Has coronavirus taken OVER 2 MILLION lives in China?

UPDATE: This post though remaining for the record is very dated. The evidence that emerged since its publication show: 1) the death rate of Covid 19 is approximately 0.1%.; 2) evidence has emerged that actual deaths form Covid 19 are inflated, and the numbers highly unreliable; and 3) Donald Trump  did not rely on his medically trained generals, but relapsed into taking the advice of the corrupt CDC and NAI. 

The novel coronavirus, a respiratory disease, (SARS-CoV-2),  is real, an existential threat, and requires immediate, strong, proactive measures to halt its progress. 

There are those who still believe it to be a "hoax", a mere "flu" (Influenza A and B are called "flues" but are not stomach flu, but actually upper respiratory coronaviruses). Still others, admitting that it is dangerous, argue nothing needs to be done as only a few 1000 out of perhaps millions have been infected. e.g. in Canada the infection rate is about 25 (give or take) per million. Still others, read off deaths and stats from H1N1 (Swine flu), etc. They know nothing about statistics. I do have a reasonable grasp of statistics, having studied it at the doctoral level. I have also done a bit of reading on the evidence coming in given the Ro, as well as epidemiology reports. The possibility of over 100,000 Canadians, and over 1 million Americans dying unless severe, aggressive action is taken, is a real possibility. All of this has led Catholics to engage in clashes over the approach taken by Church Authorities. 

The Chinese Communist Party is the 21st century Nazi Party: 

Reports are coming in from the reliable Epoch Times that the Chinese Communist Party is engaged in a massive coverup and propaganda campaign.  Do not be fooled: the deaths in China are MUCH, MUCH higher than the official figures. They estimate it could be OVER 2 million dead; perhaps even many, many more. Go and read it here. 

As to why Italy's stats are so bad, the Epoch Times notes: 

Italy’s political elite class made two key mistakes. 

The first mistake was to allow a huge migration of ethnic Chinese into the country. There are now an estimated 320,000 Chinese living in Italy, many of them in the northern part of the country where the virus has been especially bad. (The actual number could be far higher since there is a booming illegal human-smuggling trade.) 

The second mistake was to enter into an economic agreement with the CCP called the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as One Belt, One Road).” The Party is using this economic policy in countries such as Italy to position itself for world dominance, and specifically as a competitor to the United States.

The Freemasons who run Italy are criminals, collaborators with the most evil regime in the world. Do not forget, China is guilty of genocide. Does anyone remember Tibet? So what is 10, 20 million dead from a virus for these people? And before we slam the Italians for being greedy and run by a bunch of misleaders, we too, must look in the mirror. Americans need to review all the traitors (in both the Democrat and Republican parties) over the past few decades who committed to "favoured nation status" with China. Canada too, government and multinationals succumbed to the lust for money, betrayed this country and Canadian workers. Let there be no mistake the western nations are run by criminals too. 

When this is over, the decoupling of our economies from this criminal, evil empire must be undertaken. Factories must be moved to North America. Many can also be built in Mexico, those in poverty in central America can work in these new factories, living in a similar culture, rather than trying to illegally enter the United States or Canada. There will also have to be a full inquiry into the vast criminal network who enabled China over the last decades. You will be surprised as to how many "Christians" were enablers of this monstrous regime; lusting after prestige and money, instead of doing their duty before God as businessmen and/or politicians. 

Therefore, Catholics think seriously! THINK! Don't EMOTE.  

Do your Christian and civic duty.   

We need bold leadership: 

Donald Trump, after a slow start, is showing real leadership, and has surrounded himself with a number of highly able scientists and (especially) military-trained scientists (thankfully the wretched Chabad/Talmudic Kushner seems to have been temporarily banished and is not on the Coronavirus Task Force). He even moved far to the "left" of the most liberal Democrats in his correct decision to protect American workers with a cheque (the amount to be decided, but figures such as $1500 are being bandied about). Libertarians and other heartless people should do well to realize that extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. A healthy economy requires a priori a healthy population. 

So go ahead and call me a communist. 

