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God or the

Golden Calf

Homily of Bishop Masengo of
the Democratic Republic of Congo

Homily of Bishop Valentin Masengo, bishop of destruction was desired by Freemasons or other insti-
Kabinda in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thurs- tutions, including the financial and banking institutions
day, April 7, 2011 at the parish church of St. Michael in who wish to destroy the Church. These institutions in-
Rougemont, during our week of study: novate and give new ethics; above all they wish that
First reading: Exodus 32, 7-14 these ethics be accepted by the whole world.
Psalm: 106, 19-23 The deconstruction is the work of the false theolo-
Gospel: John 5, 31-47 gians, or theologians who would once again; have us
ear brothers and sisters, assembled in the Lord; adore the golden calf. Yes, loyalty is quickly gone in
we are almost at the end of our week of formation, the human heart and each man tells lies to his neigh-
Dwe have been very assiduous during this week, bor. They flatter and speak with forked-tongue, says the
not only because of the teaching of social credit but also Psalmist. This is a situation that causes suffering in the
because of the Word of God and the sharing of the Bread Church every day. Our prayer, in these circumstances,
come down from Heaven. The readings of each day help is to ask the Lord that His Spirit descends on those who
us to enter more profoundly into this time of Lent so that wish to continue to adore the true God, to adore truth
we will no longer continue to harden our hearts — or at and to know and live truth, as Christ Himself said: “I am
least the world, the world today; will no longer harden the Way, the Truth and the Life.”
their hearts. We do not always accept this
God or the golden calf — this truth; we fight against it in many
is the problem that poses itself ways. This is what we call deconstruc-
in the world today. This problem tion. This deconstruction is not only
is not only happening today be- done in an exterior manner, it enters
cause, in the time of Moses in the into the interior of the Church, it finds
desert, this problem was obvious. new strategies so that the people that
we think are the servants of God and
Nihil novi sub sole said wise Latin
scholars, and the Holy Scriptures: who, like Moses, should transmit the
There is nothing new under the Word of God, today introduce lies
sun (Ecclesiastes 1, 9). into the fold and destroy bit by bit;
they give conferences to destroy and
God or the golden calf, this discourage; that finally bring continu-
seems to be the continuous battle ous and perpetual doubt; that do not
of man. Even in institutions that help us to advance.
we believe are secure in what con- Bishop Valentin Masengo Truth comes from God and I believe
cerns truth; doubt continues to that it is also a battle to follow this
exist. For the short time that Moses was on Mount Sinai truth. May we be able, through prayer, sacrifice and
— he was not wasting time but doing his duty — the the Eucharist, to accept this truth and to reject all the
people understood that things had perhaps gone wrong counter-truths that are today becoming a common-
and they lost themselves to idolatry, to the golden calf. place occurrence and for which everything is put forth
Today we are here and, in the Gospel once again, to discourage the children of God. Let us pray that the
Christ speaks to us of truth and our witness to the truth. Lord our God, once we return to our respective coun-
That is God and the counter-witness is the golden calf. tries — because we know that we came here for a bat-
Today, we speak often regarding this critical situation of tle, the battle for truth and for Social Credit: will bring
the Church, this Church that is suffering. She suffers be- the human race to understand the truth; to understand
cause her own children have become destroyers of the the true God and to adore Him without hindrance or
teachings of God, the teachings of Jesus Christ and the flinching.
Magisterium. We could say that man really loves to lie. May the Lord protect the Pilgrims of St. Michael in
We find today that, once again, after all we have taught their daily work, in their work for the truth and their bat-
for 2000 years, people are able to deconstruct and entice tle to adore the true God and not the golden calf. May
men to adore the golden calf. the Lord give us this grace and may He bless us, He
We said a few days ago in one conference that this who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.

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