Excellent Bishop Strickland. Isn’t this part very telling “ and yet these same bishops spoke not a word against President Biden, who claimed to be Catholic, as he supported abortion and gender ideology, both opposed to Catholic teaching.”
I am writing unfortunately to share with you my concerns over the Bischops illegal immigration letter which was read to us during mass this morning. While as a Catholic I understand your concern for illegal immigrants but they all have a choice. Most of them are coming into our country and breaking its laws by doing so. A few of them are seeking asylum from oppressive governments. Most however are here for economic reasons which is not a condition for asylum under the law. We stopped providing funds to the Tyler diocese temporarily due to the Bischop Strickland situation. After hearing your message this morning our position on providing funding will not change. We do not condone the breaking of our laws by our own citizens must less those of people illegally in our country. Therefore we also cannot fund their actions as Catholics. As stated, I understand your position and respectfully request that you also understand ours.
I understand that the USCCB pro-Life Program is nothing like it used to be decades ago when I was a diocesan respect life director. Elderly pro-lifers were given long prison sentences for peacefully praying outside of abortion mills by President Biden’s “gestapo type” DOJ and the pope and bishops were silent while giving him communion. Thank you for exposing the hypocrisy of Church leaders who were complicit in supporting ILLEGAL immigration.
And you write like a modernist practising Cancel Culture and are recognisable as belonging to the tainted USA "church" which is hardly recognisable by we Catholics from other parts of the world
Been there, done that more than 65 years ago at Aquinas Academy, Sydney
Discovered it was rubbish. Came to agree with Thomas himself who had been shown by the Holy Spirit its worth, it was straw and to be burnt after his death. The entire world was betrayed by the failure to obey his last will and testament.
Tell all the people who will attend to your words about his wisdom concerning human males and females. At conception we are all just flesh and then God puts a soul into the male babies at 40 days and puts a soul into the female babies at 80 days. The devil is in the detail.
Then tell your followers how your contempt and mockery of fellow presbyters is a shining example of Christian love
Thank you, Bishop Strickland, for enduring persecution with grace, and for continuing to speak truth and proclaim Christ's gospel. We pray for you daily. God's justice will prevail in eternity, even if on earth, the wicked prosper and you remain a solitary voice, crying out in the wilderness. St. Michael, the Archangel, pray for us and for all priests and bishops...especially those who are betrayed by their brothers - who've spit upon the graces given them in Holy Orders.
Fortunately, through the truthful efforts of Bishop Strickland and others, more in the church leadership are joining in the call for the Church to follow authentic moral theology.
I remember my father warning of the evils of liberation theology nearly 50 years ago! It is a slight consolation to me that he is no longer on this earth to witness what is happening in the Church today. I pray to him and all the saints that they may intercede for us! Praise be to God for the strength and courage he has given to you, Excellency, to speak out on these matters and tend to God's flock!
yes! My Dad was briefly in Seminary in the 1950's and spoke of openly gay men entering the seminary and all the evils coming into the church ..According to Dr. Taylor Marshal's book, the Infiltration began long, long ago:
Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within Hardcover – May 31, 2019
Indeed. Catholics who continue to blindly follow errant Church leadership and who remain silent with “their heads in the sand” will be held accountable on Judgement Day for their unorthodox response to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
In their defense, however, one cannot act if not alerted to the errors being made. For this we can truly be thankful for our dear Bishop Strickland.
May our good Lord bless you abundantly, Bishop Strickland. Thank you for your courage in speaking the truth. I wasn’t aware of the prevalence of the Marxist influence within the Church. This whole situation is shameful! Catholic Charities is getting all of this money to bring unvetted people into the country illegally and hardly anything given to pro-life activities. Unconscionable!
Thank you for speaking TRUTH with Courage...I learned about Liberation Theology directly from the Jesuits at Loyola Marymount U in Los Angles in the mid-1980's...it has Communism written all over it. When a Jesuit, Bergoglio became Pope my radar went up! Never has a Jesuit taken the papacy; so when I realized he came directly from Liberation Theology's birthplace in South America I knew exactly what was happening...it was designed to "Divide the Masses" aka Communism 101:
This is a good video to watch: Activist Mommy Breaks Down The Marxist Takeover Of America
What is especially concerning is Biden, I believe on DAY 1 stopped DNA testing at the border...they say @300,000 CHILDREN are missing! Catholic Charities has the blood of these missing children on their hands....there are videos of them moving unaccompanied children in the middle of the night! EVIL hides in the Shadows until the LIGHT of the Children of the LIGHT through Jesus Christ sends them out into the open!
