@padraig, my bishop just dropped the hammer on the TLM parishes in my diocese. My two local TLMs have been banished to local school chapels. 21 TLM locations have been reduced to 8. I’m beside myself. I’m incensed. I will likely be joining the local SSPX chapel soon. This is a “backup” option I’ve been contemplating for years now, literally. But I never actually thought it would come to this. If that affects my status as a MOG mod, that’s ok. Your call.
What does Rome “have” on these otherwise “conservative” bishops that they’re caving so swiftly to these demands that they curtail diocesan TLMs?!? Why don’t they just fall back on Canon 87?!?
The church in Front Royal is very close to you, Brian. At least the TLM is still available in two locations close to you.
In a high school gymnasium or tiny school chapel, when a church building is available nearby which perfectly fulfills the needs and requirements necessary for a reverent celebration of the TLM? There’s no way that school chapel in Front Royal can accommodate the huge and growing congregation that usually attends the local parish church. Why would I not go to an SSPX chapel when the local bishop “in full communion with Rome” is so obviously and unjustly persecuting the TLM community at the behest of demonic strong arm tactics from a thoroughly corrupt Rome?
When I was young we used to have the Old Mass at home in our big front room and people used to come to Sunday Mass in our home, which was strange but nice for us kids back in the '60's. Back then it was of course SSPX centred on Archbishop Lefevbre and his seminary in Econne, Switzerland. As far as I recall back then it was pretty well the only way to get to attend the Old Mass. I think at that time the Archbishop was excommunicated and the SSPX was considered schismatic. I think since Pope Benedict things have calmed down a lot up to the present. I think personally I would be a little uneasy about going to the SSPX and would wish to be obedient to Rome and my local Bishop. But then again although I very greatly prefer the Old Liturgy I am not hung up on it. I also attend the Novus Ordo. The 1960's Mass is not so hot as the old Mass but it does fine when done correctly, which it usually is. However given all that is happening I would not be too quick to judge those who go over to the SSPX. I would not do it myself, it would make me uneasy, but I do understand. Spiritually for me Obedience to Church Authority is really central and going to the SSPX would cause me a lose of interior peace. But I do not judge others who choose this path. It reminds me of the SSPX Masses at home when I was a child. Two of the SSPX priests I met back then I consider to have been saints, for example and personally I am inclined to regard Archbishop Lefebvre as a saint and a great Churchman. Sad. Terrible times. But I've seen all this before when I was a child. Our local Bishop seems very favourable to the Old Mass. I am going up to my local Christ the King Church this morning for an hour of Marian Devotion, Mass and Confession, to get my battery charged. You know you don't really get this kind of devotional practice in Novus Ordo parishes. In fact you are very blessed to get a Saturday morning mass there at all. In the Traditional Church I am getting a full twp hours of full on Devotions and Mass; this simply does not happen elsewhere in Modern Churches.
Calabria , Italy. A local priest celebrates Mass at sea on a lilo bed for his congregation last week in an effort to make it, 'Relevant'. .
I'd be more inclined to stick it in the priest. What was he thinking? What on Earth was going inside his poor head?
Father Mattia Bernasconi, a priest of the archdiocese of Milan, publicly acknowledged in an interview on July 26 that his liturgical choice to swap out his vestments for swim trunks was “perhaps imprudent” and said that he would not do it again. I sincerely hope not.
This prompt phase-out is a planned annihilation on steroids. St. Rita's was the parish my older daughter, husband, and first grandchild attended before they moved to California. Who knows what pressures are being exerted on faithful bishops. Where I live (the Syracuse Diocese), Bishop Lucia is allowing only 3 TLM parishes, one in each of the 3 urban clusters. He, himself celebrates the TLM at least once month, and I believe he'll protect the ongoing existence of these three and positively stand with them. The small size of the Diocese is probably a plus (>500,000). Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
I felt great sympathy with Dr Taylor Marshall here. It looks like his eyes are going to pop out and his head explode. I don't blame him. But anyway it is alright for Our Holy Father the Pope and loads of Cardinals to pray led by an Indian Shaman (witch doctor) to the 'Great Spirit of the West' , who, 'Guards the ring of spirits'. But it is not alright to say the Mass of the Ages? Taking a blessing from Witch?
