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A publication of Traditional Catholics of America t Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL t Volume X, No. 1 t January 15, 1989
VITAL TRUTH SUPP SED LIKELY PLACES
Fr. Francis E. Fenton
ince Communism denies the existence of God and His likewise due to the gross deception of the rank and file of the
oral law, it is hardly surprising that the concept of American people by their alleged leaders and the powers
truth and the obligation to be honest mean nothing to its ad- that be who manipulate and control those leaders. The USA
herents. The Communist has absolutely no regard for truth is being sold out to the Reds by lying, hypocritical, traitorous
whatsoever except insofar as being truthful may happen to politicians in high places masquerading as loyal Americans.
serve his diabolical objectives in a particular situation. This sellout has indeed been in progress for the past several
Otherwise, whatever furthers his immediate or long.range decades but it is now moving at an ever accelerating
goals is "good" and "right''; whatever impedes these goals is pace-and multitudes of the American people are oblivious
"bad" and "wrong." Truth, honesty, honor, integrity-such to the tragic betrayal taking place. The prime culprit in all
concepts, as we understand them, are totally alien to the this, of course, is that preeminent hypocrite and "master of
Communist mentality. And so his spoken or written word is deceit," Ronald Reagan-the Great Betrayer. If the atheistic
worthless, a fact proven so many times and in so many ways and tyrannical New World Order becomes a reality (and that
in the sordid record of Communism over the years. Nor has appears more likely with each passing day), true history (if
the nature of Communism and its ultimate aims changed in there will be such) will surely record Ronald Reagan, Mikhail
the slightest despite all apparent signs to the contrary. Gorbachev and John Paul Il among the principal architects
Mikhail Gorbachev is every bit as evil a man and as totally of that potential nightmarish monstrosity.
dedicated a Communist as his predecessors ever were. It was
but little more than a year ago (on November 2, 1987) that (While no better example of massive duplicity on a world-
Gorbachev very plainly declared in a speech delivered in wide scale can be given than that in which the Conciliar
Moscow: "We are moving toward a new world, the world of Church has been engaged for the past 25 years or so, the
Communism. We shall never tum off that road." subject-already discussed directly or indirectly a number of
times in previous issues of this newsletter-will not be given
But, as all intelligent and informed men and women know any detailed attention here. Reference, however, will be
very well, disregard for truth is by no means a Communist made further on to John Paul Il.)
monopoly. Falsehoods, half-truths, distortions of fact are an
increasingly common characteristic of today's American As the reader may well have noticed by now, the title of this
mass news media. I, for one, seldom listen to a national news article does not apply to what has thus far been written
broadcast which does not contain one or more untruths in herein. The American news media, the American govern-
one form or another. 'Tis no wonder that multitudes of the ment and the Conciliar Church most certainly cannot be de-
American people do not know the horrendous truth about scribed as unlikely places where one would find truth
Communism when they are being regularly fed pro-Commu- suppressed. Quite the contrary. What, then, are those
nist, anti-American propaganda by the so-called American unlikely places? Two examples I particularly have in mind.
press (TV, radio, newspapers, mass circulation magazines).
No better friend does the satanic conspiracy of Communism As a result of all of the reading I have done on the subject for
have in the USA than the American controlled news quite some time, I have long since come to the conclusion
media-except, that is, the American government that Freemasonry is every bit as profound an evil as is Com-
munism. Both are conspiracies; both deny the one true God;
The term, American government, is really a misnomer. both have as their ultimate objective the destruction of civil
Rather it is the pro-Communist government of America. government and organized religion (especially the Roman
Such has been the case for many years now, the only differ- Catholic Church); both are satanic. Some 10 Popes have
ence being that today the alliance between Communism and emphatically condemned the secret society of Freemasonry
Washington is becoming ever more open-and terrifying. over the past two and a half centuries. Pope Leo XIII wrote
And yet, as obvious as this unholy alliance is to many of us, an entire encyclical letter on Masonry (Humanum Genus),
the vast majority of Americans do not recognize it or have describing it as "a deadly poison drculating.. .in the veins of
little or no notion of its ultimate consequences. While this human society" …whose "ultimate aim is to uproot complete-
widespread ignorance is certainly due in no small part to the ly the whole religious and political order of the world … "
suppression of the truth by the American news media, it is
Pope Pius called Freemasonry an "ultra-criminal Sect" demn the Masonic conspiracy with the same consistency and
Other terms employed by the Popes in their denunciation of force and forthrightness as it has always done regarding
Freemasonry describe it as "ill-famed," "full of the spirit of Communism. But this has never happened. Why? Surely
Satan," "vicious and criminal" -and so on. those men in positions of leadership in the JBS know every
bit as well as I do the profound evil of Freemasonry and the
Because five rather lengthy articles dealing with the con- very grave danger it presents to Church and State. Why,
spiracy of Freemasonry have appeared in the pages of this
then, the near total suppression by the JBS of this vital
newsletter over the past several years, there is no need to truth?
