[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Wednesday, March 30th, 2022. [ 16 → 20] So, last Friday, March 25th, Francis did it. [ 21 → 25] Just what he did, however, is still being disputed. [ 25 → 31] And officially, it was the consecration of Russia and the Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. [ 32 → 38] But whether the prayer he recited before a statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the Basilica of St. Peter's [ 38 → 46] actually satisfied all the conditions stipulated by Our Lady for the conversion of Russia and a period of peace, [ 47 → 54] that is something various conservative Novus Ordos and recognize and resist traditionalists [ 54 → 55] are still in disagreement. [ 55 → 61] Some are pretty much insistent that the consecration was valid, [ 61 → 66] like Michael Voris, John Henry Wesson, and Michael Hichborn, for example. [ 67 → 73] Others are hopeful but have their doubts and are taking a wait-and-see approach about this. [ 73 → 77] Among those are Brian McCall, Christopher Ferrara, and Taylor Marshall. [ 78 → 83] The full text of the consecration prayer is available on the Vatican website, [ 83 → 85] and it is a lengthy. [ 85 → 89] It is a lengthy text filled with a lot of the usual Bergolian buzzwords. [ 90 → 94] But, of course, it also contains some Catholic elements. [ 94 → 99] Now, contrary to what Brian McCall said about this in a video interview, [ 99 → 103] that doesn't mean that Francis is some great enigma. [ 104 → 106] It simply means that he's a deceiver. [ 106 → 111] He mixes Catholic ideas with revolutionary, modernist, Masonic ideas [ 112 → 115] so that, in the end, his text contains [ 115 → 116] something for everyone. [ 117 → 121] The conservatives and the semi-trads can focus on the Catholic stuff, [ 121 → 126] whereas the globalists and the liberals can focus on all the other things. [ 126 → 128] I mean, what else is new? [ 128 → 131] They've been doing this for 60 years. [ 132 → 136] Chris Ferrara was harping on how Bergoglio used the terms [ 136 → 139] Immaculate Heart and Mother of God, [ 139 → 143] which he thought was some great blow to ecumenism, [ 143 → 145] as if Francis had never used it. [ 145 → 146] He'd never used those terms before, you know. [ 147 → 152] You've got to remember, Francis is a big fan of the philosophy [ 152 → 154] of the lowest common denominator. [ 155 → 157] He will adjust his message and his terminology [ 157 → 161] based on the occasion and the audience. [ 162 → 166] So, he will say Catholic things to a Catholic audience. [ 166 → 169] Well, novel sordo, but you know what I mean. [ 170 → 173] For example, in a Sunday sermon, he might say that [ 173 → 174] only in Christ Jesus. [ 174 → 176] Do we have salvation? [ 177 → 182] But if the next day he has a meeting with some interreligious dialogue group, [ 183 → 186] he'll talk about salvation through human fraternity [ 186 → 189] and how different religions manifest the richness [ 189 → 192] of the different ways of coming to God. [ 193 → 195] That isn't Francis being an enigma. [ 196 → 198] It's Francis being a modernist. [ 199 → 201] You'll see there is nothing enigmatic about him [ 201 → 204] once you stop with the silly idea [ 204 → 207] that this man is, or could be, [ 208 → 210] the Pope of the Catholic Church. [ 210 → 211] It's ridiculous. [ 212 → 216] It's the constant attempt to make Bergoglio fit [ 216 → 221] into a Catholic mold that creates all this absurdity [ 221 → 224] that makes McCall say that Francis is an enigma. [ 225 → 226] He's not. [ 226 → 228] He's just not a Catholic. [ 229 → 233] Now, back to the act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart. [ 234 → 234] Now, back to the act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart. [ 234 → 238] key sentence in Francis' prayer was the following, quote, [ 238 → 247] Therefore, Mother of God and our Mother, to your immaculate heart, we solemnly entrust and consecrate [ 247 → 257] ourselves, the Church, and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, unquote. [ 258 → 264] Now, you can see that this is just vague enough to where people can disagree over whether this is [ 264 → 269] the