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This section of our website (which is updated daily) contains some less formal – and short – e-mail exchanges that we’ve had which we feel may be of value to our readers. We will include those portions of the exchanges we deem relevant and valuable. We often add bolding and underlining which are not necessarily that of the other party. This section also frequently includes, not only e-exchanges we have, but also our notes, updates and comments. Section containing some important recent posts.
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Dear Bro. Dimond,
What is your take on this television network? Is there concern for my soul? I watch it but lately I sense no peace with viewing programs. I do not know what it is. Something is not there anymore. I am also interested in obtaing your offer made on Coast to Coast am.
Please advise. Thank you.
Terri, we have an article on EWTN on our website. In short, they accept the New Mass and the post-Vatican II religious indifferentism. Thus, while they certainly have a few good programs, they are very much part of the post-Vatican II apostasy. They accept salvation outside the Church, etc. They are not truly Catholic, but very heretical. You can obtain the $8.00 DVD special [Update: New Specials Here] by sending us a check or calling with a credit card, and we hope you do since it contains very important information.
Hello Brother Dimond:
My husband and I heard you on Coast to Coast a couple of days ago and loved everything that you said. We spent the entire day and evening yesterday watching the dvds on your website and reading the information there. Everything you've said makes perfect sense to us and we both feel that you have come to us at a time in our lives when we were at a crossroads spiritually.
So here is our main question: We have been married for five years and have a six year old daughter together. My husband was born and raised a Catholic in the pre-Vatican II Church, and I converted to Catholicism from the Methodist Church after Vatican II. We were both married previously in the Catholic Church and then divorced. We married each other in a civil ceremony without obtaining annulments. At the time, we did not think about the religious ramifications of what we were doing. However, after listening to you (especially the dvd on Hell), we are now thinking quite a bit about it. So the question is, what do we do now? We obviously do not want to go to Hell. Is an annulment still an option? If so, what do we do in the meantime while we are waiting for the process to complete?…You and your fellow Brothers are in our prayers as you continue this wonderful work. We look forward to your response.
Thank you for your e-mail. It's great to hear about your interest, and God is definitely giving you graces to act upon this information. We would encourage you to pray the Rosary each day if you are not doing so now. Now to your important question. If your husband was born and raised a Catholic and was previously married by a priest to another person baptized as a Catholic, then he was validly married to that person. Thus, he wouldn't be free to marry again if that person is still alive (unless that person whom he married was already married, but we'll assume that's not the case). (more…)
Brother Dimond,
I just listened to your show on Coast to Coast, and I couldn't agree with you more! As a cradle Catholic, I've noticed some things about the Mass, and have begun to do some research into the Vatican that disturb me greatly. For the past few years, I've had this feeling that my religion both, has been, and is currently, being compromised by human direction instead of God's. And you summed up this "feeling" perfectly on the show tonight!!! And for that, I commend you.
The only question I have for you is..................what is your advice for continuing to practice our faith correctly? I'm most concerned with the Mass. Is our Mass still valid? I'm not old enough to remember Mass prior to Vatican II, but I've seen changes in it just in my lifetime that I don't agree with. If it isn't valid, what am I supposed to do?
Sincerely in Christ,
Mark
Thanks for the e-mail. The Third Commandment (Keep holy the Sabbath) is God’s law. Attending Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is the Church’s law, which is only obligatory if the Church provides you with a true Mass and a truly Catholic priest within a reasonable distance. There is no obligation to attend a false Mass; in fact, there is a positive obligation under pain of mortal sin to not attend the New Mass, since one cannot approach a doubtful or invalid sacrament. (more…)
Dear Brother Micheal Diamond,
Let me first identify myself as a Southern Baptist pastor. My wife and I were traveling back home as we returned from our vacation. We were scanning the radio dial and my wife found the "Dr. Laura Show" and she listened until the show ended and the "Coast to Coast" show was introduced. The topic of discussion was presented and we decided to listen. I want to commend your ability to articulate your view and even though you maybe got a little agitated with the person called "JC" you were very forthright and sought to give biblical answers and not quoting other men as the source of your authority. (Just a note it is better as the Proverbs states not to answer a fool - this JC person's ranting and raving were not worthy of a comment.) From your answers and from your web site it is clear that your movement is a reformation attempt within the Roman Catholic Church. Even though we will disagree with the interpretation of scripture on many points I do wholeheartedly agree that it is clear from scripture that the divisions within the Body of Christ do not reflect the clear theme of unity that Jesus' teaching and prayer in John 14-17 point.
As you would imagine I do agree with some of your "heresy" evaluations and feel that it is not only the contemporary expressions of the Roman Catholic Church that is missing the mark but much, much earlier that the wisdom of man began to supersede that wisdom of God in the Catholic Church. (Just to be completely honest here I feel that this is also true in every Christian denomination at some point, Southern Baptists are not an exception on this either. I do personally believe as one woman stated on the air that heaven will not be made up of Catholic or Baptist or ... but of all of the redeemed throughout the ages. Again, we will disagree what it takes to be considered "redeemed" but your very bold proclamation of the narrow road was absolutely correct.) I know based upon your conversations last night that you could not call me a brother in the Lord. But I wanted to thank you for your pointing the listening audience to make sure that what they believe is not a man made religion with a man made God, but to go the Bible and submit to its authority for the only infallible source of spiritual truth.
Most sincerely,
M. Keith Williams
Pastor
Santa Maria, CA
Mr. Williams, we don't have the time to answer you at length now; however, we will say that the Bible itself doesn't even teach that it is the only infallible source of truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:14-15 "Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle."As we can see, the Bible itself teaches that there is an oral tradition which must be heeded as well as the written word (Scripture). This refutes the Protestant heresy of "sola scriptura" (Scripture Alone). As the only true Christian Church, the Catholic Church has always taught that there are two sources of Christ's revelation, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition - in contradistinction to the man-made Protestant religions which teach, in direct contradiction of Scripture, that only Scripture must be heeded and not Tradition or the Church (Matthew 18:17, etc.). (more…)
Hello. I was listening to Brother Michael on"Coast to Coast am" last night and wanted very much to
ask a question. Brother said that the church proseletyzes for the purpose of saving souls. That this
is a charitable thing to do. All well and good. However, what is the take on the Catholic Church using a heavy handed approach to converting indigenous peoples to the catholic faith - especially when it involves cruel means to do so. Is this charitable? I am thinking mostly of converting the Indians of Latin America. There was unconscionable brutality and coersion used - torture and killings. Yet out of this came the spreading of the faith throughout South America. Please comment.
Thank you.
Marilyn Carlson
The Catholic Church teaches that all who die as non-Catholics will not be saved, but it also teaches that no one should be forced to embrace baptism, since belief is a free act of the will.
Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei (#36), Nov. 1, 1885: “And, in fact, the Church is wont to take earnest heed that no one shall be forced to embrace the Catholic faith against his will, for, as St. Augustine wisely reminds us, ‘Man cannot believe otherwise than of his own will.’”
Dear Brothers in Christ,
Can anyone tell me for a certainy, whether or not Padre Pio of Pietrelcino ever said the Novus Ordo Mass? Also, what date in 1968 was the Novus Ordo universally required of priests?...Padre Pio having died in September '68.Thank you for your reply,
Thank you for your question. Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968. The New Mass wasn’t promulgated until April 3, 1969. Padre Pio didn’t celebrate the New Mass. (more…)
Dear Most Family Monastery,
I enjoy your articles on the Catholic faith. I was born and raised in the v-2 catholic church. One year ago my husband and I were blessed with suddenly understanding the truth of the true Catholic Church. We attend Latin Mass in our area that has nothing to do with the V2 church. However by the comments you have in your articles I sense some problem you must see with the CMRI order. Which is the traditional order that we have available to us in our area. Can you inform me if there is a problem that I am not aware of. The CMRI order have been so life giving and keep to the traditions of the Catholic Church. I feel I am confused. Please respond.
With you in prayer.
Nan Kopina
We know it can be somewhat overwhelming for people who are first discovering traditional Catholicism to then hear that the priests who introduced them to such truth – the traditional Mass, the rejection of Vatican II, etc. – are themselves denying aspects of the Faith. It’s an unfortunate situation, but it’s true. It’s part of the spiritual test that God has allowed this world to go through. People must have a strong faith anchored to Him, the Church itself and her authoritative teachings, or else they will be swept away in desolation and confusion upon discovering that so many of those they thought were traditional are, in fact, heretical. (more…)
RE: dvd Journey into Hell: I want to tell you how much I use the dvd. It really is a good reminder and something to think about. Having read St. Alphonsus book Preperation for Death several times, the dvd brings into focus the pictures St. Alphonsus was drawing in words. It would be wonderful to have more dvd's like this one on other topics to use during the day while I work and sew to help keep my mind on things of importance and prayer. It never gets old, anyway for me it does not. Thank you for making this dvd.
Mary Ann Davis
Thanks, we feel that that DVD is one of our most important, if not the most important one we have.
The 1917 Code of Canon Law has a very interesting canon on adulterers which people should be aware of:
Canon 1129- “1. Because of the adultery of a spouse, the other spouse, the bond remaining, has the right of dissolving, even in perpetuity, the communion of life, unless he consented to the crime, or gave cause for it, or otherwise expressly or tacitly condoned it, or indeed himself committed the same crime.
2. Tacit condonation is considered [to have occurred] if the innocent spouse, after being made certain of the crime of adultery, freely engages in marital affection with the other spouse; but it is presumed unless, within six months, he expels or abandons the adulterous spouse, or makes legitimate accusation against the other.”
In other words, a spouse who continues marital affections with a spouse whom he or she knows to be committing adultery thereby condones his or her adultery and is also guilty, even if that spouse did not commit adultery. This fact, which is probably very little known but which makes perfect sense, shows us, once again, how those who fail to oppose evil become guilty of it.
Since it has only been about three (3) weeks since I found your Web Site I hadn't realized the utter catastrophy the Church is actually going through now. I can't find an Orthodox Church listed any where in this part of Alaska and so I haven't attended 'Mass' for the last two Sundays. This is my question though: There is a priest from Poland who sometimes comes to our Parish to say 'Mass' and when he is saying the words of consecration he uses the wording, "for many" , not, "for all". Am I allowed to attend his Novus Ordo Mass since he uses this wording? I am starving for for Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, and I find myself quite often praying that I am doing the right thing by NOT going to the Novus Ordo Mass. Your reasoning is impeccable and I believe Dogmas are irrefutable, all of which leads me to believe me that Pope Pius XII was the last valid Pope. But I can't really free myself from the feeling that I may be offending God.
Thanks for the e-mail. No, you definitely cannot go since the removal of “many” from the consecration is not the only problem. The removal of “mysterium fidei” (the mystery of faith) also causes a doubt about the validity. (more…)
(July, 2006) MHFM: Following Bro. Michael Dimonds interview on Coast to Coast Am on July 10, 2006, we were inundated with telephone calls on our 800-line. We have 4 lines available for our 800-number, and at least 3 out of 4 (and very often 4 out of 4) lines were lit up and ringing almost continuously for about 24 hours. (This didnt afford us the opportunity to sleep for over 24 hours, but it was truly a blessing because many souls have heard the truth of the Catholic Faith and have acted upon embracing it.) We had lists of numbers of people we had to call back, and it took us some days to get back to them all. We have received a great number of orders from those who heard the show. We have spoken to so many non-Catholics and Protestants who, having heard the message of the traditional Catholic Faith (the one Church of Jesus Christ) a message which is so simple and, since it is true, so powerful have ordered our special and are now investigating the Catholic Faith or are on the brink of conversion. We have sent out numerous summaries of the Catholic Catechism. We have spoken to so many fallen away Catholics who have now decided to come back to the practice of the traditional Faith and a daily prayer life. We have spoken to so many people who attend the New Mass and knew that something was wrong, but couldnt put their fingers on it, who are now committed to the traditional Catholic Faith. It truly has been a flood of good fruits, for which we thank God. We pray that all will receive His grace to remain faithful to (and/or embrace) the one Faith that Jesus Christ revealed (the traditional, unchangeable Catholic Faith).
We also received a large number of e-mails in a 48-hour period. Here are just some of the positive responses that came in via e-mail:
Dear Brother Diamond,
First, thank you for speaking to the world about the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church...my family is relistening to a tope we made of Coast A.M. of your interview. I hope you are invited back!!!!...
Janet Anderton
Dear Brother Dimond,
Please put my on your e mail newsletter. I have listened to a tape of the radio program you were on, that a friend gave me and everything you said sounds logical!... All of those people who called into the radio program were so evil. They were so mad at you because you spoke the truth and they don't want to hear it. You could hear the evil in their voices!
May God bless you and help you spread the truth about our Catholic Faith-the TRUE Faith!
Sincerely,
Kathryn Rubio
Solon, OH
Dear Br. Dimond:
THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming on C2C and taking all that Garbage from Noory and Company, not to mention some of the callers. They have a Delete button, but they ...in their Jr. High level mentality...chose not to use it. I was disgusted with Noory's assaine antics and told him so!! The Next night he even Crowed about how those J.C. calls were the highlight of the night....how J.C. seemed to be on "THEIR side." Odd, how Noory's hometown, St. Louis, just Happened to have a 90 mph wind, out of no where, blow in and take about 47 Thousand of them off the grid...shortly after the program.
Thanks again for coming on. Hopefully, you will be interviewed by Art Bell, himself, next time.
