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Annulment
Dear Brothers,
I hope that you can help me to help a friend. A friend of mine was married many
years ago (in a novus ordo ceremony) to a woman he never loved. Some
background:
He never loved her - he had been engaged to someone else before he met her that
had broken up, and this had left him devastated. He was set up with the woman
that would become his "wife" on a blind date by a friend. Because of
a very emotionally abusive childhood he had (has) extremely low
self esteem, he felt pressured into going through with the marriage. Before
the wedding -(actually before they were even engaged) his "wife" told
him she would kill herself if he ever left (if you knew this guy that
would make him stay).
They never had kids and were only married for less than 3 years - the
last year they were pretty much separated...he told me he felt it was a greater
sin to live a lie and to bring kids into the world in a lie. They divorced and the marriage was
annulled. My question is because he
never loved her and would have broken up with her years before they were
married (if she had not told him she would kill herself and other things
she did) is his annulment valid? This torments him everyday.
Thanks for any insight
BB
MHFM: Based on the little you’ve said about it, it seems like he
was in a valid marriage. Therefore, he
should not have been given an annulment.
Again, an annulment is a declaration that a marriage was never valid to
begin with due to a hidden or known impediment.
The evidence must be clear. He
chose to marry her. He did it
freely. The excuse that he felt
“pressure” sounds like complete nonsense.
In fact, if he’s that weak and easily forced into things, then he
shouldn’t get married at all. He isn’t
fit to be the head of a household.
The claim that he didn’t love her but married her anyway because
she threatened to kill herself is outrageous.
If a Catholic man were in that situation, that would be a clear signal
that this is not a woman to marry.
Further, even if her threats to harm herself were serious, which is
highly doubtful – for people like that say many things they don’t really mean –
he would tell her that he’s not going to ruin his life because she wants to
ruin hers. He would of course try to
counsel her against harming herself, but he wouldn’t marry her. Unless he was forced into a ceremony against
his will – which doesn’t seem to be the case at all – all of these are simply
excuses for a bad decision.
In a dishonest desire to be free of their marriage, many people
dramatize all kinds of things after the fact.
The bottom-line is that he wanted to marry her. That’s why he went through with the
marriage. If he wasn’t prepared for the
commitment with that particular person, he shouldn’t have done it.
The Vatican II sect worships man. That’s why they can’t tell anyone: NO, you
are married! Hence, they allow almost
everyone to marry again, even if the reason is nothing more than a profound
regret about a past decision and a huge disappointment about not being able to
marry someone else. Our article on
annulments is relevant here:
The Annulment
Fiasco - The Vatican II sect's De Facto
acceptance of Divorce and Remarriage [PDF File]
Confession
Now I don't understand a few things. Say
for argument that there is this sensual person who committed hundreds of
these type of sins in the past and can't remember the hundreds if not
thousands, i.e the number of times. Now for argument he went to priests of the
new world order for confession and all these confessions are invalid. So he
finds a valid priest that lives in some sort of monastery somewhere, and
confesses to him all the sins he ever confessed to the new world order priests
in the past but can't remember the number of times he committed these
sensual sins of the flesh...what is the rule about that?
MHFM: In that case, a person would say: “I ask forgiveness for
having committed [specify the sin] possibly thousands of times.” One must do his best to approximate.
Added
MHFM:
We’ve added to Youtube our discussion of the true story behind The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel/ Emily Rose.
Book,
Islam
Dear Brothers,
Recently I ordered a copy of The Bible
Proves the Teachings of the Catholic Church…. The Bible Proves... is an
excellent resource, handy for refuting Protestants.
I spread The Popes Against Islam audio to
those aware of Michael Ryan's false argumentation - not one… bothered to
respond. Your analysis can't be bettered.
Thanks,
Zenon
MHFM: Thanks for the e-mail.
This reader is referring our recent audio: The
Popes Against Islam.
He’s also referring to a certain Vatican II apostate who used to
be a sedevacantist. Within the last few
years or so, this individual became a sedevacantist and then went back to
accepting the Vatican II antipopes. To
become a sedevacantist and then go back to the Vatican II antipopes (after
seeing all the evidence against them) is a heinous sin, a true abandonment of
Christ.
Well, after falling back into the clutches of the Vatican II
antipopes and renouncing the sedevacantist position, he then decided to become
a sedevacantist again. And then, even more recently, he switched his
position again and is now a supporter
of the Vatican II antipopes and a defender of Vatican II! So, to summarize: he went from
non-sedevacantist to sedevacantist to non-sedevacantist to sedevacantist to
non-sedevacantist (and defender of Vatican II).
Needless to say, this kind of flip-flopping on core issues of
faith is diabolical. It’s symptomatic of
a truly faithless soul – one who has no interior conviction about the dogmas of
Christ. This is only relevant because
this apostate had been circulating heretical defenses of Vatican II among small
groups via e-mail. A reader forwarded a
few of them to us. The aforementioned
audio shows, from new angles and with more proof, why he and the other
heretical defenders of Vatican II are of course totally wrong. Like its other heresies, Vatican II’s
teaching that Muslims and Catholics together worship the true God is
indefensible.
Experimentation
Dear Brothers:
I realize you may not have the answer on
this one, but there is something I don't understand with this story. As the public has been brainwashed into believing
that embryonic stem cells are just blobs of cells and not alive, then why the
experimentation? Why experiment with "blobs" of cells?
See, this story infers that doctors know
that stem cells are alive and therefore useful for experimentation.
Otherwise, why test drugs on just a bunch of cells? Why?
But the telling point in this story is:
"...stem cells harvested from human embryos could even replace lab rats as
the primary scientific testing method." Huh?
How are blobs of cells equal to the
sentient rat? Oh. I see. Stem cells are alive and therefore
fully human and with a soul attached.
"Calling Dr. Mengele. Vivisection in Lab
2." But, of course, Mengele has been the exemplar for the
abortionists in America since 1973.
Many thanks always for your work,
DH
Couldn’t
Hello Bro.,
I just couldn't accept the fact that almost
all Catholic Masses being celebrated nowadays are invalid. Specifically
the traditional Latin catholic Mass that i attend to now. I think it is
almost nil if what you are saying is true. Do you mean to say that those
priests who were ordained after vatican Council II are not celebrating the Mass
validly? Please enlighten me on this….
You think God will not acknowledge the
Sacrifice of the Mass now even if it is offered with a sincere faith? How
can we remedy this situation?
Please reply to me regarding this issue for
clarification and enlightenment on my part for I am deeply bothered.
Thanks.
Maria B
MHFM: The New Masses are all invalid,
in addition to any others that are offered by “priests” who were ordained after
1968 in the New Rite of Ordination. That's covered in this article.
Why
the New Rite of Ordination is Invalid [PDF File]
The fact that someone thinks that a
Mass is valid doesn’t make it valid.
Abstinence
Hello
Dimond Brothers. I am wondering whether or not you may drink milk on Fridays,
on days of complete abstinence. Nothing from animals may be taken, does this go
with milk too? It did not speak of this on your site…
Thank
you, and God bless you for your great work.
V. Veikko
MHFM: Milk is allowed on days of
abstinence. What is forbidden is
meat (and soup or gravy made from meat).
Heresy
Subject: Heresy
Dear Brothers,
You correctly, time and time again point out blatant heresy in the V-2 church,
its adherents, priests, etc…
About the apparent cult activity on Staten Island, I can tell you that the
Island has a history of cult activity, especially satanism. I know this because
I used to live there before I moved to Europe. I was in that very park, many times.
It overlooks Ft. Wadsworth, underneath the Verrazano Bridge. I was surprised
when I read this, because most of the cult activity, historically, occurred on
the grounds of the Goodhue Center, a summer camp run by the Children's Ais
Society. It also was thought to happen in Willobrook Park. This was years ago,
when we were warned to be care of exploring the woods in those locations.
But you should know, that the type of ritual slaughters seen very often in NYC
parks, is Santeria, or Voodoo in nature. This of course, is because of our
criminal immigration policies which have allowed the influx, in large numbers,
of practitioners of these rituals. These rituals by the way, are considered by
the V-2 church as an equal expression of mans desire to know God, on par with
our Holy Catholic Church. So widespread is this evil, that our new martyr to
the faith of popular culture, St. Michael Jackson, paid a Voo Doo
"Priest" to sacrifice 42 cows to ensure the deaths of his rivals.
Yours in Christ,
Anthony
Marriage
Subject: Marriage
I am posing
this question please. I have been married 3 times. I was never married in the
Catholic church. I was at the point of 2 of the marriages a Novus Ordo
catholic. The first time I was married I was 17 years old. My husband divorced
me. The second time I married (this is the father of my children) I divorced
him. He had become an alcoholic and did drugs. I tried al-anon and counseling
but this did not work. For the safety of my children I had to leave. When I
married the third time I was only married for almost one year. The person
divorced me because he decided he did not like children after all. After all
this my question is am I allowed to be married in traditional catholicism. I
have been dating a man for 15 years now. I am soon to be 55. Thank you for any
information you can give me or direct me to.
L
MHFM: To form an opinion about the
validity of a marriage (or marriages), one would have to know more about the
specifics of each case (e.g., were you baptized a Catholic? What about him? What did he profess to be? Where did it occur?). The likelihood is that you are not free to
marry. However, if you gave us more of
the specifics, we could offer a more definitive opinion.
Further, if you’ve been dating
someone for 15 years, then there is a high probability that sin is
occurring. That’s far too long for
people to date. Either two people have
decided to marry after a certain period of time or they must break it
off. You are also 55 years old.
You should look to dedicating yourself and God and saving your soul and
probably not getting married (that's even if you were free to marry, which
is highly questionable).
Pope
Benedict XIV (1740-1758) on Rome as Babylon
MHFM: In our article on the Whore of Babylon (Is the Vatican II sect the Whore of
Babylon prophesied in the Apocalypse?), we bring forward the evidence that the Whore of Babylon or Great Harlot
prophesied in the Apocalypse is the Vatican II Counter Church.
The Catholic Church is NOT the Whore of
Babylon. Rather, the counterfeit Church of the Vatican II sect, which poses
as the Catholic Church in the last days but is not, is the prophesied
Whore of Babylon. Some apologists of the Vatican II Church have argued that Rome is not
Babylon, but that “Babylon” (the city of seven hills) in the Apocalypse refers
to Jerusalem or something else. The
following quote from Pope Benedict XIV confirms that they are incorrect. Click here to see the new quote:
This
quote, coming from a true Catholic pope, is important in refuting apologists of
the Vatican II sect, who argue that the spiritual deception in the last days
will not surround Rome.
Thoughts
Dear friends,
I'd like to thank you for all the information which you provide on your website
and youtube.
How many followers do you have in America? I just ask, because I live in a town
where I live for more than ten years already, and I found not one single
catholic (not even NO-pseudo-catholic) and sometimes I get the feeling like
needing to leave my country. The situation here is horrible. We have much more
Turks than Germans, at least where I live. (Btw. here the word muslim and pagan
used to have one and the same meaning till like 50 years ago!)…
Also here everything bows to the Jews, no matter if atheist or
heretic-'Christian' (we have some baptists here and comparable groups). If you
say one single word against Jewish crimes, you will lose your position here.
Recently a 73 years old man was condemned for six years of prison for not
believing in the holo.c. - he says, that most probbably he will die in jail.
Or if you don't let your children go to the
government's school but want to teach them at home, they will take your
children away and often you will not be allowed to see them. Recently one
family fleed Germany and went to America because of this reason. They didn't
want their kids in the government's school, so first they had to pay a big summ
of money as a punishment, then the father had to stay in prison for a short
period of time, and then they still didn't send the kids to school, so the
judge decided the kids should be taken away. This is why the parents fleed
(they belong to a protestant sect btw). It is horrible!..
Well, just needed to speak this out. I'm very thankful that people like you
stil exist - although I have some problems with the amount of sedisvacant
groups who differ from each other and often fight each other. That reminds me
the protestant sects somehow. Bishop Williamson (whom I deeply respect) has
written a good text on that.
Thanks in advance and all the best (and sorry for my bad English)
Alexander
MHFM: The issues which divide some people who hold the sedevacantist
position are crucial matters of faith, such as Outside the Church There is No
Salvation. Thus, it’s inaccurate to
compare it to petty infighting. Those
people either believe in salvation outside the Church, just like the Vatican II
Church; or they hold wacky radical schismatic positions which cause them to
reject the Catholic saints and valid popes before Vatican II. So, by their bad will and their rejection of
Catholic teaching, they have divided themselves from true Catholics who hold
the sedevacantist position. As a result,
they aren’t really part of the Church.
Williamson is unfortunately a heretic and a schismatic, for he adheres
to the false positions of the SSPX.
The
Society of St. Pius X [Link to Section]
Comment
I just wanted to share with both your
readership and you, that in reading, just now, both your website and also the
book "The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict", that I believe that
Saint Benedict is still working mighty miracles in our world of TODAY, through
YOU! I found your "e-exchange" section today particularly
truthful in a marvelous way (especially the one statement
somebody made about 'why would God give a real Catholic pope to such as the
likes of the V2 sect', so abhorrent and putrid as this pretender to the Bride
of Christ is?!) Also, in reading the story about the miracle of how Saint
Benedict saved the boy Placid from drowning, (though of course the Saint in
humility would not take the "credit" for this miracle however the boy
Placid stated that he SAW the Abbot Benedict saving him! Chapter 7) I was
reminded of the absolute, (and in my case most highly undeserved) miracles of
grace I believe Saint Benedict is working though your monastery, in revealing
the truth to people, right now, in our times. In my own case, I was
so unhappy with what was going on in the V2 "church" late last
winter, that in total desperation I prostrated on the ground in prayer in my
own living-room and begged God for help, I distinctly remember saying
"God, if I am in the wrong religion, get me out!" At that time,
I had no info. that would have given me any correct "alternative" to
the V2 "Catholicism"--- but God worked a great miracle very
shortly thereafter----possibly through the intercession of Saint Benedict
himself?----and He delivered me! I can identify with that boy
Placid whose very soul, and body, was interceded for, as a mighty arm
came and pulled him out of the fast-moving water in which he was surely
drowning. I pray every day that others might be delivered,
too. I recommend all the prayers to Saints on your website, especially
the ones to Saint Benedict, to your other readers. Many
thanks. Hail Mary! Hail Christ Our
King!
Imperfect
Subject: Imperfect
I just read on your e-exchange today this
creep who states "women are basically imperfect men"--wow!
I'm not a psychologist, however I believe by making that
statement, "he" (probably a demonically possessed woman-hating
homosexual? just guessing.....) has just placed himself in the category
of being a misogynist, or one who hates all women with no reason, which is in
fact is a serious psychological disorder, it is a real mental
illness---- thus "he" is in effect a psychopath. I
wonder what part of hell "he" will end up in! There but for the
grace of God, and of His Blessed Mother's mercy, go I! Oh well, tell
"him", by the way, to try "his" description of "women
are basically imperfect men" out on Our Blessed Mother! God help
"him"!
I agree with the
person who says he suspects people/priests in V2 are familiar with your
web-site/info. I've sent your site info to certain
"Marian" V2 "Catholics hoping it might help them, only to
get back from them videos and other propaganda about how "great" the
anti-christ JP2 was! (They must be "worried" about me!)
My excellent husband (yes, some husbands ARE excellent, EVEN in this day
and age, I think such deserve A LOT of credit!) and I are, THANK GOD,
completely and totally OUT of the V2 counter-church, never to return to such
abuse. But I look back at some "homilies"/talks made especially
about Fatima by certain V2 priests and I think they may have been DIRECTLY
lifting/"borrowing"? from your info without giving you guys the
intellectual credit you deserve for your work....or was it just
"coincidence" they happened to have YOUR specific info. in their
"homilies"? And the same V2 "priests" stay in the
"New Order" V2 sect......even though it seems patently clear
they have at least read some of your info...geee, I wonder, what's in it for
them?
K
MHFM: Yes, his comment about women was off the mark. We didn’t know where he was going with that.
How
Subject: Spiritual Deception
Hi, I wanted to ask you: how can God allow
someone like Sr. Faustina Kowalska, who was a nun and devoted entirely to God
and all, to be deceived so much? Did God wanted to deceive her? Because well,
there really are many heretical things in her Diary, but how could God allow
someone like her to be deceived like that? That goes for all the other cases
like that as well.
MHFM: God allows them to be deceived because He sees that
interiorly they are not really honest and sincere. Just look at how many so-called
traditionalists claim to be devoted to the Catholic faith, but reject the
necessity of Jesus Christ Himself. Look
at how many of them still maintain
that Benedict XVI is not a formal heretic, after all of the evidence that has
been brought forward. Look at how so
many of them pile on with a particular group or against a particular person or
in a particular false position even though, deep down, they know that what they
are fighting for is not really true or fair.
