Day: December 10, 2017

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 ROME — In one of the feasts and celebrations marked 
on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar leading up to Christmas, 
Catholics around the world observed the Feast of Immaculate Conception 
on Friday, a day in which those who follow the religion commemorate 
their belief that Mary was conceived in her mother Anne’s womb without 
original sin.

Jorge Bergoglio, also known as Pope Francis, delivered an Angelus
address, during which he claimed that the angel Gabriel’s reference to
Mary as being “full of grace” meant that there was no sin in her. Most Bible translations use the phrase “highly favored,” while a few use “full of grace.”
Through this wording, Gabriel “reveals the new name which God has
given her and which befits her more than the one given by her parents,”
Bergoglio asserted, according to a report by Vatican Radio.
He said that being “full of grace” meant that “Mary [was] full of the presence of God.”

“And if she is entirely pervaded by God, there is no place in her for
sin,” Bergoglio claimed. “This is extraordinary, because unfortunately
the whole world is contaminated by evil.”
“She is the only ‘always green oasis’ of humanity, the only
uncontaminated one, created immaculate so that she could welcome fully,
with her ‘yes,’ God who was coming into the world,” he continued,
echoing the 163-year-old doctrine.
An article penned by Dave Armstrong in April for the National Catholic Register entitled “Scripture, Through an Angel, Reveals That Mary Was Sinless”
outlines that “Catholics believe that God gave [Mary] the grace at her
conception so as to avoid the original sin which she inevitably would
have inherited, being human, but for God’s preventive grace, which saved
her from falling into the pit of sin by avoidance rather than rescue
after she had fallen in.”

And because Mary had no sin, she did not age by it, Bergoglio claimed. As previously reported,
Roman Catholics also believe that Mary did not die, but was assumed
into Heaven, both body and soul. The “Feast of Assumption” is observed
every August by adherents to the religion.

The figure of Mary atop the Column of Immaculate ConceptionBergoglio later visited Rome’s Piazza de Spagna, where he presented a prayer
to Mary before a sculpture that was commissioned in 1857 by Pius IX.
The figure, which rests atop the lofty Column of Immaculate Conception,
was created by Giuseppe Obici, and shows Mary stomping the head of a
serpent.
“Immaculate Mother, for the fifth time I come to your feet as bishop
of Rome to pay you homage on behalf of all the inhabitants of this
city,” Bergoglio prayed. “We want to thank you for the constant
care with which you accompany us on our journey. … Thank you, because as
soon as we turn our thoughts or a fleeting glance towards you, or
recite a quick Hail Mary, we feel your maternal presence, tender and
strong.”
He referenced Alphonse Ratisbonne, who, according to Catholic legend,
saw a vision of Mary in 1842 and converted from atheism. Bergoglio
visited the Church of St. Andrew on Friday, where Mary is stated to have
appeared to Ratisbonne.
“You revealed yourself to him as a mother of grace and mercy. Grant
that we too, especially in times of trial and temptation, may fix our
gaze on your open hands, hands that allow the Lord’s graces to fall upon
the earth,” Bergoglio stated.
“[L]et us place our hand in yours and allow ourselves to be led back
to Jesus, our Brother and Savior, and to our Heavenly Father, who never
tires of waiting for us and forgiving us when we return to Him,” he
concluded. “Thank you, mother, for always listening to us! Bless the
Church that is in Rome. Bless this city and the whole world. Amen.”
As previously reported,
the concept of the immaculate conception was declared by Pope Pius IX
on December 8, 1854, who issued a proclamation ex cathedra claiming that
it had been revealed to him by God that Mary was conceived without sin.
“We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that
the blessed virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a
singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the
merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind, was preserved immaculate
from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore
should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful,” he said.
While many Catholics observe the feast day by attending mass,
evangelicals believe that the doctrine is unbiblical and takes the focus
off Christ.

