Awesome sermons by Fr. Rodriguez!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Fiat

I would have never believed that there existed in the entire planet a diocesan priest like Father Rodriguez.   Look for his  sermons.  You’ll be blown away.

Stay the course, Father!  I assure you of my prayers.

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The Incredible Awakening???

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Fiat

Recall that the apostates, or near-apostates have been calling traditionalist Catholics “schismatics”, or “near-schismatics” for clinging to the nearly 2,000 year Faith.  (The highlights are mine.)

This from Rorate Caeli:

Tectonic shifts: For the Roman Curia, the end of the “super-Council”

In 1988, addressing the Chilean bishops, Cardinal Ratzinger affirmed, “The truth is that this particular Council defined no dogma at all, and deliberately chose to remain on a modest level, as a merely pastoral council; and yet many treat it as though it had made itself into a sort of ‘superdogma’ which takes away the importance of all the rest.“

While affirming his remaining attachment to Vatican II, Benedict XVI, on this September 14, 2011, brought down the taboo of the Council. For while no Pope could free a Catholic from the decisions of dogmatic Councils, the Pope, by way of the text of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, liberates the souls from those of a pastoral Council. From now on, one may be of the Church without holding on to the controversial points of Vatican II.In 2007, the helmsman of the Church had already undermined the monopoly held by the Novus Ordo. Four years later, he removes from the Conciliar doctrine its non-negotiable character and its exclusivity. It is not any longer the alpha and the omega of the life of the Church; that life is now once again refocused on its object: Faith.

It is true that, in small steps, the Catholic world, and the Curia in particular, faced with what John Paul II called the “silent apostasy”,  have allowed themselves to be interested in the Traditional world, once exiled and condemned, now increasingly esteemed. A French bishop said a while ago that he felt forced to bow to this movement, because the youth was present in it. In Rome, the major master of ceremonies lifts from the dust the traditional ornaments of which the Supreme Pontiffs, from Pius IX to Pius XII, made use. In the doctrinal domain, some parallelism is to be found, even though it is less evident. After Benedict XVI accepted to discuss the Vatican II texts with the Society of Saint Pius X, some prelates, especially the younger ones, decided to find out in the archives what was unanimously believed before the Council. Very slowly, the phenomenon begins and widens, to the detriment of the aggiornamento… And voices rise up in Italy denouncing the spirit of the Council, which has not let fresh air in, but rather a freezing gust. These voices are those of a Monsignor Gherardini and of the author of his preface, Bishop Oliveri. Those of a Roberto de Mattei or of a Bishop Schneider. All take up their pens and do not hesitate to openly demand that the taboo of the Council be finally shattered.

Is this a sign of the times? Recently, a prelate of the Curia, after having read the book “On priestly holiness” (“La sainteté sacerdotale”), by Archbishop Lefebvre, confided, “I cried after a while because I went through seminary and I had never had the priesthood explained to me as he does there. It is a whole world that opens up for us, for no one had explained to us what the priest was.” It is a whole world that opens up…
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Italian mystic who predicted fall of Mussolini beatified :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Fiat

Italian mystic who predicted fall of Mussolini beatified :: Catholic News Agency (CNA).

No mention of her dire warnings to the church and the world, though.

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Now is the Time for Saints!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Fiat

“As earth far from the sea is arid, so souls which stray from this august Queen cannot produce fruits of life.”

St. Teresa of Avila says that the progress of our soul consists in resolving to do much for God; we must make resolutions and keep them.  He asks nothing beyond our capabilities:  fulfillment of our daily duty, prayer, prayer, prayer.

The surest and fastest way to make progress in sanctity is to put oneself into the hands of our Blessed Mother.  Pray the daily rosary and wear her brown scapular.  If it is difficult for you to pray the five mysteries on a daily basis, sign up with the Universal Living Rosary, and ONE daily decade will be assigned to you. That’s only ten Hail Mary’s!  There is no excuse for not praying the rosary when God through the authority of His Church condescends to make it so simple.   Joined to 14 others like yourself, you will merit the graces of the entire 15 mysterious. (See the ULRA link on the side.)

