OPUS SACERDOTALE IT'S WORK IN FRANCE FROM VATICAN II - 1988

AUGUST 13, 2013

[PAIX LITURGIQUE] The silent strength of Opus Sacerdotale at a time when everything was still possible ...

SOURCE  - Peace Liturgical - Letter No. 400 - August 13, 2013

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In a recent letter, we did a portrait of a "country parson" the modest and remarkable Abbe Pierre Lourdelet, and we announced the next phase in the history of Opus Sacerdotale from the Council until 1988,  which played an essential means for the preservation of the Catholic priesthood. Father Lourdelet asked us to withdraw our post about him and keep silent about his testimony. We removed our post about him. He nevertheless gives us leave to talk - without him - about this beautiful work that was - and remains - Opus Sacerdotale. The weight of media silence has become unbearable when it "puts it under a bushel" such lamps which we so desperately need. We return this week on a key action of this association, despite the discretion of its leaders which have always wanted to surround part of the common heritage of the Church during the Silent era.

I - DOCTRINA, FORTITUDO, PIETAS

In 1963, while the inflection taken by the Second Vatican Council began to disturb more observers, a group of French priests came together at Lourdes to wonder about the future of the priesthood. This meeting comes shortly after an "Association for the support of the Catholic priesthood," chaired by Canon Etienne Catta, of the Diocese of Nantes, Benedictine Oblate Fontgombault, former professor at the Catholic University of Angers, specialist in social doctrine and policy of the Church. Very soon, the association, known by the name Opus Sacerdotale, is given structure and developed.

Those who approached the Opus Sacerdotale originally know that its first members were parish priests and they are the ones who have both originality and success in the work. Concerned over Roman innovations, these priests who often feel isolated, seeking both to feed their personal loyalty to the dogma and to strengthen each other. It is precisely such support, both doctrinal, moral and spiritual, that is offered by Opus Sacerdotale, well illustrated in its' motto: "Doctrina, Fortitudo, Pietas."

In 1974, the death of Canon Catta (buried in the cemetery of the Abbey of Fontgombault), the Priestly Opus had nearly a thousand priests. However, the line of the organization was to do no advertising. The rigor of the canon Catta's recruitment is well known: he wanted a personal contact with every priest before they became associated with the activities of Opus. In fact, the history of Opus is little and often poorly known. But his influence and activity are important in these years which mark the height of the crisis of the priesthood in Europe.

In September 1972, for example, a delegation of fifty priests of Opus participated in a priestly brotherhood Congress in Zaragoza. Supported by the Bishop of Cuenca, Bishop Guerra Campos, the priestly Hermandad (the Priestly Fraternity), then gathered more than 5,000 Spanish priests around the defense of orthodoxy of Catholic doctrine.

Billed as an important event, the Saragossa Congress causes controversy by those which are keeping track: several Roman cardinals were planned to attend when, at the last moment, Cardinal Villot, then Secretary of State, forbade them to go there. In fact, on 14 September 1972, L'Osservatore Romano - instrument of the Secretariat of State - and the Episcopal Conference from beyond the Pyrenees (led by Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, who regarded Bishop Guerra Campos, protector of the Hermandad as his "personal enemy") will simultaneously publish a note that Congress la Hermandad priestly Fraternity is a private initiative with neither the support of Rome or of the Spanish Church. The Archbishop of Zaragoza sends also a convoluted statement explaining that it is "without the knowledge of his own accord," as they do not say at the time, the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar was given to delegates. Only Bishop Guerra Campos and Castan Lacoma Bishop, Bishop of Siguenza-Guadalajara, maintain their official support to the initiative, the only bishop finally this is Bishop Ángel Rodríguez Gamoneda Peruvian Vicar Apostolic Emeritus.

Despite these maneuvers the Saragossa Congress has allowed the members of Opus - whose delegation was led by Father Balastrier, monk of St. Vincent de Paul, chaplain of Our Lady of Lys in Paris editor of the canonical status of the work - to meet other European priests who, like them, are organizing to defend their best integrity of the deposit of faith. In 1973, an annual meeting of priests in Western Europe (French, German, English, Belgian, Dutch) is held at the Abbey of Vaals, Netherlands. One of the participants in this first edition told in 2005 in the journal Item headed Father Paul Aulagnier, while he was putting on his vestments, the sacristan brother told him, seeing him cross the stole: "Monsieur le Cure, you should know that no longer meets the stole because since Vatican II, it was found that the Mass is not a sacrifice." Theological shortcut striking.

