AI translation



In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Dear faithful, today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents—the children who were murdered by the cruel Jєωιѕн King Herod, who shed their blood for the Messiah. The Messiah who has already come, who has already been born. And this Feast of the Holy Innocents once again, just like the Feast of Saint Stephen, shatters the "magical" atmosphere of the holidays. Such merry, light, pleasant holidays—twinkling lights, music. And then suddenly, the Church commands us to bow before such a cruel event, to meditate on the murder of small, innocent children who were killed out of the hatred that was in King Herod's heart toward the Messiah, toward the true God.

Dear faithful, Saint Bede the Venerable, one of the Fathers of the Church, rightly wrote that Christ's crib always stands in the shadow of Christ's Cross. Today's feast reminds us of this. It reminds us that the Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem not so that we could have a magical holiday atmosphere, but that this Child lying in the manger came into this world for a very specific purpose: to offer Himself as a propitiatory sacrifice to the Most Holy Trinity for our sins.

Dear faithful, today as we commemorate the testimony—the blood shed by the infants of Bethlehem—allow me a few words of commentary regarding the recent visit of Leo XIV to Turkey on the occasion of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. A Council that was the first ecuмenical council; a council where the errors of Arius were condemned. Arianism, which infected the majority of Catholics and bishops in the 4th century. Arianism, which denied the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Arians claimed that the Lord Jesus was not the same God, did not have the same divine nature as God the Father. He was someone exceptional, endowed with exceptional gifts, but he was not ultimately God. And this Arian thought, when we look at the history of the Church, resounds anew time and again. This Arian error is renewed over and over in various heresies. We have also heard the statement of Bergoglio, who in one of his interviews for La Repubblica stated: "Jesus of Nazareth, even if he was a man of exceptional virtues, was not God."

My dear ones, there are two points I wish to touch upon briefly regarding the visit of the Roman Leo to Turkey. First: relations with the so-called "Orthodox." In point of fact, we should not speak of the Orthodox [right-praising], but rather of the "Krzywosławni" [crooked-praising], because here we are dealing with a distortion of the Catholic faith. Here we are dealing not only with a schism but also with a whole series of heresies, which unfortunately remains unnoticed by many. Also, within various traditional circles—whether in Indult groups, in the Society of Saint Pius X, or among Sedevacantists—more souls are abandoning the Catholic faith and converting to Orthodoxy, drawn by the beauty of the liturgy and the singing. But they overlook what is most essential: the falsification and distortion of the faith.

During his visit to Turkey, Leo XIV held many ecuмenical meetings with the Eastern schismatics. He also participated in the Divine Liturgy—the Holy Mass—celebrated in the Orthodox cathedral by their self-proclaimed Patriarch Bartholomew. And what should we think of this? Voices have appeared in the internet space, voices from supposedly Catholic clergy, suggesting that intercommunion should be introduced; that Catholics should be allowed to participate in the Divine Liturgy and receive Communion there, and vice versa—so that the Orthodox could participate in Masses in the Post-Conciliar Church and receive sacraments there. And indeed, these voices that have appeared result from the fact that Leo XIV, like his predecessors since the time of Paul VI, took an active part in a non-Catholic liturgy. Active—dressed in choir robes, wearing a stole. He participated in the Divine Liturgy.

And what are we to think of all this? Is it truly as he wrote in his letter on the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea—that we should set aside all these theological differences because the Holy Spirit unites and does not divide? Dear faithful, as I said, the Eastern schism, the Eastern schismatics, profess a whole series of heresies—false, erroneous claims regarding the faith. They negate the teaching of the Catholic Church.

I will point out two things. First, the question of the Filioque. Perhaps you have heard of this, even in history textbooks. The question regarding the teaching on the Holy Spirit. Professing the faith, reciting the Creed on Sundays and major feasts, we profess that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Orthodox Church or the schismatic communities reject the phrase Filioque ("and the Son") and teach that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone. And this, my dear ones, is the aftermath of heresies that arose at the end of the first millennium. Heresies that concerned the teaching on the Holy Spirit, but which indirectly struck at the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. So it was a kind of semi-Arian error. But without going into detail, for over a thousand years the Creed has been recited with this addition of the Filioque, which specifies the teaching concerning the Holy Spirit and closes the door to the introduction of erroneous teaching. And Leo XIV, by participating in this Orthodox liturgy, participated in a liturgy where the Creed was recited in a non-Catholic version—a confession of faith was made that is not Catholic.

