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WITH THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN IN THE VATICAN
THE JEJUIT APOSTATE JORGE BRIGOLIO
MORE COMMONLY BUT INCORRECTLY KNOWN AS POPE FRANCIS
HAS A LOT OF TIME ON HIS HANDS
AND HE'S USING SOME OF IT TO GIVE PHONE INTERVIEWS
YAY
SO YESTERDAY, MARCH 20TH
THE ITALIAN LA STAMPA
PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM
AND OF COURSE THE TOPIC WAS THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
AND WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING
SO THEY ASKED HIM HOW, AS HE HAD SAID
LENT CAN HELP FIND A MEANING
TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
AND HERE'S WHAT HE RESPONDS
QUOTE
THE PREPARATION TIME TO EASTER
WITH PRAYERS AND FASTING
TRAINS US TO LOOK AT OTHERS WITH SOLIDARITY
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SUFFER
WHILE WAITING FOR THE GLOW OF THAT LIGHT
THAT WILL ILLUMINATE EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY
AGAIN
UNQUOTE
NOW, NOTICE HOW
FIRST OF ALL, HE IS DOING WHAT HE USUALLY DOES
AND THAT IS FOCUS EVERYTHING ULTIMATELY
ON MAN
ON THE TEMPORAL WORLD, RIGHT?
THE LENTEN SEASON WITH ITS PRAYERS AND FASTING
EXISTS TO TRAIN US
SO HE CLAIMS TO BE COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OTHERS
NOW, THAT'S WHAT A NATURALIST WOULD SAY
BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A HALF OF A DAY
A HINT OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN WHAT HE SAID
THE GOAL OF LENT, THOUGH, IS A SUPERNATURAL ONE
AND IT HAS TO DO PRIMARILY WITH THE SOUL
AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
GOD, REMEMBER HIM?
NOW, OF COURSE, WHAT FRANCIS SAID ISN'T ENTIRELY WRONG EITHER
AND THAT'S TYPICAL FOR HIM
YOU KNOW, HE USUALLY SAYS THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY WRONG
THEY'RE ONLY WRONG IF YOU UNDERSTAND THEM
IN THE WAY IN WHICH HE MEANS THEM
AND USUALLY WHAT HE DOES IS
HE WILL EMPHASIZE A SECONDARY ASPECT
AND TOTALLY EXAGGERATE IT
AND COMPLETELY IGNORE OR TOTALLY DE-EMPHASIZE
THE PRIMARY ASPECT
IN ANY CASE, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR
AND PRACTICE COMPASSION
AND LENT IS AN EXCELLENT TIME
FOR THE CORPORAL AND SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY
BUT FRANCIS GAVE HIS ANSWER IN RESPONSE
TO THE QUESTION OF HOW LENT HELPS US
TO FIND MEANING IN WHAT IS HAPPENING
AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT TIME
FOR HIM TO MENTION
THAT LENT REMINDS US THAT WE ARE MORTAL
REMEMBER, LENT BEGINS ON ASH WEDNESDAY WITH
REMEMBER MAN, THAT THOU ART DUST
AND UNTO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN
AND OF COURSE, IT'S A GREAT REMINDER
THAT THIS EARTHLY LIFE IS NOT PERMANENT
IT'S NOT OUR HOME
THIS CORONAVIRUS THING REMINDS US
THAT ALL EARTHLY LIFE ULTIMATELY COMES TO AN END
AND CAN IN FACT BE OVER AT ANY MOMENT
IT REMINDS US THAT THE HEALTH OF THE SOUL
IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE HEALTH OF THE BODY
AND THAT WE'D BETTER BE IN THE STATE OF GRACE
AT ALL TIMES
YES, IT DOES ALSO REMIND US
THAT WE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE
TO THOSE WHO SUFFER AND MAKE SACRIFICES
TO HELP THEM
BUT THAT HAS TO BE REMINDED
HAS TO BE SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD
WITHIN THIS SUPERNATURAL CONTEXT
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HE MEANT
