Hello John and Doves,
FINALLY!!! Someone is
calling THEM out on their pro-abortion stance!! One
little Archbishop~ Every minister in America should be
speaking with him~ But the Church in America, overall,
is silent.
"San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has
instructed Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, an
outspoken pro-abortion Democrat, not to present herself
for Holy Communion in his diocese."
"You are not to present yourself
for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be
admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you
(publicly) repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of
abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave
sin in the sacrament of Penance," Cordileone wrote to Pelosi
in a "notification" delivered yesterday and published
today."
"The Canon 915 of the Church's Code
of Canon Law instructs that "Those who have been
excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or
declaration of the penalty and others obstinately
persevering to manifest grave sin are not to be admitted
to holy communion."
"A Catholic legislator who supports
procured abortion, after knowing the teaching of the Church,
commits a manifestly grave sin which is a cause of
most serious scandal to others.
Therefore, universal Church law provides that such persons
'are not to be admitted to Holy Communion' (Code of
Canon Law, can. 915)", wrote Cardileone."
This Archbishop is going against
what the bishops voted on last year - 222 votes in favor, 8
against, and 3 abstentions - "Prominent amongst such
dissenting voices were Cardinal Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal
Joseph Tobin of Neward, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of
Washington, Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, Bishop John
Stowe of Lexington, Bishop Medley of Owensboro, and Bishop
Joseph Bambera of Scranton. These prelates WISHED TO
AVOID ANY MENTION OF REFUSING HOLY COMMUNION FOR
PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS, SUCH AS JOE BIDEN."
"Days after the close of the Spring meeting, the USCCB
released a short document, stating that the content of the
proposed Eucharistic document would avoid forming any
"national policy" on withholding Communion from
politicians."
US
bishops approve Eucharistic document that ignores
Communion for pro-abortion politicians - LifeSite
This Archbishop who stood up to the
'politics' has opened a Pandora's Box now - a box that
should have NEVER existed in the first place.
What Archbishop Cardileone has done
has opened this box for every Christian Church in
America. Time for every pastor of a Church to fight
the apostasy in the Church. Every pastor in America
should have been standing up to this abortion travesty that
has been a pox on America for decades. And every
Christian should be standing up for the Word of God,
supporting their ministers in this battle against apostasy.
"The Bible clearly
prophesies that the Church of the end times will be
characterized by apostasy. Paul said that
the Antichrist will not be revealed until "the apostasy
comes first" (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Jesus
prophesied that "many will fall away" and "most people's
love will grow cold" (Matthew 24:10, 12)."
The Revelation contains letters to
'seven churches'. Many believe that the end times
church is the church of Laodicea. It is a church that
is apathetic - neither hot nor cold. "Jesus also
pictures it as a worldly church enamored with its wealth
(Revelation 3:17) The Lord is so dissatisfied with
this church that He declares, "Because you are lukewarm, and
neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth"
(Revelation 3:16)."
"Paul supplies us with some strong
clues as to why the end times Church will be weak,
vacillating, and full of apostasy. One of those clues
can be found in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 which says that "the
time will come when they (Christians) will not endure
sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled,
they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance
to their own desires; and will turn away
their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to
myths." "Today, these essential beliefs,
which constitute the power of Christianity, are being
subjected to an unparalleled assault from WITHIN
THE CHURCH ITSELF. The Bible says that in
the end times people will mock the promise of the Lord's
return (2 Peter 3:3-4). What is so shocking is that most of
the mockery is coming from within the Church!"
We have all seen the pro-abortion
protests...I have seen many people in these groups that are
foul-mouthed, screaming lies, out of control, violent
people, attacking those who do not agree with them,
attacking police officers, trying to force their evil agenda
on others, trying to intimidate our Supreme Court
Justices. This behavior is abhorrent. The root
of this is evil. The subject of this is evil.
And here is a recent news article
about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - this
denomination has some 3 million members in the U.S. and
includes the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church
in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches. This group of churches professes "more
progressive political views and less literal belief in the
divine inspiration of scripture." "The church teaches
that abortion and reproductive health care, including
contraception, must be legal and accessible."
Abortion
'must be legal and accessible': Evangelical Lutheran
Church | Fox News
This is just one of many, many
churches in America that place politics above the Word of
God. They, as men, know better than God. Jesus
would call them hypocrites and vipers.
"Some religious groups have little
or no ambivalence about abortion. For instance, the
nation's largest denomination - the Roman Catholic Church -
opposes abortion in all circumstances ((yet they do not call
out those who do it or those who support it or those who
make it legal)) The second-largest church, the
Southern Baptist Convention opposes abortion with the
exception of when the mother's life in danger. "Other
sizable religious groups in opposition to abortion with few
or no exceptions include the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, and the Assemblies of God..."
