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Breaking Over 60 Different Perspectives & Stories On The Late Pope Benedict XVI – Cardinal Ratzinger In The News Round Up

03 Tuesday Jan 2023

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Today’s news round-up contains five sections traditional  Roman Catholic news , pro-life news, , vaccine news, and  the great reset news section, followed by the Saints of the Day

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Saints Of The Day Section

From The Most Recent News Round Up

​Pro-Life News Special – The Holy Innocents Versus The Coordinated Anti-Christian -World Sterilization Movement | TCE

​https://traditionalcatholicsemerge.com/2022/12/29/pro-life-news-special-the-holy-innocents-versus-the-coordinated-anti-christian-world-sterilization-movement/

Are Is There A Two Pope Problem Or A Council That Adopted The Fraternal Brotherhood & Liberation Theology ?

15 Friday Feb 2019

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Conciliar Church Draws Closer to Freemasonry by Salwa Bachar On TIA

https://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/P048_ItMasonry.htm

A Defector Pope? – By Chris Ferrara On The Fatima Center

Sedevacantists claim Francis is not the Pope, and he is certainly giving them a lot of grist for their polemical mill.  But sedevacantists claim we have not had a Pope since at least the time of Paul VI if not John XXIII.  They make this claim based on a personal determination that the conciliar and post-conciliar Popes fell from their offices on account of “manifest heresy.” 

https://fatima.org/news-views/a-defector-pope/

Pope Benedict Has Spoken on Questions Regarding His Abdication… – On OnePeterFive

https://onepeterfive.com/pope-benedict-has-spoken-on-questions-regarding-his-abdication/

Archive Of A Review of a Book Of Benedict XVI – On TIA

This is where he denies the Ascension and casts doubt on the literal interpretation of many Catholic dogmas in keeping with the liberal progressivists camps from which he came out of and in contrast to his depiction of having always been traditional

http://www.traditioninaction.org/bev/137bev08_29_2011.htm

From our own studies and notes on the conciliar construction of the cult of man

Reaffirming that the Church at Vatican II had accepted the rights and ideals of civil society , religious liberty , freedom of conscience , tolerance , and ecumenical attitudes in all things directly contradicting the great Papal teachings and encyclicals of Leo XIII and Pius XII

The Church then directed its support to any and all movements within the Church that echoed revolutionary elements and aims of the Sorbrone, namely liberation theology , alternate Christian communities, Pentecostal movements, and any underground Churches’ movements tied to political liberalism

Although it appeared that Cardinal Ratzinger had condemned liberation theology on March 22nd 1986 he issued Instruction on Christian Liberty and Liberation , a basically heretical document wherein he presented the “positive aspects” of the doctrine of Liberation Theology, reversing his previous determination of its negative aspects as the tide in Rome changed to high tide Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation –Cdl Ratzinger On Vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19860322_freedom-liberation_en.html John Paul II then in an even worse document , in 1987, giving the underlying thesis of support for liberation theology in his encylcilal Solicitudo, rei socialis.

The Catholic Church teaches that only it and its theology can be the culture par excellence and civilization par excellence and that they cannot exist except ‘in Catholic peoples’ For even though man may know the principals of natural law by his own reason, a people cannot durably maintain the knowledge of all of them without the magisterium of the Church It is forgotten and no longer taught that this was infallibly declared at Vatican I . For this reason a people who do not possess the true religion cannot durably practice all the commandments Church It is forgotten and no longer taught that this was infallibly declared at the Council of Trent. Saint Pius X then quoted both and proclaimed “Given these conditions and since Christian social order cannot exist without the knowledge and observance of the law of God , civilization and culture par excellence are only possible in the bosom of the Holy Catholic Church”

Many Pontiffs have condemned the errors of the modern world that they Conciliar Catholicism continues to attempt to embrace

Gregory XVI in Miari Vos

“It is the proud , or a rather foolish , men who examine the mysteries of the Faith which surpass all understanding with the faculties of the human mind , and rely on human reason, , which is weak and infirm by the condition of man’s fallen nature”

Pius IX in Qui Pluribus – “The modern world and its agents are destructive and we are prohibited from merging our beliefs with theirs”

