Monday, August 9, 2021

St. Andrew Bobola Calumniated By Ecumenists

 

To My Readers: The demands of my job have been growing ever-greater. My guest poster, A Simple Man, is also is a busy professional. In order not to cut down on having one well-researched post every Monday, it is my pleasure to introduce a second guest poster, Joanna From Poland. Joanna often comments on my blog, and her English, her writing style, and her faith are so strong, she will be joining A Simple Man and me in producing posts. She is a young, single lady who will turn 30 years old in October of this year. She left the Vatican II sect in 2019, and decided to embrace sedevacantism after a period of intense research. She credits this blog as helping her greatly in reaching that decision. She holds an M.A. in English Studies. I think it will be great to add a female Traditionalist point of view, as well as that of a European. This is her first guest post. As always, I will respond to any comments, but as I am particularly pressed for time this week, they may come much later than usual. Please welcome Joanna on her debut here and feel free to comment. Like A Simple Man, Joanna From Poland is an incredible asset, and I thank God for having brought her to write here. Please pray for her and her family. May she and A Simple Man continue in their edifying writings. 

God Bless you all, my dear readers---Introibo

St. Andrew Bobola Calumniated By Ecumenists

By Joanna From Poland

On the occasion of his 2016 “papal” visit to Georgia (Eastern Europe/Western Asia), Francis addressed the following words to Vatican II sect priests and seminarians: “Proselytism is a grave sin against ecumenism," adding that Catholics must never seek to convert Orthodox for the latter are brothers and sisters of Catholics and the children of the same God (see the Associated Press report: https://apnews.com/article/1c604b0eba6944328bf283dc935c86be

 As per Wikipedia, more than 80% of the population of this small Caucasian country is Eastern Schismatic. Vatican statistics, as stated in the report by Associated Press, show that less than 3% of Georgians, that is merely 112,000 people, identify themselves as "Catholic" (Vatican II sect which I also refer to as the "Novus Ordo sect").

Strangely enough, the ultra-conservative Schismatics accused Bergoglio of the very “sin” of proselytism he himself so zealously denounces as he was surprised with a protest organized by the “Union of Orthodox Parents” upon his arrival in Tbilisi, the country’s capital.

In the heretical theory of concentric circles advocated by the Novus Ordo hierarchy whereby members of false religions participate in varying degrees in the “communion” with the Novus Ordo sect, the Eastern Schismatics are classified as those who are nearest to the “fullness of communion."

One would suppose that the Novus Ordo has already supplied itself with plenty of “apostles” of ecumenism over more than fifty years of its existence, with the likes of “St.” Mother Theresa of Calcutta or John Paul II the Great (Apostate), to advance their ever-futile search for “unity." Nonetheless, those who stole our Catholic churches and institutions, also ventured to hijack the true Catholic saints of old, and to calumniate their fearless confession of the One True Faith in order to push forward the heretical ecumenical agenda.

Perhaps one of the most striking example of such blasphemous manipulation perpetuated by the Novus Ordo is St. Andrew Bobola, whose life and death is a verbatim condemnation of the soul-damning ecumenism of Bergoglio and his minions.

Historical background

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907), St. Andrew Bobola was born in the Palatinate of Sandomir around the year 1590 of an old and eminent Polish family. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Vilnius (Lithuania) at the age of 21. After being ordained in 1622, he was appointed preacher in the Church of St. Casimir of that same city. He made his solemn vows on the 2nd of June, 1630 and was made superior at Bobruisk (today’s Belarus), where he “wrought wonders by his preaching and distinguished himself by his devotion during an epidemic of the plague." In 1636 he headed to Lithuania, and began his missionary work there at the time when “Poland was being ravaged by Cossacks, Russians, and Tatars, and the Catholic Faith was made the object of the concerted attacks of Protestants and schismatics."

St. Andrew indeed embarked upon his mission when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a vast and powerful kingdom, faced grave danger from within. However, it wasn’t until about a decade later that schismatic rebellion against the Polish crown would  devastate the eastern frontier of the Commonwealth, the very land where the Saint was headed.

Life and work of St. Andrew Bobola

Pope Pius XII in his 1957 encyclical Invicti Athletae Christi offers a splendid account of the remarkable life of the Saint (all bracketed notes are mine).

The Supreme Pontiff notices that “[w]hat seems to shine forth especially in the life of Andrew Bobola is his Catholic faith, whose vigor, nourished by divine grace, grew so much stronger with the passing of the years that it conferred on him a special mark of distinction, and spurred him on to undergo his martyrdom with courage.