Like its imposing but powerless Spanish counterpart, the Priestly Opus passed first doctrinal issues. However, Opus gladly welcomed all the priests attached to keep the Mass of their ordination. In fact, most of the " rejected priests of the time, adhered according to the formula of Father Houghton, himself a member of Opus Sacerdotale.

II - REFLECTIONS OF PEACE LITURGICAL

1) It is important from the point of view of historical memory to remember that resistance to the new liturgical law took on , mainly in France, significant proportions, were much larger than had been imagined by Roman and Episcopal authorities.

Before the development of the Society of St. Pius X and later other traditional fraternities, there is not a diocese of France where at least some priests, sometimes more, have continued to celebrate the Tridentine Mass for the faithful , or a new mass so enriched with traditional elements (offertory use only Eucharistic Prayer 1) it was in fact a traditional mass. [1] The number of priests has never fallen for thirty years (which means it has increased significantly in relative terms, given the declining number of priests). As to the older priests were relayed by the newly ordained the Brotherhood of Archbishop Lefebvre and other traditional communities (the Priestly Opus has also helped to prepare the next generation by putting on track in the ancient convent of Moissac, which later became the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest).

The very peaceful work of Canon Catta, which goes beyond the traditional priests from a strictly liturgical point of view, is to be seen in this context. In 2007, the Motu Proprio which gives parish priests the right tocelebrate the traditional Mass publicly for groups of faithful who wish, is, among other things, the consecration of forty years of resistance of parish priests.

2) When one hears preaching of Pope Francis it is sometimes said: "We understand what he says: he preaches as a parish priest of the past." His pontificate is to summarize why it would also be an attempt, in a completely different way than Benedict XVI,  to restore.

Moreover, throughout his many homilies since his election, Pope Francis repeatedly called the priests to "open" their churches, their hearts and their apostolate while giving them the example of the daily Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and inviting them to spend more time in the confessional. At the mention of such to the priests of Opus Sacerdotale, we can only say that this model of priest desired by the current Pope was still once widely present in our parishes ...

3) Finally, we also cannot forget that the Priestly Opus has materially, fraternally, spiritually supported many persecuted colleagues, or who were simply. The laity can not imagine to what isolation caused by the crisis of the Church exists, or just secularization has reduced countless diocesan priests. We bemoan today the dramatic collapse of vocations but it is not anxiety that inhabits the minds of the current diocesan seminarians at the thought of what might become of their priesthood, a fortiori when they have traditional ideas, in the provinces of France. The action of Opus Sacerdotale is also a way to provide opportunities for these future priests of Summorum Pontificum.

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[1] In this context, here's what on December 23, 1974 Archbishop Lefebvre said to the seminarians Écône regarding the priests of the Opus Sacerdotale, "They say the Novus Ordo Mass, but it is approaching very close to the Mass of St. Pius V and then you have to be away from it greatly I was talking a couple of days ago with Fr Lourdelet, who took over from canon Catta in France for Opus Sacerdotale:. among these priests, they are about, I think, 600, there are certainly a hundred who still say the Mass of St. Pius V as it finally as we tell ourselves. There is a number, Fr Lourdelet himself told me he encouraged and was ready in any case to urge all members of Opus priests for them to take at least the old offertory and former canon too, and if there is a whole those priests who have decided to keep this practice as requested by Father Lourdelet, it is certain that it is still almost already the Mass of St. Pius V, one might say, especially if we keep the old offertory and the first course cannon, old canon! " (Reported in Christendom No. 90, November-December 2004). In a nutshell, the essence of what proponents advocate of what is termed "reform of the reform".

ST. Radegunda of Wolfratshausen – (fl. c1250)

ST. Radegunda of Wolfratshausen – (fl. c1250)

German saintRadegunda was born at Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, and became a servant at the castle of Wellenburg. She served the poor and sick of the region, and save her own food rations to share with them and the members of the local leper colony. During one of her errand she was attacked by wolves, and died of her injuries three days later. She was interred at Wellenburg and was revered as a saint (Aug 13), her memory being particularly revered by the later owners of Wellenburg Castle, the famous Fugger family.