He proclaimed

  1. Perverse is the shocking theory that it makes no difference to which religion one belongs, a theory which is greatly at variance even with reason. By means of this theory, those crafty men remove all distinction between virtue and vice, truth and error, honorable and vile action. They pretend that men can gain eternal salvation by the practice of any religion, as if there could ever be any sharing between justice and iniquity, any collaboration between light and darkness, or any agreement between Christ and Belial.
  2. You already know well, venerable brothers, the other portentous errors and deceits by which the sons of this world try most bitterly to attack the Catholic religion and the divine authority of the Church and its laws. They would even trample underfoot the rights both of the sacred and of the civil power. For this is the goal of the lawless activities against this Roman See in which Christ placed the impregnable foundation of His Church. This is the goal of those secret sects who have come forth from the darkness to destroy and desolate both the sacred and the civil commonwealth. These have been condemned with repeated anathema in the Apostolic letters of the Roman Pontiffs who preceded Us[15] We now confirm these with the fullness of Our Apostolic power and command that they be most carefully observed.
  3. We hope that Our political leaders will keep in mind, in accordance with their piety and religion, that “the kingly power has been conferred on them not only for ruling the world but especially for the protection of the Church.”[27] Sometimes We “act both for the sake of their rule and safety that they may possess their provinces by peaceful right.”[28] We hope that with their aid and authority they will support the objects, plans and pursuits which we have in common, and that they will also defend the liberty and safety of the Church, so that “the right hand of Christ may also defend their rule.”[29]

There is so much more that speaks against this liberty , equality , fraternity of freemason theology infiltrating the Church and Catholic education from as far back as the early 1800s and then culminated with the damn breaking through the Papal wall at the Council……– to be continued

Back to the news along these same lines …far from sedevacantism there is complete continuity from when the damn broke to the current Papacy

“Francis and the Joint Declaration on Human Fraternity: A Public Repudiation of the Catholic Faith” By Dr. John Lamont On Rorate

https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2019/02/guest-article-francis-and-joint.html

Sede Vacante: The Sky is Not Falling on the Catholic Church

http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/sede-vacante-the-sky-is-not-falling-on-the-catholic-church/

From Cardinal Müller a “Manifesto of Faith” For Today’s Church – Magister On Settimo Cielo -L’Espresso

http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2019/02/09/from-cardinal-muller-a-%e2%80%9cmanifesto-of-faith%e2%80%9d-for-today%e2%80%99s-church/

The Shocking Initiatives of Pope Francis by Rafael Trindade On TIA

https://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/P033_Initiatives.htm

The two Popes of the St Francis prophesy , our Church doctors tell us relate to the Avignon Papacy era – See Wikipedia for quick refresh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy

Anne Catherine Emmerich – Wikipedia

Her postulation to canonization was handled by FSSP who is loyal to the utopia that Benedict XVI was a great Pope and her private revelation(s) and visions were “omitted” in the official postulant process , for what they said was good reason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Catherine_Emmerich

Recent key archives on this subject

Breaking News – Saint Valentine , The Pope , The Council , and The Crisis | TCE |

https://traditionalcatholicsemerge.com/2019/02/14/breaking-news-saint-valentine-the-pope-the-council-and-the-crisis/

Catholic Faithful & Academics Begin To Lose Trust In The Disintegrating Papacy And The Truth Compromising Hierarchy – News Round Up | TCE |

https://traditionalcatholicsemerge.com/2019/02/08/catholic-faithful-academics-begin-to-lose-trust-in-the-disintegrating-papacy-and-the-truth-compromising-hierarchy-news-round-up/

Cardinals can declare that a heretical pope has ‘lost his office’: Church historian

DEERFIELD, IL, April 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – True devotion to the Chair of St. Peter is essential to a Christian spiritual life, but today there exists a “false devotion” to the Pope that claims he “must always be obeyed, no matter what,” renowned Church historian Roberto de Mattei told a gathering of Catholics just outside Chicago this past weekend.

Speaking at the 2018 Catholic Family News conference, de Mattei called on laity and clergy alike to oppose the “theological error” of “papolatry” and to live out a “true devotion” to the papacy.

“True devotion to the Chair of Peter is not the worship of the man who occupies this Cathedra, but is the love and veneration for the mission which Jesus Christ gave to Peter and his successors.”

Professor de Mattei’s talk — delivered to approximately 100 Catholics hailing from multiple continents — touched on a variety of topics, including collegiality, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, and the claim that Pope Francis has fallen into heresy and is no longer pope.