rehash that material here. It is a fact beyond dispute that
Freemasonry is a worldwide secret society which is anti-God, Another instance of the suppression of vital truth is to be
anti-Church, anti-civil government; that its members (many found in conservative publications associated with the Con-
of them of high rank in the Masonic Sect) occupy influential ciliar Church-and it relates to John Paul II. The weekly
positions in both Church and State; and that the ultimate newspaper, The Wanderer, provides a good example of this.
objective of this evil organization is the destruction of all civil This publication acknowledges John Paul II as a valid Pope
and religious authority. and regularly gives extensive and favorable coverage to his
words and writings and travels. This, of course, is perfectly
In view of the above then, why is it that the true nature of understandable, given the fact that The Wanderer unre-
Freemasonry is not given the exposure it so richly deserves? servedly believes him to be the Vicar of Christ
Why is it that the average American knows little or nothing
of the stark truth about this abominable organization? But, as readers of this newsletter are well aware, a number of
Although countless Americans remain to this day ignorant the statements and actions of John Paul II over the past ten
of the fl.ill truth about the hideous reality of Communism, years have been such as to raise serious questions in the
many of them are at least aware of the fact that Communism minds of some Roman Catholic priests and laymen as to
exists and that it is evil while the satanic evil of Freemasonry whether he is actually a true pontiff at all. Indeed, there are
is a nonentity to the average American. It is, of course, those-and I am one of them-who have long since arrived
readily understandable why Masonry is not exposed by the at the absolute conviction that he is not. If, however, the
civil government or by politicians or by the news media or by concept and the knowledge which readers of The Wanderer
the Conciliar Church but-and this is the key question here: have of John Paul II are limited to what they have acquired
Why is the subject of Freemasonry practically (if not entirely) from that and similar conseroative publications, those
ignored by organizations and publications whose loyalty to readers have little or no notion of the other side of "His
God and country is otherwise beyond reproach? How many Holiness." They are being given a very distorted picture of
newsletters and articles I have read in recent years dis- John Paul Il because the stark truth about him is something
cussing and exposing and denouncing various subversive else again-and that vital truth is suppressed by The Wan-
organizations and individuals-and not even the word Free- derer. Is that honest? t
masonry (or Masonry or Mason) has been so much as
mentioned. Assuredly, one would never know from a read-
ing of such material that the conspiracy of Freemasonry
even exists, much less that it is the worldwide anti-Church,
anti-civil government, "ultra-criminal Sect'' so roundly and
forcefully condemned by the Roman Catholic Church.
