Episode 3161: The Queen’s Warnings and the Rise of Modernism

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The Queen’s Warnings and the Rise of Modernism: A Call to Arms for the Church Militant
CR is a podcast dedicated to restoring all things in Christ through the perennial teachings of Holy Mother Church.
In today’s episode, we unite two critical themes: the prophetic warnings of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grave consequences of Modernism in the Church. Guided by the teachings of Fr. Chad Ripperger, we’ll explore how Heaven has sent Our Lady to awaken her children and how the Church’s current crisis is the fruit of a war that has long been waged within the Church and in the world.
This is not a time for fear. It is a time for battle. The Queen of Heaven has sounded the alarm. Will you respond?

Segment 1: Prophecy Is a Gift of Mercy
Fr. Chad Ripperger gave several talks that reminds us that prophecy is not sensationalism it is God’s mercy. Through Our Lady, Heaven repeatedly calls the faithful to repentance and spiritual warfare.
Notable Marian prophecies include:
• Our Lady of La Salette (1846): “Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”
• Our Lady of Fatima (1917): Warning against the errors of Russia specifically atheistic communism and moral decay.
• Our Lady of Akita (1973): “The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church.”

These are not isolated warnings. They form a mosaic of divine instruction, showing us the spiritual illness of our times and the path to healing.

Segment 2: The Rise of Diabolical Disorientation
What is diabolical disorientation?
Fr. Ripperger teaches that this is not mere confusion—it is the demonic inversion of truth:
• Truth is mocked.
• Good is seen as evil.
• Sacred tradition is treated as extremism.

According to Our Lady of Good Success (Quito, 1600s):
“Satan will reign almost completely by means of the Masonic sects.”

This era, as Fr. Ripperger describes, is marked by the demonic influence not just on individuals, but on institutions including parts of the Church. We live in an age when even the sacred is desecrated.

Segment 3: Mary, the General of the Heavenly Army
In exorcisms, demons confess that Mary is their greatest fear even more than St. Michael because of her perfect humility.

Her titles speak volumes:
• Terror of Demons
• Exterminatrix of Heresies
• Queen of Angels
• Mediatrix of All Graces
Her spiritual weapons:
• The Rosary – our spiritual sword.
• The Brown Scapular – a shield.
• Her Fiat – a model of surrender.

Fr. Ripperger urges all Catholics to consecrate themselves to Mary, especially through the method of St. Louis de Montfort.

Segment 4: Tools of the Church Militant
The Blessed Virgin has equipped us. Are we using what Heaven has given?
Essential weapons in this spiritual war:
1. Daily Rosary
2. Brown Scapular
3. Holy Water & Blessed Salt
4. Frequent Confession
5. Traditional Latin Mass
6. Devotion to St. Joseph & St. Michael
7. Fasting—Wednesdays and Fridays

St. Alphonsus Liguori:
“He who is devout to Mary shall never perish.”
St. Louis de Montfort:
“God has established only one enmity: between Mary and the devil.”

Segment 5: Modernism: The Chastisement Within
“The Church is not dying; she is being purified.”

Modernism: the "synthesis of all heresies" as Pope St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregisis it is not simply a theological error of the early 20th century. It has become the spiritual cancer that continues to ravage the Mystical Body of Christ from within. And the deepest wounds inflicted upon Holy Mother Church have not come from her enemies outside, but from those within her walls: clergy, theologians, and laity who have adopted worldly philosophies while cloaked in the vestments of the Church.
This internal devastation is not merely accidental. It is, in fact, a chastisement a spiritual purification permitted by God. There five progressive stages by which Modernism has led the Church into the current crisis.
Let’s explore each one in greater detail:

