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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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    113      120      125      130      136      141      147    
                ps8      ps14    ps30     ps36     ps74    ps91  (4 verses each)



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    The Point


    The Point
    Edited Under Fr. Leonard Feeney M.I.C.M. — Saint Benedict Center
    July, 1953
    There Are Only Eleven Million
    A Jew will never ask you to be a Jew. The Sunday supplements carry no announcement of home-study courses for prospective Hebrews. The missionary lands get no influx of predatory rabbis trying to win the natives to the Jewish fold. A Jew, in fact, defies you to be a Jew: still, the Jew, mysteriously, goes on.
    For two thousand years, the spectacle of his wanderings has challenged the gentile world. Living everywhere, at homenowhere, the Jew from Warsaw and Vienna and Budapest, from Antwerp and London and the Bronx, is the same ubiquitous Jew who provoked a Catholic girl in remote New Zealand to write:
    “Discountried and diskinged
    And watched from pole to pole,
    A Jew at heart remains a Jew —
    His nation is his soul.”
    In his successive migrations, the Jew has made little pretense at belonging to wherever he is. Rather, and shrewdly, he has sought to make himself necessary to wherever he is. At his shrewdest, he has identified himself with money. That is how be made himself necessary to, without belonging to, Christian Europe. And that is how he happened to be still very much on the scene when the break-up of Christian Europe occurred — when the revolting Protestants discovered a most obliging ally in the Jewish moneylender.
    It was about this same time that the Jew, who never asks you to become a Jew, relaxed just a little his exclusive hold on things Jewish. By some occult interplay of symbolism and ritual, the Protestant-Jewish alliance of the Reformation era found an abiding religious expression in Freemasonry. For the Protestant Mason, traveling to the East in his abbreviated apron, equipped with Talmudic names and signs, is, at the peak of his liturgy, rebuilding the Jewish Temple of Solomon. And, in feminine counterpart, Masonry’s Protestant wives are guided back through the centuries by their “Eastern Star” until they become, in their fifth and highest degree, the Jewish Judith, slaughtering the enemy, Holofernes.
    Yet, after all the observations about him have been made — the migratory, monetary, Masonic, and numberless other ones — the Jew is still unexplained. For the Jew is not a movement, or a cycle, or a complex. The Jew is a blood stream: an uninterrupted flow back to Jerusalem, and back to the Holy Week clamor of the Jews, “His Blood be upon us and upon our children!”
    The hatred of the Jew for the Blood of Jesus explains the first Good Friday. The sustained hatred of the Jew for this Precious Blood explains his subsequent behavior, Good Friday and every Friday for nineteen hundred years — his uncanny genius for turning up, anywhere in the world, to lend a helping hand any time the Precious Blood of Jesus is under attack.
    And how is the Blood of Jesus, so availably left in the world, protected? By sublime paradox, its protection is established in the prophetic canticle of a Jewish girl from Nazareth. As the Blessed Virgin Mary concluded her “Magnificat,” mindful of the newly conceived Jesus in her womb, her final apostrophe was, “to Abraham and to his seed, forever:” to the great father of the Jews and to those gentile children of his who, in their sacramental reception of the Blood of Jesus, would be incorporated with the Jewish blood of Jesus’ Old Testament ancestors, with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. This is Jesus’ protection and the Jew’s consternation: the centuries of First Communion children, kneeling at Catholic altar rails, who have welcomed into their mouths and hearts the Body and Blood of Mary’s Child.
    A Jew will never ask you to become a Jew. A Catholic will ask you to believe that a Jew is what God once became. In this month of the Precious Blood, we are daring to ask that the Jews believe that, too. We are bold enough to declare that the problem of the Jew (and problem he has been in every country he has entered) is not a political or a social, but a religious one. Its solution will not be found in Israeli bonds, Einstein theories, Anti-Defamation Leagues, or Hillel Houses. It will be found only in the acknowledgement by the Jew that the one reason for his being “discountried and diskinged” is his rejection of Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews, God in the royal blood of David, present on our Catholic altars.

    [end of excerpt from The Point]

    The Jewish Religion: Its Influence Today
    by 
    Elizabeth Dilling



    A very timely comment about the current apostasy and having nothing to do with false prayer and false brethren even though the form of prayer is traditional, from:
    Burning Bush Monastery
    [short excerpt]
    . . . anti-church, created for no – other- purpose than the destruction of TRUE religion, and the substitution of harmless georgeous ceremony and gilt, for true religion… no one should even speak to them. They offer tinsel for truth. Let no one even dignify it with notice .
    [end of short excerpt]

    THE NEW LITURGIES ARE TOTALLY APOSTATE.
    THE TRADITIONAL LITURGIES ARE TRUE TO GOD.
    USE ANY TRADITIONAL LITURGY TO PRAY BUT NOT WITH THE APOSTATES AND THEIR APOSTATE BLASPHEMING OF GOD OR ELSE YOU WILL TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST.