CHARITABLE TRADITIONALISTS

SOME VALID POINTS FROM THE iTALIAN TRADITIONALIST BLOG CORDIALITER

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013

Traditionalists bergogliani

An Italian lady told me that she had been a few years in Buenos Aires 

and had met Cardinal Bergoglio. The first time I saw

 him he was dressed in a plain black cassock, he had a worn pair of

 shoes and a worn black bag. She thought he was an ordinary priest, but other

 people recognized him and came up to greet him affably. She was very

 surprised to see the humble lifestyle of the Archbishop and the kindness

 with which he dealt with people. All three meetings took place in Buenos

 Aires on public transport (bus and metro) and this was a surprise to her,

 since in Italy she was used to seeing churchmen travel in expensive

 big cars.

Another thing that struck her was the fact that Cardinal Bergoglio

 headed towards the city's most infamous and degraded areas in the Argentine

 capital, where he went to help the poor who were materially and spiritually 

abandoned by all. He went there alone, without an escort, but no one

 ever dared to attack him and rob him. He was much loved by the

 common people. 

When he was elected to the throne of Peter, the sister of Pope

 expressed the desire to come to Rome to continue to help him, 

but the Pope replied that the Vatican did not need her, and he

 urged her instead to continue his apostolate in the slums of Buenos Aires.

 He asked also to give the poor the clothes he had left in Argentina.

One should not be scandalized the humble lifestyle led by the then 

Archbishop of Buenos Aires, in fact even the saints behaved the

 same way. For example, the great St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori,

 when he was elected bishop, instead of a gemstone ring he

 embeded a piece of glass made from a bottom of the bottle in it.

 Also, he lived in poverty (even slept on the floor), gave everything 

to those in need, and once even gave his black cassock and

 was forced to walk around with the purple dress used for the liturgy.

 In short, although a bishop, he did not live in a gorgeous (as unfortunately

 many other priests did who were raised to the episcopal dignity), but always 

maintained a style of austere life as a true successor of the apostles.

If we want the traditional movement to expand the most, we need to have

 traditionalists "bergogliani", ie, people who live in a simple way, 

actually help the poor, are jovial and friendly with others, have a 

great love for the old liturgy and the doctrinal and spiritual patrimony

 of Catholic Tradition. This is the right mix to "break left" and to spread

 the traditional movement.

The halt in the advance of the movement is not so much the fault

of the modernists, but rather the attitudes of some traditionalists who

 behave coldly with others, often have a sour face, live a comfortable life,

 they waste money on useless things and maybe they speak about not being

 able to help the needy. In short, with their un-Christian behavior,

 the people move away from the Catholic Tradition,

 because they lead people to believe that the traditionalists are people

 cold, haughty, full of pride, insensitive to the suffering of others,

 and so on.

The real traditionalists must have models as St. John Bosco,

 St. Leopold Mandic, St. Luigi Orione, St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori,

 St. Vincent de Paul, and all the saints. His Holiness, Pope St. Pius X 

said that the traditionalists are the true friends of the people. So if the people

 do not consider as "friends" such traditionalists, evidently meaning that they 

do not act like real traditionalists.

WILL PAPA FRANCESCO CONSECRATE RUSSIA IN THIS CONSECRATION?

Will this consecration include a specific mention of Russia? This report from Fratres in Unum Blog:

Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The announcement was made ​​this afternoon at a press conference by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima and the Rector of the Sanctuary of Fatima.  The statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be taken to the Marian Day at the request of Pope

In response to the desire of the Holy Father Francis, the Image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima which is venerated in the Chapel of the Apparitions will be in Rome on 12 and 13 October at the Marian Day promoted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. On the 13th of October, with the image of Our Lady, Pope Francisco will make the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Marian Day is a major event in the calendar of planned papal celebrations of the Year of Faith and will gather in Rome hundreds of movements and institutions linked to Marian devotion.

In a letter to the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, D. António Marto, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, D. Rino Fisichella, announces that "all ecclesial movements of Marian spirituality" are invited to the Marian Day: an encounter that provides on the 12th, a pilgrimage to the tomb of the apostle St. Peter and other moments of prayer and meditation, and on the 13th, the Eucharistic celebration, presided by Pope Francisco, Piazza S. Peter.

"It's a lively desire of the Holy Father that the Marian Day may have as a special sign Marian icons among the most significant for Christians around the world and, therefore, think of the beloved original statue of Our Lady of Fatima" wrote D. Rino Fisichella.

