[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, July 15th, 2022. [ 16 → 22] There's nothing like an 85-year-old Jesuit trying to ingratiate himself with the youth. [ 22 → 32] In a July 6th message of His Holiness to young people participating in the European Union Youth Conference in Prague, [ 33 → 39] the papal pretender Jorge Bergoglio, also known as Pope Francis, said the following, [ 40 → 40] quote, [ 52 → 55] to educate the younger generations in fraternity. [ 56 → 60] Seeing, however, how our world is being led by adults and elders, [ 61 → 68] it seems that perhaps you should be the ones to educate adults in fraternity and peaceful coexistence. [ 69 → 76] Among the first commitments of the educational pact is to listen to children, adolescents, and young people. [ 77 → 80] So, dear young people, make your voices heard. [ 80 → 82] If they do not listen to you, [ 82 → 83] shout even louder. [ 84 → 85] Make noise. [ 85 → 90] You have every right to have your say on what concerns your future. [ 90 → 91] Unquote. [ 92 → 93] How pathetic. [ 94 → 99] No one will make a greater mess of things than the inexperienced youth. [ 100 → 102] And that's not to denigrate the young. [ 103 → 105] It's not their fault that they're inexperienced. [ 105 → 109] It's just to point out an obvious common-sense fact. [ 109 → 111] Interestingly enough, [ 111 → 112] in the third chapter, [ 112 → 117] we read that God punished the Jews for their sins [ 117 → 121] by having them be ruled by children and the effeminate. [ 122 → 123] Listen to this. [ 123 → 127] And I will give children to be their princes, [ 127 → 129] and the effeminate shall rule over them, [ 130 → 132] and the people shall rush one upon another, [ 132 → 134] and every man against his neighbor. [ 134 → 138] The child shall make a tumult against the ancient, [ 138 → 140] and the base against the honorable. [ 141 → 142] And that's Isaiah. [ 142 → 145] Isaiah, chapter 3, verses 4 and 5. [ 146 → 149] No, children ruling over adults is not the solution. [ 149 → 153] As always, the Catholic faith provides the answer, [ 154 → 156] but since Bergoglio doesn't believe in it, [ 156 → 159] he's not going to go look there for the answer. [ 160 → 163] First, we need to understand the human condition [ 163 → 166] ever since the fall of Adam and Eve. [ 166 → 168] With the exception of the Blessed Mother, [ 168 → 171] all of us were conceived in original sin. [ 171 → 172] And even though we're not the only ones who are conceived in original sin, [ 172 → 175] even though baptism takes away original sin, [ 175 → 179] its consequences remain, most notably concupiscence, [ 180 → 182] which is basically the tendency to sin, [ 182 → 185] the inclination that we all have to sin. [ 186 → 189] That means that left to ourselves, [ 189 → 191] without God's help, without His grace, [ 192 → 194] we will end up in sin, [ 194 → 197] in hatred, contention, envy, greed, [ 197 → 199] and all other imaginable vices. [ 200 → 202] The solution is not, [ 202 → 204] as Bergoglio continually pretends, [ 204 → 207] to look to the young, or to dialogue, [ 207 → 209] or to practice encounter, [ 209 → 211] or to switch to green technologies. [ 212 → 214] Not even soccer games can help here. [ 215 → 217] The solution is to convert to God, [ 217 → 219] to His holy Catholic religion, [ 220 → 221] and to lead a holy life [ 221 → 225] by means of actual and habitual grace. [ 225 → 228] The greatest evil in the world is sin. [ 229 → 231] Not climate change, unemployment, [ 231 → 234] or the loneliness of the elderly. [ 234 → 237] And only God's grace can fix that. [ 238 → 241] Because sin is a supernatural condition, [ 241 → 244] it requires a supernatural remedy. [ 244 → 246] And to give us that remedy, [ 246 → 248] that is why God became man, [ 248 → 250] why Jesus Christ walked this earth, [ 251 → 252] taught us the gospel, [ 252 → 255] redeemed us with His sacred body and precious blood, [ 256 → 257] rose from the dead, [ 257 → 258] commissioned His church, [ 259 → 260] and ascended into heaven. [ 261 → 264] Now, this is not very difficult to understand. [ 265 → 268] So, why does Francis not preach this? [ 268 → 271] Because he's a naturalist. [ 271 → 274] He despises the supernatural order [ 274 → 277] and instead remains, as much as he can, [ 277 → 278] on the level of the natural. [ 279 → 282] Let me give you another example from the same address. [ 283 → 285] He said this to the youth, [ 285 → 285] quote, [ 285 → 288] There is an urgent need to reduce the consumption [ 288 → 290] not only of fossil fuels, [ 290 → 294] but also of so many superfluous things. [ 294 → 296] In certain areas of the world, too, [ 296 → 299] it would be appropriate to consume less meat. [ 300 → 302] This, too, can help save the environment. [ 303 → 303] Unquote. [ 304 → 307] Now, as far as fossil fuels, [ 307 → 308] he really shouldn't be talking, [ 309 → 312] considering how much carbon