And so, what is one to make of this? How can organizations
t
or publications do a consistently very commendable job in
varying degrees in opposing and exposing the grave menace
of the Communist conspiracy and yet be silent or, at best,
soft on the Masonic conspiracy? Here, certainly, is a striking
example of the suppression of a vital truth that demands
maximum exposure. There is, I submit, no justification for SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS
the concealment by honorable men of the truth about Free-
masonry. The date on the envelope address label indicates the
month and year in which the recipient's subscription is
Now, while there are a number of anti-Communist organiza- due for renewal. At the proper time, a subscription en-
tions and/or publications to which the above would apply, I velope will be enclosed with the newsletter. One may
will single out but one for brief comment-and that is The enter a new subscription at any time, of course, and
John Birch Society (JBS). But why the JBS in particular? will then receive the eight following newsletter issues. t
Because for many years I have firmly believed it to be the
finest anti-Communist organization in the USA. In recent
years, however, as I became more and more informed on
Freemasonry, I have become increasingly disturbed by the
failure of the JBS to speak out and to expose and to con-
THE ATHANASIAN 2 JANUARY 15, 1989
John Kenneth Weiskittel
f you are a traditional Catholic who grew up prior to Vat- What Catholic Action Is
. an Council Il, the upheavals of the past twenty years or Pope Pius XI, in a 1926 letter to the Piedmontese Bishops,
more must still remain a case of the impossible coming to states that Catholic Action is an opportunity for the laity to
pass. Had someone told you, say, in 1955, that the Imme- "share in a certain sense in the sacerdotal ministry." (p. 279)
morial Sacrifice of the Mass would be replaced by a Protes- The encyclical ll fermo proposito (1905) of Pope Saint Pius
tant-style "supper'' service; that scores of altars and statues X forms the theological basis for Catholic Action. There he
would be unceremoniously removed from churches and left writes that "laymen are the principal supporters and pro-
for the trash collectors; and that a Vatican occupied by moters" of those works needed "to restore all things in
hirelings would permit pagans to desecrate once Catholic Christ" It is worth our while to quote Saint Piux X on how
churches with ungodly rituals and would declare a truce with the laity is expected to accomplish this in society for the
sworn (and unrepentent) enemies of Catholicism such as same ills continue to plague the nations:
Freemasonry and Communism-you probably would have
replied as discreetly as possible to that person that he or she To dwell only on this part of the desired restoration,
might benefit from psychiatric help. you see well what support is given to the Church by
those chosen bands of Catholics whose aim is to unite
Sadly, the "impossible" is now a reality, and those who yes- all their forces in order to combat anti-Christian civili-
terday we thought ready for a rubber room would today be zation by every just and lawful means, and to repair in
called prophets. Make no mistake, the current crisis in the every way the grievous disorders which flow from it; to
Roman Catholic Church is the greatest it has ever faced. reinstate Jesus Christ in the family, the school, and
While the majority of fourth-century bishops held to the society; to reestablish the principle that human author-
heresy of Arianism, we find that not only do most bishops ity represents that of God; to take intimately to heart
today adhere to Modernism ("the synthesis of all heresies"- the interests of the people, especially those of the
Pope Saint Pius X) but so does the bogus occupant of the working and agricultural classes, not only by the incul-
Chair of Peter. Those faithful who accept and practice, fully cation of religion, the only true source of comfort in
and undefiled, the teaching of the Church have been re- the sorrows of life, but also by striving to dry their
duced to a handful. And, if the total number of true Roman tears, to soothe their sufferings, and by wise measures
Catholics may well be only in the thousands, how piteously to improve their economic condition; to endeavor,
few are our orthodox priests! If ever there was a time for consequently, to make public laws conformable to
divine intervention, that time is now. But how is this to be justice, to amend or suppress those which are not so;
accomplished, one might ask. finally, with a true Catholic spirit, to defend and
support the rights of God in everything, and the no less
The whole of Sacred Scripture and Church history shows us, sacred rights of the Church. (pp. 217-218)
however, that God will not help His people unless they move
towards Him. It is dear then that, for the Church to succeed How accurate was Pius Xll when he spoke of his holy pre-
in its mission, it is absolutely imperative that the laity join decessor as "among the chosen souls" whom Catholic
with the clergy in fulfilling this work. Such lay participation Action is to "invoke and venerate as the guides and
in the life of the Church is nothing new. Indeed, it has been promoters of their excellent movement.."
