For the better part of two thousand years, the Catholic Church has had seven sacraments: Baptism, Holy Communion, Confession, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, and Extreme Unction.  Now, Father Kenneth Boller, SJ, of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in New York City, in concert with Black Lives Matter, has declared a new sacrament; Unholy Collaboration.  On August 30th, Boller led his congregation in vows, reminiscent of the Baptismal vows, denouncing “white privilege.”  The Pastor led the vows during Mass, just before the final blessing.  Of course, the Mass was celebrated remotely on video, as the Church hasn’t exhibited the courage to protect its own right to exist by standing up to a government that bans in-church Masses, while condoning mass riots whose object is to burn down churches.  Here’s Father Boller’s new Profession of the Faith:

“Do you support racial justice, equity, and compassion?  Yes.

Do you affirm that white privilege and the culture of white supremacy must be dismantled where it is present?  Yes.

Do you support racial equity, racial justice, and liberation for every person?  Yes.

Do you affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person? Yes.

Therefore, from this day forward, will you strive to understand more deeply the injustice and suffering white privilege and white supremacy cause?  Yes.

Will you commit to help transform our Church culture to one that is actively engaged in seeking racial justice and equity for everyone?  Yes.

Will you make a greater effort to treat all people with the same respect you expect to receive?  Yes.

Will you commit to developing the courage to live your beliefs and values of racial justice and equality?  Yes.

Will you strive to eliminate racial prejudice from your thoughts and actions, so that you can better promote the racial justice efforts of our Church?  Yes.

Will you renew and honor this pledge daily, knowing that our Church and our community, our nation, and our world will be better places because of our efforts.  Yes.”

They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows, but collaboration between Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church is stranger yet.  After all, the leadership of BLM is comprised of avowed Marxists, and it was Karl Marx who labelled religion, “the opium of the people.”  Father Boller has thrown in with the Marxists, though I’m not sure BLM would approve of all his vows. Dismantle white supremacy “where it is present?”  Father Boller has forgotten his catechism, “Where is white supremacy?  White supremacy is everywhere.”  In truth, the Black Lives Matter movement itself has become a pseudo-religion for its adherents.  BLM founder Patrisse Cullors says as much, characterizing her efforts as a “calling,” “Part of our calling as people who do this work for Black lives is to lift our people up, both in their living, but also in their death.”  Hence, black people killed in encounters with police are the new martyrs of the BLM faith.  Many of the BLM led protests (riots) take on features that are reminiscent of religion: there is collective worship, public confession of the sin of whiteness, requests for salvation, devotional poses and gestures, and group prayer; e.g., chanting, “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon.”  Lately, BLM “missionaries” have invaded restaurants, where they’ve demanded that innocent diners raise their fists and swear allegiance to Black Lives Matter, or else face violence and denunciation as white supremecists.  It’s just a matter of time before such heretics are burned at the stake by BLM.  That might come in handy too if Covid restrictions extend outdoor dining into the winter.  Anyhow, the Sacrament of Unholy Collaboration, or maybe they’ll call it Extreme Marxism, should come as no surprise in a year as screwy as 2020.  If billionaires, who owe their wealth to capitalism, can support Marxists dedicated to the end of capitalism, then why shouldn’t the Church get on board, even though ending capitalism in America will eliminate the Church’s biggest source of funding.  Maybe they’ll take a vow of poverty.  The thing is, much of what’s in Father Boller’s vows is indisputable, and has been part of Church teaching forever: racial justice, equity, compassion, the inherent worth and dignity of every person.  Nobody’s against those things, right?  The problem is, there’s more to it than that.  BLM isn’t the benign force for racial justice that it pretends to be.  Think the BLM link to Marxist revolutionaries is overblown?  Think again.  The funding arm of Black Lives Matter is controlled by the Thousand Currents Group, an organization run by convicted terrorist, and avowed revolutionary, Susan Rosenberg.  Rosenberg is suspected, among other things, of helping her idol, cop killer Joanne Chesimard, escape from prison.  She was convicted on weapons and explosives charges and sentenced to 58 years in prison.  Maybe that’s where BLM gets the idea that violence is acceptable.  Rosenberg served 16 years before being pardoned by President Bill Clinton.  “Thou shall not kill” is a religious tenet that came down the mountain with Moses, but I guess the Church can overlook that flaw in BLM orthodoxy.  Black Lives Matter also supports unlimited abortion, which I thought the Church was against, but I guess they can ignore that little flaw as well, in the name of “social justice.”  But they better be careful.  In the 1930’s, the Spanish clergy  preached in favor of social justice, equity, compassion, and the inherent worth and dignity of every person.  The clergy, by and large, didn’t overtly oppose the Republican (Communist) forces that fought the Monarchists.  The Communists said they were fighting against fascism.  Sound familiar?  They began their revolution with protests, and burned many churches throughout Spain.  Sound familiar?  These “anti-fascists” believed that terror was integral to the anti-fascist war effort.  Can you say Antifa?  In the end, the Marxists killed nearly 7,000 Spanish priests, brothers and nuns in the name of social justice.  The difference between the conditions during the Spanish Civil War and today’s civil unrest is that the Spanish Communists actually were fighting against fascists, while Black Lives Matter is fighting against the America that defeated the fascists.  So I hope Father Boller knows what he’s doing.  And now, bow your heads for the Black Lives Matter benediction.  “Submit or you’ll have no peace, no peace shall we give you.  The Mass is ended, go set another church on fire.”