[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, November 2nd, 2018. [ 15 → 21] It's that time of the year again, when preparations are underway for that Vatican Nativity scene. [ 21 → 24] Remember last year's and all the hullabaloo about it? [ 24 → 31] It was ugly, repulsive, and scandalous, as it clearly had homoerotic overtones. [ 31 → 38] People who want to review what that was all about can do so by pulling up our blog post of December 18th, 2017, [ 39 → 49] entitled, The Frankie Horror Picture Show, A Look at the Vatican's Harrowing Nativity Scene, at novusortowatch.org slash wire. [ 49 → 54] This year, things will be a bit different, as the so-called Catholic News Service, [ 54 → 65] reports today, the Vatican is going to unveil a sand nativity scene at the tree lighting ceremony in St. Peter's Square on December 7th. [ 65 → 72] That's right, the nativity scene will consist of a 52 feet wide sculpture made entirely of sand, [ 73 → 75] that is, compressed sand mixed with water. [ 76 → 79] It is said to be able to withstand light rain. [ 80 → 82] Well, there's really nothing to be said against that, [ 84 → 88] and this time the different figures will be decent, reverent, and edifying, [ 89 → 91] but that will remain to be seen. [ 91 → 97] It's only fitting that the Vatican should now be turning to sculptures made of sand, [ 97 → 101] considering that that's what their entire modernist religion is built on. [ 102 → 105] In other news, it's All Souls Day today, [ 105 → 108] and Francis is trying to score some points with pro-lifers. [ 108 → 113] As Crux reports, he visited the Roman Laurentino Cemetery today, [ 113 → 116] and stopped at its Garden of Angels, [ 116 → 120] where the remains of unborn children who have died are buried. [ 121 → 122] The report says, [ 122 → 141] Now, a lot of people are going to take this as some great testimony to Francis' supposed anti-abortion stance, [ 141 → 142] while back at the Vatican, [ 143 → 143] he confers a, [ 143 → 150] and tells people that Emma Bonino is a great Italian, [ 150 → 156] when she is personally responsible in a major way for the legalization of abortion in Italy, [ 156 → 160] and who has personally performed as many as 10,000 abortions on women, [ 161 → 163] beginning in 1975. [ 164 → 167] But back to Francis Piarstund at the cemetery. [ 167 → 171] By praying for children who died in the womb, for whatever reason, [ 171 → 173] he is actually undermining Catholicism, [ 173 → 176] and he is also undermining the Catholic teaching. [ 176 → 179] Prayers for the dead can only benefit those who are in purgatory. [ 179 → 181] Not those in heaven, and not those in hell. [ 181 → 185] But those who die without baptism below the age of reason, [ 185 → 188] in other words, those who die in original sin only, [ 188 → 191] cannot possibly go to purgatory, [ 191 → 196] because purgatory is only the temporary preparation for the final destination of heaven, [ 196 → 200] and such souls cannot go to heaven. [ 200 → 203] They do not go to eternal punishment in hell either, of course, [ 203 → 206] because that would be manifestly unjust, [ 206 → 209] since they are not guilty of any personal sin. [ 209 → 211] But they also cannot go to heaven, [ 211 → 214] because they do not have sanctifying grace in their souls, [ 214 → 218] because they died in the state of original sin. [ 218 → 224] They must, therefore, go to a place that is neither heaven, nor hell, nor purgatory, [ 224 → 229] and that place is what we typically call the limbo of infants, [ 229 → 232] which is a place of natural happiness. [ 232 → 233] To deny this, [ 233 → 236] is to deny Catholic dogma on original sin, [ 236 → 238] sanctifying grace, and salvation. [ 238 → 241] It's very important to understand this. [ 241 → 244] This is not simply some peripheral issue. [ 244 → 251] This is an issue that touches on the very foundation of the human condition and the need for salvation. [ 251 → 254] God does not owe heaven to anyone. [ 254 → 258] The beatific vision is not something that is due our nature. [ 258 → 262] It is only due us if we are in the state of sanctifying grace, [ 262 → 267] which is a gift that God freely bestows on souls. [ 267 → 271] And God has, of his own free will and out of his own mercy and goodness, [ 271 → 275] chosen to offer sanctifying grace to souls through baptism. [ 275 → 279] The sanctifying grace obtained through baptism can be supplied [ 279 → 282] through the baptism of blood or of desire, [ 282 → 288] but this cannot be obtained by little children who are not yet able to make an act of love, [ 288 → 292] for which reason the Church urges parents to baptize their children, [ 292 → 295] as soon as possible, after birth. [ 295 → 302] Pope Pius XII clearly taught this in his address to midwives on October 29th, 1951. [ 302 → 303] Quote, [ 303 → 308] If what we have said up to now concerns the protection and care of natural life, [ 308 → 312] much more so must it concern the supernatural life, [ 312 → 315] which the newly born receives with baptism. [ 315 → 316] In