THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Her Doctrine and Morals Christmas 25 December 2012

The Sunday Sermon

Dear Friends,

The angels sing and worship God Himself in the new born Christ child. The angels who are far superior to men, appeared to simple humble shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus; the angels guided the Magi with a star; and the angels sang. Even to this day the angels stand beside us to encourage us in the love of God. These heavenly beings want us to realize and to appreciate the tremendous gift that God has given to us in becoming one with us. God chose not to become an angel, rather He chose to become man.

In the Old Testament we see that men bowed down before angels, but after Christ was born the angels refuse to allow men to bow before them, reminding men that they (the angels) are creatures just like men and both must bow before God.

The song of the angels on this day is clear “Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace to men of good will.” Every true Catholic receives the peace of God. The angelic song however has been methodically distorted. Modernists would have us believe that the angels sang and continue to sing of peace for all men. It is illogical to desire that evil should be rewarded. The angels could never sing of, much less desire an injustice where men of evil or perverse will should obtain peace and joy in Heaven or even in the presence of God on earth. We see in the Gospel of St. John for the Third Mass today that Jesus – The Word – is Light, and was born into the darkness of the world. He came to His own, but His own received Him not. There was not to be any peace for those who refused Him. The peace and the light are only for those who welcome Him and thus become sons of God.

The angels appeared to the shepherds to reveal to them this great joy because the shepherds were humble and receptive of the Light. The proud and worldly were rejected by the angels and God, and so it was not to them that Christ brought peace, nor did the angels sing of peace for these. These poor souls are the darkness that Christ entered among when He came to this earth but St. John informs us that the darkness grasped not the Light. Sin and darkness cannot comprehend the Light. Though Christ came among them they would not receive Him and therefore they made themselves incapable of receiving Him so we can also say that they (the darkness) could not receive the Light. The Modernists have twisted the words and meaning of this angelic song so that everyone (both good and bad) should receive equally a divine grace of peace. This is an idea that is repulsive to reason and justice, as even the smallest of children can see. God’s peace and light is for those who receive Him. The shepherds, the Magi, the poor, the hubmle received Him and His peace and light. The proud and vain rejected Him and continue to this day to reject Him and consequently they reject His peace. We have seen many deliberately false translations of this angelic song, all with the obvious intent to deceive people into denying the justice of God and logically: the punishment of sinners; the eternal damnation of sinners; the very existence of Hell; etc. Many in the world today therefore celebrate the birth not of true God made Man, but rather of a false God made to accommodate the illogical fancies of evil man. They use the name of Jesus but the “Jesus” they worship is not the True One. Their god is not the same Jesus who said: “What God has joined together let not man put asunder;” (Mark 10:9) “He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he that does not believe will be condemned;”(Mark 16:16) “He who does not gather with Me, scatters;” (Luke 11:23) “Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man you shall not have life in you;” (John 6:54) “Unless your justice exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees you will not enter into the Kingdom;” (Matthew 5:20) “Deny yourselves and take up your cross daily and come follow Me;” (Matthew 16:24) etc.

Jesus clearly came to bring a sword and to divide. It is only to a few that His peace comes as we see that it was only a few who came to Him at His birth. Therefore, it is imperative that we make ourselves numbered among these few. In doing this then we may rejoice with the angels, humbly seeking the peace of God in our lives to the extent that we are truly of good will.