Honestly Carol, I'm afraid I don't know what to think at this point. I do think a vacation away from the Vatican is a great suggestion, it would be wonderful for PEB. I do hope someone steps up to the plate to make this happen.
Was there ever an explanation about how Pope Benedict got that black eye? Does anyone remember if an explanation was offered? The cat is out of the bag now for us to know that Pope Benedict will not approve of non-celibate priests and women deacons. He was able to let us know that. Good for him and God bless him. I have anxiety thinking about the future and wondering if my bishop will go in lock-step with Pope Francis on this new exhortation.
PRAYER OF POPE LEO XIII PRAY THIS AT THE END OF YOUR ROSARIES To thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our afflictions, and, after imploring the help of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that affection which united thee to the Immaculate, Virgin Mother of God, and by the fatherly love with which thou didst embrace the Infant Jesus, look down, we beseech thee, with gracious eyes on the precious inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His blood, and help us in our necessities by thy power and aid. Protect, O most provident guardian of the Holy Family, the elect children of Jesus Christ; ward off from us, O most loving father, all plagues of errors and depravity; be propitious to us from Heaven, O most powerful protector, in this our struggle with the powers of darkness; and as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from the greatest peril to His life, so now defend God's holy Church from the snares of the enemy and all adversity. Finally, shield every one of us with thy patronage, that, imitating thy example and strengthened by thy help, we may live a holy life, die a happy death, and attain to everlasting life. Amen.
My poor Dad, rest his soul in peace, lived to be 93 and was continually falling on his face. So this could be a sign of falling or something more sinister. We just don't know.
" the priesthood of Jesus Christ makes us enter a life that consists of becoming one with him and giving up everything that belongs only to us. This is the foundation for the priests of the necessity of single." Pope Benedict XVI " the coordination of married men would deprive the young churches, in the course of evangelization, of this experience of the presence and visit of Christ delivered and given in the person of the single priest. The pastoral drama would be immense. It would lead to a loss of evangelization. " " Cardinal Robert Sarah #DesProfondeursDeNosCoeurs
Wow! Go to the link and listen to Zmirak’s comments in the video! https://gloria.tv/post/48dNR1GUtnecAnY9zH166Eum4?fbclid=IwAR3MDv3GibJkFUbct1iZ6JqfURfeEmXIxeBgEgn5KcJV_gK8QMCg0DOs5TI
So ... rhetorical question... do you all think there are any former MOG members who still persist in explaining away our grave concerns about this pope?
FatimaPilgrim, I went to the link you provided. I don't know if everyone will actually read the link (as I know there are times when I don't go to the links because of time restraints) but I think it is important to place on the forum so that all may read it and discern for themselves. So I've posted it below. I hope you don't mind. Thank you for the link. The Real Reason Folks Want You To Ignore Benedict's Situation Posted byMichaelJanuary 16, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Abuse, Benedict, Elder Abuse, Gänswein, Hostage, Pope, Vigano, Whistle Blower “The Supreme Shepherd and Vicar of Christ on Earth, who, being a prisoner in the Vatican… in that greatest crisis of the Church, he who is obligated to speak in due time will remain silent.” Our Lady of Good Success (approved) Ever wonder why even good Catholics, men and women you respect, sometimes irrationally and hostilely reject any possibility that Benedict’s resignation might have been coerced, and that he may not be a free man? To be sure, there are myriad reasons. The biggest one I see is pride. Actually, being attached to any sin will do it, but pride is the biggest culprit. See 2 Thessolians 2:10-11. I’ve written quite a lot on social media about the blinding spirit of the age, but that’s not the topic of this post. Let’s think about this for a minute. Consider this scenario: Suppose your elderly father, grandfather, or any dear loved one had hired a live-in nurse or assistant. Suppose further that this beloved family member (we’ll call him “grandpa” for the sake of clarity) was always