1. Intellectual Seeds – Doubts Sown in Seminaries and Theological Circles
Modernism began not in the pews but in the minds of men. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Catholic scholars began dabbling in rationalism, historical criticism, and subjectivism. While these tools were hailed as intellectual advancements, they became instruments of doubt.
In seminaries and theological faculties, professors began questioning:
• The historical reliability of the Gospels
• The existence of miracles
• The objectivity of truth
• The divine authorship of Scripture
Faith became redefined as a personal feeling rather than assent to divine truth. God was reduced to a psychological concept or an existential idea, not a Divine Person. Sadly, many bishops and seminary formators tolerated these errors, deeming them "academic freedom."
The devil, ever the deceiver, used pride to draw men away from sacred tradition and toward philosophical rebellion against God.
“The Modernists... exercise all their ingenuity in an effort to weaken the force and falsify the character of Tradition.”
—Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi
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2. Tolerance of Error – Under the Guise of Openness and Dialogue
Once these seeds of error were planted, the next step was the deliberate toleration of heresy under the guise of being "pastoral" or "charitable." A false notion of love replaced truth.
Words like dialogue, accompaniment, and discernment became weapons to neutralize doctrinal clarity. Dissenting theologians, such as Hans Küng and Karl Rahner, were not corrected but promoted. Heretical books were used in seminaries without censure.
Orthodox Catholics who spoke out were dismissed as “rigid,” “Pharisaical,” or “out of touch.” Meanwhile, liturgical abuses became normalized and devotions were downplayed as superstitions. Bishops and cardinals allowed these compromises to persist without consequences.
This so-called tolerance was actually cowardice a refusal to defend the deposit of faith.
3. Institutionalization – Modernists Gained Power and Reshaped Doctrine and Worship
By the mid-20th century, Modernism had infiltrated the highest levels of the Church. The pastoral council of Vatican II though valid in its authority was hijacked by liberal theologians and bishops to promote ambiguity and reform under the name of renewal.
Doctrinal statements were deliberately left vague, allowing progressive interpretations to thrive. The new Mass (Novus Ordo Missae), while valid, was constructed with Protestant sensibilities and horizontal focus, radically departing from the traditional form handed down for centuries.
As Fr. Ripperger and other traditionalists point out:
• Reverence was replaced with informality
• Sacred music gave way to banal guitar songs
• High altars were removed
• Communion in the hand became standard
• Confession lines vanished while Communion lines stretched
The Faith was no longer formed around doctrine and reverence, but around feelings, community, and inclusivity. Modernists now controlled the institutions—seminaries, universities, chanceries, and episcopal conferences.
4. Suppression of Tradition: Latin Mass, Devotions, Orthodoxy Silenced or Mocked
Once Modernism was institutionalized, it became intolerant of tradition. That which had sustained the Church for centuries was now cast as divisive or outdated.
The Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), devotions like the Rosary and Benediction, Eucharistic adoration, veiling, Gregorian chant these were discouraged or outright banned. Those who sought them were accused of being nostalgic or schismatic.

Religious orders that remained orthodox, such as the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, were investigated and punished. The FSSP and ICKSP, while permitted, faced growing hostility and restrictions.
Priests who preached against contraception, abortion, or the LGBTQ ideology were reprimanded, silenced, or removed. Yet clergy who denied Church teachings or promoted scandal were often protected or even promoted.
This suppression revealed the deeper spiritual battle: the modernist revolution was not about reform it was about replacing the old Faith with a new religion.
5. Crisis and Collapse – The Current State: Confusion, Loss of Faith, Moral Disorder
Now we live in the aftermath. The final stage is not mere instability it is collapse. The fruits of Modernism are bitter and rotten:
• Vocations have plummeted
• Mass attendance is near extinction in Europe and declining fast in America
• Catechesis is nearly nonexistent
• Children are raised without the sacraments
• Most Catholics deny the Real Presence or the necessity of confession
Priests and bishops often appear more concerned with environmentalism, immigration, and inclusivity than saving souls.

There is moral confusion even at the top: divorced-and-remarried receiving Communion, clergy blessing same-sex unions, and Rome issuing contradictory statements about eternal truths.

This is not just decay it is chastisement. As Fr. Ripperger often explains, when men abandon truth, God permits their errors to correct them.
“These sufferings are not punishments they are wake-up calls.”
—Fr. Ripperger
Conclusion: A Time for Purification and Hope
Despite the darkness, there is hope. The Lord chastises those whom He loves. The confusion we endure is not the end it is the purification. God is permitting this collapse so that the true Church may be revealed in glory, purified of error, rooted in tradition, and aflame with holiness.

