The pitting of one against another by the secularists and Catholic-haters continues. We've seen it continuously since March, how all of a sudden, the Church and its Chief Shepherd have discovered humility. How we're all now like little hippie Franciscans, quick; come give me a hug, let's make a felt banner and hold hands and sing kubaya.
Remember this, Francis of Assisi was poor on the outside and with his own habit, but not for the Holy Mass and not for the doctrine of the Church. St. Pio had one habit but when he celebrated Mass, he wore a glorious chasuble of silk and gold thread and even a lace alb with his one, old poor habit, underneath. His clothes were poor but he dressed in fine linen, silk and gold because he was going up to the Altar of God to offer the Holy Sacrifice with silver and gold sacred vessels. That was for the LORD, not for him. Does anyone wish to question this Saint's humility or poverty whilst on earth?
Gaze upon this picture my friends, this is humility.
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| St. Pio of Pietrelcina celebrating the Holy Sacrifice the day before his death |
Father Paul Nicholson reports on a scornful attack on Raymond Cardinal Burke and where its roots really lay.
"I really shouldn't give this author the time of day. He has done a dreadful thing. He has taken one of the kindest, gentlest, most approachable "Princes" of the Church and mocked him to scorn. Really, a new depth has been reached.
There is such a smug tone in this article that you can almost picture the uber-yuppie type, drinking his mocha latte, at an upscale suburban Denver coffee house as he writes his hit piece on Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke."
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| Raymond Cardinal Burke celebrating the Holy Sacrifice |
What is the difference between the two photos? I see the same silk, gold and lace and the same humility.
It is not going to get easier friends. Not one little bit.
But you already know that.