Francis’ daily homiletic rant in the insane asylum known as Casa Santa Marta

“‘Not taking risks, please, no… prudence…’ ‘Obeying all the commandments, all of them…’ Yes, it’s true, but this paralyzes you too, it makes you forget so many graces received, it takes away memory, it takes away hope, because it doesn’t allow you to go forward. And the present of a Christian, of such a Christian, is like when one goes along the street and an unexpected rain comes, and the garment is not so good and the fabric shrinks… Confined souls… This is cowardliness: this is the sin against memory, courage, patience, and hope.”

— Francis, 27 January 2017 —

Practicing Talmudism has driven this man insane.

What kind of day would it be without another Francis interview?

Francis ‘the humble’ peddling modernist claptrap

For readers of this blog who do not understand the Italian language, the Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli has transcribed highlights from the interview at La Stampa’s Vatican Insider, I am allergic to flatterers, I  deserve detractors.

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A few pertinent words about voting by Tom Naegele on his blog.

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Giving credit where credit is due — it was Benedict XVI’s idea to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Revolution

Not to worry, Francis will see this plan to the end and the hermeneutics of continuity between Benedict XVI & himself will persist without interruption.

By the way Francis has his problems with grace too, recall his comments that if ‘one is in a state of grace...one is in a state of sin.’

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Another confused homily from Francis

“We were made to be God’s children, it is in our DNA. But this filial relationship was ruined and required the sacrifice of God’s only-begotten Son in order to be restored. From the immense gift of love which is Jesus’ death on the cross, the Holy Spirit has been poured out upon humanity like a vast torrent of grace. Those who by faith are immersed into this mystery of regeneration are reborn to the fullness of filial life.”

—Francis, 15 May 2016 —

source: Zenit, Pope on Pentecost: ‘Being God’s Children Is in Our DNA’

“For you are all the children of God by faith, in Christ Jesus.  For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.  There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you be Christ' s, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.”

Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Galatians 3, 26-29

“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.  But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.  Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.”

Gospel According to Saint John 1, 11-15

So which is it Francis?


Are we children of God by nature or by grace?