Hello from Spain. I'm calling this video and this podcast today, Bishop Strickland, no other way of

earning a living. Many of you heard the news of what happened in Texas and the Vatican over the last

few days. And one of the things that came out was Bishop Strickland gave a talk at the Life

Conference in Rome. The video for that is on LifeSight News, and I'm going to put that in the show

notes. And he talked about standing up for the gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter what the cost is.

And in the middle of the talk that he gave, he included a letter. It's an anonymous letter that

someone who he says is living a very deeply Catholic life, read him. And I'm going to read you

part of that letter right now. Again, this is what Bishop Strickland said at the Life Conference in Rome.

Sometime this autumn of 2023, I think it was a couple weeks ago. And in the middle of that was a

letter from a friend. And part of that goes like this. You cannot indeed, by the way, I get the sense

this is a layperson writing to a bishop, what they want to see in the bishops and the priests.

And so here's part of that letter. You cannot indeed, you must not go to Rome and play nicely.

The queen of martyrs has called you and you cannot parcel out

truth in pieces. After all, were we not told that the truth would set us free? The Synod has gathered

cowards in Rome, those who not only refused to die for our Lord and his church, but indeed

demand that His eternal truths be changed.

And if you play nicely with these, then you mock the martyrs.

And although playing nicely might ensure you are not removed, I again quote tertullian.

The usual complaint is, I have no other way of earning a living.

The harsh reply can be, do you have to live?

I ask you, Bishop, do you have to live?

In fact, should you live when you've been called to die?

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