Pope Leo XIII was clearly worried about the "Crafty Enemies" Who would or have "Raised the Throne of their Abominable Impiety," with the Design that, "the Pastor [be] Struck and the Sheep Scattered."
These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered.
Dr. Chojnowski: How can we interpret this prayer, written by Pope Leo XIII after his mystical vision of an attack on the Catholic Church, other than to say the following: Clearly, the pope is saying that there are "crafty" (occult heretics) "enemies" (those who seek the Church's destruction and the destruction of everything She gives to mankind) who are present within the structure of the Catholic Church --- you cannot be "inebriated" with something unless that something is "inside" you --- at a certain time. Clearly "gall" indicates something which should be nourishing and satisfying (e.g., like true doctrine), but instead is bitter and, ultimately, poisonous (e.g., heresy and apostasy). Here we find Pope Leo emphasizing that the Catholic Church is the Pure Spouse of the Immaculate Lamb (Christ), not the defective Whore of Babylon as She is often portrayed by the pseudo-traditionalists who preach a defective Church. When we read about the enemies "laying their impious hands on the most sacred possessions of the Church," this can only mean that they have attempted to destroy both the sacred doctrine of the Church, Her worship, and Her sacraments. What else are Her, "most sacred possessions." Notice that they have "laid" their hands on these possessions. Meaning that they have taken possession of the name and the outward form of the doctrine of the Church, Her worship, and Her sacraments, and made them, in all appearances, their own. Since the Church is the Spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and since that union is an unbreakable bond, the actual doctrine, sacraments, and worship of the Church will continue and be available, somewhere, in their purity.
In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered.
And what could the above mean, if not that there would be a counter-throne --- an anti-pope or anti-popes -- which would cause the greatest damage that the Catholic Church could suffer, because the Pastor "would be struck" and the sheep "scattered"? Thinking about this, is truly fascinating. So much emphasis is placed by Pope Leo XIII on the importance of the papacy. Because, "when the shepherd is struck" the sheep don't just graze in the same place or stay basically with the same one herd or keep eating calmly at their accustomed pace. If the sheep are "scattered" that means that they are "lost," running away from the threat and when sheep are on the run they are not eating as they should, perhaps alone or gathered together in much smaller groups then they are used to, out of line --- the usual lines that they make when they follow the lead sheep (usually one of the bossy ewes!); they are, in this state, perpetually upset and feel under threat. In this state, untrained or daft "shepherds" are going to drive them farther away from where they should be. This is how the wolves (or bald eagles, in the case of 4 of our lambs this Spring season!) want the sheep, not in a coherent herd with a strong shepherd. Why? So that they can rip them apart to satisfy their insatiable appetite for meat. Because that is what wolves (and bald eagles) do. It is in their nature. All attempts at negotiation and compromise will lead to, guess what, dead sheep! But, again, this is just a dream of a very old pope and nothing to do with reality, right?
'In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised'
ReplyDeleteThe See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth= The Catholic Church
The throne of their abominable impiety =The 'conciliar Church'
Then: the 'conciliar Church' (included the conciliar Pope) is inside the Catholic Church.
It is a "doctrinal corps" encrusted in the Catholic Church.
R&R of the SSPX , the true way to oppose it.
Yes, it is clear that the Holy Place is the Holy See and that the throne set up by the Church’s enemies is occupied by a false pope.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1903 conclave Cardinal Rampolla was said to have received the necessary votes to become Pontiff, if not for the veto of Franz Joseph he might have been. It has been written in many places that Rampolla was involved in the secret societies even that he might have been the grand master of the OTO lodge. I don't think we can ever know with certainty of the latter claim but there seems to be quite a bit written regarding his involvement in masonry in general. If this be true, the enemies of Christ and His Church were already reaching the highest levels of the Church. Perhaps he was made aware of what was happening in the Church during his time as well as what future event would come. Sure does provide an explanation of what took place at vat II
ReplyDeleteVery powerful and mysterious words. We know that in Pope Leo XIIII's terrifying vision of 1884, the devil asked for "more power over those who are in my service," which would presumably be primarily Freemasons and Jews, both in the world and in the Church, including the Vatican, and "more time" -- to be exact, "fifty to seventy-five years." God responded to him, "You have the time. You have the power." Seventy-five years from 1884 is 1959, when John XXIII called for the Council. 1958 is the year of his election, an election that is surrounded by a number of unusual circumstances.
ReplyDeleteMany who adhere to Catholic tradition see the present institutional church not as a "defective Church" but as a counter-church. Many see those who adhere to the pre-John XXIII traditions, which were illicitly and perfidiously changed to suit an anti-Catholic and even diabolical agenda, as being the Catholic "remnant" during this period of the long prophesied "Great Apostasy" and "eclipse of the Church." As Our Lady of La Salette stated in 1846: "Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist. The Church will be in eclipse. The world will be in dismay."
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