Assent to Counter Dissent – The Day the M̶̷̲̅ᴜ̶̷̲̅s̶̷̲̅ɪ̶̷̲̅ᴄ̶̷̲̅ Parish Died
It’s cold and damp out here in the barn.
Those good ole boys, Petition the dead horse and Fre3d Capra, have joined me in drinking a little whiskey and rye.
Petition slowly raises his head feebly saying, “Father, just say the black and do the red. Is that too much to ask?” Hearing no reply his head falls back to the floor. You’re a beaten dead horse if you dare ask for what’s right.
Fre3d Capra tries to cheer us up with some songs from the Adoremus Hymnal. But his attempt falls flat as we remember that hymnal rightly belongs in the pews at St. Peter’s and not in my barn. Parishioners asked to keep the hymnals, but you’re a beaten dead horse if you dare ask for what’s right.
There was member of the Finance Council who pointed out potential concerns about parish finances. He, himself would not contribute until his concerns could be allayed. But he was asked to leave the Council. If you attempt to dissent against a dissenter, you will become a beaten dead horse.
There was second member of the Finance Council who also voiced concerns. He too was dismissed. Once again, showing that you are a beaten dead horse if you dare ask for what’s right at St. Peter’s Parish.
More recently, another Finance Council member challenged the way a large sum had been spent without review by the Council. Rather than sign a statement that all was well when one could not be sure that all was well, he resigned from the Council. The point is clear enough now, you are a beaten dead horse if you dare ask for what’s right.
Those good ole boys Petition and Fre3d pour us another round of whiskey and rye. A silent salute is made in tribute to three former Finance Council members, three soldiers of the Church Militant who dared to ask for what’s right.
It’s cold and damp out here in the barn, but those good ole boys Petition and Fre3d have been watching this all happen for two and a half years. If you dare to assent to the teachings of the Church and simple Catholic common sense, you will become a beaten dead horse at St. Peter’s.
So, now it’s time for a purge at the Parish Pastoral Council. Just like at the Finance Council, one can not be allowed to voice an opinion that is counter to the Pastor’s thinking. It is required that your “party” credentials must be spotless to be a member.
A few weeks back, a Council member was asked to resign. That member and his wife had dared to ask for what is right. They did so publicly in this blog, the Sheep of Kephas. But that act of assent to counter dissent was viewed as grounds for dismissal from the Pastoral Council.
Petition, Fre3d, and I had thought about taking the old 1962 pink Rambler and surfboard down to Pensacola, Florida and sit on the beach with our Adoremus Hymnals and sing some Advent standards. However, tonight, here in the cold and damp barn we decided not to go. The fight is here, St. Peter’s is our Parish. We will continue to ask for what’s right, we will continue to fight, even, yes, even if we must be beaten like a dead horse.
Like Petition, I will raise my head and say, “Father, just say the black and do the red. Is that too much to ask?”
Meanwhile, my dear sweet wife will make the long drive to other, saner parishes and pray novenas and make sacrifices, as we all should.
Yes, it’s cold and damp out here in the barn.
Those good ole boys Petition the dead horse and Fre3d Capra have joined me in drinking a little whiskey and rye. And I’ll keep praying for the “status quo ante” until the day that I die.
And the moral of this story is: becoming a beaten dead horse at St. Peter’s is as simple as American Pie.
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the M̶̷̲̅ᴜ̶̷̲̅s̶̷̲̅ɪ̶̷̲̅ᴄ̶̷̲̅ Parish died.
(To our readers, there will be more to follow.)
CCHD Update
One of this blog’s followers pointed out an item in this week’s bulletin. I think it is noteworthy.
In 2014, our Pastor did not list the amount of the CCHD collection in Bulletin_2014-11-30.
In 2015, our Pastor noted in Bulletin_2015-11-29 that the CCHD collection amounted to $1,406.25.
This year, our Pastor reported in Bulletin_2016-11-27 that the CCHD collection was only $284.00.
The word got out, was heard, and there was a response. Perhaps those who run the CCHD will finally understand.
For the Sheep in Exile – Bulletin 2016-11-27
Here is Bulletin_2016-11-27
The following comes from EWTN. You can also find it in the St. John the Baptist bulletin for this week. This year my husband and I are praying it for St. Peter’s, the Diocese of Arlington, and our country:
Beginning on St. Andrew the Apostle’s feast day, November 30, the following beautiful prayer is traditionally recited fifteen times a day until Christmas. This is a very meditative prayer that helps us increase our awareness of the real focus of Christmas and helps us prepare ourselves spiritually for His coming.