Prayers to you all,
Liz
Dear Brother:
My name is J.F. and I have just listened to you speak on Coast to Coast AM. Your words were shocking and yet, resonated in some way which I can not explain. Perhaps it is because I consider myself to be a Christian, yet what you had to said brought me into a state of questioning as to my own understanding of what being a Christian means.
I am requesting from you more information regarding the 'true' Catholic church. I will of course take the time to read the articles on your website...however, it does not seem a particularly 'systematic' exposition. Please understand, I was raised in the baptist church and matters regarding such things as the Papacy, etc. are new to me.
I thank you for any help you may provide.
J.F.
If you could recommend any references for me as a beginner wanting to learn about Traditional Catholicism and the history of Catholic Church (particularily it's origins), I would be quite greatful. I truly appreciate your time. Brother Dimond's radio appearance last night was truly a blessing for me. I formerly never considered exploring the Roman Catholic Church because I couldn't reconcile strong Christian beliefs with the liberalism seen in so many facets of the modern church. The idea of Traditional Catholicism has opened up a whole new world to me, one that seems to get closer to the roots of Christianity than any other option Ive come across.
Thank you,
A.C.
Our dog woke me this morning at around 3:00 a.m. and in going downstairs to let her out, I found our radio still on in our study and heard someone from your organization on a talk show aired on WLS, AM 890.This was very unusual, and Im sure there was some involvement from the Holy Spirit to lead me to hear the program. I tried to call in, but a number was never given, and there was no answer to my several calls to the station. I only came in on the last 45 minutes of the show, but it appears that someone from your organization was making and defending the statement that EVERYONE on earth who was not a CATHOLIC (is this limited to Roman Catholic?) would go to Hell when they died. I was compelled to contact you.
I have some questions
Brother Diamond, I heard your radio show. It was great! It made me feel alive with truth. You were outstanding. I thank the Lord you were able to get the message of truth to some many so quick. Bless you. Keep up the good work.
Brothers,
I heard Brother Michael on Coast to Coast AM last week and was amazed. I didn't know an Order like you existed anywhere
My question is how can I be confirmed and become one with the true Catholic Church? May God continue to Bless your labors, J. K., Hanford, CA
This is a copy of a letter I sent G Noory about last nights show. I appreciate what you did and how you kept your head. I am a traditional Catholic and really enjoyed what you had to say. I have some of your tapes and DVD's and really am happy to know we have some people who can speak for us. Unbelievable that you tolerated that moron JC. I don't waste any time on people like that anymore, but you did great. God Bless you Michael,
Anita Salsedo
Fresno, Ca.
Dearest Michael Dimond,
I am a Traditional Catholic and a former Baptist minister and I am extremely impressed with how much you know. It is because of you and your publications that I am able to say that today I am Traditional. I tuned in to the Coast to Coast program with George Noory last night and I am disgusted with the amount of apostasy in this country. However, never have I seen anyone get out that much information that quickly to so many as you did. I've read your book, seen your DVD's, and have been reading your web site for a couple of months now and I fully agree and am glad to see that someone out there has the guts to tell the truth in its entirety especially concerning the dogma of "no salvation outside the Catholic Church" which unfortunately so many refuse to uphold. May God bless you. You and your brothers are my personal heroes.
Sincerely,
Dr. Perry Prescott
Dear Brother Diamond,
I just wanted to tell you that you did a great job last night on Coast to Coast! I actually stayed up late to listen to it. I couldn't believe how much you were able to cover in an hour. You kept your cool throughout the entire interview, especially with that crazy caller at the end. It's amazing that almost every single caller was upset about the 'no salvation' issue. Why is it SO hard for people to understand this? It seems pretty cut and dry to me. I think that whoever listened to you last night was touched in one way or another by your words, how could they not? It was obvious that you were filled with the Holy Ghost. Please know that you are in our prayers.Thanks again for doing such a great job and getting the message out there to
the whole world!
Rosie Nendick
Dear Brothers,
We wish to congratulate you on the FANTASTIC job you did on the Coast to Coast Radio Program with George Noory. Words cannot express our pride and excitement as you handled yourself with confidence and the certainty that comes from knowing, believing and sharing the true Faith of Jesus Christ. We did our best to capture this encounter on audio cassette but our tape malfunctioned and we missed taping a couple of callers and your responses. Even so, playing what we did get on cassette for our children the next day made a deep impression on them (teens and pre-teens) who said simply, that you were "amazing". Our children often become weary in this world so full of sin, at times even more so than we adults. Your appearance on this popular program (which we never listen to otherwise) was like a breath of fresh air for them. We know that you will be invited back to the program, we just hope it will be soon!
Anyway, your continued, constancy in the face of this and other horrible barrages as you stand in defense of the truth while giving hope, sharing knowledge and giving encouragement... what can I say but that we continue to pray to the Lord for you, that He uphold you, grant you many blessings now and in the life to come and that many more people hear your message, the message of the Church and heed it.
Anita
We thank God for blessing us with your interview on Coast last night! The TRUTH was spoken over the airways to millions - unbelievable in this age when the media is controlled. Our Triune God indeed is in control. You did very well, covering so many important points. You remained calm and answered wonderfully the callers. You were in our prayers.
Bro. Dimond;
Very good talk, I enjoyed it immensely and admire your courage and fortitude. Too bad that some of the callers weren't screened properly (but I think this was done on purpose, God only knows for sure). I hope you're on again.
Donna
Good going last night Brother Dimond
way to fight! God bless you and family
Marcus OFarrell
Bro. Michael Dimond,
Hi, just finished listening to your appearance on the Coast to Coast radio show a couple of minutes ago, and I just wanted to drop a note commending you for a great job. I'm not a sedevacantist, but I was very impressed with how you handled yourself on the program... especially with that irrational person at the very end. I'm sure many, many people will find out about the traditional Catholic faith because of this program. Thank you.
J.M.J.
Dear Brothers,
EXCELLENT RADIO PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!
I got a audio tape of Bro. Michaels interview with George Noory--- I thought it was outstanding the way Brother kept the interest of all the listeners along with directing the message at non-Catholics as well - It was also clear that he won the debates with the people that called in- I could listen to that tape over & over again..God bless
Steve- Marshall WI
Dear Brother Dimond,
Thank you for appearing on the Coast to Coast Radio program, it was very informative.
Marsha Larson
Glendale, AZ
Listened to Coast to Coast the other night when Bro. Diamond was on. I have returned to the Traditional Catholic faith from the Novus Ordo; so it was wonderful to hear a real Catholic speaking the truth over the air waves. I know people HATE to hear the fact that there really is only one Church founded by Jesus himself and membership in the Church is necessary for salvation. I guess it boils down to the fact that God's ways are not our ways. And I agree, being a Traditional Catholic is probably the most difficult and yet spititual rewarding religion there is.
