Gentlemen:
I have
received the first copy of Immaculate Heart Crusader, and though it contained
excellent articles, like most Catholic periodicals today, you included two liberal
ones which are not acceptable to traditional Catholics, who like the good woman
mentioned “is going to hang on to the Church that she joined 25 years ago”.
For myself,
it has been 24 years. Converts particularly underwent a great deal of anguish
in total capitulation, the prerequisite of the Catholic stand that is absolute.
One is either Catholic all in all, or not at all. Nothing can change it nor has
the Council done so, but the popular news media, including most of the Catholic
press, has distorted everything in a misrepresentation that few bother to check.
Mary is also
Queen of Militants (a word most repugnant to the Liberals who castigate all
forms of extremism) but few there are, even among her devotees who fearlessly
uphold the Honor and Glory of God and Eternal Truth for which Her Son died. How
quickly the word “obedience” is injected in every liberal article to force
conformity to their will, and yet they are defying the authority of the Council
and Rome with innovations to destroy the Church perpetrated by the “wolves”
within.
The True
Church is already silenced and underground – the traditional voices harassed,
ignored and stigmatized by the liberal segment, many more than what they have
led others to believe. They are being raised, organized for the mutual support
of one another and now we do have the leadership of informed priests who do not
hesitate to brand liberalism for the heresy it is.
The
subscription list sent you were those of my family. We stand united
traditionally because as a Catholic parent I taught them as a Catholic we are different,
that we had to dare to be different even among our own for the edification of those all around us; and that is exactly what we are doing today. We are Catholic. We
are different, uncompromising when all about us is appeasement, refutation of
truth, and distortion of our Holy Faith. We have no intention of selling our
Birthright for a mass of liberal pottage. When Catholic periodicals fail to be
Catholic all in all, they are not upholding their mission as the voice of the
True Church and are just as disappointing and unacceptable as all other “strange
noises” within the visible form presented today.
Even your
editorial on “Tolerance”, which is true in that no devotion can be forced, even
to God Himself. Religion is caught, not taught, but it is a word that is gaining
momentum in its implications and smacks of the complacency that is festered by
the Devil instead of the Christian concept of working out our salvation in “fear
and trembling”. It ignores the Devil’s activity in discouraging devotion to
Mary, thus making souls more accessible to his guiles and eventual enslavement.
Her exemplary position was assigned by God Himself for the protection and
salvation of all men, the fountain of all His mercy and love. Much of what
Catholics misinterpret as devotion to Mary is nothing more than Satan’s
distortion for their ruination. To serve Mary faithfully, one has to combat her
strongest adversary, the Devil, whom she does know and understand and also
imparts to those who are loyal to her. And this is the crux of the situation
today. We are shaking hands with the Devil rather than resisting him with the
Invincible Weapon of Truth.
Traditionally
yours, Helen Howell
Colona, I was born into a multi generational family of Catholics. I have met a good number of converts in my 80 years and have always been impressed by not only their knowledge of the faith, but their true devotion and openness.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to be educated in Catholic schools to the 4th grade, and the good Sisters of Charity for those years kept harping on the point that just because you made it to your Confirmation, you must keep praying and learning about what you have.
My good fortunes continued into my marriage with my late wife, Nadine Seiwert Henry, who graduated in 1963 from St. Louis University with Honors and a triple major in psychology, philosophy and theology. Her work used her psychology, the philosophy made her a treasure to talk with, and her theology was her weapon against todays modernist church.
Your Grandmother's line "the prerequisite of the Catholic stand that is absolute. One is either Catholic all in all, or not at all. Nothing can change it nor has the Council done so, but the popular news media, including most of the Catholic press, has distorted everything in a misrepresentation that few bother to check." is the only standard that counts. Thank you so much for posting her letter.