Now is the time for saints. If you are reading this, God is asking this of you.

Here are some simple and practical suggestions for resolutions:

  •  When you stop at a red light, say a Hail Mary.
  •  When you see an outdoor image of our Blessed Mother, say “My Mother, I love you.”  She will in turn, face her Divine Son, and transmit that act of love to Him.  That’s how She is.
  •  Upon waking, immediately say “My Jesus, I am thine, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
  •  Parents, bless your children every night.
  •  Throughout the day, pray frequently the prayers of the angel of Fatima.
  •  Thank God frequently.  He is so good and generous, that daily He sends us little  tokens of His love.   Watch for them.  He delights in surprising His  children.

His Grace will inspire you to think of other resolutions to make and keep.

It is the little souls who are destined to form the heel of the foot of Our Lady that will crush Satan’s head – souls like you who will love our dear Lady as did the three children of Fatima.  Little Jacinta was heard to say: “I so love the Immaculate Heart of Mary! It is the Heart of our dear Mother in heaven.”

Sister Lucia, Blessed Francisco and Jacinta, pray for us!  Let’s ask God for the grace to love our Lady as did the children of Fatima.  The world desperately needs saints.

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“The final triumph of Mary’s Heart is certain…But it will take place…after a terrible purification of sinful humanity.”

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fiat

In view of the forthcoming reply of Bishop Fellay to the Holy See, I thought it worth revisiting this older post originally published on September 13 of last year.   Specially pertinent is Fr. Alonso’s remark about the two tendencies in the Church, that of the progressivists, and that of the traditionalists.  It goes without saying that the SSPX falls into the latter camp.  I sometimes find it incredible that God would have placed me in the world in these apocalyptic times!

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Tomorrow, September 14 will be a historic date.  It seems most hopeful that an agreement will be reached between Bishop Fellay and the Holy See when the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Levada,  presents the bishop with two pages of documentation.  According to Andrea Tornielli, “The former Holy Office will be asking him to take his time in evaluating it and to then offer a response within a reasonable space of time, if not immediately. “

Even if an immediate response is not given by Bishop Fellay, a “reasonable time” is indicative that one need not wait too terribly long for an answer.  Will it be a “yes” or a “no”?

I can’t help but recall Sr. Lucia’s response when she was asked whether the secret confided to her by the Virgin was good or bad news.   She replied that for some it was good, but for others it was bad.    I am convinced that the SSPX will be reconciled.  They have to be.  They hold, live and teach everything a faithful Catholic must believe to be saved – everything that we as Catholics have always and everywhere believed for 2,000 years!

So, the reconciliation will happen; it will be bad news for some, and good news for others – just like the still hidden third part of the Secret of Fatima is good news for the traditional-minded Catholics, and bad for the modernists:

2nd March 1995,  Bishop Amaral: “I had consulted Lucy and I had obtained her assent before affirming at Vienna that the contents of the third Secret ‘relate only to our faith, the loss of the faith’”

Oct. 11, 1997, Fr. Laurentin: “the Secret concerned deviations from the faith that would arise in the Church after Vatican II”.

1981, Fr. Alonso: “An untimely revelation of the text would merely have sharpened even more the two tendencies that continue to tear apart the Church: a traditionalism that would have believed itself to be supported by the prophecies of Fatima and a progressivism that would have howled against these apparitions, seeing that they so scandalously appeared to check the forward march of the conciliar Church.”

But then what?  What happens after the reconciliation between brethren?  Again, going back to the message of Fatima, let us recall the words of Sr. Lucia:  “She (the Blessed Virgin Mary) told me that the devil is in the mood for engaging in a decisive battle against the Virgin. And a decisive battle is the final battle where one side will be victorious and the other side will suffer defeat. Also from now on we must choose sides. Either we are for God or we are for the devil. There is no other possibility.”

