You are the Christ and the Christ appoints his Vicar to Shepherd his Church

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’ Matthew 16:13-19

It's interesting to note, when Peter exclaimed who Jesus was, Jesus called him Simon....but the following sentence when Jesus called him Peter... "and upon this rock I will build my Church".  Now as Peter, he has a newly appointed role as head of the Church and that it has the keys to heaven-everything that the Catholic Church has to offer.  Change of name shows the change of life, role or mission.

So think about it.  The Church is made specifically to get us into heaven, it is a safe ship to get us to the harbor from the storm of the sea.  Is God negligent that he would ever leave the church without a shepherd?  Would he allow the church that he promised us to have a shepherd that would fool people? NO he wouldn't ..." And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it."
If he ever did, he would be negligent and he would leave us as orphans... That proves that it cannot be done because his Word is true and it says, "I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."  John 14-18


One of the Characteristics of Faith in the Catechism Of the Catholic Church says:
156 What moves us to believe is not the fact that revealed truths appear as true and intelligible in the light of our natural reason: we believe "because of the authority of God himself who reveals them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived". 

God is faithful and true to his word  "Heaven and Earth shall pass but my words will never pass away." Matthew 24:35

The Church and the Pope come together.  The Authority he appoints to lead the Church through the Holy Spirit. So by mere deduction, can the Church fool us? No.  Can another force outside of the Church fool us?  Yes, the devil, our own fallible self or the world.  He has fooled masses of people through the media of course, propaganda is alive and well.  To me, propaganda is like cataracts to the eyes.  People are fooled easily because they believe what they read or see in YouTube videos, social media, mainstream media.  Most people don't care to research the facts.  So we are living in times where there is darkness, the darkness that tries to hide the truth or twist it.  
"Darkness covers the world, deep darkness over the people. " Isaiah 60: 2

The responsorial psalm today is the "Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I should want. He guides along right paths....." He said he will guide us through right paths, he cannot deceive nor be deceived.     He leads us through the Church.  This is a sure shot.  

God willing, in a moment living in the future, God will show us the truth.  He will show us how the devil tried to separate us from God.  Going against the Pope is going against the Church.  Going against the church endangers our safety and cuts us off from the vine.  (Like the schism headed by Luther) What happens when a branch is separated from the vine?  The branch dries up and dies.  We can turn back and be transplanted with a changed heart and thrive again.

A friend of mine I saw last Saturday had a vibrant glow on her face.  She looked radiantly beautiful.  I had to tell her.  She said to me someone told her to go to confession for judging a certain authority in the church, so she did the day before.  She said she felt God's glory and to her she felt the radiance!  Praise the Lord for humility.  Her joy was tangible!!!!  This could only be righteous in God's eyes and he showed his approval in a very visual way.  She fought against pride and won!  "...whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’"

I'm sorry this message was for the Feast of the Seat of Peter, but I was so exhausted I fell asleep.  I'm sending this out to you because as you know, this is a very controversial subject but I believe the Lord has revealed this to me and I need to share it.  Even if you may not believe it, go to him and pray about it.  If you feel like you've judged someone in our Ecclesial Heirarchy please confess it to God...Let him endow you with the radiance of His Face shining upon you!!!

Sending all my love.

Karen