By the way, for Canadian readers, where are the cheques for Canadian workers? Actually Trump's actions are backed up by the encyclical on economics by Leo XIII and Pius XI. They have been called communists too by many an ignorant Catholic. 

The Disaster that is the EU:

The European Union has miserably and criminally failed to protect its population. They refused to close their borders until far, far too late. As an aside, when Trump closed the borders to Europe he was denounced by the globalist, neoliberal elite. Here in Canada, we continue to allow flights in without any enhanced screening. This has been verified by numerous local media reports in Toronto. Those who know me, know that I was advocating a complete North American lockdown in early February. Given the political climate in the United States, sadly, it was impossible. Trump could barely impose his China ban. 

To return to the disaster in the EU. It was but a few weeks ago in February, that the EU bureaucrats traveled down to Rome and imposed a 7.5 million Euro fine on Italy for some supposed trade infraction taking place in Sardinia. It is now being reported in the Italian local press that the billions transfered to the EU could have been kept in Italy and used for (e.g.) health care. Let there be no mistake: the neoliberal, globalist elite will pay a very serious price within the next year across Europe in elections. Look for Italy to swing "hard right". Look for Italy and other countries to prepare to leave the EU.

But let us not be fooled. The neoliberal globalists are very powerful, they have vast access to wealth (via banks and multi-national corporations); they control most universities and media. They will be back and their cry will be: "greater integration, greater unity". But they will be countered with a huge upsurge in populism from both the right and left. In the USA, you will see Donald Trump re-elected with a massive landslide. Right now, he is bailing out his base:  the average American. Middle America, workers and others who need daily sustenance during this health crisis. Contrast this to Obama's 2008 response by bailing out his base: Wall Street and the international bankers. Trump, ever the maverick, is rejecting Republican capitalist orthodoxy for populism, to even out "bernie" Bernie! And he will pick up a large percentage of left-wing populists who will not vote for the elitist neocon Joe Biden. 

In Canada, we see Trudeau also responding to his base: Bay Street and the banks. No cheques for working class Canadians! You notice too, the compliant, controlled media working in tandem to back Trudeau in the neoliberal, globalist delusion. 

To get a better grasp of the geopolitical situation please consider watching Crosstalk.

Message from Cardinal Burke to the Faithful

Dear Friends,

For some time now, we have been in combat against the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. From all that we can tell – and one of the difficulties of the combat is that so much about the pestilence remains unclear – , the battle will yet continue for some time. The virus involved is particularly insidious, for it has a relatively long incubation period – some say 14 days and some say 20 days – and is highly contagious, much more highly contagious than other viruses we have experienced.

One of the principal natural means to defend ourselves against the coronavirus is to avoid any close contact with others. It is important, in fact, to keep always a distance – some say a yard (meter) and some say six-feet – away from each other, and, of course, to avoid group gatherings, that is gatherings in which a number of people are in close proximity of each other. In addition, since the virus is transmitted by small droplets emitted when one sneezes or blows his or her nose, it is critical to wash our hands frequently with disinfectant soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, and to use disinfectant handwash and handwipes. It is equally important to disinfect tables, chairs, countertops, etc., on which these droplets may have landed and from which they are capable of transmitting the contagion for some time. If we sneeze or blow our nose, we are counseled to use a paper facial tissue, to discard it immediately, and then to wash our hands. Of course, those who are diagnosed with the coronavirus must be quarantined, and those who are not feeling well, even if it has not been determined that they suffer from the coronavirus, should, out of charity toward others, remain at home, until they are feeling better.

Living in Italy, in which the spread of the coronavirus has been particularly deadly, especially for the elderly and for those who are already in a state of delicate health, I am edified by the great care which the Italians are taking to protect themselves and others from the contagion. As you may have already read, the healthcare system in Italy is severely tested in trying to provide necessary hospitalization and intensive-care treatment for the most vulnerable. Please pray for the Italian people and especially for both those for whom the coronavirus can be fatal and those entrusted with their care. Being a citizen of the United States, I have been following the situation of the spread of the coronavirus in my homeland and know that those living in the United States are becoming more and more concerned to stop its spread, lest a situation like that in Italy be repeated at home.