he alone blows into the air [ 312 → 316] with all the trips he's taken around the globe since 2013. [ 317 → 320] Later this month, he and his entourage and the press corps [ 320 → 322] are going to fly to Canada [ 322 → 326] to issue an apology for alleged crimes [ 326 → 327] against indigenous people [ 327 → 331] that there is no hard evidence were even committed. [ 332 → 334] If there's such an urgent need [ 334 → 335] to reduce fossil fuel consumption, [ 336 → 338] well, you know, he could just lead by example. [ 339 → 343] But then again, he could later just apologize for that, too. [ 344 → 348] So, anyway, Francis encourages the youth to eat less meat. [ 349 → 349] You know what? [ 349 → 351] That's a great idea. [ 351 → 355] How about eating no meat on Fridays throughout the whole year? [ 356 → 360] And not to save the environment, at least not directly, [ 360 → 363] but as an act of penance and mortification [ 363 → 365] out of love for God. [ 366 → 369] You see, saving the environment is a noble thing. [ 370 → 372] But you know who's in charge of the environment [ 372 → 373] more than anyone else? [ 374 → 376] The God who created it. [ 377 → 379] And you know what he told us? [ 379 → 380] He told us this. [ 381 → 384] Consider the ravens, for they sow not, [ 384 → 385] neither do they reap, [ 386 → 388] neither have they storehouse nor barn, [ 388 → 389] and God feedeth them. [ 390 → 393] How much are you more valuable than they? [ 393 → 396] And which of you, by taking thought, [ 396 → 398] can add to his stature one cubit? [ 398 → 402] If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, [ 402 → 405] why are you solicitous for the rest? [ 406 → 408] Consider the lilies, how they grow. [ 408 → 409] They labor not. [ 409 → 411] Neither do they spin. [ 411 → 415] But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory [ 415 → 417] was clothed like one of these. [ 418 → 422] Now if God clothed in this manner the grass that is today in the field [ 422 → 424] and tomorrow is cast into the oven, [ 425 → 428] how much more you, O ye of little faith? [ 429 → 433] And seek not you what you shall eat or what you shall drink, [ 434 → 435] and be not lifted up on high. [ 435 → 439] For all these things do the nations of the world seek. [ 439 → 443] But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things. [ 444 → 447] But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, [ 448 → 451] and all these things shall be added unto you. [ 453 → 456] More beautiful words have never been spoken. [ 457 → 462] They're from St. Luke's Gospel, chapter 12, verses 24 to 31. [ 464 → 468] If we want to draw down from heaven great and manifold blessings [ 468 → 469] to assist us even in our sin, [ 469 → 471] even in our temporal necessities, [ 471 → 474] which are obviously very legitimate needs, [ 475 → 479] we can do so by fervent prayer and by leading godly lives, [ 479 → 483] offering to our divine Lord frequent acts of love [ 483 → 486] and doing penance, mortifying ourselves [ 486 → 488] and offering all our actions, [ 488 → 490] especially the duties of our state in life, [ 491 → 495] for love of him and to make reparation for our sins [ 495 → 496] and the sins of the whole world. [ 497 → 499] No matter what happens, [ 499 → 503] we all have to suffer in one way or another. [ 504 → 506] That is simply a basic fact of life. [ 507 → 512] But we can supernaturalize our sufferings through God's grace [ 512 → 516] and in that way turn them into merit for eternal life. [ 517 → 521] And in this way, our crosses become our helps to salvation [ 521 → 523] rather than obstacles, [ 523 → 527] insofar as they are dependent on and subordinate to [ 527 → 529] the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. [ 529 → 534] From which they draw their abundant strength and efficacy. [ 535 → 538] But you see, these are supernatural matters, [ 539 → 540] so Francis doesn't go for that. [ 541 → 545] And certainly not in an address to a European Union youth conference. [ 546 → 548] He's a naturalist, remember? [ 548 → 552] So he's fine with self-denial, such as eating no meat, [ 552 → 555] but for a natural motive, [ 555 → 557] because it's supposedly better for the environment, [ 557 → 559] not for a supernatural purpose. [ 560 → 562] Such as the conversion of sinners, [ 563 → 565] relief of the souls in purgatory, [ 565 → 568] or making reparation to the sacred heart [ 568 → 570] for all the outrages and indifferences [ 571 → 574] people continually commit against our Lord. [ 576 → 579] Let me give you another example of Francis the naturalist. [ 580 → 582] This past Sunday, July 10th, [ 582 → 584] during his Angelus Address, [ 584 → 587] he talked about, guess what, [ 587 → 588] helping the poor. [ 588 → 589] And here's what he said. [ 589 → 590] Quote, [ 590 → 605] Now, don't get me wrong. [ 605 → 607] It's a wonderful thing, of course, [ 607 → 609] in addition to giving alms, [ 