Of Miracles and Bad Shepherds

It's looking like the site of Noah's ark really has been found. Will the skeptics mock? Often when I read an article about evidence for biblical events and miracles I think of this quote:

“For those who believe in God no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe in God no explanation is possible.”

The quote is often attributed to Franz Werfel who wrote Song of Bernadette, because the film included a similar quote in the introduction. It does not appear in the historical novel, however, although Werfel's powerful testimony to the Lourdes miracles proclaims it without words. 

Regardless of where the quote originated, the truth of it is illustrated time and again by reactions to miraculous events which people of faith believe and others: skeptics, atheists, freemasons, etc. refuse to believe. I wrote about the Shroud of Turin recently, a relic that continues to be debated. The current archaeological research on the ark may be new, but finding the ark on Ararat has been heralded since 1959. So, yes, believers believe, skeptics, despite proof, refuse to believe. It will be interesting to follow the ark story.

What about miracles in general and particularly the miracles of Jesus? Sad to say, even the pope casts doubt on miracles as he did twice recently about Christ's multiplication of the loaves and fishes:

“...the multiplication of the loaves and the fish happened while sharing: that is the miracle."

Chris Jackson at Hiraeth in Exile recently published two articles examining Leo's take on Christ's feeding the crowd miracle. 

Bread Without Doctrine: Leo XIV’s Corpus Christi and the Vanishing Reality of the Eucharist

Leo Denies Loaves and Fishes Miracle For the Second Time; Catholic Media Silent

There's nothing new in this claim that the multiplication was actually a division. Hey all those out in the wilderness not only had their own lunch, but carried enough picnic hampers to fill twelve baskets with leftovers everyone ate "their fill."

Really! It wasn't just the little boy's five loaves and two fish, but all that other food and the people just decided not to hoard but to share. Jesus sparked their generosity. One question though: How does this correspond to the following event when everybody went looking for Jesus?

But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks. When therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and came to Capharnaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them, and said: Amen, amen I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. John 6:23-26

This ridiculous "sharing" narrative is nothing new. I heard it decades ago from an associate pastor in my parish who, as far as I know, is still a consummate liberal, dare I say heretic, with long involvement in the heretical priest group, The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP). 

If your priest or bishop belongs to thats organization let it be a warning. You are under the tyrannical reign of hirelings not shepherds. The Lepanto Institute has dozens of articles about this disgraceful and heretical group supported by hundreds of priests and a number of so-called Catholic bishops: Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Archbishop emeritus Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer of Atlanta, and Bishop John Stowe of Lexington. Several of these bishops head groups at the USCCB like the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Communications group. Is it any wonder so many bad things come out of the bishops' gab fest every year?

The one encouraging thing about this group and liberal Catholics in general is that they are mostly a band of aging leftovers from the sixties and seventies. Some of us outgrew those decades of insanity and got our brains back. Some, sad to say, still live in la-la land. Examine the photos from their assemblies from the past ten years illustrating that their days are numbered. Note: not a roman collar in sight! 

And here's my former associate pastor. I always liked him but hated what he stood for. 

And one final picture of the oldies (not goodies) with Bishop John Stowe. 

Unfortunately, these priests are gravely unfaithful to Christ and His Church infecting their flocks with liberalism and modernism, mortal sins against the faith. But, really, how many of these bald and white-haired heretics will still be here in another ten years. Let us pray they repent before it's too late! 

And note the bishop in the last photo above, John Stowe. He was the disgraceful hireling who attacked the Covington boys including Nick Sandmann about the shameful events after the March for Life in 2019 when grifter Nathan Phillips beat his drum and accused the students of disrespect. All the Kentucky bishops jumped on the innocent kids who were the real victims and persecuted by dozens of talking heads who weren't there to witness the staged event by media hog and liar Phillips. His version of things went viral and is still described in AI generated answers about him. The truth often lags far behind the big lie.

In the end, when all the videos finally surfaced, the innocence of the kids was established, but Bishop Stowe never backtracked or apologized for demonizing his own flock of Catholic boys. What a pathetic excuse for a spiritual "father!" He's too busy shilling for the gay agenda and women's ordination. Truly the warning in Ezekiel belongs to him. "Woe to the false shepherds!"

Pray for holy bishops and clergy. We sure need them. And pray that Lord converts or takes the others.