    The Talmud is Satanic - Prayer for St. Michael's protection


    In The Essential Talmud, Rabbi Steinsaltz writes of the supreme importance of the Babylonian Talmud: "Babylonian scholars were soon attracted to the new center and thousands of disciples flocked to study there."11 What Christ condemned as "the traditions of the elders" (Mark 7:1-13), Rabbi Steinsaltz calls the "oral law," stating that "the work of preserving and codifying the vast body of oral law went on for several generations . . . " 12 This oral law was eventually written down as the Talmud, the most important and authoritative version being the lengthy Babylonian Talmud. Rabbi Steinsaltz traces the gradual development and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, commenting that "the natural authorities best equipped to clarify problems were the heads of the great Babylonian academies of Sura and Pumbedita". Their authority was unquestioned, and consequently the Talmud assumed the greatest possible importance, eclipsing the Old Testament as the central text of Judaism: "Historically speaking," writes Rabbi Steinsaltz, "the Talmud is the central pillar of Jewish culture" 13-----note: the Talmud, not the Old Testament. From the redacted Talmudic oral traditions, which Christ denounced as a special mark of the Pharisees and Scribes, came what we know today to be Judaism. And it is from this false religion, premised on the rejection of Jesus, that the replacement of the Offertory in the Mass was culled.

    Some might respond that Judaism is not a different religion, but merely an earlier "phase" of the covenant now called Christianity, 
    14 with prayers which after allare directed to the same God. In response to this completely false characterization
    -----confusing as it does the faith of the Israelites with the corruptions of the Pharisees, already well-entrenched in the time of Christ-----I will quote a Doctor of the Church universally neglected today. St. John Chrysostom responds incisively: "But at any rate the Jews say that they, too, adore God. God forbid that I say that. No Jew adores God! Who says so? The Son of God says so. For He said, 'If you were to know My Father, you would also know Me. But you neither know Me nor do you know My Father.' Could I produce a witness more trustworthy than the Son of God?" 15

    The true origin of the so-called "Jewish table blessing" is by all evidence the Talmud itself, since absent any other testimony one cannot attribute an authentic Old Testament origin to the practices of those who freely invented so many objectionable traditions that Christ Himself condemned them on several occasions (
    Mark7:1-13; Matthew 15:1-9; Matthew 23:25-26). Hence in theJewish Encyclopedia explanation of "Benedictions," we find that "in the course of time all these benedictions assumed a stereotyped form; and the rule is given by Rab that, to be regarded as a regular benediction (Ber. 40b), every benediction must contain the name of God, and by R. Johanan that it must contain the attribute of God's kingship." In other words, the Talmud and its rabbinical authors dictated the form of the blessing in Judaism which we later find brazenly imported into the New Mass by Bugnini's committee.

    By the time of Vatican II, of course, the voices crying out for "peace with Judaism" were strong. A new "appreciation" of Judaism was underway in the Church, culminating in the decree of 
    Nostra Aetate that the Jews did not kill Jesus. 16 Flogged by the whip of the Holocaust, the Church was on the run and trying to prove its sympathy for synagogues. If only Paul VI, inreviewing this audacious "swap" in the Mass, had heeded the strong exhortation of St. John Chrysostom: "Since there are some who think of the synagogue as a holy place, I must say a few words to them. Why do you reverence that place? Must you not despise it, hold it in abomination, run away from it? They answer that the Law and the books of the prophets are kept there. What is this? Will any place where these books are be a holy place? By no means! This is the reason above all others why I hate the synagogue and abhor it. They have the prophets but do not believe them; they read the the sacred writings but reject their witness
    -----and this is a mark of men guilty of the greatest outrage." 17 But the advice of this Doctor of the Church was not only ignored, one could say it has been the target of a papal apology actually given within the Synagogue of Rome on April 13, 1986. 18

    The source of the replacement for the Offertory is clarified in the 
    Jewish Encyclopedia, which introduces a list of "benedictions prescribed in the Talmud and adopted in the liturgy; each of them beginning with the formula 'Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Our God, King of the Universe'!" Although the liturgy of Judaism is intended in the above reference, ironically this Talmudic benediction became repeated almost verbatim in the New Mass, But of even greater irony is the fact that in this instance the Latin is closer in form to the Talmud than the English translation done by the ICEL: for the Latin reads, Benedictus es, Domine, Deus universi, whichtranslated literally becomes Blessed are You, Lord, God of the universe, whereas the common translation one encounters is Blessed are You, Lord God of all creation. The difference is small, but the Latin more explicitly parallels the Talmud, Tragically, those who hope for a "purification" of the New Mass by rendering it in Latin would only render the blasphemous parallel between the Offertory's replacement and the Talmud more exact.

