Matt Gaspers
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It seems Bishop Robert Barron is doing his part to implement Bp. Joseph C Bambera’s memo contra Carrie Prejean Boller, specifically, “God’s covenant with the Jewish people has not been revoked, but continues”: Not surprising at all, in light of what he told Ben Shapiro in 2018: Video source:
Matt Gaspers205,902 views • 2 months ago
![DOES POPE LEO KNOW HE’S APPOINTED A ZIONIST? As was announced yesterday, Pope Leo XIV “has appointed Montse Alvarado, President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication.” In August of 2022, María Montserrat Alvarado appeared on a podcast with Simone Rizkallah (current director of Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism) to discuss Nostra Aetate (NA): Alvarado called NA “a beautiful document,” one she was introduced to by a Jewish friend while traveling in the Holy Land “in partnership with the Philos Project,” a Zionist non-profit financed by Jewish billionaire Paul Singer and which specifically targets Catholics: During the podcast with Rizkallah, Alvarado opposed “supercessionism,” characterizing it as “this idea that all Jews should become Christians, which obviously is wrong.” Alvarado might be surprised to learn that NA says “the Church is the new people of God” (n. 4), and further, that Vatican II refers to the Church as “the new Israel” in two different documents (Lumen Gentium, art. 9; Ad Gentes, n. 5). She might also be surprised to learn that Vatican II reaffirmed that “the Church … is necessary for salvation. … Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved” (LG, 14). This obviously includes Jews, as the Council of Florence made explicit (Bull Cantate Domino, 1442; D.H. 1351). As for “supercessionism,” the New and Eternal Covenant in Our Lord’s Precious Blood did indeed supersede the Old Covenant: “In speaking of a new covenant He [God] treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” (Heb. 8:13) Here’s my question for Pope Leo: Do you know that you’ve appointed a Zionist to be your spokeswoman? Video source:](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2062320520411103306/amplify_video_thumb/2062306639911493632/img/NjMJ_pYhENUF9_Hh.jpg)
DOES POPE LEO KNOW HE’S APPOINTED A ZIONIST? As was announced yesterday, Pope Leo XIV “has appointed Montse Alvarado, President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication.” In August of 2022, María Montserrat Alvarado appeared on a podcast with Simone Rizkallah (current director of Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism) to discuss Nostra Aetate (NA): Alvarado called NA “a beautiful document,” one she was introduced to by a Jewish friend while traveling in the Holy Land “in partnership with the Philos Project,” a Zionist non-profit financed by Jewish billionaire Paul Singer and which specifically targets Catholics: During the podcast with Rizkallah, Alvarado opposed “supercessionism,” characterizing it as “this idea that all Jews should become Christians, which obviously is wrong.” Alvarado might be surprised to learn that NA says “the Church is the new people of God” (n. 4), and further, that Vatican II refers to the Church as “the new Israel” in two different documents (Lumen Gentium, art. 9; Ad Gentes, n. 5). She might also be surprised to learn that Vatican II reaffirmed that “the Church … is necessary for salvation. … Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved” (LG, 14). This obviously includes Jews, as the Council of Florence made explicit (Bull Cantate Domino, 1442; D.H. 1351). As for “supercessionism,” the New and Eternal Covenant in Our Lord’s Precious Blood did indeed supersede the Old Covenant: “In speaking of a new covenant He [God] treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” (Heb. 8:13) Here’s my question for Pope Leo: Do you know that you’ve appointed a Zionist to be your spokeswoman? Video source:
Matt Gaspers12,493 views • 3 days ago
Today, we have a prime example of why our optimism about Pope Leo XIV should be cautious. During his address to the College of Cardinals this morning, the new Pope called upon the princes of the Church to “renew” with him their “complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.” He went on: “Pope Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, from which I would like to highlight several fundamental points: the return to the primacy of Christ in proclamation (cf. No. 11); the missionary conversion of the entire Christian community (cf. No. 9); growth in collegiality and synodality (cf. No. 33); attention to the sensus fidei (cf. Nos. 119-120), especially in its most authentic and inclusive forms, such as popular piety (cf. No. 123); loving care for the least and the rejected (cf. No. 53); courageous and trusting dialogue with the contemporary world in its various components and realities (cf. No. 84; Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 1-2).” What are we to make of this? Here are a few observations: 1) Pope Leo XIV is clearly a fan of Vatican II and has no intention of deviating from “the path” set by the Council and his predecessors during the post-conciliar era (1965–Present). Perhaps not surprising, but troubling nonetheless. 