Thus, the image of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine will leave for Portugal in the morning of October 12th and return on the afternoon of the 13th. Its place in the Chapel of the Apparitions will be placed the first picture of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima, enthroned at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary since December 8, 2003.

12 and 13 October 2013: Secretary of State of the Vatican in Fatima

The Shrine of Fatima announces with joy that the Cardinal Secretary of State of the Vatican, D. Tarcisio Bertone, presides over the pilgrimage to Fatima Anniversary International October, the 12th and 13th.

In the invitation letter you sent on 12 July, the bishops of Portugal, to announce the coming of D. Fatima Tarcisio Bertone, the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, D. António Marto, points out that "the presence of the Cardinal Secretary of State give a particular expression of communion with the Holy Father, so characteristic of the message of Fatima."

Remember that, at the end of 90 years of the apparitions of Fatima, in October 2007, D. Tarcisio Bertone as Secretary of State and sent by the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided at the pilgrimage Anniversary International October, when he was dedicated and opened on the afternoon of the 12th, the Church of the Holy Trinity, the present Church of the Holy Trinity.

A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN ARGENTINA 1934 AND WORLD YOUTH DAY 2013

The 32nd International Eucharistic Congress which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October of 1934. Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli the future Pope Pius XII was there and served as Papal Legate to the Congress. More than one million people gathered for the Holy Mass in Palermo Park and to hear via loudspeaker a greeting and blessing from the Pope via Vatican Radio. 

What is particularly noteworthy in these photographs of the crowds gathered is their organization. One is also struck by the photos and videos of the distribution of holy communion to such large crowds of people. Viewing the photos and the film of the Holy Mass, I could not help but draw comparisons between this large gathering of Catholics united in faith and practice in 1934 with the liturgical shenanigans at World Youth Day just a short time ago. What (if anything) do the two celebrations of Holy Mass in 1934 and 2013 share in common? What differences does one see in the reverence, piety, devotion and faith respectively of those assisting at the Holy Mass in 1934 versus the WYD Mass in 2013? I'll let you dear reader draw your own conclusions.


 

Now for the photographs of the World Youth Day liturgy of 2013:







THERE ARE MORE PHOTOS HERE BUT CAUTION!  THEY ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. THEY ARE IMMODEST TO SAY THE LEAST. 

WYD 2013 DANCING BISHOPS & LITURGICAL ABUSE FROM AN ORTHODOX STANDPOINT

Bishops dancers ...  For Father Andrew Stephen Damik, for Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy: Doctrine matters .  exclusive Translation Info-Chaotic .

Even if, somehow, I could be convinced of the exclusive dogmas of Rome, things like the above are why I could never become a Roman Catholic.  I hear the defenders of Rome that things like this are really liturgical "abuses " and that the "true" culture and Roman worship should not be thus.  But if a Catholic event, which is global and first order, such as the World Youth Day (this video is for WYD 2013), has as protagonists the successors of the apostles themselves and dancing in front of the Pope himself, where is the exact official real worship? This I think it looks official enough.

I've met more than one person who converted to Roman Catholicism by what he had read and, then, when he saw this kind of thing (or even the bland quasi-Lutheran liturgy which is the largest part of the worship of current Catholics), finished leaving . I can understand someone who leaves the religion after experiencing abuse (though I'd rather see them go to some form of religion where there is no such abuse), but it is hard to argue that the liturgy of Rome which one sees almost everywhere is an abuse, particularly when such is shown worldwide with official approval of the Vatican. The Roman ecclesiology, with its emphasis on the papacy , makes it even more difficult than it sounds convincing a counter argument. If the Pope himself consents, it is very hard to argue that what you see in this video is an abuse.

And I'm also wondering how one could find it difficult to return to the ancient Roman liturgical tradition which St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, among others, said "is far older than any of the heresies".

You can read more about this in  Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy , the contribution of P. John Whiteford with the title Unfortunate Trends in the Roman Catholic Church (Unfortunate trends in the Roman Catholic Church).

Update: Here a similar critique from a Lutheran perspective.

