The Sunday Sermon Archive

Dear Friend,

In today's Gospel we see the second multiplication of loaves and fishes that our Lord performed. Let us focus our attention on that which was left over after they had eaten.

About four thousand had eaten and there were seven baskets filled up with what was left over from the seven loaves.

God is overly generous with His bounty. Today's Gospel shows us clearly that there was plenty of food. If anyone went away hungry it was his own fault. This is obvious because of the amount that was left over. There was more than when they began.

While Christ fed the physical bodies of these people, some commentators inform us that this physical food symbolizes the spiritual food (The Word of God) that Christ feeds all men with.

These seven baskets of spiritual food (The Word of God) were placed in the hands of the apostles for safe keeping and future use. Nothing was to be wasted. From these seven baskets the apostles feed the souls of all those who will receive it even to the end of time.

We know that not all that Christ said and did were recorded in the scriptures. Only that was recorded which was necessary to accomplish the stated purpose. There is much more that is handed down to us through tradition. And this tradition is given to us by the true successors of the Apostles who are in turn guided and protected by the Holy Ghost.

Every true bishop on the day of his consecration vows to keep all that the Holy Catholic Church holds and teaches. He receives and must take charge of these baskets of the Word of God. He must not only preserve them inviolate but must distribute from them to all those that God places in his care. He must denounce and condemn all those who would abuse or deny what has been faithfully placed in his care.

Those who have denied tradition as a source of revelation have in essence cut themselves off from the very word of God that they claim to honor. The irony is nauseating when we comprehend their foolish hypocrisy. While claiming to hold only by the Word of God they refuse to receive of the very words of God that He has entrusted to His living and visible authority.

These insidious Protestants surreptitiously entered Rome and only came to the surface with the false "Council of Vatican II"; and arranged to manipulate those who appeared to be the keepers of these baskets of the true Word of God to abandon tradition and espouse a new form for the sacraments, the Mass and every aspect of the Faith that was faithfully entrusted to them.

The shepherds were struck and the sheep scattered and all chaos reigned while the new liberty and freedom from tradition, rules, and regulations was implemented throughout the world in this new religion known as the Novus Ordo (New Order).

Only one high ranking Church Authority is known to have been faithful to his vows and denounced all that was going on and all those who were a part of it or permitted it.

Let us end with a partial quote from this instrument of God.

"... Over and above this `Mass' which offends God, there are a number of elements that constitute an object of reproach to God. For example, in priestly ordination, in episcopal consecration, in the Sacraments of Confirmation and Extreme Unction.

Besides these things, these `priests' mentioned above profess:

1. Modernism

2. A false ecumenism

3. The Cult of Man

4. Religious indifference

5. The refusal to condemn and excommunicate heretics.

For these reasons, in my capacity as a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, I judge that the Apostolic See of the Church is vacant, and that it is my duty as a Bishop to do all in my power to assure the continuation of the Roman Catholic Church for the eternal salvation of souls."

Munich, 25 February 1982

+ Peter-Martin Ngo-Dinh-Thuc

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