"Apparently, one of us will be a saint."
Instead, it has been decided to canonize the Vatican II council, or at least its representative in Heaven, the Spirit of Vatican II. That way, all the achievements of Vatican II - not exactly its decisions, as these have been largely ignored - are given the imprimatur of "saintly" and cannot be questioned.
This of course opens the way for Pope Francis to implement some of his pet projects, such as the banning of the Latin Mass, the ordination of women, the final rehabilitation of Cardinal McCarrick, etc. etc., all of which can be justified by an appeal to the Spirit of Vatican II.
The new saint.
As a form of reflected glory, many people closely associated with Vatican II will now have the status of "blessed"; these include people such as Annibale Bugnini whom it would be difficult to slip into Heaven on their own merits.
Apparently, another of the Pope's idols is also being canonized this weekend. I know nothing about him, apart from what Shakespeare says.
"Romero? Romero? Wherefore art thou Romero?"
Just the picture of the "Spirit of Vatican II" is priceless!
ReplyDeleteRomero looks to be giving Pauly a Masonic handshake, thumb on the knuckle-the rot was deep.
ReplyDeleteThat headline had me extremely worried. "Spirit of VII to be canonized". So the Spirit is dead? Noooo! My mouth went dry, my palms started sweating and my stomach made even more strange noises than it normally does. I was just reaching for a brown paper bag to breathe into when it came to me. Oh, the relief! Spirit of VII may be no more but we now have a more than adequate substitute in the shape of the God of Surprises. Talk about changing it up. Spirit of VII may have guided people as they climbed the staircase of ideas but the God of Surprises encourages you to bungee jump off the top.
ReplyDeleteWell thank heavens, sez I-- after all the spontaneous devotion, huge ten times yearly "Youth for Paul VI" gatherings, the annual pilgrimages of tens of millions to his hometown & childhood house and tomb, the thousands of best-selling P6 books and devotional manuals, and all the other God-breathed celebration of his life & works (not to mention the answered prayers & thousands of attested miracles.. the rubber stamp committee had trouble choosing just two). Finally, the greatest Pope gets his sainthood. Everyone agrees it really should have been recognized during his life, but.. these things happen.
ReplyDeleteWho needs the proper old sainthood process, or 4 attested miracles, or the rigorousness of "The Devil's Advocate", when you have such a remarkable case as this? Next up: noble St. Wuerl The Wonderworker. Santo subito!
I had neighbors who caught some spirit of Vatican 2 from a Ouija board. Couldn't get rid of it with holy water or even penicillin. They left the Church when the praise band went to guitars and bongos and didn't need their tambourines any more. They come back now and then for communion.
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