Some of these people even put out a lot of effort traveling to
traditional Masses, etc.; but they don’t accept the truths of faith. Without getting to know and see them in
action, one might think (from afar) that they are very devoted. But the truth is otherwise. Interiorly they are not sincere, and it shows
in certain contexts and when confronted with certain things. Just listen to some of the audio debates
we’ve had in the Traditional Catholic Audios section of our site.
We cannot tell you how many people have, in the same conversation
or exchange, 1) denied that they or priests they support believe Jews who
reject Christ can be saved, and then 2) defended the possibility of that very
thing (or justified the teaching of that very heresy) when questioned further,
only to 3) again deny that they believe it’s possible for Jews to be saved.
Religious
Liberty
Dear
Brothers,
Wow! It seems like the Beast is really getting crazy, what with the
auditing, and the Cap and Tax, not to mention the Whore's constant offenses
against God. I was thinking how the V2 sect just loves their perverse 'wisdom
of contradictions.' Like for instance, 'Religious Liberty,' is an oxymoron
(self-contradiction). If Religion means, 'to bind,' and Liberty means, 'to
loose,' then you've got yourself an oxymoron. I'm sure if B16 announced
that 'black is white,' many would applaud! Keep up the great work, Brothers.
God Bless,
Kit White
C &
T
Subject: Cap and Tax Bill
Dear Brothers Michael and Peter Dimond,
That's certainly interesting...I wonder how
much further the One World Government will proceed in it's diabolical plan
to control this planet...and using so-called climate change/warming hoax to scare people
into submitting to it's agenda..
Recently, here in New Zealand there
was a write up in our local newspaper, about aircraft being used to
do thermal scans of the city using infra red technology, to show which
homes were inefficient/ wasters of energy, and thus endevoring,
somehow, to embarrass the offending home owner into
doing something to rectify this "waste" of energy,as
if somehow we were very soon going to run out of it!
This is the same as the "Swine
Flu" hoax; people need to wake up, before it's too late and they find they
have lost all their freedom, their lives having become regulated by the
state, even to when they should have their next tea break, let alone stoke up
their woodburner!...
God bless
David
N.Z.
Priests
Subject:
priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
The
priests that are from this fraternity, are the validly ordained?
Todd
MHFM: They cannot be considered valid because the
"bishops" they use are ordained in the new invalid rite of Episcopal
Consecration. That's covered on our site.
They also accept the heresies of Vatican II and the New Church.
SSPX
…I was noticing in your book about Pope Leo
saying they have laid
impious hands
on her most precious treasures. Hands
are generally for manipulating things. Sad. You know between you and me I
think some folks that go to our church are reading your site and the issue of
the Popes legitimacy seems to be coming up often. One of the priests in his
sermon Sunday said we have had 40 anti-popes. I was surprised he knew the word
and then used it in the sermon. He spent an hour on the sermon
denouncing what Ratzinger is doing but won't call it heresy. I wish Rome would
"excommunicate" all followers of SSPX. It might force SSPX into not
being in communion with the V2 faith at all. Do you think that would be
a better situation? Would they be a legitimate Catholic Church? What would
it take to have a legitimate Catholic Church?
Are you working on a seminar that Catholics
could do around the world? Something like "What Really Happened To The
Catholic Church". Volunteers like myself could rent certain venues
and do the seminar. I know your swamped. It's just a thought. I
would probably need a bullet proof vest! I pray for you guys when I pray the
rosary. God bless you.
Matthew
MHFM: The SSPX would still deny the salvation dogma. That’s the biggest problem by far among
“traditionalists.” There aren’t enough
believers in that dogma and in the necessity of water baptism.
The Society of St. Pius X [Link to Section] –
Group,
Martin
Brother Dimond:
I'm learning a lot from your website and have purchased your Outside the
Catholic Church there is Absolutely No Salvation and some other materials.
I've belonged to an SSPV parish for many years, but now see their connection
with heresy. I'm thinking that I could still go there for confession from time
to time or receive communion (they do have some valid priests), but should
disconnect in all other ways. But if you know of a better place for the sacraments
(I live in Minneapolis) I'd be glad to hear
of it.
BTW- I'm sure you don't agree with everything written by Fr. Coomaraswamy, but
I knew him and was able to visit with him in Arkansas in the last few days of
his life (July 2006). He was good friends with Malachi Martin and was able to
confirm that Fr. Martin had ultimately become a sedevacantist (had a letter
stating it in Fr. Martin's own handwriting). The thing that was most concerning
Fr. Coomaraswamy was an intense upsurge in demonic activity in the Chicago
area. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but within 2 years Barach Obama
had come "out of nowhere" (Chicago) and was on his way to the
whitehouse.
-RDS
MHFM: Thanks for the interest.
No, you should not go to the SSPV for anything, not even for
confession. They are notorious and
imposing heretics.
The SSPV – a group which believes in salvation outside the
Church
Our file on: Where to go to Mass or confession today? explains the guidelines on options for the
sacraments. (If a person is in full
agreement on the issues, we can also help him with that if he contacts
us.) Regarding Martin, even if he did
become sedevacantist, he had other problems.
He believed in salvation outside the Church. In one interview he expressed his heretical
belief that Buddhists can be saved.
Regarding Coomaraswamy, he also
believed in salvation outside the Church.
We knew him a little bit. He was
so heretical on that issue, in fact, that he made a statement to the effect
that many pagans will be saved. But
actually that’s what most sedevacantist and “traditional” priests believe on
that issue.
Mentally
retarded, women
I think St. Thomas Aquinas believed this
(that the mentally retarded go to Hell), he wrote about everything. This
"part of Hell where there is no fire", I've heard you brothers speak
several times of this. Is that not unequivocally Limbo? There is
only a Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell (the latter most of which the super vast
majority have gone/will go). So Limbo must be the least horrid part of
Hell no doubt? So would not the part of Hell the retarded people go is
Limbo? Does this interestingly equate the fate of the retarded with the
aborted/miscarried babies? Retarded people cannot understand the truths
of the Faith. There are certain truths of the Faith Catholics must
know of. If they cannot comprehend these truths, they cannot attain
salvation, if I'm not mistaken. Faith is not experienced through emotion,
but intellect, in the Catholic understanding. That is another reason
women are basically imperfect men. They are driven by emotion rather than
intellect. They are emotionally and physically inferior to men. Is
this why some Traditional Catholics see women's confession as unnecessary?
M
MHFM: Concerning those who are completely mentally retarded,
they would be directly analogous to individuals below the age of reason
(infants). To be saved they would need
to be water baptized. If they die
unbaptized, they go to a part of Hell where there is no fire. This place in Hell is confirmed by Pope Pius
VI and also indicated by the following statement:
Pope Eugene IV, Council
of Florence, “Letentur coeli,” Sess. 6, July 6, 1439, ex cathedra: “We define also that… the souls of those who depart this life in actual mortal sin, or in original sin alone, go straightaway to
hell, but to undergo punishments of different kinds.”
Notice the reference to different kinds of punishment for those
who die in original sin only and those who die in mortal sin.
If they are only partially retarded, it would depend upon what
they are capable of knowing. If they are
capable of wishing to be saved, they would have to be baptized and know the
Trinity and the Incarnation to be saved (the essential mysteries of Catholic
faith). We don’t know what you are
driving at with regard to your comment about women. A confession of mortal sins is definitely
necessary for women. Women have a
different role and different strengths.
We must say that it’s sometimes appalling to see many women (not all women) follow their heretical
husbands into whatever religious view they adopt. Many of them will go from this or that
religion or into this or that new wacky heresy or schismatic position just
because their heretical husbands do.
That’s certainly not true with all women; we want to make that
clear. There are some strong traditional
Catholic women in our day. But with so
many out there, they would probably follow their husband if he chose to become
Protestant again; or they would follow him back to the Novus Ordo or into
supporting some heretical priest, etc.
That is not to suggest that men are, on the whole, better – not
at all. Most of them couldn’t care less
about spiritual issues. They are bogged
down with all kinds of sins (especially of the flesh), and the only interest in
spiritual things many of these pathetic men have is because their wives care
and pray a little bit.
Eclipse
Hello Brothers, Our Lady said that in the
last days the church would be in eclipse.Interesting,there were solar eclipses
on may 18 1920 and april 8 2005.Those two dates are jpii's day of birth
and the day he was buried.
Joshua
Comment
Dear MHFM,
After reading your news and commentary on the Federal Reserve audit, I'm just
curious as I'm sure you are, just how does an audit cause the rise and fall of
the economy? Not sure what they would be so worried about? The investigation
would be like The Corp of Engineers auditing their own faulty levies after the
man-made tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
God Speed to you,
Tom
Soul of
Church
Hello Brothers,
What are your thoughts on those who
claim "baptism of desire" for those who are not part of the
visible Church as being "united to the soul of the Church, but not the
body"? Is this a real concept that has any basis on the spiritual and
practical order? Has the Church ever taught such idea? Where are these people
getting this idea?
AJ
MHFM: Our book has a section on that very issue. You should click here, and then go to Section
18: the Soul of the Church Heresy.
Outside the Catholic Church There
is No Salvation and refuting baptism of desire - book, audio program, articles
[see
section 18]
The error really stemmed from St. Robert Bellarmine’s erroneous use
of the terms. He was attempting to
explain how unbaptized catechumens (who believe in the Trinity and Incarnation
and desire baptism) could be part of the Church. The truth is that they cannot. That’s why St. Robert, who wrongly believed
they could, was unable to explain it with consistency. He admitted that they are not part of the faithful (which is a
devastating admission in itself) and thus he wound up arguing that unbaptized
catechumens could be in the soul of the Church but not the body. This is
completely wrong, as the papal teachings in our section on this issue clearly
show. He was so wrong, in fact, that
even Msgr. Fenton criticized St. Robert’s use of the distinction, as we show in
this article:
Can
one be "inside" the Catholic Church without being a
"member"?
It’s important to note that St. Robert did not employ
this false distinction with reference to pagans, unbelievers, etc. – people who
don’t believe in the essential mysteries of Catholic faith. He was only speaking of unbaptized
catechumens who knew of the essential mysteries of the Catholic faith but were
unbaptized. His error has been abused by
countless apostates and heretics in our day who love “baptism of desire.” Even Fenton, who was a heretic himself,
admits that St. Robert’s mistake has been abused and expanded upon by
modernists. Nevertheless, any attempt at advancing the “soul” of
the Church idea – as a way that people who are not part of the body can be
inside the Church – is incompatible with Catholic dogma. If it’s done directly in the face of the
dogmatic definitions we bring forward which disprove it, it is heretical. It’s certainly always heretical for those who
use this distinction (as countless “trad” priests do) to advance the idea that
people who don’t know of the Catholic faith can be saved.
Exchanges
Subject:
Interesting E-Exchanges
"Hope you return...Brother Juan": Return to what? Since I left the
Vatican II church, I have not missed it for even a second. To even think
of returning is sickening. The immodest dress they allow is reason enough to
stay away, and, oh, yes, the numerous heresies, irreverence and useless rites,
all of which offend God.
Re:
Golle debate: Mr. Golle wonders how we would
get the next pope, as if God is helpless and could not provide for our
needs. Why, anyway, would God provide a pope for a world that almost
unanimously rejects him, including those who call themselves Catholic?
Does he think for one minute that Vatican II counterfeit Catholics would give
up their numerous annulments, immoral marriages, belief in universal
salvation, their love of JPII "the great" and all the goodies
provided by the V2 church if God would provide a true pope to return them
to Catholic truths? Faithful V2 counterfeit Catholics have
their popes and they will never exchange them for a true pope. They
have failed God's final test and they will not be saved.
MHFM: Yes, people need to realize
that this is a major punishment for the bad will of the world.
M.
Jackson: Very accurate and thorough
description. His actions were very similar to our local pedophile who is
embraced by his Vatican II "Catholic" buddies and continues to oh, so
reverently receive "Communion". He bragged about
sharing his bed with boys like MJ did' He provided games and treats for boys as
MJ did; he had delusions of grandeur as MJ did; He pretended to be charitable
as MJ was reported to be, and oh, did they love him, even when they found out
what he had done to wreck the lives of numerous boys who are now young men. He
never apologized to those he harmed as MJ never apologized.
All
pedophiles, indeed, seem to be haunted by the same evil demon who does the
exact same things, and they can't seem to resist revealing themselves to the
world in more than subtle ways….
JP2
To
MHFM,
What's
amazing about the bold illuminist antipope John Paul II is that he would usurp
the power of the Queen of Heaven by not only adding a mystery to her Holy
Rosary, but naming it after his demonic cohorts, the illuminati, the satanic
cult of false light. Hence, the luminous mysteries. How bold and how
obvious, and how demonic. But the masses of ignorant Catholics in name
only, don't get it. Mater Immaculata, Ora pro nobis!- rr
Miscarriage
Dear Bro. Dimond,
What happens to a child who was miscarriaged? Does it have to be baptized to go
to Heaven? My mother said she first had a miscarriage where the infant just fit
on a shoe box and was dead already in the womb, the other baby was just a blob
of blood and has no form yet. They were not baptized. What will happen to
them?...
Thanks.
GOD bless,
Juanita
MHFM: This is covered in our book on
salvation, which we strongly recommend you to get. It’s a dogma that no one is saved without the
Sacrament of Baptism. Children are conceived in original sin. This cannot be taken away until they are
baptized. As a result, unbaptized infants are not saved. They go to
a part of Hell where there is no fire.
Catholic
Church
Who gave you the authority to start your
own "Catholic" church ? You have no authority whatsoever . You should
return to the Church and try to make a difference from within… That is the
correct way to do it, rather than going off on your own, and starting your own
church .
The priests in the Roman Catholic Church still have the ability to transform
the bread and wine, into the body of Christ . Where do you receive communion ?
You're walking on thin ice, by leaving the Roman Catholic Church and starting
your own ..thing .
Hope you return .
Bro Juan
MHFM: Your Vatican II Church, which
you wrongly call the Catholic Church, professes communion with non-Catholic
sects. Benedict XVI teaches that
non-Catholics don’t even need to convert.
He is therefore not a Catholic.
Your “priests” do not transform bread and wine into the Body and Blood
of Christ because the “Mass” they say is invalid and not according to the form
of the Catholic Church. Moreover, they
are not ordained in a rite which is valid according to the teaching of the
Catholic Church. It’s invalid for the
same reasons that the Anglican Rite was declared invalid.
Wake up and get a clue that the
Vatican II heretics embrace Protestantism and accept salvation outside the
Church. That makes them non-Catholics
with no authority in the Catholic Church, according to the teaching of the
popes themselves.
Benedict XVI (The Heresies of
Benedict XVI File) [link to section] –
The Invalid New Mass vs. the true Latin
Mass
The Catholic Teaching that a heretic cannot be a valid pope [PDF file]
Jackson
Dear Brothers,
Watching all the news of Michael Jackson's
death, I can't help but notice how many people seem to worship the guy very much
in the same way that young Novus Ordo "Catholics" worship Antipope
Benedict XVI at World Youth Day, just like a rock star.
AP
MHFM: He was, one must say, such a freak that it was almost as
if he wasn’t alive. Even the pagan media
seems to admit that he was a freak. He
was human, of course, but it didn’t always seem that way. He was like some kind of strange being or
evil spirit that lived and moved. He was
a huge figure in the total moral deformation of the culture. He was therefore very evil, and a large part
of his success was almost certainly due to the assistance of evil spirits. The evidence also seems to suggest that he
was a pedophile; yet the universal-salvation embracing pagan world will laud
him. They will never mention the eternal
consequences of his actions, for they don’t believe there are any.
Debate
comment
Dear Bro. Michael and Peter, I was
listening to the debates with William Golle all over again.
First off it is amazing that his whole argument began and ended in the first
1-2 minutes because all he did was repeat himself over and over again.
Second his argument that your position does
not stand because you can't answer how we will get the next pope is absurd, to
use Mr Golle's word. In order for him to be consistent then the following
example would also have to be. Imagine you and Mr Golle were driving in
the desert and were far far away from anyone and anything and had a flat
tire. According to Mr Golle if you didn't know how you were going to get
the tire fixed then the tire must not really be flat. It is as if he
expects the two of you to be all-knowing. And since you are not
all-knowing then according to him, what you say is wrong.
Paul
MHFM: Yes, we agree.
Moreover, his claim that we did not answer how we could get another true
pope is completely false. We very
clearly pointed out the fact that in the first millennium the pope was elected
by simple acclamation of the Roman clergy (without any specific process or number
of electors or any requirements for those electors). The same exact thing could happen again if a
truly Catholic bishop were acclaimed and acknowledged as the Bishop in Rome
(and thus as the pope). That could come
about in any number of ways.
Miracle
MHFM: Here’s a short account of a miracle during the reign of
Pope St. Pius V (1566-1572) which helped stifle the spread of Protestantism in
Italy.
