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Dear Friends in Christ,

Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets. The demons and their human agents are relentlessly seeking to deceive us and lead us away from God. The demons understand that an open rebellion against God is foolish because we have an innate understanding of our nothingness and the need for submitting to and worshiping God. The hypocritical false prophets therefore present to the world false gods and idols for men to submit to and worship. The hypocrites use the Name of God, the Name of Jesus, etc., but they have transformed the meaning of the very words they use.

We must beware of the false prophets who tell us that Jesus promises us success and happiness in this world. This is in direct opposition to the True Jesus Who tells us to daily deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. The false God of the false prophets and hypocrites is an illusion and a farce.

We must steer clear of those who would tell us that God approves of divorce and remarriage. In true marriage, vows are made to God to be true and faithful to your spouse for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, until death do you part. It is better never to make these vows to God than to make them and not keep them. When people tell us that vows to God mean nothing, and that we do not have to keep them, they are either deceived or deceivers. In either case, they are false prophets and/or hypocrites.

When people tell us that all religions lead to God, or that all religions are good, they are false prophets. Jesus did not come to this earth to tell us that we can believe, worship, and act however we want. Jesus gave us very specific teachings of what we are to believe, how we are to worship God, how we are to act. And in today's Gospel reading He even warns us against those who would say otherwise.

Those who would have us believe that we don't need to be baptized are, again, deceived or are deceiving and therefore should not be listened to. The true God has made it clear that we must believe and be baptized to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Those who would have us believe that we do not need to receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist are false prophets, because Jesus is clear that unless we eat His Flesh we shall not have life in us.

Those who tell us that there is no sin or that we do not need to repent for sin, or that we do not need to confess our sins, again contradict Jesus and the Truth. Jesus clearly gave the Apostles the power to forgive sin, and He clearly directed sinners to go and show themselves to the priests.

Those who tell us that we do not need to offer a sacrifice to God are false prophets. Jesus has given us the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass — the unbloody renewal of the Sacrifice of Calvary with the direct command to do this in His memory until He returns. He has instituted a new and greater priesthood and a new and greater Sacrifice.

Those who will not worship Jesus in the Holy Eucharist are false prophets. They will often accuse true believers of being idolators. Those who show no reverence for Jesus in Holy Communion are hypocrites. Those who promote false priests to present us with false Eucharist and thus lead believers into idolatry should be avoided even more so.

All who promote valid but illicit sacraments are hypocritical and cause great scandal. All who tell us that it is only necessary to have valid sacraments and are unconcerned about the licitness or legality of those sacraments are false prophets. A child born outside of marriage is a valid child but is illicit or illegitimate, and this should be a great concern to everyone involved. This is not okay or all right; it is an evil to be avoided and prevented, not one to be promoted.

The snares and traps of the demons and their false prophets are abundant and pervasive. We see them on both sides of every aspect of our lives. We see demons promoting Satanism and then infiltrating "Christianity." The false prophets appear to be Christian or Catholic, but they bring forth teachings, practices, and worship that are in opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Within "Christianity," we see liberal to conservative and everything in between reformatted, re-interpreted, etc., to meet the whims of men independent of and regardless of the Will of God. Within "Catholicism," we again see the same range from liberal to conservative. False Catholics promote indifferentism in suggesting that all religions are good, or promote opening and changing Catholicism to welcome and accommodate all the non-Catholics. We find "conservative Catholics" who promote open rebellion and disobedience in an attempt to "save" the Church.

In these end days, there are countless snares and false prophets to be wary of. We must frequently remind ourselves that virtue is in the middle. Focusing on one aspect while disregarding everything else leads us away from the Truth. Valid sacraments are important, but valid sacraments received in rebellion to right order and obedience are evil.

May the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspire, guide, and protect us.

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