with the Church in every age but a renewed wave of anti-
Catholic activities in the past two centuries prompted popes It is not enough, however, to think that this apostolate is
(up to and including Pope Pius XII) to encourage it in a something to be viewed casually or as primarily political, as
particular way. though simply being a concerned lay person is sufficient It
engages "the cream of the laity" (Pius XI) and is "a veritable
Given the severity of the present difficulties, it is no ex- army" (Pius IX). Those who consider themselves nominal
aggeration to say that lay Catholics must raise their activities Catholics must reexamine their inner lives and resolve to
for the Church to a level comparable to what their counter- take membership in the Mystical Body of Christ more ser-
parts displayed in ancient Rome and in the mission fields iously if they seek to serve in this army. That every soldier in
for, despite differences of time and place, the parallels are this army must be inwardly strong is essential for "the
dear: cm embattled Church fighting again.st seemingly in- spiritual life is at the very heart of the Christian apostolate"
sunnountable odds in a hostile environment. What follows is (Pius xm. In an allocution to Italian Catholic Action in
a selection of papal quotes that show what the laity can and 1940, Pope Pius XII pointed out that "(t)he life of
must do, how it can best accomplish these aims and why prayer… (is) the great law and condition of success in the
such action is so urgently needed in modem times (even apostolate." (p. 434)
more so in the 1980's). AH page listings, unless otherwise in-
dicated, refer to a collection of papal teachings from Although the crisis in today's Church would seem to make
Benedict XIV to Pius XII contained in The Lay Apostolate such groups impossible in areas where only a few of the
(Daughters of St Paul, 1961). faithful reside near one another, this need not be the case. It
THE ATHANASIAN 3 JANUARY 15, 1989
Catholic Action is a cause that deeply concern us all.
How must our Sacred be pierced anew when
the daily of so many to
are but one of Mercy. Let us to see that this can, in some
Others can center around the recitation the rosary or way at be countered if only our hearts were to
other prayers, to pro-life rallies with same charity that animates the of Our
public Savior Who declared: "I am come to cast fire on the earth:
selected and whatwm I, but that itbe kindled."t
Individuals that are even more isolated Catholics
can still in this apostolate for conversions
and by getting truth to others however
point that several have """'""c,r1
act the the enemies lay
Catholic reading matter (and, in recent times,
television). cite just one Pope Leo XIII, in an
1892 to the Italian people regarding the evils of Free-
masonry, wrote: "They (the Masons-JKW) a press We pray and beseech you, Venerable Brethren, to join
which is anti-Catholic in religious social your with and earnestly to strive for
spheres; you must, with your personal influence and with extirpation foul plague, which is creeping
your money, and the Catholic press." (p. 158) through the of the St.ate. have to defend the
glory of God and the of your neighbor; and
with object of your strife before you, neither
courage nor strength will wanting. It will be for your
prudence to judge by what means you can best over-
come the and obstacles you meet with. But
The lay apostolate has, as every apostolate has, more- as it befits the authority Our office that We Our-
over, two functions: conservation and conquest, and selves should point out some suitable way of proceed-
both are urgently needed in the Church today. And, to ing, We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away
speak very plainly, Church of Christ is not thinking the of Freemasonry, and to let it be seen as it
of without a to her declared really and by sennons Pastoral Letters to in~
enemy, atheistic struggle will be struct people as to artifices by societies
pursued to end, but with weapons of Christ! kind in seducing men and them into
(Directives to Apostles; of ranks, and as to depravity of their opinions and the
1963, p. 260) wickedness their acts. As Our predecessors have
many repeated, let no man think that he may for
Today, over 30 years this any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if
Church itself. The enemy believes values his Catholic name his eternal as
soon at regrettably, very few'"'"''""'-'"'·"' he ought to them. no one be deceived by a
much to prove ,…,.,…,,..,,,,.,.,, pretense honesty. It may seem to some that
Freemasons demand nothing that is openly contrary to
We must, therefore, all that is in our power to rally the religion but, as the whole principle and
forces of Christ and stem the tide of evil. God is not object of the sect lies in what is vicious criminal, to
deceived. Let us not be with the Pharisees whom with these men or in any way to help them cannot
our Lord rebuked, saying: "This people honoureth me
their lips: their heart is far from me." (Matthew 15:8) Nor
with the lukewarm, whom will vomit from
(Apocalypse 3:16)
4
Jill Wiesner
untless converted to discussing him vain worship
rough good example of the true Clovis listened to
Saint Clotilde, Franks in the terest concern about offending
brought about the of an entire through were pagan, delayed his conversion.
faithful adherence to Christian virtues and complete trust in
God. Clovis, conqueror as well as king, was an able military com-
mander who led his troops to many However, in
The fifth battle the Alemanni near Cologne, found himself
many Of the r\::\Vl'\:'ll',::>n .,,….,.v,,._, har,ct-rnr~.ea. with his men on the of After
the Roman "·-·~·~~ gods in remembered his
Having miC[Y:'ltl>rl discussions wife and turned to His
a false Christianity by "missionaries," the help. tide of the battle and the
barian tribes of Goths, Lombards and Vandals forced forces of were victorious. He sent a courier to inform
ism on all the peoples they conquered. Clotilde of victory and she to meet him at
Rheims.