Obedience to God first

Central to de Mattei’s hour-long address was an urgent request for Catholics to expose by name the pastors who contradict perennial Church teaching. 

Opposing errors is not enough, Professor de Mattei said. “We need to have the courage to say: ‘Holy Father, you are the first one responsible for the confusion which exists today in the Church. Holy Father, you are the first one responsible for the heresies which are circulating in the Church today.’”

Papolatry views the Pope as a “new Christ.” It takes the position that “there is no need to worry about anything” and that the pope “perfects the doctrine of his predecessors, adapting it to the changing of the times.”

Papolatrists “deceive themselves” and “tranquilize” their conscience by thinking the pope is “always right, even when he contradicts himself or his predecessors.” 

In reality, “Tradition remains the criterion for discerning that which is Catholic and that which is not.” “Tradition comes before the Pope and not the Pope before Tradition.” Otherwise the Church’s perennial magisterium is replaced with a “living” magisterium that has “its rule of faith in the subject of the authority and not in the object of the transmitted truth.”

Obedience to the Pope “has its limits in the natural and Divine Laws, and in the Tradition of the Church, of which the Pope is guardian and not creator.”

Catholics cannot remain silent

Professor de Mattei, who will be speaking at LifeSiteNews’ Roman Life Forum in May 2018, also pointed out that Catholics cannot succumb to a “catacombist” mentality in response to the crisis in the Church.

Catholics cannot “retreat from the battlefield” and think they can “survive without fighting.” It is not permitted for a Christian to leave behind their militant attitude. “To make silence a rule of behavior…would be an error.” It would be to commit a guilty silence.

Who then must speak up and what must they do? Professor de Mattei said the responsibility falls not only on ordinary Catholics but also on Cardinals who in their silence “don’t fulfill their duty.” It also falls on the shoulders of Pope Emeritus Benedict.

“The politics of silence has become a jail which imprisons many conservatives.” “Today is the moment to speak.” There has been a “modernist infiltration inside the Church” that is “wreaking havoc” in Rome. Catholics must oppose this infiltration with filial resistance, not with sarcasm, irreverence, bitter zeal, or pride.

Is the Pope Catholic?

Professor de Mattei then shared his thoughts on the historic resignation of Pope Benedict.

It is “incorrect” for Benedict to refer to himself as Pope Emeritus. Quoting Cardinal Brandmüller, de Mattei said “Canon Law doesn’t recognize the figure of a Pope Emeritus.” For Benedict to still dress in the white papal vestments and to still live in the Vatican “creates confusion,” de Mattei told LifeSiteNews. Benedict “seems to be convinced of still being Pope.” But “it is impossible that two Popes can exist. The Papacy is not dismountable: there can be only one Vicar of Christ.” 

Professor de Mattei also addressed the increasingly relevant, and increasingly important, question of whether Pope Francis is still the pope.

After citing others scholars who have suggested Francis has fallen into heresy, de Mattei said “we must admit that the Pope himself promotes and propagates errors and heresies in the Church.” But, “as a tree can live for a certain time after its roots have been severed, so can jurisdiction be maintained…even after a fall into heresy. Jesus Christ maintains the person of the heretical Pontiff in his jurisdiction provisionally, until the Church recognizes the deposition.”

Speaking to LifeSiteNews, de Mattei said “nobody can depose the pope” but the Cardinals, can, in principle, “declare and recognize that being a heretic, [the pope] has lost his office.” 

Until such a time comes, de Mattei added, Catholics must “clarify to people that unfortunately [Pope Francis] propagates heresy.”  However, Francis “does not lose his office until his heresy becomes manifest” and widespread. This “has not yet happened.” 

Occupying powers in Rome

Professor de Mattei proceeded to issue what appeared to be a warning to Catholics concerned with the direction Francis is leading the Church.

“We need to be careful of speaking of the ‘Bergoglian church,’ or of ‘the new Church.’ The Church today is occupied by churchmen who betray or deform the message of Christ, but it has not been substituted by another church. There is only one Catholic Church, in which they cohabitate in a confused and fragmentary way, different and counterpoised theologies and philosophies. It is more correct to speak of a ‘Bergoglian theology,’ of a ‘Bergoglian philosophy,’ and, if one wishes, of a ‘Bergoglian religion’ or ‘irreligion.’”