Maranatha - Veni Domine Jesu - Come Lord Jesus

I recently read about the closure of a small neighborhood chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The more I delved into the history of the chapel and its' faithful, the clearer it became to me what a bad omen it is for all Catholics who seek to believe, pray and worship as Catholics have always done. It occurred to me in a very clear way what we are up against at the present moment.  For you see the Tridentine Mass at the chapel (for which permission had been given) was prohibited in October 2007. The chapel itself was closed in 2010 even though as one can read in the letter below, it was the Novus Ordo and not the traditional Mass which was celebrated in Latin with Gregorian chant. It gives one pause to ask whether the faithful of such churches & chapels as this one are among those who the holy father described as  Pelagian  "restorationist groups. I know some, it fell upon me to receive them in Buenos Aires. And one feels as if one goes back 60 years! Before the Council... One feels in 1940."  As a member of the chapel parish wrote:

"Do they want the Church to return to the catacombs? Is that where you want to hide him who said of Himself , "I am king, why was I born and for this I came into the world" ?

Because while the neighborhood is threatened by various Protestant sects that run stubbornly calling door to door to pass their errors, The Sacred Heart bells have been silenced by the Hierarchy.

May God forgive you!"

You see sisters and brothers  the enemies of tradition (and this as you will see includes even those who wish to celebrate the Missal of Paul VI in Latin for the enemies of tradition have at the very least an aversion & ignorance or even a great hatred for the language of the Church at worst). They  will stop at nothing to extirpate its' existence which they see as nothing short of a threat to their post conciliar concept of the Church.  The Chapel of the Sacred Heart could (and does) mirror many communities around the world that draw the faithful from far distances who come to assist at an authentically Catholic liturgy and hear unambiguously Catholic sermons preached by faithful, zealous priests.  We can no longer take these oases for granted.  

Here is a description of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart from 2010:

"In a chapel in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (at the request of former pastor), called Sacred Heart of Jesus where in the last four years, through the efforts of neighbors, families with many children in general, the chapel which had been closed for 25 years, lived in the splendor of a traditional liturgy (Novus Ordo in Latin, Gregorian chant, communion kneeling, etc. ). At times so many were in attendance that there was no place for people in the small chapel so the rest filled the outside sidewalk. Such ceremonies are barely visible and in Buenos Aires.  I remember an old saying: "So beautiful it is the same as seeing the Pope's Mass on TV". With this you will have a picture of what was the Chapel.

The Holy Mass was usually celebrated by Dr. Alfredo Sáenz, SJ. One of the greatest minds of  local and South American Catholicism. Author of over 50 books and an international speaker. On a recent trip he made to Rome and was one of the experts convened by the Pontifical Council for Culture, which sponsored a Congress on the Church and the American Emancipation, he visited Cardinal Cañizares and told of the "experiment" of the Chapel, for which he received congratulations from both the Cardinal as well as Monsignor Ferrer."

Here is a free translation from the Spanish language Argentine Blog Pagina Catolica

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2011

Painful Anniversary 

A year after the closure of the Chapel

We would like to tell everyone and so we return to the beginning of this story. Some came that Sunday morning to Sacred Heart Chapel and there to their surprise was anger and tears.

We wondered what it took for Father Panaro to liquidate this haven of peace and devotion within three months .

We knew who hates Latin ( Do you think that if Christ returned today we speak Latin? this was once asked us) and Gregorian chant (inculturation is not to be against the Social Doctrine of the Church , he said) and he hates the cassock ( Antisigno, ie sign of the culture of death , he confessed). Still reluctantly endured in the papal liturgy.

We believe that what father Panaro could not stand was alive at Christ the King with that parishioners resisted his outrage that day on Corpus Christi. Shortly after hearing said: "It showed what's here inside" Because in the mind and in the hearts of many priests of this time there is no place for the Kingship of Jesus Christ our Lord. Small wonder whether or not one speaks Latin when He returns and do not realize that back King of kings and Lord of lords, "to hurt people with two-edged sword and rule with a rod of iron" ( Rev. 19-15).And the priests also although some of them do not believe.

Maranatha - Veni Domine Jesu - Come Lord Jesus.

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Showing this entry you can see the video of the Tridentine Mass, banned by Cardinal Bergoglio.

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On June 6 of last year, when he finished the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, diabolical furies were unleashed upon the membership of the Sacred Heart Chapel in Buenos Aires. A man, who can hardly be distinguished as Catholic priest suddenly appeared and interrupted the procession song to the Blessed Virgin, & began to rebuke all of them who of course did not understand what was happening.

But: what would be the sins of those people? Many, according to the mind and heart of progressivism that governs the Church in Buenos Aires. But all can be summarized in a few words: their attachment to authentic Catholic liturgy, which the Holy Father Benedict XVI is trying so hard to restore.