“In
spite of the wide extent which the Protestant movement seemed likely to attain
at Faenza, it was soon evident that even there, as in the rest of Italy, it had
taken no real root among the masses of the people. In a great fire which had broken out in the
city an image of the Madonna remained unharmed amid the flames. Everyone saw a miracle in this occurrence,
and at once the daily diatribes of the Protestant preachers against the
[veneration] of the saints and their images failed to have any effect. The clergy, the city council and the populace
ran to witness the miracle; pilgrims came in great number from the surrounding
country to the miraculous image; startling cures were effected to the amazement
of physicians…” (Ludwig Pastor, History
of the Popes, Vol. 17, p. 314.)
Rosary
Dear Brothers,
I have a question about praying all 15 decades.
If I know I will likely be praying the entire 15 decades in a single day (which
I have been striving to do) am I supposed to pray the Hail Holy Queen after
every 5 decades and then re-pray the beginning prayers at the start of the next
5 decades? What I have been doing is just praying all 15 decades straight and
then concluding with the Hail Holy Queen at the conclusion of the Glorious
mysteries. Didn't know if it makes a difference or not.
Thanks for your time.
Josh
MHFM: You do not need to pray the Hail Holy Queen after each set of mysteries if you are planning on
praying the entire 15 decades.
Music
Brothers,
I really like your site.
Is it sinful to listen to classical music?
Thanks,
James
MHFM: Thanks for the interest.
The answer is no.
Debate
Uploaded
MHFM: We just added our sedevacantism http://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/debate.php
with William Golle to Youtube. You can
watch all 19 parts online. Many of our
readers have obviously heard some or all of the debate, but it’s nice to have
it up there and broken down into parts:
The breakdown is, roughly:
Parts 1-2: Golle’s
opening statement
Parts 2-3: Our
opening statement
Parts 4-5: Golle’s
next rebuttal
Parts 6-7: Our next
rebuttal
Parts 8-14:
Questions and Answers Cross Examination
Part 15: Golle’s
next rebuttal
Part 16: Our next
rebuttal
Part 17-18: Golle’s
closing statement
Part 18-19: Our
closing statement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6G3gW9AysA&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLurCh4Gje0
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Notice
how, for example, there is no answer whatsoever to (among other things) Vatican
II's heretical teaching on religious liberty. From Part 10:
New book
Dear Brother Peter,
I have just finished reading your new
book. What a wonderful book!... You have clearly pointed out the true
meaning of the different scriptural passages which non-Catholics twist and
deny, etc. to the peril of their own souls. I believe that many non-Catholics
reading this book if they are of good will and are searching for the truth,
will be converted. The scope of your apostolate with your books, DVDs,
radio programs, etc. is just astounding. I truly believe that there is
nothing more important than disseminating the Catholic faith in its entirety
and exposing its enemies. May God continue to bless all of you.
Roxanne Doogan
Candles
Dear
MHFM.
I am
wondering what is your opinion about candles with pictures of Catholic Saints on
them. The candles may have a picture of St. Martin, St. Joseph and Our
Lady of Guadalupe. They're popular among Mexican Catholics. But, I am not
sure if such candles are used by non-Mexican Catholics like Irish and Italians.
Does the MHFM support the use of candles with pictures of Saints on them?
MHFM: The short answer is yes.
Wanting
Recently, due to the outstanding work of
your new book, I've had in a very short time 3 non-Catholics wanting to
convert. Seeing themselves that the Catholic Church is indeed the Church
of God. I gave them a link to Steps to Convert on your website.
But something that I have been trying to understand due to the hard finding of
any true priest, what do we do to those who become baptized which from the
order of the sacraments shown in catechisms, after baptism comes confirmation
but mostly all bishops are so heretical. What do I tell these converts?
How will they be able to receive communion, if say a place is available for them
to receive communion? Do they have to go through the ceremony of the First
Communion? Can they still go receive Confession? What are the rules on these
hard times? May you please help me on this issue, your answers are very
rewarding. Thanks again for the magnificent new book, it hasn't been out
for 3 months at least and the fruits are overwhelmingly high. May God give you
the graces to continue with your amazing work, and Mary protect you!
Bernardo
MHFM: Thanks for the interest.
Our section on where to go to mass answers many of those questions. Confirmation is not absolutely necessary, and
there are valid options for confession.
Receiving Communion depends upon whether there is a validly ordained
priest in the area who satisfies the criteria which are explained in this file:
Where to go to Mass or confession today?
Position
Sir…as you and your group are admitted
Sedavacantists you appear to be as you accuse others to be-outside the
church. To say that there is no pope is to imply that Christ broke His
promise. If there is no visible head of the church on earth that promise has
been broken. But since Our Lord is truth itself this cannot be.
Yes the recent popes have not measured up
to the saintly ones of the past and have even caused great scandal for
the church…this does not imply that the elections were invalid. Ours is not the
only time in the history of the church to see such calamities occur in the church.
The Arian heresy when it occurred in the fourth century the pope went along
with it-even going so far as to excommunicate St. Athenasius twice for
defending the True Faith. Other popes had mistresses and at one point two
people claimed title of pope. She survived the "great schism"
of Martin Luther and will continue to survive until Our Lord will come in
glory. Just as Our Lord was crucified so the church is crucified. Remember it
is Our Lord who is permitting the current crisis in the church and will use the
evil to his great benefit.
It is not for us to judge the actions
of God's vicar on earth but to pray for him. We need not obey his teachings if
it puts the salvation of our souls is in danger-we first owe our allegience to
God and His teachings. Remember St. Paul said in one of his epistles "If I
or an angel of God should give you new teachings other than what I have
received from God let him be anathama."
Ida…
MHFM: No, there have been over 40 antipopes in Church history
and many periods without a pope.
Fidelity to the teaching of the popes requires one to conclude that these men are not popes but
rather antipopes. Try to understand that
a person who becomes a heretic automatically ceases to be a Catholic. In the same way, a non-Catholic cannot remain
or be elected as pope. This is Catholic
teaching, which you reject.
The Catholic Teaching that a
heretic cannot be a valid pope [PDF file]
You say that a pope excommunicated St. Athanasius. That’s not true. You are referring to Pope Liberius, who was
falsely accused by the Arians.
Pope
Pius IX, Quartus Supra (# 16),
January 6, 1873, On False Accusations:
“And previously the Arians falsely accused Liberius, also Our
predecessor, to the Emperor Constantine, because Liberius refused to condemn St.
Athanasius, Bishop of
Finally, you bring up popes who were morally deficient. A pope who is morally deficient remains the
pope, but a non-Catholic apostate such as Benedict XVI does not. To obstinately accept Benedict XVI is to deny
the papal dogmas, for he holds that it’s completely unnecessary to accept the
dogmatic definitions of Vatican I on the Papacy.
Letter
Subject: Letter from Luis C
Goodness,
I just came across Luis C's email to you at
MHFM and had to offer a brief response. Luis's claims, verbatim :
"so u r catholics and u do post vids
saying that Benedict XVI is a deceiver? GOD HAVE MERCY ON
YOU. you are the work of satan. are you free masons or communists by
any chance? it's because of those attitudes that the world is in the
state it is today... Benedict XVI is the Pope, chosen by the Holy Spirit to
guide us through these last end days. be careful with what u say cos
seems to me u r on the road of perdition.
God bless you
Luis C
While anyone who has dug into the
plethora of information provided on this website will know it has been clearly
postulated that Freemasonry's hands have been all over this false, Satan
influenced, Universalist, and New Age VatII church that claims to be the Roman
Catholic Church. Should Luis read this, he would be well served to open
his heart and head and spend at least an hour a day for the next 6 months
reading and learning all that's offered by MHFM on this site and in MHFM's
books, videos, and tapes - all of which are tools to be used for the safety and
security and health of our souls - and then question who and what are really
doing the deceiving of him and countless others throughout this world.
May God Bless you all at MHFM!
Kevin Ryan,
Oregon
One
World
One World
Dear Brothers,
It is my humble
opinion that the "One World Religion" is already here, and that is you
can be any "religion" under the sun so long as it's not the one true
religion, the Catholic Church of all times founded by Jesus Christ.
MHFM: There is such a general religious indifferentism that
almost everyone out there believes in universal salvation and thus accepts as
salvific any kind of beliefs or actions.
Curious
Hi, I'm commenting on your video,
"Important Information about the Catholic Church"
"And fortify yourself with a strong prayer life, and a true devotion to
the mother of God, who is the key in bringing us to her son."
Romans 10:13 says: For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be
saved."
Where does the Bible say that the mother of God is the key to getting to Jesus?
Romans 10:13 didn't say anything about Mary. It says WHOEVER calls on the Name
of the LORD SHALL be saved.
This is something I've never understood about catholics. Its not an attack. I'm
just curious to how it can be backed up by scripture.
Thanks
Robert
MHFM:
Our book, The
Bible Proves the Teachings of the Catholic Church, shows where the
Bible teaches Catholic doctrines on Mary and the importance of having devotion
to her. Concerning your reference to Romans
10:13, your misconception about the meaning of that passage is specifically
addressed in our article (and book) refuting Justification by faith alone.
Justification
by faith alone and eternal security completely refuted by the Bible [link to section]
Concerned
L.S.
I like your attitude, and i am a Roman Catholic Christian from the Netherlands who
is also deeply concerned about the present state of our Catholic Church.
The present state of preaching of the doctrine by our bishops and priests (they
keep silent about every dogmatic teaching of the Church) and the present state
of our Church going catholic laymen and women.
I am concerned because every time i visit a Holy Mass, i have to worry
whether or not the Mass is valid, and whether or not i do receive in truth the
Most sacred Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ when receiving Holy Communion.
No wonder why our lands are being invaded by islamists. Northern Africa,which
was entirely fallen prey to the heresy of Arius, was conquered by muhammadanism
too, and this fate awaits us very soon now if the Bishops of our Church don't
wake up.
A great danger is threatening our entire culture, and we have been asleep for
too long now.
i bless your community and i hope you keep up the good work of presenting these
videos on you Tube,
in Our Lord Jesus Christ, H i thank you brothers
MHFM: Thanks for the interest, but you must get out of the
invalid New Mass. Please look at the
information on our site which pertains to that issue.
Islam
…. I
very much appreciate your site, and visit it daily.
I also very much respect your latest research into the church's authentic
position on Islam. Of course, the modern Catholic catechism boldly grasps at
straws and abandons the historic realities of Catholic, Islamic encounters
through fifteen centuries. Our church is engaging in heresy plain and simple to
hold this constant danger to Christianity, and souls, Islam, in any regard
other than the correct one based not only on its' fruits, but more directly, by
any casual examination of their holy book or life of their "prophet."
They do this in my opinion for reasons of politics, something the church should
stay out of.
It is abundantly clear, as you point out here from your website, that Pope Pius
II was keenly aware that unopposed Islam meant Islamic world domination. We see
already the Islamification of Europe by mid-to-late century at the latest
according to ALL demographic studies…
Anthony
MHFM: Thanks for the e-mail. We
would just stress that one shouldn't say "our Church is engaging in
heresy"; for the Catholic Church cannot engage in heresy. It's the
Vatican II Counter Church which is doing that.
Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas (# 22), Dec. 11, 1925: “Not least among the blessings
which have resulted from the public and legitimate honor paid to the Blessed
Virgin and the saints is the perfect
and perpetual immunity of the Church from error and heresy.”
Saved
Hi
How do I become saved (I live in Denmark)?
Kind Regards
Ole,
Denmark.
MHFM: You must be a baptized
traditional Catholic and die in the state of grace. Our website
explains how to do that.
Greetings
Greetings.
Dear Brothers Michael and Peter Dimond:
I hope the 2 of you are doing ok. Although I´ve been reading and listening to
your material for quite some time, this is the first time I have the
distinction of addressing you.
Allow me to make a brief introduction about
myself. I´m a 28 years old Brazilian, and thanks in large part to the work your
monastery produced, I´m now a Catholic.
Months ago I came across your youtube channel, and your video on the
Novus Ordo "Mass" caught my attention. Soon after I was trying to
study everything from you I could find. It was all too shocking at first, but
after careful consideration, the facts started to defeat my doubts and denials.
I wanted you guys to be wrong. I wanted it so much, because then the reality of
the situation would not be so sad. But one can´t hide from reality once he
realizes it.
The amount of evidence your material
provides is simply astonishing. And to think I used to go to the new mass on a
daily basis... I knew all along about the abuses, and even that it was watered
down liturgy, but I still regarded at the time to be valid and a choice in
places where tridentine masses or other rites weren´t available. I was trying
my best to walk on the good side, but I was on a totally evil road. The entire
context was bad, as I later understood. Even during the ceremony, I used
to say a prayer, asking God not to take in consideration any possible
abuse that was happening, but to look at the good will of those present. And
that if something there saddened Him, that He had a friend in me I would like
to join Him in His sorrow. Soon after, as if in answer to my prayers, I
discovered the works from the MHFM.
Brother Michael and Peter, God Bless you
for giving people the chance to open their eyes and see through the intense fog
that blinds the souls. I´ve seen your videos and listened to all of your
audios, read a good portion of your site, and it helped me change many
misconceptions I had for years. I´m glad you shared your clarity of vision. You
will always be included in my prayers.
This first email was just to express my thanks, for all your efforts. I
still have many questions in my head, many things that are still not
clear.
Best regards.
More on
the Scapular
Dear Brothers,
Forgive my ignorance or possibly overlooking an aspect of the Faith. If someone is in the State of Grace, a
Catholic etc..., how can that person go to hell? What is the point in wearing
the scapular at all, other than for sentimental reasons or whatever, if it has
no spiritual benefit? It seems to me
that there should be other reasons for wearing it. I suppose it could dispense
graces but what's the point other than that.
Am I wrong? Is it possible to go to hell if you are in the State of
Grace and a Catholic?
Not that I wouldn't want it, but what
intercession could the Blessed Virgin offer after death? Shorter Purgatory? I
don't know. This has perplexed me since
I first read that info on your site. I guess I should've asked sooner. I have worn a scapular for the last four
years, but is there any great spiritual reason for it?
Thanks,
Nate
MHFM: It is not possible to go to Hell if you die in the state
of grace. Even though the scapular does
not guarantee salvation, there are great spiritual reasons for wearing it. It would be analogous to why one would wear a
crucifix or a miraculous medal. First,
they are protections against evil spirits.
Second, one receives certain graces for wearing these
sacramentals. In the case of the Brown
Scapular, it’s a sign of devotion to Our Lady.
She will more carefully watch over those who honor her in this way. It’s an assistance, even though it’s not an
absolute guarantee of remaining in the state of grace.
Finally, in the case of the Brown Scapular, wearing it (along
with fulfilling some other requirements) makes one eligible for the Sabbatine
Privilege. Those who depart life in the
state of grace and receive this privilege will be aided in a special way (e.g.,
in Purgatory) on the first Saturday after death. To not wear the Scapular is to be bereft of a
certain mantle of the Mother of God’s protection. It is to make yourself more vulnerable to
evil influences.
St.
Thomas on Blindness of mind
MHFM:
This is St. Thomas’ interesting explanation of how lust and gluttony cause
blindness of mind and dullness of sense.
St.
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Pt.
II-II, (Second and Third Articles): “Different causes produce different
effects. Now Gregory says (Moral. xxxi,
45) that dulness of sense arises from gluttony, and that blindness of mind
arises from lust… The perfect intellectual operation in man consists in an
abstraction from sensible phantasms, wherefore the more a man's intellect is
freed from those phantasms, the more thoroughly will it be able to consider
things intelligible, and to set in order all things sensible. Thus Anaxagoras
stated that the intellect requires to be "detached" in order to
command, and that the agent must have power over matter, in order to be able to
move it. Now it is evident that pleasure fixes a man's attention on that which
he takes pleasure in: wherefore the Philosopher says (Ethic. x, 4,5) that we
all do best that which we take pleasure in doing, while as to other things, we
do them either not at all, or in a faint-hearted fashion. Now carnal vices, namely gluttony and lust,
are concerned with pleasures of touch in matters of food and sex; and these are
the most impetuous of all pleasures of the body. For this reason these vices
cause man's attention to be very firmly fixed on corporeal things, so that in
consequence man's operation in regard to intelligible things is weakened, more,
however, by lust than by gluttony, forasmuch as sexual pleasures are more
vehement than those of the table. Wherefore lust gives rise to blindness of
mind, which excludes almost entirely the knowledge of spiritual things, while
dulness of sense arises from gluttony, which makes a man weak in regard to the
same intelligible things.”
Mini-Debate
MHFM:
In the file below, there is a mini-debate/e-mail exchange with a person who
wrote in and condemned a portion of our article on Hutton Gibson.
Scapular
MHFM: When Our Lady gave the Scapular to St. Simon Stock, she
said: “This shall be to thee and to all Carmelites a privilege that whosoever dies
clothed in this (Scapular) shall not suffer eternal fire. It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection
in danger and a pledge of peace.”