converted by Catholic missionaries,
held on to their Chilperic, King of Burgundy the At Rheims, Clovis asked Saint Remigius, the bishop of the
father of Clotilde, was a devout Catholic, though of his city, to give him religious instruction. No longer hesitaI1t
relatives were his wife carefully instructed about Clovis assembled his soldiers and urged
their children in truths of the Faith, them a them to follow example by renouncing their idols and
knowledge their at an early age. Clotilde, born embracing the true Faith. His men, fervor, cried
about 474, acquired a deep love for Faith out, "We renounce mortal gods. We are ready to adore the
when tragedy family. Her father, mother and true God, God whom Remigius preaches."
brothers were killed her Arian uncle Gondebad, who then
usurped her father's Clotilde and her older sister, On Eve, 496, the king a large number of his
Chrona, posing no to Gondebad's ambitions, were men approached the holy bishop for Baptism:
spared. Chrona was allowed to enter a convent and little
Clotilde was taken to live at Gondebad's court …the church and the baptistry were hung with the
richest drapery, and thousands of exquisitely scented
Though she lived Clotilde was tapers were lighted, so that the holy place seemed full
tinue her Catholic Faith. She '"""'……or1 of a heavenly perfume. Nothing more than
despise the world and to love God above all the of the new catechumensl streets and
armed against seductive influences which surrounded public places were richly ornamented, the proces-
her, Clotilde remained pure amidst corruption. sion advanced with the Holy Gospels Cross from
the palace of Clovis to the church. The resounded
As she grew up, she was greatly admired for her ,.,,.,……~ •. with sweet hymns and litanies. St Remigius held the
telligence and Clovis I, King of the king by hand. The queen followed with two prin-
conqueror of Gaul, heard of her many attributes sent an cesses, the sisters of Clovis, more three thou-
emissary to ask for her in marriage. His petition was granted sand men belonging to his army, whom example
on the condition "that the princess should be at liberty to had won to Jesus Christ (Msgr. Jean Joseph Gaume,
profess her " t:at'ecnism of Perseverence, Dublin, Ireland, M.H. Gill
pp. 332-333)
Clovis and Clotilde were married at Soissons in Clovis,
a pagan with a temper, was in awe of his Christian Upon the baptistery the for Baptism.
wife. She fulfilled of her royal duties flawlessly when- Remigius, with the authority belongs only to
ever she had a free moment, she hurried to the oratory the Church, told Clovis, "Become meek, bow thy head,
which she had made herself and bowed her in fer- Sicambrian; adore what thou hast burned, bum what
vent prayer. She practiced many private but thou hast adored." With deep humility Clovis submitted to
she did so prudently so as not to fail in any of duties the reign of Christ
her state in life. of humility and charity she conformed
herself to insofar as her conscience permitted of his baptism was an ardent defender
in won the heart of Clovis. Historians have called him a "second Con-
"the most Christian defeated the
Clotilde then sought to her husband to con1nruwa on page 8
THE 5 JANUARY 15, 1989
centuries a cmneirstcme
·n…. ct1,:,,n sc1t:inm1c '"''"""'"" shifts as
doctrine that to environment, practices
to guide his with can no longer be justified. are sweeping
to exercise it in a manner consistent rh,,nc1,,.~ and those who are con1m11a:ea to traditional
individuals are free t-ha,…, … ,"'" and practices naturally them. (Bantam/
acts is a fundamental ed., 1972, p. 19)
than a war of ideas-a
But more and more recent times there over how we perceive others-and we
to challenge "'-U~.uu~5.Proponents to defend our position as strongly as possible.
ism~y holds that human bet11avu)r
succeededinn~,.~,,~~nrt
"""'~''""'"u~,.-.Theyoung .. ,ut,;e;~, the psychological individua1 we
ucA,au,)C he grew up in a poor nP1an,… ,., …n,.,,vi teaching of the Church the Church her-
abusers are said to if, as Skinner and his would have us think,
is refashioned nrs,·n,r,n more than "a species shaped by
fall under the heading contingencies 201-202) then
Homosexuality, not defended as an acceot1bie and her doctrines are Sin, repen-
that i.s genetically predetennined, is …,.=~u1t;u Redemption, the
ment.al illness. short, there is not one sins- the Church become remnants of an out-
pride, envy, lust, or ,ni:,nr,,_,rn de- u,n1•mui,:,w if determinism is a fact
terminists to somehow as a condi-
tion curable therapy, social behavior
modification or tax dollars.