2) He is also a fan of Pope Francis, specifically, Evangelii Gaudium (2013), a document in which Francis condemned what he called “the self-absorbed promethean neopelagianism of those who … remain intransigently faithful to a particular Catholic style from the past” (EG, 94), the first of his many disparaging remarks against traditional Catholics. In the same document, Francis absurdly claimed that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence” (EG, 253) and made a host of other problematic statements. 3) Leo XIV sees continuity between Vatican II and Pope Francis, which is what Francis himself always maintained. For example, he was adamant that the infamous Abu Dhabi declaration (2019) “does not move one millimetre away from the Second Vatican Council.” Once again, we must pray for Pope Leo XIV — specifically, the Prayer for Imploring Holy Popes: Video source: Official English translation:
Matt Gaspers359,110 views • 1 year ago
At the end of his homily today, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (Dean of the College of Cardinals) said “we are here in large numbers to pray for Pope Francis, that God may welcome Him into the immensity of His love.” Immediately after this, however, Cardinal Re asked the deceased “to pray for us. May you bless the Church, bless Rome, and bless the whole world from heaven,” he said. Two observations: 1) There is no need to pray for Francis if he’s already in Heaven. (Did this not occur to Cardinal Re?) 2) Given the amount of confusion and scandal caused by Francis over the past 12 years, it seems highly unlikely that he went straight to Heaven (to put it charitably). Let us pray for the repose of Francis’s soul, and for the grace of having a good and faithful man succeed him.
Matt Gaspers329,101 views • 1 year ago
Dear Stephen Kokx and The WM Review, I listened to your “Where Is the Church?” podcast today, hoping for a substantive answer to that very question. After nearly an hour and ten minutes, you finally addressed it as follows: Stephen: “What sort of light can you shed on those thorny questions, when it comes to jurisdiction and where the Church actually is?” Seán: “…in a sense, the Church is where she’s always been. She is the body of men who are baptized, who profession the Faith, and are subject to legitimate pastors where they are — where they are. Now, as I said earlier on, they’re not here.” Seán went on to say he does “believe there must be, indeed, living legitimate successors to the Apostles. Exactly where they are, that’s a difficult question. It’s not one that I’m afraid to answer, but it’s a long question; it’s a long answer; it’s a complicated answer; and it requires an element of good will on the part of people who you’re speaking to — and if someone doesn’t really grasp the nature of the crisis, they’re just going to hear that kind of explanation and think, ‘That’s just totally contrived,’ or, ‘That’s just impossible.’ So, I’d be happy to discuss that, but I think it does need a full treatment.” I’m confused. The title of your show was literally, “Where Is the Church?” and yet you chose not to provide any sort of substantive answer. Why? Because only those who “really grasp the nature of the crisis” and are of “good will” are able to understand your explanation? With all due respect, that sounds rather gnostic and patronizing to me. Also, Seán, the fact that you “don’t see a problem” with your inability to identify “living legitimate successors to the Apostles” is astounding. You claim to accept Fr. Berry’s teaching (as all Catholics should) that “the Church must have a legitimate, or formal, succession of pastors to transmit apostolic authority from age to age” (The Church of Christ, p. 78 yet you are unable to identify even a single such pastor on earth today — and you don’t find that even a little problematic? But back to “the nature of the crisis.” What is it, according to you both? Based on your comments during the show, I think it can be summed up as follows: (1) Vatican II was a revolutionary event that established an entirely new religion. (2) As a result, and since 1965, the Catholic Church has been “obscured” by an entirely separate entity, the “Conciliar/Synodal Church,” which holds and teaches the new religion established by Vatican II. Well, my question remains: Where is the Catholic Church today, which you claim still exists on earth? Let’s make it even more practical: To whom should someone go who wants to be received into the Catholic Church today? The SSPX? The CMRI? The RCI? What about someone who has cut himself off from the Church by heresy, schism, or apostasy? Who currently has the authority to lift the censure and receive such a person back into the Church? These are not “gotcha” questions, gentlemen. This is me engaging you in good faith, seeking real answers to very serious questions on which the salvation of souls depend (extra Ecclesiam nulla salus).
