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CONTACTING THE GUARDIAN ANGEL...CONNECTING THE DOTS




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All emphasis in the following quotes is mine - ct.

In addition to the strictures listed in the letter of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger issued in 1983, the current Vatican document added the following norms:

The theories which derive from the alleged revelations of Gabriele Bitterlich concerning the work of the angels, their personal names, their rank and function may no longer be either taught or in any way, either explicitly or implicitly, made use of in the organizational structures of the Opus Angelorum or in any cult or in prayer or in spiritual formation or in any public or private spirituality. The use and the dissemination of books and other writings which contain the above-mentioned theories is forbidden both within the above-mentioned organization as well as outside its formal structures. ("Fidelity" July/August, 1992. This was the second attempt by the CDF to reign in Opus Angelorum, after the 1983 attempt failed.)

Based on 80,000 pages of private revelations that a pious woman by the name of Gabriele Bitterlich allegedly received from heaven, the Opus Angelorum was founded in Austria in the years shortly after the Second World War. Attracted to the various retreats and days of recollection sponsored by the OA, the unsuspecting faithful are led more and more deeply into a spirituality which is quasi-Masonic in its degree-based structure--from the promise to the guardian angel at the lower end to the angelic consecration in the middle to the consecration of atonement at the upper level. The goal is to become an "alter angelus." ("Fidelity" July/August, 1991)

The number of families in the Parents' Association for Opus Angelorum Victims has risen to 30. And although Rome issued a decree concerning the OA in June 1992, the problems have not yet been solved, inasmuch as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith did not ban the Opus Angelorum as the organisation's opponents had hoped. ("The Tablet", 30/05/1998 - no longer online, but evidence that the article exists can be found in their index. Article title "The angel sect's web" by Heiner Boberski. I should have rechecked the date earlier. There has not been silence since 1992 as I had thought.)

From visions she had had, Gabriele Bitterlich (1896-1978), a Tyrolean housewife who originally came from Vienna, and is greatly venerated by the organisation as "The Mother"... (ibid.)

That these inspirations were of a supernatural nature is not very plausible, as there are indictions that spiritism and esoteric literature, above all occult Jewish cabbala teachings, played a certain role in the Bitterlich family. Some of "Mother" Gabriele's angels bear the names of cabalistic Sefirot... (ibid.)

At amazon.com: 777 AND OTHER QABALISTIC WRITINGS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY by Israel Regardie

The mysterious Arab Abramelin transmitted to the equally mysterious Abraham of Worms, a nebulous recipe for the compilation of personal rituals that are to lead to a communication/communion with the personal Holy Guardian Angel. By these means one becomes firstly befriended with the Angel and secondly, the master of the demons. The process seems to be reciprocal: Human and Angel become One and together forge a bridge to the divine. ("Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon: Smoke gets in your Aiwass")

In 1945, Hubbard became involved with Crowley's acolyte, Jack Parsons. Parsons wrote to Crowley that Hubbard had "described his angel as a beautiful winged women (sic) with red hair, whom he calls the Empress, and who had guided him through his life and saved him many times. In the Crowleyite system, adherents seek contact with their "Holy Guardian Angel". ("Factnet: Hubbard and the Occult")

Scientology seems to be a hybrid of science-fiction and magic. [L. Ron] Hubbard's reflection on philosophy seem (sic) to derive largely from Will Durant's Story of Philosophy and the works of Aleister Crowley. Aleister Crowley is surely the most famous black magician of the twentieth-century. It is impossible to arrive at an understanding of Scientology without taking into account its creator's extensive involvement with magic. ("Factnet: Hubbard and the Occult")

Speaker Martin Huber, who is also the sect commissioner
of the JU (Youth Union) of the county association of
Altoetting and of the JU Upper Bavaria district
association, talked about practices, recruitment methods
and teachings of the groups active here in the region.
Besides Scientology, Thakar Singh, the Bruno Groening
Circle of Friends, and Universal Life, the major highlights
focused on "Engelwerk" (Opus Angelorum), which has
been trying to get a stronger foothold in the Altoetting
area. This secret association represents a danger for young
people, since practices to make people dependent are
used. (German Scientology News, Altoetting, Germany, August 19, 1999, as it appeared on a SNAP survivor's network message board Once again there is some evidence that there has not been silence since 1992.)