Furthermore, my dear ones, this was not the first time such a thing took place. A few months ago in Rome, in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, an ecuмenical meeting was organized to which clergy—"clergy" in quotation marks—of various genders were invited, with the participation of Leo XIV. An event organized by the Vatican, and the official booklet for this service, printed by the Vatican printing house, contained the profession of faith in the non-Catholic version without the Filioque, in the "crooked" version. Leo XIV participated in this, and such a profession of faith was made at the tomb of Saint Paul.

We must realize, my dear ones, that this is not, as he claims, some minor theological dispute. Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people were murdered, shed their blood because they did not want to accept the false Orthodox faith. Think, for example, of Saint Andrew Bobola, who was murdered—cruelly murdered—by the Orthodox because he rejected and condemned their error and led people to the Catholic faith. Think of the example of Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz, who was murdered because he did not want to profess the Orthodox faith. And at this moment, when we observe what Leo XIV is doing, we are dealing with nothing less than an act of indifference toward the truths of faith, an act of favoring heresy, and an act of contempt—spitting in the face of all those Catholics who shed their blood in the East for the Catholic faith. It implies that Andrew Bobola, Josaphat Kuncewicz, and the mass of other martyrs—the persecuted Uniate martyrs of Podlasie—were wrong. They were simply wrong. They gave their lives pointlessly, unnecessarily.

Furthermore, my dear ones, in participating in this Divine Liturgy, Leo XIV must have been aware that the Eastern schismatics have erroneous teaching regarding the Holy Mass. Yes, they have preserved Apostolic Succession, they have preserved the Sacrament of Holy Orders, so they have valid sacraments; but their teaching regarding the Mass is touched by a very serious error. As Catholics, we believe and profess that the sacrifice of the New Covenant—the sacrifice of the Holy Mass—is completed by the words of Jesus Christ. The priest at the altar speaks the words through which Jesus Christ instituted the Holy Mass: "For this is My Body... For this is the Chalice of My Blood, of the new and eternal testament, which shall be shed for you and for many unto the remission of sins." These are the words through which the sacrifice of the Mass is performed. Thus, in an unbloody manner, the sacrifice of Good Friday—the sacrifice of the Cross—is made present on the altar, through which Transubstantiation occurs. Bread and wine change into the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Exactly these words, and no others, constitute the essence of the Mass and are necessary for its validity. These words cause this great miracle of Transubstantiation.

Meanwhile, "crooked" theologians claim that these words have no power, that they cause nothing. Therefore, when Leo XIV participated in this Divine Liturgy, when the gathered patriarchs, bishops, and self-proclaimers spoke the words of consecration, they—as is the case in the Orthodox liturgy—stood straight as pine trees, because according to them, nothing happened. Those words have no value, no power. And only after the words of consecration, as "crooked" theology teaches, by the power of the Epiclesis—a prayer invoking the Holy Spirit—is Transubstantiation supposed to occur. Thus, power is taken away from the words of the Lord Jesus, the words of the God-man through which the sacrifice of the Mass was instituted, and this power of transubstantiating is attributed to human words, words established by man, words invoking the Holy Spirit to make this bread and wine become the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And look, my dear ones, a liturgical curiosity: in the Roman Canon, in the Mass of All Time, you will not find an Epiclesis. Therefore, being consistent, the Orthodox should say that the Mass of All Time is invalid because there is no Epiclesis there, so nothing happens. And a second curiosity: in the Novus Ordo Missae, the Epiclesis was introduced as a nod toward the Orthodox; this element, the epiclestic prayer, was introduced. And Leo XIV, participating in this Divine Liturgy—what message was sent to the world? "Look, he recognizes our teaching. He takes part in our liturgy. He participates, prays, and believes just as we do." And the Orthodox, my dear ones, stand straight as pine trees during and after the words of consecration, and only after the Epiclesis do they fall and pay homage. But that is not the moment. It is a falsehood, it is a lie, it is blasphemy.

And once again, this is not only an act of indifference or support for heretical teaching—what took place in Constantinople—but it is also an act of contempt toward Saint Andrew Bobola, Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz, and the mass of martyrs who shed their blood because they did not want to participate in a non-Catholic liturgy, a liturgy touched by error. I also visit Podlasie. There, the memory of the Podlasie Uniates is still alive; they suffered immense persecution from the Orthodox because they did not want to go to Orthodox churches. They gathered at night in the forests. Priests crossed the border illegally. They came to administer the sacraments for decades. For decades, they did not want to enter an [Orthodox] church, they did not want to participate in a non-Catholic liturgy. Because we must remember, my dear ones, that receiving Holy Communion also has a communal dimension. Receiving Holy Communion during the liturgy, during the Holy Mass, also signifies communion. It is an expression of communion, an expression of professing the same faith. And what does it matter if the Mass—the Orthodox liturgy—is valid, if they profess a different faith? Therefore, a Catholic cannot go to an Orthodox liturgy, cannot approach the sacraments or Holy Communion there, because they are followers of another faith. Their faith is different from ours. Receiving Holy Communion means a communion of faith. That communion does not exist. That communion does not exist.

