[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Monday, August 8th, 2022. [ 15 → 18] Folks, I have to apologize. [ 18 → 25] I did not realize until today that it's already been over 20 days since the last podcast. [ 25 → 28] Not that there isn't anything to talk about. [ 28 → 31] No, we're definitely not running out of content. [ 32 → 39] It's just that I've been working on the big new TrapCast 33 and was really hoping to have that done by now. [ 39 → 47] But, as always, things are taking longer than they should, and so I figured I've definitely got to publish something today. [ 47 → 52] And so here we are with TrapCast Express number 159. [ 53 → 55] So, what are we going to start with? [ 55 → 57] Might as well make it everybody's favorite. [ 58 → 61] Our favorite, Jorge Bergoglio, the Frankster. [ 62 → 69] In case you haven't seen it on the Novos Ordo Watch blog yet, in a conversation with fellow Jesuits in Canada, [ 70 → 77] Pope Francis denounced Catholic traditionalism as a paganism of thought. [ 78 → 84] And, of course, if there's one man in Vatican City opposed to paganism, it's Jorge Bergoglio, right? [ 84 → 85] Yeah. [ 86 → 87] Yeah. [ 88 → 88] Not so much. [ 89 → 92] All I'm going to say is, Pachamama. [ 92 → 109] But what's even more brazen on Bergoglio's part is that he was speaking to his Jesuit confreres less than two days after he himself had participated in a pagan smudging ritual led by a Native American sorcerer in Quebec. [ 110 → 116] Now, what took place there is so bizarre that you really kind of have to hear it from the horse's mouth. [ 116 → 125] The sorcerer in question was Mr. Raymond Gros-Louis, a member of the Huron-Wendat Nation's Circle of Sages. [ 126 → 141] As he was engaging in his ritual, he explained what he was doing, and he spoke in French, but there was a simultaneous English translation given by a female interpreter, and that's what we're going to listen to now. [ 141 → 142] Brace yourselves. [ 142 → 144] We'll do a virtual circle. [ 144 → 146] You know, with the pandemic. [ 146 → 163] We use video, and I noticed that even when we're not in person, we can do things in spirit, and we'll open a circle here today in spirit. [ 163 → 174] And from that circle, we can visualize a sacred fire, because sacred fire unites everything that exists in creation. [ 176 → 179] So we'll put virtual tobacco in that fire as well. [ 184 → 189] And we will honor earth, wind, water, and fire. [ 189 → 201] We will honor the mineral aspect, the vegetable aspect, and the human aspect. [ 203 → 205] I will ask... [ 206 → 212] The east direction to open its door so we can have access to that direction. [ 214 → 220] I will ask the southern direction to open its door as well, to have access to that direction. [ 221 → 228] I will ask the western direction to open that door, the grandmother door. [ 228 → 232] We'll honor the northern direction. [ 234 → 235] The grandpere. [ 236 → 237] And the southern direction. [ 237 → 245] I will ask the northern direction to open its door so it is a special direction of great-grandfathers. [ 245 → 247] And then also, it's special for the Inuit. [ 247 → 250] Because they are a minority within a minority. [ 250 → 253] It's easy to forget them, but it's important to think of them. [ 256 → 260] And I'm pleased that she began with the , which I'm also familiar with. [ 260 → 264] So it's an honor to have the Inuit culture here as well. [ 266 → 269] I'll open the four directions. [ 269 → 271] I will whistle four times. [ 271 → 275] This is a wild turkey bone I've had for about 20 years, [ 275 → 278] and I use it in my ceremonies. [ 278 → 281] Before I do that, I'd like for you to put your hands [ 281 → 284] on your heart, each one of you. [ 288 → 291] The heart can be like a talking stick, [ 291 → 295] but that's where the Creator put wisdom in humans, [ 295 → 298] and we often need to remind ourselves of this. [ 298 → 303] It's an important gesture to connect ourselves [ 303 → 305] with that wisdom. [ 325 → 344] I ask the Western grandmother to give us access [ 344 → 350] to the sacred circle of spirits so they can be with us, [ 350 → 352] so we can be united and stronger together. [ 352 → 354] All right, that's enough. [ 354 → 356] As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, [ 356 → 359] you really