Post by Eric Gajewski on Oct 23, 2016 14:18:29 GMT
TradCatKnight: Fr. Campbell, "Called to be Saints and Martyrs"
The parable of the bad seed growing alongside the good does not surprise us, because we know very well that there are bad people in the world along with the good. However, Jesus is not talking about the world, but about the Church. Within the field of the Church herself, the devil has planted his bad seed, of which Judas is the prototype: “And during the supper, the devil… already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him…” (Jn.13:2).
Of course, Our Lord was not just talking about apostolic times, but about the Church in every age, until the harvest, which is perhaps very near. But if the “weeds” have not yet been gathered into bundles to burn, that means they are still among us, plotting their evil schemes to ensnare the innocent, and provoking revolution.
“How then does it have weeds?” There is a revolution within the Church. A revolution is the complete overthrow of the former order and the establishment of a new one. Such was the French Revolution of 1789, which overthrew the monarchy and the Church in France, executing the rightful and innocent king and queen, thousands of bishops, priests, and religious, and hundreds of thousands of innocent French citizens. The revolutionaries have taken control of the major offices and functions within the Church from the top down, and their aim is to ultimately destroy the Holy Catholic Church. But are we going to be intimidated and slink away like cowards, letting them take over the Church completely? I think not!
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2016/10/fr-campbell-called-to-be-saints-and.html#more
The parable of the bad seed growing alongside the good does not surprise us, because we know very well that there are bad people in the world along with the good. However, Jesus is not talking about the world, but about the Church. Within the field of the Church herself, the devil has planted his bad seed, of which Judas is the prototype: “And during the supper, the devil… already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him…” (Jn.13:2).
Of course, Our Lord was not just talking about apostolic times, but about the Church in every age, until the harvest, which is perhaps very near. But if the “weeds” have not yet been gathered into bundles to burn, that means they are still among us, plotting their evil schemes to ensnare the innocent, and provoking revolution.
“How then does it have weeds?” There is a revolution within the Church. A revolution is the complete overthrow of the former order and the establishment of a new one. Such was the French Revolution of 1789, which overthrew the monarchy and the Church in France, executing the rightful and innocent king and queen, thousands of bishops, priests, and religious, and hundreds of thousands of innocent French citizens. The revolutionaries have taken control of the major offices and functions within the Church from the top down, and their aim is to ultimately destroy the Holy Catholic Church. But are we going to be intimidated and slink away like cowards, letting them take over the Church completely? I think not!
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2016/10/fr-campbell-called-to-be-saints-and.html#more