This week we celebrate over a four-day span two Double of the First Class Feasts that are the essence of Catholicism with two Doubles of the Second Class Feasts as well. We begin the week Monday with the the Feast of the holy Apostles Sts. Peter and Paul, the former the first Pope personally appointed by Jesus Christ Himself (cf. St. Matthew 16: 18-19) and the latter the man Our Lord struck from a horse and blinded so that he would become the great evangelizer and "Apostle of the Gentiles." So much so, that St. Paul is given a Double Major feast on Tuesday to close out June, followed by two more great feasts.
As we have been pointing out for several editions, we can't fathom what has happened to our beloved Church, now in eclipse for the past half a century, but we also know how it will end and we can see the end in sight for the inerrant scriptures tell us this false church is the "church of Babylon" in St. John's Book of the Apocalypse in chapters 17 and 18, not to mention St. Paul's words in 2 Thessalonians 2: 3-11 where God would allow man to "believe a lie" which is what He is doing in testing man's faith. So far the vast majority have flunked miserably and they weren't even using Common Core! Those who have buried their heads in the sand and ignore what is going on in Christ's holy Church, well they have Apocalypse 3: 15-16 to warn them if they continue to remain lukewarm. A few reliable sources who are definitely not lukewarm are the following sites we highly recommend to keep abreast of events as fast as they are spinning out of control along with the causes and consequences. This is especially important right now in the aftermath of the horrific secular 'encyclical' on global warming. What so many forget is what is happening today is NOT global warming, but rather a global WARNING from God. Thus we confidently point you to NovusOrdoWatch.org and Christorchaos.com for articles and links, as well as these blogs worth your while, Introibo Ad Altare Dei, Fr. Anthony Cekada's Quidlibet, Bishop Donald Sanborn's In Veritate, and the satirical, but on-point Call Me Jorge. We also point you to Traditio which, although the Father Moderators will not admit the term "sedevacantism", 95% of what they provide reinforces this position. Note, we provide here those sites that carry almost daily coverage and in no way demean other sites that update more infreqently. For those sites, please see Traditional Catholic Resource Port.
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To enhance each Sunday's Epistle and Gospel we present this special feature provided by John Gregory with the Haydock Commentary for the Epistle and Gospel of the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost with the cogent comprehensive Catholic Commentary penned by Father George Leo Haydock that if one is reconcilied with his fellow man then he will always be reconciled with God for he will remain in the state of grace, which is necessary for participating in the sacramental fullness of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. If we do not comply with our Lord's commands, the consequences are catastrophic as we see with Make amends with thy brother before partaking at the altar Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a twelve-minute sermon given four years ago by Father Benedict Hughes, CMRI, where he points out the theme for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost is holiness beginning with St. Peter entreating us to turn away from evil and Jesus' stern intimidation that we cannot assume we will be saved if our hearts are not true. Father cites several other passages of the gospels where Our Lord points out that we cannot take our salvation for granted, but that we should strive to be like Christ for we are temples of the Holy Ghost and have the instinctive goal of striving for holiness. Father also provides what some of the saints advised on becoming holier. It is very simple, Father emphasizes, merely: avoid evil, and do good. He encourages those who may think they could never be a saint, but often times it is through misconception that they have to be exactly like them. Father maintains that sanctity consists of the virtues we maintain because we are called to be saints. After all, saints are sinners striving to do good. So also, Father urges us to Strive For Holiness Bishop Daniel Dolan brings us a sermon from eight years ago, courtesy of Traditional Catholic Sermons, on St. Irenaeus, but he focuses first on why we have the Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul in reparation for the offenses against the Apostolic See, today so besmirched by the false 'popes' who claim the throne in this time of the Great Apostasy. St. Irenaeus refused to compromise to get along. Not so today sadly. Irenaeus was a disciple of St. John the beloved Apostle. He became a great missionary and able to learn several languages to communicate the Faith against heresy when already satan was attacking the Church just as he does today. St. Irenaeus has been able to refute the blasphemies way back then that have risen their ugly heads again today. We can go to school on the teachings of this holy Bishop and Martyr as Bishop Dolan explains in shares this magnificent foe of heresy St. Irenaeus
