THE FIGHT IS UPON US

I see two ways for those of us that hold to true Catholic teaching to fight this "cancer". Both involve radical surgery.

1) As I've stated over the last few days the Pope needs to kick the bums out. He should start at the top. Any Bishop that is not towing the line when it comes to authentic Catholic teaching and Doctrine needs to be removed from office. If they choose to remain priests they need to be assigned duties that will absolutely restrain them from corrupting the teachings of the Church. Since this is probably impossible and because in many cases their own words and actions may have automatically excommunicated them, remove them from the priesthood, give them their walking papers and send them on their way. I'm sure that the political relationships they've cultivated will come in handy when looking for work.

As far as the laity goes; if a person has publicly or privately strayed from the Church on issues such as abortion, "social justice" or any other number of issues give them the chance to repent. Those that have strayed publicly and from positions of power and influence need to recant their positions publicly and show, to the public, due respect and submission to the authority and truth of Church teaching. As part of their penance they need to begin to undo the damage they have done. If they refuse; excommunication.

2) If we can't get the leadership to begin the process of curing the "cancer" we'll have to do it ourselves. Groups of Catholics, loyal to the Pope and the Church, need to begin to assemble. We need Bishops that will join us and parishes that we can call our own. We can begin to put pressure on the Vatican from the ground up.

I'm not talking about an SSPX style movement outside the Church but something kept within the family. The protections of Christ in Matthew 16:18 apply directly to the offices of Pope and Bishop. We must stay with Peter. To stray from the chair is to invite heresy. Look at how quickly Luther's actions began the chain of disobedience that resulted in the formation of creed after creed, church after church.

Doing this will require Bishops of great wisdom, strength and leadership. It would also require the absolute protection of the Holy Spirit. This is a potentially destructive and dangerous undertaking, fraught with temptation to assume authority were it doesn't belong. The leaders of this movement would need incredible boldness and Christ like humility. A rare combination, to be sure.

These are the times that try men's souls. We, the people, are being asked to stand up, both in our political lives and our faith lives. This isn't a coincidence. This is part of a process; a winnowing, separating the wheat from the chaff. Everything we have known is changing; radically.

We can no longer stand by and hope that others will take up the cross; it's our turn. We either accept our responsibility or evil will triumph. It's that simple.

Simplicity is the key. The bad guys keep trying to muddy the waters, making things sound so complex and confusing that most people believe they can't possibly understand what's going on. But it isn't. These issues are issues of natural law. That's why you feel them in your gut. The leaders of the physical world and the spiritual have offended God and His law.

"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Declaration of Independence

It is not only our right but our responsibility to stand up and set the world aright. In the end, the people are the last, best hope. We have the authority from God himself because we have the right to freedom, which came from God. We are obligated by the right to defend freedom whenever it is under assault. We are also given the right to truth and because of this, we are obligated to speak the truth and protect it.

Nobody is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. Our actions will cause the heavens to open and the power of God will rush to our cause.

"Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth.

And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?"
Luke 11: 8-14

So we must act, for to posses our rights to freedom and truth we are obligated to work for them.

"For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10