loving, communicative, and sharp when you would visit, and often called you up in between visits. Then, one day, that all stops. Suddenly when you call, grandpa no longer answers the phone, Mr. Nurse does. When you ask to speak with grandpa, he says “grandpa is sleeping. How can I help you?” When you visit, grandpa is out of it, and seems more lethargic and slow than the normal decline for his age or health. When you ask grandpa to go to lunch, he asks Mr. Nurse for permission. When you ask grandpa to visit for Christmas, he says he’ll talk to Mr. Nurse and get back to you. When you ask Mr. Nurse how grandpa is doing, he tells you grandpa is doing great. When you visit with grandpa, Mr. Nurse sits there monitoring everything grandpa says. Then, you find out that Mr. Nurse had an attorney transfer all of grandpa’s property, and all of your inheritance, to Mr. Nurse. You further learn that Mr. Nurse went to probate court and became grandpa’s “legal guardian,” and has taken over all of grandpa’s ability to make legal decisions. When you make legal inquiries, you learn that grandpa was deemed of sound mind and body, and had competently “agreed” to all of these things, but none of it seems right. This is the classic fact pattern of what’s called an “elder abuse” case. Does it sound familiar? Now, let’s add to the fact pattern. Suppose, grandpa is looking increasingly unkempt and malnourished, and even is showing some signs that he might be getting abused. Nevertheless, when you make inquiries, Mr. Nurse says grandpa is in fantastic health, and is surprisingly lucid for his age. When you ask to speak with grandpa, Mr. Nurse says he can’t come to the phone right now. Suppose further that you find out that the nurse who now owns all of your grandfather’s things and inheritance is a horrible, horrible person. I mean really shockingly bad. So bad that it’s embarrassing to say it out loud, because it just sounds too outlandish. You learn that he’s destroying all of grandpa’s life’s work and charitable organizations. Terminating his company’s employees. Changing his mission statement. In fact, he’s doing things that can only be described as evil, like allowing cocaine infused homosexual orgies (see also here, and here) and pagan ceremonies to take place in grandpa’s house.
Continued... Nevertheless, when you complain, even people you respect call you a crazy conspiracist. They say that Mr. Nurse would never do such a thing. That grandpa is lucid and agreed to all of this. That everything is fine, and you should trust Mr. Nurse. Then one day, grandpa sends you a letter that slightly disagrees with something Mr. Nurse is doing, and Mr. Nurse changes his tune. Suddenly grandpa’s health is not fine. He sleeps all day. His mind is going. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s being manipulated by other nurses who dislike Mr. Nurse. You should shut up and trust Mr. Nurse. I’m obviously talking about Pope Benedict XVI. Do I know for certain that Pope Benedict is being coerced and abused? Of course not. I’m not there. Also, the entire world media and, unfortunately, the Catholic Church are trying to convince us that is not true. Meanwhile, Pope Benedict is locked up firmly behind Vatican walls, and all information to and from him is tightly controlled. But many of us have long suspected it. We’ve caught the Vatican lying about him. We’ve heard them put words into his mouth that sound nothing like him. We’ve caught the Vatican press office photoshopping his letters. Recently, we saw that Archbishop Gänswein was lying about Pope Benedict, presumably at Bergoglio’s instruction. Now, today, we have Archbishop Vigano, the hero of our age, blowing yet another whistle. Vigano informs us with certainty that Gänswein is as creepy as we suspected, and is Pope Benedict’s “handler.” Archbishop Vigano writes: “It is time to reveal the control that has been abusively and systematically exercised by Abp. Gänswein towards the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI, ever since the beginning of his pontificate.” Read that letter, please. Read everything Vigano writes. Start here, and learn that this began well before Benedict’s “resignation.” Let’s get back to the original question: “Ever wonder why even good Catholics, men and women you respect, sometimes irrationally and hostilely reject any possibility that Benedict’s resignation might have been coerced, and that he may not be a free man?” I suggest to you that one answer to this question is that this situation requires action. NOW. So long