For such Could not be tolerated such an infectious focus could contaminate the neighborhood with Kneeling Communion, Gregorian chant, the Roman Canon said in Latin, etc.., which was Restored even before knowing that the Pope was interested in reviving them.

It Could not be tolerated the large number of young people who, Sunday after Sunday, filled the small chapel, who attracted by tradition, piety, and good preaching, while priests and locals do not know what to do to attract young people between the few snow white haired who are in attendance.

It could not be tolerated that the Blessed Sacrament was solemnly carried in procession (under canopy: how awful!) Twice a year to bless with his loving presence the neighborhood streets, which were deprived of him for many years.

It could not be tolerated the clear vibrant preaching by the strictly unambiguously Catholic Dr. Alfredo Sáenz, SJ, of international renown, who gave luster to his pious presence and wisdom, to that humble  neighborhood chapel.

Neither could it continue to allow several other priests, principled and determined, who become part of the attending cast of his flock, while there they gave vent to their desire for traditional liturgy. Not the least was it over the priests also polluting newly formed devotion in the seminary.

And above all, do not forgive that this community could have gotten from his former pastor, now in exile, the application of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum only a month just published! It could never be forgotten the Cardinal Bergoglio, who has been practicing a plan to boycott the will of the Supreme Pontiff expressed in that document.

For all that, this Solemn Mass of Corpus Christi was the last .

Today Sacred Heart Chapel is closed. While Protestant sects continuously ring the doorbells of houses, your Chapel bell has been called to silence by the Hierarchy and to be sure, has been donated to God knows who.

Father Antonio Panaro, who earned the nickname " destroyer of Villa Park "by the treatment he gave to the Church of San José del Talar, his former parish, also gave the few images that remained in the Chapel. The building, which was previously kept by the faithful out of their own pockets  in perfect condition, is already showing signs of deterioration due no maintenance.

But that's not the major damage, one must see the frustration and mortal sadness of many hearts, to know how far the iniquity of these people has gone.  One must see the dismay of many young people who fail to understand how they are punished for doing good. We must prevent their disappointment from killing their faith. You have to explain the unexplainable to neighbors, even those who did not habitually attend usually do not understand how the Church herself is fought. How to explain the dreadful schism that divides it into the factions, and unquenchable hatred distilled by progressivism toward Tradition!

The estimates, which the following words were made ​​last year from this blog , have been met with a vengeance:

" There will be no more bell calling over the rooftops for Mass, nor will one hear the warm harmony of Gregorian chant from the voices of the faithful who filled the small room, the soft flickering light of the candles will result in the gloom of the windows; scrolls of ascending incense taken by the angel that leads to heaven's altar to the Divine Victim, will be replaced by the thin air, moist closed and empty places ... "

From here, we ask our readers to pray for the early opening of the Sacred Heart Chapel (which would be a miracle itself), while we honor recalling the moment when, after many years, briefly shone a solemn Tridentine rite in its ancient walls.

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Tridentine Mass held on October 14, 2007

That afternoon the Cardinal Bergoglio suspended the celebration scheduled for October 28, 2007, Solemnity of Christ the King.

In November of that year, the then pastor informed the congregation that they could not continue the celebrations by order of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. A Ban that continues to this day.

Holy Curé of Ars pray for us! pray for holy priests!

"When people wish to destroy religion, they begin by attacking the priest, because where there is no longer any priest there is no sacrifice, and where there is no longer any sacrifice there is no religion."  

St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney ... Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 August, 1859




When the bell calls you to church, if you were asked, "Where are you going?" you might answer, "I am going to feed my soul. " If someone were to ask you, pointing to the tabernacle, "What is that golden door?" "That is our storehouse, where the true Food of our souls is kept." "Who has the key? Who lays in the provisions? Who makes ready the feast, and who serves the table?" "The priest." "And what is the Food?" "The precious Body and Blood of Our Lord." O God! O God! how Thou hast loved us! See the power of the priest; out of a piece of bread the word of a priest makes a God. It is more than creating the world. . . . Someone said, "Does St. Philomena, then, obey the Cure of Ars?" Indeed, she may well obey him, since God obeys him.

If I were to meet a priest and an angel, I should salute the priest before I saluted the angel. The latter is the friend of God; but the priest holds His place. St. Teresa kissed the ground where a priest had passed. When you see a priest, you should say, "There is he who made me a child of God, and opened Heaven to me by holy Baptism; he who purified me after I had sinned; who gives nourishment to my soul. " At the sight of a church tower, you may say, "What is there in that place?" "The Body of Our Lord." "Why is He there?" "Because a priest has been there, and has said holy Mass."

