Important News for the Joliet Diocese TLM Community

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Fiat

Well, it’s official now.  The pastor of St. Joseph church in Rockdale, IL is going back to his home country of India, and Bishop Conlon has turned over the church to the FSSP.  Below is a picture of the new home for the Latin Mass community.   I have also been told that Fr. Valentine will be getting another priest to help him in the apostolate.  This is great news for us in the Joliet diocese!

NOTE, May 14, 2013:  I notice that the FSSP webpage mentions Fr. Valentine will be appointed  the “administrator”, and that a N.O. will continue to be offered there on Saturday evenings by other priests.  Originally, I had been given the impression that the church was going to be completely turned over, not that it would be a mixed parish.

All I can say is that it is better than what Fr. Valentine had before. I think that those who have been traveling to Chicago, will continue to do so.  But I do pray the FSSP apostolate will flourish in this diocese.

Link to Joliet Latin Mass Community here.

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THEOLOGY OF THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS #36

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Fiat

Ascendit Deus in Jubilo!

In the Mass, we are brought into intimate union with the entire life of Christ from His Incarnation to the Ascension, that last moment of His earthly sojourn when He triumphantly returned to His Father.  The final Dominus Vobiscum mystically represents the glorious Ascension, when Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, conqueror over the powers of Hell and death, entered into His glory!

Msgr. Gentilucci: “Saint Luke writes that our merciful Redeemer ate with His apostles, and we are disposed to believe with Natalis Alexander [French Dominican historian and theologian, 17th century] and Silveira [?] that our Divine Lord [before His Ascension] again gave the holy Eucharist to the Apostles, to fortify them with this Bread of the strong during his long absence, and to inflame them with love and hope of heavenly things.”

So, too, is it with those who have partaken of Holy Communion.  This heavenly Bread provides all the supernatural assistance to fight the good fight, keep the faith, pray unceasingly, to suffer with Christ, and in Him to live a devout life filled with good works.  Our Lord’s work of Redemption has been fully accomplished, but it remains for it to be subjectively completed in each individual soul who would attain salvation. Through the priest, Holy Mother Church extends one last time to the faithful, that desire She has that Christ remain closely united to them – from one Holy Communion to the next – until they attain their heavenly end of eternal happiness with God!

Prayer:“Lord Jesus Christ, who, after forty days, didst ascend glorious into heaven in the sight of Thy disciples, grant that my heart may, for Thy love, despise all earthly goods which keep me bound to perishable things, and to attend only unto the eternal, and to hunger and thirst  after Thee, my God and my All!”     Amen.

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Thomas a Kempis’s, The Imitation of Mary

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Fiat

These two short meditations are taken from the book, one of them is especially for the ladies:

The character is formed as any habit of virtue is formed.  To have a good character is to be on the road of perfection.

A good character is first of all, character, that is to say, firm and stable and not changeable and variable.  It is in the second place, good, which means, pleasing to others.

Only the people who breathe joy have a good character.  The people who are glum in everything, as is said in current language, are never of an agreeable character.  They are a burden to others and to themselves.

Form your character so that it may be stable.  Refine it, so that it may be gentle.  Conquer it so that it may be usable.  You will then be, like to Mary, exultant with joy and glorifying God in your life every day.

Practice:  To form character, it is often necessary to know how to break it, by doing that which pleases the least.

Thought:  Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria.  Rejoice and be glad, O Mary!

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A calm woman is a queenly woman, says an old proverb.  Gentleness and calmness, a smile and graciousness are, truly, the force and strength of a woman.  Too often they are represented as faults and perverted attractions.  This is an error and a falsehood.

To know how to make use of these attractions and of these graces can also be and ought to be for a woman, a virtue and a practice of Christian life.  The man who has once encountered such attractions is captivated forever.  The prayer that the Church offers in nuptial Masses asks for the woman these virtues of grace and beauty.

Practice:  To smile and to be gracious in all the circumstances of life.

Thought:  You are, Mary, the most beautiful of women:  Speciosa et decora inter filias Jerusalem.