Gendron“To
suggest that Mary was conceived without sin because she was greeted as a
‘favored one’ is absurd and nonsensical,” Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries told Christian News Network.
“As in many religious traditions that deny or oppose God’s word, the
immaculate conception of Mary denies the sinfulness of all humanity,” he
stated. “It all begins with Adam who was our federal head and
represented all of humanity. When he sinned, ‘sin entered into the
world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because
all sinned’ (Rom. 5:12). His one sin resulted in condemnation to all
men, including Mary (Rom. 5:18). Through his one act of disobedience,
his descendants, including Mary, were made sinners (Rom. 5:19).”
Gendron noted that the doctrine of “immaculate conception” has
“spawned other heresies about Mary” as well, and has distorted the true
Mary of the Scriptures.
“In 1950, the pope declared Mary’s body was assumed into Heaven
because she lived a sinless life,” he outlined. “The Catechism teaches
that Mary was sinless and continues to bring us the gifts of salvation.
It teaches that she was the cause of salvation for herself and the whole
human race and she will deliver souls from death. She is said to be
co-mediator with Jesus in Heaven, which makes her an another way to
approach God. Catholics refer to her as the Mother of God and she
bestows aid and comfort to the people of the world.”
But “Mary is no more the mother of God than Joseph is the father of Jesus,” Gendron said.
He contrasted the Mary of the Roman Catholic religion with the one mentioned at times in the New Testament.
“Scripture has very little to say about Mary. When she appears with
the other believers on the day of Pentecost, she’s not an object of
worship or even a leader in the early Church,” Gendron noted. “There are
no occasions of anyone ever praying to her, honoring her or venerating
her. She is never mentioned in any presentation of the gospel.”
“Jesus Christ alone is our Redeemer, Deliverer, Mediator and
Advocate. He alone is to be worshiped, adored, honored and praised now
and throughout all eternity!” he declared.
Being a former Roman Catholic of 30 years, Gendron expressed his
desire that Catholics would examine every papal doctrine in light of
Scripture and repent of what he called Mariolatry, or placing Mary on
too high a pedestal, making an idol of her.
“God’s word exposes the many errors of the Catholic religion,” he
said. “As the federal head and representative of all humans, Adam’s act
of sin was considered by God to be the act of all people and his penalty
of his sin was judicially made the penalty for all. Paul explains it
this way: When Adam sinned, ‘sin entered into the world, and death
through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned’ (Rom.
5:12). His one sin resulted in condemnation to all men, including Mary
(Rom. 5:18). Through his one act of disobedience, his descendants,
including Mary, were made sinners (Rom. 5:19).”

 

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Roman Catholicism is essentially a necromantic death cult, praying to
the dead, worshiping a dead woman, and collecting decapitated and
dismembered body parts to hold in sacred veneration.

They have vials of Mary’s breast milk (it’s been pasteurized,
apparently), St. Janarius’ blood, Saint Catherine of Sienna’s head, the
foreskin of Christ, Saint Antonius’ body, the heart of Saint Camillus,
the hand of Saint Teresa, the tongue and jaw of Saint Anthony, and
everything but the feet of Saint Peter. All of these are either on
traveling display or enshrined in a religious pilgrim tourist trap, and
hold special religious power or blessings (and occasionally indulgences)
for going to see them. But sometimes, the dismembered body parts come
to us.
The severed hand of Saint Francis Xavier will be making a 14-city
tour of Canada from January 3 to February 2. It will be traveling
with Angèle Regnier, who says the adventure “will be like having a road
trip with a friend.” On flights, the hand will have its own seat next to
Regnier.
Describing Xavier, CBC Radio quotes Regnier:

According to the Papists, the hand of Xavier hasn’t rotted as quickly
as a normal hand, meaning that it’s a supernatural sign of God’s
preservation. Pictures of the hand, however, demonstrate that the
supposed preservation is still pretty gross.

How would you like to sit next to this thing on a plane?

According to Catholic lore, Francis Xavier was discipled in faith by
the founder of the Jesuit Order, Ignatius Loyola. He died in 1552 in
India, but for the sake of relic-hunting (which was – and still is – a
big revenue developer), his arm was taken from his (supposed) grave
later in the 17th century.
Reiner says, “So somehow the agreement was made for the arm to go to
the Mother Church in Rome. It’s his right arm, so it’s the arm that he
would have use to baptize and heal and, you know, done amazing things
with.”
If you want to use the hand’s journey through Canada as an opportunity to preach the Gospel to idolaters, here is its schedule:

• Jan. 3: Quebec City.
• Jan. 5: St John’s.
• Jan. 7: Halifax.
• Jan. 8: Antigonish, N.S.
• Jan. 10: Kingston, Ont.
• Jan. 12-14: Toronto.
• Jan. 16: Winnipeg.
• Jan. 18: Saskatoon.
• Jan. 20: Regina.
• Jan. 21-22: Calgary.
• Jan. 24-25: Vancouver.
• Jan. 27: Victoria.
• Jan. 29-30: Montreal.
• Feb. 2: Ottawa.

