Monsignor Pope's Treatise on "Obedience"

There seems to be some confusion.

It is a priest's evocation is to be obedient to his bishop. It is not the evocation of a lay person to be obedient to a bishop, because we have children and families. It is our evocation and duty to get to Heaven and bring as many people with us as we can.

Many priests confuse these evocations.

The instruction to lay people that Christ warned us about false shepherds with the intention that we are to be obedient to them is spiritually disordered.

I'm here to remind all who read here that Christ warned us about false shepherds and advised us to test everything. His instructions were clear. We are to shake the dust from our feet as a witness to the uncatechized, to our children, our neighbors and to the priest and Bishop himself so that he may know God sees what he is doing. Never, ever, sit in false witness or in silence when a shepherd is leading the flock astray. He is on the road to Gehanna and is not to be followed under the guise these are the instructions from Christ on 'obedience' to His Church.

The call for obedience can be the last refuge for the wicked. Many Bishops used obedience to cover up their crimes against children. Test everything and always choose obedience to Christ's One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church when your Bishop is not.

Most of these Bishops are simply weak rather than disobedient. They choose obedience for themselves but hand out poison to the flock. The road to hell is paved with their skulls. Let us pray for priests advising the faithful to follow them there, towing their children, family, friends and community.

Let those who have ears hear, in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.