Now my just one lives by faith, as the Apostles [sic] of the Gentiles declares [Hebr. 10: 38], and in Bobola, faith shone with an unusual splendor. Whatever the Catholic Church teaches to be believed or done, he embraced with unwavering mind, and willingly endeavored to practice. Thus, from earliest youth, he considered it normal to check, control, and subdue all those disorderly inclinations which, since the unhappy fall of Adam, disturb our nature and easily attract it to what is forbidden. But at the same time, his every effort and all his strength were directed to the adornment of his soul with Christian virtues.”

The love of the Catholic Faith, of its precepts and disciplines taught and prescribed by the One True Church of Christ animated St. Andrew on the path of his own sanctification, and would shine forth in his zeal for souls as a missionary. Nonetheless, this “unconquered athlete of Christ” as Pope Pius XII calls St. Andrew, had to conquer the vices and deficiencies found in himself before he would sacrifice everything for the salvation of souls.

As Pius XII writes: “[b]ut since he was by temperament proud, impatient, and sometimes obstinate, Bobola had to wage a very sharp contest against himself, and ascend his Calvary, as it were, laden with the cross, in order to reach the height of this virtue. There, at length, impelled and assisted by the grace he had obtained by constant and fervent prayers, he might be able to reach Christian perfection, for as St. Bernard wisely said, the spiritual edifice cannot possibly stand except on the firm foundation of humility.”

“Above all, Bobola was on fire with a great love of God and of his neighbors. As a result, he found nothing sweeter than to spend long hours, whenever possible, before the sacred tabernacle, and to assist the unfortunate in every way according to his means. He loved God above all, and far more than himself. He sought exclusively God's glory, according to the Rule of his Father, St. Ignatius. To this Saint, then, the words of the same holy Doctor (St. Bernard) can be applied, He alone should be desired, Who alone fulfills desire.”

“It is not surprising, then, that this athlete of Jesus Christ, adorned with these gifts of grace, should have achieved such notable progress in the apostolic field, and been able to gather rich fruits in the saving of souls. He was on fire to preserve, extend, and defend the Catholic faith. Thus, when serving as a teacher at Vilna, and later when living in other cities, he diligently taught the elements of Christian doctrine, and encouraged devotion to the Eucharist, and an ardent and filial love of the Virgin Mother of God.”

Persecution and death at the hands of Eastern Schismatics

Europe in the 1600s was a religious battlefield. Although in the West of Europe bloodshed and turmoil was the tragic outcome of the Protestant rebellion, Eastern Europe suffered from the political revolt of Schismatics.

Pius XII continues: “[n]otable among almost countless others was the unforgettable and savage onslaught on the Catholic religion which flared up in the 17th century in the Eastern countries. The Cossack forces then invaded those lands, and directed their furious attack on Catholics and their pastors, and on the heralds of the truth of the Gospel. Temples dedicated to the divine worship were utterly destroyed; monasteries were consumed by fire; priests and their flocks were everywhere put to the sword; everything was laid waste; all that was sacred was scattered to the winds.”

“Andrew Bobola could apply to himself that saying, Nothing that is known to belong to God, do I consider outside my interests [St. Bernard]. He feared death and sufferings not at all. On fire with love for God and his neighbor, he entered the fray with all his resources, in order to draw back as many as he could from a foreswearing of the Catholic faith, and from the snares and errors of those who were separated from the Church, and in order to provide a valiant and rousing encouragement for the preservation of Christian teaching in all its integrity.”

The efforts of St. Andrew were so fruitful that he merited the title of “soul hunter," by which he was honored even by the Schismatics. Nonetheless, this extraordinary success in converting souls separated from the Mystical Body of Christ could not have been overlooked by those in the Schismatic sect who enjoyed political power.

On May 16, 1657 (the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord) St. Andrew was captured by “the enemies of the Catholics” near Janovia (today’s Belarus).

The abductors first beat him with rods, then struck the saintly priest with blows, and finally dragged him by a rope behind a horse. It was merely a horrific prelude to the unspeakable torture to which these godless men would subject St. Andrew in Janovia. Let us ponder upon the inconceivable torment inflicted upon the Saint:

“In that contest, the Polish Martyr rose to the heights of the noblest triumphs which the Church commemorates. Andrew was asked if he were a priest of the Latin rite, and he replied, I am a Catholic priest; I was born in the Catholic faith; in that faith I wish to die. My faith is true; it leads to salvation. Do you rather repent; give place to sorrow for sin, else you will be unable, in your errors, to win salvation. By embracing my faith, you will acknowledge the true God, and will save your souls. [text in italics taken from the letter of Pius XI “Ex aperto Christi latere”]

At these words, those wicked men, utterly devoid of humanity, were roused to a fiendish barbarity, and reached such a degree of cruelty that they inflicted still more horrible sufferings on the soldier of Christ. Once again, he was scourged, a crown like that of Jesus Christ was bound about his head, he was struck heavy blows and lay wounded by a scimitar. Next, his right eye was gouged out, strips of skin were torn off, his wounds were savagely scorched and rubbed with prickly bundles of straw. Nor was that enough: his ears, nose and lips were cut off, his tongue torn out by the root, and finally, a weapon plunged into his heart. And, at long last, the valiant athlete, three hours after midday, displaying a truly marvelous example of fortitude, was pierced by a sword and achieved the glory of martyrdom. [text in italics taken from the canonization homily of St. Andrew delivered by Pius XI in 1938]

