THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY (part I-IV) Letter to Bishops and Politicians of the Slovak Republic (SR), from Ukraine THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY (part I) Letter to Bishops and Politicians of the Slovak Republic (SR) Contents: 1. Contract of conscientious objection 2. Distortion of truth 3. Information from the world Dear bishops and politicians of Slovakia, in this historic hour one is deciding about the future of the nation, whether Slovakia shall face blessing and paradise or curse and hell. The key point is whether You will decide to defend the natural and Divine laws related to the foundations of the society represented by family, or whether by way of accepting the unnatural law of homosexual marriage You will let the institution of family be disintegrated and thus You will dig a grave for Slovakia. Introduction: Telling the truth about homosexuality is extremely topical today. This is also the purpose why we are sending You these four letters. 1st and 4th letter are topical for bishops, politicians will find useful material in 2nd and 3rd letter, too. On 10th August 2006 there was an issue of registered partnership of homosexuals opened in Slovakia. At the beginning of the year this unnatural law was enforced by a narrow majority in the Czech Republic (CR), this country thus becoming the first out of the post-socialist states of EU to accept the law. The Czech President Václav Klaus vetoed the law; nonetheless, the Parliament eventually enforced it. Unfortunately, a big blame for the enforcement of this law falls on Cardinal M. Vlk from the Focolare movement, who at a crucial moment indirectly caused that this act passed. When a familiar liberal priest T.H. by his demagogical phrases opened the door towards the enforcement of this act, Card. M. Vlk by his silence practically confirmed it as the standpoint of the Church. He displayed his sympathy with homosexuality in the year 2004 when he punished the priest J.B. for his clear pronouncement against homosexuality and next when he liquidated an orthodox Catholic theological faculty and promoted liberals instead; one of them, prof. L.O., propagates homosexuality in his lectures! Now it is first of all You, bishops and politicians of SR, who, whether You wish or not, are facing this issue, and we believe that You are not going to act so hypocritically as Cardinal M. Vlk in the Czech Republic. This situation is putting You into polarization, whether You will stand up for moral values and family, or whether You will be passive and thus practically against. The vice-premier Dušan Čaplovič (SR) pronounced on 11th August 2006: “Slovakia could also have the law of registered partnership of homosexual couples.” The massmedia complemented it by quoting a statement of a lesbian H.F. who welcomed it with enthusiasm and demagogically pronounced: “The liberty to contract unions between the same sex is a part of civil rights and of life of the society. Naturally, we are welcoming it and we are greatly pleased.” The vice-premier states: “Yes, personally I favour passage of such law… I am willing to provide for such law…” In his opinion, as put by him: “It is necessary to discuss this topic, even for the reason that it is necessary to educate (re-educate) the society. Thanks to it even the topics that at first sight seem controversial will become a part of our society.” (August 11, 2006) President I. Gašparovič (SR) pronounced on the homosexual law: “There are many more problems here that should be dealt with. Yet what is needed is a discussion about it.” (August 14, 2006) D. Čaplovič argued that the government has a contract with the Church that they will not open the issue of registered homosexual partnership unless the Church enforces the question of so-called “Contract of conscientious objection”. 1. Contract of conscientious objection What actually is this contract? The primary contract between Slovakia and the Holy See acknowledged the right for everyone to apply conscientious objection in accordance with the doctrinal principles of the Catholic Church. This primary contract is to be specifically formulated and ratified by the government of SR so as to become an international contract between SR and Vatican. The main question is the sphere of conscience, namely with regard to: 1) military service – an opportunity for compensatory service; 2) field of medicine – concerning the Catholic doctors, so that they could: a) refuse to perform abortion (killing a child in mother’s womb), b) refuse participation in artificial or assisted insemination, c) refuse participation in experiments with and disposal of human organs, embryos and venereal cells, d) next it is the question of sterilization, cloning and contraception, e) and above all the question of refusal of physical and psychical participation in killing of a patient – assisted suicide, so-called euthanasia. Catholic doctors are forced to do this all. If they refuse, they will be punished! This is discrimination of conscience! 2 3) field of education – here the question especially is that parents should have a right to defend their children against various destructive forms in the educational system which are contradictory to natural and Christian principles. Legalization of these most elementary rights of Christian conscience in Slovakia was avoided by the previous government, the present one does not want to deal with them because, as they say, this is not involved in their programme and it is argued that maybe in four years at best we can think about it. As to the contract, Bishop M. Chovanec expressed: “If it is possible, we agree, but if the society has not grown mature yet, we are willing to wait.” We ask: Yet how long are we going to wait? Let us take the example by the zeal of homosexuals. A Christian politician J. Karas (CR) said: “When I look at their effort with which they keep persuading others so long, then it occurs to me as to a Catholic where our country would manage to come if our believers woke up at last and spread the Gospel with the same zeal. Within a short period (2 years) they have proposed a bill on registered partnership six times, and we have proposed with big anxiety only one amendment within 15 years attempting at legal protection of children from the moment of conception. This makes me incredibly ashamed!” That is why Catholics in Slovakia must wake up from sleep and change from defence to offence! Let us begin to actively enforce in Slovakia those most elementary rights and laws in respect of conscience. Let us begin a discussion about homosexuality, as we have been challenged by the vice-premier and by the President. Yet let us bring into true light the roots and point at the pernicious fruit and moral decay of an individual, of family and of society. The biggest shame is that the Catholic broadcast and the Catholic press are not adequately treating the topical and really essential questions and they thus serve as a narcotic for the Catholics in Slovakia! It is necessary to give instructions and to warn by way of pastoral letters and Catholic press, showing what is truth and what is lie, what is natural and what is unnatural, what is good and what is evil, what is life and what is death!!! Therefore we must get out of passivity and go into the streets, demand the basic human rights related to our conscience, defend the family and protest against the perversity of homosexual marriages! However, first of all we must put in order the things in our house!! God and the whole Christian Tradition uncompromisingly name homosexuality as an extremely heavy and a deadly sin which is against the human nature. For this sin, when it had spread through like pestilence, God chastened Sodom and Gomorrah with fire from heaven as a warning for future generations (Gen 18-19). The root of this sin is in the fact that the heart of man has fallen away from God, although one honors Him with one’s lips, one has fallen away to godlessness and idolatry and began to render divine worship to demons by way of worshipping the animals and the creation (cf. Rom 1:24f). Peter the Apostle writes: “Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, God condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (Gr. aselgeia)” (2Pet 2:6-7). So by the Word of God people indulging themselves in homosexuality are called “wicked”. Behind this sin and bondage there is an unclean demon. Jesus was casting out unclean demons and brought deliverance and salvation! “Heal the sick, cast out demons” (Mt 10:8). The Church is obliged to obey Him in this respect and therefore she is to preach the full Gospel! 2. Distortion of truth The devil is a liar and a murderer (Jn 8:44). How is he and his servants lying? Dialogue of the first woman with the spirit of lie and death (Gen 3:1-13) 1st stage: Inaccurate citation of God’s command by the serpent: “Has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Gen 3:1) What is the exact citation? “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die!” (Gen 2:16-17) 2nd stage: Casting doubt upon God’s word: “You shall not surely die: but your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods…” (Gen 3:5) Behind the devil’s “BUT” is a system of half-truths (false philosophy and psychology) behind which there is no more truth but a lie! This happened in Eden and this happens even nowadays. “See to it that no one makes a prey of you by the wisdom of this world.” (Col 2:8) … behind which is not the Spirit and the life of God. When Eve began to think over – meditate upon the word of enemy, what followed was a doubt about the word of God and a new vision of “good” and “truth” afterwards: “And the woman saw the tree was good,” and a psychological element: “pleasant to the eyes” (today an advertisement). 