Post Synodal Pontifications: II

ConcernIf we were paying attention to the Church, if we were listening and watching. Our concern may have began the moment the Holy Father stepped out onto the balcony. The vestments or the absence thereof, and his call to the faithful to give him a blessing signaled a new direction. Like every good Catholic, hopefully we prayed for the Holy Father and his intentions and we sought to trust in him and the Church. We should still be offering our rosary for him daily! We can keep praying for that and we ought to. Nevertheless, rational men cannot deny that there were red flags leading up to the council. Certainly there were many troubling things that were done and said. But, perhaps the most troubling of them all was the prominent podium given to Cardinal Walter Kasper.  Cardinal Kasper immediately seized the moment and began to speak of divorcing praxis from dogma. Truth from practice. The divorced and remarried he said ought to be able to receive communion. There is a great deal of trouble with his premise. First, it denies Christ's declaration in Matthew 19 that Marriage is indissoluble. It presumes that "regret" is enough for the dissolution of a supernatural bond between a man and a woman. By presenting "regret" as the foundation for this dissolution, he implies that Jesus was harsh or rigid. He implies in fact, that Jesus may have been wrong about the indissolubility of marriage. Of course he has not said these things, but, in suggesting that "regret" can be a good reason for dissolving and contracting a second marriage, the implication is that Jesus words not to be taken literally. This was not the position of the disciples to Our Lord, their response was rather, "Lord if this is so, it is better for a man not to marry." They seemed to take it literally. Yet, Cardinal Kasper when pressed on this question has suggested that to hold the position that Jesus taught in Mt. 19, is to be a rigid "fundamentalist." He aggressively asserts that the position of Christ is not "Catholic." When asked about communion for the divorced and remarried he lacks clarity:“Christians who want to live by faith with the Church, who acknowledge that they have made ​​mistakes by the breaking of the first marriage, which they also regret - for them it should be a way back fully to participate in Christian and ecclesial life.” Cardinal Walter KasperCatholics in full communion with the Church are the only people who ought to be receiving the Eucharist. Yes, Catholics are "christians," however, for modernists, these lines are blurred. It should be noted that simply "breaking" a first marriage does not preclude anyone from receiving holy communion. Contracting a second marriage, when the first is still valid, now that precludes a Catholic from remaining in full communion with the Church and therefore, from receiving holy Communion. You cannot participate fully in ecclesial life, simply because you have "regret." Living in a perpetual state of adultery is not rectified by having regret. Either the Cardinal knows that or he is not competent to maintain his position as Cardinal. Either way the moment this became public we should have all been very concerned for the Synod on the family. Because he was thrust into this position by the Holy Father, himself. In fact, in speaking of Cardinal Kasper the Holy Father, suggested that he was unable to sleep:"Yesterday, before falling asleep, though not to fall asleep, I read, or re-read, Cardinal Kasper’s remarks. I would like to thank him, because I found a deep theology, and serene thoughts in theology. It is nice to read serene theology. It did me well and I had an idea, and excuse me if I embarrass Your Eminence, but the idea is: this is called doing theology while kneeling. Thank you. Thank you.”Concern? "serene theology" is that theology which departs from the living magisterium? If an idea departs from the traditional understanding of the Church can it honestly be said that it has been done "while kneeling?" Only if by kneeling he did not mean union with the One True God in prayer. The Holy Spirit is the Third person of the Holy Trinity, He is not going to inspire anyone to deviate from the mind of God the Father or God the Son. Whether they are kneeling or doing cartwheels.  If this was not concerning to those following the Church in months leading up to the Synod, perhaps, we were not paying close enough attention.Pray the Rosary Daily! Be Holy, Not Worldly!