What joy did the Apostles feel after the Resurrection of Our Lord, at seeing the Master whom they had loved so much! The priest must feel the same joy, at seeing Our Lord whom he holds in his hands. Great value is attached to objects which have been laid in the drinking cup of the Blessed Virgin and of the Child Jesus, at Loretto. But the fingers of the priest, that have touched the adorable Flesh of Jesus Christ, that have been plunged into the chalice which contained His Blood, into the pyx where His Body has lain, are they not still more precious? The priesthood is the love of the Heart of Jesus. When you see the priest, think of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

HOW DOES A COMMUNION HOST BECOME LIVING (!) HEART CARDIAC TISSUE?

Recently, a Gallup poll was taken on Catholic attitudes toward Holy Communion. The poll showed serious confusion among Catholics about one of the most basic beliefs of the Church.

• Only 30 percent of those surveyed believe they are actually receiving the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ under the appearance of bread and wine.
• 29 percent think they are receiving bread and wine which symbolize the spirit and teachings of Jesus and, in so doing, are expressing their attachment to His person and words.
• 10 percent understand their action to be receiving bread and wine in which Jesus is present.
• and 23 percent hold that they are receiving what has become the Body and Blood of Christ because of their personal belief.

Any well-informed Catholic will recognize that only the first option, chosen by the 30 percent, is true Catholic teaching. The other options represent various forms of Protestant belief.

GOSPEL OF ST JOHN 6:50-56

This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
Whosoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.

In Sokółka, Poland on October 12, 2008 Father Jacek Ingielewicz was saying Mass there in church of St Anthony of Padua. On this typical morning 200 people were present at the 8.00 am Mass. When Father Jacek was distributing Communion, one host fell to the ground. Fr Jacek solemnly placed the host in a 'vasculum' a small silver liturgical vessel, then added water*1 and put it in a sacristy safe. This was according to Church procedure. A host which falls on the ground cannot be given out. According to common liturgical understanding, once the host is dissolved it is no longer the Body of Christ..........

Father Jacek told his parish priest about the accident but the parish priest, Father Stanislaw Gniedziejko, did not check the vasculum until 2 weeks later. On opening the sacristy safe Fr Stanislaw saw that the host had not dissolved in the water. Moreover, in the middle of the host what looked like a blood stain had appeared. 'I was shocked and I did not know what to think of this' Fr Stanislaw said, adding 'my hands were shaking when I locked the safe. I could hardly begin to speak'.1 He showed the undissolved host to Fr Jacek, both very moved by what they saw.........

As soon as he had inspected the host, the archbishop called together a special church commission to investigate the matter and in particular, to rule out that there had been no interference with the host.

On January 5" 2009, he invited two highly respected medical specialists, both Professors of Medicine at Bialystok University - Maria Elizabeth Sobaniec-Łotowska and Stanislaw Sulkowski - to perform an analysis of a small section of the unusual host. Both had worked in the field of histopathology for over 30 years. They were handed the material to be analysed by Father Andrzej Kakareko, the Chancellor of the Metropolitan Curia of Bialystok. Neither specialist knew what it was.

Both investigators separately came to the same conclusion. The material they had been handed was actually living human heart muscle tissue. Professor Sulkowski stated that the it had 'many typical bio-morphological indicators of heart-muscle tissue' and in particular noted 'damage to fibres of the tissue' and 'the phenomenon of fragmentation. Such damage is visible as tiny ruptures.'3 Professor Sulkowski added:

Such changes can be observed only in living fibres and they show evidence of rapid spasms of the heart muscle in the period just bef,ore death.4

Professor Sobianiec-Łotowska came to the same conclusion: that it was living heart muscle tissue. In retrospect, but what particularly puzzled her was that the tissue had remained living, an 'incredible phenomenon'. As she explained:

For a long time, the host remained submerged in water and then even remained longer on the corporal and therefore the tissue, which appears on the Host should have undergone the process of "asphlxia" [dying out] but we did not observe any such changes during our tests....according to the current state of knowledge in biology, we cannot explain this phenomenon scientifically.5

She was also very puzzled by the union of the heart tissue with the consecrated host stating that:

