From Toronto Catholic Witness
By Barona
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| His Grace, Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga |
When
time has permitted, I have been listening to interviews, lectures, and
sermons by Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga, the former Archbishop of
Karaganda, Kazakhstan. His Grace now resides in Poland. It is very
refreshing to listen to a churchman from outside the "Anglo-Saxon"
world, who devoted his entire pastoral life in Kazakhstan, and as such
was not exposed to the seductive lure of liberalism that has infected
virtually every Prelate in western Europe and North America.
So integrally Catholic is the Archbishop, that he suffers no illusions as to what is happening in the Church and world. Whilst we in the decadent "West" regard the Catholic Church as strong in Poland, Archbishop Lenga has publicly stated that "my heart breaks when I see the state of the Church in Poland". Unlike westernized Prelates, the Archbishop is not afraid to speak on any issue. His Grace reminds me of my father's Faith (who if alive, would be now 96): the Faith of once Catholic Poland. It was the pure Catholic Faith held by Poles uncorrupted by the so-called "modern" world. It was the Faith of Blessed Pius IX and St. Pius X.
For
those of you who speak Polish, I urge you to seek out this man's
apostolic work, so as to fortify yourself against the grave dangers that
are in our midst. More to come on this great man, but I shall end by
stating that he has opened my eyes to perhaps the dagger in the heart of
the Church that has led to this explosion of evil within the Church. It
is the implicit rejection of the dogma: "outside the Church there is no salvation".
From this rejection comes forth every other imaginal evil. The
modern world is built upon the rejection of this dogma: the rejection of
Jesus Christ as God, who is mystically united to His one, only Church.
The denial, obfuscation, implicit rejection of this dogma denies the
very words of Christ:
And St. Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit:
So integrally Catholic is the Archbishop, that he suffers no illusions as to what is happening in the Church and world. Whilst we in the decadent "West" regard the Catholic Church as strong in Poland, Archbishop Lenga has publicly stated that "my heart breaks when I see the state of the Church in Poland". Unlike westernized Prelates, the Archbishop is not afraid to speak on any issue. His Grace reminds me of my father's Faith (who if alive, would be now 96): the Faith of once Catholic Poland. It was the pure Catholic Faith held by Poles uncorrupted by the so-called "modern" world. It was the Faith of Blessed Pius IX and St. Pius X.
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| His Grace speaking about the dangers facing the Faith |
"Jesus said to him, I am the way; I am truth and life; nobody can come to the Father, except through me".
John 14:6
And St. Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit:
"Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be save".
Acts 4:12
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