3rd stage: Catching in a trap: “She took and did eat” (v. 6) and then “the eyes were opened”, but in a completely different way than it had been said to them by the seducer. The result is punishment: suffering and death (v. 17-19)! Now it is late, what remains is just a painful admission: “The serpent beguiled me!” (v. 13) And 3 in the same way as the serpent deceived Eve he is now deceiving those who turned away from the Word of God and from His laws. An illustration of serpentine distortion of truth is an article from internet titled “On homosexuality” by a Slovak author. Here the author calls homosexuality a phenomenon, he distorts the Catechism - CCC 2357, ridicules people who feel natural inhibition and fear but who cannot express it philosophically. 1st stage: Inaccurate citation adduced in the article: “According to the Catholic doctrine homosexuality is a social malady. The first reason is the law of God and the second reason is natural law… Both of these reasons of the Catholic Church are based on the belief in the existence of God and have nothing in common with generally accepted knowledge.” (Note: The lie here is: natural law is natural for everyone on the basis of sense and natural experience, and is not based on belief.) 2nd stage: Casting doubt: The author draws a conclusion: “In the spirit of Kant’s transcendental idealism and his critique of metaphysics the truthfulness of both above-mentioned reasons can be neither denied nor confirmed, and therefore it is necessary to leave them merely in hypothetic sphere.” “If it is possible only that homosexuality is morally bad, … it is as well possible that homosexuality is morally acceptable (good)…” And out of a distorted truth the author draws a demagogic and false conclusion: “Therefore homosexuality is a morally legitimate social phenomenon!” 3rd stage: Catching in a trap: The reader accepts this lie and as a consequence of it tears, or no longer warns others against tearing off the forbidden fruit; afterwards both his and their eyes get opened and they will know: “The serpent beguiled me (us)!” But now it is late when he has already opened himself to an unclean spirit and become a slave and when he even discovers that he has AIDS! Providing that I want to listen and open myself to demagogy and manipulation of homosexual activists, then I am going to change God’s Word for human “wisdom” and I will not perceive the emphatic warning through the punishment and the word that fire from heaven fell on the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. When the punishment comes – fire from heaven and a world catastrophe, it will be late! The Lord says even to you: “See, I have set before you this day life and death! Therefore choose!” (Deut 30:19) Hundreds of thousands of martyrs sacrificed their lives for Christ and for the law of God. Even we are now obliged to stand up against this sin and this perversity. Hidden behind there is the spirit of death which will soon even in another form claim its rule over our life by way of legalization of euthanasia - so-called sweet death! However, not even here will this spirit of death stop, for as its main target it is pursuing our eternal death, our everlasting perdition. St. Paul writes: “Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters (occultists), nor adulterers, nor cowards, nor homosexuals (Gr. arsenkolitai) will inherit the kingdom of God.” (1Cor 6:9f) And likewise let us not be deceived, we will not be judged by the laws that we pass ourselves but by the unalterable laws of God. What is in store for each of us is death, judgement and then either eternal life or eternal perdition! And this is the most relevant and most topical concern for us! What does the Catechism say (CCC 2357): “The Tradition based on the Holy Scriptures which present homosexual relations as an extremely heavy perversity, …” 3. Information from the world Homosexuality is the greatest threat to traditional family Vatican, June 6, 2006 (TASR) – As at signs of “eclipse of God” Vatican today pointed at homosexual “marriages”, increasing number of abortions and struggles of lesbians to win the right of childbirth by way of artificial insemination. However, as put by Vatican, traditional values connected with the family are in a threat far greater than ever before in the history of mankind. “The causes of decay of traditional Christian family may be different, but they predominantly spring from a general indifferent attitude to the essential question concerning God and human life,” states the document elaborated by the Pontifical Council for the Family. What in particular does this indifference towards God and towards life mean? Unless man deep in his heart has turned from the sin and spirit of the world, he is indifferent to God as well as to both temporal and eternal life. Homosexuality from the view of Christians Central Bohemia Dailies – March 4, 2006: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Christians are more and more often blamed that by their negative attitude to homosexual relations they are violating this biblical commandment. However, such blame rises from mistake and misunderstanding. The same Bible which emphatically calls to love one’s neighbour, with no less emphasis condemns immoral behaviour. Homosexuality is a vociferous display of human perversion. The one who indulges in homosexual practices has, by words of the Bible, exchanged natural relation for unnatural. One is thus disgracing his/her own body. God, Creator and Lord of life, laid down unalterable moral principles which can be found in the Holy Scripture, Bible. Supposing that a society is denying this God and wants to put itself in His place, 4 it is giving itself over to chaos and decay. A true Christian is obliged to love his/her neighbours, and even his/her enemies. Nevertheless, he/she is likewise obliged to clearly give voice to everything which is bad. Silence is complicity The one who remains in persistent coward silence on a grave sin is probably going to become an accomplice. In Gran the Pope and the Catholics were unjustly blamed for complicity in the holocaust of 6 million Jews during the Second World War. If now the Church in Slovakia is going to be silent, then justly she will bear the blame for a spiritual holocaust of 6 million inhabitants of SR! Spain: Big demonstration against homosexual “marriages” At least 500 000 people participated in a huge demonstration for the protection of family in Madrid on Saturday evening 18th June 2005. The aim of the organizers was to call the attention of the government to the voices of families since until that time in spite of a petition campaign for the protection of family and childhood it had accepted none of the organizers of this referendum. The question in particular was above all the planned license for homosexual “marriages” and adoption of children by these couples. Among the participants of the demonstration there were also 20 bishops and politicians. The campaign was organized by the Spanish Forum for Family and its motto was “Family is important”. The Archbishop of Madrid Card. Antonio María Rouco Varela during his speech on the Spanish radio on Sunday 19th June 2005 said: “Marriage and family are rooted in the very essence of human being and therefore they cannot be altered or freely reversed and manipulated by human power.” The Spanish government did not respond to the will of the majority of the nation and soon afterwards (30 th June 2005) it legalized the perverted laws of homosexual marriages and child adoption. As a response the Bishops’ Conference of Spain sent a challenge to the nation to protest against the unjust legal amendments. This challenge was endorsed even by many bishops throughout the world. “It is inevitable to fight against these unjust laws by help of all legal means,” write the Spanish bishops. Canada: Children of homosexual couples cannot be baptized Canadian Cardinal Marc Quellet has mentioned recently that the Church cannot baptize children of homosexual couples. The secretary B. Bariteau emphasized (27th July 2005) that lived homosexuality is from its very basis against the teaching of the Church and such couples by their relation only permanently and publicly demonstrate their contempt of the Catholic Church. Conclusion: The politician of CR J. Karas says: “If the believers woke up at last and spread the Gospel with the same zeal, where would our country be?” The Christian view of homosexuality is clear, but it is not clear to everyone! Keeping silent is a crime! A number of believers are not able to discern good from bad! It is necessary to give a clear and definite standpoint, not just a kind of reflection which will bring nothing but doubts! Following the example of the Spanish bishops it is necessary to go out into the streets while time serves, and “it is inevitable to fight by help of all legal means”, as written by the Spanish bishops. Elaborated by OSBM fathers: Fr. Eliáš, Fr. Cyril, Fr. Markian, Fr. Metoděj Pidhirtsi Monastery (Ukraine) September 9, 2006 (www.community.org.ua) Copies: His Holiness Benedict XVI. Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church 5 THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY (part II) Letter to Bishops and Politicians of SR Introduction: Dear bishops and politicians, we are sending You the second letter in which we have selected some information from internet concerning homosexuality and Christians – christianophobia. Contents: 1. Christianophobia 2. Family in danger 3. We must not be silent 4. Is it possible to cure homosexuality? 