Through Humor, Truth is Found

I would like to share with you a little humor from the "Laugh!:)" section of the January 2009 Reader's Digest. I am the first to believe that, through humor, truth can be found. In other words, for a joke to be funny, it must have relevance and semblance to reality. Here are two jokes that support part of my argument against the post-Vatican II Church:

"The new monk is assigned to copy the old texts by hand. Noticing that he'll be copying from copies and not from the original manuscripts, he tells an elderly monk, 'If there was an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all the subsequent copies.'

"The elderly monk agrees and goes to the cellar with a copy to check against the original. Hours go by and nobody sees him. Concerned, the new monk searches for him in the cellar. Hearing wailing, he finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books. Looking up, he sobs, 'The word is celebrate.'"

Obviously, this joke speaks the truth about making copies from copies, and supports Plato's argument that reality is removed further from the original Truth with each copy made. A joke, yes, but a truth nonetheless. This joke is symbolic of today's Church -- a copy of a copy of a copy. Errors upon errors. Truthes rather than Truth.

The next joke is as follows:

"The so-called Wicked Bible," published in 1631 in England, reads "Thou shalt commit adultery." The printers forgot that all-important 'not.' They were fined."

Once again, another joke that boils down to copies of copies against an original. There are two copies in my argument: one revolves around copies and re-writing of the original God-inspired translation by Saint Jerome; the second involves copies and re-working of the original God-inspired Church of the Early Church Fathers. All support the facts that copies are not Truth.

No one knew this more than Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Archbishop Lebebvre was the central Apologist for the original Church in the 20th Century, and he founded the Society of Saint Pius X as a result of his disagreements with the Church regarding the Vatican II Council. He stood against a liberal agenda, and he fought against a liberal Church. He believed what I believe from a doctrinal position, and he was chastised by two Popes for his beliefs. Oddly enough, our current Pope, Benedict, made an agreement with him up to a point, yet Benedict turned his back on him when he continued to proclaim his position that the Church was out-of-step with God's calling.

Again, I state that there is an arrogance with this new Church that bothers me to the core, and many Catholics today are vehement that they know doctrine so well, yet they do not. They only know what they are taught through publications written and printed by this post-Vatican II Vatican. Why do they fear the history and the truth about the changes within the Church? Why do they reject the historical realities? Why don't they recognize the decline of the Church? Why wouldn't they want to correct this problem? The answers lie in the fact that God's way isn't the easiest way. It's not the "politically correct way." Our Popes now apologize for telling the truth. They fear the political ramifications of speaking for Christ. They fear reading the true Holy Bible. They want the easiest road to follow; not the path that Christ was forced to limp up while dragging His cross.

By coming to the Church through the Society of Saint Pius X, I am prevented by this post-Vatican II Church from doing anything other than partaking of Mass and being a member of the congregation. Unless I do what Pope John Paul asked of Archbishop Lefebvre and renounce my beliefs. That will not happen. Lefebvre believed that this new Church is one step removed from the anti-Christ. I'm not sure that is the case, but I am sure that its members are afraid to hear the facts, even when they're told through popular jokes such as the ones I included in this post.

Saint Jerome would have been appalled at this new Church, and he would have spoken his mind. As you will find out, he was known for being combative over Church issues, and he was not afraid to stand his ground and defend that which he knew was right. And why should he have? God was on His side, whispering in His ear, and guiding His pen. We need more Saint Jeromes and Archbishop Lefebvres in this Church today to bring it back to God and to bring it back to its rightful place as the true Catholic Church.