God bless you,
Joe V
Superior, WI
Dear Br. Michael
I wanted to congratulate you for your explicit and uncompromising profession of Faith the other night on the radio.
Vince Cortese
Hello,
I heard Brother Michael Dimond on the Coast-to-Coast radio show the other night. What he said confirmed my gut feelings
.
Thank you,
Mike
Brother Michael,
God led me to put on the radio last night at o'clock and to my surprise you were on the air.
I was so impressed by your coolness in the face of some vicious characters that they put against you.
Brother Dimond,
I just listened to your show on Coast to Coast, and I couldn't agree with you more! As a cradle Catholic, I've noticed some things about the Mass, and have begun to do some research into the Vatican that disturb me greatly. For the past few years, I've had this feeling that my religion both, has been, and is currently, being compromised by human direction instead of God's. And you summed up this "feeling" perfectly on the show tonight!!! And for that, I commend you
Sincerely in Christ,
Mark
Dear Brother,
I think that you did an excellent job on Coast to Coast am Monday night
Andrew J. Filberg Sr.
Greeting Brother Diamond, I listened to you early this morning on coast to coast. You handled yourself with great aplomb, integrity and conviction. The truths you outlined were the exact ones I grew up with and which I also beleive most fervently. As a loyal son of Holy Mother Church, I too am lost for words to understand the fantastic and incredible changes that have taken place in my lifetime to our holy church. I am a firm beleiver that Christ will never abandon His church and He will be with us till the end of time. I miss our Latin, Roman roots, all that that means, our services, our truths and in many cases our beliefs. I also beleive that Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and I will never, never forsake Holy Mother Church. I will continue to pray and believe and I hope the same for you. Thomas
Good Afternoon Brother Michael,
I need to thank you so much for your radio appearance last night on Coast to Coast. I pray that many that heard you woke up. It is so refreshing when you can finally listen to the radio and hear
correct teaching.
Thank you and May God Bless You, Brother Peter and all at your monastery.
Debbie Kolesar
Brother Michael:
Congratulations on a job well done. Tried to get through to support you but the lines were busy. My friend June listened as well.
God Bless
Marie
Dear Bro. Dimond,
Loved your answers on Coast to Coast last night. If only every true Catholic would answer the way you did. At last millions of souls will now know where the true Church is and how to save their souls. And thank you for pointing to the real Catholic Church and exposing the fake church. I was very proud of you.
God love you,
Judith Provost
Thank you for being on the show!
George! Great radio buddy!
Linda charlotte nc
Dear Brother Dimond - I stayed up until 2 am listening to your appearance on Coast to Coast and I thank God that you were able to get on this huge program and tell people the truth, though how you were treated certainly demonstrated that we living under the reign of Antichrist and that people think they are following the will of God by attacking the truth, which was amply demonstrated by how these ignorant protestants were reacting to what you were saying
Mrs. Moira Gralund
Dear Sir or Madame,
I heard Br. Dimond on the Coast to Coast radio show and was truly fascinated with the topic. I didn't catch the whole show though and I was wondering if The Most Holy Family Monastery recognizes Pope Pius XII as the legitimate pope. I too have felt an emptiness at Mass in the Novus Ordo church and have not been in quite some time (preferring to have a direct rapport with God and Jesus Christ through private prayer and Rosary meditation)
Very best regards,
Chip Beyer
Dear Brother Dimond,
It was so interesting to hear you on Coastam last night. I was drifting in and out of sleep last night so I didn't hear 100%, but the last caller seemed possessed! Actually, he may have gotten a taste of his own, sounded like a Baptist or something. I've been reading your website today...Wow!...
Thank You Brother Dimond,
Robert
I listened with great interest to your presentation on coast to coast. Thank God there are Catholics that can articulate our faith to others as well as you did. It re-affirmed and renewed my faith as a Catholic.
Michael Kantor
Greetings,
I wanted to say I enjoyed your presentation on Coast to Coast. I wish you had been able to discuss more of what you believe and why you believe it as opposed to having to defend yourself. I am not happy with the tone of some of interview. Not because of anything that you said but because the host allowed it to become a circus atmosphere. Will you be on any other shows. I would love to hear you get a fair interviewer. I have also been viewing your online DVDs and will be listening to some audio and reading some articles tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that. Well take care and God bless.
Patricia....
Dear Brother Michael,
I wish I had gotten to talk to you on Coast to Coast. You were very good! I wish some one with your attitude, or at least somebody more agreeable had called. You are right, and I concur. I try at least. Don't listen to those like JC. What a whacko, and most obviously uneducated and unenlightened.
Anyway, I have been going through a crisis of faith lately. I haven't been to Mass since Easter! It is just incredibly disheartening--the weak homilies and penances given. How can a priest make fun of the 'Our Father' or tell you in confession that you're being too hard on yourself!!---There is a St. John the Divine Catholic Church near us. They are pre-Vatican II. Would it be wrong to go?
Lynn Coronado
Dear Brothers,
Thank You!! If I was not already a sede, I would be after that program!!!
Donald
Bro. Dimond,
I totally agree with everything you had to say last night too bad very few were listening. Obviously Noory and his ilk believe you are far right fanatic. How you were able to tolerate the 1 ˝ hours of call ins was amazing. I found it interesting that Noory suggested that his engineer was at risk of going to Hell without considering himself( as he thought he was a true Catholic?-apparently he was not listening). I do not normally listen to George Noory as his program is routinely anti-Catholic but I am certainly glad I listened last night
God Bless,
Ben
Dear Most Holy Family Monastery;
I listened to Bro. Michael Dimond last nite on George Noory's Coast to Coast radio program and wanted to thank him for presenting that valuable information
.
Regards,
Donna
To the Holy Brothers,
I thought that I was Catholic until I heard Bro. Dimond on the radio the other night. I, like many others I'm sure, was linked to your web-site by Coast to Coast AM. Let me just say that Bro. Dimond and your web-site have shown me that I am far from being what I should. What are the top books and sources that you recommend for someone to truly learn what it is to be Catholic?... I really need to examine my conscience after hearing the show and reviewing your web-site. Please advise me of anything that you can help me with.
Yours in Christ,
Joe Veirs
Dear Bro. Mike,
I heard you on George Noory earlier this week and am writing to see if you would e-mail me a copy of the form to order your DVDs and books. The information you presented on talk radio was fascinating and has me second-guessing my lack of a Catholic spiritual life
Scarlett Miller
Chico, CA
Your interview was very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to talk to the Coast listeners. You make the world a better place to live in with the work you are continuing to do. A fellow traveler on this world,
Nita Lindal
Hello Brother Michael,
After listening to you on the Coast to Coast radio show evening before last [or, rather, early yesterday morning?!!] I realized what you were saying was the truth--so, most of yesterday morning/afternoon/evening, up until a few minutes ago [it's around 5 am. Wednesday morning, here in New Jersey] I have read and read and read as much as I've been able to, of what you have posted on your website, and I would just like to say to you--THANK YOU!!!...