1. Christianophobia On 18th January 2006 the European Parliament passed a resolution which appeals to make homosexual unions equal with regular marriage. If one will not want to submit, it will be called discrimination and homophobia and followed by severe punishments. The matter here is an attack on Christianity as well as an attack on the freedom of speech. All over the world laws against “hate speak” begin to appear. Recently there was an evangeical pastor condemned in Sweden for quoting passages from the Bible regarding homosexuality during his sermon. Probably we will soon be standing before a choice: either, at the command of the state we will modify our religion, rewrite the Bible, history, morals and Christian teaching in general from its foundation or we will risk heavy punishments. Executive Committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference issued a standpoint towards the resolution of the European Parliament concerning so-called “homophobia”: “… One is thereby falsifying the truth based on the nature of man who was created as a man and a woman. Therefore passage of the resolution represents a serious danger for matrimonial and family life… The European Union seeks to enforce upon its citizens a contrary of the values and principles of our civilization. The proposal to use educational methods to subdue the so-called homophobia brings along a serious danger that this deformation of truth will be handed over to children and young people and thus negatively affect the sphere of their conscience.” Criticism of the Pope The Holy Father Benedict XVI. and Italian Minister of Culture R. Buttiglione were sharply criticized by European deputies for their alleged “discriminating anti-homosexual attitudes”. Everyone who has normal opinions and does not want to parrot the phrases that homosexual marriages are natural is persecuted. On Saturday 13th May 2006 Benedict XVI. criticized political considerations leading towards legalization of homosexual partnerships. Rome 17th May 2006 – The new chairman of the Italian chamber of deputies Fausto Bertinotti pronounced criticism of the negative attitude of the Holy Father Benedict XVI. towards homosexual partnerships. Christians are discriminated in Europe The Italian Minister of Culture R. Buttiglione considers Christians in Europe to be still more and more discriminated. “Christian phobia is the only form of hatred which is accepted in Europe.” In their proclamation Polish bishops appeal to the European Parliament that it should “stop the activities that bear signs of the dictatorship of relativism”. They write that the resolution indirectly promotes equalization of homosexual partnerships with matrimony, thereby falsifying the truth which is rooted in the nature of man. “With alarm we are watching the attempt of the European Parliament to influence the moral consciousness of the Poles,” commented Archbishop Jozef Zyczinski on this protest of bishops. Propagation of homosexuality In the Swiss canton Bern the organization AIDS Hilfe Switzerland systematically sent out to all schools, youth centres and technical schools a brochure propagating homosexuality. It encourages boys of all ages not to be afraid of homosexuality, which they are propagating even by means of clear pictures of homosexual practices. The boys are to look at homosexuality as at the most natural thing in the world. The Evangelical National Party termed it a temptation of small children and lodged a legal action against the organization AIDS Hilfe which is financing this. (June 17, 2005) 6 Catholic speech and views in danger, Vatican official warns Our Sunday Visitor – “The Church is at risk of being brought before some international court for her teaching if the debate becomes any tenser and if the more radical requests get heard.” Those words spoken by Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, have a tinge of the apocalyptic in them. Last year, the Alberta Human Rights Commission investigated Canadian Bishop Fred Henry because of comments he made against same-sex marriage, now legal in Canada. A similar instance occurred in Sweden, where a Pentecostal pastor was arrested for condemning homosexuality. In both cases, the men were eventually acquitted. The next bishop or pastor brought up on similar charges might not be so lucky. “Once you put judicial structures in place designed to prosecute (so-called) ‘thought crimes’ and ‘hate crimes’, people of faith, and especially Catholics, are at risk,” said R. Rychlak, the associate dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law in USA, for Our Sunday Visitor. Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, noted: “Restrictions on speech, combined with the spread of laws institutionalizing same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research and abortion (as well as the pressure put on countries like Ireland and Poland by the United Nations and the European Union to adopt similar laws) are a dangerous combination.” Conservative movement in America and the long-standing practice of American Christians speaking about their faith in very public ways are realities which cannot be found to any sizeable degree in Europe. Ultimately, however, Ruse believes that European Catholics can only avert the doomsday scenario predicted by Cardinal Trujillo if they follow the example of American Christians and overcome their fears about boldly proclaiming their faith in the public square. What Europe really needs is more people proclaiming the lordship of Jesus Christ. 2. Family in danger An effort to equalize homosexual couples with the traditional married couple and attribute equal rights to them is as absurd as if deaf people claimed a right to conduct the philharmonic orchestra or blind people a right to drive a car. A homosexual couple can never create a functional family inevitable for healthy development of children. It would therefore be devious to put it on equal level with married couples and thus undermine the sound foundation of society represented by natural and functional family. “Re-education” of society Married couples are being hammered that they are no longer complementary, or that they no longer complement each other. Some serial stories are “re-educating” us through TV screen. There are states, e.g. Sweden, where parents are forced to take turns at their babies during the maternity leave; otherwise the state authorities will not pay out their allowances etc. etc. Besides, homosexual view of the world does not teach others tolerance of difference. Children learn this tolerance from the mutual relation of their parents who, though physically and mentally different, know how to enrich one another by these differences. Spiritual terror Deputies who defend family rights are presented in some massmedia as a pack of sapheads. This rather testifies to a recession of the freedom of speech. Nevertheless, it is necessary to help the people who are afflicted with homosexuality. However, on the other hand we have to reject the ideology which wants to abuse these problems. The Holy Father about homosexual bonds: There are things to which the Church must say: “No.” Valencia – During his visit to Spain Benedict XVI. mentioned: “It is true that there are certain things upon which the Christian society must say ‘no’. We want people to understand that man and woman are by nature created for one another and born to give a future to the mankind.” (July 8, 2006 TASR) Propagation of homosexuality in education Children are read a homosexual fairy-tale “King and king” in which the crown prince refuses all beautiful princesses because he fell in love with a prince. They are kissing one another and then get married. Homosexual films During the studies at a certain university in SR, the intending teachers of English have to watch a film projecting in detail an act of perverted sexual intercourse of two men and then another film with similar theme presenting women with the same deviation! As a part of their examination students are to find proper terms, become absorbed in the plot and give a scholarly description. Is this not psychological and sexual manipulation? 7 When eurodeputy of SR Mrs. Anna Záborská said that children and students should not be reeducated in schools by homosexually oriented people, this statement was termed by liberal press as discrimination and her further statements were ridiculed by it. However, is the matter here not first the discrimination of defenceless children and likewise of the univerity students? 3. We must not be silent Homosexual activists organized a thrash of the 7-year-old son of Parkers Jacob. On 27th April 2006 the couple of Parkers started a law suit in Lexington, 12 miles from Boston. On 3rd June 2006 Romanian Orthodox Christians demonstrated against homosexual marriages in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. (granosalis.cz) The fight will not be easy and Slovakia risks sanctions from the part of EU. This involves all levels, legislative, institutional, public and social one. We call all people to prayers for the preservation of God’s and natural law in Slovakia. In contradistinction to Czech Evangelics, who recommend “tolerance” of homosexuality, the Orthodox Church in Czech Republic has stood up for the preservation of the law of God and defined it clearly… Declaration of bishops of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic: “The Bible maintains an uncompromising attitude towards the issue of homosexual relations: ‘You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.’ (Lev 18:22). St. Paul the Apostle speaks about ‘disgraceful passions’ and reminds that God’s condemnation will as well meet those who approve of such acts (Rom 1:18-32). The Epistle to the Corinthians even mentions that these people will not inherit eternal life. Christians are obliged to give sin a proper name, especially for the reason that those who got addicted to it may thus find a way to God and to salvation.” The Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar asked the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI. for a support of his objections to 6-day-long homosexual festivities which are to take place in August in Jerusalem. The Pope Benedict XVI. sent his greeting to all the present after the close of the World Meeting of Families in Valencia on 9th July 2006. During his stay in Valencia the Holy Father uncompromisingly criticized legalization of marriages of homosexual couples in Spain. 