Modernist slurs against St. Andrew Bobola

The gruesome martyrdom of St. Andrew, which rightly brings to mind the excruciating agonies of the early Christian martyrs, and is reminiscent even of Our Lord’s bitter passion, was the direct result of his fearless confession of the Catholic faith before the schismatic murderers. The profession of the One True Faith, and worse yet, proselytism, is out of the question for the Modernists. However, doing away with the well-established cult of such a cherished Saint could prove counter-productive for the modernist cause. In August 1920 his intercession would be invoked by over 100,000 Poles in public procession with his relics in Warsaw when the Bolshevik hordes advanced towards the city; the miracle of Vistula – the victory of the Polish troops over the Bolsheviks – came on the last day of the novena to (then still) Blessed Andrew Bobola. Bp. Achille Ratti, future Pope Pius XI, then serving as the apostolic nuncio in Poland, was an eye-witness to the great confidence the Polish nation had in Andrew Bobola, and would canonize him eighteen years later. Thus, rather than erase St. Andrew Bobola from the minds of the faithful, the Novus Ordo hierarchy decided to falsify his uncompromising testimony of Faith in a most perfidious manner.

The following excerpt is taken from an article titled “St. Andrew Bobola Patron of Poland, Patron of Unity” (orig. in Polish: Święty Andrzej Bobola Patron Polski, Patron Jedności), published on the official website for the cult of St. Andrew Bobola in the Vatican 2 sect in Poland: https://swietyandrzejbobola.pl/swiety-andrzej-bobola-patron-polski-patron-jednosci/. The website is run under the auspices of the National Shrine of St. Andrew Bobola in Warsaw. All translation and bracketed notes are mine:  

“Andrew Bobola gave his own life so that violence or manipulation of any kind would not triumph over dialogue in the spirit of love. Right before his martyrdom, he would persuade the Cossacks to convert to Love, not to sin by hatred towards those with different beliefs, to refrain from violence and killing. (…) Thus, St. Andrew is the Patron of religious unity [original emphasis], the progenitor of ecumenism. The spirit of dialogue permeated his theological disputes with Orthodox priests. In the eastern parts of the Commonwealth the influences of the Catholic, Orthodox, and Uniate Church [the Ruthenian Uniate Church which abjured its schism and reunited with Rome in 1595] would be intertwined, but many simple people did not know Christ. Andrew Bobola would create with them the Church of Christ, lead them to salvation above the divisions in the Church, bringing the tormented the message that there is a good God who shall fulfill the given promise: to wipe away every tear, to heal, and restore peace. Not only in his lifetime would he [St. Andrew] abolish religious barriers.”

Wojtyła, the chief ecumenist of the Novus Ordo from 1978 – 2005, had this to say about St. Andrew in an address to Polish pilgrims, May 29, 1988:

“But St. Andrew Bobola is not only a special, synthetical if you will, sign of our [Polish] history, mostly in the 17th century, the difficult 17th century; St. Andrew is at the same time some kind of a prophetic sign. If we realize that upon discovering his relics, his body, which did remain incorrupt in spite of all, by this body, as by a sign given by God, believers would gather, Catholics and Orthodox alike, and they together venerated him, then one may see a kind of a foretoken of the coming together of Christians from the West and the East, a foretoken of this ripe fruit of unity of Christians, the ecumenical effort, which the Church has been making along with our separated brethren, the Christian brothers disjoined from us, especially since the time of the Second Vatican Council.”

Conclusion

St. Andrew Bobola sacrificed his entire priestly life for saving souls from the pernicious error of schism, diverting Schismatics from the path to damnation, and leading them back to the Catholic Church, the sole ark of salvation, whose unity has never and will never be disrupted. This is the infallible promise of Our Lord. For this never-ceasing unity of Faith, Worship, and Discipline found in the Catholic Church alone did St. Andrew give up his life in a cruel martyrdom. The life and death of this glorious martyr is a direct condemnation of the false “unity” through ecumenism peddled by the Vatican II sect.

