I received an email from someone who says she so much misses my blog writing and asked if I have another blog presence online? Yes, I do, but the topic is well hidden and thus far I'm yet discerning if it is misleading or not relevant. I am NOT at all into new age ideologies now coming under variety of other terms to mislead people. I am finding especially Catholics in parishes who are seeking deeper relationships with God and the Holy Spirit becoming quite duped.
However, I have noticed that one of the main reasons I decided to cease writing on this blog was due to a woman who is canonically approved in her diocese, yet a year ago her vicar general nor her bishop's office were totally unaware that she was a canonically approved hermit in her diocese. I had written them, finally, after 12 years of her stalking and doxxing, her derisive libel, and her incessantly attacking just about everything that I wrote.
It got to a point that my own writing seemed tainted by a sense of what could be described as a dark if not demonic presence of this woman and at least one other who has in the past been quite nasty in comments left on my blog/s. I have written under other blog titles depending on my progression in spiritual life, of which I have progressed recently, although I remain very much a consecrated Catholic hermit. I have been writing of other aspects which include seeking His Real Presence, of course, which is our earthly yearning and seeking and desire of union in the Trinity.
But I was saddened to see that since I stopped writing on this blog site, the canonically approved woman has simply found other non-canonically approved, but very much consecrated and valid Catholic hermits, to attack and debate online, evidently on some list of hermits or a hermit forum. I have not located such a list, but my life is not created for nor focused on debating over who is humble and who is not, or who is a real or consecrated Catholic hermit and who is not. The woman's obsession continues, and it is the reason I wanted rid of that darkly spiritual, hovering influence.
That is not of God. I noticed she had stated that I wrote hateful things of CL603. I have never hated the canon law nor written hatefully of it. I have simply and accurately pointed out that it is not necessary for Catholic hermits, and was not at all what God Himself wanted for me as a hermit. That was verified by two bishops, and I consider myself saved from intermediary distraction to what God wants of us which is not to be single-minded of purpose and focus on a temporal vocation and who is consecrated and right and who is not, who is humble and who is not.
We are called to come into God's transformational presence, to be aware of His presence in our daily lives, and to love and serve God and to love and serve others, not to be stalking and attacking and having nothing much of spiritual substance to write other than constantly seeking out those who are not canonical Catholic hermits but very much indeed holy Catholic people who are hermits and very much by virtue of their living their vows and professed evangelical counsels and as vital and consecrated in and by Christ as those who seem to need promote themselves as the authority of all of the Church's hermits and to decry and debate and try to blow off anyone who happens to disagree or move beyond the topic which to me became nauseous and noxious, both.
Let the Lord determine His saints, and until then we are all sinners seeking to love and serve God in Himself and to love others as God loves. Jesus can determine who He considers consecrated, and for those hermits who are living the traditional, historical, holy hermit vocation as am I, especially a man who now has become this prideful CL603 woman's focus of attack and debate online, know that I am praying for you. Please do not get sucked into her web as I had far too often.
The devil is deceptive and adept at trying to cull us off from our Christian, spiritual purpose no matter what our vocations. Stay focused on our Lord Jesus Christ, stick with Scripture, pray (the rosary is very good meditative prayer and one the devil despises and will protect you from the likes of such), and rise beyond the muck and dulled topic of which this woman is incapable of thinking or or writing much other. I was informed years ago that this is what she does--wants to be the hermit superior or such. We all know that Jesus loves and desires and embraces all of us who come to Him.
I'm not more concerned with the amount of new age ideologies infiltrating the Church in various ways, and priests and parishioners not recognizing its insidious and subtle influence. I'm not sure why Scripture and the writings of saints and their spiritual directors, and theologians of past centuries whose writings have stood the test of time and the fruit born out to be solid and good--is not enough. There is all the more to sift through and discern with the amount of information in this time of internet and social media, and people able to present themselves however they wish--including a canonical hermit whose vicar general wanted nothing to do with her. Ouch--the truth hurts.
We Catholics have to face it, that we must discern much that is out there, including priests, bishops, Catholic colleges and universities, parishioners and programs. When Jesus says the path is narrow and few are they who are on it, but He calls us to go through the narrow gate--He MEANS IT. I have very much needed this reminder recently, and it may seem rather lonely and unexciting, but we must decline the other and stick with the narrow path, stick with the Living Word of God, and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God the Father, learn from Jesus Christ, and count on the intercessions and protection of the Virgin Mary, our Heavenly Mother, and our guardian angels and of course the archangels and all of the nine choirs.
God bless you all, and I'm sorry to not be able to direct you to my writing, but for now I ask you to pray for me as I discern what His Real Presence wants of me. I am praying for each of you, and please do not get waylaid or distracted by such drivel as can be out there that seems enticing or holds some aspects of truth, but not all and of combative or prideful nature. I leave you with the homily of St. Bernard of Clairvaux--and also the reminder that in current times, people are even using the writings of St. Teresa and of St. Ignatius and rewriting and twisting what these saints wrote and their intentions, and making the guidance and exercises into false agendas that seem tantalizing and promising but you are best off reading the actual writings of these saints and not the adulterated versions being published and gaining great traction.
“I have prayed that your faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers ” (Lk 22:32)
Christ the Mediator “committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth” (1Pt 2:22). How could I venture to draw near him, I who am a sinner, a grievous sinner whose sins are more numerous than the sands of the sea? He is all that is most pure, I am all that is most impure (...)This is the reason why God has given me these apostles, men and sinners – very grievous sinners – who learnt for themselves, through their own experience, how merciful they should be to others. Guilty themselves of great offenses, they will grant a ready pardon to great offenses and repay us according to the measure meted out to them (Lk 6:38).
The apostle Peter committed a very great sin, possibly the greatest of all. He received a forgiveness for it that was as swift as it was ready, even to not losing anything of the privilege of his primacy. And Paul, who unleashed unrestrained aggression against the newborn Church, was brought to faith at the call of God's Son himself. In return for so many evils he was filled with such great blessings that he became “a chosen instrument to carry the Lord's name before Gentiles, kings and Israelites” (Acts 9:15) (...)
Peter and Paul are our teachers: they learned the way of life fully from the one Teacher of all and continue to teach us today.
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