I don't want to rant and rave about it, because it only upsets me and I am sure others as well. But the Pope actively taking part in a Pagan Rite in Canada is a very,very grave matter. Much worse even perhaps than Pachamama. It invites the wrath of God and in days not long gone bye would have meant automatic excommunication of all involved according to Canon Law. Anyway here is an interesting account of someone who is in big trouble at the moment for involving herself in the same kind of Witchcraft Francis got up to in Canada. https://www.theslayingdragonsbook.com/2022/07/the-dangers-of-witchcraft-lesson-698452.html Posted by Charles D. Fraune July 08, 2022 The Dangers of Witchcraft - Lesson 698452 - Spirits in a Witch's Home Recently, in my ongoing research for the sequel to Slaying Dragons, I was listening to an active young witch speak to her massive Youtube audience about various topics. Among those is what she called "spirit encounters." As part of my research, I summarized her story, which includes many important revelations about the practice of witchcraft which she presented. This is an important lesson for those who think dabbling in witchcraft is "just for fun" and for those who think there is nothing to be afraid of when practicing witchcraft. Further, this story is important for priests to hear. The reason is that some witches are fleeing witchcraft because they are opening up demonic portals they never knew existed and are getting attacked. Exorcists have spoken about the rise in these cases. Further, witches do curse people. They do. They admit to it, as does this witch I listened to. Some will nuance the wording to avoid sounding like it is a curse, or justify themselves with a subjective moral reasoning which has no rational grounding. Witches and individuals whom they curse will both need the care of priests. These heightened times of summoning and cursing are often predictable according to the modern pagan calendar of festivals called the Wheel of the Year. Prepare accordingly. Please pray for this witch, who will go unnamed and unlinked, simply to protect her from any negative attention. She is out there, and she is one of many who are practicing and proclaiming the ways of witchcraft to an ever more gullible population of paganized people. Here's the story: Strange Spirit Encounters – A Witch’s Home In discussing various topics with her audience, she turned to the issue of “ghosts” or, as she clarifies, “strange spirit encounters.” “I’m definitely finding more and more that I am getting strange spirit encounters time and time again,” she said. She then explained that her house is “fairly well protected” by means of the rituals she has done, including “home protections, wards, and shields.” “I like to keep my space fairly insulated from external interactions just so that I can have a nice, safe, calm environment.” The new “spirit encounters” she has been experiencing are “quite unusual,” she stated, and she wasn’t sure exactly why they were happening. “It is getting a little bit strange over here,” she added. Importantly, she admits that she doesn’t understand these manifestations, stating, “I can't tell entirely what's causing this.” Despite that, she gives the impression of being concerned, though not overly concerned. Naively, she states that there are rules in place in her house regarding spirits coming and going. She said, “Here, spirits are allowed to pass into my space as long as they come with some kind of warning message, or they are there peacefully. I don't typically allow anything into my space that is negative or aggressive.” She presumes the power to control spirits but states at the same time, regarding the new manifestations, “All of the spirit encounters that I’ve had recently have been for a reason, I just can't quite figure out what that is yet.” The manifestations, as I am calling them, are, unfortunately for her, just that – likely signs of a diabolical presence. “I have had whispering; I usually don’t have whispering in my house,” she said. She has clearly already invited spirits into her house. She explained, “None of the present spirits, or should I say the consistent spirits, have a whispery tendency. You'll often find that some spirits will prefer to interact in certain ways and none of the spirits that are permanent residents in my home have a whispery tendency.” In addition, she hears “phantom noises in places where there shouldn’t be noises.” She has also seen a lot of “small shadows appearing.” These are things that, apparently, she has not had in her house before. She stated that she did experience this in a previous home, some years ago, but this is the first time it has happened in her current home. The biggest thing, which is actually “unsettling” to her, was the sound of knocking on cabinets and appliances in her kitchen. It progressed from the back of the kitchen all the way to the door that was right next to her. It got louder and louder as it went. Her reaction to the kitchen banging was to simply ignore it and hope it went away. Her experiences in the past have ranged from spirits that simply want to communicate with her and others that want to “mess” with her. The latter she decides to ignore, thinking they will realize she is not interested and get bored and leave. In the past, when she has tried to tell a difficult spirit to stop, it often makes things worse. She is very confident that the other witches, among her nearly one hundred and sixty thousand followers, who follow her standard witchcraft content, “will likely have experienced this.” This was taking place between the modern pagan witch festivals of Beltane and Litha, during the months of May and June. This, like Samhain, she says, is a time where this activity is on the rise. She said, “This is definitely a time in the year where you will likely start noticing spirit encounters really increasing dramatically.”
I would have done it before the mass started. But one would also have to question the validity of these circus and clown masses.
The article had been on Spirit Daily. In it, the priest said he was offering the Mass for a summer camp. He then thought it was imprudent.
