The Church is the Bride of Christ
796 The unity of Christ and the Church, head and members of one Body, also implies the distinction of the two within a personal relationship. This aspect is often expressed by the image of bridegroom and bride. The theme of Christ as Bridegroom of the Church was prepared for by the prophets and announced by John the Baptist. The Lord referred to himself as the "bridegroom." The Apostle speaks of the whole Church and of each of the faithful, members of his Body, as a bride "betrothed" to Christ the Lord so as to become but one spirit with him. The Church is the spotless bride of the spotless Lamb. "Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her." He has joined her with himself in an everlasting covenant and never stops caring for her as for his own body:
This is the whole Christ, head and body, one formed from many . . . whether the head or members speak, it is Christ who speaks. He speaks in his role as the head (ex persona capitis) and in his role as body (ex persona corporis). What does this mean? "The two will become one flesh. This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the Church." And the Lord himself says in the Gospel: "So they are no longer two, but one flesh." They are, in fact, two different persons, yet they are one in the conjugal union, . . . as head, he calls himself the bridegroom, as body, he calls himself "bride."
The Catholic Church has evolved into a bride more suited for Satan than for Christ. Even though the sex scandals since the release of the Philadelphia grand jury report [2] are no longer in the news headlines presently, the Bride of Christ is no longer "spotless" after being tainted by impurities, hypocrisies, denials and deceits over the years. This is only part of the Church that has been sullied; the other parts that are being compromised are unfolding under this papacy. How much more defiled the Bride of Christ will become time will tell, and likewise, if Her continuous defilement, by Bergoglio and by his self-serving clerics whose primary interest is their collective sacrilegious careers, will be reparable, assuming that they are praying, fasting, self-flagellating and repenting individually and as a group, which this blogger doubts are taking place with any regularity or at all.
If God was able to find a replacement for Eve in the Blessed Virgin Mary, God will most surely find a new Bride, a true Catholic Church that Satan will fear and not approach, for the Bridegroom Who is Christ, the replacement for Adam.
[1] http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p2.htm
[2] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4112592-Philadelphia-2005-Grand-Jury-Report.html
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