[ 0 → 4] Tradcast Express [ 4 → 14] Tradcast Express, it's Monday, October 7th, 2019. [ 15 → 21] Well, ladies and gentlemen, the long-awaited Pan-Amazon Synod has finally begun in the Vatican. [ 22 → 27] For the next three weeks, a select group of Novus Ordo cardinals, bishops, priests, and laity, [ 27 → 37] together with indigenous of Amazonia, will be talking, discerning, and reflecting about anything other than Catholicism. [ 37 → 41] During his sermon for the opening Novus Ordo worship service yesterday, [ 42 → 48] Francis got his sheeple on track for accepting a deluge of novelty in the next three weeks. [ 48 → 49] He said, quote, [ 49 → 57] If everything continues as it was, if we spend our days content that this is the way things have always been done, [ 57 → 65] then the gift vanishes, smothered by the ashes of fear and concern for defending the status quo. [ 66 → 66] Unquote. [ 67 → 70] Later on, he recommended prudence, stating, quote, [ 70 → 75] Prudence is not indecision. It is not a defensive attitude. [ 75 → 84] It is the virtue of the pastor who, in order to serve with wisdom, is able to discern, to be receptive to the newness of the Spirit. [ 84 → 87] Rekindling our gift in the fire of the Spirit. [ 87 → 92] The opposite of letting things take their course without doing anything. [ 92 → 98] Fidelity to the newness of the Spirit is a grace that we must ask for in prayer. [ 99 → 105] May the Spirit who makes all things new give us his own daring prudence. [ 105 → 114] May he inspire our synod to renew the paths of the church in Amazonia so that the fire of mission will continue to burn. [ 115 → 115] Unquote. [ 116 → 117] So, here we see, [ 117 → 123] Load up the minds of the hearers with all kinds of ambiguous metaphors. [ 125 → 134] Open them up to being receptive of all kinds of outrageous new junk, claiming it is the work, the newness, of the Holy Ghost. [ 134 → 139] That's worked well for them in the past, and it's probably going to work this time as well. [ 140 → 144] Now, it'll probably come as a shock to most listeners, but Francis did not quote [ 144 → 147] Pope St. Pius X, to whom he is supposed to say, [ 147 → 150] So devoted on the issue of newness. [ 151 → 155] Maybe that's because in his 1907 encyclical, Pachendi, Pius X wrote, [ 156 → 162] Unquote. [ 162 → 166] So, no god of surprises for St. Pius X. [ 166 → 168] Good thing we've got the Frankster now, huh? [ 168 → 176] At today's opening of the synod's first blather session, Francis gave an off-the-cuff address, [ 176 → 180] and basically made the Synod into a new source of divine revelation. [ 181 → 182] He said, quote, [ 183 → 188] A Synod is to walk together under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit. [ 188 → 191] The Holy Spirit is the Synod's principal actor. [ 192 → 195] Please, let us not chase him out of the hall. [ 195 → 196] Consultations were held. [ 196 → 201] They were discussed in the Episcopal conferences and the pre-Synodal Council. [ 201 → 206] An instrumentum laboris was elaborated that, as you know, is a martyr text. [ 206 → 208] Destined to be destroyed. [ 208 → 213] Because it is the starting point for what the Spirit is going to do in us. [ 213 → 217] And now we walk under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. [ 217 → 222] Now we have to let the Holy Spirit express himself in this assembly. [ 222 → 225] To express himself among us. [ 225 → 228] To express himself with us, through us. [ 228 → 231] And to express himself despite us. [ 231 → 233] Despite our resistances. [ 233 → 236] That it's normal for them to exist. [ 236 → 239] Because the life of a Christian is like this. [ 239 → 239] Unquote. [ 240 → 244] Now, I don't know about you, but somehow I have the feeling that that spirit [ 244 → 248] that's been declared the protagonist of this assembly [ 248 → 251] is probably not going to tell them [ 251 → 256] that what needs to be done is return to the Catholicism of 1958 and before, [ 257 → 261] dismantle Vatican II, bring back the traditional Latin Mass, [ 261 → 263] suppress the Novus Ordo service, [ 263 → 265] go back to the Stations of the Cross, [ 265 → 268] and get rid of all the enculturation junk they're into. [ 268 → 269] Want to bet? [ 269 → 270] I guarantee it. [ 271 → 273] That is not what their spirit is going to tell them. [ 274 → 281] And of course there you can see that all this talk about discernment and listening and whatnot [ 281 → 286] is all just rhetoric to make people docile to accepting all the stuff [ 286 → 288] that's long been planned in advance. [ 288 → 292] Now they