Wednesday, October 06, 2021

Christus Vincit, Christus Regnat, Christus Imperat


Looking at this new little bit of Catholic triumphalism on the sanctuary gates at the chapel makes me feel pretty good.  It instantly reminded me, the first time I saw it, of the Catholics of Port Marly, France on Palm Sunday, 1987, taking back their church with crowbars and a battering ram to the strains of "Christus Vincit."  Their bishop had bricked up their church because they insisted on the traditional Mass.  In a fit of what today would be called "disobedience," "schism" and maybe even "terrorism," but what tomorrow will be called true, manly devotion, the parishioners and their priest held Mass on the front steps, pried open the doors, and then took out the brick wall behind the doors.

 
It is good to be reminded every Sunday by the new sanctuary gate ornamentation that even though the world is going to hell in a bucket, and the Church has entirely fallen into the hands of her enemies, the reign of Christ is not just for the future, but is a present reality, right here, right now.  Christ conquers right now; He reigns right now; He rules right now, no matter what things look like to us.  Nothing is happening even now that He does not permit for the sake of a greater good, and that He cannot stop dead in its tracks in His own good time, which is probably not the same as our own good time.  

All we have to do is persevere.  And keep our crowbars and battering rams handy.

4 comments:

  1. The Catholics of Port Marly are my heroes. Such faith!!

    Inspiring post, Anita! Thank you and God bless...

    btw - Erica is suffering from a bite wound (small puncture.) She had the two week antibiotic shot ( I MUST look up the science on that), and she should be fine. I wonder what the other kitteh ended up looking like. And.......she's porked up to an even 6 lbs from 5.8.

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    1. Thank you Adrienne! I'm glad Erica Kitteh will be okay and that she stops mixing it up with other kittehs.

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  2. Rock bottom is just a place to turn around.
    I reckon we are at that point now.

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    1. Shirley, I really, really hope this is as low as we have to go. In Canada you have it a lot worse.

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