1. The Liturgy.
We have seen the importance of hearing Mass on Sundays and every day of the week. Because the entire teachings of the Catholic religion is taught during the Liturgy, everyday and in the proper order from Advent up to Christ the King. You cannot miss even one day without sinning against Faith, the greatest sin.
For the last few weeks, the Liturgy had been describing Faith and the signs that one has Faith or not. Today the Gospel describes the Church Militant, its leaders and characteristics.
2. The specific instructions of Christ.
Christ was very insistent on obedience to His commands for anyone to attain everlasting life. Here, He gives very specific instruction for His Church Militant to obey. They are not free to modify or change His instructions.
All the members of the Church Militant must have perfect Faith enlivened by Charity; first and foremost, its leaders, the Pope, bishops and priests. And, also its members.
First, Christ, chose apostles who have perfect Faith enlivened with Charity, except one, Judas Escariot, to fulfil the prophecy of his treason. Nobody else was chosen apostle. Not even Nicodemus nor Lazarus. Everybody else would be disciples. To make sure nobody commits any mistake and freely enumerate others as apostles, Christ, Himself, enumerated who they were.
Many people today make themselves successors of the apostles without being appointed by Christ. They do not even have the proper credentials, perfect Faith enlivened with Charity, and cannot even prove they are Catholics through the four visible signs and 15 Marks enumerated by St. Robert Bellarmine, of a true Catholic. You have to have perfect Faith to know if you or the other is appointed by Christ as successor of the apostles. But, as Christ prophesied, we live in age where there is no Faith, since it is time for His coming. Of course, there will, always, be successors of Peter and the apostles. But who are they? It is not in the news.
Secondly, they were commanded to go to the house of Israel; not to the Gentiles, not to the Samaritan. Christ dictates to whom the apostles should preach and in what order. Christ ordered them to go, first, to the house of Israel because they were in great danger of perishing for rejecting Christ. They had to be saved first, the others could wait a little longer.
Today, where should they begin? They should go to all nations because He is coming and everybody is in great danger of perishing. Because their ‘faith is decayed and their charity is waxing cold.’ as Christ prophesied. That is sure hell.
Thirdly, Christ commanded them what to preach, ‘the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Nothing else.The kingdom of God is here on earth; enter it by obtaining grace through perfect repentance and acquiring from Christ the theological virtue of Faith enlivened by Charity. Entering this kingdom is possible right now, since Pentecost. Recorded videos, specially of the bishop’s successors of the apostles and even of Pope Francis in Casa Martha, show nobody has done this. They preach global warming, pachamama, blessing of same sex marriage, entertaining sex perverts, to tolerate all mortal sins like communion for murderers, to embrace heretics, and the latest cardinal announced he will preach human rights and listen to the people. How about saving souls and listening to God that make up the kingdom of God. None!
Fourthly, cure the sick, the lepers, the demoniacs and the avaricious. Translate this to the spiritual level and according to St. Thomas of Aquinas, these are the slothful. Souls who do nothing to save their souls. Those who commit the sins of the flesh, like sodomy, adultery, sexual perversions and sex change. And those under the power of the devil, i.e. everyone in the state for mortal sin, like those propagating abortion. And the lovers of money, not necessarily the rich who help the poor. But those who use their money to sin, like kill babies and foster regime change. Christ described the lovers of money this way; ‘it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for this soul to enter heaven. ‘The whole of mankind can fall under any of the above.
3. Church Militant.
The Church is akin to a military organisation; like a monarchy since kings were head of their armies before. Thus the king appoints his generals. They are not elected. All orders come from the king. Everybody else follows. Christ is the King of Church Militant. He appoints His generals and everybody obeys Him. O yeah? No, not in today’s Vatican church where everybody there is King giving orders even when to attend Mass.
There is no visible Church Militant today and even since before Vatican II. Benedict seems to be the last general appointed by Christ. Today, the rest are generals through ‘coup d’ etat’. By seizure. They are faithless, so who appointed them? How come they are there at all when they do not have the credentials of apostleship, i.e. perfect Faith enlivened with Charity, the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the 12 degrees of humility.
4. Where is the Church Militant.
The Church Militant is conniving with the enemy; sleeping, eating and drinking with the enemy. Worse, they are fighting side by side with the enemy. The Vatican and many of the US bishops are on the side of abortionists, on the side of pagans, on the side of heretics, on the side of perverts, on the side of criminals, over tolerant of all sinners, on the side of communists, on the side of the devil.
The little shots that are fired against the enemy occurs only occasionally. Good for those brave soldiers. But the Church should be an army, not just one or two soldiers. In fact, since before Vatican II, the Church Militant have ceased to be militant. Hardly anyone was doing battle against the enemies of the kingdom of God. Because there is a ‘decay of Faith’ and the subsequent ‘waxing cold of Charity’. There is no Catholic Church. Or worse, the church had apostatised. Is this the sign St. Paul described as ‘the sign?’ The Church, the kingdom of God which is at hand, as described in today’s Gospel, is nowhere around. Poor we who are like sheeps without a shepherd. And nobody is praying to send shepherds, because the contemplative orders were destroyed by a recent ‘apostolic exhortation.’