Very Sincerely Yours,
Christine Chiomento
Dear Brother Michael,
I enjoyed your interview Monday evening with George Noorey.
To whom it may concern,
I listened to Coast to Coast AM last evening and heard Brother Michael Diamond and found it all very compelling
Sincerely,
C. Courteau
You did a great job, I am just listening to it now. I wish I could have called in but didn't know you would be on
Jayne
Hello - I listened to coast to coast last night and found it very interesting and I also went to your web site and read some of the articles, which were also very interesting.
Yours truly,
Len McKenzie
Brother Michael - I thank you anyway, for a very thought-provoking several hours!!!
Peace!
-Jonathan Chew
Hello Brother Dimond:
My husband and I heard you on Coast to Coast a couple of days ago and loved everything that you said. We spent the entire day and evening yesterday watching the dvds on your website and reading the information there. Everything you've said makes perfect sense to us and we both feel that you have come to us at a time in our lives when we were at a crossroads spiritually
I listened to the radio, here in the phoenix area KFYI I think that is 911AM. I heard Brother Michael DImond. Very Good!! So, this broadcast was at about 11pm? Called, Coast-to-Coast only Art Bell was not the HOst for Monday eve, July 10. Art said he is going to be a Catholic, I hope he means a real Catholic. People don't like that Dogma "Truth" that there is only One True Faith. It just boils their blood!! Well, it must be said, a real Must, and Thank God you did such a marvelous Job
Nancy Vogel
I thought brother Diamond did a great job on Coast to Coast the other day. The reaction from the audience was shocking to say the least in the way they attacked Brother Diamond. It was kin to atheists attacking religion in general out of fear of being wrong. I hope to hear him on again and I hope George does not break his own rules again as he did with JC allowing him to call in a second time in a single show and yell and insult the guest over and over.
Rob
Your presentation was organized, eloquent and fluid- Bravo!
Tony Licursi
I really enjoyed bro. Michael Diamond's appearance on the radio. I was quite impressed how Bro. Diamond was able to defend the truth so well with such charity, even in the face of such rediculous callers as that wacko at the end. Anyways, I thank you for taking the time to read my questions.
Clark McNabb
Hi, my name is mark and I've listened to the program coast2coast for years waiting for what i heard July 10. I need to speak to someone i am not Catholic and was not raised in a religious family but he's always been there and i need to save me and my family
Brother Dimond: Thank you for being on the program Coast to Coast am. You are steadfast in your defense of the true catholic church.
I just listened to the Coast to Coast broadcast. You couldn't have been more eloquent and disciplined in your responses. You were absolutely dead on, and many people listening were shocked by such honesty. Outstanding
I have to say that the way that you were able to simply and clearly, yet powerfully defend Christ and the Deposit of Faith, whole and inviolate, was so well done, that it should definitely be noted with an underscore that you are living up to your name, Michael. You are a man, charged with this knowledge and have the duty to perform the ultimate charity in this life, which is to tell the truth of the Church, even unto death, and the way that you were able to articulate without a moments' hesitation from caller after caller has given me the impression that God was right there blessing you with the ability to be as wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove
Let me say, by the way, that I was completely blown away by the videos that you sell. I ordered every book, tape, VHS and DVD that you offer and was absolutely astounded by the material. I owe you a great deal for the clarity that I have received on matters of the faith, in an age that is so unbelievably full of deceit.
PJP, USN
Dear Br. Dimond:
THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming on C2C and taking all that Garbage from Noory and Company, not to mention some of the callers. They have a Delete button, but they ...in their Jr. High level mentality...chose not to use it. I was disgusted with Noory's assaine antics and told himso!! The Next night he even Crowed about how those J.C. calls were the highlight of the night....how J.C. seemed to be on "THEIR side." Odd, how Noory's hometown, St. Louis, just Happened to have a 90 mph wind, out of no where, blow in and take about 47 Thousand of them off the grid...shortly after the program.
Dear Brothers Dimond,
Thank you for holding up the banner of the Churches teaching on eens on Coast to Coast.
Chris
It is a pity that the Salvation issue so divides the Traditionalist movement, especially, if not exclusively, in the USA. The Church has never complicated matters for It's children. There really should be no problem, notwithstanding what certain " Patristic Fathers " may or may not have said on this issue.
We have the Sacrament of Baptism whose matter is water and whose form is : I baptise you in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. This really should be the end of the controversy.
I am perplexed why the bulk of Traditional priests seek to find their way around the Sacrament of Baptism. One of the reasons coud be that they are closet ecumaniacs.
Keep the Faith!
Stephen Francis
Yes, we fully agree. It’s so simple: unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Ghost he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5). If people cogitate on exactly what these salvation heretics are arguing for (in arguing that people don’t need baptism and that members of false religions can be united to the Church) and what they accomplish in arguing for it – namely, nothing except to confirm people outside the Church and discourage people from converting and being baptized – and consider the fruits of their heresy, which are simply awful (rampant religious indifferentism), one can clearly see that the furor created by those tenaciously arguing for “baptism of desire” and salvation for non-Catholics is evil. (more…)
St. Bernadette Soubirous, who was favored with seeing Our Lady at Lourdes, France, grew up in extreme poverty. Her home was a dungeon-like former prison. Some of the people in town were so poor that they had almost nothing to eat:
“One day [Mlle Estrade relates] I was saying my prayers about two o’clock in the afternoon in front of Our Lady’s altar in the parish church; I thought I was alone until I heard some chairs move. I turned round and caught sight of a child of five or six years in very poor clothes. His face was pleasing but quite emaciated, showing plainly that the child was under-nourished. I resumed my prayers, and the child continued his maneuvers. With a very sharp ‘Hush’ I ordered him to keep quiet. The child tried hard, but in spite of all the precautions he took to avoid making a noise, he did not succeed. I watched him closely and noticed that he was bending down and scraping the flagstones and then putting his hand in his mouth. He was actually eating the wax which had fallen from the candles during a funeral service.
‘Is that wax you’re eating?’ I asked him.
He nodded his head.
‘You must be very hungry!... Wouldn’t you rather eat something else?’
Several nods of the head again gave me the answer ‘Yes.’.
I left the church at once with the poor child, now my friend. For quite a long time at my invitation he came very day to visit us, and was like a boarder.” (Abbe Francois Trochu, St. Bernadette Soubirous, Tan Books, pp. 20-21)
Let’s be thankful for what we have, and say an extra prayer for the conversion of some sinner headed for eternal hunger in Hell.
