December 6, 1976
I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK
My son, write:
What have many of my bishops and so many priests made themselves responsible for?
1.- They are guilty of the heresy of action, that is to say, of pseudo zeal beneath which vanity is hidden.
2.- They are guilty of having allowed themselves to be absorbed by exterior activity, at times even to the point of exhaustion; this does not correspond to a design of divine Providence, but rather to a subtle pride and to a cunning maneuver of the evil one.
3.- This offensive activity has not had, and does not have, a corresponding interior activity, and therefore the conviction has grown in them of being walls of support, without which everything is destined to collapse; in words more clear and simple: an exaggerated esteem of themselves, with a consequent lessening of confidence and abandonment in God.
4.- A refusal to reform themselves, and to reform their churches in a serious and efficacious manner, inspired in Gospel principles. This is a most grave fault, because there was not lacking to them, calls from on high, warnings, admonitions, and supernatural deeds and happenings.
5.- A comfortable prudence, by reason of which they prevented souls from receiving immense blessings, while they themselves committed numberless imprudences.
6.- Many of my bishops are saturated with rationalism and even with Marxism.
7.- I make the grave charge that they have always and only sought to make compromises, with the purpose of avoiding disturbances from above, and criticisms and rebukes from below, but these compromises are not from God; this behavior was not, nor ever will it be, that of his saints, for it is in opposition to my Gospel.
8.- They are also responsible for the anarchy that reigns in my Church.
9.- They are responsible for the contamination in the doctrinal, and often in the moral field, in many seminaries, and for the spreading of errors and heresies, thus making of the Church a formidable Babel, by reason of which they now understand only a little, and poorly.
10.- To whom should one attribute the multiple contradictions of modern pastoral practice, except to the pastors and priests, due to the ignorant and foolish use of their authority?
It was said that the principle of authority is defended and safeguarded by unrestrained anarchy, but I said that the exercise of authority should change, and that paternity and firmness can well be reconciled in a father and pastor of souls.
11.- It is a most grave fault of many bishops and priests, to have allowed themselves to be influenced by the diabolical modern life, in many cases approving it and blessing it; they, who were chosen for an action totally in opposition to it; they, who were chosen to counteract the darksome forces of evil and to oppose its destructive action in my Church; they, the bright lamps of the world, have allowed themselves to be overcome, and their light was extinguished by the darkness of hell; they, the ferment of life and leaven for the people of God; they, the salt of the earth, allowed themselves to become arid, and they have become paralyzed by the aggression of the demons.
12.- They are guilty of emulating the great and powerful of the earth, in their manner of governing; they are sly in their diplomacy, forgetting that I, the eternal Word of God, the Redeemer of humanity, highest and greatest Ambassador of God before all of humanity, had only one kind of diplomacy, that of the truth; in contrast, they, by competing against and emulating the diplomats of the world, have become experts, and at times teachers, of lies. In reality, the diplomacy of the world is the art of lying. Therefore, this also is a tremendous responsibility.
The father of the prodigal son used the diplomacy of love.
I, Jesus, was not a governor in the three years of my public life; I never sought honors nor human approval; rather I, the good Shepherd, the father of the prodigal son, always and only had one desire: the adorable Will of the Father, and the deliverance of souls from the yoke of Satan, in whom today they no longer believe.
13.- To end, I should also impute to pastors and priests, as a grave fault, the lack of compassion for the suffering, for the sick, in mind and body, caused by the wicked and darksome forces of hell.
This is an unbelievable and inconceivable lack of compassion, in open ,and strident contrast to the Gospel teachings, to the examples given by Me, true God and true man, and to the powers that I gave to my Apostles and to their successors, of healing the sick and of casting out demons.
In all this, abuse and mockery have gone to the extreme limit!
Do bishops and priests think that I, the true God, have spoken useless and vain things? Do they think that I, Jesus, the true God, have pronounced words and imparted teachings that are not useful and not necessary at all times?
I am God; I am not conditioned by time nor by space; my teachings are valid for all generations; but what kind of faith do bishops and priests of this atheist, perverse and incredulous generation have?
How can my bishops think that the present times are different from the times in which I lived upon earth in my human nature?
Have they not realized that all modern progress, this material progress manipulated by Satan, has been of great use to Satan himself, as an instrument of disorders and of personal, social and world perversions?
Have my bishops and priests not realized that the finality of man is not in technology nor in material well being, when it is separated from the highest spiritual interest of all humanity?
Have not my bishops and priests understood all this, or perhaps it is more comfortable for them not to want to understand it, so as not to strike against the dark and mysterious forces of evil, against which, instead of using the weapon of truth, they preferred to use the diabolical weapon of compromise?
What have they done with their tremendous responsibility, that is imposed upon them by their priesthood, since they, being teachers, were, and are, the ones who have the obligation of putting souls on guard against the dangers, snares and cunning, that lie in the material progress of consumer civilization?
No, my son, do not be preoccupied by the truth; blessed are those who know how to accept truth with humility, for their own benefit and for the social benefit of my Church.
Unfortunately, my repeated calls have not been listened to, my invitations to search and question their consciences. They have all fallen into a vacuum!
My son, it is a tremendous thing to resist divine Goodness, that knocks at the door of souls, who wishes to save; a predecessor of theirs, Judas, resisted, and his resistance was his perdition.
I bless you, son; offer reparation, pray, and love Me intensely.