A terrible war is going to be waged, both in the Church, and in the world.   ” “The final triumph of Mary’s Heart is certain and it will be definitive. But it will take place ‘in the end’, that is to say, after a terrible purification of sinful humanity, in a baptism of fire, blood and tears.”    – Fr. Alonso

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O Blessed Name! O Glorious Name! Feast of the Holy Name of Mary

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Fiat

From Life of the Blessed Virgin, by Msgr. Gentilucci:

The Fathers and writers unanimously affirm that this august name had been revealed by God Himself to Anne and Joachim.  St. Bonaventure adds that God Himself pronounced that glorious name, and St. Jerome says that the angel who consoled the blessed couple in their sterility, commanded them to call by that name the bless daughter that was to be born of them.

The Holy Fathers find in the sacred name of Mary, three significations, each of which corresponds with the glory to which God had destined her.  First, the name of Mary signifies “the sea,” and, in that sense, it symbolizes not only the graces with which the Almighty endowed her, but also the misfortune which man experiences in withdrawing from that sea.  “Every grace”, cries St. Bonaventure, “enters in Mary: the grace of foresight which enriches the prophets, the apostles’s grace of zeal, the martyr’s grace of constancy, the virgin’s grace of purity, all are found superabundantly in Mary; and as earth far from the sea is arid, so souls which stray from this august Queen cannot produce fruits of life.”

..this name also signifies “sea of bitterness.”  Who, as we shall see, ever had in her life greater bitterness than the holy Mother of God?…Ah!, as Jeremias says:  “she was like a raging sea agitated by the most furious tempest.”

Finally, this beautiful name also signifies “Sovereign,” “Illuminated,” and “Illuminatrix.” [S]he received from [God] so great a light of grace, that she merited to be call the “illuminatrix” of the Church, who guards as a treasure all her words recorded in the gospel…

O blessed name!  O glorious name!  thous dost express all that is grand in sanctity, in merit, and in glory, and mortals can never sufficiently praise and bless thee!

What other name after the most sweet name of Jesus, is more worthy of our respect and love?  What other can better excite our confidence and admiration?  Can we be astonished that the Church has wished it particularly honored…?  “That august name, which, as St. Ambrose assures us, signifies also ‘God is of my blood,’ is the key of the gate of paradise to him who invokes it,” says St. Ephrem.

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Upcoming beatification of Sr. Aiello

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Fiat

The blog  Gregorian Rite reports the following.  I am pasting only excerpts.  Please check their site for the article in its entirety.   I am familiar with the prophecies of Ven. Sr. Aiello; they are quite serious. In part, then:

In April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI approved the petition allowing for the Beatification of Venerable Elena Aiello. She will be declared Blessed on September 14, 2011 (Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross) at 17.30 in Piazza dei Bruzi in Cosenza, Italy. The proclamation of the Blessed will be made by Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, along with Archbishop of Cosenza/Bisignano, His Excellency Salvatore Nunnari.

[Some of Sr. Aiello’s prophecies]

…1950

“The Madonna then came closer, and with a sad expression, showed me the flames of Hell. She said:” ‘Satan reigns and triumphs on earth! See how the souls are falling into Hell. See how high the flames are, and the souls who fall into them like flakes of snow look like transparent embers! How many sparks! How many cries of hate, and of despair! How much pain!’

‘See how many priestly souls! Look at the sign of their consecration in their transparent hands! (In the palms of their hands the sign of the cross, in more vivid fire, could clearly be seen!) What torture, my daughter, in my maternal Heart! Great is my sorrow to see that men do not change! The justice of the Father requires reparation — otherwise many will be lost!’

…1954

…The justice of God requires reparation [my emphasis] for the many offenses and misdeeds that cover the earth, and which can no longer be compromised. Men are obstinate in their guilt, and do not return to God’.