can't make it up. [ 359 → 362] Now, I don't know if the Western grandma granted his request [ 362 → 367] for access to whatever, but Francis must have been happy [ 367 → 371] that this fellow at least wasn't a Catholic attending [ 371 → 375] the traditional Latin mass, because that, you know, [ 375 → 376] would have been pagan. [ 378 → 381] Next up, folks, sorry, but we've got to look [ 381 → 384] at one more thing from the Frankster. [ 384 → 388] We do have a question from the Roman Catholic Church. [ 388 → 389] This one's from John. [ 389 → 390] Let's see the question. [ 390 → 391] It says, [ 391 → 393] In the last Friday, August 5th, the false pope received [ 393 → 395] a bunch of youngsters participating in the Alpha Youth Camp, [ 395 → 397] and of course he didn't miss the opportunity to unload [ 397 → 399] some of his usual blather on them. [ 399 → 401] Here is an excerpt of the infinite wisdom [ 401 → 403] with which he graced them. [ 403 → 405] Quote, [ 405 → 407] You, too, who have grown up with instant information, [ 407 → 412] are asking the great questions that arise in every age. [ 412 → 413] Where do we come from? [ 413 → 420] do we come from? What is at the origin of all that exists? What is the meaning of my life? [ 420 → 427] But also, why is there so much suffering in the world? Why do little children and innocent people [ 427 → 434] suffer as they do? You should know that God loves questions. In a way, he loves questions more than [ 434 → 443] answers. Why? Obviously, because the answers are closed while the questions are open. A person who [ 443 → 451] only lives on answers is a person used to being closed, closed, closed. A person who lives on [ 451 → 459] questions is a person used to being open, open, open. And God loves questions. Jesus asked the [ 459 → 465] first two young people who followed him one day on the banks of the Jordan, what are you looking for? [ 465 → 472] A question. Everybody should ask that question. What am I looking for? If you ask that question, [ 472 → 473] it means, [ 473 → 481] that you are young even if you are 80 years old. If you don't ask it, you are old even if you are [ 481 → 492] only 20. Am I right? Unquote. This is typical Novus Ordo piffle. Now, here Francis confirms [ 492 → 497] something that I'm pretty sure I've mentioned in a prior podcast, and that is that modernists [ 497 → 502] love questions but hate answers. They love confusion, [ 502 → 511] and hate clarity. They love doubt, and hate certainty. Their task is, unlike that of the [ 511 → 522] precursor, to make straight paths crooked and to point away from God to man. To see how not only [ 522 → 530] unacceptable but also foolish Francis' words are, just consider the purpose of asking questions. [ 530 → 532] Any sincerely [ 532 → 538] asked question, not rhetorical questions, of course, or questions asked for the sake of being [ 538 → 544] polite or whatever, but any sincere question expresses a search for knowledge of some kind. [ 544 → 552] You ask because you seek to know. And the whole point of asking is to receive answers. [ 553 → 560] If I ask someone, where can I get something to drink? I want to get an answer. That is why I'm [ 560 → 560] asking. [ 560 → 567] Now, I don't quite know what to do with Bergoglio's remark that God loves questions. [ 568 → 575] Certainly, God loves it when we seriously and genuinely seek the truth, and that obviously [ 575 → 583] involves asking questions. But asking questions is only a means to an end, the end being knowledge. [ 584 → 590] Just as God created the human will to love what is good, so he created the human intellect, [ 590 → 600] the mind to know what is true. Any exercise of the intellect that frustrates this end is a perversion [ 600 → 609] of the faculty of reasoning. Ultimately, all human beings are created to know God in the [ 609 → 616] beatific vision. To prefer questions over answers is to prefer the means to the end, [ 616 → 620] the journey to the destination. It is to prefer, [ 620 → 627] the way out of Egypt over the promised land. It is to prefer the journey to Bethlehem over the [ 627 → 635] Christ child, the way to the cross over the Lord on that cross. It is to prefer salvation history [ 635 → 643] to salvation itself. It is to prefer the journey to God over the possession of