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment In which the Son of God was born Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
[here mention your request]
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.
And on entirely unrelated note, the song for today is American Pie. If you get a chance, stop in at Copper Fox Distillery. By the way this is not a paid advertisement, I just love their rye.
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey ‘n’ Rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
Soul Check: WooHoo! The parking lot is a sin!
I pray that all of you had a most pleasant and family-filled Thanksgiving. I had a wonderful day with my family, it was filled with God’s blessings. We were all truly thankful to Him.
Of course, the best way to offer thanks to God is to attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Unfortunately, at St. Peter Catholic Church there was no Mass. Instead, there was an “ecumenical Thanksgiving service.” (See For the Sheep in Exile: Bulletin 2016-11-20.)
Nevertheless, the expensive, newly paved parking lot was filled with cars from all over Rappahannock County and from other states as well.
And true to form, as can be seen above, the RAPPAHANNOCK CLERGY ASSOCIATION got the word out and filled up that sinful parking lot. (Please see From St. Peter’s to St. Peter’s for why I think the parking lot is a sin.)
Interestingly, many of the cars had bumper stickers promoting liberal and progressive candidates and causes. Though they may have been hidden from view, the casual observer could find no pro-life or pro-family bumper stickers. Hmmmm!?
Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd. He spoke to St. Peter and said, “Feed my sheep.”
Where is our shepherd?
And as far as the “ecumenical Thanksgiving service” is concerned – how many souls were saved?
As you may remember, this blog is dedicated to St. Francis de Sales. Through his work over the course of four years, 72,000 Calvinists were brought back into the Catholic Church. He was an awesome saint and I love this quote:
Now I return to what Joni Mitchell would sing: (Click here.)
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
For the Sheep in Exile: Bulletin 2016-11-20
Here is Bulletin_2016-11-20
If you are planning on going to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on Thanksgiving Day, don’t go to St. Peter’s.
There will be no Mass. Instead there will be an ecumenical “Community Thanksgiving service.”
The sheep will have to forage for spiritual food elsewhere.
2014 – Our Pastor Arrives
He gives us Mass, but he invites us to a Baptist church afterwards.
2015 – Our Pastor Establishes the Rappahannock Clergy Association
He gives us Mass, and once again he invites us to a Baptist church.
2016 – Our Pastor is Leading the Sheep Astray
This year, he invites the Baptists and all others to our Church, but there is no Thanksgiving Day Mass!!!
Question: Is St. Peter’s still Catholic?????
There is no music that expresses the sadness in my heart unless it is this. (Click here)
SJW? Look to the CCHD
We are approaching the eerie and scary eve of the SJW. Yes, it is almost time for the CCHD collection and the SJW’s (social justice warriors) will be gathered around their fires and cauldrons awaiting the infusion of new funding and grants to rejuvenate their zombie SJW spirits.
(No, not all CCHD grantees are bad, but as shown in my last post, there are still some that just don’t deserve our Catholic money.)
How can we stop this?
Simple. Until the CCHD is cleaned up, put your envelope into the collection basket and insert the following:
Also, my very sincere thank you to the sheep in exile who sent this post card to many of St. Peter’s parishioners.
By the way Father, can any parishioner attend the next Parish Pastoral Council meeting? Or is it a closed door session?
The following is dedicated to the SJW’s in the parish: (You can sing along here.)
Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin’ and I said “ooh-eee”
It looks like a purple eater [social justice warrior] to me
Soul Check – CCHD Follow-up – “no it has not!”
Yesterday, I gave my opinion on the CCHD collection. It’s all about the money.
The Lepanto Institute came out just today with new research on where your money is going. Let’s see what Lepanto says: (Read the full article here.)
As the collection is coming up, people have been asking if CCHD has cleaned up its act, or if it has fixed its problems, as it has claimed. Without any equivocation or hesitation, we can say with certainty, “no it has not!”
As I stated before, I’m not putting any money into this collection. The corruption at CCHD continues and our Pastor says, “This is a very good collection, it does a lot.”
I don’t think so!!!!
My husband had his warning sign.
And for the CCHD collection, I have mine
Soul Check – “Material needs of the Church”?
My husband had his Dead Horse posts. To be sure, Petition is still in the barn, just as stinky as always. Meanwhile, Fre3d continues to hang around trying to stir Petition to partake in another heroic adventure.