As we see, the original promise was for the Carmelites who wear
the Scapular and die in the good graces of the Order. The point here is that Our Lady did not
guarantee salvation to all laypeople who die wearing the Brown Scapular, nor
has the Church taught this. The promise
that has been declared by the Church concerning the Brown Scapular is the
Sabbatine Privilege. It has various
requirements attached, one of which is to be a baptized Catholic who dies in
the state of grace. This issue is
covered in our salvation book. People
should wear the Brown Scapular. It’s an
important sacramental and a sign of devotion to Our Lady; but, contrary to what
some believe, it’s not a guarantee of salvation for everyone who wears it.
In The Glories of Mary, St. Alphonsus tells
us about the Scapular.
St. Alphonsus, The Glories of Mary,
p. 272: “… the sacred scapular of Carmel… It was also confirmed by Alexander V,
Clement VII, Pius V, Gregory XIII, and Paul V, who, in 1612, in a bull said:
‘That Christians may piously believe that the blessed Virgin will aid by her
continual intercession, by her merits and special protection, after death, and
principally on Saturday, which is a day consecrated by the Church to the
blessed Virgin, the souls of the members of the confraternity of holy Mary of
Mount Carmel, who shall have departed this life in the state of grace,
worn the scapular, observing chastity, according to their state of life,
recited the office of the Virgin, and if they have not been able to recite it,
shall have observed the fasts of the Church, abstaining from flesh-meat on
Wednesdays, except on Christmas day.”
St.
Alphonsus here lists the promises of the Sabbatine Privilege; he mentions
nothing about the alleged promise that “whoever dies wearing this scapular
shall not suffer eternal fire.” He
points out that one must be in the state of grace (which presupposes the
Catholic Faith and Baptism); one must be a member of the confraternity,
etc. So it is possible for a person to
die with the Brown Scapular on and still go to Hell, if the person is a non-Catholic
or a Catholic in the state of mortal sin.
This is the teaching of the Catholic Church. Those who say otherwise are simply mistaken.
Re:
Heretics
Hello Brothers,
I recently saw that someone use this phrase of "Failure to respond to this
e-mail will imply an inability to sufficiently defend your position on these
issues." If I may I would like to use it as well although I don't prefer
using such tactics in order to have a question answered. However this will be
the second of e-mails I have sent you, the first being some time ago without a
response. My question is, how do you reconcile receiving the sacraments from
heretics and if I may point out, not only heretics but "filthy, amazing,
abominable, disgusting" heretics. If one clearly knows the position he is
taking and puts himself outside the Church, why is it okay to receive the
sacraments from him? Now if I understand correctly, you may say out of
necessity, but never the less the green light is given. Now if you say avoid
such a person who clearly knows the full background of his positions. Would you
suggest only going to ignorant clergy? If so, where does the Church teach that?
I would like to know, aside from your personal position on the matter. Where
does the Church teach infallibly or even the private opinion of a Church Father
or theologian if nothing else can be found that a Catholic can receive
sacraments from those outside the Mystical Body? This is troubling for me
because I understand that not all priests are saints, but to receive what is
most precious and a source of grace from those who are no longer functioning
members of the Church doesn't make sense at all. I would also like to ask that
you include the novus ordo as a possible place to go for sacraments like
confession or may even an indult, given that all the conditions are met. Please
in a yes or no answer, if someone finds an Old Catholic who is validly ordained
can this person go there for sacraments? If you answer in the affirmative,
wouldn't you therefore have to include every heretical schismatic person who
has valid orders and given they don't tamper with anything that would render
the sacrament invalid? Given the current state of the Church, the scaraments
are crucial to every Catholic. Thank you for your time and I hope that you can
put my worries at ease.
David
MHFM: You are very confused, obviously. Like the last objector, you haven’t closely
paid attention to our responses on these issues. We have a whole section on this matter. It answers that question and contains general
guidelines: Where to go to Mass or confession today?. You ask where a
Church authority has ever taught that you may go to a heretic for the
sacraments. St. Thomas Aquinas taught
that you may go to an undeclared heretic, as we’ve pointed out many times.
St. Thomas
Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part III.,
Q. 82, A. 9,
Whether it is permissible to receive
communion from heretical, excommunicate, or sinful priests, and to hear mass
said by them?: “I answer that, As was said above (5,7),
heretical, schismatical, excommunicate, or even sinful priests, although they
have the power to consecrate the Eucharist, yet they do not make a proper use
of it; on the contrary, they sin by using it. But whoever communicates with
another who is in sin, becomes a sharer in his sin. Hence we read in John's Second Canonical
Epistle (11) that "He that saith unto him, God speed you, communicateth
with his wicked works." Consequently, it is not lawful to receive
Communion from them, or to assist at their mass. Still there is a difference among the above,
because heretics, schismatics, and excommunicates, have been forbidden, by the Church's sentence, to perform the
Eucharistic rite. And therefore whoever hears their mass or receives the
sacraments from them, commits sin. But not all who are sinners are debarred by
the Church's sentence from using this power: and so, although suspended by the
Divine sentence, yet they are not suspended in regard to others by any
ecclesiastical sentence: consequently,
until the Church's sentence is pronounced, it is lawful to receive Communion at
their hands, and to hear their mass.
Hence on 1 Corinthians 5:11, "with such a one not so much as to
eat," Augustine's gloss runs thus: "In saying this he was unwilling
for a man to be judged by his fellow man on arbitrary suspicion, or even by
usurped extraordinary judgment, but rather by God's law, according to the
Church's ordering, whether he confess of his own accord, or whether he be
accused and convicted."
We carefully point out that you may
only go to an undeclared heretic who professes to be Catholic and is not
notorious about his heresy (or less obvious, as some like to say). One must not support the priest or agree with
him. Just think how many such priests
were operating in parishes at different times in Church history. There were many undeclared heretics and
modernists who professed to be Catholic and were operating in the years before
Vatican II and at other times in Church history. Pope St. Pius X even said that modernism was
almost at the very veins and “bosom of the Church.” You may not go to an “Old Catholic,” for he
is a notorious heretic who doesn’t profess to accept all of Catholic teaching. Further, he is part of a group that has also
been specifically excommunicated by the pope.
See our section for more Church teachings and discussions on this issue.
Book
[The following is from a person who read the new book, The Bible Proves the Teachings of the
Catholic Church. He has a
non-Catholic wife.]
Brother Peter’s new work is excellent. It was easy to read… If she won’t read this,
then it will take direct intervention from Heaven to move and convert.
I will look forward to any and all works
that MHFM produces.
Howard
Failure,
“Baptism of Desire” Objection
Failure to respond to this e-mail will
imply an inability to sufficiently defend your position on these issues.
Dear Dimond Brothers,
By claiming that all who acknowledged Paul VI as the pope were heretics, you
condemn Padre Pio. Not only did Padre Pio accept Paul VI; he wrote a
private letter to him applauding the latter's defense of human
life. Moreover, since you do not believe that John XXIII was ever a
valid pope, you cannot say that Paul VI was ever a
valid pope either. So, for Padre Pio to accept Paul VI
as the pope at any time would have placed him outside
the Church.
You also must necessarily, though indirectly, claim that Thomas Aquinas and
Augustine, along with many of the other theologians and Doctors of the Church,
were outside the Church for holding that the Baptisms of Desire and
of Blood were legitimate substitutes for Water in invincible cases or in
cases of martyrdom. Moreover, you cannot compare Thomas Aquinas'
denial of, or rather ignorance of, the Immaculate Conception, with
his acceptance of accidental substitutes for Water Baptism, on
account of the fact that the Immaculate Conception was not declared a
dogma until the 19th century, while the dogma of the necessity of Water
Baptism, even as you claim, has always been held by the Church
(seeing as it is related in Scripture itself).
In Christ,
Ian
MHFM: For our
answer, click here:
Universalism
Subject: I’m a Protestant Universalist
It's great to see that the Roman Catholic
Church is finally coming around to the ancient way of Universalism. The first
500 years of Christendom for the most part embraced Universalism. Four of the
six schools taught it. Only one school taught eternal torment. Hell as
tradition has taught cannot exist because sin is finite while eternal
punishment is infinite and to impose infinite punishment for finite sin is not
justice, it's insanity. The Bible says that Jesus is going to draw (drag) all
men unto himself and St. Paul said that Jesus Christ was the Saviour of all
especially those that believe but not excluding everybody else. Pope Benedicy
XVI just apologized to our aboriginal peoples here in Canada for the way the
Roman Catholic Church abused their ancestors in our former residential schools
and I'm happy to hear that he did. Pope John Paul II was not a hereitc like you
say because he embraced Universal Salvation because it wasn't heresy he taught.
It was simply the truth paying him a visit. In fairness to the Roman Catholic
Church, I don't support the Protestant teachings of eternal torment and hell
either and have written many rebuttals to various videos on You Tube and
elsewhere that teach it.
REGARDS,
EDWIN
MHFM: No, the Catholic Church has not embraced
Universalism. The Vatican II Counter
Church and its antipopes have. The
latter do not represent the Catholic Church.
Moreover, the Bible is very clear that Hell exists (Matthew 25:41) and
that most men go there (Matthew 7:13).
The early Church did not embrace Universalism. Rather, it taught – in accordance with the
clear teaching of Scripture and tradition – that Hell exists. It taught that all who die unbaptized or
outside the Church or in the state of grave sin go there.
You embrace Universalism (Protestant Universalism, as you say)
because it suits your desire not to give up sins. The only thing that’s correct in your e-mail
is that Antipope John Paul II and Antipope Benedict XVI taught/teach the heresy
of universal salvation.
Deceived
so u r catholics and u do post vids saying
that Benedict XVI is a deceiver? GOD
HAVE MERCY ON YOU. you are the work of
satan. are you free masons or communists by any chance? it's because of those attitudes that the
world is in the state it is today... Benedict XVI is the Pope, chosen by the
Holy Spirit to guide us through these last end days. be careful with what u say cos seems to me u
r on the road of perdition.
God bless you
Luis C
MHFM: No, you don’t understand the
Catholic faith. There have been over 40
antipopes in Church history, and the popes teach that heretics cannot be valid
popes. Benedict XVI is without any doubt
a manifest heretic and apostate. Wake
up; you are very deceived.
Benedict XVI (The Heresies of
Benedict XVI File) [link to section]
Paul VI
Subject: Paul VI
I do not judge any of the Pope's since i
feel i am not in the position to do so, however i find it striking in Paul VI
public appearance's he never made the sign of the Christian Cross when blessing
people, but rather it was a vertical line and a horizontal line not placed
across but under it.
Furthermore i am very un-happy with the whole conciliar Church as it is now and
though i was shocked in unbelief the first time i saw these video's,
nevertheless they contain some very striking evidence of where it went wrong
with the Church….
Thank you for the trouble of going through all this material and enlighten us
about the new mass, the new rite of ordination, and about true catholicism.
Lith…
MHFM: Catholics have an obligation to judge and denounce
heretics when they manifest their rejection of Catholic truth by their words
and actions. Paul VI was an
antipope.
Romans 2
I
have a question about Romans 2:10-16, especially the part that starts,
"When Gentiles who do not have the law keep it as by instinct, these men
although wihtout the law serve as a law for themselves. They show that
the demands of the law are written in their hearts. Their conscience
bears witness together with that law, and their thoughts will accuse or defend
them on the day when, in accordance with the gospel I preach, God will pass
judgment on the secrets of men through Christ Jesus."
Could
you more fully explain what Paul is saying about the Gentiles who do not have
the law and how they will be judged? Does their conscience substitute for the
law and if so it states they will be defended. What does this mean? Thank you for your help with this.
Mary Jo Marceau-Hawthorne
MHFM: What he’s saying in this context is that the “law” – i.e.,
the Ten Commandments, which are also called the moral law – is written on every
man’s heart. Each man knows that he
should not steal, that he should not murder, that he should not commit
adultery, etc. Hence, when the Gentiles
do such things, even if they have not been exposed to the teaching of the Jews
and the actual Ten Commandments, they are convicted in their hearts.
With regard to your question about their thoughts defending
them, St. Augustine explains it well:
St.
Augustine, Against Julian, 421:
“Their thoughts will defend these unbelievers on the day of judgment, so that they will be punished more
tolerably, because in some way they did naturally the things that are of
the law, having the work of the law written in their hearts to this extent,
that they did not do to others what they would not wish to endure. But even in this they were sinners, because,
being men without faith, they did not refer their works to that end to which
they out to have referred them.” (Jurgens, Faith
of the Early Fathers, Vol. 3:1905)
As St. Augustine correctly explains, this verse does not teach
that non-believers can be saved. It
teaches that, on the Day of Judgment, they will be excused for those particular
actions which were performed in accordance with the moral law. Further, those who act in line with the
natural or moral law (and refer them to the proper end) will be brought to the
knowledge of the truth; for the Church has always taught that the people who
are left in ignorance of the Gospel are left in that ignorance for their sins
in matters which were within their knowledge.
Pius II
MHFM: Here’s one of the quotes which were
referenced in our new audio, The Popes
Against Islam.
Pope
Pius II, Address, Sept. 26, 1459: “In
the royal city of the East they have slain the successor of Constantine and his
people, desecrated the temples of the Lord, defiled the noble church of
Justinian with their Mahometan
abominations… Each success [of the Islamic Sultan] will be only a
stepping-stone to the next until he has mastered all the Western Monarchs,
overthrown the Christian Faith, and
imposed the law of his false prophet on the whole world.”
New
Audio: Popes Against Islam
MHFM: Are Muslims pagans?
Why is that significant? This
audio contains a number of important new quotes concerning what the popes have
had to say about Islam. This audio addresses the objection, which is frequently
raised by defenders of Vatican II, that a letter of Pope St. Gregory VII taught
that Muslims and Catholics worship the same God.
The
Popes Against Islam [new 25 min. audio]
This audio also recaps the teaching of the Vatican II antipopes
on Islam, which is diametrically opposed to the teaching of the Catholic
Church. This will be found permanently in our Traditional Catholic Audios Section.
Disturbing,
develop
… I find some of
your videos rather disturbing. Are you and your order in full communion with
the Church? Also it would seem to me that Vatican II left room for interpretation,
which has led to some confusion. To me at least, it appears that Benedict XVI
is working to clarify some of the liberal ideas that have arisen as a result of
Vatican II. I believe it is unbiblical to believe that the Church can exist
without the Pope as the head. I am just curious as to what exactly you believe
in regards to the current condition of the Church. According to Vatican I, the
pope can make errors. It is also a fact that doctrine in all areas of
Catholicism has developed over time. I just don't see anything in Vatican II
that destroys the idea of papal infallibility according to its own definition.
Because, let's face it, that is what some of your videos are claiming.
However I do have some questions in this area and would be interested in
hearing your take on it.
God bless.
JD
MHFM: We’re not with the Vatican II
Church; for it’s not the Catholic Church.
Benedict XVI is not working to clarify liberal ideas. He consistently teaches heresies and exhibits
apostasy. You mention Vatican I. Well, one of Benedict XVI’s main heresies is
that Protestants and schismatics don’t need to accept the definitions of
Vatican I. You really need to look at
these files:
The
Heresies of Benedict XVI [PDF file]
The Heresies in Vatican II
[PDF File]
Also, Catholic doctrine does not develop. It is handed down. The idea that Catholic teaching develops and
grows is heretical. It’s a modernist
concept. There can be more precise
definitions of the same truth, which give one a more precise understanding of
the same truth in the same sense. But
doctrine does not develop.
You mention not having a pope.
Every time a pope died in Church history there was no pope for a period
of time. This sometimes lasted for
years. There have also been over 40
antipopes in Church history. The other objections
you raise are addressed on our website.
Luther
Hi my friend,
I think you incredibly exaggerated, calling Martin Luther "one of the most
heretical persons in church history".
On which bases do you permit yourself to denounce Luther?
Best,
M.
MHFM: He certainly was one of the most heretical individuals in
Church history. This is true in terms of
the effect he had, as well as the very evil and corrupting content of his
heresies. You really should read our
short article about him.
Some Facts about Martin Luther, the Originator
of Protestant "Christianity" [PDF]
Honestly
Dear Sir,
Do you honestly think His Holiness John Paul 2 is an antipope. He heavily
promoted the Divine Mercy Chaplet and is on his way to canonization. Paul 6 and
John Paul 2 are not anti popes. I understand you may disagree with what he did,
but that is no reason to call them the anti christ. As a matter of fact, if you
read the messages of our Lady of Naju, you will see that our lady refers to the
pope as "his son's high priest". Also John Paul 2, when he was a
priest in Nazi accupied Poland, carried a jewish girl to a train after that
girl survived a prison camp. He also heavly denounced Abortion and other mortal
sins.
C… Patriot
MHFM: Sir, you really need to wake up
and learn something about the Catholic faith.