Let us conclude with the words of Pope Pius XI, who canonized the fearless Jesuit in 1938. In his 1928 encyclical Mortalium Animos, the Supreme Pontiff teaches that “the union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it." In that same encyclical the Holy Father devotes a separate paragraph to exhort the Schismatics to return to the true unity by the surest and the only path: by subjecting themselves to the Papacy:

Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors. Did not the ancestors of those who are now entangled in the errors of Photius and the reformers, obey the Bishop of Rome, the chief shepherd of souls? Alas their children left the home of their fathers, but it did not fall to the ground and perish for ever, for it was supported by God. Let them therefore return to their common Father, who, forgetting the insults previously heaped on the Apostolic See, will receive them in the most loving fashion. For if, as they continually state, they long to be united with Us and ours, why do they not hasten to enter the Church, “the Mother and mistress of all Christ's faithful”?

 


82 comments:

  1. Good article Joanna! Welcome aboard ! I have no doubt that Saint Andrew Bobola would be blamed by Bergoglio for the "grave sin" of proselytizing. This reminds me of Saint Francis of Assisi, whom the modernists have transformed into a precursor of interreligious dialogue. This is further proof that the V2 sect is an evil counterfeit of the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, its adherents believe that it was the same lifelong Church that simply changed its teachings, as if such a thing was possible.

    God bless you Introïbo !

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    1. Thank you, Simon!
      It's absolutely horrible what the Novus Ordo did to the cult of St. Francis, portraying him as a sort of pacifist eco-hippie. Add to this the 1986 inter-faith abomination in Assisi perpetrated by Wojtyła.

      Though the Modernists would like us to believe that St. Francis was nothing more than a naturalistic social worker, the Catholic Encyclopedia (1909) is quite clear he was the exact opposite:

      "Again, to see in Francis only the loving friend of all God's creatures, the joyous singer of nature, is to overlook altogether that aspect of his work which is the explanation of all the rest — its supernatural side. Few lives have been more wholly imbued with the supernatural, as even Renan admits. Nowhere, perhaps, can there be found a keener insight into the innermost world of spirit, yet so closely were the supernatural and the natural blended in Francis, that his very asceticism was often clothed in the guide of romance, as witness his wooing the Lady Poverty, in a sense that almost ceased to be figurative. For Francis's singularly vivid imagination was impregnate with the imagery of the chanson de geste, and owing to his markedly dramatic tendency, he delighted in suiting his action to his thought. So, too, the saint's native turn for the picturesque led him to unite religion and nature. He found in all created things, however trivial, some reflection of the Divine perfection, and he loved to admire in them the beauty, power, wisdom, and goodness of their Creator. And so it came to pass that he saw sermons even in stones, and good in everything."

      Source: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. The Fioretti of Saint Francis tell a different story than the one sect V2 wants us to believe. St Francis did not go to Egypt to engage in interreligious dialogue while respecting the religion of his interlocutors without proselytizing but to convert Muslims. It is different from Frankie Bergoglio who does not want to convert non-Catholics but who approves all false religions and false cults, even in the Vatican! An insult to the true martyrs who preferred death rather than apostasy and idolatry.

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    3. Simon,
      the martyrdom of so many saints indeed speaks volumes.

      I just remembered watching a video by Fr. Cekada where he pointed out just how un-ecumenical the Early Church was. Just before the Offertory, those not yet baptized were ordered to leave the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:

      If anyone is a Jew, let him leave!
      If anyone is a heretic, let him leave!
      ...

      Hence, the distinction between the Mass of the Catechumens and the Mass of the Faithful.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    4. Things have since changed as false popes and false V2 clergy want to give “Communion” to non-Catholics and “remarried divorcees”. The Novus Ordo communion is invalid but the sacrilegious intention is present.

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    5. Question about that, are non-Catholics still forbidden to attend the Consecration at Mass?

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  2. My grandfather fought against the Russians in the war in 1920.

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    1. Tom,
      how wonderful! Was he a volunteer pilot? I've just read about the Polish-American Kosciuszko fighting squadron; must've been incredibly brave men!
      There's a book about them: https://www.amazon.com/Kosciuszko-American-Squadron-Defense-1919-1921/dp/0786412402

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. He was not a pilot. He told me stories about how backwards the Russians were and how they were quick to drop their rifles and run like cowards. During WWII he and fellow Polish patriots went to Wash DC and met with Roosevelt in order to convince him not to abandon Poland to the Soviets.

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    3. This is why Stalin implemented
      "not one step back."

      Easy to win to a War (USSR won WW2) when your Kommisars have rifles to the backs of infantry.

      God bless -Andrew

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    4. Tom,
      your Grandfather was a very brave man! I have a great admiration for his generation, such beautiful, selfless people.

      Gen. Patton was realistic about the Soviets and knew what they were up to in Central and Eastern Europe. How 'convenient' that he had a car accident after he'd gone public with the idea of destroying the USSR while the wheels of war were still in motion...

      I heard that the Soviets would be so amazed at seeing
      water coming out of the wall, so to speak, that they would actually tear a tap out of a wall and expect the water to come out of it!