1500 homosexuals were marching along Budapest Budapest: About 1500 persons took part in the 11th parade of homosexual men, lesbians and transvestites on 24th June 2006 in Budapest. The Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) demonstrated on the route of the parade holding three placards with mottoes: “Sodom – symbol of sexual perversity”, “Pride = self-parade” and “Christianity into constitution!” This is an inspiration for the Slovak Catholics! EU criticizes Poland During the plenary session of the Parliament in Strasbourg several eurodeputies pronounced that EU should do more for the prevention of discrimination of homosexuals. (And what do they want to do for the prevention of discrimination the result of which is the victims of homosexual activities on youth and children?) The sharpest criticism was addressed to Poland and its leaders. Eurodeputies condemned the statements of the leading politicians as well as the prohibition against gay-parades by the local authorities in Warsaw and Poznan. The Polish eurodeputy Konrad Szymanski declared: “Discussion is a waste of time,” and recommended the eurodeputies: “not to take the situation with so-called discrimination of homosexuals in EU so ‘hysterically’.” Gay marriage and gay adoption pose risk to children – warn experts at Catholic university seminar 20-24th Feburary 2006 – Seminar at the Pontifical Lateran University – professors spoke about the threat that gay couples were unable to give children the model of sexual difference that any child needs to develop his or her own sexual identity. In the majority of cases, children “raised” by homosexuals became homosexuals themselves. David S. Crawford, a professor at the John Paul II. Institute in Washington, said: “Legal recognition of gay marriage will bring a change that will impact all members of society and lead to a form of ‘compulsory homosexuality’.” Declaration of the Pontifical Council for the Family: “This Resolution represents a grave attack on the family based on marriage, a union of love and life between a man and a woman from which life naturally springs. Throughout history peoples have wisely recognized what marriage is and involves and now, through this Resolution from 16th March 2000, this truth is being subjected to a distorted interpretation by the European Parliament. Catholic members of parliaments should not favour this type of legislation with their vote because it is contrary to the common good and the truth about man and is thus truly unjust.” (March 17, 2000) 8 New York – High court rules against same-sex marriage Albany, N.Y. - New York State’s highest court ruled July 6, 2006, that gay and lesbian couples do not have a constitutional right to same-sex marriage under state law, declining to follow the lead of a neighbouring state. 4. Is it possible to cure homosexuality? Answer: It was only in 1992 that homosexuality was expunged from the register of diseases by the World Health Organization because of so-called political, or rather ideological reasons. Experience of successful medical treatment of a number of homosexuals may be rendered by specialists such as Dutch psychotherapeutist Van den Aardvek, Czech sexologist MUDr. Iva Šípová, Slovak psychiatrist MUDr. Ivan Rakús and others. Another testimony is the book “The Therapy of Homosexuality” which evoked hysteria in certain circles in CR. If CR was ruled by Swedish laws, the publishers might by now have been in prison. Here the purpose is by no means to offend someone, on the contrary, one is lending here a helping hand. Homosexuality is either affliction from birth or it is acquired. The first group, though involving affliction from birth, has a spiritual root. This root is that some of the ancestors opened themselves for magic, divination, spiritism, satanism, or atheism (sins against the First Commandment: unbelief, idolatry). The second group pertains to those who acquired homosexuality through propagation, through rape by a person of the same sex, through unbelief and idolatry. The crime is that small children in schools are hammered on this issue that they can freely choose their sexuality. This is perversity! Who is behind it, who is in the backstage aiming to destroy families, to degrade people into sexual dependences so that they would moreover be left in darkness and slavery?! In the process of Nuremberg Nazism was condemned as an inhumane system. The spirit which was behind that barbarous system is the same as the one which is now enforcing unnatural laws (so-called registered partnership) by way of which human nature is violated and opens itself for demonical influence, and finally instead of paradise the earth will see a hell. Priests – pedophiles (homosexuals) The worldwide scandal involving pedophilia of priests in USA in reality rose from the homosexual orientation of these priests. Since the current American laws consider homosexuality neither a disease nor an immoral conduct, the problem was hypocritically scandalized only as pedophilia. If one told the whole truth, it would likewise mean condemnation of homosexuality, though this was not the thing that was in the interest of those who intended to scandalize the Catholic Church! It is painful, but we have to admit that under the influence of modern psychology our seminaries often and uncritically enrolled young men with this homosexual orientation. In many cases the homosexual deviation is displayed by pedophilia. Regarding pedophiles, these are also demanding laws against “discrimination”. In August 2006 such a meeting took place in Italy. Neither pedophiles nor homosexuals can become priests, because a priest is to be a witness to Christ, and that first of all by his life – by morality and saintliness. Regrettably, today one is emphasizing only intelligence and scientific level and this is a great deceit! The apostles were illiterates, and they converted the world! Nature of man: a man, a woman If we look at man without false spectacles, we come to realize that man has a body which is not sexless and is thus pointing at two things: complementarity and fertility. Complementarity means that people were created as man and woman, that they are mutually perfectly adapted for each other, as in physical so both in spiritual and psychical respect. And concerning fertility, this necessarily leads to an astounding step across intimate common life towards a give-over of life to the next generation. What makes one get ripe for fatherhood or motherhood and disembarrass oneself of childish egoism by natural way, is one’s own children. And now, all this is being disclaimed by people propagating homosexuality. Using intellectual constructions they disclaim an eye-striking reality and build castles in the air. However, nature cannot be violated, not even by the law. The aim of the act of registered partnership: The main aim of this law is not to grant some privileges, the main aim is to re-educate the society and here is the substance of the whole issue. People are tolerant to homosexuals today, or rather they are indolent. Their lifestyle practically does not touch them. The problem arises when children at schools start to be hammered on this issue, that it is a normal way of life, that they can try it. When “gay activists” will start visiting schools and promoting homosexuality, or it will be done by the very teachers with such orientation, the parents will probably not be much pleased. The consequence is that common people, who are not familiar with the problem, yet they naturally feel that there is something strange about it, automatically react aggressively, and this refers especially to children. It is therefore not an accident that the Netherlands allegedly records an increasing rate of youth aggressiveness against homosexual indoctrination. In other words, the more aggressively and violently the homosexual activists will want to re-educate the society, the more quickly it will return to them like a boomerang. Question: Why is this topic gaining so much space in the massmedia? 9 Answer: The whole stir is made by a narrow group of people whose voice is constantly amplified by the massmedia. The people with homosexual orientation are abused as a pile-driver for the liquidation of the family as well as an implement against the religion (christianophobia). Conclusion: The Canadian Bishop F.H. and a Swedish pastor experienced christianophobia from the part of the state, Catholic politicians were also threatened, and even the Holy Father Benedict XVI. was criticized for defending the truth about family and human nature. If only it could be an encouragement for us to defend the Divine truths, Divine and natural laws, even if we were to lay down our lives for their and for Jesus’ sake like the apostles and hundreds of thousands of martyrs. Thank God for the clear words of certain representatives of the Church: Card. A. L. Trujillo, Polish and Spanish bishops. Thank God for the courage of Christian politicians: R. Buttiglione (Italy), Anna Záborská (SR), J. Karas (CR), K. Szymanski (Poland). Let us realize that homosexuality was expunged from the register of diseases by WHO not until 1992 not because of scientific but ideological reasons. Concerning discrimination, the first to be the worse for it will be the parents and the children when through the educational system, medicine, massmedia and legislation their children will be re-educated into homosexuals. In case they are going to oppose, they will face prison! Even “Vatican is at risk of being brought before the International Criminal Court and tried for proclaiming the Gospel!” (Our Sunday Visitor August 23, 2006) Jesus’ word about persecution becomes topical nowadays: “If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you.” (Jn 15:20) The old motto of christianophobia: “Christiani ad leones” will soon become actual! Today these will be lions with two legs intending to tear our souls! Jesus said: “Have no fear”, “I am with you always” (Mt 14:27; 28:20). “Whoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it.” (Mk 8:35b) Elaborated by OSBM fathers: Fr. Metoděj, Fr. Cyril, Fr. Eliáš, Fr. Markian Pidhirtsi Monastery (Ukraine) September 12, 2006 (www.community.org.ua) Copies: His Holiness Benedict XVI. Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church 10 THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMO SEXUALITY (part III) Letter to Bishops and Politicians of SR Contents: 1. The official standpoint of the Catholic Church 2. The standpoint of the President of CR V. Klaus 3. Manipulation by a covert lie 1. The official standpoint of the Catholic Church Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (June 3, 2003 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger): Aspects related to the projects of legalization of unions betweeen homosexual persons. The substance of marriage and its unalterable features The teaching of the Church on marriage and sexual complementariness corresponds to the truth pronounced on the basis of common sense (recta ratio) and accepted as such by all the big world cultures. Homosexual unions stand in contradiction with natural moral law. In the Holy Scripture homosexual relations are judged as great perversity… (Rom 1:24-27; 1Cor 6:10; 1Tim 1:10). This judgement of the Holy Scripture does not give justification for claiming that all affected by this iniquity take personal guilt; however, it witnesses to the fact that homosexual acts are interiorly destructive. The same moral judgement is found with many authors of the early Christian period and as such it remained definitively accepted by the Catholic Tradition. Attitudes towards the issue of homosexual unions It is necessary to mention the unconditionalness of keeping this phenomenon within the bounds that would not mean a threat to social morals and, above all, that would not expose the young generation to fallacious conceptions of sexual life and marriage, which would deprive them of the necessary protection and in an exceeding measure would cause a spread of this phenomenon. It is inevitable to abstain from whatever formal cooperation in the legalization of so conspicuously unjust rights and in their initiation into life, as well as, if possible, from any activity on executive basis. Rational arguments against the formal legalization of homosexual unions (recta ratio) Legislation favouring homosexual unions runs counter to common sense because it grants the unions between two persons of the same sex legal guarantees analogous to those that serve the institution of marriage! … Homosexual unions appear as contrary to the social good. Homosexual unions completely lack biological and anthropological elements of marriage and family which could serve as a rational foundation for the formal legalization of such unions. Absence of sexual polarity creates hindrances in the normal evolution of children which eventually are drawn into such unions. These lack an experience of motherly or fatherly love. Drawing children into homosexual unions by way of adoption in reality means committing violence on these children to the effect that one uses their defencelessness to draw them into an environment which does not lead to their full human development. In social order: Formal legalization of homosexual unions undermines the definition of marriage…, its role of growth and education. Putting homosexual unions on the same level as marriage or family makes the society arbitrary and brings it into conflict with the duties proper to it. Not in the furthest analogy do homosexual unions actualize the tasks owing to which marriage and family deserve their proper specific legal recognition. In legal order: Married couples have the role of guaranteeing the following generations and they thus significantly contribute to the social good; civil law credits them with an institutional meaning. By contrast, homosexual unions require no special attention from the side of the formal legislation because they do not fulfil the role mentioned with regard to the social good. Attitudes of Catholic politicians Providing that all believers have a duty to stand up against the legalization of homosexual unions, the Catholic politicians in particular are obliged to do so on the level proper to them. The Catholic politician has a moral duty to voice clearly and openly his/her protest and vote against the project of such constitution. Conclusion: The Church is obliged to defend these values (marriage, family) with respect to the welfare of the people and of the whole society. 11 The last book by John Paul II. “Memory and Identity” in the chapter ‘Ideology of Evil’ goes to the beginnings of evil where the first man believes the liar: “You shall be as God (gods), knowing (deciding what is) good and evil!” Nazism and Communism fell. Rejection of God continues. In their place in Europe comes a new ideology of evil, maybe even more treacherous and latent. This new ideology in comparison with those older ones has its similarities and differences. What is identical is the denial of creation, God. God’s place is taken by man who wants to make paradise on earth “right now” (“paradise now!”). Identical is also the credulity of intellectual élites and shapability of masses. While Communism and Nazism were forcibly destroying the society of that time, the new ideology is penetrating (more treacherously and more latently) into politics, media, pedagogy etc. It is promoted by help of mechanisms of parliamentary democracy, and that all in the name of freedom. The new ideology of evil is above all aimed against the family. It intensively supports or abuses the homosexual movement. The new ideology of evil negates the distinctions which are given by the order of creation and replaces it by determinate chaos where there is no difference between good and evil and where actually all is one (“anything goes”). Communism was built on the philosophy of Marx. Nazism adopted Nietzsche’s idea of superman and pure race. The fruit was concentration camps, gas-chambers and millions of dead in the world war. The ideology of EU, which nowadays wants to bring paradise on earth, yet again without God, without the Decalogue, without morals and ethical principles, is perverted by itself and the fruit will not be paradise on earth but a world disaster. Here we need not wait for some punishment from God, we will punish us ourselves. Sodom and Gomorrah were struck with fire from heaven. Supposing that people without conscience and morals, who have become a medium of demonic powers, should gain control over the atomic arsenal, then the disaster of Sodom is a mere trifle. Criminalizing Christianity The attacks on Christianity are alarming. We are witnessing more than religious bigotry now. We are entering the early stages of what could become persecution and outright criminalization of Christianity. Quoting the Bible, especially regarding homosexuality, can make you into a criminal offender. Standing up for heterosexual marriage, espousing Christian morality, protesting against radical Islam can get you into serious trouble with the law. A question emerges who is behind it. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Declaration on Masonic Associations The Church’s negative judgement in regard to Masonic association remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. The faithful who enrol in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion. The Supreme Pontiff John Paul II. approved and ordered the publication of this Declaration. (November 26, 1983) In this serious time the punishment should be restored holding that the one who is a member of this secret organization, or actively and consciously cooperates with it, even if it were a cardinal, automatically must be excommunicated from the Church. The one who stands up against the system of evil is a martyr May 2, 2006 EU issued a new law dealing with the travelling of homosexuals. Homosexual couples may use the European Courts to force the countries in which they want to live or travel to recognize their unions in spite of the fact that in that particular country the act of “registered partnership” has not been legally recognized. Although only five EU member states (Austria, Denmark, Slovenia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom) have ratified the decision from May 2, 2006, European justice commissioner F. Frattini warned national governments that the law was “immediately applicable” in all EU states – whether ratified or not! Who is it that has an interest in introducing this trend which is completely contrary to common sense, and even in such a measure? In reality the question here is not homosexuals as such, these are only used as a means to a certain aim. The question is the introduction of a whole system which determines what is good and what is evil (cf. Gen 3:5). All must begin with the transformation of mind. Legalizing evil so that it is no longer called evil, nor good called good, nor sin called sin etc. By constant repetition of lie through massmedia and by masterful assertion of demands the public opinion is gradually transformed. Through the enforcement of the act of so-called legislative partnership like through the Trojan horse this spirit is gaining ground for more and more similar unnatural laws. The Christians of SR must, while time serves, make a public, organized and active protest against the legalization of homosexual marriages. The task is to publicly confess Christ and stand up against the spirit of Antichrist! “In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” (Hebr 12:4) 2. The standpoint of the President of CR V. Klaus The President of CR Václav Klaus vetoed this law (February 16, 2006): 12 “Not even the argument can pass that this is a law which, as its defenders put it, ‘brings benefit to some and does no harm to others’. This is a law that touches the fundamental values, traditions and organization of our whole society. This is a law which by its effect touches all members of society, not only those who struggle for this registered partnership. This