For those who want to know a little more about the Traditional Latin Mass:
"In July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI restored the Traditional Latin Mass as one of the two forms of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. In Summorum Pontificum, the Pope Emeritus declared that the Traditional Latin Mass, in use in the Western Church for 1,500 years, would henceforth be known as the "Extraordinary Form" of the Mass. Consequently, the Mass commonly known as the Novus Ordo—short for Novus Ordo Missae, the "New Order of the Mass."—would now be called the "Ordinary Form" of the Mass. "
Read the whole article here: https://www.learnreligions.com/what-to-know-about-traditional-latin-mass-4068352
The following text is an excerpt from the National Catholic Register, September 23, 2019. Here, Cardinal Sarah says the prohibiting of the "extraordinary form" of mass is demonic. The "extraordinary form" is also known more popularly as "The Traditional Latin Mass".
A strange thing has started happening around the world, Catholics in all nations are finding that the Traditional Latin Mass to be a superior form of worship than the Vatican II "Novus Ordo", or "ordinary form" of mass. These are not just a bunch of old people who have grown tired of Vatican II reforms, but this movement is made up mostly of younger people who have never known the Latin Mass before Vatican II. But when they are exposed to it, they find it to be a far superior form of worship.
The reason for this is rather simple: there is a beauty and solemness to the Traditional Latin Mass that the ordinary form greatly lacks.
Pope Benedict XVI, seeing how popular it was becoming, made it so that any parish, worldwide, could go back to the Traditional Latin Mass if they wanted to, no questions asked.
But Pope Francis has been on a ruthless quest to destroy the Traditional Latin Mass where-ever it may be found.
A strange thing has started happening around the world, Catholics in all nations are finding that the Traditional Latin Mass to be a superior form of worship than the Vatican II "Novus Ordo", or "ordinary form" of mass. These are not just a bunch of old people who have grown tired of Vatican II reforms, but this movement is made up mostly of younger people who have never known the Latin Mass before Vatican II. But when they are exposed to it, they find it to be a far superior form of worship.
The reason for this is rather simple: there is a beauty and solemness to the Traditional Latin Mass that the ordinary form greatly lacks.
Pope Benedict XVI, seeing how popular it was becoming, made it so that any parish, worldwide, could go back to the Traditional Latin Mass if they wanted to, no questions asked.
But Pope Francis has been on a ruthless quest to destroy the Traditional Latin Mass where-ever it may be found.
Cardinal Sarah’s Cri de Coeur: The Catholic Church Has Lost Its Sense of the Sacred
Exclusive interview with the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
EXCERPT:
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER: "Why do you think more and more young people are attracted to traditional liturgy / the extraordinary form?"
CARDINAL SARAH: "I do not think so. I see it; I am a witness to it. And young people have entrusted me with their absolute preference for the extraordinary form, more educative and more insistent on the primacy and centrality of God, silence and on the meaning of the sacred and divine transcendence. But, above all, how can we understand, how can we not be surprised and deeply shocked that what was the rule yesterday is prohibited today? Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?
"When the extraordinary form is celebrated in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, it reveals its full fruitfulness: How can we be surprised that a liturgy that has carried so many saints continues to smile at young souls thirsty for God?
"Like Benedict XVI, I hope that the two forms of the Roman Rite will be mutually enriching. This implies getting out of a hermeneutic of rupture. Both forms have the same faith and the same theology. To oppose them is a profound ecclesiological error. It means destroying the Church by tearing it out of its Tradition and making it believe that what the Church considered holy in the past is now wrong and unacceptable. What a deception and insult to all the saints who have gone before us! What a vision of the Church.
"We must move away from dialectical oppositions. The Council did not wish to break with the liturgical forms inherited from Tradition, but, on the contrary, to better enter and participate more fully in them."
Read the entire interview here: https://www.ncregister.com/interview/cardinal-sarah-s-cri-de-coeur-the-catholic-church-has-lost-its-sense-of-the-sacred
This is Mandy. She has the BEST recipes for Chinese food on YouTube. If you like Chinese food, and would like to learn how to make some of the famous dishes, please check out her channel "Souped Up Recipes".
I've made a few of her dishes, and they have been amazing!
Whether or not if you're a Catholic, or even a Christian, it is well worth your time to follow Fr. Mike Schmitz's series on reading the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church in one year. This is the BEST and most comprehensive way to understand Christianity, and it's history.
I'm posting this on February 26th, and so Fr. Mike is well along in this series, but thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can easily go back and start on Day One no matter the actual date.
The Catechism went through a major overhaul after being basically ignored for 500 years. During the papacy of John Paul II, it was decided that a new, modern catechism was needed, and told Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) to get on it! So here we have a great book about Catholicism from two of the greatest Catholics minds of the 20th century.
I encourage EVERYONE to subscribe and listen to this podcast, as the catechism serves as a great introduction to the Christian faith in a systematic way. It's also a good history of Christianity.
There's no need for you to buy an actual catechism book, but you can if you want to. However, the The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have published the entire document on their web site, with free access to all.
You can find the online catechism here: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/
Highly recommended.
So what does an EXORCIST think about the "State of Evil" in the world? Here's an interesting talk from Father Chad Ripperger about that very subject. He describes, with total honestly, what he sees going on in the church, and what's going to happen in the near future.
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The photo is of my friend Harvest. She just recently turned one year old, and has just learned how to walk.
She is not yet capable of talking, and as far as I can tell, is not able to say anything resembling rightly ordered speech. She's most quiet, except when she's sad, of course. She does seem to understand some speech and words. She actually knows some sign language, and finds it easier to communicate that way.
But there is one thing that Harvest is exceptionally good at: she pays attention. She pays attention to everything and everyone in here environment, nothing escapes her notice. And there are times where she is very content to just observe the world around her, without feeling the need to participate.
And there-in lies the secret to life: you must pay attention to what's going on in you and around you. Do not ignore anything, but be aware of everything, as far as you are able to do. Anyone who wants to practice a life of philosophy must first lear to pay attention.
This blog is my means of paying attention. Hopefully, there will be something of use here for you as well.
- pseudo boethius