"The Five Wounds of the Liturgical Mystical Body of Christ"

"The Five Wounds of the Liturgical Mystical Body of Christ"
"The Five Wounds of the Liturgical Mystical Body of Christ" according to Bishop Athanasius Schneider: 1. Mass versus populum. 2. Communion in the hand. 3. The Novus Ordo Offertory prayers. 4. Disappearance of Latin in the Ordinary Form. 5. Liturgical services of lector and acolyte by women and ministers in lay clothing.

Friday, October 31, 2014

The Stableness of Everlastingness





The world itself compels us to despise the world
that is so full of wretchedness;
in which is –
abiding malice,
destroying persecution,
swelling wrath,
fretting lust,
false blaming for sin,
and bitterness of slander;
where all things are confused and withouten order;
where neither righteousness is loved nor truth approved;
where faithfulness is unfaithful,
and friendship cruel,
that stands in prosperity and falls in adversity.

There are yet other things that should move us
to the despising of the world:
the changeableness of time;
the shortness of this life;
death sure;
the chance of death unsure;
the stableness of everlastingness
and the vanity of things present;
the truth of joys to come.

Choose what thou wilt.
If thou love the world, with it thou shalt perish;
if thou love Christ, with Him thou shalt reign.

~ Richard Rolle of Hampole, Hermit [1290-1349]

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