The whole situation certainly disposes us to a profound sadness and also to fear. No one wants to contract the illness connected with the virus or to have anyone else contract it. We especially do not want our beloved elderly or others who are suffering in health to be put in danger of death through the spread of the virus. To fight the spread of the virus, we are all on a kind of forced spiritual retreat, confined to quarters and unable to show usual signs of affection to family and to friends. For those in quarantine, the isolation is clearly even more severe, not being able to have contact with anyone, not even at a distance.

If the illness itself associated with the virus were not enough to worry us, we cannot ignore the economic devastation which the spread of the virus has caused, with its grievous effects on individuals and families, and those who serve us in so many ways in our daily life. Of course, our thoughts cannot help but include the possibility of an even greater devastation of the population of our homelands and, indeed, of the world.
Certainly, we are right to learn about and employ all of the natural means to defend ourselves against the contagion. It is a fundamental act of charity to use every prudent means to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus. The natural means of preventing the spread of the virus must, however, respect what we need to live, for example, access to food, water and medicine. The State, for instance, in its imposition of ever greater restrictions on the movement of individuals, provides that individuals can visit the supermarket and the pharmacy, with the observance of the precautions of social distancing and of use of disinfectants on the part of all involved.

In considering what is needed to live, we must not forget that our first consideration is our relationship with God. We recall the words of Our Lord in the Gospel according to John: “If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we come to him and make our home with him” (14, 23). Christ is the Lord of nature and of history. He is not distant and disinterested in us and the world. He has promised us: “I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28, 20). In combatting the evil of the coronavirus, our most effective weapon is, therefore, our relationship with Christ through prayer and penance, and devotions and sacred worship. We turn to Christ to deliver us from pestilence and from all harm, and He never fails to respond with pure and selfless love. That is why it is essential for us, at all times and above all in times of crisis, to have access to our churches and chapels, to the Sacraments, and to public devotions and prayers.
Just as we are able to purchase food and medicine, while taking care not to spread the coronavirus in the process, so also we must be able to pray in our churches and chapels, receive the Sacraments, and engage in acts of public prayer and devotion, so that we know God’s closeness to us and remain close to Him, fittingly calling upon His help. Without the help of God, we are indeed lost. Historically, in times of pestilence, the faithful gathered in fervent prayer and took part in processions. In fact, in the Roman Missal, promulgated by Pope Saint John XXIII in 1962, there are special texts for the Holy Mass to be offered in times of pestilence, the Votive Mass for the Deliverance from Death in Time of Pestilence (Missae Votivae ad Diversa, n. 23). Likewise, in the traditional Litany of the Saints, we pray: “From plague, famine, and war, O Lord, deliver us.”

Oftentimes, when we find ourselves in great suffering and even facing death, we ask: “Where is God?” But the real question is: “Where are we?” In other words, God is assuredly with us to help us and save us, especially at the time of severe trial or death, but we are too often far from Him because of our failure to acknowledge our total dependence upon Him and, therefore, to pray daily to Him and to offer Him our worship.

In these days, I have heard from so many devout Catholics who are deeply saddened and discouraged not to be able to pray and worship in their churches and chapels. They understand the need to observe social distance and to follow the other precautions, and they will follow these prudent practices, which they can easily enough do in their places of worship. But, often enough, they have to accept the profound suffering of having their churches and chapels closed, and of not having access to Confession and the Most Holy Eucharist.

In the same light, a person of faith cannot consider the present calamity in which we find ourselves without considering also how distant our popular culture is from God. It is not only indifferent to His presence in our midst but openly rebellious toward Him and the good order with which He has created us and sustains us in being. We need only think of the commonplace violent attacks on human life, male and female, which God has made in His own image and likeness (Gn 1, 27), attacks on the innocent and defenseless unborn, and on those who have the first title to our care, those who are heavily burdened with serious illness, advanced years, or special needs. We are daily witnesses to the spread of violence in a culture which fails to respect human life.

Likewise, we need only to think of the pervasive attack upon the integrity of human sexuality, of our identity as man or woman, with the pretense of defining for ourselves, often employing violent means, a sexual identity other than that given to us by God. With ever greater concern, we witness the devastating effect on individuals and families of the so-called “gender theory.”