BY THAT GLOW OF LIGHT
THAT WILL ILLUMINATE EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY AGAIN
IT SOUNDS LIKE STAR TREK OR SOMETHING
ANYWAY
NEXT, HE WAS ASKED
HOW GOD CAN HELP US
AND THE FALSE POPE GAVE THIS
IMMENSELY SATISFYING RESPONSE
QUOTE
GOD SUPPORTS US IN MANY WAYS
GOD GIVES US STRENGTH AND CLOSENESS
IN THE SAME WAY HE DID
WITH THE DISCIPLES WHO ASKED FOR HELP
IN THE STORM
OR WHEN HE GAVE HIS HAND TO PETER
WHO WAS DROWNING
UNQUOTE
THAT'S IT
THAT WAS HIS RESPONSE
SEE, THIS MAN IS AT THE SPIRITUAL LEVEL
OF A HALLMARK GREETING CARD
OKAY
THIS IS JUST PSYCHOLOGY
DRESSED UP WITH SOME SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
HE MAKES
NO MENTION OF GRACE
NOT HERE
AND NOT IN THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW
BUT THEN IT GETS BETTER
OR WORSE ACTUALLY
THE INTERVIEWER ASKS HIM
WHERE NON-BELIEVERS CAN FIND
CONSOLATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT
AND HERE IS BERGOLIO'S ANSWER
HE SAYS
QUOTE
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS
WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS
AND AS HUMAN BEINGS
WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
AND NO THING IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FROM US
AND NO HUMAN THING MUST BE ALIEN
TO A CHRISTIAN
HERE WE CRY BECAUSE WE SUFFER
ALL OF US
WHAT HELPS US IS SYNERGY
MUTUAL COLLABORATION
THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
AND THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE
THAT IS GENERATED IN MANY PLACES
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS
LET'S GO TO THE ROOT
HUMANITY
BEFORE GOD
WE ARE ALL CHILDREN
UNQUOTE
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A DISTINCTION
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MASONIC LODGE
FOLKS
AGAIN IT'S ALL NATURALISM
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING SUPERNATURAL
IN WHAT HE SAID
THIS COULD JUST AS WELL
HAVE BEEN SAID
BY THE DALAI LAMA
OR THE SECRETARY GENERAL
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG
CATHOLICS MUST ASSIST ALL WHO SUFFER
OF COURSE
WHETHER THEY'RE BELIEVERS OR NOT
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE
BUT THE QUESTION WAS
WHERE CAN NON-BELIEVERS
FIND CONSOLATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT
AND WHAT DOES HE SAY
WELL WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
AND WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER
AND HELP EACH OTHER
WELL WHOOP-DEE-DOO
WHAT INCREDIBLE ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM THE POPE
SO HOW WOULD A CATHOLIC
ANSWER THAT QUESTION
WELL I'M SURE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO ANSWER IT
BUT HE WOULD CERTAINLY TRY
TO DIRECT PEOPLE TOWARDS
THE SUPERNATURAL
TOWARDS THE GOAL
OF THE SALVATION OF THEIR SOULS
SO A CATHOLIC MIGHT ANSWER
THAT NON-BELIEVERS
SHOULD SEE IN THIS CRISIS
A REMINDER FROM GOD
THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME
AND THAT THEIR SOULS
ARE IN NEED OF DIVINE GRACE
BECAUSE WHAT DOES IT PROFIT
A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD
AND LOSE A SOUL
WHAT A VERY VIVID REMINDER
THE SITUATION IS
THAT IF YOU LABOR FOR THIS WORLD
YOU WILL ONLY EARN DEATH
SOONER OR LATER
IT IS A VALLEY OF TEARS
AFTER ALL
AND ALL YOU CAN GAIN FROM IT
IS A FEW DECADES
OF TEMPORAL HAPPINESS
AT BEST
SO PEOPLE SHOULD USE