…1956

“However the punishment of the impious will not be delayed. That day will be most fearful in the world! The earth will tremble, all humanity will be shaken! The wicked and the obstinate will perish in the tremendous severity of the justice of the Lord.”

PROPHESIES OF 1959

‘The world will be once more afflicted with great calamity; with bloody revolutions; with great earthquakes; with famines; with epidemics; with fearful hurricanes; and with floods from rivers and seas. But if men do not return to God, purifying fire will fall from the Heavens, like snowstorms, on all peoples, and a great part of humanity will be destroyed!’

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For those of us who will be participating in the rosaries and Mass of reparation on October 1, let’s pour our hearts and souls into consoling our Lady so that she might deign to obtain pardon for those  who are offending God and in danger of falling into hell.  May She be our protection and  our refuge when the rigors of God’s justice descend on humanity. 

 

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A Fruit of the Blood of the Martyrs

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Fiat

The following letter is taken from The Remnant website.  For the full account of how this appeal came to be written,  please visit their site.   A slumbering church is awakening!

Dear Mr. Michael Matt and friends of the Remnant,

Greetings from Fr. Jonathan Romanoski FSSP in Guadalajara México. As you may have heard the Fraternity of St. Peter opened up its second Latin American apostolate two years ago in the “holy land” of Mexico. I say “holy land” as the area of Guadalajara, Jalisco was in many ways the heart of the Cristero movement less than a century ago, when valiant Catholics rose up, ready to shed their blood in defense of the one true faith that Christ is King of all the earth, against a Masonic government which had prohibited all public worship, and was literally hunting down priests to kill them.

I am sure that you have all heard of el niño Cristero, Bl. José Sanchez del Río, who at 14 yrs. of age, begged his mother leave to join the Catholic army, telling her that never was it so easy to gain heaven as now.

Taken captive, he was told that he would never see his parents again if he did not join the enemy’s ranks. He told them to tell his parents that they would see each other in heaven, and as they stabbed him to death he cried out “long live Christ the King, long live Our Lady of Guadalupe.”

This is the patrimony of faith of our dear Mexican people here, who boast more canonized saints from this one state, than there are in all the Americas combined. The eldest among them still have memories of the persecution when public masses were not permitted. It is a faith that inspires many vocations as well. The Archdiocese of Guadalajara boasts the highest number of vocations in the world, with well over a thousand seminarians, their minor seminaries very much in operation still.

Hence our ever wise superior general deemed it fit to plant the base of the future growth of the Fraternity of St. Peter in Latin America, here in this fertile soil. Yet as we know from the parable of Our Lord, the devil is always sewing chaff to suffocate the wheat of Christ. And the persecution is in some way worse than before, as so many now voluntarily put their faith in danger by viewing bad programs on television, listening to worldly music, and conforming to a pop-culture so poisonous to a good, holy catholic life.

Hence we have plenty of work to accomplish, and it is indeed the crucial time to salvage and foment what remains of catholic civilization, and to speak boldly against modern evils which so few pastors do. We see very much the providence of God in our apostolate here, as we introduce once again the traditional Mass, source and summit of our traditional catholic culture, to the Archdiocese while there yet remains such traditional sensibilities in the hearts of the faithful, despite the ignorance and opposition which so often accompany the first phase of the return of the traditional Mass.

But thanks be to God we were invited by a very traditional Cardinal, who neither allows communion in the hand nor girl “altar-boys.” At the visit of the Very Rev. John Berg, the Cardinal elevated us to the status of a quasi-parish, but with only two more years in the church that we use now.  And thus we embark upon an urgent fundraising project to obtain our own property for the exclusive celebration of the Mass of the ages, to continue our work in perpetuity in the land of the Cristeros, and to have one day soon a house of formation for Latin American candidates for the priesthood.  And so I beg first of all your prayers, that our Lord grants success to the work of our hands, and humbly ask that you consider in your charity a donation to this important work for the expansion of the FSSP throughout the Americas.