consecration of Russia requested by Our Lady of Fatima or not. [ 270 → 280] You know, it's really not that difficult to say, I or we consecrate Russia to thine immaculate heart, [ 280 → 287] O Virgin Mary. Instead, what did the Frankster say? He said, to your immaculate heart, we solemnly [ 287 → 294] entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church, and all humanity, especially Russia. [ 294 → 301] and Ukraine. This is something that I'm sure the usual suspects on the various blogs, [ 301 → 305] podcasts, and YouTube shows will be debating for a long time to come, [ 306 → 314] all the while missing the elephant in the living room, of course. Francis isn't the Pope, [ 314 → 321] and therefore he is incapable of fulfilling the wishes of Our Lady of Fatima for a papal [ 322 → 323] consecration of Russia. [ 324 → 331] Patrick Coffin, who is not Sedevacantist, but at least agrees that Bergoglio isn't the Pope, [ 332 → 339] put a hilarious video together on Francis' Fatima farce. After pointing out that a non-Pope [ 339 → 346] obviously can't accomplish a papal consecration of Russia, he explained that if Francis were the [ 346 → 352] Pope, his consecration formula still didn't meet the criteria specified by the Blessed Mother, [ 352 → 353] because she requested that Francis be the Pope. So, he said, to your immaculate heart, we solemnly [ 353 → 354] entrust and consecrate Russia to thine immaculate heart, O Virgin Mary. Instead, what did the Frankster [ 354 → 362] say about the consecration of Russia? Not humanity, and especially Russia and Ukraine. Listen to this. [ 362 → 369] There's no mention of Ukraine, which didn't exist as such in 1917. There's no mention of [ 369 → 375] Estonia. There's no mention of Toledo, Ohio. There's no mention of Disneyland. Russia. [ 375 → 377] And skipping ahead, he also said, [ 377 → 384] The wording of this Franciscan version of another failed consecration has been, [ 384 → 395] altered. The latest alteration is a long-winded bit of a combination of Freemasonic lingo and woke [ 395 → 402] ideology and, let's just call it, mama's boy sentimentality, with a few traditionalist-sounding [ 402 → 411] phrases in there to keep the naive on the hook. When he gets to the actual consecration part of [ 411 → 413] his text, it's this, [ 414 → 421] Therefore, Mother of God and our Mother, to your immaculate heart, we solemnly entrust and consecrate [ 421 → 434] ourselves, the Church, and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine. Unquote. [ 434 → 443] Unquote. Why not add Muslims, blue-eyed people, migrants, environmental activists, [ 444 → 445] and the like? [ 445 → 451] This cluttered, watered-down text is not the proper formula. Full stop. [ 451 → 460] Beautiful. That was Patrick Coffin from his March 25, 2022 episode on the faux consecration, [ 460 → 469] available on Rumble.com. Now, the Society of St. Pius X, the Lefebvris, [ 469 → 474] they also participated in this consecration of Russia, but they did a, [ 474 → 483] typical semi-trad thing, trying to have it both ways. Let me explain. First, on March 20th, [ 483 → 490] five days before the consecration, SSPX headquarters released a statement saying this, [ 490 → 497] quote, the Priestly Society of St. Pius X has learned with joy of the announcement of the [ 497 → 503] consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, scheduled for March [ 503 → 510] 25th. After a long wait, punctuated by fervent crusades and assiduous recitation of rosaries, [ 511 → 517] the Society of St. Pius X is happy to see the request of Our Lady of Fatima taken into account, [ 518 → 525] which called for a solemn act by the Pope in union with all the bishops, unquote. Okay, [ 525 → 526] so far, so good. [ 527 → 534] Then, on the day of the consecration at the SSPX St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in the United States, [ 534 → 541] Bishop Bernard Follet led all the seminarians in prayer to Our Lady of Fatima, and before making [ 541 → 549] the act of consecration, he stated, quote, we have many reasons to celebrate today. It seems as if [ 549 → 554] our prayer to heaven for decades asking the Immaculate Heart of Mary that the Pope