A CAUSE AS UNPOPULAR AS THE NARROW PATH

By CAROLINA B. BALMACEDA
Manila, Philippines
July 7, 2014
In this land, we call ourselves Christians. If we are that, then we ought to respect the Word of God and
will not adulterate, load it with paganism and paganistic practices. God help us if we have found that
we are in error and yet we keep continuing with the errors not correcting our ways but even
propagating them via more and more sophisticated means.
How can we really stand aside if we know the truth but condone the falsehoods? God is a Fire that
burns in the ether and moves His receiver to act. Or to speak up. The scriptures tell us, The Christ has
related it to us, that God is triune -- God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. That has been
His drama dealing with humankind. God is One yet He has revealed Himself a Trinity with three
separate functions though equally important. It is clear that in Himself He is already dynamic, it is not
hard to see that He has seen it fit not to exhort us to turn to a fourth person when we pray, and
especially when we seek intercession. To do so is idolatry. Since time immemorial, He has forbidden
this as He has forbidden the making of graven images to honor Him.
All we need do is simply obey, but that, we cannot really do. We follow our propensities to secularize
everything. So we make images, make God the same level as humans, keep uttering repetitive
memorized prayers. All of which are forbidden.
And then this matter of intercession for human beings: If we believe that The Christ walked on earth
then why should we not also believe that on the cross, He already fulfilled all the prophecies about
Him. Finally, the Man on the Cross is a 'screaming' testimony that He alone is THE Intercessor, and He
declared, re-affirmed it afterwards, in no uncertain terms. Triumphantly! If we continue mocking His
will for us, where do we think all these will lead us? Do we not even see the message from all the evil
that has befallen this land, however devout the religious have become, practicing all conceivable
religiosities but never the only way: to be Christian.
When we so twist the Word of God and ascribe the works of the Holy Spirit to a fourth person, is this
not an affront, a terrible affront to the Spirit whose designated function it is to come to our aid and
work miracles in the hearts and minds of wo/men? The Blessed Virgin Mary holds a very special place
in our hearts and it is that permanent, it can never be replaced, she alone has been blessed like this.
But I seek the forgiveness of the fathers of the church if this offends them, though I am not alone in
this: God has not meant the Blessed Mother to receive nor claim our devotion which must be given to
God alone. The Blessed Mother is not part of the Blessed Trinity-- which is a full-function Ministry. It
is that explicit in the Word of God, so please take pity on us and stop sowing the seed of confusion and
error.
We keep saying that God is a merciful God, He is forever forgiving, not wrathful. And yet, in the Book
of Revelation it says, Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you
will not receive any of her plagues, for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her
crimes." What do we make of that prophecy, isn't it bound to happen, as all other prophecies have come
to happen? When a generation has some people asking this question from the heart, it is time to get
serious and get real. Let us study history.