Well, I have my own thing – Souls. Everything comes to a “Soul Check”, how many souls have been saved? My standard is the following scripture:
[16] And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. [17] And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. [18] And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. [19] Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Jesus came to save souls and we are sent to do the same.
So, let’s examine the CCHD collection in the light of our golden standard.
Question: Does CCHD do anything substantial that leads to the salvation of souls?
Answer: I have never, ever seen that stat published by the USCCB!
Given the above, what is my duty when the CCHD collection is taken. This is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about donations to the Church:
II. The Precepts of the Church
2041 The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. the obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the indispensable minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor: …
2043 … The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his abilities.
That’s it – “the material needs of the Church.” Assuming that the mission of the Church is the salvation of the souls, then all the Church’s material expenditures should be directed towards the salvation of souls.
The USCCB can not claim that the CCHD collection leads to that end. In fact, the majority of CCHD money goes to non-Catholic, secular organizations. That is why I said in my last post that “the CCHD collection to be held next week is a colossal waste of money.”
Bottom line for this Soul Check – no souls to be saved, no money from me.
Last year, our Pastor gave his view of the CCHD. My husband documented it in the post A Continental Divide.
At the 5:00 PM Mass this evening, as the second collection was being taken, Father said the following:
“Oh, by the way, did you know the postcards you get are not approved. //pause// Did you all get postcards this week? //Affirmative answer from some person// Ignore them. I talked to the person who’s sending them and he can’t make sense. So. This is a very good collection, it does a lot. So, ignore them [if you get] any postcards in the future.”
To the Sheep in Exile who sent out those post cards – you have my deepest gratitude and you are in my prayers.
The video at the following link is a bit dated, but it demonstrates the level of valuable research that has been done by faithful Catholics to understand how the Church has been infiltrated by very non-Catholic and anti-Catholic ideologies. (Click here: Special Report: (CCHD) Catholic Campaign for Human Development )
Good may come from some CCHD grants, but think about it. “Grants” – why that’s all about money and name a single “grant” that is designed to save souls. It all comes down to money – lot’s of money. How much money? USCCB says somewhere around $12,714,863!!!
To quote the Beatles:
The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees
Now give me money
That’s what I want
That’s what I want, yeah
That’s what I want
For the Sheep in Exile – Bulletin 2016-11-13
Here is Bulletin_2016-11-13
Thought you would like to know, it seems that there is a little feline and rodent game underway with the bulletin. So, in the future, bulletins are likely to be posted later than has been the custom of this blog. As for me, I don’t give a rat’s behind!
And so, for my thoughts on this week’s bulletin – the CCHD collection to be held next week is a colossal waste of money. My question, as always, is how many souls will be saved?
This blog has never been shy in sharing its opinion about the CCHD collection. Just go to my search engine and plug in the search term “CCHD”. Nevertheless, I will have more to say about this in the coming week.
As you can tell, I have an attitude this evening – I guess CCHD brings out the worst (best) in me. So, I’ll leave you with this rodent thought:
Mister Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this Mighty sound.“Here I come to save the day”That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
He gets the situation well in hand.
How Many Souls Will be Saved?
November is the month dedicated to the suffering souls in Purgatory. We pray for them and offer our sacrifices for them. We also pray for our Church and the salvation of all souls. This is becoming ever more important because so many Catholics do not really know the faith and they are so easily mislead.
In this last election, a faux Catholic ran for the position of Vice-President. His claim of being a faithful Catholic was so clearly at odds with the truth. People wake up! Is he really a faithful Catholic?
Tim Kaine will not be our next Vice-President – thank God. In two years, he will be running for reelection. Do Virginians and the aborted babies need six more years of Tim Kaine? I say, NO!!!
Meanwhile we look to our parishes and our shepherds for true Catholic teaching and guides to aid us to form right conscience. In this past election cycle at St. Peter’s, all we heard was crickets. We hear about social justice – save our planet – but we do not hear about spiritual justice and social responsibility. This is not acceptable. The sheep of St. Peter’s deserve better.
Nevertheless, prayers were answered during this past election. Look at the stats. In 2016, Catholics finally started coming home and voting for the culture of life. May God be praised!
Some day, we will hear something more than crickets at St. Peter’s. For now, we continue to hear the “sound of silence”.
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
And the words that it was formingAnd the sign said,
“The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.”
And whispered in the sound of silence
The Sheep of Kephas 