John Paul II promoted and believed things that represent a total
rejection of the whole Gospel and all of Catholic dogma. To believe that he was a Catholic and/or good
is to disbelieve in Jesus Christ and the historical Catholic faith. Begin to understand something about Catholic
dogma and what constitutes heresy. Look
at this file. Look at our website.
John Paul II (manifest heretic who claimed to be pope
1978-2005) [link to section]
The message you reference is false.
Question
Hello. I really like your videos (keep 'em
coming)! i consider myself a true catholic in where I believe in the
fundamentals in which Catholicism was born, yet, question the resolve of the
vatican (I believe the vatican may be the wolf in sheep's clothing the bible
prophisies about)....
just a little curious
your friend
A I
MHFM: What you need to realize is that the post-Vatican II Church
is not the real Catholic Church. The
Catholic Church is the one true Church founded by Christ. Please look at the information on our
website. It's the Vatican II Counter
Church that is prophesied in Scripture: The Great Apostasy and a
Counterfeit Church predicted in the New Testament and in Catholic Prophecy.
Converted
Dear Most Holy Family Monastery,
My mother and I converted to the true
Catholic Faith through information supplied in your books, as has an elderly
woman named Claudia who converted in a remarkable way... Claudia is one of my
residents... We wish you the best with your endeavors, which have already
provided my family and Claudia with eternal results. Yours in Christ, who
Graces flow through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Alexander Tjerslon
Comment
[Subject: Concerning the comment below]
Dear
Bros. Michael and Peter Dimond,
Very
soon after I learning about the Most Holy Family Monastery site, in 2002,
and the truth about the Vatican II antipopes, I e- mailed this
crowd, explaining to them that it was a big mistake to keep referring
to these claimants to the papacy, "popes"..I can't recall the
response, except in follow up emails they refused to discuss the topic with me
as a sedevacantist person,and that is still the case today, 7 years later,
incredibly they haven't woken up to the facts, in spite of all the
evidence you attempt to point in front of them.
One
can only conclude that they terribly "thick", and of bad
will, or they working in with the Novus Ordo crowd, since they keep
leading people down the wrong road, by accepting these apostates as
true, but, albeit, bad popes, and also calling what they think is the
Catholic Church ,"Newrome" and "newchurch". Of course… this
is blasphemy... One hates to think how many Catholics are still being sucked in
by their evil "charm", by appearing as the "good guys" in
this final Apostasy.
David.
N.Z.
This
site
I
did not listen to you on Coast to Coast but here is what [this guy’s] website
has about you on their website. I suspect perhaps they are attempting to
denigrate your good name because you speak the whole truth and they do not? :
Extraterrestrials
are back! Previous… Commentaries have described the New Order sect's
fascination with the subject. Now this fascination has gone beyond the New
Order sect. One Brother Michael Dimond appeared on a May 26, 2009, a radio talk
programme, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Noory writes that he
focuses on topics like paranormal phenomena, time travel, alien abduction, etc.
Dimond indicated on the programme that he believes in UFOs and
extraterrestrials and calls them "demonic spiritual entities." He
contends that demons masquerade as aliens in UFOs. He claims a 1947 incident in
which somebody conducted a Satanic ritual at the future site of Area 51, a U.S.
military base located in southern Nevada, which is a focus of extraterrestrial
and UFO stories. The ritual, he says, "allowed evil entities to come
through."…
MHFM: Thanks for the e-mail. We have a few comments.
First, he refers to “one Bro. Michael
Dimond,” as if he doesn’t know him.
That’s interesting because he knows very well who Bro. Michael is – in fact,
they’ve spoken. So this is just an
example of his pride and bad will. He
wants to give the impression that he doesn’t know him when he most certainly
does. He also puts a picture of some
wacko, and subtly implies that it’s a picture of Bro. Michael (which is not
true).
Second, the man who runs the site is
an utter heretic. In fact, he’s an
apostate. Believe it or not, after all
of these years and all of their heresies, he still regards the Vatican II antipopes as true popes! That’s right.
He specifically says that he’s not a sedevacantist. Since he’s obstinately independent of his
“pope,” he is in schism with the Church he recognizes.
At the same time, however, he
constantly denounces Benedict XVI and his apostate “hierarchy” as non-Catholic,
heretical, and every name in the book.
He constantly denounces their V-2 “Church” as illegitimate, apostate,
heretical, evil, a joke, a sect, etc. He
does this while simultaneously and obstinately regarding this institution and
its leaders as the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This is extremely evil.
Considering all of this, it’s obvious
that he’s not only a heretic for obstinately recognizing a manifest heretic as
pope – and thus for denying the twin dogmas of the Church’s unity and that heretics
are outside the body – but he blasphemes the Catholic Church by constantly identifying a false Church
with the true Church. He holds that
the very “hierarchy,” which he admits is apostate, is the hierarchy of the
Catholic Church. He equates a body which he admits is non-Catholic,
apostate and evil with the Catholic Church.
This is blasphemy.
That means that every time he mocks
the Conciliar Vatican II Church, he is actually mocking himself; for he
professes communion with its leaders.
Every time he casts aspersions on the Vatican II Church and its
outrages, he is condemning himself and what he considers to be the Catholic
Church. For these reasons, his beliefs
require him (even though he would deny it) to hold that the Catholic Church is a false sect which has defected. He considers the Catholic Church to be
something that deserves to be mocked.
It’s quite accurate to say that he’s
not a believer in Catholicism. Rather,
he is more accurately described as an “Old Catholic” or an “Eastern Orthodox”
with some traditionalist Catholic trappings.
He doesn’t believe in the Papacy; that’s for sure. That’s precisely why he believes that the
popes and the Church can officially err in solemnly canonizing saints.
But his heresies and perversions of Catholic
teaching don’t end there. He also denies
the salvation dogma. He denies that it’s
necessary for all men to be baptized Catholics.
He holds the invincible ignorance salvation heresy. This heresy is rampant among false
traditionalists, as we’ve covered. Under
our cross examination, he would be forced to admit that he believes that a soul
in any religion can be saved by “baptism of desire.”
He also holds that people may be
Freemasons. This is particularly
interesting. In this quote below, he
indicates that (in his view) it was okay for Mozart and his mentor to have been
Freemasons:
March 5, 2006
Commentary: “But whenever the name of Mozart comes up, someone always asks, but
wasn't Mozart a Freemason? The answer is a qualified yes. Mozart was influenced
by the ideas of the eighteenth century European Enlightenment as an adult and
became a Freemason in 1784. However, his
lodge, the same one in which his devout father Leopold and his mentor Joseph
Haydn were both members, was a specifically Catholic rather than a deistic
one. Both composers were at the time furnishing church music in the court of
the Catholic Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg.
According to Msgr. Philip Hughes, one of the most noted Catholic historians
of the first half of the 19th century, Freemasonry in Mozart's time, before the
French Revolution, which occurred some eight years after Mozart's death, didn't
necessarily include the anti-Catholic fanaticism, which after the Revolution
became obligatory and was later universally condemned by the Church, but could
be considered, at least in the Catholic lodges, as an humanitarian work
compatible with the Faith. It wasn't until the mid 1790s, in the turmoil of the
war with France that the Austrians grew concerned about secret societies, and
in the mid 1790s Masonry was forbidden in Austria.”
He is clearly defending membership in
Freemasonry. He even describes people
who entered it as “devout.” This kind of
false teaching is subversive of Catholic principles. It really makes one wonder about this guy,
beyond the obvious heresies. Is he more
than just a false traditionalist apostate who holds a mixed bag of heresies and
true objections to the Vatican II sect?
After all, it doesn’t take much research to learn that Pope Clement XII
had already condemned Freemasonry and universally forbidden people to enter it
in 1738; but this guy says it’s no problem that Mozart was a Freemason in 1784.
Pope
Clement XII, April 28, 1738: “Wherefore We command most strictly and in virtue
of holy obedience, all the faithful of whatever state, grade, condition, order,
dignity or pre-eminence, whether clerical or lay, secular or regular, even
those who are entitled to specific and individual mention, that none, under any
pretext or for any reason, shall dare or presume to enter, propagate or support
these aforesaid societies of Liberi Muratori or Francs Massons, or however else
they are called, or to receive them in their houses or dwellings or to hide
them, be enrolled among them, joined to them, be present with them, give power
or permission for them to meet elsewhere, to help them in any way, to give them
in any way advice, encouragement or support either openly or in secret,
directly or indirectly, on their own or through others; nor are they to urge
others or tell them, incite or persuade them to be enrolled in such societies
or to be counted among their number, or to be present or to assist them in any
way; but they must stay completely clear of such Societies, Companies,
Assemblies, Meetings, Congregations or Conventicles, under pain of
excommunication for all the above mentioned people, which is incurred by the
very deed without any declaration being required, and from which no one can
obtain the benefit of absolution, other than at the hour of death, except
through Ourselves or the Roman Pontiff of the time.”
There are other heresies which we
could cover. But his most prominent and
consistent one is his mockery of the Papacy.
He constantly denigrates the authority of the Church in the ways
explained above.
On the positive side, he does say
that the New Mass is invalid. This is
something that his fellow false traditionalist apostates are unwilling to say
or too dishonest to believe. Overall,
however, he epitomizes the false traditionalist movement and he brings people
to a dark disbelief in the Papacy and the infallibility of the Church. To obstinately hold his position is without
any doubt to forfeit faith in the Papal Office and in the promises of Christ to
the Church.
Benedict
XVI’s Tidal Wave of Apostasy
MHFM: We’ve
updated our Benedict XVI's
recent Heresies file.
KC “Bishop”
[Note: This reader is referring to a recent post in our News and
Commentary section.]
I am writing you because this article (KC
V-2 "Archbishop" says abortionists "not evil") brings up
the need for many important points to be considered:
… This is an excellent example of V-2
salvation theology. The "Archbishop" is in good standing with his church. No
V-2 tribunal could properly discipline him. The V-2 concept of "There is
salvation outside the church" justifies itself by saying "good
people" outside the church go to heaven. Aquinas said that all people
think they are doing good. Even a pedophile "priest" or abortionist
thinks he is doing good. Therefore, universal salvation. Therefore, pedophile
"priests" and abortionists are not evil, they are just confused. With
the V-2 theology, the "Archbishop" was correct in praying for
the repose of the mass murderer's soul, in order to quicken it's arrival in
heaven…
Mt
Opinion
What's your opinion on Martin Luther King
Jr.? Did he held heretical beliefs? It's revealing that much of the whole
liberalism and satanic influence exploded in the 60's (Rock Music, increase of
demonic activity, the Great Apostasy, the heretical Vatican II, etc.).
Almost like the marking of the beginning of the end. Thanks for your
great work, and I love your new book, it has helped me teach others and at the
same time teach myself basic understanding of the roots of Catholicism.
It has facilitated the refutations of those heretical objections that
non-Catholics bring up. The book is so well written that a friend of mine
who is a non-catholic (who is now willing to be baptized and accept the True
Faith in the upcoming weeks) told me that when they had read it, it was so easy
to understand and comprehend. What I noticed though from their feedback
was that they showed good will and honesty. You have to be humble first
to understand the amazing teachings of Christ. Thanks again for all your
hard work and may the celebration of Corpus Christi from the faithful help you
receive graces from Heaven to fortitude the outstanding work you Brothers have
accomplished/are accomplishing and win souls for Christ. God bless you
and Mary protect you.
-B
MHFM: Thanks for the e-mail.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a heretical Protestant.
Mary
Subject: Mary proves all non-Catholic
religions are demonic
In Genesis is contained proof that the
Mother of Christ would have a definite role in salvation history.
New Testament Scripture, especially in St. Luke's Gospel is practically
ignored by nonCatholics who call themselves "Christians", and
Mary is relegated to a picture on a Christmas card with no more power than
the mythical Santa Claus.
Mary's God-given powers are feared by the
demon who knows that if he allows his cooperators in nonCatholic religions to
recognize Mary, not as co-redemptrix, but as a powerful asset created by God to
aid in overcoming temptation, he might lose the battle.
The whole reason behind God's use of Mary
remains somewhat of a mystery, even to Catholics, but apparently not to
Satan. Satan knows how powerful devotion to Mary is, which is why you will
never see a Protestant minister, Buddhist, Muslim or any nonCatholic
"priest" promote her Rosary.
Satan may use a false Mary… to fool a few
faithless and idiotic Catholics to keep them on his side, but he has never
inspired even one of them to allow Mary into any of his false religions as
part of their belief system. In fact, it seems that most
nonCatholics dislike and even hate the fact of Mary. They insist she had
other children and that she was nothing more than a tool to bring Him to
the earth that he cast aside immediately after his birth. They seem
to forget that he spent only three years teaching the apostles but 30 of his
33 years on earth were spent with Mary and Joseph. Apparently Mary's
role is so effective that Satan can't even use her effectively in a
deceitful way in his nonCatholic churches.
To diminish Mary is to
diminish the holiness and almightiness of God. The Vatican II church has
diminished Mary as much as possible. To completely eradicate her from
Vatican II would arouse suspicion in Catholic minds who see her inclusion in V2
documents as proof that they are Catholic.
V2 priests do not preach, pray or even
carry the Rosary. I remember years ago a V2 priest joking about
the fact that he did not carry a Rosary when a little old lady approached him
and asked him to pray a rosary with her.
In the years following Vatican II's
beginnings, it was nearly impossible to buy rosaries and religious articles or
to find a Christmas Creche, but religious articles have made a comeback
because whatever is left that is Catholic in V2 Catholics continues to
demand them and they seem to prefer to ignore their "priests" and
their "Catholic" magazines who insist upon teaching that Catholics do
not need sacramentals to identify themselves as Catholic.
Any church that diminishes Mary, makes
distorted ("modern") images of Jesus, Mary and the
saints, such as those in V2 churches, is demonically inspired.
When we keep our mind upon Mary in the mysteries of the Rosary, all of
which are also found in Protestant Bibles, she will lead us to or back to
Christ and the truth.
P
Pope
Benedict XV on the Redemption
Some people
are also claiming that this is proof of manifest heresy from Pope Benedict
XV. What’s your response?
Pope Benedict
XV, Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, #1, 1914: "For the whole of
mankind was freed from the slavery of sin by the shedding of the blood of Jesus
Christ as their ransom, and there is no one who is excluded from the benefit
of this Redemption ..."
MHFM: No, the
radical schismatics are wrong again. For
our answer, click here:
Heresies
Subject: I’m glad I stopped going to the
Novus Ordo Mess (“Mass”)
I walked out of the service because the
so-called priest was saying that the Deluge was in fact a myth and it was a local
flood and not a world flood.
The same jerk who said:"Don't tell
Protestants that they are going to hell."
I wrote to him that he was denying Catholic
Dogma…
In the WSU newspaper the Daily Evergreen he
even supports ecumenism!
The heretic’s name is Steve Werner.
K
MHFM: Thanks for the e-mail. We’re also glad that you stopped. Those are really some heresies from the
“priest.” However, one needs to be
convinced that it’s wrong to go to the New Mass because it’s an invalid and
Protestant service. In other words, if
one has only stopped going because the priest uttered heresies, then one
doesn’t yet believe what one needs to believe on that point.
The Invalid New Mass vs. the true Latin
Mass
Sr. Lucy
Hi
there. As regarding your text about sr. lucia… you can actually see sr. lucia
listed (by her own order!) as deceased in the year 1949 on may 31st!!!!! i
guess that’s the last
proof one needs -you just might want to imbed this with your article…
Skies
Dear
Bros. Michael and Peter Dimond,
With
reference to the recent "Apocalyptic" cloud sighting in Iowa, in my
opinion, this cloud formation best fits the description Stratocumulus cumulogenitus mamma, based on the International Classification of Clouds.
It
is obviously falls into the Low
Cloud Group, ( stratocumulus, stratus, nimbostratus, cumulus and
cumulonimbus ) with the main cloud
base between ground level and 7000ft, since the cloud formation appears to be
around 5000ft.
Notice,
that in this case, clouds in the sky at any given time can be a combination of
two or more types, in this case cumulus and stratocumulus, both low clouds.
To
further define the formation the appearance of ragged mamma, on
the lower side of stratocumulus can be produced by the spreading of cumulus
tops. The end result can be that pendulous blobs of cloud sink into the clear
air and warm up ,evaporating, so that individual pendants of the mamma are
short lived and do not sink much below the general cloud level.
This
, in my experience is not a too unusual cloud formation, I have seen more
dramatic skies...
See
Attached recent cloud photo of water
spout beneath cumulonimbus cloud,
Sumner, New Zealand.
David
S., N.Z.
MHFM: Yeah, we don’t know.