Conservative Judaism, the Presbyterian Church, Reform
Judaism support abortion rights with few or no limits.
And that Islam, Buddhism, the National Baptist Convention
and Orthodox Judaism show "no clear position".
Where
major religious groups stand on abortion | Pew Research
Center
Reminds me of the
Pharisees of Jesus' day - they were a religious and
political party. They held
strictly to Jewish ritual law and 'tradition'. Many
members of the Sanhedrin were Pharisees. Because
they mixed Greek and Roman politics of the day, they fell
into corruption. "The Pharisees toughened
the Laws by more strictly enforcing them. Their hearts
grew colder and colder, no longer loving the Lawgiver, i.e.
God, but loving themselves. They grew
increasingly more confident in their own abilities
than in the faith that God provided. The Pharisees
lofted themselves onto the throne of
righteousness. They became, in their own minds,
high and mighty (Isaiah 5:21)."
Jesus
And The Pharisees
We are seeing this exact same thing
happen with the leaders of many Churches in America.
And with many of their congregants. Man wants to
elevate himself above God. He does not want to be held
responsible for his actions. He wants to make the
rules.
Jesus said, "But woe to you,
teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you
are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in
people's faces...You serpents and brood of vipers! How
can you escape being sentenced to the pit? That is why
I send you prophets, wise men and teachers of the law, some
of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to
town; In order that upon your heads may fall
every drop of innocent 'blood spilt on earth'...All this I
tell you, will come home to the present generation."
Matthew
23 - Jesus Called Them Hypocrites - The Gospels
So where will this "Nancy can't
take communion" go now? "If Biden were to visit his
archdiocese, Cordileone said he would privately inform the
president that he would not be receiving sacramental wine
and break, which Catholics believe becomes the literal blood
and body of Jesus."
Calif.
archbishop: Biden, Pelosi can't take communion over
abortion
Good for him!! One of the
VERY FEW standing up to the politics and 'political
correctness' that has taken over so many churches in
America.
Archbishop Cordileone is being
spanked by the Vatican for "politicizing" abortions. Are you
serious? The Vatican politicized abortions by not
standing by their own "opposes abortions in all
circumstances" belief, not wanting to offend man.
Seems Pope Francis, like the
Pharisees, is mixing politics with religion - making his own
rules and not looking to God for THE rules.
Pope Francis is a good candidate
for the False Prophet, IMO. And this is just one of
many, many reasons why.
What Archbishop Cardileone has done
could result in a big fire storm - he is being accused of
"going to purge gay, lesbian and pro-choice teachers" and
there are calls to the Vatican to remove him. Various
groups within the Catholic Church - the University of San
Francisco, Call to Action, Catholics for Choice, etc have
spoken out against what he has done. He is, however,
being defended by the Catholic League.
This may lead to even more
splintering within the Catholic Church. As it should -
and in every American Church.
I would write that 'It's long
overdue for the Laodicea Churches in America to stop being
'neither warm nor cold' - to stand up for what is in the
Word of God and to not waver in their commitments to the
Christian faith. The Churches in America have become
too comfortable. They don't fight for what is right
and good and sacred.' however, far be it for me to stand in
the way of a good prophecy.
So what does Jesus do to this
Laodicea Church? He said, "I will vomit you out of My
mouth." Revelation 3:16
Jesus could be speaking to so many
of the Mega Churches in America - that have become wealthy,
rich - "But you do not realize that you are wretched,
pitiful, poor, blind and naked." Revelation 3:17
Many American churches have fallen
from The Faith. Archbishop Cardileone and many
ministers, pastors should never have found themselves in the
position they are now. The Church should have stood up
long ago and taken a stand on every "Left", "progressive",
Communist/Socialist, "Democrat" fall from grace in
America. Pharisees have taken over many
churches. The vipers and hypocrites are making church
doctrine. And the congregants are liking what they are
seeing and hearing.
Now the whole country is damned
with the spilling of innocent blood and all of the
abominations God has declared are a stink to His nostrils.
Apostasy is spreading across
America. The silence in the Churches is deafening and
deadly. A sure sign the coming Tribulation is soon
upon us~
Jesus said, "The harvest is the end
of the age, and the harvesters are angels. As the
weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at
the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His
angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of
sin and all who practice lawlessness. And the angels
will cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13:39-42
"Then the righteous will shine
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He
who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Matthew 13:43
This apostasy shall not stand.
God bless Archbishop Cordileone for
standing up to the Apostasy in the Churches.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance