April 2012 (apr2012.htm)

On this Rogation Monday the intent is to pray for the harvest and appease the wrath of God which has to be boiling. What better way than entreating our bishops to take back what is rightfully theirs? Griff Ruby returns with the first part of a series on "Accepting Responsibility" because over the past fifty plus years it has seemed like the Church is a rubber room where we continue to bang up against padded walls with no progress. It's time to take it to a higher level and, in the nefarious chess game the Novus Ordo Vatican II church of conciliarism has been playing, the key is the true bishops, few though they may be, who alone have authority. Symbolized by the white bishop on the chess board, if they trust in God they can make the right moves to trump any move by the black-hearted apostates who seek to sweep the board clean of Traditional Catholics. It's time to bounce out of the constraints of the rubber room and take action. While we can be but spectators in the final moves, we can act as loyal pawns and knights to help move the bishop/s into position to take back the authority they rightly possess by the power conferred upon them through their unbroken succession. It's hightime to checkmate the imposters. Humanly, only the bishops can do that. Griff lays out the obvious in part one, Is the Church Really a Rubber Room?


For the fourteenth day of May, the flower offered to our Blessed Mother is the PASSION FLOWER with the corresponding Virtue being SACRIFICE. The greatest Sacrifice was the Passion of our Lord which was the greatest Sacrifice that resulted in the blossoming of souls through salvation for all who followed Christ's teachings? On this day let us remember also the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - same Sacrifice as that of the cross, for the victim is one and the same, namely, Christ our Lord, Who offered Himself, once only, a bloody Sacrifice on the altar of the cross. The bloody and unbloody victim are not two, but one Victim only, Whose Sacrifice is daily renewed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass when the bread and wine are confected into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. This continual Sacrifice is carried on in obedience to the command of our Lord: "Do this for a commemoration of Me." There is no bouquet more pleasing to His Blessed Mother than worthily assisting at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass where our souls should open wide like the Passion Flower to embrace our crosses sent so lovingly by the Almighty. Carrying our cross daily is what Sacrifice is all about so that grace will flower forth, so abundant in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today is not only the feast of the holy Doctor of the Church St. Robert Bellarmine but also the traditional feast of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. However this year it falls on the Fifth Sunday after Easter and therefore there is only a commemoration of St. Robert. Since the 95th Anniversary of the First Apparition at the Cova to the three children of Fatima falls on Sunday there is no excuse for everyone to participate in the various Rosary processions to call upon Our Lady to intercede for her children in this valley of tears and at this very time it truly is a valley of tears because we have not heeded the infallible teachings of her divine Son nor have we stopped the errors of Russia that have spread throughout the world, probably never more evident than it is in 2012. And it's only going to get worse as the SSPX teeters on the brink of extinction, swallowed up by the ruthless condor of conciliarism. Pray the other three bishops stay true and connect the dots that Ratzinger and those who preceded him cannot possibly be true popes, let alone be Catholic. Pray the ranks of Traditional Catholics will swell through the storming of Heaven with countless bouquets of Ave's to stay the hand of God. Begin each day with the Fatima Prayers.


   We can begin to work on this cure by praying her Holy Rosary each and every day - especially during her Month of May - and, if your state in life permits, all fifteen decades as a spiritual bouquet that will pay tremendous dividends both spiritually and temporally for those of good will. We also remind you to pray the Regina Coeli during Paschaltide.


In the Haydock Commentary for the Fifth Sunday after Easter from Father George Leo Haydock found in many Douay-Rheims version of the New Testament and provided here by John Gregory, we see in the Epistle by St. James only the penitent man who heeds God's law and will shall not fear. For God knows a man's heart. One can never hide from God and it's important to realize that as great as the Corporal Works of Mercy might be, they are hollow if the Spiritual Works of Mercy are not applied. To work out one's salvation in fear and trembling, one cannot be passive, but rather active for the good of souls as God so wills and in the Gospel our Lord reaffirms His divinity in His discourse with His apostles in reminding them that He must return to the Father Who sent Him. But He encourages them that they shall know great joy and anything they ask of the Father in Christ's name, it will be granted. Quite a promise that has been fulfilled ever since to all who comply with all He asks. Through Christ our Lord


Saint Robert Bellarmine, the holy Cardinal and Doctor of the Church is the feast in which Our Lady chose to begin her historic and vital apparitions to three children at the Cova in Portugal. This Italian saint was born on the feast of the founder of the Franciscans, but trained as a Jesuit and came through with flying colors in God's eyes in upholding the ideals of the Society as its founders had established. He was an extremely sharp polemist who was not afraid to take on the most vitrolic Protestant theologians and, because this master apologist never wavered from Catholic truth, he always won out in perpetuating the Counter Reformation of Trent. His fame, humility and sense of the sensus Catholicus won back countless souls who had wavered during the Reformation. But his wisdom was not employed only on the sheep, but the shepherds as well - the chief shepherds - for he was Theologian and Spiritual Counselor to no less than five Popes. He was the noted Theologian to the Roman Pontiffs


For the thirteenth of May the flower was the LAUREL blossom with the corresponding Virtue being LOVE OF DUTY. What a perfect day for this for it was the love of duty to the Church and Christ's Vicar on earth that prompted St. Robert Bellarmine to become a Jesuit priest and then to utilize all his God-given talents for the greater honor and glory of God and His Holy Church. Likewise, Our Lady appeared near the Cova and a copse of trees where Laurel blossoms might be found and her message was to remind her children of our duty to pray and to obey her Divine Son. She instilled in the Fatima children and from them out to all mankind the importance of the Virtue of Love of Duty. We have a duty to spread and live all Our Lady imparted and which was officially approved as worthy of belief by Holy Mother Church as is the Devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Truly Bishop Bernard Fellay has opened a can of worms as you can see the problems inherent by the Society are far deeper and the more they try to deal with the Modernist Apostates, the more they find themselves hooked and cast into the deep as bait. Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey files the deja vú of the same ol', same ol' as he retraces the futile attempts of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre to deal with the conciliarists. It doesn't work and after 24 years you'd think they would learn, but no, Fellay goes blindly on with seemingly little care for the flock or truly comprehending what happens when the catch is reeled in, flopped on the deck of the decadents and left to rot. It brings home all the more the idiom the fish stinks from the head. Tom explains in his piece Uncrossed "T's" and Undotted "I's"?

In the same vein, Traditio.com weighs in with the news that the other three bishops in the SSPX have strongly come out against any kind of deal with Ratzinger and his ilk. If that is so, we can only hope they'll connect the rest of the dots and realize it's either or. Either they recognize Benedict XVI as a true pope and must submit to him and all the Protestant, pagan aberrations of Vatican II or realize he is not a true pope and finally admit the sedevacantists aren't such bad chaps after all since they've been right all along. Why? Because holy Mother Church said so, that's why! Fellay vs. the SSPX

On the twelfth of May the flower offered to Our Lady is the tube-like HEATH-FLOWER with the corresponding Virtue being RECOLLECTION. The Heath-Flower comes from the Greek genus Epacris - meaning "upon the hill" where it grows. Many believe they sprouted on Calvary but this has not been proven in such climes. Yet, it would be appropriate for the Virtue of Recollection is centered on the Sacrifice of Christ upon Golgotha where His Blessed Mother stood faithfully to the end. So also are we able to stand with her through recollection of the Mysteries of the Cross. Appropriately, today's feast of Sts. Nereus and Companions focuses on this beginning with the Introit Ecce oculi - "Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear Him, hoping in His mercy." As the Heath-flower hangs down like a religious' habit, so to speak, - such as a monk in a monastery - to remind one to put on the garments of God in humility and recollect, so also practicing the Virtue of Recollection prompts one to look within the soul and seek in all humility to think of spiritual rather than temporal things and one spiritual devotion that brings this home is The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

In continuing John Gregory's dissertation on the Sermon on the Mount, he focuses on one verse - 23 of the Gospel of St. Matthew, chapter 7. One reason: Today we can see how so many blatantly practice iniquity and think they're getting away with whatever evil they so choose, no matter what mask or profession they hide behind. Do they not realize there is a consequence to every action? Oh, surely they do, but in their pride they don't care...not until that time when they will stand before the eternal Judge and try to plead their case, and then realize it will be of no avail for they did not heed Christ's words while they still had the chance and were given the answers in the Word of God and chose to taunt God by doing what they wanted, telling Him, "the hell with You, God." Then, sadly they'll realize it'll be hell without Him...forever. John lays out the discernment by the Magisterium in Sermon on the Mount Part Fourteen

On the eleventh day of May and the flower offered to Our Lady is the beautiful PINK ROSE with the corresponding Virtue being PRAYER. How appropriate that outside of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the most efficacious prayer is Mary's Holy Rosary. The pink rose so magnificently expresses Our Lady's true femininity and divine motherhood. Her Rosary which she herself bestowed to St. Dominic is a spiritual bouquet of roses we can offer daily to Heaven, a spiritual bouquet built upon the ancient prayers of the Psalter - 150 decades for the 150 Psalms of David the Prophet. Devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today the world is a powder keg as satan reeks havoc everywhere both in church and state as the devil becomes more desperate while the proverbial frog continues to boil and so very few are aware how much the heat has been turned up. Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey tries to warn the few though he would love it if it reached the many because many - as in most - do not realize not only their freedom is at stake, but their very souls. In a two-part feature, he disects the current situation throughout the world and how it should come as no surprise to anyone that it is all playing out exactly as the prince of the world has planned it in using his useful idiots to carry the crusade against God and His Positive Divine Law and the Natural Law by duping complacent Christians everywhere because, well, most are lazy and simply don't care even when the most unnatural things come out of the mouths of those of influence in society who promote the unnatural, something we should never admire. Tom alerts us the revolution is on and we better be ready in Mutual Admiration Societies Part One and Mutual Admiration Societies Part Two

    Also see his most recent article exposing two of the greatest offenders who, with their polyanna attitude towards heresy, enable the anti-Christian forces. Abiding Biden And His "Counsel"

Today is the tenth day of May and SWEETNESS is the designated Virtue with the corresponding flower for Mary's bouquet being the delicate JASMINE. On this Feast of Saint Antoninius it is appropriate that the Jasmine, a fragrant white or yellow flower, employed to flavor tea or in perfume, is the flower of the day since St. Antoninius, as the Archbishop of Firenze, sought to extinguish the noxious fumes of the false Renaissance with the love of truth and encouraging his flock to study and do penance whereby the sweetness of the fragrance of truth emanated through in souls being saved. Truly pure Sweetness! To enhance this sweetness, there are few things sweeter than the Devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

While spouting ambiguities as the standard party line of the SSPX by Bishop Bernard Fellay and his First Assistant Father Niklaus Pfluger (see yesterday and confusing the faithful with the concept to have trust in an apostate "pope", on the other side of the Society's seismic spectrum there is resistance from the other three bishops, most vocally Bishop Richard Williamson, who has admitted what every sedevacantist realizes: "Pope" Benedict XVI is not Catholic. Ergo, he cannot be a true Pope. Welcome aboard, Bishop Williamson. It's about time! Let us pray the rest of your flock also connect the dots. We find it interesting that two sites, which refuse to call a spade a spade and admit the reality of sede vacante, do indeed proclaim the chair of Peter empty by what they publish: Proof of the fact the Seat is empty. See What the SSPX Website is Saying from Tradition in Action and "Benedict's Ecumenical Newchurch Is Not the Catholic Church" (Bishop Williamson) from Traditio.com.

Today is the Feast of the holy Doctor of the Church and Bishop St. Gregory Nazianzen, the second of four holy Doctors honored this month. St. Gregory was another from the 4th century who also faced the intense persecutions and calumnies of the Arian bishops. Son of two saints - Saint Gregory Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna - and the sibling of two others - Saint Caesarius and Saint Gorgonna - this Doctor of the Church teamed with another Doctor of the Church the holy Saint Basil to uphold true teaching in combating the heresies of his time. The holy bishop St. Gregory Nazianzen is considered the Church's Theologian. This Cappadocian shepherd also nurtured a young protege who would turn out pretty well himself, one Saint Jerome. St. Gregory is often called the Administrator of Theology

For the ninth day of May the flower was the majestic MIGNONETTE with the corresponding Virtue being the PRACTICE OF HIDDEN VIRTUES. Appropriately it is the Feast Day of Saint Gregory Nazianzen, the holy Bishop and Doctor of the Church who was a vaunted defender of the Faith against the Arian heresy and practiced the Hidden Virtues in winning souls to the True Faith while traversing the rocky regions of Constantinople near the Mediterranean where the Mignonette blooms forth abundantly with its spikelike clusters of greenish or yellowish white flowers. The Mignonette emits an intense spicy fragrance, at first hidden from the nose's senses until closer to it, just as practicing Hidden Virtues may not be evident to all until they are exposed to the virtuous life of the person for "By their fruits you shall know them" (St. Matthew 7: 20). We encourage you to pray the Devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary


As the sands of a split sift we see the divide beginning to form as a fizzure seems imminent with the Society of St. Pius X imploding and all that its founder Archbishop Marcel Levebvre sought to uphold and perpepetuate will be cast to the shifting winds of conciliarism. The evidence is becoming more and more inevitable considering the remarks of the seemingly intellectually dishonest Father Niklaus Pfluger. He should not be confused with the radical Chicagoan and Obama bud "Father" Phleger. Though if the supposed traditional Pfluger is not careful he'll wind up in the same status as socialist Phleger: non-Catholic! We say that because by Fr. Pfluger's very words as First Assistant to the Superior General Bishop Bernard Fellay, he exposes his either total incompetency or deliberate deceit during a recent conference talk where the mask is coming off. For the welfare of souls, Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey takes him to task with a bold challenge False Doctrine, Father Pfluger?

There are a couple of feasts of St. Michael in the Liturgy. Very ancient is the commemoration of the dedication of the celebrated Lombard sanctuary on Sant' Angelo on Monte Gargano in Apulia, near the ancient Sipontum. There is a tradition that St. Michael appeared on this mountain and requested that a church be erected to him and all the angels. In the Old and the New Testament St. Michael, in the struggle against the Evil One, is always depicted as the invincible champion of God. The mystery of iniquity which, according to St. Paul, shall be boldly revealed in the last ages of the world and which has already begun its work of perversion, meets at present with an obstacle which hinders its full development. This obstacle is usually said to be the protection of St. Michael. St. Michael is appointed by God Himself to be the protector and defender of the Church. After the protective duty conferred on St. Joseph, there is no work on earth of such great importance and sublimity as that entrusted to St. Michael. For the full prayer composed by Pope Leo III see Complete Prayer to Saint Michael

For the eighth day of May and the Double Major Feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel the virtue is FAITH and the greatest warrior in Heaven for defending the Faith is the noble winged general. The flower symbolized is the IRIS which blooms in the Spring and we must spring forward with faith to uphold and spread the True Faith, being irises who bloom where they are planted. Just as the iris is so functional to the eye, we must be on our watch against the wiles and snared of the devil. Count on St. Michael the Archangel - Quis ut Deus - He who is like God - to be our defense against satan who seeks the ruin of souls. Honor Our Lady on this day with the devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

As we begin to wind down the chapters of Book Three of the Prophesies and Revelations of St. Bridget, we come upon probably one of the shortest chapters in any of the books. Yet in this short quote from Our Lady, the Virgin's words to the bride reveal in an allegory how God the Father chose her from among the saints to be His mother and the port of salvation. Of all the titles accorded to the Blessed Virgin Mary, "Port of Salvation" equates to "Gate of Heaven" yet in a nautical metaphor for Mary is indeed the port to which all souls can safely steer. Why? Because Our Lord can never say no to His Immaculate Mother. And that is the glory of mooring our souls in the Port of Salvation for, as Mediatrix and Co-Remptrix she holds our passport to Heaven as we see in The Port of Salvation

On the seventh day of May, the Feast of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Bishop and Martyr. The virtue is ATTACHMENT TO GOD and is represented by the BINDWEED which is truly not a weed, but a flower that is stately just as St. Stanislaus remained attached to God despite the pressure of his fellow Poles and even the King. He had only one King: Christ the King, ever remaining the loyal subject and attached always to God. It is most appropriate that this also falls on the First Saturday of Mary's month of May for there is no greater attachment to God than through His most Blessed Mother for Catholics realize to Jesus through Mary. This becomes a normal process if one has a fervent attachment to God and seeks to do His divine Will, one will always be joyful no matter what slings and arrows life and the devil fires at a soul. Mary will guide us to her divine Son and we see this in the Devotion of The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

John Gregory provides the commentary for the Fourth Sunday after Easter from Father George Leo Haydock found in many Douay-Rheims version of the New Testament. How ironic when false prophets and antipopes are trying to justify the Jews in their sin, when Bishop Bernard Fellay ignores this after years of resisting in order to now compromise with the devil - that we have this wonderful Gospel of St. John the Evangelist on the truth. Our Lord foretold many times that the Jews would be a stubborn lot and indeed that has proven true for still today they brag about rejecting Him and expect faithful Catholics to tow their line rather than God's. More proof they answer to the prince of the world and not to the Son of God Who alone provides eternal happiness, re-emphasized so many times, especially in today's Gospel where Jesus promises He will always be with His children for He will not leave His apostles shorthanded. No, as promised, He will send His Spirit, the Holy Ghost which proves the Filioque of the Creed as we see in today's commentary for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, often referred to as Cantate Sunday for the Introit to "Sing to the Lord..." Promise of the Paraclete

On the sixth day of May, the normal feast of Saint John Before the Latin Gate (though it can be transferred to tomorrow) is devoted to the virtue of HUMILITY and represented by the VIOLET. This is so appropriate considering the great humility of the beloved disciple who took Mary as his Mother at her Divine Son Jesus' dying request on the cross, to look after her and care for her. Humility is something so lacking in so many of us and so necessary for sanctity. The beloved disciple John possessed this virtue throughout his life and in his inspired words of Sacred Scripture. It was this humility which prompted God to choose him as Mary's protectress and also preserved him from the boiling oil and afforded him, through the Mercy of God, to be exiled to the Isle of Patmos where he received the final account of the final days in the Book of the Apocalypse and was the only Apostle not to die a martyr. The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary


While this past Sunday the world blindly hailed "Mary's 'pope'", the true Pontiff who was truly "Mary's Pope" was His Holiness Pope St. Pius V, who not only upheld her divine Son's Church in the face of the rebellious reformation by codifying the infallible, doctrinal documents of the holy Council of Trent including the Immemorial Apostolic Mass of All Time with his landmark decrees Quo Primum and De Defectibus in assuring the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass would remain pure in every way for all time ("in perpetuity"), but called upon the Mother of God to defeat the Islamic threat upon Rome and all of Europe, this despite being terribly outmanned in the Battle of Lepanto. As we know, through Our Lady's intercession, Don Juan of Austria and his Christian warriors were victorious in turning back the superior Turkish armada and St. Pius dedicated October 7 to her as Our Lady of Victory, since established as a universal feast of Our Lady of the Rosary for that was the weapon the Sovereign Pontiff called all of the faithful to employ in Consueverunt Romani in evening the odds against the infidels. Today we celebrate his universal feast and are encouraged to remember that even when everyone think things are hopeless, impossible, we can take great hope in remembering Christ's words in St. Matthew 19: 26, St. Mark 10: 27, and St. Luke 18:27, "with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." So also in our time when things look so bleak and the Church St. Pius V so loved and protected is in eclipse. The darkness will pass and the Light will shine again. We have God's word on that with Quo Primum and De Defectibus and Consueverunt Romani

The VerbumQUO for today on the Feast of the holy and worthy Pope Saint Pius V is "ædificábo" which is "I will build" for the Latin future first conjugation singular of ædificáre. This verb fits perfectly with Pope St. Pius V for he, of all Popes, built what Christ had established 1525 years earlier by codifying the infallible dogmatic decrees of the Council of Trent and set in stone "in perpetuity" the continual Sacrifice with the Latin Mass, often called Tridentine Mass from the time of Trent, but known universally today as the Traditional Latin Mass with his infallible Papal Bull Quo Primum, assuring the bread and wine would be properly confected through his decree De defectibus. All that he did in building safeguards and preserving the Truths and Traditions is, in the face of all the conciliar church has tried to destroy, truly The True Reason for celebrating Cinco de Mayo

On the fifth day of Mary's Month of May, the feast of the holy Sovereign Pontiff Pope Saint Pius V the flower contributing to the bouquet offered to the Blessed Mother is the MARGUERITE which represents SIMPLICITY so perfect for this holy saintly Shepherd who, through his infallible decree Quo Primum, sought to make worship so simple with the infrangible Mass of all Ages - the Apostolic Latin Holy Sacrifice of the Mass set in stone by the dogmatic Council of Trent and codified by this holy Pope for all posterity. How simple can it be? This is the way it is as St. Pius laid out in following the infallible tenets of Trent, and all one needs do is follow those rules and rubrics. Simple! But it is the devil who complicates things and therein we can see his complicity in Vatican II and how Our Lady has wept so at so many who who have apostacized from her divine Son's Church. For the daily devotion in May see The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

They say behind every great man is a stronger woman and no one better illustrates that than the woman behind the holy Doctor of the Church St. Augustine. That woman was his mother, better known to us as the holy widow Saint Monica. She was a determined lady who, in God's eyes, can take full credit for what her son became because of her perseverance through prayer, which paid off big time in dividends that have increased the coffers of Heaven with countless souls over the centuries. Now that's moxie! But as Cyndi Cain points out in her long-awaited column, no saint ever was dependant on prayer alone for God intended others to be instruments in helping others to get to Heaven's shore. Such assistance can come in many ways from praying unceasingly for loved ones and friends that they will see the light and be protected by God's good graces to even praying for our enemies. Assistance is also necessary to help those apostolates dedicated to spreading the Word of God as Jesus commands us to do. While it pays to pray, we pray more will pay in donating to the cause. In so many ways it is not "I" or "me", but "us" and "we" for only together can souls be saved and that is the greatest of payoffs as Cyndi explains with her lesson All should strive for St. Monica's Moxie
      Part of that payoff begins with observing the nine First Fridays. For Traditional Catholics it's a way of life as we observe First Friday Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

On the fourth day of Mary's Month of May, the feast of Saint Monica the bouquet offered were the delicate, colorful PANSIES which represent the virtue of THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN. Few exemplified this virtue better than Saint Monica who spent every hour of her day praying and sacrificing for the conversion of her son Augustine. She constantly had thoughts of Heaven in her mind, heart and soul, praying so wholeheartedly for the spiritual welfare of her son who had gone astray. The pansies of persistence paid off as we know and Monica lived to see her son become a religious. All she had prayed for came true. So also with us if we offer Our Lady our pansies of heavenly thoughts, she will intercede before her divine Son and answer our prayers. For the daily devotion in May see The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

IMITATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
   This short litany prayer is said to have been found under the Sepulchre where Jesus was buried. It is believed to have been sent by the Holy See to the Emperor Charles V who was going to war against his enemies.
  • God all powerful, who has suffered on the tree of the Cross be with us.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ have pity on us.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ be our hope.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ turn away from us all sharp weapons.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ pour into us all good.
  • Holy Cross Of Jesus Christ turn away from us all evil.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ make us well in the paths of salvation.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ preserve us from all spiritual and temporal accidents.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ may we adore Thee.
  • Holy Cross of Jesus Christ now and forever.
  • Jesus of Nazareth, Crucified, have pity on us, make the invisible fly far from us now and for ever and ever. Amen.
  • (Holy Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph, St. Michael the Archangel, and all ye Holy Angels, protect us.)
    According to legend, some claim some amazing promises such as he who prays this prayer, or hears it read or carries it about with him shall not die a sudden death. He shall not be burned or drowned or poisoned, nor fall into the hands of his enemies, nor be vanquished in battle. A mother who reads this prayer or hears it read or carries it about her, will be happily delivered, and when the baby is born, if this prayer be put on it's right side it will be preserved from a number of accidents. He who carries this prayer about him shall be preserved from epilepsy. If this prayer be put on a person in an epileptic fit, he or she will be relieved if not cured. Our Lord has promised to bless him who recites or procures this prayer for himself or others, and to punish him who scoffs at it. He who reads this prayer daily shall be warned of the approach of his death, three days, by a divine sign. (source: Catholic Prayers)

That is the VerbumQUO for this Double of the Second Class Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross Crucis is the Latin for "of the Cross", the singular possessive of the genitive and taken from today's Introit, Collect, Epistle, Secret and Communion for today's Proper of the Mass for the Finding of the True Cross Nos autem. The Holy Cross is the focal point of our lives for which we venerate and carry with us daily. As Christ showed that there can be no Resurrection without the Cross, there can be no Victory without the Cross for us. We must be willing to take up our cross and follow Him daily. Only then can we be assured of sharing in the triumph. This is illustrated in By this Sign we will Conquer

On the third day of Mary's Month of May, the MYOSOTIS was presented to represent THANKSGIVING. This bluebell-like flower is most appropriate for the feast of the Finding of the True Cross for some say it was the only thing that bloomed on Calvary after the Crucifixion of our Lord and Savior. If we should offer thanksgiving for anything, it is for the ultimate Sacrifice of the Cross in which we are saved and which is re-enacted daily in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. For the daily devotion in May see The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary

   The second day of Mary's Month of May is the Feast of the first man honored as a Doctor of the Church. That would be Saint Athanasius, the holy Bishop who withstood the brunt of the greatest apostasy in the Church until this present day when The Great Apostasy has arrived. It is in looking to this holy Doctor that we can take great hope and courage to stay the course and fight for the Faith as he did sixteen centuries ago. It was this stauch defender of Catholic truth, this Alexandrian Bishop who persisted against the Arian heresies through numerous popes. He was banished by emperors and the Arians four times. But in the end the True Faith won out, thanks to the persevereance of men like Saint Athanasius. Against all odds this Alexandrian Bishop persisted against the Arian heresies through numerous popes and was banished by emperors and the Arians four times. But in the end the True Faith won out, thanks to the perseverance of men like Saint Athanasius to whom we call on for intercession today when the VaticantwoArians had usurped the True Church and eclipsed Her, driving true Catholics into hiding to practice their faith just as Athanasius was forced to do seventeen hundred years ago. The more things change, as we see in today's Gospel, the more they stay the same for God's infernal enemy is our enemy and we should not fear man, but he who can destroy the soul. St. Athanasius is an ideal example of staying the course for he remains the Apostle of Tradition

On the second day of Mary's Month of May, a ROSE was presented to represent LOVE OF GOD. No one loves God more than His Blessed Mother Mary who humbly became the Living Tabernacle of the Holy of Holies. Mary is associated with the rose because it is one of the most beautiful flowers of all and her special prayer - the Rosary - is a bouquet of spiritual roses that we can offer her each day for her to take to the Holy Trinity in intercession for us as her Heavenly Mother who loves us so much. For the daily devotion in May see The Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary


   Yes, it has been a while and, though we have come up far short of hoped-for donations, we are going to give it the old college try in resuming daily issues at least for the next month or so and see if donations pick up because, as we have said so often - without you, we can't stay afloat. That is why we also send out this "Mayday, Mayday!" in just trying to publish - as we try to stay above the surface despite the lack of lifeboats available in the form of benefactors - (yes, again that is a subtle hint that prospects have not improved in donations thanks to so many who lean on the lukewarm side). Those who persist in remaining on the sidelines will be easy prey for the propaganda that will permeate the media today and throughout this year leading up to the election as the devil's minions continue their desperate effort to eliminate the Light in trying to destroy all that Christ instituted. That is why True Catholics must issue their own...

...on this day and throughout May as well as every second of our lives. While Mayday can mean many things, this year it is sadly known more as the "Communists' Day", earmarked for protests formed by Marxist union thugs and Obama's own Communist Manifesto campaign intent on fueling class warfare by utilizing his useful idiots in the media, the eco-maniacs and ecumaniacs in the conciliar climes where, from Benedict XVI down, the "green initative" means red as in the color of the hammer and sickle. Don't believe us? Then see The Pact of Metz Just by that fact, we should understand it as a distress signal for those in trouble and that is practically everyone for, as a scribe from the Czech Republic wrote:

      "The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President."
That not only sums up the electorate, but the lack of concern by many in the concilar church who have grown comfortable and more blind over the past 50 years. But that is the consequences of forsaking the Social Kingship of Christ. To prevent one from being even more foolish, one would best turn to the one whom our Sovereign King Christ the Lord cannot say no to - His Blessed Mother Mary - our Immaculate Queen. Yes, we can take comfort in pleasing her divine Son by knowing what "Mayday" really means, for to true Catholics it is the day we begin the Blessed Virgin Mary's month of May and celebrate her as the Queen of the May and the one who has the answers to whatever "mayday, mayday!" signals we may send up considering the chaos that exists in our day and age. Think of the S.O.S. (Save Our Souls) message we can send to Heaven during this month with our greatest means of communication that trumps the internet, wi-fi or any other medium - the holy Rosary, Mary's holy psalter.

   It is appropriate in leading off Mary's Month of May by honoring her chaste earthly spouse for Saint Joseph is the Universal Patron of the Church. He is symbolized by the LILY and the designated virtue in offering Our Lady a beautiful spiritual bouquet is PURITY. No flower is more significant in identifying the Foster Father of Jesus and chase Protector of Mary than the holy Joseph whose feast we celebrate and who is the symbol of purity,most always depicted by the pure Lily.Thus, as we noted, in some traditional chapels this feast is celebrated on the Third Wednesday after Easter (this year it was on this past Wednesday, April 25). Speaking of that, those observing the liturgical calendar approved by Pope Pius XII observe that Solemnity on May 1 with the very same Propers of the Mass and celebrate the feast of the holy Apostles Sts. Philip and James on May 11. While those who still observe the liturgy as it was at the time of Pope St. Pius X celebrate the latter feast today. We offer both Propers to our readers as well as the beautiful devotion below, prayed throughout May.
   The beloved disciple Saint John the Evangelist was granted the blessing of the vision of a woman crowned with twelve stars, clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. According to expert commentators, most specifically the Haydock Commentary in the Douay-Rheims version, this woman is the Blessed Virgin Mary, with her virtues and her privileges, especially that of her divine maternity. Thus originated the Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which Saint John Calasanctius, Saint John Berchmans and many other saints made it a practice to recite frequently, especially during Mary's Month of May.

    In order to make this prayer more attractive, Saint Louis Marie de Montfort (whose feast we just celebrated this past Saturday) added to each Hail Mary one of the praises of the Blessed Virgin, with the invocation: "Rejoice, O Virgin Mary; rejoice a thousand times."

    It is this prayer which St. Louis gave to his religious families (The Montfort Fathers and the Daughters of Wisdom) as their morning prayer. He also recommends it to all those who embrace the devotion of the holy and loving slavery of Jesus through Mary. We combine with this beautiful prayer at the very beginning the designated flower and virtue for the day throughout Mary's month for she is the Queen of the May. You can print it out so that you have a copy to pray each day at Little Crown of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin Mary Devotion

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