Bishop Daniel Dolan brings us a short sermon from six years ago, courtesy of Traditional Catholic Sermons, on Sts. Peter and Paul, focusing on how these two giant saints of the Church are known for their penitence, of course, St. Peter, Christ's first appointed Vicar on earth denied Him three times, and St. Paul was converted, turning from persecuting Christians to becoming the great Apostle to the Gentiles. The Bishop notes that because we are in this time of the Great Apostasy, the Holy Father Peter's true successor - is taken away from us for a while as God so allows heretics to occupy the throne setting up a false church, but with the ordination of every true priest we are presented with sons that will carry on the true Faith and, in God's time, the Church will be resurrected. We take this opportunity to ask everyone to pray for priests, for they are satan's number one target just as in the earliest times of the Church the devil assailed Sts. Peter and Paul In this time when technology has run amok and everybody has an opinion on everything under the sun few think to remember that in the end only one opinion counts: God's! And it's called Judgment Day. It will be gut-check time for no one can escape the Trinity's judgment. It is truly amazing in these times when everyone talks of everything but the Last Four Things which are Death, Judgment, Heaven and hell incorporated as De Novissimis. It it truly the Final Four and we're not talking the NCAA but rather the Day of Reckoning that ultimately charts our path; a path that we choose freely by how we lived. What our destination will be will be decided by the Supreme Court in Heaven. The evidence that will tip the scales in our favor will be determined by how we lived in accord with the divine Will as we see in Step Seventeen, Judgment Day
Bishop Daniel Dolan brings us a short sermon from six years ago, courtesy of Traditional Catholic Sermons, on Sts. Peter and Paul, focusing on how these two giant saints of the Church are known for their penitence, of course, St. Peter, Christ's first appointed Vicar on earth denied Him three times, and St. Paul was converted, turning from persecuting Christians to becoming the great Apostle to the Gentiles. The Bishop notes that because we are in this time of the Great Apostasy, the Holy Father Peter's true successor - is taken away from us for a while as God so allows heretics to occupy the throne setting up a false church, but with the ordination of every true priest we are presented with sons that will carry on the true Faith and, in God's time, the Church will be resurrected. We take this opportunity to ask everyone to pray for priests, for they are satan's number one target just as in the earliest times of the Church the devil assailed Sts. Peter and Paul
In this time when technology has run amok and everybody has an opinion on everything under the sun few think to remember that in the end only one opinion counts: God's! And it's called Judgment Day. It will be gut-check time for no one can escape the Trinity's judgment. It is truly amazing in these times when everyone talks of everything but the Last Four Things which are Death, Judgment, Heaven and hell incorporated as De Novissimis. It it truly the Final Four and we're not talking the NCAA but rather the Day of Reckoning that ultimately charts our path; a path that we choose freely by how we lived. What our destination will be will be decided by the Supreme Court in Heaven. The evidence that will tip the scales in our favor will be determined by how we lived in accord with the divine Will as we see in Step Seventeen, Judgment Day
As we complete the month of June, there is a commemoration on this feast of St. Peter and one each within the Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul and within the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. From Saint Paul himself we know that he was born at Tarsus in Cilicia (Acts 21:39), of a father who was a Roman citizen (Acts 22:26-28; cf. 16:37), of a family in which piety was hereditary (2 Timothy 1:3) and which was much attached to Pharisaic traditions and observances (Philippians 3:5-6). St. Jerome relates, on what ground is not known, that his parents were natives of Gischala, a small town of Galilee and that they brought him to Tarsus when Gischala was captured by the Romans ...More
Why Protestants and so many others deny the existence of Purgatory is beyond explanation considering they honor the dead and ask for prayers. If the departed is in Heaven, no prayers are necessary and if the departed is in hell, no prayers are possible. Therefore, it only makes sense that after death it would be useless to pray for any of the dearly departed if there was not some way those prayers could help. That is why both faith and reason point to a place of purification for in order to be admimitted into the presence of the perfect Beatific Vision one must be pure. Just as gold is purified by fire, so also is it necessary for souls to be purified in Purgatory. Makes perfect sense and it is left to the Church Militant to assist the Church Suffering through our prayers, and indulgences gained solely for the souls through Masses, devotions, penances, sacrifices and the ultimate unselfish sacrifice of the Act of Heroic