Catholic News Agency’s “SEEK 2026: 10 ways to be less anxious and closer to God” (January 3, 2026) promotes Mike Iverson’s psychological self-help program under Catholic branding, exemplifying the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of supernatural faith.
Substitution of Catholic Asceticism for Naturalistic Therapy
The proposed “10 ways” constitute pure Pelagianism, reducing the spiritual life to therapeutic techniques while omitting the sine qua non of salvation: “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Iverson’s advice to “begin right where you are” directly contradicts St. Paul’s warning: “The natural man does not perceive the things that are of the Spirit of God” (1 Cor 2:14). Nowhere does he mention the necessity of sanctifying grace, the state of one’s soul before God, or the sacraments as the ordinary means of grace.
“Write in a journal…to get the thoughts out of your head”
This Jungian therapeutic technique replaces the sacrament of Penance. The Roman Catechism (1566) mandates sacramental confession for mortal sins, yet this neo-church presentation reduces sin to “anxiety” treatable through self-reflection. Pius X condemned such naturalism in Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “They substitute for the sacraments a certain religious sentiment which has its origin only in man” (§14).
Omission of Essential Catholic Doctrine
The complete absence of references to:
- Mass attendance (Canon 1248 of 1917 Code)
- Frequent confession (Pius XII, Mystici Corporis 88)
- Marian devotion (Leo XIII, Supremi Apostolatus Officio)
- Guardianship against mortal sin (Trent, Session VI, Canon 23)
reveals the talk’s modernist foundations. Iverson’s injunction to “slow down” ignores Christ’s warning: “Agonize to enter through the narrow gate” (Luke 13:24). The true remedy for spiritual anxiety lies not in journaling but in obeying the Church’s pre-Vatican II directives:
“The principal remedies against concupiscence are: Prayer and the sacraments” (St. Alphonsus Liguori, Moral Theology I.4.1.3)
False Ecumenism in “God’s Presence” Theology
The claim that “God is always present” while ignoring the necessity of membership in the true Church constitutes indifferentism condemned by Pius IX in Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 16). Iverson’s assertion that one need not “join this organization” directly attacks the dogma “Outside the Church there is no salvation” (Council of Florence, Session 11). This Quaker-esque “inner presence” doctrine was condemned by St. Pius X: “God is in all things by essence, presence, and power, but He is in the souls of the just by grace as in a temple” (Haerent Animo 3).
SEEK Conference as Modernist Operation
The event’s record attendance demonstrates the effectiveness of the conciliar sect’s strategy to:
- Replace sacramental grace with emotional experiences
- Substitute Catholic dogma with psychotherapy
- Transform the Church into a self-help organization
As the Holy Office warned in Lamentabili Sane Exitu (1907): “The dogmas of faith are to be understood only in their practical sense as precepts of action” (Proposition 26). This “FOCUS” ministry embodies the condemned modernist principle that “religion must adapt to modern consciousness” (Pius X, Pascendi 39).
The true Catholic response to anxiety remains the Immutable Tridentine Spirituality:
“Go to Communion, go to Communion! That is the remedy for both body and soul” (St. Pius X to troubled souls)
Where the conciliar sect offers journaling and financial advice, the perennial Church dispenses the Blood of Christ and the intercession of Saints – the only authentic solution to mankind’s existential dread.
Source:
SEEK 2026: 10 ways to be less anxious and closer to God in the coming year (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 04.01.2026