The beam in thy own eye.

There are so many on-going sagas one cannot keep up. I've gotten to the point where I refuse to constantly, or even moderately keep up with them. The war in Iran, the rising price of gas and food, Rome and the Vatican in a perpetual slid downward, it's really all too much. I did listen to the interview John-Henry Weston had with Mother Miriam. She's a tough cookie, not afraid to say exactly what's on her mind. They're a good pair, John-Henry likes to speak his mind also. They both agreed that Rome should not waste their time with trying to rein in the Society of Saint Pius X, when their own house is in shambles. Both agreed that the heretics and schismatics in the sad story is Rome and the Vatican itself. "And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not?" - [Luke 6, 41]. Many other commentators are getting behind the Society, in this one, but many who still say that the Society should capitulate and obey the Pope. To me, it's as clear as a bell, as clear as it was when these talks started years ago. The Society has never wavered in its position concerning Vat. II, (thank God!), and as for blindly just obeying the Pope, I believe they are one step away from coming out and calling Pope Leo for what he is, part of many who would rather destroy the Church of Christ than save souls within it. And to those who say not to rock the boat, and by ordaining Bishops without permission would be like throwing a grenade into the works, I say the Vatican needs more than a grenade to shake them up. I'll leave this at that. 

Today Our Lord again rebukes the scribes and pharisees for their wiles and hardness of heart, for trying to steal from the mouths of the elderly. As today as sit was then, are all the Jewish people like this? No, of course not. But the leaders of modern-day Israel most certainly seem to me to be just as power hangry as the scribes and pharisees were in Christ's time. I pray that the world's leaders come to their senses and see the Jewish nation as it is today, and where their true affinity lies.