would [ 554 → 557] consecrate Russia according to the requirement of the Holy Spirit, and that the Pope would [ 557 → 560] consecrate Russia according to the requirements of herself. Well, it seems that this is going to [ 560 → 569] happen today. And so, with all our heart, we want to unite ourselves to this act, expecting so many [ 569 → 576] good fruits that have been promised. We see that there have been many attempts to make this [ 576 → 583] consecration. What we have seen is that up to now, the precise requirements from heaven have [ 583 → 587] never been completely accomplished. But heaven, in its mercy, [ 587 → 593] has always given, we could say, a proportionate answer. Every time a Pope has turned to the [ 593 → 599] Immaculate Heart, some good has happened for the world and for the Church. So, let us pray [ 599 → 606] that this consecration made today will have the fruits so long expected, unquote. [ 607 → 616] Once again, so far, so good. But here it comes. Bishop Follet then proceeded not to join in the [ 616 → 625] act of consecration Francis was making, but recited an entirely different prayer of consecration to [ 625 → 632] the Immaculate Heart. And of course, that was quite a beautiful text he used, with a clear focus on [ 632 → 641] the supernatural and the eternal, unlike what Francis recited. Now, to make matters even more [ 641 → 646] interesting, the SSPX's consecration text included the following words, [ 646 → 648] quote, [ 675 → 675] unquote. [ 676 → 683] You know, the best way for them to associate their voices to that prayer Francis offered [ 683 → 690] would have been to pray it with him. Oh, but they didn't want to do that, of course. No, [ 690 → 697] they just wanted to talk about associating themselves with Francis' act of consecration, [ 697 → 704] but not actually join him in reciting it. Well, I guess they didn't want to take the risk of [ 704 → 706] being tainted. [ 706 → 714] By what it actually says, you know, so much for their association with that. But this is typical. [ 714 → 721] Of all things Catholic, they are the final arbiter, not their supposed vicar of Christ. [ 722 → 729] Welcome to the Society of St. Pius X. Best of all, the SSPX consecration prayer [ 729 → 733] asks the Blessed Mother that Russia might, quote, [ 733 → 736] return from its former schism to the unity, [ 736 → 744] of the one fold of the eternal shepherd, and thus submit to the vicar of thy divine son, [ 745 → 754] unquote. Whom are they kidding? They don't submit to the man they claim is the vicar of Christ. [ 754 → 763] They won't even use his act of consecration. And if they can't even do that, what do they [ 763 → 766] submit to him on? Well, I can tell you what. [ 767 → 775] Whatever they agree with, and whatever they disagree with, they refuse him submission on. [ 775 → 782] Which, of course, means that they're not submitted to him at all. They're only following themselves, [ 782 → 788] not the man they regard as the pope. And that is the essence of schism. [ 790 → 795] By the way, speaking of the Society of St. Pius X, [ 795 → 796] they finally issued a letter to the Pope, and they finally issued a letter to the Pope, [ 796 → 800] and they finally issued a press release in which they formally announced [ 800 → 804] that their superior general, Father Davide Pagliarani, [ 804 → 812] had met with Francis at the Vatican. Now, that meeting took place on February 8th, [ 812 → 820] and the press release wasn't published until March 25th. That is a delay of over six weeks, [ 821 → 826] and that is odd. Over at the well-informed, [ 826 → 831] German traditionalist news and commentary site, katholisches.info, [ 832 → 837] editor Giuseppe Nardi speculates that perhaps the Lefebvris were hoping for some kind of [ 837 → 843] positive outcome of that meeting, such as a decree or other decision in their favor, [ 844 → 848] that they could then announce to the world as part of their press release, [ 848 → 853] similar to what the Fraternity of St. Peter received and did earlier this year. [ 854 → 856] That would explain the long delay in [ 856 → 860] publishing their statement. But, of course, it's just speculation. [ 861 → 