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REFLECT
ON THEIR LAST END
WELL OBVIOUSLY
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HEAR THAT
FROM THE FRANKSTER
NOW TWO DAYS PRIOR
TO THIS INTERVIEW
WITH LA STAMPA
FRANCIS HAD GIVEN AN INTERVIEW
TO LA REPUBLICA
THAT'S ANOTHER
ITALIAN NEWSPAPER
AND THERE TOO
HE WAS ASKED THE QUESTION
HOW CAN THOSE
WHO DO NOT HAVE FAITH
HAVE HOPE
IN DAYS LIKE THESE
AND HIS ANSWER
WAS EVEN WORSE
THAN WHAT HE SAID
TO LA STAMPA
TO LA REPUBLICA
HE SAID
QUOTE
THEY
MEANING THE UNBELIEVERS
ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
AND ARE LOOKED UPON BY HIM
EVEN THOSE
WHO HAVE NOT YET MET GOD
THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE
THE GIFT OF GOD
THE GIFT OF FAITH
CAN FIND THEIR WAY
THROUGH THIS
IN THE GOOD THINGS
THEY BELIEVE IN
THEY CAN FIND STRENGTH
IN LOVE
FOR THEIR CHILDREN
FOR THEIR FAMILY
FOR THEIR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS
ONE CAN SAY
I CANNOT PRAY
BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE
BUT AT THE SAME TIME
HOWEVER
HE CAN BELIEVE
IN THE LOVE
OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND HIM
AND THUS
FIND HOPE
UNQUOTE
THERE YOU GO
IT'S GREETING
CARDS
SPIRITUALITY
BELIEVE IN LOVE
ANGELS ARE AMONG US
THAT KIND OF STUFF
AND IT'S ACTUALLY
EVEN WORSE
NOT ONLY
DID FRANCIS
NOT SAY
WHAT UNBELIEVERS
NEED TO HEAR
HE ACTUALLY
CONFIRMED THEM
IN THEIR UNBELIEF
BY MAKING IT SEEM
AS THOUGH
THERE IS GENUINE
HOPE
TO BE FOUND
IN THIS LIFE
WITHOUT GOD
WITHOUT GRACE
THAT IS NATURALISM
AND
THIS IS TYPICAL
FOR THE ARGENTINIAN APOSTATE
BECAUSE
HE ALWAYS DOES THAT
JUST LIKE WHEN HE TELLS MUSLIMS
THAT THEY SHOULD STUDY THE KORAN
TO FIND THE HOPE
THEY NEED TO MOVE ON
OR WHEN HE TELLS PEOPLE
TO PRAY FOR HIM
AND THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER
SHOULD SEND HIM
GOOD VIBRATIONS INSTEAD
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE
CATHOLIC BONE
IN THAT MAN'S INFLATED BODY
OH AND THEN
DID YOU NOTICE
HE REPEATED HIS FAVORITE IDEA
THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS
ARE GOD'S CHILDREN
WHICH IS FUNNY
BECAUSE WHEN HE PREACHES
ABOUT BAPTISM
HE SAYS THAT BAPTISM
MAKES US GOD'S CHILDREN
YEAH
OOPS
ANYWAY
IN CHAPTER 2 VERSE 3
OF HIS EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
SAINT PAUL WRITES
THAT BY NATURE
WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF WRATH
AND IN GALATIANS 3 26
HE SAYS
FOR YOU ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF GOD
BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS
IN ROMANS 9 8
THE SAME APOSTLE TEACHES US
NOT THEY THAT ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH
ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD
BUT THEY THAT ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR THE SEED
AND BY CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE
HE MEANS THE REGENERATE OF THE NEW COVENANT
AND SAINT JOHN THE ALLEGEDY OF THE CHURCH
THE APOSTLE WRITES
WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD
COMMITTETH NOT SIN
FOR HIS SEED ABIDETH IN HIM
AND HE CANNOT SIN
BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD
ARE MANIFEST
AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL
WHOSOEVER IS NOT JUST
IS NOT OF GOD
NOR HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER
AND THAT'S 1 JOHN
CHAPTER 3 VERSES 9 AND 10
YEAH SO THERE ARE EVEN CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL
ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN
UNLESS THERE BE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING
ONLY THE SOUL IN THE STATE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE
IS AN ADOPTED CHILD OF GOD
SO EVEN IF YOU'RE BAPTIZED
AND A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH
IF YOU ARE IN MORTAL SIN
YOU ARE NOT A CHILD OF GOD
BUT ACTUALLY A CHILD OF THE DEVIL
AND WHEN YOUR MORTAL SINS ARE FORGIVEN
EITHER IN CONFESSION THROUGH A VALID ABSOLUTION
OR OUTSIDE OF CONFESSION
THROUGH PERFECT CONTRITION
THEN YOU ONCE AGAIN
BECOME AN ADOPTED CHILD OF GOD
SO THIS IDEA
THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD
WHICH FRANCIS LOVES TO PUSH
IS QUITE MISLEADING
ALRIGHT RETURNING NOW
TO THE MARCH 20TH INTERVIEW
IN LA STAMPA
TOWARDS THE END FRANCIS IS ASKED
TO COMMENT ON THE GREAT SOLIDARITY
WE'RE SEEING AMONG PEOPLE
IN THE WAKE OF THIS EMERGENCY
HE'S ASKED
WHEN EVERYTHING IS OVER
COULD THIS SOLIDARITY
HAVE SERVED ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE
AND THIS IS HIS RESPONSE
QUOTE
TO REMIND HUMANS
ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT HUMANKIND IS ONE COMMUNITY
AND HOW IMPORTANT AND DECISIVE
IS UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
WE HAVE TO THINK
THAT IT WILL BE A BIT LIKE A POST-WAR PERIOD
THERE WILL NO LONGER BE THE OTHER
IT WILL BE THE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
US
BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION
TOGETHER
UNQUOTE
OKAY
SO OF COURSE HE USES THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
TO PROMOTE HIS MASONIC BROTHERHOOD STUFF
IN 1910
POPE SAINT PIAS X
WROTE ABOUT THIS IN HIS APOSTOLIC LETTER
OUR APOSTOLIC MANDATE
IN WHICH HE CONDEMNED WHAT'S CALLED
SIONISM
THE SIONISTS
PIAS X SAID
QUOTE
HAVE RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY
UPON NEW FOUNDATIONS
THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR CONCEPTION
OF HUMAN DIGNITY
FREEDOM
JUSTICE
AND BROTHERHOOD
AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THEIR SOCIAL DREAMS
THEY PUT FORWARD THE GOSPEL
BUT INTERPRET IT IN THEIR OWN WAY
AND WHAT IS EVEN MORE SERIOUS
THEY CALL TO WITNESS CHRIST
BUT A DIMINISHED AND DISTORTED CHRIST
UNQUOTE
DOESN'T THAT JUSTIFY THEIR SOCIAL DREAMS
AND JUST DESCRIBE BERGOLIO TO A T
IN ANY CASE
FRANCIS LEFT THE BEST FOR LAST
THE INTERVIEWER ASKS HIM
WHAT SHOULD WE RESTART WITH AS HUMAN BEINGS
AND FRANCIS SAYS
QUOTE
WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ROOTS EVEN MORE
THE GRANDPARENTS
THE ELDERLY
TO BUILD A REAL BROTHERHOOD AMONG ALL OF US
TO REMEMBER THIS DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE
WE LIVED ALL THREE YEARS
ALL TOGETHER
AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOPE
WHICH NEVER DISAPPOINTS
THESE WILL BE THE KEY WORDS TO START AGAIN
ROOTS
MEMORY
BROTHERHOOD
AND HOPE
UNQUOTE
OH WHAT A DELIGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HIM TO SAY THAT
ROOTS
MEMORY
BROTHERHOOD
AND HOPE
WOW
THE GRANDMASTER OF YOUR LOCAL MASONIC LODGE
COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER
FOUR CONCEPTS
COMPLETELY DIVORCED FROM ANYTHING SUPERNATURAL
FROM ANYTHING CHRISTIAN
ROOTS
MEMORY
BROTHERHOOD
HOPE
THAT'LL WORK FOR ANY RELIGION
ANY RELIGION THAT IS
EXCEPT THE CATHOLIC RELIGION
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