Master, doth it not concern thee that we perish?

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow; and they awake him, and say to him: Master, doth it not concern thee that we perish?

Mark 4:37-38

I could not help but draw a parallel between the current situation in the Church to Our Lord asleep in the boat. Two Pontificates ago (Under John Paul II) Don Bosco's vision of a pope bringing the the barque of the church safely to a haven between the pillars of the Holy Eucharist and Marian devotion was attributed to Pope John Paul II...now it appears the ship has again floated back outside the harbor and back into the post conciliar tempest and it would appear that our sweet Christ on earth is asleep in the boat (or perhaps oblivious to the storming tempest). I wish so often to ask the holy father our sweet Christ on earth, "doth it not concern thee that we perish?"  Everywhere around us the church lies in ruin. Yet, for decades when the Lord sends us authentically Catholic bishops and priests true shepherds to guide us in these times (think Oliveri of Albenga & Livieres of Ciudad del Eeste, Fr Michael Rodriguez among countless others) they are persecuted or demoted and replaced with modernists. It is one thing to rest peacefully in confidence in God to deliver us from the present storm and another to persecute those he sends to help us!

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?"  Matthew 23:37

Pray much sisters and brothers for our sweet Christ on earth! Pray that he and all of our shepherds awaken from their slumber. Pray that they cease persecuting the holy shepherds the Lord sees fit to send us in these perilous times. Pray that the course taken by our shepherds for decades into the tempest be changed. Pray that the barque of St Peter be brought between the pillars of the the Most Blessed Sacrament and Marian devotion into the peaceful haven.  

O Lord grant us priests (and bishops), O Lord grant us priests (and bishops)
O Lord grant us holy priests (and bishops), O Lord grant us holy priests (and bishops)
O Lord grant us many holy priests (and bishops), O Lord grant us many holy priests(and bishops )
O Lord grant us many holy religious vocations 
O Lord grant us many holy religious vocations 
Saint Pius X pray for us, Saint Pius X pray for us.