      Andrew,
      so true! A regular Soviet soldier had nothing to do with a skilled military man: hordes of shoeless peasants, controlled by political officers, fixing their minds on rape and theft.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    5. @Joanna,
      The first 2 waves of Soviets into Europa and Germany were the ethnic non-European Soviets.
      Stalin knew they had zero connection to Europeans and would have no problem committing atrocities.
      Great article again!

      -Andrew

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    6. Thank you, Andrew!
      Yes, I've read how the Soviets who invaded Poland in 1939 were described as Asian-looking by the civilians, terrified by the way they looked and behaved.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    7. Joanna, my mother tells another wonderful story how in the late 40s after the US let the Soviets enslave Poland, the new US dimes came out. My mother took one to my Grandfather and said, “Look Tatus! There’s a new dime out.” He ask to see who’s face was on it and when he saw it was Roosevelt’s, he spat on the dime and hurled it across the room. My grandfather was the most anti-communist man I ever met. He was constantly warning everyone he how treacherous and devious they behave. He used to swear at the TV every night about how the communists were taking over America. It is all coming true as he predicted.

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    8. But his prediction was wrong as it has not happened yet. Communism has been “eminent“ for 100 years now. Are we any closer to communism now than we were the days of Russia funded Communist Party in the US?

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    9. I believe Tom's Grandfather was absolutely right.
      The communists, much like the Modernists, succeeded in infiltrating the so-called Western societies from within. The 1950s were the last decade in which proper moral standards were upheld publicly. It was also the time when Sen. Joseph McCarthy was finally defeated by the smear campaign directed against him. The American society was finally convinced that the "witch hunt" had to go, and the commies are no threat at all. Then came the degenerate 1960s. People tend to think that a communist is a funny-looking comrade with a Russian accent. Well, times have changed. Today, we have a secularistic, faithless state, with a total contempt of God and his laws, that usurps the role of God. And I believe this can be said of the vast majority of governments in the world. We even got an outright communist pretending to be "Pope". isn;t this precisely the communist ideal put into practice on a world-wide scale?

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    10. Tom,
      these stories are absolutely precious!
      People should've listened to such reasonable men but the media were already powerful enough to make anyone who wouldn't go mainstream seem "out of touch" with reality. Funny how some things never change.

      My own maternal Grandfather would get furious while watching the communist propaganda session, called the evening news on public TV in Soviet-controlled Poland.

      I was told by my Mother only recently that he would also get angry over the Novus Ordo service when it was being implemented. How I wish I'd known it while he was still alive!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    11. @Tom
      Your Grandfather was 100% correct.
      Communism was the only victorious force of WW2!
      Roosevelt and Churchill did all they could for the USSR and
      "Uncle Joe" including an historic all encompassing military supply line from USA/Britian to the USSR.

      By Apr.1945 the USSR had more American made army jeeps than the actual U.S
      Army.

      God bless -Andrew

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    12. @Joanna

      If you haven't already,watch the documentary "Hellstorm" on
      Rumble Bitchute or D-Live.

      -Andrew

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  3. Welcome to Joanna! I would love to know her conversion story out of the NO!

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    1. Thank you, Anonymous!

      I grew up in a conservative Novus Ordo family, utterly convinced that this was the Catholic Church. My home parish was run by a pre-Vatican II ordained priest for some 13 years. The priest was quite strict, communion on the tongue and kneeling, no altar girls but that was about it when it comes to being "conservative". Everything was as Novus Ordo as it gets. That was the time when JP2 was "king", esp. in Poland. I had absolutely no idea of how the Church was prior to the Robber Council. Years went by and I would go with the flow. It wasn't until 2018 when a new pastor was assigned to my parish (the valid priest died in 2003, the next one started the "communion" line and the Divine Mercy craze but was transferred to much parishioners' chagrin, and then that new one came) that I started to have my doubts. The first thing the new "pastor" did was to announce he'd borrowed money from his family for the ‘necessary’ refurbishment (he'd even give you the price of altar wine as part of a "sermon"). One day, he decided to give a sermon on confession, and that was probably the first time I realized something was terribly wrong. He tried to preach something about contrition and said that one cannot obtain perfect contrition while here on earth (sic!), that we will be perfectly contrite for our sins after we die! I was absolutely flabbergasted! Things were never the same for me after that outrageous statement. Gone were the days of blind compliance. Around that time, a new assistant priest came to my parish and he would be of that slightly tradition-oriented sort of young NO priests. He would wear a biretta sometimes, and that was something unheard of! “Worse” still, he even tried to recite the Roman Canon which was similarly unheard of (while he would do that, the parochial nightmare of a pastor kept spying on him while sitting in the confessional, lol). This young priest didn’t go as far as to offer the TLM but even such miniscule vestiges of traditionalism were too much for his boss. Meanwhile, I stumbled upon a website by a Novus Ordo priest who would offer the Latin Mass exclusively. He would post pre-Vatican II papal documents as well as traditional Catholic spirituality, that I’d never been exposed to. I also found my Mother's old hand missal and prayer book; what struck me the most was the Litany of the Saints - I never knew it should be this long! I genuinely felt like I'd been robbed. I couldn’t stand the Novus Ordo service anymore, I would be clutching rosary beads like crazy just to survive through it, and leave the modernist building either furious or in tears. Then I searched for the nearest TLM, got in touch with a lady who was organizing a TLM group in my town. Little did I know that this was just a conservative Novus Ordo "smells and bells" stuff. The first time I mailed her, she was all enthusiastic and welcoming but as soon as I wrote about how I'd found that old missal, and how I felt that things were different then and now regarding the Mass and all, she just went mute. Never heard a word from her again. So, I was left to my own devices and searched some more. In 2019 I was honestly considering sedevacantism. Found out about Introibo’s blog, Novus Ordo Watch, spent hours watching and reading online. The conclusion was quite clear: the post-Vatican II religion cannot come from the Catholic Church.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. Beautiful story of conversion! As for me, I was a kind of R&R, I recognized the V2 "popes" but I found that some things were wrong, especially about false religions. But I didn't take the Sedevacantists seriously until reality hit me.