Matt Gaspers17,812 views • 17 days ago
FR. RIPPERGER ON THE CRISIS IN THE CHURCH A little over halfway through his appearance on Shawn Ryan Show, Fr. Chad Ripperger mentioned how demons have revealed during exorcism sessions “the very specific rituals and crimes that people in the hierarchy have committed.” In other words, they have revealed “the full complexion of what’s going on in the Church and the fact that it’s authority structure has been spiritually compromised,” i.e., infiltrated by wolves in sheep’s clothing (cf. Matt. 7:15). He also alluded to Rachel Mastrogiacomo’s book, The Devil in Rome, which was released last December: After they had moved on to a different topic, Shawn Ryan circled back to “the hierarchy and the occult within the Church.” He asked Fr. Ripperger, “Is there anything else you want people to know about that?” In response, Fr. Ripperger emphasized the need to “pray for the Church’s protection and pray so that God will give us holy leaders, a holy magisterium — we need to pray for it.” “The second component is, you get the leaders you deserve,” he said, noting that “a vast majority of the Catholics in the Church are leading habitual lives of grave sin, and they’ve got to stop it, because until we stop that, we can’t expect this to get cleaned up.” Source: On this sobering point, Fr. Ripperger is merely repeating what St. John Eudes (d. 1680) famously wrote in his book, The Priest: His Dignity and Obligations (pp. 9-10): “The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds. Instead of nourishing those committed to their care, they rend and devour them brutally. Instead of leading their people to God, they drag Christian souls into hell in their train. Instead of being the salt of the earth and the light of the world, they are its innocuous poison and its murky darkness. … “When God permits such things, it is a very positive proof that He is thoroughly angry with His people, and is visiting His most dreadful anger upon them. That is why He cries unceasingly to Christians, ‘Return, O ye revolting children…And I will give you pastors according to My own Heart’ (Jer. 3:14-15). Thus, irregularities in the lives of priests constitute a scourge visited upon the people in consequence of sin.” The truth sometimes hurts, but Lent is the perfect time to face the reality of sin and its devastating consequences. Now, this doesn’t mean that God positively wills the corruption which bad priests, bishops, and popes have wrought in His Church (He “permits” it, as St. John Eudes says); nor does it imply that the faithful are responsible for the individual sins and crimes of the clergy. What it does mean is that our personal striving for sanctity — or lack thereof — has a real effect, for better or worse, on the overall spiritual health of the Mystical Body of Christ. The best thing the average Catholic can do for the Church, then, is to take his own spiritual life seriously, strive for sanctity, and help others to do likewise, beginning in our own families. In due time, this will produce the good “fruit of the Spirit” (Gal. 5:22) in our own hearts and lives, which in turn will contribute to “the edifying of the body of Christ…in charity” (Eph. 4:12, 16).
Matt Gaspers70,090 views • 2 months ago
FR. RIPPERGER ON ST. MICHAEL AND THE JEWS During his recent appearance on Shawn Ryan Show, Fr. Chad Ripperger explained that “St. Michael is actually the guardian angel of the elect,” meaning those whom God knows will persevere unto the end in His grace and thus be saved (cf. Matt. 10:22, 24:13). “Because he’s the guardian angel of the elect,” Fr. Ripperger went on, “that also means that he became the guardian angel of the Jews — the Jewish religion — in the beginning, because they were the chosen people. But once, according to the Fathers of the Church, they apostatized and rejected Christ, they ceased being the chosen religion and the chosen people, and now it’s transferred to Christians who believe in Christ.” Regarding the Jews, Fr. Ripperger emphasized “the big mistake that people make is still thinking that the Jews are the chosen people. They were,” he said, “but they rejected their inheritance. They refused to accept Christ.” Source: Fr. Ripperger’s words have no doubt upset a lot of people, but his words are true nonetheless. When the Jews attempted to justify themselves to Our Lord, relying on their natural descend from Abraham, He told them: “If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham” (John 8:39) — namely, believe in Him, the promised Messiah, as Abraham did (cf. John 8:56, 58). And because they chose to reject Him, He told them most sternly: “You are of your father, the devil: and the desires of your father you will do” (John 8:44). This is why we (Catholics) pray for the conversion of the Jews every year on Good Friday: As for the Fathers of the Church, they do indeed teach that Christians are the true “Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16). St. Justin Martyr (d. ca. 165), for example, wrote that Christians are “the true Israelitic race” (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, Ch. 135): Similarly, St. Augustine (d. 430) wrote, “They then are more truly Jews, who have been made Christians out of Jews: the rest of the Jews, who in Christ have not believed, have deserved to lose even the very name. The true Judæa, then, is the Church of Christ,” and further, that “the true Sion is the Church of Christians” (Exposition on Psalm 76):