This extraordinary phenomenon of inter-absorption of the heart muscle tissue with the communion host, observed under the microscope and also via transmission by electron . microscopes proves to me that there could not have been any human interference with the sample.6

http://jloughnan.tripod.com/sokolka.htm

This is taken from the blog IL Foglio is an interpretation by Mattia Rossi on the prophecies of Blessed Anna Katherina Emmerich.  I have for many decades been interested in her prophecies regarding the future of the Church. She seems to allude that the "false Church" exists alongside the Catholic Church and that there are a great many who though they claim to be Catholic are heterodox at best and heretical at worst. This posting is purely for the prayerful  information and consideration of my readers. it is by no means mean't to imply that I am convinced that we are living in the times prophesied by Blessed Anna Katherina Emmerich. It would however be foolish to attribute so much of what she said as mere coincidence. I don't think we have the luxury to simply put our heads in the sand or to deny that the house is on fire and to act as though it isn't. I simply do not believe that most of us are willing to believe the situation in the Church to be as grave as it is. 

June 20, 2013 - 18:47

The prophecies of the mystic Emmerich and the ruin of the church with two popes

I wonder if John Paul II, in 2004, ever imagined that one day not too far away the German nun who he was about to beatify would become highly topical? only nine years have passed since that October 3, 2004, when the great Polish Pope, the biggest "canonizzatore" in the history of the church, raised to the altars Anna Katharina, a German Augustinian nun who lived between 1774 and 1824, proclaiming her blessed. Emmerich, born into a family of peasant origins, she is venerated by the universal church for her skills as a mystic and visionary. It was because of her visions handed down that was unearthed, near Ephesus, the house that, according to archaeologists, was where Mary and John lived after the death of Jesus according to the Diaries "The sorrowful Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" which reveal some new details regarding the death of Jesus

But between the visions of the German nun there are also some apocalyptic prophecies about the fate of the church. Firstly, Katharina was, I believe, the first to have anticipated some aspects of the future reform of the liturgy: "The Mass was short. The Gospel of St. John was not read at the end. " But what immediately jumps to the eye, is her prediction of a future tense co-existence of two popes: "I saw also the relationship between the two popes ... I saw what would have been disastrous consequences of this false church. I've seen it increase in size; heretics of all kinds were in the city (of Rome). The local clergy grew lukewarm, and I saw a great darkness "(May 13, 1820). 

On this step, the more traditionalist Catholic world who are critical of the changes in the teaching of Pope Francis are wedded. The church that is being formed, in the prophecy emmerickiana, is a "false" church, of corrupt doctrine ( protestantized) and infestation of a "lukewarm" clergy.  But all this did not prevent the church to "increase in size" (the reference, for many, is the so-called "effect Bergoglio", a wave of acclaim, full of churches and queues the confessionals.) 

Even the change of residence and seclusion of what is now the Pope emeritus had been announced: "I see the Holy Father in great distress. He lives in a building other than the first and will admit only a limited number of friends close to him. I am afraid that the Holy Father will suffer much more evidence before he died. I see that the false church of darkness is making progress, and I see the tremendous influence it has on people "(10 August 1820). Even here, once again, is the popularity and influence of the new church is a worry to the Blessed Emmerick.

Here, then, the prophecy about protestantization of the Catholic Church: "And I saw that everything relating to Protestantism was gradually taking over and the Catholic religion was falling into complete decay. Most of the priests were attracted by the seductive but false doctrines of young teachers, and all of them contributed to the work of destruction. In those days, Faith will fall very low, and it will be preserved in some places, a few houses and few families which God has protected from disasters and wars "(1820). And yet, still regarding the "big church": "I saw that many pastors had become involved in ideas that were dangerous for the church. They were building a great church, strange and extravagant. " But this prophecy does not stop there, it also heralds the doctrine that, which during the post-conciliar years, driving much of the ecclesiastical ministry, that of ecumenism and religious freedom: "Everyone had to be admitted in it to be united and have equal rights: Evangelicals , Catholics and seven of every denomination. So it had to be the new church ... But God had other plans "(22 April 1823).
"But God had other plans." Projects of which, of course, each of us is unaware: indeed, nobody can say whether, how and how much the prophecies of the Blessed Emmerich are current or, indeed, are coming true. Certainly, however, it is surprising consonance with many aspects, more or less obscure, the church of today.

Matzuzzi Pope black and white

Mattia Rossi