The second point I wish to touch upon briefly is the question of relations with so-called "Islam." Islam, which was created, is a product—a product created by Jєωιѕн inspiration as an armed wing against Christianity. It was decided to give the Arabs a religion through which they would become anti-Christian warriors. And we see, the whole history of Islam is one of constant hatred, constant attack, constant wars against Christian states. And we saw, my dear ones, how during his visit to Constantinople—for that is the name we should use, the Christian name—Leo XIV went to the Blue Mosque. We saw the photos: the beautiful white socks of Leo XIV, which according to some (as I mentioned to you, comments appeared on the internet after his election), meant: "There is hope for the renewal of the Church because the Pope wears white socks." So we saw those white socks in all their glory on Muslim rugs, and then we heard Leo XIV explaining himself—that he was there, but he didn't pray. He went in without shoes, but he didn't pray.

What should we think of this, of this visit, of this explanation? My dear ones, we must realize that Muslims—contrary to what has been erroneously taught since the anti-council Vatican II—do not worship the same God. They do not worship God in the Holy Trinity, the only One; therefore, they do not worship the true God. Holy Scripture says clearly: "All the gods of the heathens are demons." They are demons. He who does not worship the Most Holy Trinity worships a demon. Leo XIV therefore went to a place of devil worship. To a place of devil worship, and a very particular place at that, because the Blue Mosque is a place where sultans came to pay homage and give thanks for subsequent victories over Christians—for the fact that they could once again murder, rape, rob, and enslave Christians. For centuries, thanks were given there for the victories of the Islamic army over Christian armies.

Secondly, what would you say if you saw a priest in a brothel, but he started explaining to you: "But I just came here to look around, to sightsee"? Well, there are certain places that it is simply not fitting for a Catholic cleric to enter. It is simply not fitting to enter. And once again, this is not only a blasphemous act, an act of religious indifference, suggesting that Catholics and Muslims worship the same God (which is a lie, a blasphemy, a heresy), but it is also an act of contempt toward all those hundreds of thousands, millions of Christians and Catholics who were murdered by Muslims because they did not want to bow to the idol Allah. Does Leo XIV not realize what Islam is? Does he not realize how much Catholic blood was shed to save Europe from the Muslim hordes? We might ask ourselves: why did John III Sobieski go to Vienna with the Polish army? Maybe he should have opened the city gates, handed over the churches, turned them into mosques, and greeted them with "Herzlich Willkommen."

Or perhaps Leo XIV realizes this perfectly well? He realizes what he is doing, because we recently heard reports that a prayer room for Muslims has been prepared in the Vatican near the Vatican Library, so they have a place to bow to their idol. And according to Muslim doctrine, where a Muslim has prayed, that is his land. That is his. Perhaps that is what this whole supposed "dialogue with Islam" is about—simply so that instead of the Cross on the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica, a Mohammedan crescent will one day appear.

Dear faithful, how much confusion, how much scandal this visit (it is hard to call it a pilgrimage) to Turkey has caused; how much divine offense, which requires reparation, which requires reparation. Therefore, this coming Wednesday after Holy Mass, at the end of the year, before the exposed Blessed Sacrament, we will also make reparation to the Lord God for the offenses that resulted from the visit of the Roman Leo to Turkey.

My dear ones, let us never forget those who shed their blood for the Lord Jesus. Let us not pretend that this blood did not exist. Just like the blood of the Innocents, whom we honor today together with the Church. Let us not disregard the witnesses of faith, the martyrs who gave their lives for the true God, for the true faith. Because if we too despise this blood, we will deserve a terrible, a terrible punishment. Let us not be fools, my dear ones, but let us profess the Catholic faith with all our hearts and ask that we be preserved in it until death; that we do not succuмb to the temptation of religious indifference; that we do not believe in this false, deceitful, demonic teaching that constitutes the foundation of the Vatican anti-council—that there is salvation outside the Catholic faith, because there is not. Because there is not. In heaven, my dear ones, you will meet neither a Muslim, nor an Orthodox, nor anyone who was not a Catholic, who did not convert to the Catholic faith before death. And let us not forget this. Let us persevere in the Catholic faith. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen


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