Matt Gaspers66,250 views • 2 months ago
![CHRIST IS “THE PRIVILEGED ROUTE”? Since Bishop Robert Barron has now publicly disavowed Carrie Prejean Boller (who did nothing wrong), I think it’s appropriate to recall what His Excellency told Ben Shapiro in 2018, when Shapiro asked him point-blank, “What’s the Catholic view on who gets into Heaven and who doesn’t? … Am I basically screwed here?” “No,” said Barron — to a man who rejects Our Lord. “The Catholic view — go back to the Second Vatican Council [which] says it very clearly. I mean, Christ is the privileged route to salvation.” Source: Where does Vatican II teach that Christ is “the privileged route to salvation”? It doesn’t. On the contrary, the Council says that Christ is “the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation”: “Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it [the Council] teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator [cf. 1 Tim. 2:5] and the unique way of salvation [cf. Acts 4:12]. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism [cf. Mark 16:16; John 3:5] and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved.” (Lumen Gentium, art. 14) Now, the Council also says: “Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience [cf. D.S. 3869-3872].” (Lumen Gentium, art. 16) Does this apply to Ben Shapiro and other Jews who have heard and rejected the Gospel of Christ and His Church? (The answer should be obvious.) See here for a fuller treatment of the 2018 interview:](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2035154263463039095/amplify_video_thumb/2035153451995516928/img/pu3fplhq-LnbWctO.jpg)
CHRIST IS “THE PRIVILEGED ROUTE”? Since Bishop Robert Barron has now publicly disavowed Carrie Prejean Boller (who did nothing wrong), I think it’s appropriate to recall what His Excellency told Ben Shapiro in 2018, when Shapiro asked him point-blank, “What’s the Catholic view on who gets into Heaven and who doesn’t? … Am I basically screwed here?” “No,” said Barron — to a man who rejects Our Lord. “The Catholic view — go back to the Second Vatican Council [which] says it very clearly. I mean, Christ is the privileged route to salvation.” Source: Where does Vatican II teach that Christ is “the privileged route to salvation”? It doesn’t. On the contrary, the Council says that Christ is “the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation”: “Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it [the Council] teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator [cf. 1 Tim. 2:5] and the unique way of salvation [cf. Acts 4:12]. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism [cf. Mark 16:16; John 3:5] and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved.” (Lumen Gentium, art. 14) Now, the Council also says: “Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience [cf. D.S. 3869-3872].” (Lumen Gentium, art. 16) Does this apply to Ben Shapiro and other Jews who have heard and rejected the Gospel of Christ and His Church? (The answer should be obvious.) See here for a fuller treatment of the 2018 interview:
Matt Gaspers59,610 views • 2 months ago
![Below is Bishop J. Strickland’s real-time reaction to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV (former Cardinal Robert Prevost) on Glenn Beck’s show today. “As head of the Congregation for Bishops, frankly, in my opinion, he [Cardinal Prevost] made some really bad choices there,” His Excellency told Beck. “He was involved in naming bishops that I find very troubling, so we’ll have to keep praying.” Bishop Strickland also finds the new pope’s name “very interesting,” specifically in reference to Leo XIII’s famous vision and the St. Michael Prayer he composed as a result. Source:](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1920680428165628176/amplify_video_thumb/1920676809135583234/img/YCX-Sx9-XRcr76cs.jpg)
Below is Bishop J. Strickland’s real-time reaction to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV (former Cardinal Robert Prevost) on Glenn Beck’s show today. “As head of the Congregation for Bishops, frankly, in my opinion, he [Cardinal Prevost] made some really bad choices there,” His Excellency told Beck. “He was involved in naming bishops that I find very troubling, so we’ll have to keep praying.” Bishop Strickland also finds the new pope’s name “very interesting,” specifically in reference to Leo XIII’s famous vision and the St. Michael Prayer he composed as a result. Source:
Matt Gaspers229,726 views • 1 year ago
WHERE ARE THE SHEPHERDS? “Hey, I feel like I’m a sheep surrounded by wolves and I need a shepherd. Can you help?” How incredibly sad that neither Cardinal Dolan nor Bishop Robert Barron nor Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (all associated with U.S. Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission) are willing to publicly defend Carrie Prejean Boller. My guess is that it was something to do with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’s “Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition,” published in cooperation with American Jewish Committee (see pp. 51-53): God bless you, Carrie! Keep fighting the good fight (1 Tim. 6:12)! Video source:
Matt Gaspers47,997 views • 2 months ago
![According to Pope Respecter, “there never was a pacahamama [sic] idol at the Vatican and the whole thing was fake.” Back in reality, we all saw it with our own eyes — not only in the Vatican Gardens, but in St. Peter’s Basilica as well (see subsequent post for screenshots). Video source:](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1949277277574877351/amplify_video_thumb/1949276291863064576/img/f_Akp_-KeQZ95MXR.jpg)
According to Pope Respecter, “there never was a pacahamama [sic] idol at the Vatican and the whole thing was fake.” Back in reality, we all saw it with our own eyes — not only in the Vatican Gardens, but in St. Peter’s Basilica as well (see subsequent post for screenshots). Video source:
Matt Gaspers144,946 views • 10 months ago
DR. KWASNIEWSKI ON UPCOMING SSPX CONSECRATIONS I’ve been meaning to prepare and post this clip of Peter Kwasniewski since this show premiered two months ago (his comments struck me as significant). Thoughts about his concerns? Mark Lambert - Catholic Unscripted Podcast Source:
Matt Gaspers23,255 views • 1 month ago
VATICAN II AND DISCIPLINING “RAD TRADS” Newcomer Alex Jurado recently told Matt Fradd that if he were the pope, he would “discipline the rad trads,” meaning those who express legitimate concerns about Vatican II and its devastating aftermath. Jurado says he would require “all of the Catholic content creators to make” what he calls “the Profession of Faith from Vatican II” (no idea what he means, since the Council never issued a formal profession of faith) and to affirm that the Council is “authoritative,” i.e., that every jot and tittle of every document is beyond scrutiny (despite demonstrable discontinuity with pre-conciliar teaching in certain cases). “Alright,” says Fradd, “let’s say you make this statement and Taylor Marshall comes on and says, ‘Respectfully, Holy Father, I cannot affirm this.’ What do you do as the pope?” Jurado says he would invoke some unidentified “canon of the Catholic Church,” the refusal of submission to which would result in automatic excommunication. (Which canon, exactly, since Vatican II issued a grand total of zero canons?) This sort of unfortunate rhetoric (to put it charitably) is a prime example of why I invited Dr Taylor Marshall™️ to join me for a discussion about Vatican II. Join us LIVE tomorrow (June 30) at 4pm ET:
Matt Gaspers136,080 views • 11 months ago
THE CHURCH IS THE NEW ISRAEL “I used to be a Zionist. I used to be a dispensational Christian, for my entire life,” Carrie Prejean Boller told Tucker Carlson, until she started studying the early Church Fathers. “Learning about dispensationalism led me to the early Church Fathers and I became Catholic.” “We are the new Israel,” Carrie said. “That’s what the Church teaches,” and she’s exactly right. St. Justin Martyr (d. ca. 165), for example, wrote that Christians are “the true Israelitic race” (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, Ch. 135): Similarly, St. Augustine (d. 430) wrote, “They then are more truly Jews, who have been made Christians out of Jews: the rest of the Jews, who in Christ have not believed, have deserved to lose even the very name. The true Judæa, then, is the Church of Christ,” and further, that “the true Sion is the Church of Christians” (Exposition on Psalm 76): Even Vatican II used the phrase “the new Israel” in reference to the Church (cf. Lumen Gentium, art. 9; Ad Gentes, n. 5). God bless you, Carrie! Keep fighting the good fight (1 Tim. 6:12)! Video source:
Matt Gaspers32,887 views • 2 months ago
FR. MURR ON UPCOMING SSPX CONSECRATIONS Two months ago, Fr. Charles Murr made a crucial point regarding the upcoming SSPX episcopal consecrations: “This is not simply about the Latin Mass…. It’s about the whole state of the Catholic Church today,” he said. “You either see the state of the Catholic Church today as chaotic and in an emergency state or you don’t.” Source:
Matt Gaspers17,782 views • 1 month ago