God. [ 644 → 650] The modernist does not believe in objective truth and thinks there is nothing really [ 650 → 657] for the human mind to know, and so he hates answers, especially answers that are objective, [ 657 → 664] clear, and certain. And what could be more objective and clear and certain than infallible [ 664 → 673] dogma? That is why modernists hate dogma, except, of course, their own dogma. Oh yes, [ 674 → 680] they have their own dogma, even if they don't realize it, because the human mind was made for [ 680 → 688] truth and it cannot escape dogma. See, even the modernist, who basically holds that nothing is [ 688 → 695] objective or clear or certain, even he obviously believes that at least that much is objective, [ 696 → 704] clear, and certain. So Pope Francis, as usual, spoke nonsense to these youngsters, [ 704 → 707] and quite dangerous nonsense to boot. [ 710 → 718] Closed and questions are open. That's right. That's exactly why we seek answers to our [ 718 → 726] questions. So our search for truth can be closed. See, there is nothing inherently great about being [ 726 → 734] open. Francis makes it seem like open is good and closed is bad. Well, you know, it all depends. [ 734 → 740] If I'm trying to get out of a room, a door that is open is a good thing because it allows [ 740 → 746] me to leave. But if I'm in my car, standing at a stoplight, and some creep shows up trying to get [ 746 → 754] in, I want those doors to be closed. Now, as for the human mind, it is good for it to be open [ 754 → 761] if it has not yet attained to truth. But even there, you want your mind only to be open [ 761 → 766] for that which can help it attain to truth and not what can mislead it. [ 767 → 770] And once you have attained to definitive truth, [ 770 → 775] you want that mind to be closed. And I mean rigidly closed. [ 776 → 778] Now, Francis said, quote, [ 778 → 794] And that's in St. John's Gospel, chapter 1, verse 38. Yes, our Lord did ask that, [ 794 → 799] but he asked it because he wanted the two disciples to answer it. [ 799 → 805] Not that he didn't know what they were looking for. He, being God, knew very well what was in [ 805 → 812] their hearts, but he wanted them to express what was on their minds. And what do you know? [ 812 → 818] The disciples did, in fact, answer our Lord's question, and they answered it right in the very [ 818 → 825] same verse, verse 38. Their answer was itself in the form of a question. They said, [ 825 → 828] Rabbi, where dwellest thou? [ 829 → 836] Where do you live? They wanted to know where our Lord was staying, and our Lord extended this [ 836 → 843] beautiful invitation to them in verse 38, come and see. That is what he responded. [ 844 → 852] The ultimate answer to humanity's questions is Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth, [ 852 → 859] and the life. Knowing him, being united to him, together with the Father, [ 859 → 867] and the Holy Ghost, is the final end of our existence. And he is also the means to that end, [ 868 → 871] since without him we could not possibly obtain it. [ 873 → 882] St. Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2.4 that God will have all men to be saved and to come to the [ 882 → 889] knowledge of the truth. Yes, questions are fine, because without them you cannot arrive [ 889 → 897] to the answers. Knowledge of the truth, though, is the goal, not a perpetual inquiring. [ 898 → 903] The words of our blessed Lord in St. Luke's Gospel, chapter 11, verse 52, [ 904 → 907] could also be applied to Francis. Here's what our Lord said, [ 907 → 915] Woe to you, lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered [ 915 → 919] in, and those that were entering in you have. [ 919 → 927] So, this is quite a serious matter. You see, he who does not know what he ought to know [ 927 → 934] is ignorant. And he who seeks to know, but for one reason or another does not succeed in finding [ 934 → 941] the truth, is to be pitied. But he who has arrived at the truth and then spurns it, [ 941 → 945] and tells others to do the same, is evil. [ 946 → 949] Tradcast Express is a production of Novo. [ 949 → 954] Novos Ordo Watch. Check us out at tradcast.org, and if you like what we're doing, [ 955 → 960] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution at novosordowatch.org.