868] The 30-minute meeting itself, based on the SSPX press release, was incredibly uneventful. [ 868 → 869] Listen to this, quote, [ 869 → 875] The informal conversation was very polite and gave the superior general the opportunity [ 875 → 880] to introduce himself to the Holy Father, whom he was meeting for the first time. [ 881 → 886] This meeting made it possible to show that the SSPX has no other goal than to, [ 886 → 889] of course, serve the Church in the midst of the current crisis. [ 890 → 896] Father Pagliarani had the opportunity to make it clear to the Pope that everything the Society [ 896 → 905] does has only this service in mind. Mutual good memories of Argentina were also exchanged. [ 905 → 906] Unquote. [ 907 → 912] Aw, well, that's nice that they were able to reminisce a little before Francis had to get [ 912 → 916] back to his busy schedule of clobbering Catholicism. [ 916 → 918] Or the damnation of souls. [ 920 → 924] Oh, by the way, before we move on, I have a question. [ 925 → 932] So, let's assume for a moment that Francis is the Pope and that he just properly consecrated [ 932 → 936] Russia to the Immaculate Heart so that it fulfills Our Lady's requirements. [ 937 → 942] My question for the Semitrads, the Recognize and Resist Traditionalists, is this. [ 943 → 946] How do you now envision the conversion of Russia? [ 946 → 947] To Catholicism? [ 948 → 956] Because if the Russian Orthodox were to accept Francis as Pope now and submit to him and convert [ 956 → 962] to his religion, they'd be professing the doctrines of Vatican II and the post-conciliar magisterium, [ 963 → 969] including religious liberty, the new elements ecclesiology, ecumenism, Amoris Laetitia, [ 970 → 976] and the Abu Dhabi heresy about God willing a diversity of religions as a manifestation of [ 976 → 977] his wisdom. [ 978 → 984] Now, if the Russian Orthodox were to embrace all of that in perfect agreement with the [ 984 → 989] supposed vicar of Christ, then you folks, you Semitrads, would be the first ones to [ 989 → 996] complain that that's not a conversion to real Catholicism, but to the Novus Ordo religion. [ 997 → 1001] Folks, your theology is a total mess. [1002 → 1006] Before you guys can talk about Russia converting to Catholicism, I want you to know that I'm [1006 → 1014] Your own Pope first needs to convert to Catholicism, which proves, of course, that he's not the [1014 → 1021] Pope, because the Pope is, by definition, the living criterion of Orthodoxy in the Church. [1022 → 1030] In other news, in a post dated March 23rd, the Daily Compass reports that the Benedictine [1030 → 1036] Monastery of Santa Caterina in Perugia, Italy, is being shut down. [1036 → 1037] Why? [1037 → 1044] Well, back in February, Francis had sent them an apostolic visitor to check up on them, and [1044 → 1047] the results of that visitation are now in. [1048 → 1050] The cloistered convent will have to close. [1051 → 1052] Why, exactly? [1053 → 1059] Well, I hope you're sitting down, and if you're driving, I don't know, you may want to pull [1059 → 1060] over for this one. [1061 → 1064] No, it wasn't problems with their spiritual formation. [1065 → 1066] Their upkeep of the convent. [1066 → 1069] Or how they spend the little money they have. [1070 → 1072] It wasn't even clericalism. [1072 → 1074] Or their liturgy. [1074 → 1077] No traditional Latin Mass, or other such dangerous things. [1078 → 1088] No, the Mother Superior was told that her conduct had been inadequate, because she and [1088 → 1095] every single one of the four nuns under her care are not vaccinated. [1096 → 1098] By choice. [1099 → 1101] They didn't want to be vaccinated. [1101 → 1102] None of them. [1103 → 1110] And since Mother Superior didn't force the injection into them, that is apparently now [1110 → 1117] the end of the convent, which, by the way, has existed since the 16th century. [1118 → 1126] So the nuns are now being transferred to other convents, where perhaps the merciful Dr. Bergoglio, [1126 → 1131] will personally solve that vaccination problem once and for all. [1132 → 1133] Oh, don't worry. [1134 → 1135] It'll be all right. 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