Charity. Jesus says if one has not charity, all else is as tinkling cymbals. There is no greater love than to pray souls into Heaven as we see in Step Eighteen, The Church Suffering Bishop Daniel Dolan brings us a short sermon from six years ago, courtesy of Traditional Catholic Sermons, on Saint Paul, and the traditions the Church has followed in honoring this Apostle of the Gentiles who had been the enemy of Christ. The Bishop speaks of how the catechumens are taught and the safeguards against satan. Too often we are blinded like Paul and cannot see the obvious - the truths of our Faith and, like Paul we need to be knocked off our high horses so that we can realize the true purpose of our life's existence. As Paul himself said in 2 Thessalonians 2: 10, we need to recognize the lie and be on our guard constantly against the devil for the venomous serpent of hell searches out souls. But if we open our eyes to the truth we'll be able to avoid the poisonous viper. Bishop Dolan explains in his seven and a half minute sermon on Saint Paul the Apostle
This Most Precious Blood was shed in the Circumcision, the Agony, the Crowning with thorns and supremely in the Crucifixion of our Savior Jesus Christ and it is offered daily in the Sacrifice of the Altar. The Missal gives today the Octave of St. John the Baptist, which, however, only appears in the Roman Calendar during the late Middle Ages. In the liturgical reform of Pope St. Pius X this day was chosen for the feast of the Most Precious Blood, which had already been fixed under Pius IX for the first Sunday in July. Blessed Pius IX instituted this feast in thanksgiving for the deliverance of the Apostolic See from the violent revolutionaries who had expelled the Pope. In 1849, with the assistance of the French army, they were vanquished and the Pope was able to return to Rome. The meaning of this festival is closely akin to that of the Sacred Heart. The Precious Blood is the price of universal redemption, which love would not have to be anything less than itself. There is a very close connection between the Heart and the Blood not only because, according to St. John the Beloved Disciple, after the death of Jesus, blood ...More Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a nine-minute sermon given two years ago on this First Class Feast by Father Benedict Hughes, CMRI, Rector of St. Joseph Seminary at the City of Mary in Rathdrum, Idaho. Father points out that every single drop of the Blood He shed was of infinite value. Blood was shed from His circumcision to the Agony in the Garden to His brutal scourging and crowning of thorns and then His crucifixion as well as being pierced with a lance where poured forth blood and water, re-enacted at each Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in an unbloody manner with the wine confected into His Most Precious Blood. He is the Lamb of God and the sacrifices of the Old Testament, such as the paschal lambs, would have had no value had not they foreshadowed the Victim on the Cross and continued today in the Traditional Latin Mass at the transubstantiation where the Passover continues but in a truly salvific manner for He offered Himself for our sins as we understand fully by the shedding of The Most Precious Blood of Jesus Also see Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey's excellent inspiration for the Feast of the Most Precious Blood titled The Laver of Our Redemption The ultimate goal for every soul is eternal happiness. Too many think true happiness can be attained on this earth and in so thinking, fall short of ever seeing the Beatific Vision. What many consider superstitious is very much a reality. Heaven is the final destination and anything short of that ends in eternal damnation. Considering the alternative, why would anyone not do all on this earth in order to gain eternal life? It's a question for the ages that many have brushed aside as a fait accompli. Everyone is going to Heaven, well almost everyone. Wrong on both counts. Only those in the state of Sanctifying Grace will be admitted through the celestial portals, many, as we learned in the last step, will spend time in the purification fires of Purgatory. It is impossible to perfectly describe Heaven for as the scriptures affirm, the "eye has not seen, or ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love Him." It is left to us to do all in our power to see and hear what the Almighty has in store and all He has asked us to do is love and obey Him. Is that so much to ask? We can see the end result of our good fruits in Step Nineteen, The Church Triumphant Blessed Mary's first action after God had come to dwell in her was one of self-denying charity. She undertook a troublesome journey in order to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Thus she proclaimed charity to be the virtue which above all Christ brought with Him from Heaven. God made Mary's visit the occasion of a wonderful miracle. On her entrance into St. Elizabeth's dwelling, St. John Baptist was cleanssd from sin in his mother's womb. Mary was the channel of this exceptional privilege~ of the cleansing away of sin in the case of the unborn child. As then, so now: Mary is the channel of all graces, and above all, of the restoration of the sinner to friendship with God. Mary's' charity is not less present now than at the time of the Visitation. Nay, she is far more eager now than then to promote the happiness and console the sorrows of those who fly to her for succor. Ember Friday in Advent was the original date for this feast. The celebration by the Greeks on July 2nd of the placing of the robe of the Blessed Virgin in the Basilica of ...More Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a nine-minute sermon given eight years ago for the feast of the Visitation by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His Excellency points out that the Visitation is the triumph of the Most Precious Blood which is flowing through the womb of Christ's holy mother Mary. St. John the Baptist, whose Octave Day was just yesterday, recognized Its salvific flow as he leapt in Elizabeth's womb. The Bishop emphasizes why and when this feast was established as well as treating the holy martyrs commemorated this day Sts. Processus & Martinian who received the Baptism of Blood. The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth is a coming together of love and total peace as His Excellency explains the words in the Gospel of St. Luke for this feast of The Visitation John Gregory provides an insightful inspiration on the Visitation where Our Lady dismissed all concerns for herself to minister to others, most notably her cousin St. Elizabeth who was further along in her pregnancy than Mary. Elizabeth recognized in Mary God's design for her younger cousin as did the babe in her womb - Saint John the Baptist who, though not conceived free of Original Sin was sanctified at the presence of the Babe in Mary's womb - the fetus of the God-Man. In this time when man's uncharity towards his fellow man is legend, we need to refocus on the intention for the Second Joyful Mystery - charity towards our neighbor out of our love for God. This charity is not reserved only for a select few, but all we meet. This charity is not about doing only humane things for others, but going well beyond that in doing all we can to do all in our power to see that our neighbor will save his eternal soul. This means charitably rebuking, correcting and admonishing if our neighbor has veered from the path God intended, and that means knowing our Faith so others will know it and convert. That's the greatest charity we can do for others because we do not want to see them condemned. That's what can happen as Jesus so clearly told us in St. Matthew 28: 20 and St. Mark 16: 16. John shares the meditation of The Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation For this Double of the Second Class Feast of the Visitation, Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey provides an inspirational piece for that says it all about the charity our Blessed Mother extends to all in his piece. Magnficat Pope Saint Leo II was elected in 682. His date of birth unknown; but his death was on June 28, the following year. He was a Sicilian, and son of one Paul. Though elected pope a few days after the death of St. Agatho (January 10, 681), he was not consecrated till after the lapse of a year and seven months (17 Aug, 682). Under Leo's predecessor St. Agatho, negotiations had been opened between the Holy See and Emperor Constantine Pogonatus concerning the relations of the Byzantine Court to papal elections. Constantine had already promised Agatho to abolish or reduce the tax which for about a century the popes had had to pay to the imperial treasury on the occasion of their consecration, and under Leo's successor he made other changes in what had hitherto been required of the Roman Church at the time of a papal election. In all probability, therefore, it was continued correspondence on this matter which caused the delay of the imperial confirmation of Leo's election, and hence the long postponement of his consecration. The most important act accomplished by Leo in his short pontificate was his confirmation of the acts of the Sixth Oecumenical Council (680-1). This council had been held in Constantinople against the Monothelites, and had been presided over by the legates of Pope Agatho. After Leo had notified the emperor that the decrees of the council had been confirmed by him, he proceeded to make them known to ...More Click below for On the feast of the holy Pope St. Leo II we commemorate a most important Apostolic Constitution issued by another holy Pope, His Holiness Pope St. Pius X. Today is the 108th anniversary of that papal decree being circulated on the Syllabus of Errors condemning the mother heresy of heresies - Modernism. It is interesting to note this was the first of three steps in doing all he could to crush Modernism for he proclamated this decree three months prior to his longer infallible decree Pascendi Domenici Gregis in which he would follow up three years later with the mandatory Oath Against Modernism for all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries. All this he did to preserve the integrity of the holy Faith. You would think his measures were failsafe, but alas, we know the devil is powerful as has been proven over the past fifty plus years during this time of the Great Apostasy which you will truly understand more clearly once you have read Lamentabili Sane Advent represents the period of waiting for the promised Redeemer, and this lesson deals with why and what God promised through His prophets in the Old Covenant. Yes, the Old Testament gives testament to its reason for existing: to prepare man for the coming of the Second Adam, Jesus Christ the God-Man through the Second Eve, the immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary. In a reverse of creation, it would be through the Second Eve that the Second Adam would come into this world. "How could this be?" was the cry of those from Genesis through the Machabbees. All that was to come was clearly foretold by His chosen prophets who were, for the most part, scorned and ridiculed and yet, it was merely a manifestation that God always writes straight with crooked lines in utilizing man to convey the majesty of our Supreme Creator the Triune Divinity. In step Twenty-one we see The Promised Redeemer Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a six and a half-minute sermon given eight years ago by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His excellency's words on this holy Pope who reveals that Leo was a saint of the liturgy who sought to uproot the heresy that Christ did not have a human will. The bishop shows how this equates with Modedrnism in our time where the heresy went underground before raising its ugly head at Vatican II. The one difference is there was a true Pope at the time, St. Leo II to turn to and trust. The tape runs out as he is talking about St. Anthony in a special devotion of the Thirteen Tuesdays to the holy Doctor of the Church. The Bishop shares the importance of Pope St. Leo II The Mass of the Blessed Virgin shows us Mary as Mother of our Savior. She was predestined from all eternity for the role of co-redemptrix (Epistle), for as Eve was the intermediary chosen by the angel of darkness to bring about the fall of Adam, so also Mary the intermediary to whom the angel Gabriel delivered the message of salvation from Heaven. She is also blessed since she heard the word of God and obeyed it (Gospel). See Salve, sancta parens Click below for On this "Independence" Day let us realize we are not independent, but totally dependent upon Jesus Christ our Sovereign King, and if we are duped into buying into the CONciLIAR religion of man, we will never be independent. We must work to restore all things in Christ. Below is a prayer sent in by Joe Omlor. It is a... Prayer for the Conversion of the USA Dear God, bring the Faith to our beloved country. It was once a virgin land wherein the only praise was that of the murmur of the Mass on the shores, the hills and the prairies. Zealous priests and explorers claimed it for Thee, giving Thy Holy Name to its rivers, lakes and cities. From east to west they traveled, from mission to mission, from Mass to Mass until the land was encircled by prayer and gave of its bounty to Thy glory. And now it is dedicated to Thy Immaculate Mother. May she find America again, as she once found the lost Child Jesus in the Temple. May she touch the hearts of our people, disposing them to receive the ancient faith, and thus showing them the things that are to their peace. We ask this of Thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. From the root of Jesse to the Annunciation souls waited for the Messias and, good to His Promise, God delivered. The Incarnation remains such a wonderful mystery in the divine insemination by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Immaculate Ark of the Covenant, who is the Blessed Virgin Mary by way of her divine Spouse thanks to the heavenly Father she would bear His only-begotten Son. Her humble fiat, recorded for all posterity in St. Luke 1: 26-31 and confirmed by her cousin St. Elizabeth in the same chapter, verses 41-56 is only magnified the more by Mary's magnificent Magnificat. The Holy Trinity knew exactly what They were doing in choosing Mary from all time to be the holy living tabernacle for the Son of God. No other receptacle would do to usher in the Savior through the Gate of Heaven, Mary Immaculate as we see in step Twenty-Two The Prophecy Fulfilled We urge you to click the Rosary banner above for the Second Saturday in the Fifteen Saturdays Rosary Crusade organized by Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P. to do our part for the salvation of souls by bringing souls to the true Catholic Faith and Sacraments, for the welfare of our country, and for our own special intentions as we all strive for holiness in our role as members of the Church Militant. On this first Saturday of July we focus on charity towards our neighbor in featuring the Second Joyful Mystery for the Second Saturday click above to go to past issues/editions over the past year As much as we hate to beg, we have no choice. 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The ultimate goal for every soul is eternal happiness. Too many think true happiness can be attained on this earth and in so thinking, fall short of ever seeing the Beatific Vision. What many consider superstitious is very much a reality. Heaven is the final destination and anything short of that ends in eternal damnation. Considering the alternative, why would anyone not do all on this earth in order to gain eternal life? It's a question for the ages that many have brushed aside as a fait accompli. Everyone is going to Heaven, well almost everyone. Wrong on both counts. Only those in the state of Sanctifying Grace will be admitted through the celestial portals, many, as we learned in the last step, will spend time in the purification fires of Purgatory. It is impossible to perfectly describe Heaven for as the scriptures affirm, the "eye has not seen, or ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love Him." It is left to us to do all in our power to see and hear what the Almighty has in store and all He has asked us to do is love and obey Him. Is that so much to ask? We can see the end result of our good fruits in Step Nineteen, The Church Triumphant
Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a nine-minute sermon given eight years ago for the feast of the Visitation by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His Excellency points out that the Visitation is the triumph of the Most Precious Blood which is flowing through the womb of Christ's holy mother Mary. St. John the Baptist, whose Octave Day was just yesterday, recognized Its salvific flow as he leapt in Elizabeth's womb. The Bishop emphasizes why and when this feast was established as well as treating the holy martyrs commemorated this day Sts. Processus & Martinian who received the Baptism of Blood. The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth is a coming together of love and total peace as His Excellency explains the words in the Gospel of St. Luke for this feast of The Visitation John Gregory provides an insightful inspiration on the Visitation where Our Lady dismissed all concerns for herself to minister to others, most notably her cousin St. Elizabeth who was further along in her pregnancy than Mary. Elizabeth recognized in Mary God's design for her younger cousin as did the babe in her womb - Saint John the Baptist who, though not conceived free of Original Sin was sanctified at the presence of the Babe in Mary's womb - the fetus of the God-Man. In this time when man's uncharity towards his fellow man is legend, we need to refocus on the intention for the Second Joyful Mystery - charity towards our neighbor out of our love for God. This charity is not reserved only for a select few, but all we meet. This charity is not about doing only humane things for others, but going well beyond that in doing all we can to do all in our power to see that our neighbor will save his eternal soul. This means charitably rebuking, correcting and admonishing if our neighbor has veered from the path God intended, and that means knowing our Faith so others will know it and convert. That's the greatest charity we can do for others because we do not want to see them condemned. That's what can happen as Jesus so clearly told us in St. Matthew 28: 20 and St. Mark 16: 16. John shares the meditation of The Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation For this Double of the Second Class Feast of the Visitation, Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey provides an inspirational piece for that says it all about the charity our Blessed Mother extends to all in his piece. Magnficat
On the feast of the holy Pope St. Leo II we commemorate a most important Apostolic Constitution issued by another holy Pope, His Holiness Pope St. Pius X. Today is the 108th anniversary of that papal decree being circulated on the Syllabus of Errors condemning the mother heresy of heresies - Modernism. It is interesting to note this was the first of three steps in doing all he could to crush Modernism for he proclamated this decree three months prior to his longer infallible decree Pascendi Domenici Gregis in which he would follow up three years later with the mandatory Oath Against Modernism for all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries. All this he did to preserve the integrity of the holy Faith. You would think his measures were failsafe, but alas, we know the devil is powerful as has been proven over the past fifty plus years during this time of the Great Apostasy which you will truly understand more clearly once you have read Lamentabili Sane Advent represents the period of waiting for the promised Redeemer, and this lesson deals with why and what God promised through His prophets in the Old Covenant. Yes, the Old Testament gives testament to its reason for existing: to prepare man for the coming of the Second Adam, Jesus Christ the God-Man through the Second Eve, the immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary. In a reverse of creation, it would be through the Second Eve that the Second Adam would come into this world. "How could this be?" was the cry of those from Genesis through the Machabbees. All that was to come was clearly foretold by His chosen prophets who were, for the most part, scorned and ridiculed and yet, it was merely a manifestation that God always writes straight with crooked lines in utilizing man to convey the majesty of our Supreme Creator the Triune Divinity. In step Twenty-one we see The Promised Redeemer Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a six and a half-minute sermon given eight years ago by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His excellency's words on this holy Pope who reveals that Leo was a saint of the liturgy who sought to uproot the heresy that Christ did not have a human will. The bishop shows how this equates with Modedrnism in our time where the heresy went underground before raising its ugly head at Vatican II. The one difference is there was a true Pope at the time, St. Leo II to turn to and trust. The tape runs out as he is talking about St. Anthony in a special devotion of the Thirteen Tuesdays to the holy Doctor of the Church. The Bishop shares the importance of Pope St. Leo II
