A GREAT ANALOGY IN TIMES OF STRIFE IN SOCIETY AND IN THE CHURCH

 

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https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Cadaver-SynodWhen-a-Dead-Pope-was-Put-on-Trial )

Today I heard a seven-year-old sermon that is still very relevant today.

The Church has been in crisis for a number of decades now.  But we still have to place our trust in God, who always has everything under control.

My main takeaway from this sermon is the analogy of The Church being like a boat caught in a terrible storm.

While the sailors (IE, the laypeople) are hanging on for dear life, the men in the wheelhouse are having a drunken brawl.  One could jump out of the boat and into the storm, but that would be rather stupid, especially since, in this analogy, the boat is The Church established by Jesus Christ.  The only hope is to remain inside the boat. In other words, NEVER LEAVE THE CHURCH!

What we are experiencing in The Church since "the spirit of Vatican II" took over is overshadowed by some of the events in the past.  The video highlights the "Cadaver Synod" of 897, where Pope Stephen VII staged one of the strangest trials in history.

I never knew about this terrible piece of Church history:

Worried about the Papacy? Christ is the Point | A Dead Pope on Trial? Lessons From The Cadaver Synod

Never allow yourself to fall into scandal or be scandalized.  It is good to know what is happening in The Church, but we must be scandalized.

Dominus vobiscum, Reg