I just upgraded features to WordPress, and unfortunately, all of my freebie downloads which I had added to my pages have been deleted. This includes the most popular crochet altar lace pattern, and the Catholic-themed Spanish worksheets. I don’t know when I can restore these files. For me, it is a time-consuming process, and time is something which I seem to have less of these days. Eventually, though….I hope!
It is believed that the bodies of the Three Kings were brought to Milan from Constantinople in the 4th century, and from there brought to Cologne where they are still venerated.
For the Liberation of the TLM
ROSARY RALLY FOR THE LATIN MASS IN CHICAGO
Please join us for a Rosary Rally outside of Holy Name Cathedral.
We will have a banner – please bring your Rosaries, and feel free to bring signs.
We will be praying for the full freedom of the Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of Chicago, especially in light of the Cardinal’s recent restrictions.
Our message to Cardinal Cupich will be: Your Eminence, why are you persecuting faithful Catholics? As Catholics in Chicago and the surrounding area, we simply desire to pray and attend the Holy Mass in the way that so many saints have done. Why are you depriving us of the Traditional Latin Mass on the first Sunday of every month? What have we done to deserve such a punishment?
This event is being organized by ordinary Catholics who love Holy Mother Church and the Traditional Latin Mass.
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If you cannot attend, please join in spirit and if possible, please pray an extra rosary for the intention of restoring the traditional Latin Mass in the archdiocese of Chicago. Three parishes that had long been celebrating the old Latin Mass no longer have permission to do so: St. Mary of Perpetual Help, St. John Vianney, and St. Odilo.
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“The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families… that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.” – Sister Lucia of Fatima
“And the Light shineth in darkness.”
For the Rorate Mass, the priest uses white vestments in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary instead of the penitential violet. The most striking aspect of this Mass is that the church is lit only by candlelight, and eventually also with the rising sun!
Priest and faithful arrive in the still-darkness of a pre-dawn morn, for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in honor of our Lady who in her sinless, Immaculate Conception was made worthy to give birth to the second Person of the Most Holy Trinity, our Lord Jesus Christ, on that first Christmas Day!
Where: Former St. Martin Church, now JP II parish – 956 S. 10th Ave, Kankakee
Date: December 11, 2021
Time: 6:15 a.m.
This Rorate Mass will be the very first for yours truly. I await it with joyful anticipation! May God grant many the grace to be able to be there. Let this Rorate Mass be one of the greatest and most joyful ways to prepare for Christmas!
As we all know, these evil days necessitate an urgent and public plea to God for His mercy upon his Church and for the entire troubled world. The times call for public acts of reparation and faith, as our Lady instructed in her apparitions at Fatima. What she told us then, was nothing really new. It’s all in Scripture. Her warnings alerted us to a great apostasy which would take place, and which has been continuing with an even swifter spiraling – like in the spinning and falling of the sun on that October 13 of 1917! Do we not see the evils engulfing our communities, our Church, governments, the entire world? Will we reach the point of such decay that merits the justice of God’s judgment in the annihilation of nations as Our Lady warned?
What did our Lady ask for? In a nutshell, she asked for prayers, especially that of the daily rosary, reparation, and for the consecration of Russia. We, the laity, have no direct way of acting upon the latter part of her request, but we can pray mightily for the upper hierarchy to finally obey God who wants that nation consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on one day, in union with all of the world’s bishops. What would happen after this act of obedience to Heaven, would be the miraculous conversion of Russia, bringing her back into the one fold under Rome, and then there would follow a period of Godly peace for this poor world.
As for our part, we must pray the rosary, wear the brown scapular, make the First 5 Saturday devotions, and make acts of reparation; specially beneficial and efficacious will be public devotions such as we are planning for Wednesday, October 13. Did you know that our Lady specifically asked for public processions? It was at her request that the first procession in 1917 took place at what came to be her world-famous Fatima shrine.
So, we will do as she wants, because our Mother knows best how to obtain the peace that she promised, the peace which God has willed to place in Her hands. This peace will insure the tranquility and liberty of Holy Mother Church, as well as peace among nations. We will pray for the grace of fidelity to the traditional and infallible teachings of the dogma of our Holy faith, and for the conversion of souls. We will be praying for the dawning of the promised triumph of our Lady’s Immaculate Heart! Our two greatest spiritual weapons are the Traditional Latin Mass and the rosary! We will deploy then both!