the present economy, [ 316 → 321] there is no other way to communicate that life to the child who has not attained [ 321 → 323] the use of reason. [ 323 → 328] Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death. [ 328 → 332] Without it, salvation and supernatural happiness, [ 332 → 335] the beatific vision of God, are impossible. [ 335 → 340] An act of love is sufficient for the adult to obtain sanctifying grace [ 340 → 343] and to supply the lack of baptism. [ 343 → 348] To the still unborn or newly born, this way is not open. [ 348 → 350] And so it is easy to understand the great importance, [ 350 → 355] of providing for the baptism of the child deprived of complete reason, [ 355 → 360] who finds himself in grave danger or at death's threshold. [ 360 → 361] Unquote. [ 361 → 365] This is the Catholic position, and it makes perfect sense. [ 365 → 369] Now I know that for a lot of people this is a very emotional topic, [ 369 → 372] especially for those who may have lost a child, or several, [ 372 → 374] due to miscarriage for example, [ 374 → 379] but we cannot allow this to obscure the truth revealed by God. [ 379 → 382] Some people think, oh no, God would never do that. [ 382 → 385] He would never exclude a child from heaven. [ 385 → 388] It's not the baby's fault that he died before baptism, [ 388 → 391] and God said, let the little children come to me. [ 391 → 395] Well, to answer this objection, we have to first understand that no one, [ 395 → 399] no one, will outdo God in goodness or mercy. [ 399 → 402] And so we have to accept that what God has revealed, [ 402 → 406] is good, and true, and merciful. [ 406 → 408] And what he has revealed, is that, [ 408 → 410] without the state of sanctifying grace, [ 410 → 412] salvation is impossible. [ 412 → 414] To attain the beatific vision, [ 414 → 416] everyone, without exception, [ 416 → 421] must die with the virtues of faith, hope, and charity in his soul. [ 421 → 427] Faith, hope, and charity are a gift from God that we do not possess by nature. [ 427 → 430] St. Paul says in Ephesians 2.3, [ 430 → 434] that we were by nature children of wrath. [ 434 → 437] Original sin has consequences. [ 438 → 440] And the sin, as well as its consequences, [ 440 → 443] can only be blotted out through sanctifying grace, [ 443 → 446] and for the child who dies below the age of reason, [ 446 → 449] that can only happen through baptism. [ 449 → 452] That is the only way for the soul to be cleansed, [ 452 → 456] and God is not unjust by refusing to admit to the beatific vision, [ 456 → 460] a soul that is not pure and undefiled. [ 460 → 463] On the contrary, it is because God is all holy, [ 463 → 466] and all just, and all pure, that he must exclude such a soul, [ 466 → 469] from his vision. [ 469 → 472] Now again, there is no injustice involved here, [ 472 → 476] because God does not owe the beatific vision to the child. [ 476 → 479] The child who dies in original sin only, [ 479 → 484] is not being denied anything that he in justice deserves to have. [ 484 → 488] To deny this would mean that what God has revealed to us [ 488 → 492] about what salvation is, and how it works, is false. [ 492 → 495] So when Francis prays for the repose of the souls of Christ, [ 495 → 499] the repose of the souls of children who have died in their mother's wombs, [ 499 → 502] when he's obviously trying to look conservative and catholic, [ 502 → 507] even then he's still harming souls by contradicting the true faith. [ 507 → 510] Denial of original sin or its consequences, [ 510 → 513] is one of the favorite heresies of the modernists. [ 513 → 518] And that's why you always see them acting like virtually everyone is going to heaven. [ 518 → 521] They deny the truth about the human condition. [ 521 → 524] That's why back in April of this year, Francis told that sweet little Italian, [ 524 → 528] boy who asked him about the eternal destiny of his atheist father, [ 528 → 532] that despite his atheism, his father is in heaven, [ 532 → 535] because he was good. [ 535 → 541] There is no supernatural goodness apart from sanctifying grace. [ 541 → 546] Francis is a modernist, and an extremely dangerous one at that. [ 546 → 551] Because he smiles at you, hugs you, and distracts you with a show of compassion, [ 551 → 553] while he injects this infamous, [ 553 → 557] this infernal poison into your soul. [ 557 → 560] Saying that little children who die in original sin only, [ 560 → 563] can nevertheless attain the beatific vision, [ 563 → 566] may not seem like a big deal at first. [ 566 → 570] In fact, it may even seem compassionate and merciful, [ 570 → 574] but it is in fact the first step to dismantling completely [ 574 → 579] the foundations of all catholic teaching on salvation. [ 579 → 582] No wonder Francis is happy to promote it. [ 583 → 587] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 587 → 590] Check us out at Tradcast.org, and if you like what we're doing, [ 590 → 593] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution [ 593 → 596] at NovusOrdoWatch.org slash donate.