We witness, too, even within the Church, a paganism which worships nature and the earth. There are those within the Church who refer to the earth as our mother, as if we came from the earth, and the earth is our salvation. But we come from the hand of God, Creator of Heaven and Earth. In God alone we find salvation. We pray in the divinely-inspired words of the Psalmist: “[God] alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken” (Ps 62 [61], 6). We see how the life of faith itself has become increasingly secularized and thus has compromised the Lordship of Christ, God the Son Incarnate, King of Heaven and Earth. We witness so many other evils which derive from idolatry, from the worship of ourselves and our world, instead of worshiping God, the source of all being. We sadly see in ourselves the truth of Saint Paul’s inspired words regarding the “ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth”: “they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever!” (Rom 1, 18. 25).

Many with whom I am in communication, reflecting upon the present worldwide health crisis with all of its attendant effects, have expressed to me the hope that it will lead us – as individuals and families, and as a society – to reform our lives, to turn to God Who is surely near to us and Who is immeasurable and unceasing in His mercy and love towards us. There is no question that great evils like pestilence are an effect of original sin and of our actual sins. God, in His justice, must repair the disorder which sin introduces into our lives and into our world. In fact, He fulfills the demands of justice by His superabundant mercy.
God has not left us in the chaos and death, which sin introduces into the world, but has sent His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer, die, rise from the dead and ascend in glory to His right hand, in order to remain with us always, purifying us of sin and inflaming us with His love. In His justice, God recognizes our sins and the need of their reparation, while, in His mercy He showers upon us the grace to repent and make reparation. The Prophet Jeremiah prayed: “We recognize, O LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our fathers; that we have sinned against you,” but he immediately continued his prayer: “For your name’s sake spurn us not, disgrace not the throne of your glory; remember your covenant with us, and break it not” (Jer 14, 20-21).

God never turns His back on us; He will never break His covenant of faithful and enduring love with us, even though we are so frequently indifferent, cold and unfaithful. As the present suffering uncovers for us so much indifference, coldness and infidelity on our part, we are called to turn to God and to beg for His mercy. We are confident that He will hear us and bless us with His gifts of mercy, forgiveness and peace. We join our sufferings to the Passion and Death of Christ and thus, as Saint Paul says, “complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church” (Col 1, 24). Living in Christ, we know the truth of our Biblical prayer: “The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble” (Ps 37 [36], 39). In Christ, God has fully revealed to us the truth expressed in the prayer of the Psalmist: “Mercy and truth have met together; justice and peace have kissed” (Ps 85 [84], 10).

In our totally secularized culture, there is a tendency to view prayer, devotions and worship like any other activity, for example, going to the cinema or to a football game, which is not essential and therefore can be cancelled for the sake of taking every precaution to curb the spread of a deadly contagion. But prayer, devotions and worship, above all, Confession and the Holy Mass, are essential for us to remain healthy and strong spiritually, and for us to seek God’s help in a time of great danger for all. Therefore, we cannot simply accept the determinations of secular governments, which would treat the worship of God in the same manner as going to a restaurant or to an athletic contest. Otherwise, the people who already suffer so much from the results of the pestilence are deprived of those objective encounters with God Who is in our midst to restore health and peace.

We bishops and priests need to explain publicly the necessity of Catholics to pray and worship in their churches and chapels, and to go in procession through the streets and ways, asking God’s blessing upon His people who suffer so intensely. We need to insist that the regulations of the State, also for the good of the State, recognize the distinct importance of places of worship, especially in time of national and international crisis. In the past, in fact, governments have understood, above all, the importance of the faith, prayer and worship of the people to overcome a pestilence.

Even as we have found a way to provide for food and medicine and other necessities of life during a time of contagion, without irresponsibly risking the spread of the contagion, so, in a similar way, we can find a way to provide for the necessities of our spiritual life. We can provide more opportunities for the Holy Mass and devotions at which a number of faithful can participate without violating necessary precautions against the spread of contagion. Many of our churches and chapels are very large. They permit a group of the faithful to gather for prayer and worship without violating the requirements of “social distance.” The confessional with the traditional screen is usually equipped with or, if not, can be easily equipped with a thin veil which can be treated with disinfectant , so that access to the Sacrament of Confession is possible without great difficulty and without danger of transmitting the virus. If a church or chapel does not have a sufficiently large staff to be able to disinfect regularly the pews and other surfaces, I have no doubt that the faithful, in gratitude for the gifts of the Holy Eucharist, Confession, and of public devotion, will gladly assist.