Come and join us, if not physically, then spiritually!
St. Anne, Illinois, 15 miles southeast of Kankakee, was founded in 1850 by French-Canadian settlers devoted to their patroness, “Good Ste. Anne”, the Mother of Mary and Grandmother of the Lord. The novena has been the occasion of many blessings – physical ones as the crutches, canes and wheelchairs left behind testify – as well as spiritual ones.In these troubled times, we draw strength from our traditional devotions. Bring your children and grandchildren to share in this day’s expression of faith.
The Festival will be celebrated on the closing day of the 141st Annual Novena (July 18-26) to St. Anne, on Monday the 26th.
There will be a Traditional Latin Mass in the historic church at 12 noon, followed by a procession with the relic of St. Anne and the rosary.
Starting at 11 a.m. and continuing throughout the afternoon, lunches of sandwiches. chicken, pasta, will be available for purchase. There will also be religious articles, candles, books, fresh cut flowers, and perennial plants from the gardens, for sale on the ample grounds of this historic site.
Buses are welcome and parking is available on the grounds. The church is air-conditioned. For further information, you may call 815 427-8265. To reach St. Anne from the Chicago area, take 1-57 south to the Kankakee/Momence exit, then take highway 17 East for 7 miles to Hwy 1. Take hwy 1 South for another 7 miles to the village of St. Anne.
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Be aware that two N.O.Masses will also be celebrated the same day, along with other activities, including an organ recital by Kavin Sampson. ONLY the Noon Mass will be a Traditional Latin Mass.
Even now, before we know who he is, we must love him greatly since he will suffer much for Jesus. I refer to the pope to come who will finally obey our Lady of Fatima’s request to consecrate Russia in union with all of his bishops – those who will obey him. It is for him that so many prayers and sacrifices were offered by the little children of Fatima, but especially by Jacinta:
The Pope of the Fatima Promise
“[T]he thought of the Holy Father was the constant preoccupation of Jacinta. Probably because the Secret had taught her how great the deficiencies of the Popes would be, and what persecutions would have to be endured by the one who finally accomplishes the requests of Our Lady. ‘Jacinta felt so much love towards the Holy Father that each time she would offer her sacrifices to Jesus, she would add: “And for the Holy Father”.’ “
– (Tragedy and Triumph, pg. 250)
Do not lose hope. God keeps His promises and we will finally see the magnificent era of godly peace, but not before great sufferings yet to come. It has to be that way in order to bring mankind to repentance. God wants to save souls. The punishments he inflicts on his rebellious people are only for our purification as we know from the Scriptures. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and our hopes are founded on God, not on man nor his “solutions”!
Pray much that God grant us the grace of the Holy Pope who will love Christ, His Holy Mother and all of humanity, enough to risk his life in obedience to them. Love this mysterious figure presently known only to God!
It’s been a long time coming!Father Matthew Pratscher writes:
“You have been praying a long time. So here is the good news, and feel free to share it with others:
“The traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated at St. John Paul II on Sundays at 3pm and during the week at noon on Wednesdays and Fridays, starting Sunday, January 3, 2021, the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus.
“We still ask that everybody respect the instructions given by the bishop regarding the pandemic.”
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How long has it been? As far as I know, it’s been approximately THIRTY years that some of the faithful have been praying and working for the restoration of a regularly scheduled TLM in Kankakee. The work has included writing to bishops, petitions, having a guest speaker give presentations on the traditional Latin Mass, blogs, and a self-published book.
It was only after 2007, that we were allowed one, and eventually two TLM’s per year, celebrated by visiting priests. But we have never gotten discouraged. God wills that the TLM be resurrected to take its proper place in the Church once more. Really, all it takes is a priest willing and able to celebrate it; and God has finally sent us that priest, Fr. Pratscher!
Please spread the word for this first Sunday Mass of the year – and thereafter, every Sunday, same time, same place.
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Note: The church is not very pretty. Originally, it was built to be the grade-school’s gym,
You are at the foot of Calvary; join your heart to the sorrowful Mother’s and pray accordingly.
so you can imagine. But with piety and devotion on the part of the priest and the faithful, it can be turned into heaven on earth!
