As a confirmed Catholic, I have occasion to listen to Relevant Radio and watch EWTN.
Today on Drew Mariani’s Show (Relevant Radio), I came to find out a good deal more about the insidiousness of ACORN and the bastard’s father – and more surprisingly (to me, anyway) the close ties he had to several of the Catholic hierarchy in – wait for it…. Chicago – beginning in the ’30s… when he was remaking Chicago politics in his image. One wonders if the notoriety Chicagoland has earned with regard to politics can in some manner be said to extend from, if not have been extended forth from, the application of the Alynskyan modality to the fertile shit that was Chicago politics of his day. That’s a topic for someone with more acumen than I to investigate.
Nevertheless, what I didn’t know was this (do read the comments below the article as well). That the Catholic Church cut all funding to ACORN in late 2008 is telling. One might have noticed how slowly the Church moves to change (which I do not mind a bit)… a by-product of this tendancy toward the static is that the Church is similarly slow to act (which is sometimes, as evidenced by the child sex abuse scandals of late, unfortunate). How did the Church get the drop on ACORN and no one really pay any notice? The Church never gets the drop on anything. And even when She has cause to react, the Church is remarkably deliberate (re: SLOOOOOW) in reacting.
Why? It is in her nature to be skeptical of pop. She is averse to temporal fancy, precisely because it is time-sensitive and newsworthy. And, to a great extent because the Church truly does not see itself as being temporally-bound. And lest we forget: she has survived 2000 years, while under continual siege by those without.
But I have a theory as to why the Church moved to cut the tendrils of its relationship with ACORN before ever being called to account or prompted to do so in any manner. She simply could not afford to tolerate another enemy within her walls – without taking decisive, albeit incomplete, action. Another Fifth Column. That is, She is aware She has been infiltrated. And She is aware the enemies are within her walls. Like Judas among the twelve.
It is only now coming to light the extent to which the Church has been compromised by ACORN and affiliate activists. But it sure as sh*t would explain the numerous times I have heard stunning commentaries and memes coming from the pulpit (or from the mouth of some religious, or the mouths of the hyper-active[ist] portions of the laity) that are absolutely ANTITHETICAL to the teachings of the Church.
And I am not alone in noticing it. It occurs to me that “cafeteria catholics” – the term we use to describe those who would call themselves Catholic, but who refuse to embrace the professions of the Catholic Faith – may only hint at the reality of who these interlopers really are. Judas Lives.
Purge anyone? Count me in.
UPDATE FROM ROCKETMAN:
I’m aware of what you are speaking of. A lot of the Catholics in Maryland, where I used to live, were down with the liberation theology heresy. They were sheltering illegal South American aliens, so I’m not surprised…
This wasn’t at my parish, which was a quiet one with a lot of elderly blacks, whites, and curiously enough-Polish immigrants!
There’s a little of the social justice thing going around my parish here in [redacted]. It really came to the fore during the last election when, curiously enough, about as high a percentage of the parishoners seemed to be Obam-ites as it shook out nationwide…
They really didn’t want to talk much except to cite Boooooosh! as the reason; but I’ll never understand how they reconciled the whole abortion-on-demand thing with their beliefs…
Well, at least we’re all idol worshipping mackeral snappers…I wonder if that’s yet another way in which we’re keepin’ folks down?
While I’m Protestant, I’m very much interested by trends in the Catholic Church. I’m fascinated to learn that ACORN per se has been a part of the infiltration. It certainly seems to match up to the liberation theology that has been so popular in Latin America, for example. I’ll have to do more investigating on the ACORN tie. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Delighted to hear that Catholic leadership wised up and took decisive action last year.
Interesting piece Enoch…
I think that the purge is coming. And I believe that you’ll find most of those who count themselves among the faithful, but are actually pursuing an belief that has been compromised by secular ideologies, will break with the formal church during the schism that many hand-wring about…
It’s no secret that there are elements of the American Catholic church, such as those who “believe” in a compromise on abortion as well as the ordination of women, that are becoming increasingly impatient. And while some were snapped back into line, so to speak, by the “old school” disposition of Benedict XVI, in others it simply caused a quickening of the desire for a schism with Rome…
I’m no prophet, but that may all be part of the tribulations of the end times to come, as outlined in Revelation of St. John…
But who among us knows? Christ says that none of us will know the exact time, only God knows; and He ain’t tellin’!
Paul VI said that the “smoke of Satan” had entered the Church. It is being fanned into a fire that will seperate the Church; the true believers from the cafeteria Catholics. Relativism and secularism are rampant, particularily in America. It’s good to see that the Vatican is trying to put out the fire, but I doubt there is enough water.
Tom – we are better off to witness an exodus of claimants to the Faith – who have no love for it. They do not warrant being benefactors of Her treasures – Wisdom or otherwise. There are plenty of schismatic churches for them to choose from.