Therapeutic Mercy Replaces Sacramental Justice in Conciliar Sunday Guide
The National Catholic Register portal (September 11, 2026) publishes a “Sunday Guide” by the conciliar “Monsignor” Charles Pope for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, ostensibly commenting on the readings from Sirach, Psalm 103, Romans, and Matthew 18:21-35. The article reduces the divine command to forgive seventy times seven to a psychological exercise of “letting go of hatred and anger,” explicitly separating forgiveness from the restoration of justice or the necessity of sacramental confession. It presents God’s mercy as a vague “experience” divorced from His justice, the Sacrament of Penance, and the firmissima propositio (firm purpose of amendment). The thesis is clear: the conciliar sect substitutes a naturalistic, therapeutic simulacrum for the supernatural virtue of charity and the rigorous demands of the Gospel.