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In the year 1095, Pope Urban II ordered the first invasion of Israel,
calling on all the Christians of Europe to physically take back the
Promised Land by force. He famously shouted, concerning their reclaiming
of Jerusalem from the Muslim hordes, “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
Thus would begin the first of seven military invasions over the next 200
years known as the Crusades. You can find that speech here.

Here’s an except of Pope Urban II’s remarks about Jerusalem…

From the confines of Jerusalem and the city of
Constantinople a horrible tale has gone forth and very frequently has
been brought to our ears, namely, that a race from the kingdom of the
Persians, an accursed race, a race utterly alienated from God, a
generation forsooth which has not directed its heart and has not
entrusted its spirit to God, has invaded the lands of those Christians
and has depopulated them by the sword, pillage and fire; it has led away
a part of the captives into its own country, and a part it has
destroyed by cruel tortures; it has either entirely destroyed the
churches of God or appropriated them for the rites of its own religion.
They destroy the altars, after having defiled them with their
uncleanness. They circumcise the Christians, and the blood of the
circumcision they either spread upon the altars or pour into the vases
of the baptismal font. When they wish to torture people by a base death,
they perforate their navels, and dragging forth the extremity of the
intestines, bind it to a stake; then with flogging they lead the victim
around until the viscera having gushed forth the victim falls prostrate
upon the ground. Others they bind to a post and pierce with arrows.
Others they compel to extend their necks and then, attacking them with
naked swords, attempt to cut through the neck with a single blow. What
shall I say of the abominable rape of the women? To speak of it is worse
than to be silent. The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them
and deprived of territory so vast in extent that it can not be
traversed in a march of two months. On whom therefore is the labor of
avenging these wrongs and of recovering this territory incumbent, if not
upon you? You, upon whom above other nations God has conferred
remarkable glory in arms, great courage, bodily activity, and strength
to humble the hairy scalp of those who resist you.

So then, because of the “accursed race” and “race utterly alienated
from God” (the Arabs), Pope Urban II said it was the duty of western
Christians to help their eastern counterparts take back Jerusalem from
the Persians.
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced, “I have determined
that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel.” By recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city, Trump announced
that the world’s (arguably) greatest superpower recognized Jerusalem as
a city belonging to Israel, and not a city belonging to the
non-sovereign territory known fallaciously as “Palestine.”
The Pope – along with most world leaders – denounced Trump’s decision
to specify that Jerusalem belonged to Israel and not to Palestine. Pope
Francis said…

“Jerusalem
is a unique city, sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, where the
Holy Places for the respective religions are venerated, and it has a
special vocation to peace.”

 

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Roman Catholics are preparing to pray the rosary in a program they
have called “Rosary on the Borders” in order to protect the United
States from terrorism. The prayer initiative is taken from the Rosary on
the Borders in Poland, in which Papists gathered on the two thousand
mile border and prayed for protection of their nation last October. Now,
American Catholics will gather to pray the superstitious incantation of
the rosary to their false god.
The name of the Romish organization putting together the prayer
initiative is called USA Rosary on the Coasts and Borders, and they
acknowledge that America’s massive national borders will be much harder
to literally cover, as they were able to do in Poland. By comparison to
Poland’s two thousand miles of border, the United States has a northern
border of nearly 4 thousand miles, a southern border of nearly 2
thousand miles, and over 98 thousand miles of coastline. Nonetheless,
the Papists say that they will create “a prayer shield by
representation.” They are asking for only 53 Roman Catholics –
representing U.S. states and territories – to put the prayer shield in
place that will provide divine power to protect America. source link
The goal, according to an organizer, is “to ask Our Lady to save the
USA from Islamic jihad, from the denial of the Christian faith, and for
an end of abortion.” So, in other words, they’re praying to a dead
woman. In fact, the date of December 12 was chosen as the day of prayer
because it coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which
celebrates the only apparition of Mary in the New World pronounced
authentic by the Catholic Church (which took place at the Villa de
Guadalupe in 1531).
Patricia Lemmon, who is putting together the prayer initiative, said,
“So the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, victor of Lepanto, seems the
ordained date for America to link with Poland…Thus we will jointly block
jihad and embrace faith and life.”
Roman Catholics take the same idolatrous, superstitious approach to
ministering at abortion clinics, as they typically stand on the street
mumbling their prayers to their dead woman. While their faith is
commendable, the object of their faith is an idol, and cannot justify or
make any eternal or temporal difference.
They have set up a link to help organize the Marian prayer shield here. For why the rosary and prayers to Mary are idolatry, click here.