as this is all a conspiracy theory, we can sit on our butts and hypothesize about it, without injuring our reputations, income, or putting our lives at risk. If you knew Mr. Nurse was (probably) drugging, and abusing grandpa and stealing your inheritance, what would you do? Probably resort to the legal system, right? Well, what if another nurse came to you and said that he saw Mr. Nurse doing it the day after you caught Mr. Nurse lying about grandpa? You’d go get grandpa the hell out of there, if you’re not a pathetic coward with no love in his heart. We’ve long suspected that Pope Benedict might be getting coerced, abused, and lied about. We prayed for the Magisterium to undertake legal options to remedy the situation. But this week we learned that it is almost certainly true that Pope Benedict XVI is basically a hostage, that legal options are impotent, and the magisterium is unwilling to help. Bishop Gänswein is lying about Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict does not appear to be free, and we have one of the last, if not the last, trustworthy bishop in the world telling all of us that the Pope is under Gänswein’s (and therefore Bergoglio’s) systematic abusive control, and that he has witnessed it. Read that again, friends. The only bishop who has put it all on the line for truth, and therefore the only man who we know for certain we can trust, is telling us that Pope Benedict XVI has been subject to systematic abusive control “ever since the beginning of his pontificate.” I’ve been angry about this for years. But after that, I’m spitting nails. I can’t type what I want to say. I want these <censored> away from my Pope, today. This instant. How dare they. We need to rescue Pope Benedict XVI, and we need to do it now. This is the only acceptable response left to us, and this is the exact reason so many people do not want to talk about this situation: it demands action. We simply must act. Make no mistake, friends, this is worth dying over. This is about Christ’s Bride on Earth, and His Vicar. The debate about the validity of Benedict’s resignation is completely irrelevant at this point. We need Benedict XVI himself to address us, and he needs to be hundreds of miles away from the creepy bastards in the Vatican when he does. I’m ready, eager even, to die for my faith and for what is right, and I know there are other men out there like me. But going to the Vatican alone and banging on the doors is just going to get us arrested and potentially hurt while accomplishing nothing. We need a movement, and we need one fast. Let’s build it, so that we can storm the castle, and get Pope Benedict XVI to safety before Ash Wednesday, preferably with the assistance of the Italian authorities. Folks, don’t let the bastards gaslight you. It was always perfectly acceptable to want to be given proof that Pope Benedict XVI is ok, and being treated well. Now it’s mandatory, and it’s worth dying for. Benedict must be freed from the gestapo, immediately. Let’s get started. Let’s make some noise. We can begin by using these hash tags to get them trending. #FreePopeBenedict #RescueB16 In the meantime, let’s also not forget to pray for the Holy Father. The following link gives some good reasons why we must, as well as many helpful resources. https://fromrome.info/2019/12/19/join-the-league-of-prayer-for-pope-benedict-xvi/ Ave Maria P.S. Frail 90-year old men don’t fall down and hurt (only) their eye, as the Vatican claims in the link below. If Benedict XVI fell hard enough to give himself a black eye, it sure seems like his shoulder, neck, and head should have been X-Rayed, don’t you think? They think you’re stupid.
don’t let pride creep in, brother. It’s just as deadly as what is upon us. I know it’s hard. I’m a sinner telling you not to, but let it go. We all know, now
I know. But don’t take that blog for more than what it is and why I posted it was to show another soul asking the same questions, and more importantly expressing the same fears we have. Keep the Faith. It’s all we have....and it’s quite enough
Well, we still don’t know exactly how he got the black eye. But yes, he should have had medical attention.
It’s not pride. I honestly wonder if Joe C, Davidtlg and others who shook the dust from their sandals at us as they left are still explaining away what we’re seeing with our own eyes and hearing with our own ears. If so, how/why?
I get emails. Believe me nothings changed. Rock solid. Not an inch. Francis is fine, nothing to worry about. Stop attacking him. Baffling.
