A question I see out there a lot on the Internet forums is why would anybody still be Catholic considering the absolutely horrible and embarrassing state of the Church these days. It must be said, that without a doubt it is a heavy cross to be a good Catholic today: one can’t help but to have a sorrowful heart. The mess is so bad — and most people have only seen the tip of the iceberg, believe me — that sometimes you wonder if maybe we’re in the End Times. There is no doubt that the enemy is embedded deep within and high up.
But let’s consider first, what is the cause of this great humiliation we now suffer?
The root of the issue is the pride that is within the members of the Church, which, while latent for a couple of centuries, finally exploded out into the open in the post-War period. This pride is manifest in a few ways. Popes, bishops and theologians began to entertain their own speculations rather than submitting themselves to the traditions of the Church. More and more, the lay Catholics didn’t want to submit to God’s law. And worse, we threw out the way that God provided for us to worship Him through the Mass handed down to us. Instead, a handful of bishops went into a room and came up with a “New Mass”: a greatly desacralized and banal version said in the vernacular. “We’ll come up with a Mass that WE like. We’re not going to accept what God has given to us down through the centuries.” It is just plain simple PRIDE.
Now we all have to know and accept our place. If we’re not going to humble ourselves and receive what is given to us, rather than trying to make up our own way, then it’s just natural that God is going to have to humiliate us to purify us of our pride. And the humiliation is going to get worse and deeper until we finally humble ourselves and remember that God is God and we are not.
And the same exact thing is happening to our nations. Look at how the hordes of third-worlders are coming into our countries, going on welfare and showing no appreciation, taking our women for their own, committing crimes with impunity — and we seem powerless to stop it. It is a great humiliation. And it’s for the same reason: we got prideful. We forgot God. We thought we could do it all alone. And now He’s going to humiliate us until we come to our senses and return to reality and re-learn our place.
So to the question of why I am still a Catholic despite the circumstances, I can provide a short answer:
If Our Lord was willing to suffer the greatest humiliation — of the scourging, being spat on, being mocked and crucified — all for me, and He didn’t walk away… then how can I? For surely the servant isn’t greater than the Master?