How ,mr,n.-t·,:,nt will over
determinism? J.•1vu,u1:;uv, John K.
Ryan:
assertion
agent
and even
personal rnr1~n,~T
ctples and ,_,,,.r,hlrJ……. <'
1954, p. 150.) The necessary basis of obligation is freedom. The will
is to tum away from the immutable Good and to
The difference lies between viewing a person as a being attach itself to mutable taking as its object
whose acts are account.able before God or as a soulless beast either the goods of the soul, without reference to God,
whose behavior can be shaped as easily as condi- or the goods of the body …(A of Philosophy,
tioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell. Vol. 2, Mediaeval Philosophy, 1, Image Books,
pp.
A battle line
on the F. Skinner, of the will leads to salvation or damnation.
spokesman of the movement and a signer Mani- "When man tries to live justly by his own strength," teaches
festo II, it "particularly troublesome" that most Saint Augustine, "without the help of the liberating grace of
thinkers still view man as having an autonomous nature, God, is then conquered by sins; but free will he has it in
worthy of being for meritorious deeds punished his power to believe in the Liberator to receive grace."
for wrongdoing. a behavioral psychologist who feels that (cited, p. 99)
control must be from the individual and placed in the
hands of "programmers," Skinner obviously sees And examples we may take from Scripture are plenti-
free will and as unacceptable In his fut must defy logic to God commanded
bestseller, and Dignity, he his not to partake of a and then punished
view of staunch "'"""''"'"""r,n disobeying, if He had not the capacity
quarters: ooE::aience In addressing Cain, clearly indicates our in-
THE 6 JANUARY 15, 1989
over evil: tested anyone who has held fast to a resolution, for
amount of deterministic can persuade a man
that it was for resolution and
not fixed and from all
thereof to that he
dominion over it '"""'..,….,,…,
through His prophet From of moral concepts, ,.,u,,w,;1t.,
can serve Him or the man's sense of obligation to do
r.;c,:1e~aasttct1s we read: "God man from remorse and repentance over misconduct, the
him in the hand of his own counsel. .. notions and desert, responsibility andjustice. Com-
death, good and evil, which he ""··"'·"''I"'> on the last of these concepts, Monsignor Ryan asks:
him." (Ecdesiasticus 18) "If every instance I do only what I and if I cannot
Pharisees, left no doubt as to the help doing I do, as the determinist where is the
..°'"'"".,,.,,h,,hh,for when He said: possibility of there being either justice or irtjustice?" (p. 165)
Free human action is readily real life situations,
while determinism is found only in with labora-
For within out the heart of men proceed evil
tory Then, too, he points out that people in every
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
age and land have sought political freedom. Determinism
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an
evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil would make heroes out of slaveowners and tyrants. and des-
pots out of saints, martyrs and patriots!
things come from within, and defile a man. (Mark
7:21-23)
Recently, Gartli Wood, a young British psychiatrist, has
In another passage, Our Savior declares that offered us even more support in his book, The Myth of
judgment has come upon those who loved rather Neurosis: Overcoming the Illness (Harper & Row,
than the light. 3:19) And at least twice 1986) While not denying serious illness (or psycho-
monished those who had been the object of mercy with sis), Dr. Wood contends that within profession there is "a
the words sin no more (John 5:14, 8:11), a statement that conspiracy to extend indefinitely boundaries of mental
would be absurd if His hearers were not free to act upon it illness." (p. 1) We live in a time when it is claimed that
"everyone" is a bit neurotic, and when those criminals who
The Church has always taken the occasion to defend the have smothered their consciences (psychopaths or socio-
teaching of free will whenever necessary. The heretical paths} are now frequently called "psychologically diseased."