There are more pictures here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1189877/The-cloud-Meteorologists-campaign-classify-unique-Asperatus-clouds-seen-world.html
Helped
Dear
Brothers,
I've been meaning to write for some time but never quite found the time to do
so. I just wanted to express my deepest gratitude for the information
that you have made available…. I came from the Novus Ordo (actually, I ran) and
will never go back. I think I would have left anyway because the services
(for lack of a better word) just became progressively more asinine. I
know now this was the wrong reason, but you helped me to see the NO for what it
is - the New Order…
PC
Ohio
Article
…Thank you for your wonderful article on
the Sabbath being on Sundays. I almost didn't read it, because I didn't
need any convincing, but I am glad that I did - because it was full of
beautiful meditations. I especially loved the garden comparison.
T
Strange Clouds
Subject:
Numerous Apocalyptic Cloud Sightings
Dear
Brothers,
Have
you heard of this? Scientists have reported a new kind of cloud formation that
looks just like armegeddon. Is this not another sign of the end times?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_new_cloud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xD4OLLW9tY&feature=channel_page
S
Demonic metamorphosis
Dear MHFM,
My name is Ruben, I am a 26 year old
Hispanic male. I heard your interview with George Noory, and I agree with you
that UFOs are a demonic deception. One
of your videos of exorcism features a man named Bill Ramsey, although he did
not actually turn into a wolf he did acted like one. In the past there
have been accounts of actual metamorphosis like in the case of Peter Stumpp
(died 1589). Now my question is, do you think the devil can fool our
senses to make it appear that a warlock can actually change his shape into an
animal? I know it's a controversial question but there have been world-wide
stories of warlocks and witches changing shape to animal form. I know
there is a good chance that your probably not going to believe me when I
tell you this story: my grandfather once told my dad that while he
was still a child living in Mexico, he was walking in some field during the
night and while there he claims that he saw a man turn into a bird.
I'm not sure if I even believe in that story. But it does sound like it has
some truth to it. Saint Augustine writes about this subject in his De
Ciuitate Dei, chapter xviii of the eighteenth book, whose rubric runs: Of the
devils power in transforming mans shape: what a Christian may believe.
I've read a book called The Werewolf in Lore and Legend (1933). After reading
it I think that an apparent metamorphosis is possible. Although it is only
illusionary like the UFO phenomenon is.
Ruben
MHFM: A demon cannot change a man into an animal. However, when a soul is afflicted with
demonic possession, God could allow the demon to make the man act and (to a
certain degree) take on the external appearance of an animal, even though he
would remain a man. St. Augustine says:
“And indeed the demons, if they really do
such things as these on which this discussion turns, do not create
real substances, but only change the appearance of things created
by the true God so as to make them seem to be what they are
not. I cannot therefore believe that even the body, much less the mind, can
really be changed into bestial forms and lineaments by any reason,
art, or power of the demons; but the phantasm of a man which even in thought or
dreams goes through innumerable changes may, when the man's
senses are laid asleep or overpowered, be presented to the senses of others in
a corporeal form, in some indescribable way unknown to me,
so that men's bodies themselves may lie
somewhere, alive, indeed, yet with their senses locked up much more heavily and
firmly than by sleep, while that phantasm, as it were embodied in the shape of
some animal, may appear to the senses of others, and may even seem to the man
himself to be changed, just as he may seem to himself in sleep to be so
changed, and to bear burdens; and these burdens, if they are real substances,
are borne by the demons, that men may be deceived by
beholding at the same time the real substance of the
burdens and the simulated bodies of the beasts of burden.”
(St. Augustine, City of God, Bk. 18, Chap. 18.)
Answered
I have acquired your reading and audio
materials and I am delighted to say that I am quite grateful for your zeal and
your Apostolate! Your materials have answered many questions and continue
to quickly bring together many of the missing 'pieces' to my puzzle. I
thank Our Lady for her undeniable leading and direction, and for your continued
devotion to her and Our Lord!
Sincerely,
Chris
Stunned
Subject: Episcopal “Communion” sent by mail
Brothers,
I thought you might be interested in this
article from a British newspaper -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/09/worship-communion-wafers-post
I know they are not catholic, but I
was stunned by this.
Jim
Comment
Subject: It's
time for the weekly "holocaust" indoctrination injection
[Regarding the story about the idiotic
gunman who shot a guard at the “Holocaust” Museum]
Brothers,
The lies are so thick, so numerous, and so
pathetic that one almost needs an H-bomb to cut through it. I found it
interesting that Obama was notified. I'm sure when the average American of
African descent is killed on the streets of D.C., no one at the White House
notices. Tomorrow, we'll hear from Benedict. Well, I guess it won't be a slow
news cycle this week.
Sincerely, Howard AR.
Church and Islam
Subject: Church and Islam
Greetings,
Thank you for all your information on your website. I am trying to
understand the churches relationship with Islam. For myself, it is a
handmaid of the devil. Muhammad's "angel" was no more than a
demon. However, why is there not more teachings from the church on Islam? You quote the council of basel which is not a
real council? Or its not infallible, so I can't quote it.
I have your quote from the council of
vienne. thanks. You quote St
Francis of Assisi but didn't he also say positive things about Islam? So
I'm not sure that he is a reliable source.
I have your quote from Suma Theologica however, its not really a
condemnation of Islam. obviously a Catholic who worships at the tomb of
Muhammad would be an apostate correct?
I can't for the life of me understand how Pope John Paul II could invent these
cozy ideas about Islam and make them dogmatic teachings in Vat II? Did the church never infallibly declare Islam
to be demonic? Is there no infallible teaching condemning Islam?
I'm so confused. Do you have any more sources?
Sincerely,
Leisa....I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I hear the popes talk about
Muslims worshiping the god of abraham.
MHFM: There are a number of things. First, the early sessions of the Council of
Basel were approved by Pope Eugene IV.
Other sessions were not. The
quotes from Basel which we cite were from the sessions which were
approved. Therefore, the quote on Islam
constitutes an official condemnation of Islam.
The same is true of the other quotes from Pope Clement V, etc.
Contrary to what you state, the quote from the Summa Theologica is also a condemnation
of Islam. He says that it’s apostasy to
worship at the tomb of Muhammad, Islam’s “revealer.” Ergo, Islam is an evil and false
religion. No saint said positive things
about Islam. There are many other
interesting quotes we have on this topic, which we will put into a new audio
and/or new article in the next few days (hopefully). Stay tuned.
This new information will also refute an objection that the defenders of
the Vatican II sect make with regard to Vatican II and Islam.
Pope Callixtus III: “I vow to… exalt the true
Faith, and to extirpate the diabolical
sect of the reprobate and faithless Mahomet [Islam]
in the East.”
For more of the quotes against Islam which are cited
in our material, see our sections on Vatican II, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and
this file:
The
Glossary of Terms and Principles [PDF]
Not evangelizing
Hello, I spoke to a novus ordo priest in my
former diocese and asked him why they never evangelized anyone and he citied
the catechism paragraph 841 that said "the plan of salvation involves
those that beleive in a creator" etc.... basically that faith in christ is
not necessary, only some belief in an impersonal deity. it just shows the
weakness of the priests here in nyc. this is being taught to the parish since
i've had novous order ppl tell me they heard that in the pulpit.... your site
is tremendous and im distributing your material
MHFM: That’s very interesting. Thanks for the interest.
Journey
Bro. Michael -
I had a spiritual awakening of the most
profound kind listening to you on WABC's coast to coast with George
Noory. I agreed and still do, with everything you said and have written...
I am on a journey now to seek salvation in the traditionalist Catholic Church,
thanks to you…
Joe
Mass
Hi, I have watched a lot of your videos and
sadly you seem to make a lot of sense to me. My problem is that if I am
commanded to go to mass every Sunday under pain of mortal sin and the mass is
invalid what would you suggest I do? I have always followed the teachings of
the catholic church, prayed the rosary daily went to confession every month
etc...
sincerely, Barry Wood
MHFM: There is no obligation to
attend the invalid New Mass. It’s not a sin to avoid it, but it’s a
sin to go. If there is no acceptable traditional option for the
sacraments (see the guidelines on our site), then you must stay home and pray
the Rosary.
Talk
Dear Brothers,
Another fine talk, thank you. It's incredible how many and varied problems
those slimy schismatics create in order to avoid simply accepting in charity
the whole truth of the Catholic faith.
God Bless,
Kit White
Mosque
Dear brothers in Christ,
I would like to add a comment on the
statement that antipope's B16 calling mosques jewels is not heretical.
Our Lord taught in the synagogues. And yet He calls some synagogues as
synagogues of Satan, in spite of the fact that in those synagogues of Satan
people were speaking of God. Those people were faithless by the very fact that
they did not accept our Lord, no matter how persistently they pronounced the
word 'God'. They were all liars.
Calling mosque a jewel is a lie in extreme, and everyone who does so is a liar
in extreme. And likewise, everyone who defends a liar is a liar. May our Blessed Mother Mary guard your holy
works.
Vladimir from Zagreb, Croatia
Jewel
[NOTE: This is a follow up e-mail
from a person who e-mailed a little while ago on this topic. He now thinks he can explain why Benedict
XVI’s statement that a mosque stands out like a “jewel” is not heretical.]
Subject:
Pope is saying mosque is jewel of building
Brother
Diamond:
I share
your concerns re Islam as would any devout Catholic, and I thank you for
the Papal quotations but I absolutely cannot share your concerns with Benedicts
remarks. Your concerns are alarmist. Benedict, has carefully chosen his words
so as to not be heretical. He is looking for common ground. He doesn't find
much, other than both traditions build magnificent structures to facilitate
worship. That's what he focuses on. His remarks actually serve to also
praise the Catholic tradition of fine church structures. Benedict
finds common ground in both the Catholic and Muslim tradition of
building, "places of worship" that "stand out like jewels across the
earth’s surface"
A
mosque can be considered a jewel. An architectural jewel. A fine stucture.
Magnificent even. That is what he focuses on. He is simply trying to achieve
good will with this segment of God's creation, that happen to
also be Muslim. At no point does he
embrace or even acknowledge their Muslim beliefs.
Unlike
Pope Clement of the 14th century, Pope Benedict in the 21st century, does not
have the political authority or influence to ban the practise of Islam in any
land. Benedict instead attempts to stake a common ground- as limited as
that ground might be. You could say
he milked the "magnificent building" angle for all its worth and then
quit as there was no other material to work with. The impressionable Muslim ear will hear
a gesture of good will towards Muslims. The more discerning ear, both
Catholic and Muslim, will hear a frank acknowledgement of how little the two
faith traditions have in common.
If
all you've got to go with are great looking buildings with crosses
pointing heavenward, you really don't have much. His remarks might at
least serve to re-affirm that Catholics and Muslims can be
united against, what is IMO a more pervasive enemy-that of
liberal secular atheism which shuns all faith traditions.
To
quote your own words below. "He further declares that men have always gone to a place
like a mosque to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty, and that such places
point to the Almighty". So
what! This is simply a statement of fact. Not Apostacy. This is what men have done. And these physical structures do point to the Almighty, with crosses that do point heavenward.
Place like a mosque".
Not a mosque. He's not even giving the mosque a special status
and this is what you draw attention to. You help make my point.
You
should work with this Pope. He is a staunch defender of the true faith.
JR
Toronto
MHFM: We must say that your comments
are false and outrageous. They are
illustrative of the profound bad will and interior dishonesty which afflict so
many. Benedict XVI is not speaking of
the structure of the mosque! He is
speaking of “places of worship” in general, ancient and modern, which obviously
have diverse kinds of structures. He
even makes reference to their “sanctuaries,” not aspects of their
construction. In that context, he
remarks with approval and not a hint of condemnation that people go to all such
houses of worship to acknowledge the
Almighty. This is the heresy of
religious indifferentism. People do not
worship the Almighty in the temples of false religions and pagans. In that context, he calls the mosque a
“jewel.”
After Benedict XVI visited the Al-Hussein Bin
Talal Mosque, he had a meeting with Muslim leaders and gave an address on May
9, 2009: “Places of worship, like
this splendid Al-Hussein Bin Talal mosque named after the revered late King, stand
out like jewels across the earth’s surface.
From the ancient to the modern,
the magnificent to the humble, they all point to the divine, to the
Transcendent One, to the Almighty. And
through the centuries these sanctuaries have drawn men and women into their
sacred space to pause, to pray, to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty,
and to recognize that we are all his creatures.
For this reason we cannot fail to be concerned that today, with
increasing insistency, some maintain that religion fails in its claim to be, by
nature, a builder of unity and harmony, an expression of communion between
persons and with God.
So, your comments are wrong and, in
fact, evil; for you are defending apostasy.
Moreover, even if (for some reason) a real pope thought that a mosque
was impressive from a purely architectural standpoint, he would never praise
it; for that would give the impression that he is praising a place of iniquity
and a false religion. Benedict XVI’s
statement is just one of many examples of his apostasy vis-ŕ-vis Islam. Here are other clear examples:
Benedict XVI, Address, Dec. 22, 2006: “My visit to Turkey afforded me the
opportunity to show also publicly my
respect for the Islamic Religion, a
respect, moreover, which the Second Vatican Council (declaration Nostra Aetate #3) pointed out to us
as an attitude that is only right.”
Benedict XVI, speech apologizing for his comments on Islam, Sept. 2006: “In the
Muslim world, this quotation has unfortunately been taken as an expression of
my personal position, thus arousing understandable indignation. I hope
that the reader of my text can see immediately that this sentence does not
express my personal view of the
Qur’an, for which I have the respect due to the holy book of a great religion.”
Benedict XVI “Hailed for Praying like
Muslims Toward Mecca,” Dec 1, 2006 — ISTANBUL (Reuters) – “Pope Benedict ended a sensitive, fence-mending visit to
Turkey on Friday amid praise for visiting Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque and
praying there facing toward Mecca ‘like Muslims.’… ‘The Pope's dreaded
visit was concluded with a wonderful surprise,’ wrote daily Aksam on its front
page. ‘In Sultan Ahmet Mosque, he turned toward Mecca and prayed like
Muslims,’
To express respect for a false
religion is apostasy. To pray like the
Muslims in a mosque is apostasy. To call
the Koran a holy book is apostasy. You
can see many other examples in these files:
The Heresies of
Benedict XVI [PDF file]
-Some other recent heresies from Benedict XVI
Answering Objections Against Padre Pio
MHFM: This
is a new 42-minute audio discussion which answers objections against Padre
Pio. We discuss and respond to the
claims that he endorsed the heresies of Vatican II, Humanae Vitae and
salvation outside the Church.
Answering Objections Against Padre Pio [new 42 min. audio
discussion]
This will also be found in our New sub-section
on finer points, quotes, arguments, objections and issues relevant to certain
"traditionalists." It will also be
found in our “Traditional Catholic Audios” Section.
Lutheranism, Tiller
MHFM: Many people heard about the
death of the late-term abortionist, Dr. Tiller.
Tiller claimed to be a Lutheran and actually attended a Lutheran
church. Heretical and Protestant
churches are not good, of course, but it surprised some that a murderer of
children would approach anything that purported to be a church. In thinking about it more, it’s quite
interesting that Tiller was a Lutheran; for it was Martin Luther who famously
said:
“No sin will separate
us from the Lamb, even though we commit fornication and murder a thousand
times a day.”
In Lutheranism Tiller obviously found
the theology that suited him. For the
full citation of the quote from Luther, see our book The Bible Proves the Teachings of the Catholic Church or our
article on Luther: Some Facts about Martin Luther, the Originator of Protestant
"Christianity."
Hell
Dear Brother Peter,
In a sermon by St. Robert Bellarmine about
"Hell and its torments" (page 43) I read the following, which is
a confirmation of your "Quick thoughts on Why Hell must be Eternal":
My dear people, this eternity is of such a nature that without it no punishment
can be adjudged to be heavy, neither with it can we reckon any punishment to be
light.
May God bless you.
Jos
Interview
… I'd like to tell you, Brother Michael,
that you did an excellent job on the interview on Coast… I was proud of you
that you shared the dogma, EENS, with millions of listeners! I plan to
put in an order for your books you advertised on this program. I thank
you for the work you are doing to promote the true Church of Jesus Christ, the
Roman Catholic Faith…
Not Reported
Subject: graduating students/Lord’s prayer
This was not reported in our censored
Gannet-owned Pensacola News Journal.
Pensacola, Pace, Pea Ridge and Milton are
all along highway 90 and Santa Rosa has always been known to be a more
conservative county. Although it's spread out, my #3 son who lives in
Milton says it's a place where everybody knows everybody else.
You wonder how many times this has gone on
and has not been reported. I sent the article to one of the
columnists at the News Journal but he's a yes man and certainly will not
comment lest he lose his job. He's also a V2 "Catholic".
PM
MHFM: Yes, the article mentioned the
interesting fact that the media pretty much ignored it.
Site
I love the website. It’s great because you show us what we are
supposed to know and believe as Catholics.
You bring out a lot of information I’ve never heard before. I love the way you research and put it all
together… I want more people to know about it.
Gina
Friends
Hello Brothers,
I told some friends I could not attend their wedding and it is causing me a
great deal of heartbreak, and also they are quite upset with me. However when reviewing your wedding material,
and trying to strengthen my resolve, i read this with some trepidation.