is a law which relativizes the relation of the state to the primary cell of society which always was, is and must be the family. Just in the present times, which are characterized by crisis of family, decay of family values, high divorce rate and increasing number of children reared in incomplete families, is the maintenance of exclusiveness of family relations so important… … To me that law is a tragic mistake – by its substance, by the manner it is written and by all its legislative delimitations. An equally tragic mistake, in my view, is the discussion about this law in public. The discussion is – as usual – aprioristic, almost none of the discussing has ever seen or read this law. People who are discussing on it suppose that it is a law which deals with liberalization of homosexual relations. I declare that this is not what the law speaks about, there is not a single word there about any such thing… … Liberalization of homosexual relations in our country has been implemented by a series of legislative amendments beginning with the 60-ties, and if anyone thinks that there still is some grain of non-liberality or discrimination, one may propose an amendment of these laws. But the law of registered partnership deals with something completely different. … During the first three days of this week there have been piles of letters, e-mails and telegrams delivered here voicing the attitudes of the public concerning this issue: there were 8 opinions calling ‘do sign’ and 374 passionate cries ‘do not sign’. (This is the picture of the public opinion.) … Moreover, this law in its substance is a discriminating law…” 3. Manipulation by a covert lie The public is deceived by the following demagogical motto: “The liberty to contract unions between the same sex is a part of civil rights and of life of the society.” This sentence is an example of psychological manipulation. How does it work? 1) One does not use the proper name to say what one is actually speaking about. One does not express truthfully what, in fact, is that “part of civil rights and of life of the society”. Similarly “unions between the same sex” – one just uses the shaped public opinion, so that people eventually feel that they are familiar with the term and they thus have no need to strike at the root, they got used to hearing repeated masterful phrases to this topic and do not even speculate about them, just receive them passively. 2) Abuse of positive terms “a part of civil rights”, “life of the society” has an aim to make the whole demand sound positively. Civil rights and life of society are generally accepted as something which is due to every man. 3) Abuse of the term “liberty”. It is assumed that – to give someone a liberty is a part of democracy; thereby one is already covertly shaping the form of the response. This deprives people of a chance of discerning whether the matter in question is a good thing or whether it is a crime. We shall soon hear: “The liberty of euthanasia – assisted suicide – is a part of civil rights and of life (death) of the society.” Let us return to the first point. Let us use the proper name for so-called unions between the same sex. The Holy Father writes: “Homosexual unions stand in contradiction with natural moral law. In the Holy Scripture homosexual relations are judged as great perversity… (Rom 1:24-27; 1Cor 6:10; 1Tim 1:10).” Let us put a question: Is it a part of human rights to tell these people the truth, what kind of bonds they are in, what consequences it will have for their body (many of the infected with AIDS are homosexuals), what consequences it will have for their mental life (the question of disintegration of personality – deep depressions)? And what is the solution afterwards? Euthanasia?! And after euthanasia? Judgement, eternity; heaven or hell! For ever! Thus in ultimate consequence this so-called civil right deprives man of his right to heaven which has been ransomed for him by the blood of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. The demagogical sentence that “contracting unions between the same sex” is a part of life of the society is also a lie! Throughout millenia it has been legally recognized as such neither in the most developed nor in the most perverted society! It is similar as if we were to say that some epidemic is a part of life of the society. True though that it is present in the society, yet supposing that it should be legalized, the whole society would be destroyed. Conclusion: The Holy Father has quite clearly expressed the attitude towards this question. 1) Attitude of the Scripture: In the Holy Scripture homosexual relations are judged as great perversity… 2) Attitude of the Scripture and the Tradition in the early centuries “witnesses to the fact that homosexual acts are interiorly destructive”. 3) Gives a correct discernment: “This judgement of the Holy Scripture does not give justification for claiming that all affected by this iniquity take personal guilt.” 13 4) There is a danger of it being “a threat to social morals” … “young generation is exposed to a fallacious conception of sexual life and marriage, which deprives them of the necessary protection”. 5) Anthropological view: “Homosexual unions completely lack biological and anthropological elements of marriage and family.” 6) Legal view: “Legislation favouring homosexual unions runs counter to common sense.” 7) Social view: “Formal legalization of homosexual unions undermines the definition of marriage…, its role of growth and education.” 8) Institutional meaning: “Married couples have the role of guaranteeing the following generations; by contrast, homosexual unions do not fulfil the role mentioned with regard to the social good.” 9) Attitude of believers: “All believers have a duty to stand up against the legalization of homosexual unions, the Catholic politicians in particular.” 10) The Catholic politician has a moral duty to voice clearly and openly his/her protest and vote against the project of such constitution. So it is quite clear to us what is the truth and what we are to do! Dear bishops and politicians, call the attention of Your people to this issue, but at the same time invite them to a continuous prayer for internal awakening! Our Lady of the Sorrows, the patroness of Slovakia, will pray for the light and power of the Holy Spirit for us, so that Slovakia will not abandon Jesus and His Gospel but, on the contrary, will become the leaven for whole Europe! Elaborated by OSBM fathers: Fr. Metoděj, Fr. Cyril, Fr. Markian, Fr. Eliáš Pidhirtsi Monastery (Ukraine) September 14, 2006 Copies: His Holiness Benedict XVI. Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church 14 (www.community.org.ua) THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY (part IV) Letter to Bishops and Politicians of SR Contents: I. Concrete solution II. 7 wounds III. Picture Dear bishops of Slovakia, in the three previous letters we have collected for You information regarding homosexuality. In this last letter we would like to show what to do concretely, so that the evil which is endangering the nation can be turned into a blessing! There is only one thing which God wants all of us without exception to do, and that is REPENTANCE – IT IS AN OPERATION OF TRUTH, YET THIS SAVES BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WHOLE NATION. Concrete solution It is necessary to bring up holy priests and holy religious. The first step towards it is a sincere and deep conversion (forsaking the spirit of the world after one-week recollection). Second step: to receive the Spirit of Christ: “Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.” (Rom 8:9) Seminarists and religious persons will thus have the spirit of truth, spirit of pure love, spirit of repentance and in this spirit they will correctly interpret the Gospel. For behind the historic-critical theology (HCT), various psychologies, philosophies and ideologies is the spirit of the world and therefore they have to renounce this HCT interpretation! Then they will proclaim Christ and His Gospel in power like apostle Paul and God will confirm their service for the salvation of souls by numerous wonders. Then the Church will again be the salt and the light for the world! Today, on 15th September 2006, on the feast of Our Lady of the Sorrows, it is above all for You, dear bishops of Slovakia, that we point at seven concrete wounds – problems which we have to repent of: 1. Public repentance of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference (KBS) for its proclamation from 1996 concerning homoeopathy This was a deceit on believers. The Church in Slovakia de facto acknowledged homoeopathy, which is based on principles of magic and divination, as if it was completely harmless. Following the proclamation this magic medicine was launched into all pharmacies. This is a great sin of the bishops of the Slovak Conference, in consequence of which spiritual blindness fell upon the whole nation! Some believers explain the cause which led to this sin in such a way that there probably was a certain form of bribe from homoeopaths motivated as a support for the Church. Up to this time repentance in this sphere has not been done. The Minister of Health MUDr. Alois Rakús served those deceivers towards legalization; however, when he realized that he had been deceived, he publicly repented of it in television. Until this day he has been fighting against this pseudomedicine which is not only a deceit of normal science but it disposes people towards their opening to magic and divination which are connected with this system and brings curse upon the users of this medicine. The bishops should write a pastoral letter and overtly clarify to believers the danger of this practice for their spiritual life (see paper “Spiritual cesspit”). Bishops should likewise clearly explicate other forms of magic, divination and superstition, which destroy the living faith and open the souls of believers to the powers of darkness. These practices are mostly tied with particular diviners, natural healers, gurus, sects and open the door for paganism and other spiritualities. Unless believers are clear about the sphere of the First Commandment, they will not be clear about the other Commandments either and they will likewise not be able to fulfil them. A negative example for us is the people of the Old Covenant who throughout the time of their existence were constantly turning away from true God to false spirituality, idolatry. In the present time this idolatry is disguised by various modern forms; however, in essence the root is the same. The Church is obliged to point at this spiritual danger. But this is not possible if the shepherds themselves are not and do not want to be clear about this issue and if the believers at the same time are not led to a personal conversion, to a living relation to Christ and to full openness to the Holy Spirit. 