Even if, for whatever reason, we are unable to have access to our churches and chapels, we must remember that our homes are an extension of our parish, a little Church into which we bring Christ from our encounter with Him in the bigger Church. Let our homes, during this time of crisis, reflect the truth that Christ is the guest of every Christian home. Let us turn to him through prayer, especially the Rosary, and other devotions. If the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, together with the image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is not already enthroned in our home, now would be the time to do so. The place of the image of the Sacred Heart is for us a little altar at home, at which we gather, conscious of Christ’s dwelling with us through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit into our hearts, and place our often poor and sinful hearts into His glorious pierced Heart – always open to receive us, to heal us of our sins, and to fill us with divine love. If you desire to enthrone the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I commend to you the handbook, The Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, available through the Marian Catechist Apostolate. It is also available in Polish and Slovak translations.

For those who cannot have access to the Holy Mass and Holy Communion, I commend the devout practice of Spiritual Communion. When we are rightly disposed to receive Holy Communion, that is, when we are in the state of grace, not conscious of any mortal sin which we have committed and for which we have not yet been forgiven in the Sacrament of Penance, and desire to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion but are unable to do so, we unite ourselves spiritually with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to Our Eucharistic Lord in the words of Saint Alphonsus Liguori: “Since I am unable now to receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.” Spiritual Communion is a beautiful expression of love for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. It will not fail to bring to us abundant grace.

At the same time, when we are conscious of having committed a mortal sin and are unable to have access to the Sacrament of Penance or Confession, the Church invites us to make an act of perfect contrition, that is, of sorrow for sin, which “arises from a love by which God is loved above all else.”. An act of perfect contrition “obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1452). An act of perfect contrition disposes our soul for Spiritual Communion.

In the end, faith and reason, as they always do, work together to provide for the just and right solution to a difficult challenge. We must use reason, inspired by faith, to find the correct manner in which to deal with a deadly pandemic. That manner must give priority to prayer, devotion and worship, to the invocation of God’s mercy upon His people who suffer so much and are in danger of death. Made in God’s own image and likeness, we enjoy the gifts of intellect and free will. Using these God-given gifts, united to the also God-given gifts of Faith, Hope and Love, we will find our way in the present time of worldwide trial which is the cause of so much sadness and fear.

We can count upon the help and intercession of the great host of our heavenly friends, to whom we are intimately united in the Communion of Saints. The Virgin Mother of God, the holy Archangels and Guardian Angels, Saint Joseph, True Spouse of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, Saint Roch whom we invoke in times of epidemic, and the other saints and blessed to whom we regularly turn in prayer are at our side. They guide us and constantly assure us that God will never fail to hear our prayer; He will respond with His immeasurable and unceasing mercy and love.

Dear friends, I offer these few reflections to you, deeply conscious of how much you are suffering because of the pandemic coronavirus. It is my hope that the reflections may be of help to you. Above all, I hope that they will inspire you to turn to God in prayer and worship, each according to his or her possibilities, and thus experience His healing and peace. With the reflections comes the assurance of my daily remembrance of your intentions in my prayer and penance, especially in the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
I ask you please to remember me in your daily prayers.

I remain yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in the Purest Heart of Saint Joseph,

Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

21 March 2020
Feast of Saint Benedict, Abbot

Sex Education and the Toronto Catholic Classroom

"Among the evil fruits of this decadent age there is an unparalleled betrayal of homosexuals". 

Monsignor Vincent Foy

"Catholic" teachers marching in a parade that is
diametrically opposed to Christian morals

The excellent Catholic blog, "Everyday for Life, Canada", carries very important information for Catholic parents on the process to opt their child/children out of "sex education", (which includes gender ideology). The blog is run by a highly experienced professional educator of great integrity. 