may not be able to get away with everything they've planned. [ 292 → 295] And so they'll probably gauge what kind of resistance, [ 295 → 299] they're encountering and then decide how far they can push the envelope. [ 299 → 306] That's what it seems like happened at the Synods on the Family in 2014 and 15. [ 306 → 311] They got more resistance than they expected and so they had to scale things back a bit. [ 311 → 318] And then at the end Francis presented himself as the great guarantor of Orthodoxy [ 318 → 321] that is keeping all these crazy liberals in check. [ 321 → 324] But of course we know how that story ultimately ended. [ 325 → 326] Right? [ 326 → 327] Two words. [ 327 → 328] Amoris Laetitia. [ 328 → 335] Yeah and so I think that a similar thing is going to happen here. [ 335 → 341] By October 27th they'll produce a long boring final document. [ 341 → 344] And no matter how bad it is the excuse will be, [ 344 → 348] hey don't worry this is not a magisterial document, [ 348 → 349] which is true, [ 349 → 354] this is just a recommendation that the bishops are giving Francis. [ 354 → 355] And then basically, [ 355 → 359] based on that final document Francis will write his post-synodal exhortation [ 359 → 363] and that will then be magisterial. [ 363 → 370] And I have a feeling that this next one is going to make Amoris Laetitia look like sacred scripture by comparison. [ 370 → 372] Maybe the title will be [ 372 → 374] Idulo Latriae Gaudium [ 374 → 376] or something like that. [ 376 → 377] We'll see. [ 377 → 380] During his speech today Francis also noted [ 380 → 383] that he was saddened to hear that someone had complained about [ 383 → 384] how at yesterday's worship service, [ 384 → 386] at St. Peter's, [ 386 → 389] the gifts were brought up by indigenous Amazonians, [ 389 → 392] one of whom was wearing a feather headdress. [ 392 → 394] And Francis said, [ 394 → 395] quote, [ 395 → 400] What difference does it make if he wears feathers or a beretta? [ 400 → 401] Unquote. [ 401 → 402] Yeah. [ 402 → 405] Well as long as it's not a Saturno hat, [ 405 → 406] right? [ 406 → 408] As someone on Twitter pointed out. [ 408 → 409] Folks, [ 409 → 411] the next three weeks are going to be fun. [ 411 → 413] I hope you have enough popcorn in the pantry because, [ 413 → 416] if this is how it starts, [ 416 → 420] I can't imagine how it will end. [ 420 → 424] The official general relator of the Senate is the Brazilian Cardinal, [ 424 → 426] Claudio Hummes, [ 426 → 430] who went straight for the jugular today in his opening address. [ 430 → 433] Armed with enough metaphors to last for the rest of the month, [ 433 → 434] Hummes said, [ 434 → 435] quote, [ 435 → 439] The church cannot remain inactive within her own closed circle, [ 439 → 441] focused on herself, [ 441 → 443] surrounded by protective walls, [ 443 → 447] and even less can she look nostalgically to the past. [ 447 → 450] The church needs to throw open her doors, [ 450 → 454] knock down the walls surrounding her and build bridges, [ 454 → 458] going out into the world and setting out on the path of history. [ 458 → 461] In these times of momentous changes, [ 461 → 464] the church must always walk next to everyone, [ 464 → 469] and especially those living on the margins of humankind. [ 469 → 470] An outgoing church. [ 470 → 472] Why outgoing? [ 472 → 477] So as to turn on the lights and warm the hearts of those who help people, [ 477 → 478] communities, [ 478 → 479] countries, [ 479 → 483] and all humankind to discover the meaning of life and of history. [ 483 → 488] These lights are above all the announcement of the person of Jesus Christ, [ 488 → 489] dead and risen, [ 489 → 491] and of his kingdom, [ 491 → 493] as is the practice of mercy, [ 493 → 498] as well as charity and solidarity above all towards the poor, [ 498 → 499] those who suffer, [ 499 → 507] the forgotten and the marginalized in today's world such as migrants and indigenous peoples." [ 507 → 513] And then he began to lecture everyone on tradition. [ 513 → 519] It is moving forward that makes the church loyal to its true tradition. [ 519 → 524] Traditionalism, which remains linked to the past, is one thing, [ 524 → 527] but true tradition, which is the church's living history, [ 527 → 529] is something else, though, [ 529 → 531] which every generation, [ 531 → 535] excepting what has been handed down by previous generations, [ 535 → 539] such as understanding and experiencing faith in Jesus Christ, [ 539 → 542] enriches this tradition in current times [ 542 → 549] with their own experience and understanding of