“Bernadette divided her time as her fancy dictated between work, play and saying her rosary. The latter was a cheap twopenny rosary, with black beads threaded on a string, which her mother had given her. Her pleasures were as simple as her soul.” (Abbe Francois Trochu, St. Bernadette Soubirous, p. 29)
Dear Brothers Dimond,
Your work compels me to say that You are truly worthy of Your respective names. Seen as a whole it is strikingly obvious that this work of yours bases itself on the unfailing Faith of Peter troughout the centuries and on the uncompromising zeal for God and His holy Truth of St. Michael the Archangel. For the past two years Your writings have for me been a daily spiritual refreshment in this Hour of darkness that we are in. I want to be as brief as possible so I have one question for You. It has to do with the much mentioned Sess.6, Chap. 4 of the Council of Trent that the dogma deniers use in favor of the so called ''baptism of desire'' which You refute in Your book. In it You also give an answer why the Council mentions desire for baptism along with water being necessary for Justification. Can it be that with the mention of desire in that canon the Council also solemnly condemned the practise of forced baptism wich unfortunately did occur (although rarely). Maybe the question is off the mark or I have missed something that you have already written on but what does the Church say of such people who have recieved the Sacrament but against their will/desire. Is it considered valid. It would seem they are not justified although they recived the water of baptism. Thank You in advance and may Our Lord bless You.
Vedran from Croatia
Thanks for the e-mail. You are correct: a forced baptism would be invalid. Desire is a necessary disposition for one above the age of reason to have in receiving baptism.
Catechism of the Council of Trent, On Baptism - Dispositions for Baptism, Tan Books, p. 180: "INTENTION - ... In the first place they must desire and intend to receive it…"
Hello, I talked to someone on the phone the other day at your location about copies of 202 heresies of Vatican II that I'd like to get some copies of. I went to your web site to check you out. Wow. I would love to sit down and ask you so many questions. To begin with I have just read the info about fr. gruner. That was an eye opener. Most of what I read fills in so many gaps and questions I have had for some time in the back of my mind. And of course I would first ask who was the last good pope?
And more importantly, you must feel awfully alone out there if all you say is true. And that narrow road to heaven must be even emptier than I previously thought. I feel I might be on that road, but my poor flesh keeps getting in the way. I try for an austere manner of life devouted to doing the will of God, but my worldly self likes to many comforts. I wish we lived close so I could visit and talk. No one else seems to be speaking God's language.
I would like to say the Liturgy of the hours but wonder if there is a pre-vatican II version of the liturgy available anywhere in the full four volumes leather. Any ideas where I might find one or is reading the new version better than not at all? God bless you in your work. steve reising
Thanks for the e-mail, Steve. The traditional divine office is available from out of print booksellers; however, we believe that it’s more important for laypeople to make sure they’re praying the full 15 decades of the Rosary each day. (more…)
Brothers Dimond,
I have been reading your website for the past several months, and your analysis of the present situation in the Church never cease to amaze. It really is all so simple, but I am quite sure that I and many others would never have been willing to admit it if you hadn't proven it all so irrefutably. I have read your book and watched a few of your videos, and they are bombshells! God bless you, Brothers.
Erik
Thanks for the interest and words of support.
Dear Brother Michael Dimond:
I have been reading material your Monastery has sent to me and am beginning for the first time to realize what has happened to the Catholic Church. Thank you for the material.
I read today on your web-site about EWTN and I spent one year in Hanceville in search of a Valid Mass. I was horrified at the way the Shrine was run by the Deacon Steltemeier and the sister of the nun who replaced Mother Angelica. They are not true cloistered nuns and the Deacon is chasing well intentioned nuns out of the Monastery who retired there mistakenly for the Mass. The Deacon chased an elderly man who spent all day in adoration because God forbid, he was accused of evangilizing pilgrims. I needed to vent to someone about this and you appear the only person in the world who is interested enough in the Catholic Faith to put things on the table.
The most interesting thing about your writings is that no one wants to discuss the facts. Thank you for your efforts!
Yours in Christ,
Richard A. Brennan
Thanks for your e-mail. It’s so very true that so few people want to face the facts, as you say – facts that are readily available for those who want them. Just consider, for instance, some of the heresies that we’ve covered in the last few weeks from Benedict XVI. He utters a major heresy almost weekly. A few weeks ago it was an inter-religious service with Jews, then one in a Lutheran church where indicated that heretics and schismatics have salvation and are part of the Church, then two major heresies on religious liberty. Those who are interested in seeing the truth can figure out what’s going on if they really want to. The problem is that they don’t want to face the facts, as you say. You don’t seem to be aware, however, that that the New Mass isn’t valid due to the change in the form of consecration – “many” to “all.” (Please see the articles on our site or the DVD which cover this.) It’s very important for you to familiarize yourself with this issue. Since the New Mass isn’t valid, one cannot participate in Novus Ordo “adoration” since Our Lord is not present there.
Dear Brother Dimond
I have just read your article on John Daly and I find it an excellent guide concerning his erroneous position. I too have noticed his exaggerated self importance and conceitedness in his writings, and the contradictions of his position which can only confuse those who read his writings on issues in sedevacantism. As someone who comes from the same Daly historical clan in Ireland as John Daly, I wish to say that I wholly endorse your position as accurate in this matter, as you puncture his waffle and inflated ego which leads him to his blindness on theological matters. I have read your carefully documented and researched book Outside the Catholic Church There is absolutely No Salvation, and your arguments have been honestly put forward and carefully supported from Holy scripture and Magisterial Statements. The case you have made is compelling and I am awaiting a serious refutation of your arguments against Baptism of Desire and Blood. You are right to point out that John Daly is contradictory and weak in his posturings and attacks against you, which boils down to nothing more than personal enmity and a lax treatment and understanding of Holy scripture and Magisterial documents.
I am disgusted that all charity is forgotten when it comes to attacking your work and position on the crisis in the Church, and you have shown how hypocritical such people are.
God Bless you in your ministry and please continue to speak the truth of our Catholic Faith, as so few do so nowadays because of a human respect so that instead injury and offences are heaped on Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Yours sincerely
Dr Gerard Daly
We’ve repeatedly pointed out that Antipope Paul VI made the heretical teaching of Vatican II binding by his solemn confirmation of each of its documents – a fact which proves that he was not, and could not have been, a true pope.
EACH ONE OF THE 16 DOCUMENTS OF V-2 ENDS WITH THESE WORDS (OR WORDS BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO THESE):
“EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE THINGS SET FORTH IN THIS DECREE HAS WON THE CONSENT OF THE FATHERS. WE, TOO, BY THE APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY CONFERRED ON US BY CHRIST, JOIN WITH THE VENERABLE FATHERS IN APPROVING, DECREEING, AND ESTABLISHING THESE THINGS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE DIRECT THAT WHAT HAS THUS BEEN ENACTED IN SYNOD BE PUBLISHED TO GOD’S GLORY... I, PAUL, BISHOP OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.”(Walter M. Abbott, The Documents of Vatican II, p. 366, etc.)
