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Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus' side,5 24so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus6 of whom he was speaking. 25So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly."

Here we see our Lord allow evil so His glory may be revealed - are we not also now seeing many Catholics confronted with stark abandonment such they too cannot deny the fruits from this rotten tree. And by those who align with it.

A la the covid years much is being revealed to those w eyes to see.

Support a parish and pastor who reject this new betrayal with an immediate goal of survival, in time maybe quickly the disorder in this edict will become clear.

May the Lord's Peace and Joy rest with you Prof Farrow and your supporters over this Holiday Christmas Season.

DT

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The declaration of the Disastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (yes, Disastery) promised no clarifications. Today, in a five page press release, its prefect provided none, except that an informal blessing should be 15 seconds or less. Wickedly funny, that. I expect he knows of places (as I do) where the whole Mass is said in about 15 seconds.

But to illustrate the non-clarifying clarification, I offer his own illustration of a 'spontaneous' blessing: “Lord, look at these children of yours, grant them health, work, peace, and mutual help. Free them from everything that contradicts your Gospel and allow them to live according to your will. Amen.” The first part sounds a lot like the sort of blessing a married couple might seek. The latter part can be read with fr James Martin as easily as with Cardinal Müller.

From Rod Dreher, at the end of a long but fascinating post: "Do you see now why blessing same-sex couples is symbolically so important, and why whatever rhetorical finesse the Vatican puts on it (e.g., “the Church isn’t actually changing its teaching”) is effectively meaningless? Rome can make whatever theological distinctions it wants to on paper, but the image of a same-sex couple standing in front of the altar, receiving the blessing of a priest, conveys a deeper symbolic truth. If this practice becomes normalized, within a few years, most Catholics will not understand why their Church won’t allow gays and lesbians to marry. You cannot convince me that the “here comes everybody, no matter what” approach to the Eucharist over the last fifty years has nothing to do with the fact that only a minority of American Catholics believe in the Real Presence." https://roddreher.substack.com/p/st-petroc-returns-to-devonshire

A critical analysis of the press release is supplied by John Finnis, Robert George, and fr Peter Ryan at https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/the-church-sows-more-confusion-about-same-sex-blessings

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