Unless you spend all week watching the coverage from EWTN and listening to Sacred Heart Radio, this has the potential to be a really annoying week. I’m sure that all the media outlets, probably even Fox will be going to the usual suspects, the so-called “experts,” the MacBrien’s et al. who will expound all the faults of the Church and its imminent demise if we do not catch up with the progressively enlightened 21st century. The NY Times today says that the people want the Pope to acknowledge the crisis of faith. What the dim-witted illuminati in the media seem to be missing is that he is already doing so.
When there is a “crisis,” people need to regain their identity, and to do that they need to go back to the sources of the faith. Deus Caritas Est and Spe Salvi, do just that. The recovery of the TLM and an emphasis on the sacredness of the sacramental mysteries is another attempt. The flock (and even sometimes the shepherds) has listened to the thieves and liars and found themselves beaten, bloodied and thrown by the side of the road. The Bishop of Rome has come to remind the flock and the shepherds of this country that the only way to heaven is fidelity to Jesus Christ, manifested in the Gospels and expounded on in Apostlic Tradition. This is the same Jesus Christ that becomes present on every altar during the celebration of the Mass and present in every Tabernacle of every Catholic Church. Peter has come to strengthen the brethren in the faith, because they have been sifted like wheat by trying to fit into this diseased culture rather than praying and working for its healing by confronting it head on with the Gospel.
We need to pray this week that while everyone is gawking at the spectacle, they may take the time to listen to his words of hope and his challenge to live a constant witness to Christ. If that happens, we may not get so annoyed.
Please pray for all priests and seminarians and support Sacred Heart Radio.
