A short essay written under by a conciliar "cardinal" under pseudonym of "Demos II" has prompted what turned out to be a rather lengthy exposition of his errors, the foremost of which is his obvious belief that the "Second" Vatican Council and the teachings of Karol Josef Wojtyla/John Paul II and Joseph Alois Ratzinger/Benedict XVI should guide the selection of the next universal face of apostasy to succeed Jorge Mario Bergoglio. 

By the way, I totally forgot to note that February 20, 2004, was the twentieth anniversary of this website going "live" online. Thus, the work of Christ or Chaos, which began as a printed publication in September of 1996, is its twenty-eighth year. Although I can no longer write as much as I did in the past, I do what I can as my time permits. Thank you for reading this site, and I thank all our benefactors, past and present, for making this work possible, noting that it would really terrific if a few more montly benfactors were to come along within the Providence of God.

The next original article on this will not take as long to appear as this current one. (Once again, I am not offering any further comments about the lawfare being used against former President Donald John Trump or the presidential election untl after Easter. While individual issues, such as illegal immigration, will be discussed as events warrant, I am avoiding all dog and pony shows, includuing whatever decision Judge Scott McAfee renders in the case of Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, until after Easter. Our focus must be on prepariing for a good Passiontide, not on the distractions posed by the world,

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Casimir, pray for us.

Pope Saint Lucius I, pray for us.

[Update on Saturday, March 2, 2024: I am working on a commentary about an essay published under the pseudonym of "Demos II," who is a conciliar "cardinal," outlining expectations for the next head of what he thinks is the Catholic Church while making his criticism of "Pope Francis" very clear. As I want to be concise and precise in my commentary on the essay, I need to take a bit of time to choose only a few examples of how the "cardinal's" belief that the "Second" Vatican Council and the magisterium of the conciliar "popes" prior to Jorge Mario Bergoglio had been faithful representations of the Catholic Faith.

[The "cardinal" also wants to see a return to the "hermeneutic of continuity," which is, even though he may not understand or accept it, is nothing other than repackaged dogmatic evolutionism. One cannot use an entity's false principles as a means to combat those principles' logical conclusion, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio is nothing if not their very expression. It is my hope to have the commentary published on the Third Sunday of Lent. Thank you.]

This is a follow-up of sorts to the commentary posted four days ago.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

The secular "pope," Donald John Trump, has pontificated on the matter of in vitro fertilization, and as is the case with all other false pontiffs, his pronouncement is erroneous. Error can never be the foundation of anything good. Yet it is that people keep closing their eyes while the difference, if there ever has been any, between the supposed "lesser evil" and the "greater evil" becomes indistinguishable.

Sober up.

Stop believing in the political equivalent of the tooth fairy.

Reflections on the Second Sunday of Lent written by Dom Prosper Gueranger and Father Francis X. Weninger are included near the end of this commentary.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

[Update on Ember Saturday and the Commemoration of the Vigil of Saint Matthias: Although I was working on a commentary about the "unofficial" meeting between the corrupt Francesco Coccopalmiero, and three other conciliar emissaries (Mario Delpini, Zbigniew Suchecki, and Antonio Stagliano) with high mucky-mucks representing Italian Freemasonry to find "compatibility" between Catholicism and the occult lodges, a news item caught my attention that requires me to postpone the article I had been working on in favor of a thorough reponse to former President Donald John Trump's defense of the immoral practice of in vitro fertilization. I simply cannot stay up for several hours to work on this commentary as it is already past Midnight. 

Before I take my leave, though, I reiterate the need for non-tax-deductible financial gifts as I have some pressing bills, one due tomorrow, that must be paid promptly. I am trying to raise $600 at this time. Thank you.]

What started out as a putative "Mass" upon the death of an infamous man who was disturbed enough to undergo the chemical and surgical mutilation of his body turned into a "funeral service" wherein the presiding presbyter, Edward Dougherty, said that the atheistic mutant was on the way to Heaven. Yet it is that Timothy Michael Dolan praised Dougherty as a "hero," proving once again that the slimmed down version of the man who wore a cheesehead mitre upon his installation as the conciliar "arcbhishop" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, twenty-two years ago, is still trying to make everyone happy except the true God of Divine Revelation, the Most Holy Trinity.

This commentary could have been entitled "From Whom Am I to Judge? to Amoris Laetitia to Fiducia Supplicans to the Cathedral of Saint Patrick."

Goodnight. Good morning. I am going to sleep. 

Another new commentary will follow in a day or so.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

There was a travesty that took place at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, on Thursday, Februay 15, 2024, the Thursday after Ash Wednesday and the Commemoration of Saints Faustinus and Jovita, that made the secular news because its organized designed the travety to be celebration of evil. To this date, although a terse statement was issued by the cathedral's rector to apologize for the event, I am not aware that Timothy Michael Dolan has said one word about this publicly. Jorge is watching, and the false "pontiff," who is ever-ready to comment on world events, has said nothing. Dolan is following his lead.

Well, the hour is late. I will have another original commentary in a day or two.

Non-tax-deductible financial gifts are always needed. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

This commentary incorporates reflections on the First Sunday of Lent by Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B., and Father Francis X. Weninger, S.J, to remind readers not to let the details of the political and lawfare seasons get in their way of keeping focused on making the best Lent of their lives.

It is my hope to have another original commentary, this one with a conciliar them, published much sooner than it took me to get this current commentary posted.

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.

Saint Simeon the Bishop, pray for us.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous, pray for us.

Our annual Lenten journey into the desert begins today, Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024, which is also the Commemorations of Saint Valentine. Deo gratias!

The season that begins on Ash Wednesday is the time of penance. This is the time to withdraw from the world. This is the time to be earnest about relying upon the ineffable graces that were won for us by the shedding of every single drop of the Most Precious Blood of Our Divine Redeemer, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, during His Passion and Death and that flow into our sous through the loving hands of His Most Blessed Mother, she who is the Mediatrix of All Graces.

This period of six weeks, four days until Easter Sunday (six weeks, three and one-half days until the Easter Vigil) is nearly one-ninth of an entire calendar year. May we beg Our Lady to help us make the best Lent of our lives as we do not know if it will be our last. Indeed, we do not know whether we will live to see Easter Sunday in this life on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Our Lady of Dolors, pray for us.

Saint Valentine, pray for us.

This commentary concludes the current two-part series.

Another original commentary will appear in two or three days, and the need for non-tax-deductible financial gifts remains. Thank you.

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.

The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites, pray for us.

This is part one of a two-part commentary about special counsel Robert Hur's report on the Chief Demagogue's willful retention and use of classified material that he had no statuory authority to retain or use. 

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous, pray for us.

Today, Quinguagesima Sunday, is also the one hundred sixty-sixth anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, France. Our Lady explained to the fourteen year-old Bernadette that we must do penance for our sins and for those of others.

Can we do any less in our day?

Indeed, the state of the Church Militant on earth and of the world-at-large has worsened as the sins of men have grown more numerous and more daring and as most baptized Catholics have been deprived of access to Sanctifying Grace by virtue of the invalid sacraments offered in the counterfeit church of conciliarism. God is not going to permit any country that kills the innocent preborn with legal impunity and kills souls in the name of the falsehoods of "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" and "freedom of religion" and a general sense of legal and cultural licentiousness to know long term material prosperity. Then again, these merchants of death have been enabled by the conciliar revolutionaries, who believe that signs of "outward penance belong to a different era in the history of the Church." We must indeed take Our Lady's injunction, "Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners," most seriously as we pray as many Rosaries each day as our states-in-life permits. 

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.

Saint Bernardette Soubirous, pray for us.