among Catholics" and "Hypocrisy Among Catholics."


    The title of this thread is an attention-getter, but the sermon (48 min) is more about the Blessed Sacrament as the Sacrament of Charity (min. 18) than it is about the LACK of charity.  The topic of "lack of unity" and "lack of charity" is a later development (min. 21+).  It's more about man's dependence on God in the second half.

    It might prove interesting for those reading this, to set aside your prejudice for a few minutes, and listen.  


    His the doom
    Ours the mirth
    When He came
    Down to earth

    (22:30)


    I think it's a very good sermon.  

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    « Reply #5 on: April 03, 2014, 04:32:08 PM »
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  • ...and this other recent sermon is also 1st class (and very percipient!)






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    On the Lack of Charity amongst Catholics
    « Reply #6 on: April 03, 2014, 04:57:57 PM »
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  • Quote from: andysloan


    Satan's enthronement in the Vatican,



     


    Thank you for the link.  It was nice to hear Father Malachi's voice again.  Last time we talked (somewhere in 1997/1998), we were discussing some observations that I encountered; His words to me (which I am reminded of by hearing his voice again), "pray that our Lord would conceal you in His wounds" is as timely today as it was then.

    Thank you again.
    Omnes pro Christo

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    « Reply #7 on: April 03, 2014, 05:10:40 PM »
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  • To JAM,


    No thanks necessary. It is all part of the goodness of God's providence:


    Here are some other good interviews with FR Martin, which clear some of the present confusion that we see daily on CI:







    If people would accept this truth, it would bring more unity to Tradition, rejoice the angels and give a few well needed losses to the demons!



    God bless!