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos #9, Jan. 6, 1928: “Everyone knows that John
himself, the Apostle of love, who seems to reveal in his Gospel the secrets of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and who never ceased to impress on the memories of
his followers the new commandment ‘Love one another,’ altogether forbade any
intercourse with those who professed a mutilated and corrupt form of Christ’s
teaching: ‘If any man come to you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not
into the house nor say to him: God speed you’ (II John 10).”
>>altogether forbade any intercourse with those who professed a mutilated
and corrupt form of Christ’s teaching
This seems to say that I cannot be friends with Lutherans.
Please advise, I am rather depressed at the idea of only being friends with
traditionalists.
Thank you
Patrick
MHFM: You definitely may not go to
their weddings. However, we think you
could be friends, depending upon what that friendship entails. For instance, if you have a friend with whom
you play ping pong or basketball or monopoly and it’s a source of recreation
for you, we don’t see why you would have to cut that off because he’s a
Lutheran. As long as he’s clear on where
you stand that you hold that he must convert to be saved, and the friendship
doesn’t involve any approbation of his heretical beliefs or non-Catholic
lifestyle, then we think that you could continue a sort of friendship. However, all of that of course presupposes
that you have clearly and earnestly tried to bring him to the faith.
Questions
Dear Sir
I have 2 pressing questions.
1. I have baptized my
children on my own since avoiding the novus ordo church. Is this valid?
2. Is it acceptable to eat
pork, seafood and other forbidden food mentioned in the old testament?
Thank you,
Brenda M Fernando
Thailand
MHFM: It’s valid assuming you
observed the proper matter and form. To
your second question, all foods are acceptable.
However, a Catholic may not eat meat on days of complete abstinence
(e.g., Friday). See our Traditional
Catholic Calendar (under “Many Other Topics”).
Full of Grace
Dear Brothers,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but
"Favored one" and "Full of Grace" has two different
meanings therefore, you can't swap them around as if they have the same
meaning.
"Full of Grace" means Sanctifying
Grace that she has no sins at all.
The NAB uses incorrect choice of words and
that is one reason I read the Douay-Rheims Holy Bible.
MHFM: Yes, “full of grace” (the correct translation) indicates
freedom from sin. That’s addressed in
our book, The Bible Proves the Teachings
of the Catholic Church.
New Section, Benedict XV
MHFM: We’ve created a new sub-section to our
E-Exchanges. This sub-section will be
for issues, objections and topics that are relevant to smaller numbers of
people in “traditionalism,” especially certain radical schismatic types. But it will also cover other issues. Some of these responses and entries become
too long or specific for the general E-Exchanges discussion. A note will be posted here in E-Exchanges
when this new sub-section is updated.
The first entry concerns Pope Benedict XV and the
following objection:
Hi, some people are saying that this quote of Pope
Benedict XV is a heretical denial of the unity of the Church. They say it’s the same as the Vatican II
ecclesiology and that it proves that Pope Benedict XV was a heretic and
therefore and antipope. What’s your
response?
Benedict XV, Pacem, Dei Munu Pulcherrimum, #21, May 23, 1920: "We humbly implore the Holy
Ghost the Paraclete that He may 'graciously grant to the Church the gifts of
unity and peace' ..."
MHFM: The people who are saying this are quite
wrong. See the response and explanation
in the above file.
Baptism, Impossible
MHFM: Here are two very interesting
new quotes from St. John Chrysostom (father and doctor of the Church) on how
it’s impossible to saved without
baptism. Obviously he didn’t believe
that there are any exceptions to the necessity of baptism if he believed that
it’s impossible to be saved without it.
St. John Chrysostom, Homily 3 on 1 Cor. 1:10- “Yea,
again I say, great indeed is baptism, and
without baptism it is impossible to obtain the Kingdom. Still a man of no singular excellence is able
to baptize, but to preach the Gospel there is need of great labor.” (NPNF1,
Vol. 12, p. 12.)
St. John Chrysostom, Homily 3 on 1 Cor. 1:10- “… so
also in baptism. It is impossible to be saved without it, yet it is no great thing
which the baptizer doth, finding the will already prepared.” (NPNF1, Vol. 12,
p. 13.)
Law
Hello, please send me the document that
says that the "Vatican consul made it law that only Catholics are saved
for Heaven by Christ" Or something to that effect that I heard you
say on the George Norrie Show. I'd like some type of answer, please
acknowledge.
Uriel…
MHFM: The dogma Outside the Church
There is No Salvation is simply the summation of the truth that there is no
salvation outside of Jesus Christ and thus no salvation without accepting all
of His truth.
“… the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ… Nor is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name, under heaven,
given to men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).
Since there is only one true Christian
Church, the Catholic Church, to be saved in Christ requires that one possess
the one true faith of Christ.
“If anyone abideth not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and
shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he
burneth.” (John 15:6)
That’s why we read in the Acts of the Apostles that the Lord
added daily to the Church (to the one Catholic Church – the only one that
existed) those who were to be saved.
Acts 2:47- “And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved.”
From the very beginning, the Church
has taught the dogma that one must be Catholic to be saved. You can read the history of it here:
Outside the Catholic Church There
is No Salvation
Meditation
Dear Brothers,
When praying the Rosary I use the
meditations in the booklet Holy Rosary by Josemaria Escriva (please, see excerpt
below). Because of concentration problems I cannot meditate in a different
way. My questions is: are these texts
adequate? I pray the mysteries at three
different times of the day. Do I need to begin with the Apostles' Creed and the
three Hail Marys before each mystery?
Thank you very much. God bless you.
Sincerely
Jos Valkering
MHFM: No, you shouldn’t use his meditation. You should simply pray while concentrating on
a mental picture of the mysteries. You
don’t need to say the Apostles’ Creed and three Hail Marys before each mystery,
but only at the beginning of the Rosary.
Narrow
With all due respect, the Coast to Coast
AM guest spoke of some single Monolithic Catholic Church which he views as
the only path to salvation. From what I understood, he thinks everybody else
outside that institution is Damned to Hell and essentially evil or misled and
judged by God as "wicked".
I accept that the man is sincere and devout and has probably done more
charitable deeds in a week than I'll do in ten years, however if the man is
sincere he will be open to the idea that others may sincerely view his ideas as
in-error.
I do not critique this body of discussion lightly, but out of a sincere belief
that it is too narrow and does not represent what we know is in the bible if we
only read it….
The bible says there is only ONE criteria for salvation: "Call upon the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ and ye SHALL be saved."…
Graig Burns
MHFM: No, the Bible clearly teaches
that few are saved (Matthew 7:13) and that there is no salvation outside of
Christ or His Church (as covered above).
So your understanding of the Bible is very wrong. The Bible does not teach that one only needs to
call upon the name of the Lord to be saved.
This is shown clearly in our article on Justification and our book (The Bible Proves the Teachings of the
Catholic Church).
Justification
by faith alone and eternal security completely refuted by the Bible [link to section]
Shroud
I wanted to let you know that i just
purchased 3 of your books after hearing you on coast to coast. I thought you
were pretty sharp and worth reading. I am however looking for information on
the truth about the lost Ark and the Shroud of Turin. I hope you can recommend
some reading and media for me.
Sincere thanks,
Ed
MHFM: Our DVD Creation
and Miracles covers the Shroud, and we sell another DVD/Video which is specifically
on that topic. It’s excellent and highly
recommended.
DVD: Jesus and the Shroud of Turin
Shocking
I just placed my
second order. Your material is shocking
and frightening – a real eye-opener, but it’s excellent. We just need to know the truth! You showed me how the “pope” has Protestant
views and we need to be faithful Catholics.
We can’t have Protestant views and be in the Catholic Church because
you’re not Catholic then!
I pray to go to
my death holding the Catholic Faith.
Mary Jacob
Texas
Comment
Subject:
News Article: “Black Magic Booms in Venezuela”
Curious,
isn't it? Venezuela has the misfortune of once electing a Communist as
President, a man likely possessed by Satan, and a man the citizens of Venezuela
have little chance now of ever removing from office. And now 'Black magic booms in Venezuela'.
Curious
also is the second article below this on your website. It is entitled
'Obama declares that it's 'LGBT' month'. I for one, would not be at all
surprised to see, in a matter of months, a headline similar to the following:
'Black magic and occult practices the new 'in' religion in America'.
How
can anyone not believe with certainty that Satan does indeed rule the world in
these times, and is the 'light' behind the New World Order and their Agents.
Kevin
Ryan
MHFM: He rules the world only in the
sense that God is allowing the Devil to be very active in these days. God is in complete control, and evildoers can
only do what God allows. But because
these are dark times, the battle for goodness and truth and souls is uniquely
fierce.
Spiritually Dead
MHFM: One cannot be
saved by joining a spiritual organization that is dead. That’s the point. The Vatican II Church, with its false
teachings and antipopes, is not the true Catholic Church. It’s the Counter Church of the last
days. You can be saved by joining the
Catholic Church (i.e., the traditional Catholic Church) by accepting the
traditional Catholic faith and living the life of grace. The Catholic Church is not dead, but is alive
in a remnant of traditional Catholics.
The Church’s teaching and morality lead people to salvation, and
communicate the same holiness that they always have. All of the non-Catholic denominations, which
are man-made, which teach heresies, which reject clear teachings of the Bible,
do lead to Hell. You really should
obtain our new book, The Bible Proves the
Teachings of the Catholic Church.
Site
Thank you for your
wonderful website and for all of the life-saving information.
Darrell Maul
Abortion
Dear Dimond
Brothers,
I watched a brief
segment on CNN about the abortion doctor who was killed in a Lutheran Church in
Wichita. They interviewed a woman about the killing. Here is what
she said about the abortion doctor : "He was such a good christian
man.....what is this world coming to...." Can you believe
that?! She says that a man who murders babies in such a brutal fashion as
partial birth abortion is "a good christian man". Then she
wonders what the world is coming to because this doctor was murdered! Why
doesn't she wonder what the world is coming to when unborn babies are legally
allowed to be murdered in their mother's womb by such doctors? This is
someone who's really blinded by the Devil and living in a world of spiritual
darkness. She thinks she's a christian but the Devil is preventing her
from seeing the abomination that abortion really is, and of course from seeing
that the Catholic faith is the true faith.
AP
MHFM: Yes, the level
of spiritual blindness is astounding.
JWs
Dear Brothers,
Adrian sounds like the typical JW. Just doing what he's trained to do like an
obedient dog. Unfortunately, in his bad will, he remains enslaved to the
Watchtower Society. It's interesting to note that the first Gentile convert was
Cornelius, a centurion! The Holy Ghost didn't say, 'Nope! He can't be with us
because he carries a sword.' This concept of neutralism makes them tools of
satan to bring in the new world order ('the new system,' they call it)…
Kit White
Sabbath
Article
Hi, I listen to you on coast to coast and i would like to know
why you do not keep the sabbath? it is GOD LAW to obey the right day to
worship…
MHFM: We have a new short article which specifically covers that
issue.
Is Saturday or Sunday the Holy Day?
This article refutes the view of Seventh-Day
Adventists and Seventh-Day Baptists who believe that the day specifically
dedicated to God, rest and worship is Saturday not Sunday.
It will be
found permanently in the “Refuting Protestantism” and “Many Other Topics”
sections of our website.
“Fr.”
Alberto Cutie
Hey, it looks like
"father" Cutie now turned Episcopalian! I just saw a video of it in
yahoo. He abandoned the Vatican 2 sect and now turned episcopalian. He even
gave his first "sermon".
The point is, it will be very interesting what Benedict XVI or any other
"heavy" or "important" person of the Novus Ordo will say
about this.
They should condemn him as a heretic and an apostate right? But I bet they
won't say anything at all.
Florida's "Father Oprah" turns Episcopalian
MHFM: Yes, for those who don’t know, “Fr.” Alberto Cutie was a
popular and well-known priest in the Novus Ordo. He also appeared sometimes on EWTN. He was recently caught fornicating on a beach
with a woman. A great scandal erupted
and Cutie was forced to give up the woman or give up the Novus Ordo
“priesthood.” Faced with the choice of
giving up his illicit relationship and returning to the Novus Ordo or staying
with the woman, he came up with a third route.
He decided to become part of the Episcopalian sect. This, he thinks, will allow him to be a
“priest” and stay with the woman. The
whole story is outrageous, yet quite interesting on a number of levels. It’s interesting for what it reveals about
the Vatican II Church.
First, this “Fr.” Cutie is an abomination. Not only was he sinning mortally with this
woman (and as a heretic in the Novus Ordo), but the woman is (according to
reports) already married! It seems like
he plans on marrying her, but she’s already married. What does that tell you about the Novus Ordo
“priesthood”? Cutie was so thoroughly
filled with the “Catholic faith” in his Novus Ordo formation – not – that he not only has no problem
becoming Episcopalian (and thus abandoning what he knows of Catholic dogma),
but he has no problem accepting divorce and re-marriage. Episcopalians also accept artificial
contraception and other moral evils. So,
to summarize, in becoming Episcopalian Cutie is: completely denying what he
thought of the Papacy; accepting things such as artificial contraception;
accepting that Episcopalians have true priests and sacraments (a total
rejection of Catholic teaching); accepting the concept of “marriage” to a woman
who is already married; etc. This is
really something.
What this reveals is that basically all Novus Ordo priests believe in universal salvation. Cutie was a Novus Ordo “priest” – in fact, he
was (wrongly) considered one of their few “normal” and “successful” ones. Yet Cutie obviously believes that people who
fornicate (e.g., himself), that people who divorce and remarry, that people who
belong to non-Catholic sects and religions (Episcopalians), can be saved. He believes that everyone can be saved. That’s the truth.
Moreover, in becoming Episcopalian – and this is quite important
to consider – Cutie has simply applied the false theology of the Vatican II
sect. For in explaining his decision, he
stated (in so many words): “My brothers (in Protestantism) serve God while
married, so why can’t I.” He is simply
logically applying the teaching of the Vatican II Church. In other words, he is saying that “we (in the
Novus Ordo Church) already believe that Protestants
are saved, so why should I not become Episcopalian and do what I want?” And there is nothing that any bishop or
priest or “pope” in the Vatican II sect can say about it! They can’t say anything about it because
their false Church officially teaches that Episcopalians are brothers in the
faith and part of the Church and on the road to salvation.
There is not one cleric in the entire Vatican II sect who would
or could say that Cutie is on the road to Hell for leaving the Novus Ordo to
become Episcopalian. This is so
revealing. Cutie not only stands out as
an example of an abominable false minister, but as a devastating and convicting symbol of the Vatican II sect’s
false theology.
One must also say something about the despicable laypeople. In both the Novus Ordo parishes and in the
Episcopalian church, people are clamoring for Cutie. These people have drifted so far from a
concern for God’s law. They are so blind
in their pride, impurity and vanity – they are so driven in their desire to justify
the moral evils of themselves and others – that they are rushing to defend this
horrible Cutie. They boldly proclaim
that they have no problem with his mortal
sins or his apostasy. They have no
problem with what he has done and they boldly proclaim that he is justified. One can only imagine what God thinks of these
people. God’s disgust at their impiety
must be compounded by the fact that these heretics and sinful laypeople
actually have the audacity to proclaim as
acceptable actions He has specifically revealed are mortally sinful.
Heresy
defined
What is the
Catholic Church's definition of heresy? Denial of dogma? Denial of
Ordinary and Universal Magisterium? Denial of Scripture? All of the
above? Where has the Church taught this?
Thanks,
Norman
MHFM: Yes, a denial of dogma would be heresy. A denial of something taught by the Ordinary
and Universal Magisterium would be heresy.
A denial of Sacred Scripture would be heresy.
The 1917 Code of Canon Law defined a heretic in the following way: “After the reception of baptism, if
anyone, retaining the name Christian, pertinaciously denies or doubts something
to be believed from the truth of divine and Catholic faith, [such a one] is a
heretic” (Canon 1325). From this it’s
clear that any denial of a truth to be believed with divine and Catholic faith
is heresy.
Pope Leo XIII provides us with perhaps the best and simplest
definition of heresy:
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 9), June 29, 1896:“The
practice of the Church has always been the same, as is shown by the unanimous
teaching of the Fathers, who were
wont to hold as outside Catholic
communion, and alien to the
Church, whoever would recede in the least degree from any point of doctrine
proposed by her authoritative Magisterium.”
So heresy is a departure from a point of doctrine
authoritatively taught by the Church’s Magisterium.