However, those who want to be able to reject Vatican II (or portions of it) while accepting Paul VI as a valid pope – a rather large group of “traditionalists” – will frequently make reference to a theological note that was attached to the Vatican II document Lumen Gentium. They think this clarification proves that Paul VI didn’t promulgate Vatican II infallibly or authoritatively. The SSPX’s official website attempts to use this note attached to Lumen Gentium as an argument to prove their point, but the fact is that not only does this argument not hold up under scrutiny, but the note proves just the opposite.
Isabel the Catholic Queen of Spain (15th century), prior to becoming Queen, had to fight for her crown with political schemers who tried to set up rivals to usurp her authority. She also had to ward off many attempts by other political schemers to arrange marriages for her which she didn’t want. When such a marriage with an older hoodlum named Giron had been arranged, and there was no way out of it, Isabel prayed that either she or he would die.
“This time there was no way for Isabel to divide her enemies. Even the Pope had decided against her. Giron would arrive in less than a month. He had proclaimed his intention to marry her immediately. She was trapped…. Marriage to Pedro Giron, lecher and despoiler, as totally opposite to Isabel as any human being could be, was beyond bearing…. What does a Christian do in such a situation? He – or she – prays. And Isabel did pray, as she had prayed never before… ‘Either let him die, or let me die… Either let him die, or let me die…’ Giron was on the march. By April 13, at the head of his mighty host, he had reached El Berrueco… North from El Berrueco rode Giron with his men, into the Sierra Morena, the Dark Mountains…. Across the plain, its grapevines spreading their leaves to the spring sun, until they came to its end at the Sierra de la Virgen, the Mountains of the Blessed Virgin Mary… And there they noticed that Pedro Giron, Master of Calatrava, was swaying in his saddle. They helped him down from his horse. Fever was flaring through his body. His throat was burning and filling with alien matter. He called for water, but he could not drink. The next day he grew worse; the next, worse still. Choking, strangling, cursing God with his last breath because He had not let him live to claim his virgin bride, on the third day Pedro Giron died.
For Jesus Christ is the King of Kings, and the earth is the Lord’s; and prayers to Him are heard. As Isabel the Catholic had always known, and would never forget.” (Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen, p. 31.)
Dear Brother Dimond's
I have a few questions for you.
I think you are wrong about water baptism. In your E-Exchanges, you quote Pope Clement V as saying that he believes water baptism to be: "...commonly the perfect remedy for salvation for adults as for children". Can't you see that the word "commonly" allows room for uncommon situations where baptism of blood and baptism of desire come into play? How do you explain his use of this word?
In an earlier E-Exchange, you say some very unkind things about the publishers of Four Marks. You claim that God punished them by causing them to be involved in a smashup. How do you know this?...
Michael Vincent
The use of “commonly” in the quote below clearly refers to the fact that the one baptism of water is the remedy of salvation common to both adults and children; in other words, it’s not just for adults or just for children. We’re glad that you reminded us of this, for this fact strengthens the point. There are those who, quoting St. Thomas, argue that baptism of desire is a remedy (i.e. can be a substitute) in the case of adults, but not in the case of children. The Council of Vienne could have very easily said that, but it didn’t. No, it stated that the one water baptism is the common remedy of salvation for adults as well as children. (more…)
Dear Brother Michael And Brother Peter,
Please help me. My name is D.F. I'm a cradle Catholic, although from about 1966 to 1998 I was living on the wrong side of both the civil law as well as the rule of my beloved Catholic Faith…. I moved to… Alaska, in February of 2004. I then ran across your web site approximately one (1) week ago, reading and downloading a great deal of what is, for me your devastatingly accurate and personally vindicating presentation of what actually happened to the Church I had abandoned so long ago. I had tried so very hard to internalize what was presented to me as the valid way of life for a member of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Out of a sense of humility I asked myself how I, for so long a sinner of such great magnitude, dared to question the changes which had come to my 'Church' from Rome ; from the various 'Popes' who guided Her and to whom I was obliged obedience.
Dear… Brothers Dimond, PLEASE pray for me. Your arguments against the post Vatican II Church are irrefutable, at least to a man not Blessed with your knowledge and insight, your gift of discernment. But I beg you to try and imagine my bewilderment, my sense of betrayal since it is this very impostor 'Church' which has allowed me to receive, or so I thought, my now greatest love, Our Lord God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I find myself remembering the words of the late Bishop Sheen, "Truth is truth. If it was true then it is true now, lest it never was." The "ex cathedra" statements of the Popes you quote are without doubt absolutely unambiguous.
Yours in Christ Jesus, and Him Crucified,
D.F.
Pope Paul III, The Council of Trent, Can. 5 on the Sacrament of Baptism, ex cathedra: “If anyone says that baptism [the sacrament] is optional, that is, not necessary for salvation (cf. Jn. 3:5): let him be anathema.”
What is denied brother Dimond is your interpretation of defined doctrines.
Pope Paul III does NOT say "water" Baptism--in this quote you provide, this is your "added" interpretation to this quote
The Church throughout 2000 years HAS allowed for other "forms" of Baptism such as of blood (martyrdom), the "conditional" baptism of converts (the Church recognizing that one can ONLY be baptized once), and of course Baptism of desire--which leaves GOD and not you--as the final Judge and Jury of one's soul at their physical death or in FINAL Judgment at the end of time--whichever comes first.Genbj
Yes, Pope Paul III does refer to water baptism in that quote. We’ve mentioned this before, but some people don’t seem pay attention to the point. The above canon is a canon on the Sacrament of Baptism (Canones de sacramento baptismi). We repeat: it’s a canon on the Sacrament of Baptism. The so-called “baptism of desire” is not, even according to those who believe in it, a sacrament:
Fr. Laisney, Is Feeneyism Catholic?, baptism of desire advocate, p. 9: “Baptism of Desire is not a sacrament; it does not have the exterior sign required in the sacraments. The theologians, following St. Thomas… call it ‘baptism’ only because it produces the grace of baptism… yet it does not produce the sacramental character.”Since only water baptism is the sacrament, Pope Paul III does define that water baptism is necessary for salvation without exception by defining that the sacrament is necessary for salvation without exception. This refutes what you stated above. (more…)
A few of our readers have asked us about a new sedevacantist newspaper called Four Marks. This newspaper is run by a woman and a block of heretical contributors who are adamant supporters of baptism of desire and groups which believe that souls can be saved in false religions (or accept as Catholic those who do). A reader of ours wrote to K. Plumb, the editor of this newspaper, to ask her about the salvation issue and our material. On May 30, this reader forwarded Plumb’s reply to us, which included:
“Br. Dimond hasn’t contacted me, and although I am impressed by his efforts and knowledge, it is much like a Baptist who knows his chapter and verse, but not what the Bible says.”
