Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex

It is not God’s will that a soul be disturbed by anything or suffer trials, for if one suffers trials in the adversities of the world it is because of a weakness in virtue. The perfect soul rejoices in what afflicts the imperfect one. - St. John Of the Cross

Plans to berate Pope Benedict are in the works by the “Rainbow Sash Movement“. Their plan is to publicly demonstrate their “disgust” against the “sinner” by showering him with ashes and publicly shaming him with whistles for causing the Church so much division and pain.

“There are souls that wallow in the mire like animals, and there are others that soar like birds, which purify and cleanse themselves in the air.” - St. John Of the Cross

Addictions to our disordered attachments make us weak, impotent slaves to the will and defile our souls by diminishing the image of God within us. Narcissism can be found at the core of almost every psychological dysfunction because it’s a manifistation of “falling in love” with ourselves to hide our own inadequacies and treating others like objects to make ourselves feel strong and competent. As in this case, this particular group of sinners show how they are infatuated with the vanity of their own disordered desires, and hide behind their dependence of social prestige (same sex marriage, “equal rights”) and power (self-righteousness, sex abuse scandal) to destroy our beloved holy father whom they see as standing in their way of happiness (attaining the elusive sense of internal peace and rest).

“A soul that is hard because of self-love grows harder. O good Jesus, if you do not soften it, it will ever continue in its natural hardness.”- St. John Of the Cross

H/T Abbey-roads2

Image from Rainbow Sash Movement website