And don’t forget that the TLM will also be celebrated on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon.
We will be off to a great start in the New Year! Let everybody know!
We have a limited number of purple scapulars!!
This is the scapular which was described to the stigmatist Marie-Julie Jahenny during one of her ecstasies of August 23, 1878. In brief, the scapular was given to the world as a sacramental which would “be as a lightning rod” under which the blows of Just and Divine Wrath will not fall.
It is recommended that it be worn, but it can also be displayed in a home or a church, or even carried on one’s person. Our Lady in speaking about it to the stigmatist said that “…this scapular will be a new protection for the times of the chastisements.”
As part of the devotion attached to the Purple Scapular, our Lord instructed Marie-Julie to have “people meditate for at least 2- 3 minutes on His Passion, and to say the ‘CRUX AVE’ prayer 5 or 7 times daily.
“O, Crux Ave! Spes unica! Et Verbum caro factum est!”
O Jesus, vanquisher of death, save us!”
To purchase, please go to our buying site here. You will be pleased with the quality and aesthetics of this hand-made sacramental!
Some people wonder why there is so much unhappiness and even broken marriages and wayward children among some families of practicing, traditionalist Catholics. Could the answer possibly lie in the reception of lukewarm Communions; in totally inadequate preparations to receive Him before whom the angles themselves tremble in awestruck love and adoration?
“…and often brings down the curse of God.”
(The quote on this graphic is taken from the book,
THE HOLY COMMUNION, by Fr. John Bernard Dalgairns, 1903. His reference is: Viva, Dam. Prop.23, Alexander VII)
Father Dalgairns writes, “When communions are indevout, no penitent ought to be allowed to communicate frequently. The actual graces peculiar to the sacrament are wasted…..I cannot think that daily communion, by any physical or fatal necessity, ensures devotion. This is not God’s way. Devotion does not drop from the clouds, nor does grace make its way into a soul which willfully puts an obstacle to it. Let us never forget that we must do something on our part to obtain these dispositions, and moreover, that they are necessary.”
“Let us recollect what has been already said about the necessity for actual grace to enable us to make any use whatever of habitual grace…habitual grace, though it remains permanently in the soul, requires the constant aid of actual graces to excite it to action and that without the continual influx of these graces from heaven it lies inactive within us. ”
The actual quote in the book continues with this admonition: “And because tepidity and the want of actual aids from God negatively dispose the soul to a grievous fall, therefore, carelessness in this respect is very dangerous, for it disposes to grave falls, and often brings down the curse of God.”
“Shortly before his death Padre Pio received in San Giovanni Rotondo, the of Duke of Aosta, Amadeo of Savoy with his wife Claudia de Orleans and their son of a few months, Aimon of Savoy.
“When Padre Pio blessed the child, his face [Padre Pio’s] lit up exclaiming, ‘Child, you have before you honor and majesty!’
“In fact, before World War II, in 1938, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina , upon meeting the Princess of Piedmont, Mary Joseph, future and last queen of Italy as the wife of King Humberto II, told her that the House of Savoy had lost the throne of Italy.
“He warned her to be very careful because of the fast speed of unfolding events that would be taking place during the following years: to be ready, since everything would be accomplished very quickly!
“After World War II, during the exile of the Savoy Family in Geneva, Queen Maria José kept a correspondence with the friar of Pietrelcina who comforted her because of the sufferings she, as well as her whole family were undergoing by living in exile and away from their beloved Italy.
“In this correspondence, Padre Pio revealed some very important prophecies:
“Your Majesty, the monarchy will return to Italy and a relative of yours will become king; the main branch (of the Italian Royal House) will become withered like the leaves of a tree. But ‘a stem will sprout bearing many fruits, restoring honor and strength to the family, thus restoring the kingdom.
“He explained that ‘a different branch of the House of Savoy will restore the monarchy in Italy, bringing the House of Savoy back to the ancient glories and ancient lusters.”
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Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, born October 13, 1967 ( a Fatima anniversary). He was baptized with water from the River Jordan.
At the insistence of the friars of San Giovanni Rotondo, he was present during the canonization of Padre Pio.
He married in the Orthodox church, though and not the Roman Catholic Church.
The parts in quotes are taken from the Spanish site (our translation) Foros de la Virgen Maria.