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For the Month of our Mother

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Fiat

From Gentilucci’s compilation, Life of the Blessed Virgin

circle_BVMStrictly, the devout clients of Mary, at least the most fervent, should not only propose to imitate the heart of Mary, but also to consecrate themselves perpetually by a solemn obligation to this imitation, and thus united to Jesus in the heart of Mary, become like him as His holy Mother was. [Consecration to our Lady is not of recent development. In the 11th century St. Odilo, for example, was known to have publicly consecrated himself to her in a holy bondage.] To make our consecration entire and perfect, we must generously offer Mary all our senses, all the powers of our soul, all our spiritual goods, that is, our weak merits; in a word, we must give her, by an irrevocable act, all we have or can have on earth.  From this perpetual consecration to the heart of our Queen, we shall reap the fairest fruits.  In the first place, the Blessed Virgin, seeing us thus weaned from ourselves, will offer to God in the most perfect manner, all our works, and we for this end will endeavor to do them with care, diligence, and exactness.  In the second place, we shall not let our devotion grow cold, because, having made of all we possess a perpetual and irrevocable donation to the heart of Mary, and knowing certainly that she will come to our aid if we are faithful to her, we cannot, without a great offense to her and injury to ourselves, revoke so solemn a donation.  Finally, this consecration of ourselves to Mary embraces at the same time our consecration to Jesus, since we take the Blessed Virgin as the perfect means that Jesus Christ has Himself chosen to unite us to Him, our Redeemer and God, and consequently our last end.  [Origen’s words on servitude are certainly applicable to those consecrated to our Blessed Mother: “The bondage of Christ is nobler than liberty.  O free servitude! O bondage, glorious above all dominion! What glory is not reserved in heaven, when such joy is given here?”]

The motive which should excite us to make this consecration cheerfully, is that there is no function on earth, no honor greater than that of serving God.  His servants are far nobler and more honored than the servants of the mightiest monarchs of earth; for, after all, the latter are only the servants of a man, while the former, by Mary’s aid, endeavor to serve with fidelity Him who is King of kings, and Lord of lords; a free, generous, and noble servitude, which Scripture calls a royalty.  Moreover, we act like Jesus, who, able like the first Adam to come into the world an adult, chose [rather] to remain… [enclosed] nine whole months in Mary’s Virginal womb, and for thirty years remain with her, submissive and obedient as the most loving and respectful of children.  What, too, shall we say of the humility which we will have to practice continually, considering ourselves stripped of all and unworthy of every grace, and acknowledge that all good comes to us from Jesus through the hands of Mary?

And then, as Mary Immaculate, our Mother, is all love, sweetness and mercy towards us, as she will not be surpassed in generosity and liberality, what tongue, what power of eloquence can ever express the abundance of graces which she will shower on us…[all for His greater glory!]

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Papal Appointment

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Fiat

h/t Accion Liturgica and Secretum Meum – Vatican City, 30 April 2013 (VIS) – The Holy Father:

Mgr. Guido Pozzo

– appointed Archbishop Guido Pozzo, almoner of His Holiness and titular archbishop of Balneoregium, as consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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You may remember Monsignor Pozzo,an advocate of the “hermeneutic of reform in continuity”, who was involved in the talks attempting to regularize the SSPX.  He proposed that the post-conciliar confusion is caused not by the council itself but by its interpretation.

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The Best Way to Celebrate Vatican II

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Fiat

 I do not mean to intentionally offend, but it seems to me that only the most obtuse will continue to insist on blind adherence to the documents of Vatican II. Into those documents of a merely pastoral council, were inserted elements of modernism in opposition to the doctrine taught by the 2.000 year old Magisterium of the Church.  Walter Cardinal Kasper has admitted as much. Below is a short excerpt from the article which suggests the best way to celebrate VII. I would urge you to read carefully the editorial in its entirety, from Catholic Family News.  It merits our seal of approval!

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“One of the saddest events of the past month was the Vatican Radio report of Pope Francis’ statement that ‘Vatican II is the beautiful work of the Holy Spirit’; his claim that to resist the Council is to ‘resist the Spirit’; and that those are ‘testardi’ – stubborn hardheads – who want to go back from Vatican II.  If these are truly his sentiments, it should put no dent in our resolve. The Vatican II establishment now collapses under its own decay.

“It is time for traditional Catholics to close in for the kill, and not merely ask if we may be excused from the worst excesses of their reckless experiment.

The Church Militant

The Church Militant

 “It is time to go on the offensive, without anger, without bitterness and without letup. We must relentlessly ask our Church leaders why they love a blunder of such magnitude that “if the Church were not divine, the Council would have buried her.”

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The Pope who finally repudiates Vatican II will most certainly suffer.  But it will be done!

“I saw the Holy Father in a very big house, kneeling by a table, with his head in his hands and weeping. Outside, there were many people and some of them were throwing stones, others were cursing him and using bad language against him. Poor Holy Father! We must pray very hard for him! ” – Blessed Jacinta

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Another Young Priest Celebrating TLM….

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Fiat

….in Salisbury, North Carolina. Father Jason Barone,  who attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, is a mere 29 years of age.  (See, I told you so. The Church’s traditions continue to attract the young!)