Yes. I was extremely concerned when Pope Benedict XVI resigned and Francis was installed for the very same reasons you gave. Now, it falls upon us, the Church Militant, to fix these errors.
No. Neither of us is God and the task of spreading the gospel is sufficient duty and responsibility. Pray, fast, and live a Christ-like life in your immediate surroundings.
Your spouse, your children, your siblings and those who you encounter outside your home are your mission field and you have the Holy Spirit to guide and empower you in your humble portion of the fellowship of believers.
Thank you Bishop Strickland for saying 'claimed to be Catholic'. It is an apt description for many who run Catholic institutions and we need to start using it much more often ...
We thank God for your clear voice, courage, and ministry. Indeed you are a warrior for our Lord Jesus Christ! May He continue to bless and protect you.
Thanks for speaking up, Your Excellency! Let us pray that liberation theology will be truly excised from the Church, and again that the gaze of the shepherds would return to Christ the King!
Excellent Bishop Strickland. Isn’t this part very telling “ and yet these same bishops spoke not a word against President Biden, who claimed to be Catholic, as he supported abortion and gender ideology, both opposed to Catholic teaching.”
God Bless you and President Trump🙏🙏
Thank you for your continuing courage in speaking the truth in love.
This is what we wrote to the Bishop of Tyler.
Your Excellency,
I am writing unfortunately to share with you my concerns over the Bischops illegal immigration letter which was read to us during mass this morning. While as a Catholic I understand your concern for illegal immigrants but they all have a choice. Most of them are coming into our country and breaking its laws by doing so. A few of them are seeking asylum from oppressive governments. Most however are here for economic reasons which is not a condition for asylum under the law. We stopped providing funds to the Tyler diocese temporarily due to the Bischop Strickland situation. After hearing your message this morning our position on providing funding will not change. We do not condone the breaking of our laws by our own citizens must less those of people illegally in our country. Therefore we also cannot fund their actions as Catholics. As stated, I understand your position and respectfully request that you also understand ours.
Respectfully
Austin and Jasmine Watkins
OLV parishioners
Great letter. Have you posted it on X?
No I don't have an account.
I understand that the USCCB pro-Life Program is nothing like it used to be decades ago when I was a diocesan respect life director. Elderly pro-lifers were given long prison sentences for peacefully praying outside of abortion mills by President Biden’s “gestapo type” DOJ and the pope and bishops were silent while giving him communion. Thank you for exposing the hypocrisy of Church leaders who were complicit in supporting ILLEGAL immigration.
Thank you for this. It's lamentable the number of clerics who apparently slept through moral theology
Slept through? We were never taught authentic Catholic moral theology! Something tells me S. P. N. Alphonsus is not happy with his sons.
Thankfully, I'd say three of the four moral theology classes I had in seminary were pretty good.
The catechism is NOT the faith
Moral theology is NOT the faith, all theology is man-made invention
Catholic social teaching is bogus - sanitised communism
All who trust in the above are just another sect of Judaism.
Our foundation, our guide, our enlightenment is Scripture read in the light of our being indwelt by the Holy Spirit imparted at baptism.
You speak with zero knowledge.
Instead, you should be silent and learn.
And you write like a modernist practising Cancel Culture and are recognisable as belonging to the tainted USA "church" which is hardly recognisable by we Catholics from other parts of the world
Well, I've never been called a modernist. That's a new one.
I can't imagine a single moral motive you had to type that.
You said " all theology is man-made invention."
That is DEFINTELY modernist.
I'd suggest rereading Question 1 of the Summa
Been there, done that more than 65 years ago at Aquinas Academy, Sydney
Discovered it was rubbish. Came to agree with Thomas himself who had been shown by the Holy Spirit its worth, it was straw and to be burnt after his death. The entire world was betrayed by the failure to obey his last will and testament.