    As One reads the Talmud and the 
    Jewish Encyclopedia, it becomes apparent that this formula extends to all benedictions, not merely to table blessings. By the 2nd Century, states the Jewish Encyclopedia, "they were already fixed as to form and number, since R. Me
    ïr declares it to be the duty of everyone to say one hundred benedictions daily . . . " These "benedictions" include reciting a "blessing" after vacating one's bowels ("who has formed man in wisdom and created many orifices . . . "), thanking God for not making one a Gentile, and thanking God "who hast not made me a woman."

    The basic structure of benedictions was eventually crystallized into eighteen. Rabbi Steinsaltz comments, "The Great Assembly . . . decided to compose a standard prayer reflecting the wishes and aspirations of the entire people. It was composed of eighteen benedictions, each dealing in brief with one subject. This prayer, most of which has survived to the present-day and still constitutes the basis of the synagogue service, consists of three opening benedictions, three closing benedictions, and twelve intermediate ones containing various requests and supplications." 
    19 Of particular note, however, is the fact that the daily "blessings" of Judaism contain a curse against Christians. As Professor Israel Shahak of
    Hebrew University tells us, "in the most important section of the weekday prayer
    -----the 'eighteen blessings'-----there is a special curse, originally directed against Christians, Jewish converts to Christianity and other Jewish heretics: 'And may the apostates have no hope, and all the Christians perish instantly.' 20" Rabbi Steinsaltz comments, "One of the alterations introduced into the service shortly after the destruction [of the Second Temple] was not, however, connected to the Temple itself but to the problem of the heretic, Gnostic and Christian sects . . . Matters reached such a pass that the Sanhedrin sages at Yavneh decided to add to theShemoneh Esreh an additional benediction (which is in fact a curse) on heretics 21 . . ." One can see that the prayer-form in the New Mass was used not only for table and even bathroom "blessings" but also to introduce curses of Christians, as even hesitantly admitted by Rabbi Steinsaltz.

    Such is the chill-inducing context of the source of the prayer which replaced the Offertory in the New Mass. Let us be frank: the context is nothing short of blasphemy and sacrilege, for the Talmud and its authors were filled with hatred and curses
    -----verifiable today in the Steinsaltz Talmud-----against Christ and Christians. 22The fact that the version of the prayer present in the New Mass is not overtly blasphemous is no more defense of its inclusion than would be the liturgical importing of an innocent-sounding passage from Satanist Meister Crowley's Book of the Law 23 in the name of reaching out to the "misguided" or "connecting with those who have a Seed of the Word however obscure." Let us sweep aside such transparent hogwash and call a spade a spade, a blasphemy a blasphemy, and loudly and persistently demand of Rome the full restoration of what is ours by right: a Mass not born in treason and marked by sacrilege.

    For the Council Fathers were duly warned
    -----as was Paul VI. To quote from the book handed to each bishop at the Second Vatican Council, "The most infamous conspiracy is in progress against the Church. Her enemies are working to destroy the most holy traditions and thus to introduce dangerous and evil-intended reforms . . . They manifest a hypocritical zeal to modernize the Church and to adapt it to the present-day situation; but in reality they conceal the secret intention of opening the gates . . . to prepare the further destruction of Christianity. All this it is intended to put into effect at the coming Vatican Council. We have proofs of how everything is being planned in secret agreement . . . " 24 But today we do not need proof of treasonous planning, for we can see the results in the implementation of the
    post-conciliar reforms
    -----including the reform of the liturgy. And nowhere is the hand of an enemy more clearly apparent than in the replacement of the Offertory with words which are a hallmark of a different religion, reproduced from the premier anti-Christian text in the broad history of human resistance to grace.

