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Dear Friends in Christ,

Today we honor Saint Luke, the human author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. We say human author because we want to emphasize that the Gospels are the work of God, even though He used human instruments. Saint Luke was a physician and a companion of Saint Paul. It is through his Gospel that we know of many of the events of Christ's childhood.

Today's Gospel reading is of Jesus sending out the seventy-two disciples (Luke 10:1-9). This draws our thoughts to vocations. Saint Francis of Assisi took this Gospel reading to heart so much so that it is even to this day among the sons of Saint Francis common to salute one another with "Pax et Bonum." Peace and Good to you." God has called the sons of Saint Francis to bring the Gospel to the world. We see Jesus' warnings to the disciples played out, especially today. "I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. Into whatsoever house you enter, first say; 'Peace be to this house;' and if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall return to you."

The demons who ape Jesus Christ have likewise set out their disciples. These often present themselves as disciples of Jesus. The demonic goal is not to promote open Satanism, but rather to sow confusion among those being called by God, through many, varied, contradictory, and conflicting inter-pretations of Jesus' words. The multiplicity of "Christian" sects is overwhelming. All in the "Name of Jesus," we find anarchy and chaos. The heretics and schismatics are the disciples not of Jesus Christ, but rather of Lucifer. The demons perfected this assault upon the true Church in England under King Henry VIII and in the Protestant revolution of the sixteenth century. We have often had to expose the common lie: "We all believe in the same God." We do not all believe in the same God. The Protestants have a mutilated form of the Bible — mutilated to remove all that they object to or protest against. The Protestants do not believe in the True Jesus Christ. Their "Jesus" permits divorce and remarriage; denial of truly eating His Flesh; denial of His priesthood; denial of priestly forgiveness of sins; denial of worshipping Jesus in the Holy Eucharist; denial of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; denial of honoring Jesus' mother, the angels, and saints; etc. With so many conflicting doctrines concerning Jesus and what He taught and did, we must conclude that we do not all believe in the same Jesus and therefore we do not all believe in the same God.

The task of the true disciples of Jesus Christ is hampered, clouded, and confused by the anarchy and noise of so many disciples of Satan going forth aping Jesus' disciples as Satan apes Jesus. Another common encouragement of this anarchy is "Visit the church of your choice." When we search for a church that suits us or makes us feel comfortable, we seek our own will rather than God's Will. Jesus made it clear that we need to deny ourselves and follow Him. In multiplying "Christian" denominations and sects, many and varied "Jesuses" have been created to suit every whim of fallen man.

Every false church has a false god. This is the very reason that the Catechism, in expounding the First Commandment — "Thou shalt not have any strange gods before Me." — forbids worshipping with non-Catholics. Participation in non-Catholic worship is idolatry because they worship a false god — their "Jesus" is a false Jesus. It does not matter how sincere they may be in their belief or how good of a person they may be — idolatry is idolatry.

It seemed that the demonic Protestant revolution would have been the epitome of the demonic assault upon Jesus Christ and the true Catholic Church; however, their demonic designs are always seeking more or better ways of robbing souls from God and dragging them into the demonic grip of Hell. The next great event of the demonic assault was the "Vatican II Council." Incorporating a false understanding of religious unity under a united Freemasonic umbrella, the false council welcomed all the false religions throughout the world to unite. In adapting the Church to the times, the false council sought to adapt "Jesus" to the demonic. The idolatry of the non-Catholics was welcomed and received into the New Church under the guise of unity. Catholic and non-Catholic churches became, in the words of an anti-pope, "sister churches." True religion and false religion are not sisters. The church established by Jesus Christ is not a sister to any of the many churches established by demons.

The disciples of our times are still being sent out as lambs among wolves. This should strengthen our resolve to stay true to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ, inspiring confidence in our faith.

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

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