Show, JWs
Hello,
I am really enjoying tonight's show with you as guest. I have believed that the
"unexplained" objects, beings and creatures people see are simply
demonic activity. However, keep in mind that the world empire of false religion
is another tool Satan uses. For example, the Catholic church has historically
supported both sides during war-time and thereby pitted brother against
brother. True Christians must never take sides in this world's wars. There is
no "Christain" side when it comes to this worlds rulers either. 1
John 5:19 "We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in
the [power of the] wicked one." Also, Jesus himself told his disciples to
not mix in with unbelievers. "John 17:16 - "They are no part of the
world, just as I am no part of the world." Any religion that mixes with
this worlds affairs cannot be true Christianity. While true Christians in Nazi
Germany, Jehovah's Witnesses were being put in concentration camps for not
Heiling Hitler, which means Salvation comes from Hitler, the Catholics there
were doing this in order to save their own lives. THIS is not christian. You cannot
call yourself a Christian if you are taking the side of God and of men. 1 Cor.
10:21 - " YOU cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons;
YOU cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah” and the table of
demons." In the "Lord's prayer" we pray for God's Kingdom to
come; that kingdom IS an already established government in heaven that will put
an end to all of earth's corrupt governments. (Dan. 2:44) - "And in the
days of those kings (the last days) the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed
on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and
it itself will stand to times indefinite;" It is to that kingdom and to
Christ as it's ruler that True Christians must pledge their allegiance. Also,
The Catholic church has been at the forefront of spreading unscriptural
teachings such as the immortality of the soul, hell-fire… It is not doctrines
of men but God's Word, the Holy Bible that determines what True Christianity
is. According to this standard the Catholic Church is sorely lacking. Please
feel free to respond to me or to speak to any one of Jehovah's Witnesses. We
can show you from the bible the way God wants us to worship him.
Sincerely,
Adrian
MHFM: No, “Jehovah Witnesses” (and obviously you) belong to a
false religion which began with a false prophet name Charles Taze
Russell. We sell a book which proves the Catholic teachings and the
Catholic Church from the Bible. You should obtain it and read it. You don't believe in the eternity of
Hell or Hell fire, which is a clear denial of scripture (Mt. 25:41; Luke 16:24;
etc.). You don't believe that Jesus is God, which is blasphemy. The
Bible clearly teaches the Trinity and that Jesus is God.
Where does the Bible teach that Jesus is God?
You have many other false views. You are on the path to
damnation and need to convert. Regarding fighting wars, Jesus didn't tell
the centurion to cease being a soldier (Mt. 8:13). He certainly knew that
people of His true faith (the Catholic faith) would be of many nations. It’s a universal Church, not a small man-made
sect like yours. Thus it might happen
that people of the Catholic faith might come into conflict; for in a world-wide
Church there will always be some bad people who don’t live up to the morality
or the pure intentions which the Church itself so clearly and uniquely
teaches. Jesus didn't tell everyone that they couldn't defend their
nation if they were unjustly assaulted. The issue is not whether two
people who are Catholics (or claim to be Catholics) ever happen to come against
each other in conflict; the issue is who is justified in the conflict, in the
reason for it and in the manner in which it is carried out. So your
criticism is just stupid. It's the kind of petty stupidity that bad
willed people harp on and thus remain blind in their false man-made religions.
Right
Path
Dear most holy
family monastery.
My name is Tony Tweed,
I'm a United States Marine and am currently stationed overseas in Japan. I was born
a raised a catholic and as a young child I was made aware of the true catholic
church. I'm currently listening to Brother Michael Dimond on coast to
coast am and it has raised many questions for me. One of them being how do i
know if I'm on the right path as a catholic? and what do I do if my church
isn't is conducting mass according to God’s will. Really these questions just
scratch the surface and what I want to ask is there any way that I can get in
touch with Brother Michael Dimond? Via Email or address? Listening to him speak
has really had an impact on me as a catholic and I would like to respectfully
thank him, as well as ask him for guidance. It's nice to see that there is an
organization out there that defends the integrity of our church. Thank you.
Most Respectfully
Tony Tweed
MHFM: You can know you’re on the right path as a Catholic if you
believe and live in accordance with the traditional teaching of the
Church. One must come to the realization
that all the churches which have the New Mass (the vernacular Mass) of the
Vatican II Church cannot be attended.
It’s not a valid Mass. It must be
avoided under pain of mortal sin. It’s
not a sin to stay home in order to avoid going to that false Mass. Pray the Rosary and listen to the audios. Please continue to look at the material. As you continue to do more of that, you will
come to a better understanding of what’s happening and what a Catholic is
supposed to do. We also have steps for
those coming out of the New Church, which include making a traditional
Profession of Faith from the Council of Trent.
That’s something that you should look at and make.
Bible
Book
Dear Brothers,
I just finished your book, The Bible Proves the Teachings of the
Catholic Church and it is excellent!! With facts like that no one can
argue with us again! It tells exactly what Our Lord did for us and it
shows how the true traditional Catholic Church is the only one!
God bless you for your work.
Sincerley,
Kathryn Rubio
“Orthodox”
I am 71 years old
and have had 12 years of Catholic School education. In all of these years
I have been told that the Eastern Orthodox Churches were fine. If there
was an Eastern Orthodox church in a town I was visiting I could keep my Sunday
obligation by going to that church.
I disagree with you
whole heartedly about that particular portion of your program
Bill Corrigan
MHFM: No, the Eastern “Orthodox” are not Catholic. You cannot go to non-Catholic churches. The “Orthodox” are unfortunately heretics and
schismatics because they reject the office that Christ established in St.
Peter. They reject the full scope of the
primacy given to St. Peter to rule the Church (the Papacy). St. Peter’s full primacy of jurisdiction
(which the “Orthodox” reject) is clearly proven by Jesus’ words to St. Peter in
John 21, in which He commands Peter to rule and feed His flock. That’s covered in our book, The Bible Proves the Teachings of the
Catholic Church. Eastern “Orthodoxy”
is also refuted in our audios which prove the Papacy from the Bible, and which
address and refute Eastern “Orthodox” views from the evidence in the early
Church. The Eastern “Orthodox” do not
have the biblical faith.
The
Bible teaches that Jesus made St. Peter the first pope [link to section] – also contains audios on the primacy of the Bishop of
Rome in the early Church
Nothing
heretical?
Dear Brother
Diamond:
Heard you on the
radio last night. I found your discussion with George to be very interesting,
however after checking out your website, I have lost interest. There is absolutely nothing heretical
in the remarks made by Pope Benedict, during his recent Middle
East tour. If you can't see this, then
that is your loss. You are out of step
with the church. I suggest you re visit Benedict's comments and you should see
that they are not heretical.
John Roberts
Toronto
MHFM: No, sir, you couldn’t be more wrong. To refute your statement, we will just
consider one example. Others could be
considered.
In the quote below, Benedict XVI says that a mosque (i.e., a
temple of a false religion – a house of spiritual iniquity) stands out like a
jewel. He further declares that men have
always gone to places like mosques to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty,
and that such places point to the Almighty.
This is nothing short of the blasphemy that all religions lead to God
and that God is present in all religions.
After Benedict XVI
visited the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque, he had a meeting with Muslim leaders
and gave an address on May 9, 2009: “Places
of worship, like this splendid Al-Hussein Bin Talal mosque named after the revered late King, stand out like jewels across the earth’s
surface. From the ancient to the modern, the magnificent to the humble, they all
point to the divine, to the Transcendent One, to the Almighty. And through the centuries these sanctuaries
have drawn men and women into their sacred space to pause, to pray, to
acknowledge the presence of the Almighty…”
To state that a mosque stands out like a jewel is heresy and
apostasy. Here’s what the Catholic
Church says about mosques and about the false worship that occurs there:
Pope Clement V, Council of Vienne,
1311-1312: “It is an insult to the holy
name and a disgrace to the Christian faith that in certain parts of the
world subject to Christian princes where Saracens [i.e., the followers of
Islam, also called Muslims] live, sometimes apart, sometimes intermingled with
Christians, the Saracen priests, commonly called Zabazala, in their temples
or mosques, in which the Saracens meet to adore the infidel Mahomet, loudly invoke and extol his name each day at
certain hours from a high place… This
brings disrepute on our faith and gives great scandal to the faithful. These
practices cannot be tolerated without displeasing the divine majesty. We therefore, with the sacred council’s
approval, strictly forbid such practices henceforth in Christian lands. We
enjoin on Catholic princes, one and all… They are to forbid expressly the public invocation of the
sacrilegious name of Mahomet… Those who presume to act otherwise are to
be so chastised by the princes for their irreverence, that others may be
deterred from such boldness.”
We can see that the Catholic Church teaches that a mosque is a
disgrace. It’s abominable, for it’s the
place in which they conduct the evil practices of a false religion. It’s a disgrace to the true faith. Benedict XVI asserts that a mosque is a
jewel. This is heresy and apostasy. So, you are completely wrong. To defend his heretical statements is
heretical. To defend his statement above
about the mosque is apostasy.
Pope
Eugene IV, Council of
“…
there is hope that very many from the
abominable sect of Mahomet will be converted to the Catholic faith.”
Pope
Callixtus III: “I vow to… exalt the true Faith, and to extirpate the diabolical sect of the reprobate and
faithless Mahomet [Islam] in the East.”
Concerns
Dear Br. Dimond,
I heard you on Coast To Coast the other night and I have a
few concerns. I was baptized by a Lutheran (heretic) minister, so do
I need another water baptism to be saved? I want to claim the
Catholic faith, I'm learning to pray the Rosary, but I'm not
Catholic. A lot of Catholicism is confusing to me, the idea of the
"mysteries" of the
Faith I don't understand, but I DO understand that faith without works is
"DEAD".
I just don't want to go to Hell from dying in a mortal sin, but I like to
get drunk and listen to rock'n'roll music, I love Jesus, but I'm a
musician, too, and I like to rock out in my studio when I'n high on drugs,
maybe Satan really has me through drugs and rock music? I love Ozzy
Osbourne and punk and heavy metal, he's a cool guy, how could God send him
to Hell? It's like he's tread ground that angels fear to tread,
he's like a friend to me, he's so mellow and cool. I'm not afraid of
Ozzy at all. But I am afraid of going to Hell.
I don't want to go to Hell. Please pray for me. I ordered
your books, but a lot of it is too deep for my understanding. Maybe
I could visit your monastery sometime and talk with you
personally. I'd like that, and to have you counsel me. Because
of your teaching, I was delivered from [a mortal sin of the flesh].
MHFM: Your baptism
might have been valid, but it should be done conditionally again just in
case. But it should not be done until you are ready to convert and break from
all mortal sins. Getting drunk, using drugs, playing and listening to rock and
roll are all mortally sinful. You will go to Hell as you are. You
must break from those evils. Ozzy Osbourne is an evil freak. I'm
shocked that you would say what you said about him.
Pray the Rosary more
often and better. Ask for the grace to convert and break from your mortal
sins.
Reaction
Brother Michael,
Concerning your visit on Coast to Coast, I was surprised to see the amount of
air time Mr. Noory allowed you compared to your two previous visits. You
presented a very clear and precise message to an audience that is indeed
searching for the truth. Seemed like the viewers perspective of the Catholic
Church is that of the Vatican II false Church. Totally unaware of what the true
Catholic Faith involves, while acting off what the current Anti-Pope declares,
rather than what the true Popes of the past have declared…
I'm sure the response to your Monastery after this show was incredible. Would
you care to share the response your Monastery has received through calls and
emails thus far? Whether good or bad? Thank-you.
God Bless,
Tom Miles
MHFM: Thanks for the interest.
There was a huge reaction.
C to C
Subject: Fantastic
Job on Coast to Coast
Dear Brother Michael,
I wanted to add to all those congratulating you on a job well done on Coast to
Coast. The promise to St. Benedict that his order would, in the last days, be a
great service to the Holy Catholic Church and confirm many in the faith is made
manifest through Most Holy Family Monastery's work...again job well done…
Robby
Blasphemy?
Dear Brothers Dimond,
I was wondering about your analysis of the heretic Hutton
Gibson and how you went about explaining his heresy. When you take
the point of view of Jesus Christ (God) and pronounce the sentence against
Hutton how is this not the sin of blasphemy against the Second Commandment?
Peace in Christ
Rob Glynn
MHFM: Because it's a very reasonable description of what
could happen, and it has been done many times by Catholics writing on spiritual
matters. I guess you would consider The
Imitation of Christ blasphemy, for it uses that description throughout the
book.
Discovered
Subject: Hello from
Transylvania
Dear Brother Dimond,
I am an American from NYC living in Transylvania, Romania. I discovered your
website by accident some time ago, while looking for information on Padre Pio.
I was fascinated by the position you take on the current state of the Catholic
church, post Vatican II, and sadly agree that it is not the authentic Catholic
faith of the church fathers, and is not faithful to our Lord, Jesus Christ,
especially where religious (ecumenical) equivalence and acceptance is
concerned.
I brought your website to the attention of a fallen away Catholic here today in
Transylvania. She is a woman who sadly, has become a "Born Again Christian
". I have had many interesting discussions with her about the authenticity
of her new found faith, and have convinced her that, though I share her
rejection of much of the current Catholic church, it is better for her to try
to come back to the Catholic faith as Church militant, attempting to create
awareness of the problem, while accepting the authentic church, post Vatican
II. She is seriously doing just that now. I showed her your website, where she
paid particular attention to your article "The Great Harlot..." What
do you think of the Born Again Christians? Are they Heretics?
… I listened to most of your broadcast on UFO's on Coast to Coast…
About the subject
of UFO's, I am in agreement with you that this phenomenon is demonic, though I
never thought of this before reading your site.
Thank you Brother Diamond.
Yours in Christ,
Anthony Damato
MHFM: Thanks for the interest. Since they reject one or
more dogmas of the Catholic faith, “Born Again Christians" are heretics;
for a heretic is one who rejects a dogma of the Catholic Church. All
Protestants (i.e., those who reject one or more dogmas of the Catholic faith)
are, by definition, heretics.
We recommend that you obtain some copies of our new book, The Bible Proves the Teachings of the Catholic Church, and give her one. The book
covers the biblical proof and issues that are so relevant for
her.
Church
after V-2
Subject: Church
after V-2
About a couple of
years ago a friend of mine loaned me an audio cassette from your monastery
"Why the New Mass and Rite of Ordination are Invalid" &
"The Amazing Heresies of Benedict XVI". He loaned them to me asking "listen
to these, tell me what you think." I must say that on first hearing I was
intrigued, and had my conscience pricked. I had studied on my own the
[Traditional] Mass and the history of the Roman Rite… And found your argument
about the New Mass very impressive. There had always been this doubt in the
back of my mind about it; knowing the history of Bugninni's committee, the
council Periti, the protestant "observers", etc. and especially with
Pope S Pius V…
There is now no
doubt in my mind that the Novus Ordo Missae (part of the Novus Ordo Saeclorum?)
is at the very least suspect and does breed heresy. There is no doubt in my
mind that John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II are heretics and Antipopes. The
Novus Ordo Nova Ecclesia can no way be the true church headed by the successor
of S Peter…
Most Sincerely
Yours:
M.P.
Intrigued
Subject: Intrigued
I have only very
recently found out about (1 week) your Monastery. I have been on your website
quite a lot since I found it. I have read and listened to as much as I could
considering family and 2 jobs.
I was not brought
up under Vatican II, however I am sure that I have now been converted or
indoctrinated into its teachings. Quite honestly I never know there was an
alternative till I found your site.
How do I learn
more…
Interested 60 year
Catholic
Bill Harkins
MHFM: We would recommend that you continue to read the material,
and listen to the audios. In addition,
it’s critical to pray the daily Rosary and other prayers to have the graces to
see and do what God wants.
Guest
Dear Brother
Michael,
Your guesting on
Coast came off very well. Was so relieved George treated you with GREAT
Respect this time…
Great show…
Carol D.
Thanks
I heard Brother Dimond on Coast to Coast with George Noory last night…
Thank you for putting the info out there.
I will read anything you send about this subject or about the Catholic
Church.
Thank you, Beth
Disagree
Just one word sir you
are a bigot. The most logical idea is we are all part of god our souls combine
after death and we become one. As the saying goes "Christians don't
practise what they preach" I don't think God is smiling on the Catholic
Church the amount of money they have and people go starving. Heard you on coast
to coast
BH
MHFM: No, you are wrong.
To repeat the teaching of Jesus Christ and His one true Church on their
necessity for salvation is to communicate truth in true charity. You are presently lost in a sea of unbelief,
emptiness and confusion.
Book
Brothers, Hail
Mary!
I just finished reading your salvation book, and it really is an astonishing
masterpiece! In fact I could not stop almost of reading until it end… I hope
someday (if I have time) to make a translation of it in order to help my family
(wife and future children) since they don´t know how to speak english. (We live
in Brazil).
I also found out about the interview of Brother Michael Dimond at Coast to
Coast AM and tried to find it in the web page, but unfortunately if you are not
subscribed to coast to coast AM you can´t download the program. Is there any
possibility that the show would become available on your web site or any other
such as you tube etc?? I hope so, although I´ve already read the UFO book I’m
sure in this radio interview there must´ve been a lot more of precious
information.
Keep up the good work, you will be in my prayers.
Mark.