So, a few weeks ago the editor of Four Marks compared one of us to a Baptist for our adherence to the necessity of the Catholic Faith and water baptism for salvation. She also indicated in the same e-mail that “another article planned on this topic [the baptism of desire issue] (by another writer) is scheduled for the July issue. There are other articles on this same topic that we may reprint. That is being discussed.” So, she was planning on printing another attack on baptism by one of her stable of heretical writers in July, which almost surely would have included the typical distortions, half-truths, omissions, etc., etc. that characterize the works of the salvation heretics.
Many Catholics are aware that on June 17, 1689, Our Lord revealed to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque that He wanted the King of France, Louis XIV, to consecrate France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Kings of France delayed, and did not obey. 100 years later to the day, on June 17, 1789, King Louis XVI was stripped of his legislative authority by the upstart Third Estate, and four years later the soldiers of the French Revolution executed the King of France (Louis XVI) as if he were a criminal.
Does his argument and website link hold water?
James
[Another person’s attempted response to the claim that Vatican II taught heresy on religious liberty]:
The Vatican Council declares that the human person has the right to religious freedom. Freedom of this kind means that all men should be immune from coercion on the part of individuals, social groups and every human power so that, within due limits, nobody is forced to act against his convictions in religious matters in private or in public, alone or in associations with others. The Council further declares that the right to religious freedom is based on the very dignity of the human person as known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself. This right of the human person to religious freedom must be given such recognition in the constitutional order of society as will make it a civil right.
It then goes on to talk about free will and the seeking of religious truth.
To combat this, the website author, uses Pius IX's Quanta Cura from 1864. Pius IX's encyclical was written to condemn the abuses of the times such as pantheism, naturalism, and civil authorities rights in persons lives.
The quote used on the website is taken out of the context. Pius IX is talking about individual freedom being used as an excuse for sinful activity. The Vatican 2 document is talking about the natural right to religious freedom. I know this sounds like my opinion, but the only way to know for real is to read the two documents in their entirety and the commentaries on them.
Thanks for your question. Defenders of Vatican II have bent over backwards to attempt to reconcile its teaching with traditional Catholic teaching. As is the case with many issues, such as creation vs. evolution, etc. individuals attempt to confuse matters by distorting issues. For instance, a subtle distortion of a fossil can create an entire line of false belief in evolution. The same is true with this issue of religious liberty. It is true to say that unless a person understands the issue of religious liberty and its details he or she can be misled by these – sometimes subtle – distortions. Let’s take a look at one of them. (more…)
Dear Holy Family Monastery,
For some time know I have been reading the articles on your site as well as some others like yours, and by way of their message as well as the guidance of my father, I've come to the realization, by Divine grace, that I must convert to the TRUE Roman Catholic Church. However, I have found that this is not a move that can be made by one's self, or easily for that matter. Allow me to give you some back ground (in hopefully the not-so-long-winded-fashion). I have been raised Baptist/Protestant my entire life, by my mother. Most of that time I hated church and anything that had to do with it. However there was always a side of me that was too afraid to go to far with my dislike for the "church" I was attending. I later was sent to a school, along with my siblings, were the [protestant] doctrine of Reconstructionism, headed by a protestant theologian named Rousses John Rushdooney, was taught. It was a very militant form of Protestantism. Not at all what I was used to. During that time we studied and held high the works and protests of Luther, Rushdooney, and the Westminster Confession of Faith, and oh yes, Mary was just a tool for God's grand design and nothing else. If I have made you cringe by now, I'm sorry, I'm almost done.
After finally graduating from high school and being out for a year or so, I joined the Navy. To make a long story short… I have always been obsessed with the truth and by God's good grace has made me thirst after it in all areas of life. Therefore I thirst after Him. After being in the military for about a year, my dad, who has been Catholic his whole life, finally decided that he needed to talk to me about my faith. It was at the time that my real thirst for the truth was put to the test. And by God's good grace I passed. My dad slowly introduced me and my brother to several articles. Little things first, then came the Freemason info, Opus Dei info, then the Zionist info, then the Kaballah info, and then the Sedevacantists (True Catholics) view point, and the Vatican II error info,...
In Christ, C.P. (USN)
…One principle I’ve emphasized is that no one’s opinion, however soundly based, can be raised to the level of doctrine. And, no matter how certain we are, the question of the status of Benedict XVI is still an opinion, i.e., has not been ruled upon by the Holy See (as the Holy See is in Eclipse)…
Jim Condit Jr.
No, the fact that a heretic cannot be a Pope is a dogmatic fact, a fact inextricably bound up with the dogma that there is only one Faith in the Church and that heretics are not members. The fact that Benedict XVI is a heretic is also certain since, as we’ve proven, Benedict XVI doesn’t believe that Christ even has to be seen as the Messiah. He also holds that Protestants and schismatics don’t need to be converted. These are not opinions; these are facts. Thus, it’s a fact that Benedict XVI is not the Pope, a conclusion that becomes binding upon all who come across the facts that 1) heretics cannot be Popes; and 2) Benedict XVI believes the aforementioned things (among many others), while possessing a tremendous familiarity with the teachings he rejects. (more…)
I recently read your article against the Society os St. Pius V. I found the statement that "Outside the Catholic Church, there is no salvation" very disturbing. This would mean that someone who has been secluded from the faith all their life would be denied heaven through no fault of his own. But this contradicts God's justice. Would He really condemn a person to eternal damnation without giving him a chance? Surely no just God could do such a thing. I would like you to consider this before you slanderize us further.
In His name,
S. E.
We just received this e-mail. Our readers will recall that a few e-exchanges ago we wrote:
“We cannot tell you how many times we’ve spoken with “traditionalists” who have denied that their priest (SSPX or SSPV or CMRI or some other) believes that non-Catholics can be saved, indicating that such an assertion is utterly ridiculous and unthinkable since no traditionalist would believe that, just before that very same person argued that non-Catholics can be saved in the same conversation!”Well, this e-mail we received above is a case in point. Notice that S.E. first indicates that he doesn’t accept the dogma by saying that he cannot see how "Outside the Catholic Church, there is no salvation" is compatible with God’s justice. He thus holds with the SSPV that non-Catholics can be saved and rejects what the Church has infallibly defined. He then says, “I would like you to consider this before you slanderize us further.” Wait a second! Slander is calumny – a false statement about someone else. Does the reader see the lie he just uttered? Remember, S.E. admitted that what we said in our article about the SSPV is true by admitting that he also doesn’t see how there could be no salvation outside the Church. He then proceeds to accuse us of “slandering” him and the SSPV, as if they don’t believe what we said they believe in the article – when he just admitted that they do a few lines up! The bad will and the dishonesty is staggering.
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