He is quoted as saying, “What I love about Latin Mass for this age is precisely its timelessness. God does not change. Human nature does not change. Timeless worship, I believe, anchors us  [to] God in these very turbulent times.”

Scott Myers / Salisbury Post<br /><br /> Sacred Heart Catholic Church has started a Latin Mass.

Scott Myers / Salisbury Post<br /><br /> Sacred Heart Catholic Church has started a Latin Mass.

The rest of the story can be found here: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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Notes; Frenzied Females

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Fiat

The weather has been perfect for outdoor work.  I’ve transplanted a peach tree that had been growing near the compost pile for the past 3 or 4 years, planted over 75 flower bulbs and tubers, sowed (two different kinds) cosmos, bachelor’s buttons, catchfly, snapdragons, sunflowers; and 5 rhubarb roots. I’ve forgotten what else!

Soon I’ll start in earnest with the vegetable garden.

So, you see, I’ve had little time for blogging, although I do make sure to keep an eye out for what is going on in the Church.  There is, for instance, that assault on Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard of Brussels by a group of, hmmm…. “ladies”.  I am sure all of you have heard about it.  I only want to add to it what you probably have not heard.

This was not the first attack by these nuts.  It has been reported that these radical feminists are targeting the Archbishop because of his alleged complicity in defending pedophile priests.  This is utter nonsense since the Archbishop only assumed office in 2010.   If anyone deserves castigation, it certainly is not Archbishop Leonard, but his predecessor, the notoriously ultra-progessive Daneels who presided over the archdiocese during its worst scandals and who was involved in a cover-up.  It seems the real “sin” of Archbishop Leonard is that he has been known to speak out against the sins of perversion.

The other surprising element to this story is that these “activists” females are receiving payment for what they do.  What a job, eh?  An infiltrator to their group has reported that they receive 2,500 euros per month, while in Paris, the ladies may receive 1,000 euros per “protest”.

There is speculation about who is funding these “ladies”.   I will not mention a name since I have no way to ascertain the veracity of the allegation against the person.  But I will say, that the individual named is very rich, and hails from North America.

One need not wonder why the Mahoney’s or Imesch’s will never be victims of these frenzied females.

God bless Archbishop Leonard! I will include him in my prayers for persecuted priests.

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Enjoy the beautiful weather outside! The flowers, trees, all of nature still give Him glory, and His gifts still give joy to the heart!

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Finding Purpose in Life Through the Mass

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Fiat

With the aid of grace, let us resolve to delve more deeply into the mystery which unfolds before our very eyes when assisting at Mass.  After I watched this, one of my thoughts was that it is so easy to understand why Satan hates the traditional Latin Mass.

This video most beautifully portrays what we have attempted to do with our “Theology of the TLM in Pictures” series. I would suggest watching it when you have a little time.  It is not something one can rush through.

After Mass, don’t forget your thanksgiving.

“When Mass ended I remained with Jesus to render Him thanks. My thirst and hunger do not diminish after I have received Him in the Blessed Sacrament, but rather, increase steadily. Oh, how sweet was the conversation I held with Paradise this morning. The Heart of Jesus and my own, if you will pardon my expression, fused. They were no longer two hearts beating but only one. My heart disappeared as if it were a drop in the ocean.”

–  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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Who Has More Crediblity – Cardinal Paglia or this “Cool Dude”?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Fiat

You decide.  Remember, souls of good will recognize the voice of the Good Shepherd, but they flee from the wolf.  Please watch.  It won’t take more than a couple minutes of your time.

 The following is the section IV excerpt, “The Remedy to the Present Peril” – from the SSPX website

In fact history shows that rise of homosexuality has always had profound ties with heresies and Gnosticism. We speak here of a gnostic sexuality, as the Cathars of Southern France, which rejects the mystery of the Incarnation and the work of procreation commanded by God: “Increase and multiply.”

Unfortunately, the latest declaration of Cardinal Vincenzo Paglia, the Vatican’s president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, is leading the Church towards a slippery road. On February 5, 2013, Cardinal Paglia said that there was a need of juridical recognition for “homosexual couples” and wishes to ban those countries which still hold homosexuality as a crime. This is grounded on “the dignity of all the sons of God. An untouchable dignity. All men are equal since they are the sign of God. In about twenty countries, homosexuality is a crime. I wish that we open the fight against this.”[7]

We can only advise Pope Francis to invite Cardinal Paglia to Fatima to pray at the feet of Our Lady of the Rosary. He should command him to become a missionary like St. Dominic. To safeguard the families, the measure he needs to take is to preach the Rosary against the neo-gnostic heresy which condemns life and marriage. It is certain that the meditation on the Incarnation and the Immaculate Virgin are the best antidote to the scourge of the homosexual lobbies.

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