There are not two Churches, but one Church, he continued. It is, to be sure, a Church where bad tendencies have been introduced but it is a Church still governed visibly by its Vicar Pope Francis, whose election has not been contested by any Cardinal.

Professor de Mattei urged Catholics to unite themselves to “the good priests” inside of the one Church.

Assisting the auto-demolition of the Church

Drawing on his vast knowledge of Church history, Professor de Mattei explained how Pope Francis’ support for decentralization and collegiality is undermining the papacy.

Reminding his listeners of how ultramontanists were victorious at Vatican I, Professor de Mattei noted that the real protagonists of Vatican II were Liberal Catholics, and that among other things Liberal Catholics seek to transform the “monarchical and hierarchical constitution of the Church into a democratic and parliamentary structure.”

Professor de Mattei pointed out that this is precisely what Francis is attempting to do. He wants to usher in a “polycentric or multi-sided church” where the papacy is “conceived as a form of ministry at the service of the other churches, renouncing the juridical Primacy or government of Peter.”

But, de Mattei continued, such a view of the papacy runs counter to what has been handed down through the ages. The Pope is not an equal with the other Bishops. “Jesus Christ entrusted the mission of governing to Peter, after the Resurrection.” To democratize the Church and to “reduce her to a purely-sacramental dimension” is to “transition from a juridical Church to a sacramental Church, a Church of communion.”

Moreover, Professor de Mattei added, to destroy the Primacy of Peter is to accomplish what the enemies of Christ have been attempting to do for centuries because “they have understood that it comprises the visible foundation of the Mystical Body [of Christ].”

Editor’s note: Read the full text of Professor de Mattei’s talk here.

The Hell of Faith: ‘Dreadful Possibility’ and ‘Terrible Reality’ at Once – Catholicism.org

There is a sense of mounting intensity in the Church. Within the last ten days alone, the following has happened:

Pope Francis and Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, signed a “Document on Human Fraternity,” which says that “the diversity of religions” is “willed by God in His wisdom.”

Subsequently, many have reacted, directly or indirectly, to the serious theological questions this document raises. Included among those writing on the subject are Phil Lawler (“Not all religions are part of God’s plan”) and Bishop Athanasius Schneider (“The Gift of Filial Adoption”

https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-336.html

February 15 – Pope Lucius II – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites

http://www.nobility.org/2019/02/14/february-15-pope-lucius-ii/

February 15 – Ferdinand II, Emperor – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites

http://www.nobility.org/2019/02/14/february-15-ferdinand-ii-emperor/

Battle of White Mountain (1620) in Bohemia

 

Tracking The Fall Of A Regime – On Authentic Catholic Coverage – Chastisement Precluding Reform

04 Tuesday Sep 2018

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Pope Francis Must Resign: Catholic Civil War – On CMTV

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/pope-francis-must-resign-the-civil-war

The Viper in the Vatican – On CMTV

An excerpt from The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/the-viper-in-the-vatican

Pope Francis helps Communism in Brazilian elections – On TIA

https://www.traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A797-Lula.htm

Scranton Bishop Forbids Predecessor Bishop Timlin From ‘Representing’ Diocese Including Liturgies

SCRANTON, Pa. (ChurchMilitant.com) – Bishop Joseph Bambera of the diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania announced he is forbidding Bp. Emeritus James Timlin “from representing the Diocese of Scranton at all public events, liturgical or otherwise.”

Bambera maintains he is acting in response to a recommendation by the diocesan independent review board, the membership of which is confidential and “put in place to advise a bishop on the assessment of allegations of abuse.”

He adds, “This is the fullest extent that my authority permits me to act relative to another bishop. I have, though, also referred this matter to the Vatican Congregation for Bishops, which has jurisdiction over additional aspects of Bishop Timlin’s ministry. This was not a decision that was taken lightly.”