Donations can be sent directly to the FSSP headquarters in Scranton at the address below, noted that it is for the FSSP Mexican apostolate. If you would like more info on our apostolate down here, or if you know of any who might be interested to help us in any way in this project, please feel free to contact us, Fr. Ken Fryar FSSP, padre.fryar@gmail.com; Fr. Jonathan Romanoski FSSP, padre.romo@gmail.com. An American tel. number at which one can reach us is 402-403-1783.

May God himself be your reward!

Viva Cristo Rey!

Donations FOR FSSP MEXICAN APOSTOLATE can be sent to: Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter North American District Headquarters Griffin Road, PO Box 196 Elmhurst, PA 18416

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Birthday Greetings to our Heavenly Mother!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Fiat

 

 

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“It is a common opinion that Mary was born…just when the smoke of the holocaust….”

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Fiat

From The life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Msgr. R. Gentilucci

It is a common opinion that Mary was born the eighth day of the month of September, which corresponds to the beginning of the month Tisri, that is to say, the first day of the civil year of the Jews, just when the smoke of the holocaust was rising to heaven in expiation for the sins of the people.  And in this agree perfectly the Greek and Latin churches,…*Holding for certain that this “little pillar of smoke,” as Ezechiel calls it, or this “light cloud,” as Elias calls it, came to the light, in the year 3987 of the creation of the world, we shall here give some pious opinions touching this happy birth, relying upon what some of the Fathers, Greek as well as Latin, tell us.

Mary was born in autumn, when nature, more than in any other season, is wont to repay the toil of the husbandmen by giving them the ripened clusters.  “Rejoice, O earth,” says St. John Damascenus, “because from the womb of Anne, as from a fertile vine, has sprung a sweet ripe cluster.  To the harvesting of this vineyard all are invited, none is excluded, it is the joy of all.”  Mary too is born in the autumn,…because it was proper that the new Eve, the mother of the Redeemer, should change tears into joy, at the same time in the year as the first Eve had changed joy into tears.

As the beatitudes are eight in number, this eighth day of the month when she was…born, was admirably chosen, since by her was the whole world to know all beatitude, and since by her, as mother of the Redeemer, were all the elect to be ushered into the glory of heaven, there to enjoy supreme felicity.  She was born, as Luchesino remarks, on the Sabbath, the day when God rested, to show that the human race, at the glorious birth of the Virgin, was to enjoy a real repose.  Hence Saturday is a kind of festival especially consecrated to devotion to our august Lady.

As to the hour of that fortunate day which beheld the birth of Mary, St. Peter Damian believes that it was at daybreak.  Others add, that the sun that day shone with a twofold light, and that on the night preceding her birth, the moon shone with an extraordinary brilliancy, almost like that of the sun, and that for some time, far from showing usual spots, a refulgent star sparkled upon her disc.

St. John Damascenus cries joyfully:  “Yes, by Mary’s birth the human race has been restored, by it the sadness caused by Eve is changed into a perfect joy.”  St. Bernardine of Sienna,…observes joyfully, “that heaven made earth an inestimable present,” and the Abbot Rupert says:  “The nativity of the Virgin is the end of sorrow and the beginning of joy.”

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*The menology of St. Basil places the birth of the Blessed Virgin on the 8th of September.  This date is also given in the menology translated into Latin by Cardinal Sorlet, and published by Henry Canisius in his Thesaurus.  The same thing is said in the edict of the Emperor Manuel Comnenus, which fixes the days for the various festivals.  In the Nomocanon of Photius (In Scholiiad ut VII.,) we read:  “Natalis itaque dies purissimae Dominae ac Dei Genitricis, qui est octavus Septembris, feriatus est.”  We find the same day set down in many other Greek authors, as well as in the Latin.

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