En Route to Chartres: A Pilgrim Confesses to a Bishop.
Good Shepherd and his Sheep.More of an Icon than a Photo.
An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops, Priests, Religious and Faithful
Dear Catholic Soul, We have just concluded our General Chapter where we considered our Congregation and its vocation in the Church and in the Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand where the Bishop had decreed its expulsion. The attached letter expresses the convictions of our Congregation. This is not a task we embrace lightly. We have considered the array of possible punishments that the hierarchy may use against us - all mentally terrifying really, yet buttressed in the knowledge that the hierarchy has broken with the chain of command, which renders it human, and spiritually null. But when Our Lord’s honour is at stake, silence becomes a form of betrayal. We therefore take up this work with trembling hearts but with firm conviction, desiring only to defend the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and the purity of His Spouse, the Church. “ Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven. But he that shall deny Me before men, I will ...
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How blessed!
This is the bonified Catholic Church.
The Church of struggling souls---a real bishop joining fray to minister to his flock ----
what a perfect representation of the church militant all marching along together.
Thanks for sharing this picture
which speaks volumes to any who might listen.
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