We must remain faithful cling to Tradition, the sacraments, the Rosary, Eucharistic adoration, penance, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
This is not the end of the Church it is the Passion before the Resurrection.

Segment 6: Hope and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart
Despite the darkness, we hold to the radiant promise of Our Lady at Fatima:
“In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
What will that triumph bring?
• Restoration of reverence and doctrine
• Purification of clergy
• A resurgence of true vocations
• The defeat of Modernist heresy
• Peace, ordered under Christ the King
We are called to be faithful soldiers. Not bitter. Not discouraged. But steadfast and joyful in the hope of victory.
Epistle – 2 Corinthians 6:4–10 (Douay-Rheims)
“Brethren: In all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses,
In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
In chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,
In the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left;
By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true;
As unknown and yet known; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and not killed;
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing and possessing all things.”

Reflection on the Epistle:
In this stirring passage, St. Paul presents a model of what it means to be a true servant of God. His words cut through the soft Christianity of our age a faith of comfort and approval and shine a spotlight on perseverance through affliction.

We see a paradox: the faithful servant appears defeated in the world’s eyes imprisoned, slandered, fasting but is rich in grace, armed with justice, and filled with joy. He is chastised but not killed, sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
This passage is a clarion call to us in these latter days, when the Church herself is bruised and battered. How many traditional Catholics today feel unknown, misunderstood, even persecuted? And yet, like St. Paul, we must persevere—in sweetness, in charity unfeigned, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.
St. Paul is reminding us that the Church’s glory lies not in applause from the world, but in her fidelity to Christ amidst trial.

Gospel – Luke 21:9–19 (Douay-Rheims)
“At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. For these things must first come to pass, but the end is not yet presently.
Then He said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there shall be great signs.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for My name’s sake.
And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.
Lay it up therefore into your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death.
And you shall be hated by all men for My name’s sake.
But a hair of your head shall not perish.
In your patience you shall possess your souls.”

Reflection on the Gospel:
Our Lord’s words today are profoundly sobering and astonishingly relevant. He is not offering His disciples an earthly kingdom of ease and peace, but preparing them and us for trial, persecution, and betrayal.
In this passage, Christ tells us clearly: “You shall be hated by all men for My name’s sake.” This is not a theoretical future it is our current reality. In a world intoxicated by relativism and sin, the faithful Catholic is indeed seen as an enemy.
Yet in the midst of darkness, Our Lord promises divine assistance: “I will give you a mouth and wisdom.” These are not times for human cleverness, but for divine boldness born of the Holy Ghost.
And then, a promise: “Not a hair of your head shall perish.” Even in martyrdom, the faithful soul is preserved. How? “In your patience you shall possess your souls.” Patience, in the traditional Catholic sense, is not mere endurance but steadfastness in grace, rooted in eternal hope.
Let us take these warnings not with fear, but with sober joy, knowing we are called to be witnesses, just like the saints before us.

Saints of the Day – SS. Abdon and Sennen
Today, Holy Mother Church honors Saints Abdon and Sennen, two noblemen of Persia who were captured by the Romans and brought to Rome as prisoners. They converted to the Catholic faith, comforted Christian martyrs, and were themselves put to death under Emperor Decius around the year 250.
Their acts of charity and constancy are recorded in the early martyrologies. They were buried near the tomb of St. Peter, and their names are inscribed in ancient Roman calendars. Their relics were later venerated in the basilica of St. Mark in Rome.
Like the faithful mentioned in today’s Gospel, they were hated for the name of Christ. And yet, they chose not compromise, but courage—not survival, but sanctity.

Closing Prayer
O Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the Angels and Terror of Demons, we entrust ourselves to thee. Cover us with thy mantle, guide us through this darkness, and lead us to the Light of Christ. Crush the head of the serpent, preserve the faith, and intercede for Holy Mother Church.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon.
St. Joseph, terror of demons, pray for us.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Pope St. Pius X, crush the heresy of Modernism.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.