    Craig Heimbichner is a convert and recognized expert on Freemasonry and the occult. A speaker and writer, he is available to discuss the dangers of the occult and its influence are today. He may be reached in care of 
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    Footnotes:
    1. For this reason the Talmud was ordered burned by Innocent IV in 
    Bulle Impia Judeorum Perfidia, and later again by several Popes.
    2. The facts were related in a September 12, 1978 article in 
    Osservatore Politico in Rome, Italy entitled La gran loggia vaticana. The author reportedly died after printing the list of prelates.
    3. Captain William Morgan, a Royal Arch Freemason, published the Masonic rituals and secret oaths in 1827. He was kidnapped and murdered by fellow Masons, an event which led to the original third political party in the United States: the Anti-Mason Party.
    4. Hebrew for "holy" or "consecrated."
    5. See 
    Secret Societies Illustrated, published by Masonic publisher Ezra A. Cook Publications, Inc., p. 123.
    6. 
    Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor, Malcolm C. Duncan, p. 249.
    7. The excommunication of Freemasons was removed from the1983Code of Canon Law, although Cardinal Ratzinger subsequently clarified on November 26, 1983 that membership is a "grave sin" which excludes one from lawful reception of Holy Communion. One wonders, however, why the explicit canonical ban was removed. It is certainly true that many Catholics heard of this change and joined Masonic Lodges.
    8. The reader is referred to the excellent summary of these documents by John Vennari, 
    The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita: A Masonic Blueprint for the Subversion of the Catholic Church, (TAN Books and Publishers, Inc.) Available from Catholic Family News, $4.00US postpaid.
    9. Available online at 
    www. Jewishencyclopedia.com 
    10. Adin Steinsaltz, 
    The Essential Talmud, p. 84.
    11. Adin Steinsaltz,
     Ibid., p. 43.
    12. Steinsaltz, 
    Ibid., p. 41.
    13. 
    Ibid., p. 266.
    14. The unbiblical and unCatholic premise of Cardinal Ratzinger's work, 
    Many Religions
    -----One Covenant: Israel, the Church and the World, Ignatius Press, 1999. 
    15. St. John Chrysostom, Discourse on Judaizing Christians, III (2).
    16. The day this was decreed, St. Simon of Trent was removed from the Roman Calendar
    -----the child Martyr who had been killed by Jews on Good Friday out of hatred of Christ.
    17. St. John Chrysostom, 
    Ibid., V (2).
    18. John Paul II was directly confronted on this occasion with the burning of the Talmud by his predecessors. His response was to apologize for "the acts of discrimination, unjustified limitation of religious freedom . . . in regard to the Jews . . . by anyone," and headded,"I repeat, by anyone." See Luigi Accattoli,
     Man of the Millennium: John Paul II, pp. 139-40. If John Paul II included prior Popes in his apology, by clear implication he included St. John Chrysostom, who was famous for his fiery denunciation of Talmudic poison.
    19. Adin Steinsaltz,
     Ibid., pp. 101-102.
    20. Israel Shahak,
     Jewish History, Jewish Religion, p. 63.
    21. Adin Steinsaltz,
     Ibid., p. 105.
    22. An excellent summary of these passages can be obtained in the concise reference work 
    Judaism's Strange Gods by Michael A. Hoffman II.
    23. For example, would a neo-Catholic object to the phrase, "There is no bond that can unite the divided but love"? Innocent enough in itself, it is a quotation from the odious Masonic 
    Book of the Law of Crowley, which, like the Talmud, contains blasphemy against Jesus and Mary. If one finds a quote from Crowley objectionable
    -----as one should-----the objection holds a fortiori against the Rabbis who lived closer to the time of Christ, and yet denigrated Him with even worse blasphemy in the Talmud.
    24. Maurice Pinay,
     The Plot Against the Church, p. 15. 


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    Pope Leo XIII's Prayer for the defense of St. Michael the Archangel and the heavenly hosts in this, the day of battle

    "O GLORIOUS Archangel St. Michael, Prince of heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom GOD created immortal, made in his own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. Fight this day the battle of the LORD, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan, who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of GOD and of his CHRIST to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity. These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered. Arise then O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of GOD, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has GOD entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the GOD of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the LORD; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
    V. Behold the Cross of the LORD; be scattered ye hostile powers.

    R. The Lion of the tribe of Juda has conquered, the root of David.

    V. Let thy mercies be upon us, O LORD. As we have hoped in thee.

    V. O LORD, hear my prayer.

    R. And let my cry come unto thee. Let us pray.

    O GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, we call upon thy holy name, and as suppliants we implore thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel St Michael, thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen." 6

    MAY ALLAH (SWT) THROUGH 'ISA AL-MASEEH GRANT US DELIVERANCE FROM INFIDEL PAGANISM AND THE ANTICHRIST, AD-DAJJAL.