St. Nicholas & Cardinal Burke

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On December 6th, Holy Church celebrates the great feast of St. Nicholas. On the evening before St. Nicholas Day, especially in European countries, children place little shoes outside the doors of their homes or perhaps near their bedsides. If they have been good, he fills their shoes with delicious fruits, nuts, and candies. But if they have not been good, they may find potatoes, coal, or twigs in their shoes. If we don’t necessarily use shoes, many within our country will use stockings hung on the fire place mantle. What many people forget about St. Nicholas is his profound love for the Christ Child and his love of Catholic Truth. During his time as bishop, there was a horrible heresy that denied the divinity of Christ. This false teaching was preached by a priest named, Arius and the heresy bears his name…Arianism. St. Nicholas not only did acts of charity and dropped off gifts of gold in people’s homes, he also defended the teachings of the apostles. St. Nicholas began by preaching so wonderfully on the divinity of Christ, that the evil and false teaching of Arianism was firmly rejected by the people of his diocese. In addition, St. Nicholas attended a very important Church council in the city of Nicea. While at the Council of Nicea, St. Nicholas, in a moment of holy zeal, rose up and struck Arius forcefully to the ground. The Emperor Constantine and some of the bishops present, removed Nicholas from the council chambers, stripped him of his office, took away his episcopal robes, miter, and crosier, and imprisoned him. Both our dearest Lord and His Blessed Mother visited Nicholas in his cell. The Son of God and Son of Mary asked Nicholas why he was behind bars. Nicholas simply answered…Because of my love for You. Soon Jesus and Mary restored his bishop’s robes, his miter, and his crosier, as well as giving him the Sacred Scriptures to study while in jail. When the emperor heard of this miraculous visitation, Constantine fully restored Nicholas and allowed him a place at the council. Many of us are aware of the courageous actions of four princes of the Church, including Cardinal Burke. It has been revealed that the four cardinals had written to Pope Francis in September asking for clarification on 5 dubia or doubts about the disastrous document known as Amoris Laetitia. These four cardinals have been condemned by various compromisers who would prefer the Gospel of Kasper to the Gospel of Christ. Like St. Nicholas of old, these four men will not compromise on doctrine and morality. They have also been threatened by another high ranking member of the Church who has suggested that they have their red hats…their special privileges and position taken away from them. It has been strongly rumored that the Holy Father himself is enraged at their intervention. But these four cardinals deserve high praise for their being uncompromising. These men are present day St. Nicholas’ and St. Athanasius’. Let us support them with our prayers and openly support them in our words. They are simply embracing Christ’s way and tradition as opposed to walking the way marked out by the spirit of the world. St. Thomas Aquinas would support them were he here today. The Common Doctor once wrote: When there is a danger for the faith, subjects are required to correct and reprove their prelates, even publicly. For more please visit http://www.reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