The Sunday Sermon for Trinity Sunday

 Dear Friends in Christ,

In today’s Gospel reading (Saint Matthew 28:18-20), Jesus, the ultimate authority in Heaven and on earth, entrusted the Apostles with a mission of profound importance. They were to teach His Gospel, baptize, and ensure His teachings are observed. This mission was not just a task, but a sacred duty, a responsibility that they carried with utmost reverence and dedication. These teachings of Jesus, which we need to hear to be baptized and to observe and preserve in our lives, are partially recorded in the Holy Scriptures. However, the Scriptures are incomplete, as there are many other things that Jesus said and did that could not be recorded. The Word of God is recorded in the Bible, but it is not the printed words that give us life. These printed words need to be correctly interpreted, understood, and correctly implemented in our lives. This requires a living authority, and that living authority is the Holy Catholic Church, represented by the true successors of the Apostles. The Church, with its unbroken lineage from the Apostles, is our guide, our anchor in the stormy seas of interpretation. It is not sufficient for us to simply read the Bible. Reading or hearing the Bible needs to be followed up with considerations of what God is saying to us, what it means, and how we are to respond to It.

Too often, the Scriptures are seen as entertainment – a great historical story to fill our idle time and amuse us or allow us to boast of what we have read or heard. Many have read or listened to the Gospels, but the correct understanding is hidden from them. They search and find whatever passages appear to confirm or approve of the choices they make in their lives. We see many who take passages out of context or interpret them literally when they are meant to be understood mystically or metaphorically, and they interpret mystically or metaphorically that which is intended to be understood literally.

There is a saying that there are as many interpretations as there are people. So, we find a multiplicity of “Christian” religions. Each has varying interpretations of the Scriptures. However, within the Catholic Church, there is a unity of belief, a shared understanding of the Scriptures that binds us together. It seems that the majority can only agree on being allowed to have their own “private” interpretations of Scripture and the freedom to teach others their personal interpretations dogmatically. The majority deny that the Catholic Church, through its true bishops, is the official authority appointed by God to teach, govern, and sanctify souls. They, instead, promote a demonic anarchy where they are all free to say and do whatever they want, no matter how contradictory it may be. While most can agree to disagree, they are, however, almost unanimous in denying the Catholic Church’s right to fulfill Her solemn duty entrusted to Her by Jesus Christ.

Demonic slogans abound, telling people to go to the church of their choice or to find a church that suits them. Choosing a church and religion is placed on the same level as deciding what to eat or what to wear. The whims and fashions of society have more bearing in the hearts and minds of people than truth, reason, and reality. The sacred is brought beneath the mundane.

Tragically, the Protestant revolutionaries were not content to separate from the True Church but, with demonic relentlessness, set out to bring the Catholic Church over to their demonic anarchy. Under the guise of ecumenism, Modernists who had infiltrated the Catholic Church set out to “welcome our separated brethren” not by converting them and getting them to abandon their heresies but by “focusing upon that which unites us rather than that which separates us.” All controversial topics were banned from discussion. Dogmas were not outright denied but were ignored or reinterpreted so that they were less offensive to non-Catholics. The Mass had to be reinterpreted or redefined to remove all reference to “Sacrifice” because Protestants only wanted to celebrate a “Memorial Meal.” To not offend those who believe salvation comes from faith alone, individual sacrifice needed to be discouraged or ignored. The Sacrament of Penance or Confession needed a makeover as well. For those who did not want to believe in Purgatory, funeral ceremonies had to be stripped of all prayers for the dead. For those who do not want to believe in Hell, every funeral became the equivalent of declaring the deceased a saint in Heaven. It was a “Celebration of Life.” The Poor Souls in Purgatory were/are forgotten, ignored, and even despised to win favor with non-Catholics.

Under this guise of “ecumenism,” a new order, rite, ritual, doctrine, religion, and church was formed. Many Catholics lost the True Faith and embraced a new religion that was demonically spoon-fed to the and brought them into ever closer conformity with the indifferentism or anarchy of Modernism and Protestantism.

Desecrated buildings may remain, but the true faith given to us by Jesus Christ and kept alive in the Remnant of the True Catholic Church has fled the physical buildings and places to save the lives of immortal souls. The Remnant bishops, clergy, and laity adamantly adhere and strive to observe all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded, knowing that He remains with us no matter how few we may be. May the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspire, guide, and protect us!