Tell all the people who will attend to your words about his wisdom concerning human males and females. At conception we are all just flesh and then God puts a soul into the male babies at 40 days and puts a soul into the female babies at 80 days. The devil is in the detail.
Then tell your followers how your contempt and mockery of fellow presbyters is a shining example of Christian love
Thank you, Bishop Strickland, for enduring persecution with grace, and for continuing to speak truth and proclaim Christ's gospel. We pray for you daily. God's justice will prevail in eternity, even if on earth, the wicked prosper and you remain a solitary voice, crying out in the wilderness. St. Michael, the Archangel, pray for us and for all priests and bishops...especially those who are betrayed by their brothers - who've spit upon the graces given them in Holy Orders.
Fortunately, through the truthful efforts of Bishop Strickland and others, more in the church leadership are joining in the call for the Church to follow authentic moral theology.
I remember my father warning of the evils of liberation theology nearly 50 years ago! It is a slight consolation to me that he is no longer on this earth to witness what is happening in the Church today. I pray to him and all the saints that they may intercede for us! Praise be to God for the strength and courage he has given to you, Excellency, to speak out on these matters and tend to God's flock!
yes! My Dad was briefly in Seminary in the 1950's and spoke of openly gay men entering the seminary and all the evils coming into the church ..According to Dr. Taylor Marshal's book, the Infiltration began long, long ago:
Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within Hardcover – May 31, 2019
by Taylor Marshall (Author)
Great book.
Indeed. Catholics who continue to blindly follow errant Church leadership and who remain silent with “their heads in the sand” will be held accountable on Judgement Day for their unorthodox response to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
In their defense, however, one cannot act if not alerted to the errors being made. For this we can truly be thankful for our dear Bishop Strickland.
Most Reverend Bishop Strickland, thank you for being a shepherd’s voice.
May our good Lord bless you abundantly, Bishop Strickland. Thank you for your courage in speaking the truth. I wasn’t aware of the prevalence of the Marxist influence within the Church. This whole situation is shameful! Catholic Charities is getting all of this money to bring unvetted people into the country illegally and hardly anything given to pro-life activities. Unconscionable!
Thank you for speaking TRUTH with Courage...I learned about Liberation Theology directly from the Jesuits at Loyola Marymount U in Los Angles in the mid-1980's...it has Communism written all over it. When a Jesuit, Bergoglio became Pope my radar went up! Never has a Jesuit taken the papacy; so when I realized he came directly from Liberation Theology's birthplace in South America I knew exactly what was happening...it was designed to "Divide the Masses" aka Communism 101:
This is a good video to watch: Activist Mommy Breaks Down The Marxist Takeover Of America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpeWzjITiA&t=1s
What is especially concerning is Biden, I believe on DAY 1 stopped DNA testing at the border...they say @300,000 CHILDREN are missing! Catholic Charities has the blood of these missing children on their hands....there are videos of them moving unaccompanied children in the middle of the night! EVIL hides in the Shadows until the LIGHT of the Children of the LIGHT through Jesus Christ sends them out into the open!
Yes. I was extremely concerned when Pope Benedict XVI resigned and Francis was installed for the very same reasons you gave. Now, it falls upon us, the Church Militant, to fix these errors.
No. Neither of us is God and the task of spreading the gospel is sufficient duty and responsibility. Pray, fast, and live a Christ-like life in your immediate surroundings.
Your spouse, your children, your siblings and those who you encounter outside your home are your mission field and you have the Holy Spirit to guide and empower you in your humble portion of the fellowship of believers.
Thank you Bishop Strickland for saying 'claimed to be Catholic'. It is an apt description for many who run Catholic institutions and we need to start using it much more often ...
Thank you for your insightful analysis of this situation.
We thank God for your clear voice, courage, and ministry. Indeed you are a warrior for our Lord Jesus Christ! May He continue to bless and protect you.
Excellent article that gets to the heart of the problem.
This was an excellent article Bishop! Thank you. Clear and concise. I will be contacting my Bishop.
Thanks for speaking up, Your Excellency! Let us pray that liberation theology will be truly excised from the Church, and again that the gaze of the shepherds would return to Christ the King!