2. Historic-critical theology (HCT) The spirit which is behind this so-called scientific theology is the spirit of atheism and almost all the basic principles of this so-called scientific theology were condemned 100 years ago by the Pope St. Pius X. in the Encyclical Pascendi and in the letter Lamentabilis. Providing that students are exposed to this spirit, they are incapable of leading a true Christian life, and as priests they are not able to live and preach the true Catholic teaching and the less so to suffer for it. Atheistic theology in the educational system must necessarily be stopped in whole Slovakia! One must inevitably point at its pernicious root. Professors and students who are not willing to break up with this spirit and this pernicious system must be expelled from the Catholic faculties and seminaries (see letter “Diagnosis, Encyclical of St. Pius X.” – www.community.org.ua). 15 False psychologies, sociologies and philosophies Seminarists are poisoned with these theories so that many of them take them more seriously than the Word of God and the Magisterium of the Church. This is, in fact, the same spirit of the world which systematically liquidates the true faith and the true teaching. Even here one must say a clear word and make a concrete reparation. Instead of sympathies and admiration one must point at the substance, at the aim and at the pernicious fruit! These theories artfully and systematically liquidate a living faith, orthodoxy as well as sound biblical (Catholic) morals. They do not lead us to the truth but away from it. They do not solve our problems, on the contrary, they lead us to even deeper ones. The only solution is a sound evangelical doctrine, a living relation to Christ and a way of repentance. Introduction of practical mission and catechesis into the framework of theological study The students of theological faculty must almost daily leave the seminary and take an obligatory walk to town. This has been set so by the superiors on advice of various psychologists and psychiatrists. This is, as they say, in order that the students may be normal. What do these students do? In the best case they visit the shopping centres, sit in the park and are bored. What to repent of? If students are obliged to enter the world almost every day, then let them perform a systematic mission there, similarly to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons and other sects which through personal contacts and psychological influence win their members. These missions must be concretely considered and directed by the leadership of the seminary. Jesus sent the apostles two by two into every city and place where He Himself was about to come (cf. Lk 10:1). This ideal of mission was chosen by St. Ignatius of Loyola and in the time of big crisis of the Church it helped him to renew her. If seminarists are to perform a mission, the whole system of formation must be changed. Unnecessary subjects must be removed, there must be a clear aim highlighted – the aim is education, formation which is to lead to an apostolate and to holiness. The mission cannot be performed without the student’s radical conversion, his resolving for Christ, breaking up with the spirit of the world and receiving in fullness the Spirit of Christ. Next it is not possible to perform it without personal prayer and without a living community filled with the Spirit of God, not with the spirit of the world. We are to save immortal souls for which our Saviour Jesus Christ shed His blood and died on the ignominious cross. A mission is not philosophizing, but an encounter with the spirit of lie which holds people in the darkness of heresy and in the fetters of sin. Rhetoric is of no help here, the missionary – evangelist must have spiritual power, such as for example the apostle Paul who preached the Gospel and suffered and died for both its and for Christ’s sake. Apostle Paul had co-workers; even in this respect let him be a pattern for us! If the student of theology will want to save souls for eternity, the evangelization will force him to launch out into the depth in essential and basic truths and this will likewise lead him to a true prayer, to the adoption of the Word of God as the Word of God, to its study and to a life in compliance with it (cf. 1Thes 2:13). How many hostels for university students there are in the town X. and how many students! The theology students should first of all carry out a mission for university students, and also for youth, they should set up prayerand biblical communities. For this purpose they can use pastoral centres and bring there the Spirit of God in place of the spirit of the world. Instead of dead theologizing and philosophizing let the life in Christ come here. They may also use churches for prayers and adorations. The newly converted may begin the sacramental life only after a specific preparation – evangelical, catechetic and biblical one (after about three years). It is necessary to prepare them so that they can become true witnesses of Christ, that they can dauntlessly profess and effectively defend Jesus and the Gospel, that they can even publicly fight for Christ and enforce God’s and natural laws in the society as zealously as we can see it all around the world with the enemies of Christ who, unfortunately, are in such a way pushing through perverted laws (abortions, homosexual marriages, euthanasia etc.). The majority is afraid of pointing openly at the cancer inside the Church which nowadays is represented by HCT and false respect for other religions, occultism, pharisaism and the spirit of the world. It is necessary to declare a revolution of the Gospel, to give the converted sound Christian life principles, ideals and spiritual guidance and then Slovakia will really be a Catholic nation able to leaven the whole EU, even at the price of martyrdom! Nobody will lay down his life for HCT and for the spirit of the world, which in Slovakia are represented by both liberals and focolarines, and even if he did lay, then one can state: Even the devil and the world have their pseudomartyrs. Every priest must acquire an apostolic and missionary spirit! The Church today does not need priests – intellectuals, scientific workers, self-conceited theologians, philosophers and psychologists who to the detriment of souls invent all kinds of heresies and artificial problems and lead away from the substance. This substance is the living relation to Christ, the preaching of Christ crucified, Christ the power and the wisdom of God! (1Cor 1:24) If we bring up a generation of priests, evangelists, missionaries, apostles, teachers and prophets, then the Catholic faith in Slovakia will stand even in the times of severe persecution. We will bring up practical fighters, defenders of faith, people fighting against sin, against lie, against false ideologies and against all powers of darkness, people who can be a pattern for the young generation, yet at the same time also a living conscience to all enemies of the Church. That is also why the whole theoretical study should have a missionary and practical 16 orientation, and this requires that one will not be afraid of breaking up with intellectual pride which bears neither the fruit of repentance nor the fruit of genuine life in Christ. 3. False interpretation of Nostra aetate (NA) This false interpretation hinders any kind of mission and causes that the student, a future priest, puts all religions on equal level with Christianity (practical syncretism). 4. Structures with the spirit of the world inside the Church If the key positions in the Church are held by priests and laymen who have the spirit of the world (e.g. in the editorial staff of the Catholic News, or of other Catholic journals, in the Catholic radio, at Catholic faculties, in the bishopric offices and offices of the Bishops’ Conference, as well as in the religious orders), then it is not possible for the Church to repent. These people with the spirit of the world can skillfully use Catholic terminology and religious phrases, create an impression of saintliness and genuine faith; however, in the moment of crisis they will always stand up against the Spirit of God and against the assertion of God’s interests. They can explain everything logically and theologically in order to kill the Spirit of God and push through the spirit of the world! Simply, repentance is not possible as long as these unconverted believers and priests occupy the key posts in the Church in Slovakia. They are her greatest enemies. They crush up the basic truths of faith and manage to shelter themselves behind the authority of the Holy Father, behind the authority of the Church, behind the Word of God, yet all this in a completely different spirit. Such Church officials have the same spirit as those who abuse the problem of poor homosexuals for the liquidation of natural as well as Divine laws and for the liquidation of the Church! Neither a common man nor a priest is able to discern that these actually are the traitors of the Church who will not let the Church be renewed and repent in truth! Besides liberals particularly dangerous is the Focolare movement which is set as an example of revival and new model of the Church. Among its members there are many sincere and misled souls which do not realize whom actually they serve. This movement does not have the spirit of repentance, nor the spirit of truth, yet by phrases about love and unity the truth is distorted. This movement propagates syncretism – i.e. false unity without repentance, without the Spirit of Christ – with buddhists and hinduists. They are, in fact, preparing the Church for a new spirituality behind which is the spirit of the New Age. That is why together with liberals and Church pharisees this movement is the greatest danger inside the Catholic Church in Slovakia. Its members are nearly at all key positions and influence the socalled Church policy. The fruit of this focolarine policy e.g. in the Czech Republic is the liquidation of the orthodox Catholic faculty in Prague, enforcement of the law of homosexuality and propagation of the spirit of zen-buddhism through one-week meditations for theologians – religious sisters in Olomouc. The responsibility for this decay falls upon the focolarine archbishops: Card. M. Vlk and Mons. J. Graubner. 