The announcement follows the massive scandal revealed by the Pennsylvania grand jury report released on Aug. 14. It reveals that, among other other bishops, Timlin covered up for sexual abusers while he was bishop of Scranton from 1984–2003.https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/scranton-bishop-forbids-predecessor-from-representing-diocese

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/scranton-bishop-forbids-predecessor-from-representing-diocese

God’s Anger Is upon Us – by Homer Sweeney On TIA

https://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/N036_Anger.htm

Vatican Hopes to Wait Out the Viganò Dossier – On The Eponymous Flower

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2018/08/vatican-hopes-to-wait-out-vigano-dossier.html

The case of Julio Cesar Grassi — Cardinal Bergoglio Refused to See the Victims to Protect them From Murder Threats – On The Eponymous Flower

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-case-of-julio-cesar-grassi-cardinal.html

“The City of Light under the Regime of Darkness: Historical Meditation on Current Events” (by John C. Rao) On Rorate

https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2018/09/op-ed-city-of-light-under-regime-of.html

Francis Takes the Fifth then (Twisting the Gospel) Preaches that Silence = Truth – Christopher Ferrara On The Fatima Center

https://fatima.org/news-views/fatima-perspectives-1230/

List of bishops, cardinals who support investigating Viganò’s claims (liveupdates) | News | LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/list-of-bishops-cardinals-who-support-investigating-viganos-claims-live-upd

Ben Shapiro destroys liberal media for protecting Pope Francis rather than exposing sex abuse | News | LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ben-shapiro-destroys-liberal-media-for-protecting-pope-francis-rather-than

Pope Benedict, in retired seclusion, looms in the opposition to Pope Francis – On The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-benedict-in-retired-seclusion-looms-in-the-opposition-to-pope-francis/2018/09/02/f4d262b2-aaca-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html

Massimo Faggioli & FrancisCrew! Why don’t you want an investigation? Covering for the cover-ups – Hilary White On What’s Up With Francis-Church?

 

https://whatisupwiththesynod.com/index.php/2018/09/02/massimo-faggioli-franciscrew-why-dont-you-want-an-investigation-covering-for-the-cover-ups/

Interview: Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register Talks about Covering the Vatican – OnePeterFive

https://onepeterfive.com/interview-edward-pentin-of-the-national-catholic-register-talks-about-covering-the-vatican/

Pius X Condemns Modernism: Relevant Then, Relevant Now – Peter Kwasniewski On  OnePeterFive

I offer this article in honor of Pope St. Pius X on his feast day in the calendar of the traditional Roman Rite – that is, September 3.

https://onepeterfive.com/pius-modernism-relevant/

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The surprise election of Giuseppe Sarto announced in the Observatorre Romano the next day

Breaking – Pope Benedict Actually Said The Opposite And Disparaged The Pope Francis Theologian – Other News & St. Joseph

19 Monday Mar 2018

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VATICAN SCANDAL: Exploiting The Benedict Option – The RemnantVideo Via
YouTube

As LifeSiteNews gets demonetized by Google and Lauren Southern is barred
from entering the UK, Michael Matt points out that the SPLC is now working
with YouTube to determine whose videos are hateful and whose aren’t. Is
Remnant TV next?

Then, the Vatican is cold busted by the Associated Press for creating FAKE
NEWS to make Francis look good. PROBLEM: what’s Pope Benedict’s role in all
this, and was the late John Vennari right to hold his ground against “Papa
Ratzinger the Modernist”?

Plus, Michael makes an urgent call to Cardinal Burke and Bishop Fellay to
lead resistance against the Regime of Pope Francis before it’s too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYqznMjlnso

The Vatican Admits to Witness Tampering  – By Christopher Ferrara On The Fatima Network

http://www.fatimaperspectives.com/fe/perspective1173.asp

Vatican admits leaving out another key paragraph from Benedict’s
letter on Francis | News | On LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-responds-to-lettergate-releases-fu
ll-letter-of-benedict-xvi

More on the Letter of Benedict XVI. There’s Another Paragraph, in Which He Writes. – Magister On Settimo Cielo  – L’Espresso

http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2018/03/17/more-on-the-let
ter-of-benedict-xvi-theres-another-paragraph-in-which-he-writes%e2%80%a6/

Upated: Sandro Magister: Vatican Omitted a Whole Paragraph from the Benedict Letter – OnOnePeterFive

https://onepeterfive.com/sandro-magister-vatican-omitted-a-whole-paragraph-f
rom-the-benedict-letter/

Vatican Publishes Complete Letter From Pope Benedict – On CMTV

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/vatican-publishes-complete-lette
r-from-pope-benedict

The Books Themselves Were Written By A Dissident Theologian Benedict XVI Himself Previously Panned