This post provides information to create an Opt-Out Form for the 2019 sex-curriculum for Grade 1. For Grades 2-8 a similar form can be used. Parents just need to change the curriculum expectations for each Grade and inform the school they want to exempt their children from the content of Strand D (that's the sex-curriculum component) found in the Health and Physical Education program. Opting out is not the perfect solution to the problem, but it's a strategy worth using if done effectively. Every school board in Ontario should respect the parent/guardian role in their child’s learning and understands that families may choose to approach or teach topics related to Human Development and Sexual Health in a manner or at an age that differs from what is outlined in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Parents/guardians are therefore provided with the choice to exempt their child from participation in all instruction related to the Human Development and Sexual Health expectations for their grade.

The full article can be read HERE

In this time of great spiritual and moral confusion, we must remember that the dissenters are not our "enemies", but mostly people who have been led astray by false teaching on Catholic doctrine. The vast majority have also received instruction on educational pedagogy that is secular and not Catholic. Indeed, much of it antithetical to the Gospel. Hence the near universal ignorance on what is Catholic education. Pope Benedict XVI stated to American educators: "With regard to the educational forum, the diakonia of truth takes on a heightened significance in societies where secularist ideology drives a wedge between truth and faith".

This is not support but lies and deception 

There is something extremely important we can do for poor transsexuals, homosexuals, lesbians, and others who are suffering sexually. We can pray for them. They are being horribly deceived by people who do not have best interests in mind. The driving ideological force behind the "LGBT" movement is a false gnosticism that has its roots in paganism. 

Let us always keep the late, saintly Monsignor Vincent Foy's words in mind: 

All can pray for homosexuals; we should never deviate from charity towards them while never condoning homosexual activity. We can give homosexuals the example of lives lived in chastity and goodness.

To all homosexuals we say: Peace, Hope, and Joy in your daily pursuit of chastity and holiness. God be with you! May you always keep in your hearts the words of St. Paul, “You are not called to immorality but to holiness.”

Let us give up hate for Lent ~ hatred sends souls to Hell

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have learnt how it was said: You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; in this way you will be sons of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on bad men as well as good, and his rain to fall on honest and dishonest men alike. For if you love those who love you, what right have you to claim any credit? Even the tax collectors do as much, do they not? And if you save your greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional? Even the pagans do as much, do they not? You must therefore be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect.’

St. Matthew, 5:43-48

Lent is the time to repent of our sins, do penance and reform our lives. One of the most difficult teachings of Christ is to love our enemies. Is there someone that you "hate"? Someone you wish ill upon? Is their hateful rage and unrighteous anger towards this or that person or persons? A family member, a co-worker, a politician, a priest, a bishop, even the Pope? Anyone?

In his 18th Homily on St. Matthew, St. John Chrysostom comments on the above passage:

...He said not, do not hate, but love; He said not, do not injure, but do good....And if any one should examine accurately, he will see that even to these things somewhat is added, much greater than they are. For neither did He simply command to love, but to pray...to entreat God Himself on his behalf.

The saint then tells us why we are not only to love but to pray for our enemies:

For He says, That ye may become like your Father which is in Heaven

St John replies to those who claim they simply cannot bring themselves to love their enemies (which is a rejection of God's grace):

But how, says one, is it possible for this to take place? Having seen God become man, and descend so far, and suffer so much for your sake, do you still inquire and doubt, how it is possible to forgive your fellow-servants their injuriousness?

Do you not hear Him on the cross, saying, Forgive them, for they know not what they do? Do you not hear Paul, when he says, He who is gone up on high, and is sitting on the right hand intercedes for us?

Do you see not that even after the cross, and after He had been received up, He sent the apostles unto the Jews that had slain Him, to bring them His ten thousand blessings, and this, though they were to suffer ten thousand terrors at their hands?

But have you been greatly wronged?

Nay, what have you endured like your Lord, bound, beaten with whips, with rods, spit upon by servants, enduring death, and that death, which is of all deaths the most shameful, after ten thousand favors shown? "

The saint then concludes:

And even if you have been greatly wronged, for this very cause most of all do thou do him good, that you may both make your own crown more glorious, and set your brother free from the worst infirmity.

