Cut, Cut & Pluck (Bede)

Homily - Cut, Cut & Pluck (Bede)

• If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; 

• If your foot causes you to sin,cut it off; 

• If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; 

Cut, cut and pluck; 

Cut, cut and pluck!

This is the exhortation of the God-Man: Jesus of Nazareth! The Christ of God!

But, why would Jesus, Jesus, meek and mild, give such shocking counsel?

Because he knew that something far worse than having “a great millstone hung round one’s neck and being thrown into the sea” awaits those who cause even one of these little ones who believe in Him to sin!

And this fate will make the great millstone look like a mercy!

DEAR FRIENDS:

If this is the fate of those who have cause only one little one to sin,What do think will befall those who cause tens, hundreds, and thousands to sin?

AND, SO THE FAITHFUL raise their voices and cry to the Living and True God for those priests, bishops and other prelates who have sinned against the little ones whether 

• by COMMISSION 
• by ACTIVE COVER-UP or 
• by COWARDLY & COMPLICITOUS SILENCE...

WITH THE PSALMIST we sing to them:

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul;

the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; 

the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; 

the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; 

the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; 

the ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

(Psalm 18:7-11)

AND WITH SAINT JAMES, we call out to those who have ravaged our children, the little ones of Jesus Christ, when they should have guarded, protected and defended them:

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

Your riches have rotted and your sacred garments are moth-eaten.

Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. 

You have laid up treasure for the last days. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; [even though] he [did] not resist you.

(James 5:1-3,5-6)

AND, HEEDING THE LORD’S COMMAND that we should love even those who have made themselves our enemies, 

LET ALL GOD’S FAITHFUL RAISE our voices and pray... 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who in Thine ineffable glory did fashion man and woman in Thine image, 

DEIGN TO HEAR the plaintive cries of their suffering children on earth. 

BREAK ALL THE HERESIES and powers of Hell that now rage against us, especially those pertaining to the unspeakable sin of sodomy. 

LOOK WITH MERCY ON those most pitiable souls it ensnares, and release them from its horrid clasp forever. 

DESTROY THE CHAINS in which the devil has bound them, extinguish their every lust with the waters of Thy sacraments, and purify them in the divine fire of Thy Triune Love.

IN THY SOVEREIGNTY ALSO, remember the innocence of Thy children now on earth and yet to be born, and suffer not their cries to heaven for vengeance to endure. 

Obliterate every power of the enemy over the people of God, drive those who preach these errors from Thy holy sanctuary, and bring to speedy and total ruin every state, every province, and every city that exults in these crimes against nature, making, we humbly beg Thee, provision for Thy faithful as once Thou did with our patriarch Abraham.

O LORD JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED, so hated by the principalities of the world, grant Thy poor servants the honor to suffer meekly with Thee the taunts, insults, and injuries of Calvary. 

And, in merciful consideration for the many weaknesses of our fallen nature, generously bestow on us every consolation and courage that Thou gave to Saint Peter on the road from Rome, that we may both faithfully witness Thee to the fleeting empires of men, and forever adore Thee in Thine everlasting kingdom in heaven.

AMEN.

I DO NOT THINK — Saint John Chrysostom once said — I DO NOT THINK there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish: and the reason is, that it is an affair that requires a great mind.

AND AGAIN SAINT CHRYSOSTOM SAID...HELL IS PAVED with the skulls of priests.

DEAREST BRETHREN IN CHRIST:

Jesus meant what he said:

In Hell, the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched!

So let us Pray the Lord

That he give Hearts full of repentance 

to the priests, bishops and other prelates of his holy Catholic Church!

For if those who have committed these heinous acts, and those who covered for them, and those who chose the personal safety of silence...

If these do not repent of their sins...

There will be hell for them to pay!

Cut, cut and pluck;

Cut, cut and pluck!

O Lord Jesus Christ: Have mercy on us! For we have sinned grievously against you!

In the Name of the Father, And of the Son, And of the Holy Spirit! Amen!

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“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.”

43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 

45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell., 

47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 

 It Makes the Millstone Look Like Mercy