faith in Jesus Christ." [ 549 → 552] Yeah, actually, that's not how it is. [ 552 → 554] It's actually the other way around. [ 554 → 557] Tradition is supposed to enrich people, [ 557 → 560] people's experience in the current time, [ 560 → 564] and not people's experience of the current time-enriched tradition. [ 564 → 567] But see, the fundamental error in all of this [ 567 → 571] is one of the bedrocks of modernist theology, [ 571 → 576] and that is the idea that the lived experience of human beings [ 576 → 579] is a source of divine revelation. [ 579 → 581] That is at the root of it all, [ 581 → 584] and it is modernist. [ 584 → 586] The modernist starts with man [ 586 → 589] and draws a conclusion about God. [ 589 → 592] The Catholic, by contrast, starts with God [ 592 → 595] and draws a conclusion about man. [ 595 → 598] Pope Pius XII once gave a great example [ 598 → 600] of how the new theology [ 600 → 602] that was beginning to emerge in his day [ 602 → 606] was turning the Catholic theological method on its head. [ 606 → 609] The neo-modernists were trying to argue, [ 609 → 611] if I remember correctly, [ 611 → 613] that God does not require celibacy [ 613 → 615] of those who have been abandoned [ 615 → 617] by their spouses because [ 617 → 619] celibacy is impossible for most, [ 619 → 622] and God does not require the impossible. [ 622 → 624] That was their argument. [ 624 → 627] Well, Pius XII refuted that by pointing out [ 627 → 629] that it was actually the other way around. [ 629 → 632] God does not require the impossible. [ 632 → 633] That is true. [ 633 → 636] But God does require celibacy of such people, [ 636 → 640] and therefore, such celibacy is possible. [ 640 → 643] See, divine revelation comes from the top down. [ 643 → 646] It doesn't go from the bottom up. [ 646 → 648] You don't begin a listening process [ 648 → 651] to ask people how they feel about celibacy, [ 651 → 652] for example, [ 652 → 655] and then conclude that it's not God's will. [ 655 → 658] You consult sacred scripture and sacred tradition [ 658 → 660] to see what God requires [ 660 → 663] and then teach that to the people. [ 663 → 665] So what these modernists are doing here [ 665 → 668] is they're preaching a bottoms-up theology. [ 668 → 671] It's church from below, as it's been called, [ 671 → 673] and they couldn't be more certain [ 673 → 674] and more right. [ 674 → 676] It is from below, [ 676 → 678] from very far below, [ 678 → 681] if you know what I mean. [ 681 → 683] Whomis also appealed to this idea [ 683 → 686] of Christ bringing eternal newness, [ 686 → 688] and there, too, you can see [ 688 → 690] how they're distorting the truth. [ 690 → 692] Yes, Christ makes all things new. [ 692 → 695] See 2 Corinthians 5.17, for instance. [ 695 → 697] But what does that mean? [ 697 → 699] Well, I can tell you what it doesn't mean. [ 699 → 701] It doesn't mean that you can cook up [ 701 → 703] all kinds of revolutionary concepts [ 703 → 704] and practices [ 704 → 706] and then say it's God's will [ 706 → 708] because God is always new. [ 708 → 709] Well, quite simply, [ 709 → 711] God making all things new [ 711 → 713] is a reference to regeneration [ 713 → 715] in sanctifying grace. [ 715 → 717] The old sinful man is dead, [ 717 → 720] and the new man, redeemed and regenerated, [ 720 → 722] lives in grace [ 722 → 724] through faith, hope, and charity. [ 724 → 726] We are no longer under the curse [ 726 → 728] of original sin. [ 728 → 731] The new Adam has freed us from it. [ 731 → 732] But what these modernists [ 732 → 734] in the Vatican have been doing [ 734 → 736] is preach a new gospel, [ 736 → 738] one that leaves behind the [ 738 → 741] quote-unquote old gospel of Jesus Christ [ 741 → 743] and instead introduces all kinds [ 743 → 745] of anti-Christian aberrations [ 745 → 747] under the perfidious guise [ 747 → 750] of the newness of Christ. [ 750 → 752] St. Paul wrote to St. Timothy [ 752 → 756] warning him of precisely such innovation. [ 756 → 758] Quote, [ 758 → 760] For there shall be a time [ 760 → 762] when they will not endure sound doctrine, [ 762 → 764] but according to their own desires [ 764 → 766] they will heap to themselves [ 766 → 768] teachers having itching ears, [ 768 → 770] and will indeed turn away [ 770 → 772] their hearing from the truth, [ 772 → 774] but will be turned unto fables. [ 774 → 775] Unquote. [ 775 → 778] And that's 2 Timothy 4, verses 3 and 4. [ 778 → 780] And of course we know what St. Paul [ 780 → 782] said to the Galatians. [ 782 → 783] Quote, [ 783 → 785] If anyone preach to you a gospel [ 785 → 