609 → 612] to also really acknowledge the individual in need [ 612 → 615] by making sincere eye contact or whatever. [ 616 → 617] But it's wrong to say [ 617 → 619] that unless you do that, [ 619 → 623] the alms you give aren't really for that person. [ 623 → 624] That's wrong, [ 624 → 626] because eye contact or not, [ 627 → 628] encounter or not, [ 628 → 630] the alms are still a sacrifice [ 630 → 633] and the person still benefits from them. [ 634 → 637] After all, it's the money that eases the temporal need [ 637 → 638] and not the eye contact. [ 639 → 640] And think about it. [ 640 → 643] Where and when has the Church ever taught [ 643 → 645] that giving alms has something to do [ 645 → 647] with making eye contact? [ 647 → 649] Where in moral theology [ 649 → 652] does the Church make the value of our almsgiving [ 652 → 656] dependent on touching the reality, [ 656 → 657] as Bergoglio puts it? [ 657 → 659] Well, nowhere, of course. [ 660 → 663] If you send a $100 check to whatever, [ 663 → 665] food for the poor or kids in distress, [ 666 → 669] you don't make eye contact with anyone, right? [ 669 → 670] But it's still a real alms. [ 671 → 673] Likewise, the poor widow in the Gospel, [ 674 → 676] in St. Mark, chapter 12, [ 677 → 679] the widow who gives just a tiny bit, [ 679 → 680] a little bit of money to the temple, [ 681 → 684] but because she gave the little she had, [ 685 → 686] gave more than all the others [ 686 → 688] who gave from their abundance. [ 688 → 691] That poor widow didn't make eye contact [ 691 → 693] with anyone from the temple treasury. [ 694 → 697] She probably didn't even let her left hand know [ 697 → 700] what her right hand was doing, right? [ 700 → 702] At least we're not told about eye contact in the Gospel. [ 703 → 706] So Francis just makes stuff up. [ 707 → 709] And this is where, [ 709 → 711] once again, his naturalism comes through, [ 712 → 714] because the most important thing [ 714 → 715] he doesn't mention at all, [ 716 → 717] and that is the motive. [ 718 → 721] In order for our alms to be meritorious, [ 721 → 724] to have any spiritual value before God [ 724 → 726] with a view to eternal life, [ 726 → 729] we must have a supernatural motive. [ 730 → 733] If you give alms in order to feel good about yourself [ 733 → 737] or because it would harm your reputation if you didn't, [ 737 → 739] or because you simply, [ 739 → 741] want to make the person in need smile, [ 741 → 744] those are mere natural motives. [ 744 → 746] They're not wrong necessarily, right? [ 746 → 748] They're not necessarily sinful. [ 749 → 751] But if that's all it is, [ 751 → 753] it has no value before God. [ 754 → 756] To make it count towards eternity, [ 756 → 759] you need to have a supernatural motive. [ 759 → 762] That is, you have to do it out of love for God [ 762 → 765] or out of love of neighbor for the sake of God. [ 766 → 767] In other words, you do it [ 767 → 768] because Christ commands you to do it. [ 768 → 768] You do it because Christ commands you to do it. [ 768 → 771] He commands it because you seek to please God, [ 772 → 773] because you want to gain merit, [ 774 → 776] or because you want to relieve the souls in purgatory, [ 777 → 777] for example. [ 778 → 782] Or simply because you want to help the individual in need [ 782 → 785] with a view to alleviating his temporal misery [ 785 → 789] so as to make it easier for him to attain his final end. [ 790 → 793] These would be supernatural motives. [ 794 → 796] They don't have to be explicit every time. [ 796 → 797] As far as I know, [ 797 → 801] it probably suffices to be in the state of grace. [ 801 → 804] And as long as you are in the state of grace, [ 804 → 806] you're automatically going to be doing everything [ 806 → 808] with a supernatural motive, [ 808 → 812] at least implicitly or to some extent. [ 813 → 816] So the supernatural motive is crucial [ 816 → 819] to making the alms count toward eternity. [ 819 → 822] But of course, Francis doesn't mention that [ 822 → 825] because he's not concerned about eternity. [ 825 → 827] He's concerned about the temporal world. [ 827 → 828] He's concerned about the temporal world only, [ 829 → 832] not about spiritual things like grace or merit [ 832 → 833] or the last judgment, [ 834 → 838] but about mundane things like unemployment and health care [ 838 → 841] and the ecology of the Amazon basin. [ 842 → 846] So he doesn't care if you give alms for the love of God [ 846 → 848] or for love of the United Nations, [ 849 → 851] as long as you make eye contact. [ 852 → 856] His primary concern is man, not God. [ 857 → 861] As St. John the Evangelist says in 1 John 4-5, [ 862 → 864] they are of the world, [ 864 → 866] therefore of the world they speak [ 866 → 869] and the world heareth them. [ 870 → 873] Tradcast Express is a production of Novos Ordo Watch. [ 874 → 876] Check us out at tradcast.org. 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