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    3. Simon,
      I guess most of us exhibited R&R sentiments at some point. After all, it's only natural for a Catholic to yearn for a Pope. Both the Modernists and the R&R trad gurus have exploited this mercilessly.

      When it was time to "pray for the Popr" during the Novus Ordo service, I would first pray for Francis' conversion but after some time and deliberation would just go "No, No, No!".

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    4. I believe it is a good idea to pray for the conversion of Bergoglio and all the Novus Ordos who sincerely claim to be Catholic but do not see that the V2 sect is not the Catholic Church. They are deceived by outward appearances and the power of delusion sent by Satan, as Saint Paul says (2 Thessalonians).

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    5. Simon,
      I agree wholeheartedly!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  4. Good day Joanna,

    It's a pleasure to see your contributions! It'll be very edifying, I think, to get a 'continental' perspective.

    Sincerely,

    A Simple Man

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    1. A Simple Man,
      thank you for your kind words!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  5. Thanks and congratulations on a wonderful, informative piece, Joanna.
    I'm looking forward to your future posts. Your way of enhancing a theme with different, insightful perspectives and facts was clear from the time you came on board as a commenter.
    And as someone of Polish heritage myself, it's also been interesting to me to get your take on what is happening overseas.

    I have heard that the men of both Warsaw and Krakow have been gathering in public once a week in the tens of thousands, getting on their knees and praying the Rosary in reparation for the evils in the world! If so, may Poland's example catch on around the world, soon.

    God bless you.

    Jannie


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    1. Jannie,
      thank you so much, my friend! It's a blessing to be able to share information with people who still care.

      That's true, men have been gathering in various cities in Poland to recite the Rosary publicly on their knees every First Saturday. How sad that this beautful and pious initiative is tainted by Novus Ordo "spirituality" (the so-called charismatic renewal, false apparitions, JP2).

      May Our Blessed Lady protect Poland and the United States!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  6. Great stuff Joanna S. I love reading about the saints and I liked your style in explaining how true Catholic saints don't fit in the Novus Ordo Church. Their "saints" are John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II.

    Not sure if you know about sedevacantist Mass sites in Poland but here are a couple in case you are looking:

    Poland
    Kraków
    IND
    Ks. (Fr.) Rafael Trytek
    ul. Sarego 18/2, Kraków 31-047 Polska
    xtrytek@sedevacante.pl
    http://www.sedevacante.pl tel. (+48)12-431-01-99

    Poland
    Wrocław
    IND
    Oratorium Św. Jana Apostoła i Ewangelisty
    http://oratorium-net.blogspot.fr/

    Source: https://www.ecclesia.luxvera.org/Directory-World.html#Polska

    Here is why Fr. Rafael Trytek became sedevacantist. https://novusordowatch.org/why-father-trytek-became-sedevacantist/ He left the SSPX.

    Lee

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    1. Lee,
      Thanks for passing that info on to Joanna and my other readers from Poland!

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    2. Traditional Mass centers all over the World.
      Luxvera.org

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    3. Thank you, Lee! The Lives of the Saints are indeed a treasure!

      I contacted Fr. Trytek some time ago about that oratory in Wrocław but it seems that they're no longer available to "outsiders". I guess it has something to do with the covid craze. I know this oratory has been just a room in a private apartment for some 15 years. We do need some "kick" in Poland, don't we? I've been keeping an eye on what's going on within Polish sedevacantist circles and I do hope we'll be blessed with a new priest to help Fr. Trytek out. As far as I know, there aren't any sedevacantists where I live, or within a reasonable distance now that the mission in Wrocław is a kind of a secret. It's quite sad that things are as they are here.

