And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly,
and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
(2 Thessalonians 3:6)
Genesis 4
3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
5 But to Cain and his offerings He had no respect:
Some would ask the question, "Why attack the New Mass? Why not recommend the good points of the Old Mass?" To this must be answered, people who find themselves in a dangerous and grave situation should be shown why they are accepting error, not just being shown a better way.
Guided by the words of our Lord: "By their fruits you shall know them.".
It must be taught, then, that to priests alone has been given power to consecrate and administer to the faithful, the Holy Eucharist.
..... this practice, as having proceeded from Apostolic tradtion, is to be religiously retained...
-- The Sacrament of the Eucharist, Only the Priests have the Power to Consecrate and Administer the Eucharist
... not only is the power of its adminstration entrusted exclusively to priests, but the Church has also prohibited by law any but consecrated persons, unless some case of great necessity intervene, to dare handle or touch the sacred vessels.
-- The Sacrament of the Eucharist, The Laity Prohibited to Touch the Sacred Vessels
It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church.
-- Summa Doctrinae Christianae
It is unlawful to alter the established customs of the Church ... Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set.
-- A Man-Made Liturgy ; A Man-Made Church ?
"What then should a Catholic do if some portion of the Church detaches itself from communion of the universal Faith? What choice can he make if some new contagion attempts to poison, no longer a small part of the Church, but the whole Church at once, then his great concern will be to attach himself to antiquity which can no longer be led astray by any lying novelty."
There is no part of Catholic truth which they leave untouched, none that they do not strive to corrupt.
-- Against the Modernists (Pascendi)
The desire to restore everything indiscriminately to its ancient condition (antiquarianism) is neither wise nor praiseworthy. It would be wrong, for example, to want the altar restored to its ancient form of table; to want black eliminated from the liturgical colors, and pictures and statues excluded from our churches; to require crucifixes that do not represent the bitter sufferings of the divine Redeemer."
-- Encyclical Mediator Dei (#62)This persistence of Mary at Fatima about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith in her liturgy.... In our future churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them.
-- on the message of Our Lady of Fatima, qtd. in Roche, Pie XII Devant L'Histoire
I hear around me reformers who want to dismantle the Holy Sanctuary, destroy the universal flame of the Church, to discard all her adornments, and smite her with remorse for her historic past.
-- as Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, to Count Enrico P. Galeazzi
"A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God, that His Son is merely a symbol, a philosophy held by so many others, and in the churches Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them, like Magdalen weeping before the empty tomb, 'Where have they taken Him?'".
-- last meeting with Jean Guitton, September 1977There is great unrest at this time in the Church and what they are questioning is the faith. I am alarmed, when I reflect on the Catholic world, that non-Catholic thinking sometimes seems to prevail within Catholicism and it could happen that this non-Catholic thinking within Catholicism will become stronger in the future. But it will never represent the Church's thinking. A small flock must survive, no matter how small it may be.
-- Paul VI Secret (to Jean Guitton a few months before he died)
It is obvious that the New Order of Mass has no intention of presenting the Faith taught by the Council of Trent. But it is to this Faith that the Catholic conscience is bound forever. Thus, with the promulgation of the New Order of Mass, the true Catholic is faced with a tragic need to choose.
-- The Ottaviani Intervention, Chapter 6
The Novus Ordo Missae... represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as it was formulated in Session 22 of the Council of Trent... which, in fixing the 'canons,' provided an insurmountable barrier to any heresy against the integrity of the Mystery.
-- Letter to the Holy Father, 25 September 1969
Will priests of the near future who have not received the traditional formation, and who rely on the Novus Ordo Missae with the intention of 'doing what the Church does,' consecrate validly? One may be allowed to doubt it!
-- The Ottaviani Intervention, para 29
"Eucharistic devotion such as is noted in the silent visit by the devout in church must not be thought of as a conversation with God. This would assume that God was present there locally and in a confined way. To justify such an assertion shows a lack of understanding of the Christological mysteries of the very concept of God. This is repugnant to the serious thinking of the man who knows about the omnipresence of God. To go to Church on the ground that one can visit God Who is present there is a senseless act which modern man rightfully rejects."
-- Die Sacramentale Begrundung Christliker Existend
We must strip from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling block for our separated brethren that is for the Prostestants.
-- L'Osservatore Romano, March 19, 1965
There appears not to be a single heresy that is not embraced in the Church today.
The New Mass is not One or Apostolic.
Rome will become the seat of the Anti-Christ. (1846, LaSallette)
Then, I saw that everything that pertained to Protestantism was gradually gaining the upper hand, and the Catholic religion fell into complete decadence.
I saw again the new and odd-looking Church which they were trying to build. There was nothing holy about it....People were kneading bread in the crypt below...but it would not rise, nor did they receive the Body of Our Lord, but only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. Then, my Guide, Jesus, said: ‘THIS IS BABEL’. (Catholic Prophesy, p116)
Our Lord:
- When the fatal hour arrives when the faith of my priests is put to the test, it will be (these texts) that will be celebrated in this second period... The FIRST period is (the one) of my priesthood which exists since Me. The SECOND is (the one) of the persecution when the enemies of the Faith and of Holy Religion (will impose their formulas) in the book of the second celebration.
- I give you a warning. The disciples who are not of My Gospel are now working hard to remake according to their ideas, and under the influence of the enemy of souls, a MASS that contains words that are ODIOUS in My sight.
Obtained a dispensation to never have to offer the New Mass.