Semi-Pelagians of the sixth century, Luther Calvin But, of this latter type Dr. Wood writes:
during the "Reformation," the seventeenth-century Jansen-
ists and modem in the past hundred years have …We already have a perfectly good concept to explain
all been anathematized for advancing errors of one sort or and define their moral bankruptcy. It is the notion of
another concerning free will. evil. wickedness is no surer indicator of
mental than is extreme goodness, we would
Other Supporting do well not to confuse evil with disease. (p. 2)
While proofs will taken from Church teaching and the
Bible can be used to demonstrate the fact satisfactorily to Many people, he argues, who are in no way ill but merely un-
Catholics other believers, how may we convince the happy, are receiving medication or extended sessions on
skeptic? It so happen…;; there are a number of strong psychiatric couches from "experts." According to such psy-
points that can be without using theological appeals. chiatric specialists, guilt is a bad thing must be removed.
Notso, says Wood:
Monsignor John several arguments that have
either psychological or philosophical bases. he gives .. .Insofar as we disregard our imperative we
those that stem from our consciousness, from our deeply-felt must the psychological pain of guilt If we use
awareness of this freedom. We are able to voluntarily keep the mechanism properly recoil from those
our attention focused on a certain object, outside actions which cause it to operate, it will serve us well.
attractions or pressure, and this ability, he is "an In the absence of disease, then, is good for us. (p.
instance of the will as the power of self-determination." (p. 5)
158) Deliberation, or weighing of options, is another,
and "(t)he more deliberation that precedes an ,,.,.,,.,,…,.,,.n,. In most "individuals… are responsible for their
tion, the more free choice is when it is -~~·~_, predicament, slaves to neither their environment nor their
(pp. 158-159) the biochemistry," and they will be served when
which has been Finally in "family, neighbors, wives and
perhaps, the most children" their "rightful been
under ,=..,,,.,;;,.,…, "usurped " (ibid)
THE 7 15, 1989
The Fight For Freedom "St. Clotilde" continued from page 5
The importance of upholding the principle cannot be over-
stated. More and more we are told that Communism-a Arian tyrants in Gaul and Burgundy, allowing Catholics
form of political and economic determinism-isn't evil, to practice their Faith without persecution and
merely different This, we firmly believe, is a form of permitting missionaries to work freely among the
psychological warfare being used in preparation for the mer- people. The vast territories under Frankish control
ger of the USA and USSR that will end in the One World became a united Catholic kingdom and the influence of
State against which Pope Benedict XV warned. The irony is Arianism was destroyed.
that at this stage of the plan Americans are subtly being
asked to voluntarily relinquish their freedoms. Tomorrow, At Clotilde's request Clovis also built a number of religious
the iron determinism of totalitarianism will be the result if institutions within his dominions, including the great
the process isn't reversed. t Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Paris (now called the
Church of Saint Genevieve), which was completed in 511.
"There is a huge, extremely powerful conspiracy at
work in the world to achieve absolute and brutal rule In November of the same year Clovis died after having
over the whole human race. This conspiracy is made reigned for thirty years. After her husband's death
up of a small group of individuals who control wars, Clotilde went to live at Tours so that she might be near
revolutions and depressions like people control chess- the tomb of St Martin. In addition to her daily
men on a chessboard. These individuals operate, in practices of prayer, fasting, penance and almsgiving,
part, through secret societies that are created for spe- Clotilde suffered the mortification of violent dissension
cific purposes or for specific events. The objective of between her two youngest sons. Her fervent prayers
these societies is to abolish all human institutions, prevented them from going into battle against each
such as religion, the family and all morality. The secret other; their quarrels enabled her to become thoroughly
within the secret … is that they worship Lucifer or detached from the world. For the remainder of her life,
Satan, the devil." (Ralph Epperson, author of The "Eternity filled her heart and employed all her
Unseen Hand) thoughts."
"Grace: God's riches at Christ's expense." On the third of June, 545, the day which she had fore-
told, Clotilde died after receiving the Last Sacraments.
"It is good to have things that money can buy, but As she had requested, she was buried beside her
better to have the things that money cannot buy." husband in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
"If you don't have everything you want, be thankful for Saint Clotilde won souls from paganism and heresy by
the things you don't have that you don't want" obedience to God in all things. Through her
intercession and example may we hasten the
conversion of our pagan world. t
Pray
the Rosa
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