Those those of us who refuse to love our "enemies", we may not have yet lost the Faith, but we are well on the way to losing it. St. John wrote: "Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him" (1 John 3:15). 

During this Lent we need to forgive our enemies. We will find that abandoning the hatred, the rage, the anger, the bitterness will also bring us the peace that we lack. 

For some of us this will be our last Lent. Let us make good use of the time that God has graced us. Let us give up hate this Lent, and forever give it up! 

The Love of Christ or the love of Self? Are "queer children's" picture books the new "gospel" in Catholic Schools?

The love of Christ constraineth us 

2 Corinthians 5:14

[Guest post By John Haggerty] 

The Boy Who Cried Fabulous is a book for children aged 3-6. Many will be wondering what all the fuss is about. The hero is a red-haired boy who loves his world and who keeps finding "fabulous" things to marvel over. It is the uses to which the book will be put which Catholic parents may want to ask questions about. The book is a palimpsest; one meaning of palimpsest is ... "having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface". (Merriam-Webster definition.)

Teachers and critics consider the book to have many meanings. It is being used to tell very young impressionable children about sexual activity between people of the same gender. This is going to be the gay crusade inside junior schools. Traditional Catholics and reformed Protestants are now seriously out of step; and in danger of breaking the law through "hate speech". Soon all memory of Catholic teaching on marriage and sexuality will be a thing of the past.

Elementary school teacher claims this picture book
is "what it means to be a Catholic teacher". Does it? 

So it is understandable that those who take a different position from Mr. De Buono are being portrayed on Canadian television as notorious anti-LGBT fanatics who are also anti-choice on abortion. One can see how the battle lines are being drawn in the spiritual war that is coming. For it IS coming, make no mistake.

In a way you cannot blame Mr De Buono. We have a Pope who says "Who am I to judge?" and who welcomes married homosexuals into the Vatican, not to mention Fr. James Martin, the new face of the pro-gay Jesuits. And Bishop Robert Barron interviewed Californian Dave Rubin on Youtube who is "married" to another man. Bishop Barron told Rubin: "The message of the Church to a gay person should be - you are a beloved child of God who has been embraced by the mercy of Jesus Christ and invited to a full sharing in the Divine Love. You are a son of God, called to eternal life". Mr. Rubin looked very happy at the Church's change of direction. No more preaching from the Catechism or Saint Pope John Paul's heavy moralising! We're all Rainbow Catholics now!

The Toronto Elementary Catholic teachers 
PROMOTING participation at the "Gay Pride" parade. 

There was nothing in the bishop's words about sin, or repentance, or regeneration, or sanctification, or the teaching of the Mosaic Law against homosexual acts; or of Jesus Christ making it clear that marriage can only be between a man and woman. No word from the Apostle Paul! No reminder that this is God's world and God's rules! The Divine Law in the Church of Pope Francis is regarded as a species of good-natured indulgence. It is reduced to a sickly sentiment patterned after human emotion. Bishop Barron's approach is what I call "Sex and the City" theology where everyone hugs everyone and we all troop along to a Gay Blessing in Saint Patrick's Cathedral.

But opposed to this is the love of Christ, which "constrains" us. This love acts as a restraining power, restraining us from every self-seeking purpose. It restrains us from sin and compels us into action for the Kingdom of God. Who could have imagined in the 19th Century that homosexuality would tear the Catholic Church apart and that little children would be indoctrinated into homosexual militancy? 

Even Saint Pope Pius X could not have imagined it in his darkest hour, the pontiff who allowed children of six to receive the Eucharist. Once a private activity, homosexuality is now public policy.

Homosexual militants have (humanly speaking) succeeded in conquering the once impregnable Citadel. The One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Feria IV Cinerum (Ash Wednesday) - Introitus (Misereris omnium Domine)

The LGBT Idol: Monsignor Vincent Foy and the betrayal of those who suffer from same-sex attraction

Cardinal Thomas Collins and Monsignor Vincent Foy

Following and promoting the "LGBT" movement for those who claim to be Christian is replacing the true God with an idol of their own making. It is to worship not only strange flesh, but lies over truth, acceptance over mockery, convenience over principles, cowardice over bravery. It is to replace Jesus Christ with a false "gospel". 