      P.S.
      If anyone's interested, here's an update on the sedevacantist missions organized by Fr. Trytek in Poland:

      Kraków
      ul. Sarego 18/2
      E-Mail: xtrytek@sedevacante.pl
      Phone: 889 647 892
      http://sedevacante.pl/

      Wrocław
      https://www.oratoriumioannis.pl/

      Warszawa
      https://msza.waw.pl/

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  7. unrelated can i eat halal?

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    1. @anon3:06
      Yes and no--it depends on the circumstance. Halal slaughter is an act of worship (or a sacrifice) to "Allah," the false moon god of Islam-- which itself is a false religion. In 1 Cor. 10:19-20, we read:
      "What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons."

      According to theologian Haydock, all meats are lawful in themselves, but not always expedient or edifying when it gives scandal, or when those who eat such things think you join them in their idolatrous worship. (See "Comprehensive Catholic Commentary of the New Testament" [1859], pg. 1512).

      The meat is not off limits if it gives no scandal or implies Islamic worship. The fact that it is a sacrifice to demons--I personally--would never knowingly eat such except under extraordinary conditions, e.g., I'm in a foreign country and have nothing else to eat.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    2. Correction: The meat is not off limits if it gives no scandal and DOES NOT imply Islamic worship.

      ---Introibo

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    3. Introibo,
      What about eating foods designated as Kosher? I know some Evangelicals that won't anything labelled Kosher. I never asked them their reasoning for doing such though.
      Thanks.
      JoAnn

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    4. Welcome Joanna! Thank you for the great article.

      I ate halal once knowingly. I was fooled into the purchase and extremely unhappy when I realized. Other than that I have not, nor would I ever again knowingly eat halal.
      James

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    5. Joann,
      The same rule applies to Kosher meat as to Halal, but Kosher is distinguished because it is NOT SACRIFICIAL and it was done according to the Old Testament laws given by God, not a false moon "god"--"Allah."

      If you can eat it without scandal (which is almost always) and without somehow implying that Judaism is true, Kosher meat may be eaten. It is far less offensive than halal meat. I don't know why the Evangelicals object. I can speculate that since the Old Covenant was abolished it would be wrong to eat anything connected with that Covenant, but to declare it wrong in the absence of scandal or implication of agreement, is error.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    6. James,
      You made a mistake; we all do. It is not sinful in and of itself, but I'm glad you resolved to never knowingly eat such again!

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    7. Introibo,
      thank you for explaining the difference between kosher and halal meat. I used to think there was no sacrificial element involved,in either of them, and that it was just a matter of slaughtering the animal in a special way.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    8. Introibo,
      What makes meat Halal? I often have wondered as anytime I have passed by a Halal store the stench is unbearable.
      Thanks.
      JoAnn

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    9. Joann,
      Halal meat is made by following Islamic law on how to slaughter the animal, and a prayer in honor of the demon "moon god"--"Allah."

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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  8. Welcome Joanna.What a great article.It will be a real pleasure to read your future articles.Thank you so much.God bless.P.S.Which part of Poland do you live?

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    1. Hello, Anonymous!
      I live in Wielkopolska (in the south of the region). Are you a fellow sedevacantist from Poland?

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. Hi Joanna

      I live in Singapore,Asia.

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  9. Thank you Joanna,I've never heard of him.
    His martyrdom was barbaric ans it reminds me to pray for final perseverance daily.

    You should consider writing about the
    "Slaughter of the Latins" within the future as even many traditional Catholics are unaware of this event.
    God bless -Andrew

    P.S. The Novus Ordo is so justly deprived of new converts,they have taken to joining trad-Catholic blogs + YouTube channels trying to appear as Catholic but encouraging confused adults,Novus Ordo and secular alike,to contact 'conservative' Novus Ordo organizations.
    Like many Heretics before,they write very smoothly.

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    1. Andrew,
      I admit I've never heard of the Slaughter of the Latins before. It's a topic definitely worth reasearching!

      Could you link a Youtube video with the NO proselytizing under the guise of "traditionalism"?

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Latins

      I don't think it's worth writing an article here. (?)

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    3. Why not?
      -Andrew

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    4. Just because many Catholics were savagely massacred by Orthodox in 1182 in Constantinople? Feels very random. It's horrible, but it doesn't look like it fits in this blog. Not much theology from it. The massacre wasn't even 100% because of religion. Was it even the primary reason for the massacre?

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    5. I believe it could be part of a post on the atrocities inflicted upon Catholics by the "separated brethren". The Novus Ordo has done much to vilify the history of the Church and undermine the sufferings of Catholics at the hands of heretics and schismatics, while constantly apologizing for the alleged "crimes" of the Church to the latter.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    6. Yes it's good to be part of a post.