5. Noxious music Music is not neutral, music disposes and opens to a certain spirit. Behind the rock music (even so-called Christian one) is the spirit of impurity, violence, occultism and all kind of perversities. This music does not dispose one to sensitiveness to God but causes quite the opposite. Unfortunately, the majority of theology students and many young priests, who opened themselves to the spirit which is behind this music, will be defending it to the point of death. Why? Because they have not been converted and because they have the spirit of the world and are not able to discern good from evil. Equally noxious is the New Age music. Suffice it to put a question: Who is behind this music? It is various pagan and oriental philosophies which use this music as a means of mission. 6. Reform of hierarchy, renewal of prophetical service Since the bishops of Slovakia amidst of various pressures and concerns are hardly able to put the sphere of faith, morals and evangelization on the first place of their duties, it is necessary to appoint three orthodox Catholic bishops who will be subordinate directly to the Holy Father; these will devote themselves to prayer and study of the Word of God, will not have any diocese nor any pastoral duties or concerns and will have only one task – to watch over orthodoxy (Catholicity) in the sphere of faith and morals. They will be responsible for orthodoxy and true formation in all seminaries and in all religious orders, they will be responsible for the Catholic press and Catholic literature and they should likewise be the soul of the new evangelization and spiritual awakening in whole Slovakia. For this purpose they will of course choose their co-workers in every diocese. Moreover, they should issue regular pastoral letters which would form the spiritual awakening in the parishes, seminaries, among priests and among the religious as well. They should react to topical issues and clearly shape the Catholic public by means of the Catholic press and Catholic broadcast. They would also be encharged with the formation of Catholic politicians, doctors, pedagogues and be a prophetical voice for them in a respective spiritual fight. Similarly, they should organize public meetings because the time has come when Christians must go out into the streets. For the time being democracy gives such an opportunity, yet when dictatorship comes, it will be late! The time has come when we have to profess our faith in public and even use external means in order to claim assertion of just laws and protest against perverted and unjust laws. Let us have an example in the bishops of Spain who organized a 17 meeting for the protection of the family and against so-called registered partnership which liquidates the family. These bishops not only organized the meeting but many of them even took part in it, together with 500 000 believers. Similarly, let us have an example in the Christians in Brazil who arranged a meeting with a similar aim which was participated by 3 millions of believers. The outward form of repentance today is to go into the streets, really fight for Christ and for our rights. We ask: How effectively did Catholic Slovakia protest against the vilification of our Lord and Saviour in the book and film “The Da Vinci Code”? 7. The issue of homosexuality a) Homosexual marriages: The view of the Church as well as the view of common sense is clear to us. Every Catholic believer is compelled to an adequate fight against this perversity, because it is a fight for protection of the family and against the decay of human society which can result in a catastrophe. b) A clear view for the priesthood: Have we not been warned by the scandals of pedophilous homosexuality in USA and in other places in the world? Owing to these few persons the whole Church will be vilified and, moreover, before long the public will look at every priest as at a pedophile – homosexual. A certain student was to finish his studies in one of the seminaries in SR; however, the rector refused him even against the will of the bishop, arguing that the student was in contact with fundamentalists and there is no chance of his re-education. The spirit of liberalism and the spirit of Focolare are merciful to homosexuals; however, genuine and normal students are re-educated, refused and expelled. The conclusion is clear in accordance with the Scriptures and the whole Tradition: there is no place for sympathy and mercy here; nowadays it is necessary to adopt the old principle that the one who would like to become a priest yet at the same time has by that time committed the sin of homosexuality, the one must not enter the seminary. And if there is someone that has already entered the seminary and some time in the past committed this sin, the one must be immediately dismissed. If a priest that was entrusted with pastoral service has committed such a sin, he must be suspended. This refers in a far stricter measure to religious persons! Explanation to the picture: The sphere to which the arrows are directed represents overt and covert attacks of the spirit of the world and demonic powers on the mystical body of Christ: 1) breaking of families through 24) occult and pagan impurity; spirituality connected 2) loose sexual morals of the with ecology; youth; 25) worship of the Mother 3) pre-marital intimate life; Earth; 4) contraception; 26) various kinds of 5) abortions; alternative medicine; 6) homosexual marriages; 27) magic healing; 7) pornography; 28) homoeopathy; 8) propagation of pedophilia; 29) acupuncture; 9) sex education of children; 30) acupressure; 10) various other perversities 31) paradiagnostics; connected with impurity; 32) kinesiology; 11) films propagating violence, 33) reiki + method of Silva; impurity; 34) magnetism; 12) music (rock – even so-called 35) psychotronics, 48) other forms of occultism; Christian, metal, punk, house, parapsychology; 49) systematic return to pagan pop…); 36) psychology of the New Age; cults; 13) karate; 37) philosophy of the New Age; 50) Free Masons; 14) aikido; 38) sociology of the New Age; 51) Moon sect; 15) tai-chi; 39) HCT theology; 52) Sri Chinmoy sect; 16) other kinds of martial art; 40) false respect for other religions; 53) commercial networks (Amway, 17) hinduism; 41) literature propagating false Oriflame, Avon) transforming 18) Tibetan magic healing; spiritualities (e.g. A. de Mello), people’s minds; 19) buddhism; occult literature (e.g. Harry 54) other sects and their gurus; 20) yoga, zen; Potter); 55) satanic cult; 21) courses of meditation (e.g. 42) films with mystic ideology; 56) abuse of genetic engineering; transcendental meditation); 43) sci-fi, UFO; 57) euthanasia; 22) belief in reincarnation 44) magic; 58) drugs; connected with 45) spiritism; 59) alcoholism; vegetarianism; 46) horoscopes; 60) dependence upon playing 23) Waldorf school; 47) divination, superstitions; automats, computers. 18 Conclusion: 7 concrete wounds which we are to repent of: 1) For the declaration from 1996 concerning homoeopathy and thereby at the same time defining a clear attitude towards the sphere of the First Commandment. 2) Abolishment of historic-critical theology, reform of the study and formation of seminaries. 3) Breaking up with false respect for other religions (syncretism). 4) Withdrawing people with the spirit of liberalism and Focolare from the crucial posts in the Church in SR. 5) A clear word on noxious music. 6) Reform of hierarchy, renewal of prophetical service. 7) Dismissal of homosexuals from seminaries and monasteries. After we fulfil these 7 concrete forms of repentance – changes (putting our house in order), then it is necessary, together with the politicians, to start a public defence of: a) act of conscientious objection; b) family protection; c) protests against homosexual marriage. Today, 15th September 2006, is the feast of Our Lady of the Sorrows, patroness of Slovakia. Today we have pointed at seven concrete problems which we are to repent of. Today Cardinal A. Sodano along with his whole system is retiring from Vatican! During his visit to Slovakia the Holy Father John Paul II. challenged us with words: “Do not be afraid!” Yes, do not be afraid and begin a true repentance through which God will be able to save Slovakia and Europe! Elaborated by OSBM fathers: Fr. Eliáš A. Dohnal ThD. OSBM Fr. Cyril J. Špiřík Ing. ThD. OSBM Fr. Markian V. Hitiuk ThLic. SOBM Fr. Metoděj R. Špiřík ThD. OSBM Pidhirtsi Monastery (Ukraine) September 15, 2006 On the day of the feast of Our Lady of the Sorrows, patroness of Slovakia (www.community.org.ua) Copies: His Holiness Benedict XVI. Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church
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