https://gazette.com/2025/11/26/colorado-sen-faith-winter-45-killed-in-car-accident/

At first I was sympathetic; I don't want to rejoice at someone's death just because they were on "the other side".

HOWEVER --

She was a Democratic Colorado senator. Her passions included climate change, public transport, ensuring abortion "rights", and ensuring "gender affirming care".

She was entering her 12th term (out of 12 -- there are term limits in the Colorado Senate). So she had done PLENTY of damage with her Communist and diabolical worldview.

She recently pushed a bill to ensure that Coloradoans could kill their babies, and children could get permanently mutilated in the name of the transsɛҳuąƖ agenda.
The demon Baphomet (who is pictured with both male and female sex characteristics, and present-day devotees honor by having their children change genders) would be so proud.

So while I'm not going to actually rejoice in someone's death -- I *am* going to say that the world became a slightly better place today, and it IS permissible, per Catholic moral theology, to rejoice in the consequences of her death.

I don't think God was very happy with her.

"It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

It says she had 2 children -- yeah, but she was divorced. It says she was "engaged" at the time of death. Also, how many children did she REALLY have...including those she sacrificed to the idol Moloch? I mean figuratively. That's what abortion is.

Imagine having a pro-abortion mother! You would always have to wonder if she really, really wanted to have you. And you'd suspect you had other brothers/sisters who DIDN'T survive to see this world. Imagine knowing your mother was and is OK with baby-murder!

Of course the right distinctions have to be in place, thus if one is not truly convicted of the manifest public heresy of these pretenders they would not be sinning in the subjective sense by ignoring their Catholic-formed conscience - only God can read the heart.

Which is to say that sedes believe faithful trads who live according to the faith but without concerning themselves of the status of popes, probably sin, and on that account sedes believe that "not only is it allowed but it would be OBLIGATORY to separate from their communion."  Which is to say not being concerned with a heretical pope's status either can be or is a sin. 

Well, if that's the reason, that's a ridiculous reason. 

I have a bunch of Holiday stuff going on, so I can't give this thread the attention I would like to.
But, while I'm thinking about it,

Are we supposed to believe that from the time St. Paul was taken up to the Third Heaven on the road to Damascus, until he finished his first meeting with Ananias that he was NOT in a state of Grace?

I don't think there is any indication that Paul was taken to the Third Heaven prior to meeting Ananias.

Haydock is of the opinion that it happened in Acts 13:2

Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest, that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales: and he received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized.

God sent Ananias to cure Paul's physical blindness, and so that Paul could be justified

A very intellectually stimulating presentation:

Agreed!  I'm really glad I had the time to view it.

Many saints had a lot of wealth go through their hands. The money started out as donations and passed right through their hands into works of their apostolate: schools, orphanages, churches, and other charitable work.
Money is not evil. Having millions of dollars pass through your hands is not evil.

Inordinate love of money is evil. Luxury (especially when many are in want) is evil. Pride is evil. Vainglory is evil.

No one can credibly or seriously accuse Bp. Zendejas of any of these things. He lives like one of the saints you could read about -- pick your favorite saint. He is extremely ascetic. But he is also prudent. He knows that to have an apostolate -- to be able to help Catholics during the Crisis in the Church -- you need money.

We need hundreds more good priests like Bp. Zendejas.

This snake who keeps dishonestly slithering back with another account to attack good priests and bishops -- he really needs to enter into himself, and realize he's on the wrong side of the timeless "God vs satan" battle.