787] besides that which you have received, [ 787 → 789] let him be anathema. [ 789 → 792] Galatians 1, verse 9. [ 792 → 794] So when Humus says, [ 794 → 795] quote, [ 795 → 797] Throughout the history of salvation, [ 797 → 799] whenever God reveals himself, [ 799 → 800] he brings newness. [ 800 → 801] Unquote. [ 801 → 802] Yes, that is true, [ 802 → 804] but the point is that God [ 804 → 806] no longer reveals himself [ 806 → 808] in our day [ 808 → 810] and definitely not in your [ 810 → 812] damnable Amazon Senate, [ 812 → 814] you apostate. [ 816 → 818] Public revelation ended with the death [ 818 → 821] of the last apostle. [ 821 → 823] To deny that is heresy. [ 823 → 825] See Denzinger 20, 21, [ 825 → 827] where the denial is condemned [ 827 → 829] in St. Pius X's syllabus [ 829 → 831] of modernist errors. [ 831 → 833] What these people want is [ 833 → 835] a new revelation, [ 835 → 839] a post-Christian, post-Catholic revelation. [ 839 → 842] If that's not evidence of a new religion, [ 842 → 844] I don't know what is. [ 844 → 846] And you know, we did already see [ 846 → 849] a little bit of that Amazonian newness [ 849 → 852] this past Friday in the Vatican gardens. [ 852 → 854] In case you didn't hear about it, [ 854 → 856] there is video available of the whole thing [ 856 → 858] where Francis is presiding over [ 858 → 860] some kind of syncretistic ceremony [ 860 → 863] in which indigenous Amazonians [ 863 → 865] start dancing around a bunch of idols [ 865 → 867] set up on the ground, [ 867 → 869] and they shake their rattles, [ 869 → 871] and who knows what they're singing, [ 871 → 873] and then they prostrate themselves [ 873 → 875] on the ground all in a circle [ 875 → 877] with this wooden idol [ 877 → 879] that depicts a nude pregnant woman [ 879 → 881] on her knees. [ 881 → 883] It is an absolutely surreal [ 883 → 885] and frightful scene. [ 885 → 887] And Francis, of course, just stoically [ 887 → 889] sits there and watches [ 889 → 891] and then later blesses all the stuff [ 891 → 892] they bring to him. [ 892 → 893] If you haven't seen it, [ 893 → 895] you definitely need to. [ 895 → 896] Go to our blog at [ 896 → 898] novusortowatch.org [ 898 → 900] slash wire [ 900 → 903] and click on the post for October 4th [ 903 → 904] entitled, [ 904 → 905] Golden Calf 2.0 [ 905 → 908] Earth Goddess Worship in Vatican Gardens [ 908 → 911] Ushers in Amazon Synod. [ 913 → 914] Well, you know, [ 914 → 916] all this can really be reconciled [ 916 → 919] fairly easily with Vatican II theology. [ 919 → 921] All you need to do [ 921 → 923] is take the principles from the Council [ 923 → 926] and apply them to this Amazon stuff. [ 926 → 928] For example, you could simply say [ 928 → 931] that the true God subsists [ 931 → 932] in the Holy Trinity, [ 932 → 934] but is nevertheless also [ 934 → 936] present, although imperfectly [ 936 → 937] and not fully, [ 937 → 939] in other deities. [ 939 → 941] So there, that's doctrinal development [ 941 → 943] in the Novus Ordo Church. [ 943 → 944] All that would have to happen [ 944 → 947] is for Francis to say it in some speech [ 947 → 949] that'll give him the footnote he needs [ 949 → 951] to insert it into his catechism. [ 951 → 953] Right? [ 953 → 954] And don't say, [ 954 → 956] oh, this could never happen. [ 956 → 958] We've seen a lot of those things [ 958 → 960] that could never happen [ 960 → 963] take place in the last six years. [ 963 → 965] And how is it possible [ 965 → 967] for them to happen? [ 967 → 969] Because he is not [ 969 → 971] actually the Pope. [ 971 → 973] We've got a very helpful blog post up [ 973 → 975] that will be continually updated [ 975 → 977] throughout the next three weeks [ 977 → 979] while the Synod is in session. [ 979 → 981] It is loaded with links [ 981 → 983] to all sorts of resources, [ 983 → 985] news reports, [ 985 → 987] commentary, videos, [ 987 → 989] official documents, transcripts, [ 989 → 991] and so forth about the Amazon Synod. [ 991 → 993] So you can stay up to date [ 993 → 995] on what is going on [ 995 → 997] without having to get your hands dirty [ 997 → 999] by sifting through all the [ 999 → 1001] modernist sewage yourself. [1001 → 1003] So you can make that [1003 → 1005] your one-stop resource [1005 → 1007] for all things Amazon Synod. [1007 → 1009] It'll be a long three weeks. [1009 → 1011] I can guarantee you that. [1011 → 1013] So now that the Amazon Synod [1013 → 1015] is officially in session, [1015 → 1017] I will leave you with four words. [1017 → 1019] Welcome to the jungle. 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