The theologian behind the Pope Francis theology gift books to Benedict XVI

Anti-Catholic Hünermann Paved The Way To Francis’ Amoris Laetitia –On gloria.tv

https://gloria.tv/article/t2txeMnySYUx2b8TN6vxuWu2e

Vatican Publishes Complete Letter From Pope Benedict – By Christine Niles On CMTV

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/vatican-publishes-complete-letter-from-pope-benedict

Jesus Christ, Our Shepherd: Infovaticana:”Viganò must be dismissed”, for Altering Pope’s Letter

http://4christum.blogspot.com/2018/03/infovaticanavigano-must-be-dismissed.html

The Vatican Bank Scandals – How the Vatican’s old guard clings to power | On CatholicHerald.co.uk

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/march-16th-2018/the-vaticans-old-guard-clings-on/

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Pope Francis Boycotts Naming Any Cardinals From Poland Starves Poland Of Cardinals Due To Poland’s Bishops Challenging His Orthodoxy

Pope Francis feeling the heat: being called out for lacking orthodoxy | On LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-francis-feeling-the-heat-being-called-out-for-lacking-orthodoxy

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First reading From the letter to the Hebrews 11-1-6 The faith of the ancients

Faith is confident assurance concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do not see. Because of faith the men of old were approved by God. Through faith we perceive that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that what is visible came into being through the invisible.

By faith Abel offered God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Because of this he was attested to be just, God himself having borne witness to him on account of his gifts; therefore, although Abel is dead, he still speaks.

By faith Enoch was taken away without dying, and “he was seen no more because God took him.” Scripture testifies that, before he was taken up, he was pleasing to God – but without faith, it is impossible to please him. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.

By faith Noah, warned about things not yet seen, revered God and built an ark that his household might be saved. He thereby condemned the world and inherited the justice which comes through faith.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called, and went forth to the place he was to receive as a heritage; he went forth, moreover, not knowing where he was going. By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose designer and maker is God.

By faith Sarah received power to conceive though she was past the age, for she thought that the One who had made the promise was worthy of trust. As a result of this faith, there came forth from one man, who was himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sands of the seashore.

All of these died in faith. They did not obtain what had been promised but saw and saluted it from afar. By acknowledging themselves to be strangers and foreigners on the earth, they showed that they were seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking back to the place from which they had come, they would have had the opportunity of returning there. But they were searching for a better, a heavenly home. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for

From a sermon by Saint Bernadine of Siena, priest The faithful foster-father and guardian

There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace, or to accept a lofty vocation, God adorns the person chosen with all the gifts of the Spirit needed to fulfill the task at hand.

This general rule is especially verified in the case of Saint Joseph, the foster-father of our Lord and the husband of the Queen of our world, enthroned above the angels. He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph’s wife. He carried out this vocation with complete fidelity until at last God called him, saying: Good and faithful servant enter into the joy of your Lord.

What then is Joseph’s position in the whole Church of Christ? Is he not a man chosen and set apart? Through him and, yes, under him, Christ was fittingly and honorably introduced into the world. Holy Church in its entirety is indebted to the Virgin Mother because through her it was judged worthy to receive Christ. But after her we undoubtedly owe special gratitude and reverence to Saint Joseph.

In him the Old Testament finds its fitting close. He brought the noble line of patriarchs and prophets to its promised fulfillment. What the divine goodness had offered as a promise to them, he held in his arms.

Obviously, Christ does not now deny to Joseph that intimacy, reverence and very high honor which he gave him on earth, as a son to his father. Rather we must say that in heaven Christ completes and perfects all that he gave at Nazareth.

Now we can see how the last summoning words of the Lord appropriately apply to Saint Joseph: Enter into the joy of your Lord. In fact, although the joy of eternal happiness enters into the soul of a man, the Lord preferred to say to Joseph: Enter into joy. His intention was that the words should have a hidden spiritual meaning for us. They convey not only that this holy man possesses an inward joy, but also that it surrounds him and engulfs him like an infinite abyss.

Remember us, Saint Joseph, and plead for us to your foster-child. Ask your most holy bride, the Virgin Mary, to look kindly upon us, since she is the mother of him who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns eternally. Amen.

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St. Joseph, saint of March 19- On Tradition In Action

https://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j065sdStJoseph3-19.htm

St. Joseph – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites

http://www.nobility.org/2016/03/17/saint-joseph/

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The Nobility’s Depiction Of St Joseph Crowned