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ADVENT BEGINS - Happy (Liturgical) New Year !!

"...in May of 1995, at a public address by Alfons Cardinal Stickler on the subject of the Traditional Latin Mass...in response to Father Gruner's written question, the Cardinal revealed to the audience that in 1986 a group of nine Curial Cardinals assembled by Pope John Paul II himself, all with doctorates in Canon Law, had voted 8-1, in closed session, that Pope Paul VI had never actually ordered the suppression of the Traditional Mass, and that its celebration had never ceased to be entirely permissible under Church law. Incredibly, the Pope had been unable to determine just what his predecessor had ordered in promulgating the New Mass. In fact, the actual suppression of the Traditional Mass had been accomplished entirely through the decrees of Vatican congregations and commissions, and not by any explicit Magisterial act of Paul VI. As the vote of the Cardinals made clear, bureaucrats had obliterated the entire liturgical tradition of the Roman Rite without a single actual order of the Pope suppressing it! Thus has the Catholic Church been governed for the past several decades."

Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ... For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved. -- Acts 4:10-12 Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will. -- Luke 2:14 'We thought that after the Council a day of sunshine would have dawned for the history of the Church. What dawned, instead, was a day of clouds and storms, of darkness, of searching and uncertainties.' --Pope Paul VI "No man survives when freedom fails, the best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry appease, appease are hanged by those they tried to please." -- Hiram Mann (Holy Week)...her Son who so vehemently desires the world's salvation, lead her, a second time, to pronounce the solemn FIAT: she consents to the immolation of her Son. -- The Liturgical Year (vol. 6, p175) Every society stands in need of laws; the Church, therefore, will not be long (from its birth) without giving outward proof of her internal government. -- The Liturgical Year, Vol. 8, page 159 (Paschal Time, Thursday of the Third Week) It is certain that, when the death of Christ is carried about in the soul, sin cannot reign in it. -- Origen Remember, O man, that thou art dust, and into dust thou shalt return! Genesis 3:19 This is the day which the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. -- Gradual, Easter Mass You must know that sin can be committed in three ways. It is done either in ignorance, in weakness, or of set purpose. -- Pope Saint Gregory the Great Even if Catholics faithful to tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ. -- Saint Athanasius Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of Antichrist. -- Our Lady of La Salette, 1846 Obedience is not to be used as a weapon against doctrine, but a virtue in support of it. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people -- Luke 2:10 RestOnHisWord.com "This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein." - Psalms 117:24 "...as for me and my house we will serve the Lord." Josue 24:15 "Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto thee." Matthew 6:33

Halloween	The question often arises about the celebration of Halloween by Catholics. Is it, for instance, 'pagan'...
All Hallow's Eve	Hallowe'en is almost upon us again, and, as always, the debate over what devout Catholic families should do...
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All Souls Day	The Souls in Purgatory are Saints who love God intensely...
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ADVENT BEGINS - Happy (Liturgical) New Year !!