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    7. *it's good for that topic to be a part of a post

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    8. @Joanna S
      Your comment is exactly what I had in mind.
      God bless -Andrew

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    9. @Amonymous 12:20AM
      You respond with a question to my question.
      Once again why is not worth an article?
      God bless -A

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  10. Joanna,
    Excellent article! So glad to see a female Traditionalist writing and sharing!
    God Bless you!

    JoAnn

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    1. Thank you, JoAnn!
      I hope the gentlemen won't be put off by a 'too girly' topic in the future, though. Reading such a post would probably feel like making your way through a mine field for them, lol!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    2. what's a girly topic?

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    3. I've been considering writinng a post on fashion from a Catholic point of view, that's what I basically meant by that.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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    1. Thank you, Ryan!
      As long as there's someone who's willing to read, I'll be glad to contribute.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  12. Is bullfighting immoral?

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    1. @anon3:54
      From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia:

      "The authorities of the Catholic Church have often condemned bull-fighting. St. Pius V (1 November, 1567, Const. "De salute") prohibited this form of amusement everywhere, threatening with many penalties the princes who countenanced it, as well as the performers and spectators, especially clergymen and religious. But in Spain today these prohibitions are not in force. Gregory XIII (23 August, 1575, "Exponi") moderated the constitution of St. Pius V for Spanish laymen, and Clement VIII (Bull "Suscepti muneris", 12 January, 1597) reduced it to a jus commune, limiting the prohibition to holidays and to the clergy.

      Moralists as a rule are of the opinion that bull-fighting as practiced in Spain is not forbidden by the natural law, since the skill and dexterity of the athletes precludes immediate danger of death or of serious injury."

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    2. Cool, so that means that only the Spanish can be bullfighters because they are able of doing it without dying?

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    3. @anon7:09
      You fail to properly extrapolate the basic moral principles applied. There are two:

      1. You cannot take a substantial unnecessary risk of life for the sake of sport. Therefore, the stunts of Evel Kenevel were sinful and wrong. The Spanish had bullfighting in such a way that there was not substantial risk of life. You can get killed boxing, but the risk is not substantial.

      2. The bulls are killed humanely and not slowly tortured to death over hours or days.

      ---Introibo

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    4. Okay, I understand now. Sorry I was confused.

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    5. “Many prominent former bullfighters report that the bull is intentionally debilitated with tranquilizers and laxatives, beatings to the kidneys, petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes to blur vision, heavy weights hung around their neck for weeks before the fight, and confinement in darkness for hours before being released into the bright arena.”

      I wonder if the moralists knew about the backstage stuff.

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    6. @anon6:44
      You don't cite your source, but if true, I agree that the moralists probably were unaware and would have come to a very different conclusion. I did not know this information. I actually copied that information and showed it to an associate of mine who was born and raised in Spain. He was unaware as well. So, if true, the conclusion changes.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    7. So, bullfighting may be moral in some situations and it's not intrinsically evil. You need to shorten the pain of the bull (eg; analgesics) and make it safe for the bullfighter. Am I right?

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    8. @anon3:07
      According to Catholic moral principles, I would say yes, you are correct.

      ---Introibo

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  13. Joanna, thank you for a great article.
    I was not fully familiar with the life and martyrdom of St. Andrew. Recall that the Poles where praying for his intersection befour the battle of Warsaw in 1920, and now I understand why.

    Looking forward to the installment.

    Bóg zapłać.

    Mike of Oslo

    St. Andrew Bobola pray for us.

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    1. Mike,
      I'm so glad you found my post informative! St. Andrew Bobola has always been cherished by Poles, and it's my humble way of making this great Saint known and loved around the world.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  14. Dear Joanna,

    Thank you for an interesting article. So happy to see a Polish sedevacantist on English-speaking Trad blogosphere. Keep posting!

    Hope to meet you in person one day!

    Konrad, Warsaw

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    1. Dear Konrad,
      it's wonderful to hear from a fellow Pole!
      I do wish I lived closer to the True Mass and like-minded Catholics. God willing, we'll meet!

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  15. Joanna,
    Excellent article on our great countryman St. Andrew Bobola. I will read future articles of yours with great pleasure.

    St. Andrew Bobola, pray for us!

    God Bless,
    Paweł

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    1. Paweł,
      thank you kindly! St. Andrew Bobola is indeed a glorious example of priestly zeal for souls and the True Faith of our ancestors. May he intercede for all true Catholics scattered around the world, especially now that the're facing the looming danger of international communism.

      God Bless,
      Joanna S.

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  16. I am going through a very difficult time in my home life and personal life. I am in need of prayers.

    Thanks.
    JoAnn

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    1. Joann,
      Praying for you, and I ask all my readers to do the same.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    2. JoAnn,
      you are in my prayers.

      God Bless You,
      Joanna S.

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