The late, saintly, Monsignor Vincent Foy was a man of great charity and compassion towards all men. Monsignor Foy had no "enemies". His example of charity for us was his attitude towards the tragic, pathetic Gregory Baum. Perhaps Monsignor Foy's prayers brought Baum to repentance before that sad man died. Jesus Christ wills all men to be saved, perhaps Gregory responded to the Grace that was offered to him through the prayers of the holy Monsignor. 

For those of you who have, for whatever reason, succumbed to the idol of the "LGBT" movement, Monsignor Foy's writings will be of great help in leading you back to Jesus Christ and His Church; to see the beauty of God and His love for us. 

For those of you who teach in our Catholic schools, for parents, for trustees, for the youth, and for children, may this Lent be the beginning of a journey that will bring true peace and joy. 

 On January 12, 2010, Archbishop Raymond Burke, former Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri, and now Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, gave the homily at the annual Red Mass of Saint Mary’s Basilica, Diocese of Phoenix. He said “We see before our eyes the evil fruits of life in a society which pretends to take the place of God in making its laws and in giving its judgments, in a society in which those in power decide what is right and just, according to their desires and convenience, even at the cost of perpetrating the gravest harm upon their neighbour.” 

Among the evil fruits of this decadent age there is an unparalleled betrayal of homosexuals. That evil fruit we consider here briefly, emphasizing the betrayal as the rejection of justice and charity towards a significant number of God’s sons and daughters. 

To reach right conclusions and point the way to undoing the betrayal it is essential to consider the truth about homosexuality and the truth about homosexuals.

The full article may be read HERE.

CRISIS in TORONTO Catholic schools: The "QUEERING" of school children has to STOP!

Paolo De Buono, a school teacher for the "Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association" (OECTA) continues to defend in the  strongest possible terms the reading of the picture book, The Boy Who Cried Fabulous. In the above tweet, De Buono has written that the question is "not why" he would read this book in his "...Catholic elementary classroom...", but "...in a religious setting based on God's love... why wouldn't you"?

HERE IS WHY YOU WOULDN'T: 

The Boy Who Cried Fabulous has been identified by "queer theory" scholar and researcher, Jennifer Miller, PhD., as part of a sub-genre of pro "LGBT" literature know as, "new queer children's literature", the purpose of which is to "queer" the family and "straight" human relationships. One can either accept De Buono's analysis of the book, and the various other "queer" children's literature he reads in the classroom (such as A Tale of Two Mommies), or accept Miller's analysis of such books, given her years researching and studying "queer theory". 

One thing clearly emerges from her analysis: the book is certainly NOT about inclusion and love, but presents a vision of "queering" the world, a vision of human sexuality and the family that are completely foreign to Christian morality.

Miller wrote: 

...the new queer children’s literature introduces the possibility of queering the straight world.

...new queer children’s literature takes the most normative of institutions—the family—as an object of critical queering...

...childhood itself is queered in the new queer children’s literature. I identify new queer children’s literature as a primary locus of transformative queer world-making...

Dear friends, it is essential that we have such "queer literature" (be it for pre-pubescent children, youngsters, or teenagers) removed from all our Catholic classrooms as contrary to Catholic Faith and morals. 

Please contact His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, and your local Catholic school trustee. 

Phone: 416-934-0606, ext. 609 
Email:archbishop@archtoronto.org


Liaison for Catholic Education

Barry White
416-934-3400 ext. 515
E mail:bwhite@archtoronto.org



Please also contact the school, St. James Catholic School (Ward 4) at which De Buono teaches; ensure to cc your email to Cardinal Collins, and your local Trustee. 

Principal: Joanne Saragosa

E mail:joanne.saragosa@tcdsb.org

Fax: 416-393-5275

Tel: 416-393-5046

Superintendent of Education: John Wujek
E-mail:john.wujek@tcdsb.org

Tel: 416-222-8282, ext 5371
The Trustees of the Board can be contacted following this link.