Crowley identifies the Empress as the "Great Mother" and indeed on her robe are bees (34), the traditional symbol of Cybele. ("Factnet: Hubbard and the Occult")

These mysteries of the faith found a particular and poignant expression in Mother Gabriele's writings along side her extensive contact with many angels. ("The Work of the Holy Angels and Its Mission within the Church")

Many of those who know the Opus Angelorum will find it difficult to believe that its members have renounced their former beliefs. They suspect that the majority of OA members continue to hold on to the Bitterlich tenets and are sticking to their intention to infiltrate the Church. ("The angel sect's web" "The Tablet", 30/5/1998)

Opus Sanctum Angelorum Days of Recollection Friday, September 15th St. Mary’s, Akron, 4:00 P.m. Holy Hour, Confessions, Counseling 5:30 p.m. Mass followed by a quick dinner snack 6:30 Conference, 7:30 Benediction Closing. Saturday, September 16th St Joseph’s, Cuyahoga Falls, 8:00 a.m. Mass followed by Continental breakfast, 9:15 First conference, 10:30 Holy Hour, Confession , Counsel, 11:30 Lunch $4.00 per person ( reservations required) 1:00 2nd conference, 2:15 Confession, Counsel, 2:45 Closing. Sunday September 17th, St Andrew, Norton, 11:30 Mass followed by light lunch, 12:45 Conference, 2:00 Holy Hour, Confession , Counsel, 2:45 Closing Benediction. For Further information Call Lisa at 330-622-5240 or Reita at 330-688-0196. (Living Bread Radio Community Calendar)

The Deacon I spoke with told me the OA program was being done with "full knowledge of the chancery and the blessing of the diocese" and that the parish is "doing this with the Vatican's blessing".

Gagnon replied that Rome had received "hundreds of letters. It is beyond the power of the Holy See to control."
"They exercise more control over a McDonald's franchise than you exercise over bishops," John Doe snapped.
"That is unfair," said Gagnon. "The church is in a schism. American bishops will not obey the Holy Father where he has sought to intervene. It only makes matters worse."
"Pardon me, Cardinal, did you say schism?" Yes, replied Gagnon. John said, "If we're in a schism why don't you tell the laity?"
"They have no right to know." (Jason Berry, LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION: CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN, p. 338)

Lord God Almighty...!!

Do these dots connect? Form your own conclusions. But before you do, read the material from Fr. Thomas Francis, O.C.S.O., a priest at the Trappist Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia. Fr. Francis believes he is "God Triune's spokesman for the angels." He believes that the angels "primary job is not to serve as Secret Service agents. It's to serve as spiritual guides--to bring us to God Triune."

Fr. Francis has named his own angel Sophia. His angels "can materialize and de-materialize as they choose".

A review at the website of Fr. Francis' book ANGELS AS SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS tells us that there are "a wealth of angel gifts and angel books at the store" at Holy Spirit Monastery. She tells us that Fr. Francis' booklet:

presents the view that our guardian angels ought to be thought of more as guiding angels, individual spiritual directors, than as mere protectors. Their purpose is to lead us to contemplation of the Triune God who dwells in our hearts....Father Thomas sees our guardian angels as the quintessential spiritual director.

Fr. Francis has also written about "Making Friends with Your Guiding Angel" and a "Method of Prayer with Your Guiding Angel", and he has advice for "being in constant communication with one's angel." She also tells us that "Fr. Francis' interest in the angels really picked up in 1992 when he had an 'angelic experience' while reading Chapters 6 through 9 of the Book of Wisdom."

While you're thinking about Fr. Francis' angels materializing so that you can have a conversation with them, look at the website of the Canonbury Masonic Research Center. Nice angel, isn't it?

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!