Advent represents the period of waiting for the promised Redeemer, and this lesson deals with why and what God promised through His prophets in the Old Covenant. Yes, the Old Testament gives testament to its reason for existing: to prepare man for the coming of the Second Adam, Jesus Christ the God-Man through the Second Eve, the immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary. In a reverse of creation, it would be through the Second Eve that the Second Adam would come into this world. "How could this be?" was the cry of those from Genesis through the Machabbees. All that was to come was clearly foretold by His chosen prophets who were, for the most part, scorned and ridiculed and yet, it was merely a manifestation that God always writes straight with crooked lines in utilizing man to convey the majesty of our Supreme Creator the Triune Divinity. In step Twenty-one we see The Promised Redeemer Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a six and a half-minute sermon given eight years ago by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His excellency's words on this holy Pope who reveals that Leo was a saint of the liturgy who sought to uproot the heresy that Christ did not have a human will. The bishop shows how this equates with Modedrnism in our time where the heresy went underground before raising its ugly head at Vatican II. The one difference is there was a true Pope at the time, St. Leo II to turn to and trust. The tape runs out as he is talking about St. Anthony in a special devotion of the Thirteen Tuesdays to the holy Doctor of the Church. The Bishop shares the importance of Pope St. Leo II
Thanks to Traditional Catholic Sermons we are able to bring you a six and a half-minute sermon given eight years ago by Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. His excellency's words on this holy Pope who reveals that Leo was a saint of the liturgy who sought to uproot the heresy that Christ did not have a human will. The bishop shows how this equates with Modedrnism in our time where the heresy went underground before raising its ugly head at Vatican II. The one difference is there was a true Pope at the time, St. Leo II to turn to and trust. The tape runs out as he is talking about St. Anthony in a special devotion of the Thirteen Tuesdays to the holy Doctor of the Church. The Bishop shares the importance of Pope St. Leo II
On this "Independence" Day let us realize we are not independent, but totally dependent upon Jesus Christ our Sovereign King, and if we are duped into buying into the CONciLIAR religion of man, we will never be independent. We must work to restore all things in Christ. Below is a prayer sent in by Joe Omlor. It is a... Prayer for the Conversion of the USA Dear God, bring the Faith to our beloved country. It was once a virgin land wherein the only praise was that of the murmur of the Mass on the shores, the hills and the prairies. Zealous priests and explorers claimed it for Thee, giving Thy Holy Name to its rivers, lakes and cities. From east to west they traveled, from mission to mission, from Mass to Mass until the land was encircled by prayer and gave of its bounty to Thy glory. And now it is dedicated to Thy Immaculate Mother. May she find America again, as she once found the lost Child Jesus in the Temple. May she touch the hearts of our people, disposing them to receive the ancient faith, and thus showing them the things that are to their peace. We ask this of Thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. From the root of Jesse to the Annunciation souls waited for the Messias and, good to His Promise, God delivered. The Incarnation remains such a wonderful mystery in the divine insemination by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Immaculate Ark of the Covenant, who is the Blessed Virgin Mary by way of her divine Spouse thanks to the heavenly Father she would bear His only-begotten Son. Her humble fiat, recorded for all posterity in St. Luke 1: 26-31 and confirmed by her cousin St. Elizabeth in the same chapter, verses 41-56 is only magnified the more by Mary's magnificent Magnificat. The Holy Trinity knew exactly what They were doing in choosing Mary from all time to be the holy living tabernacle for the Son of God. No other receptacle would do to usher in the Savior through the Gate of Heaven, Mary Immaculate as we see in step Twenty-Two The Prophecy Fulfilled We urge you to click the Rosary banner above for the Second Saturday in the Fifteen Saturdays Rosary Crusade organized by Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P. to do our part for the salvation of souls by bringing souls to the true Catholic Faith and Sacraments, for the welfare of our country, and for our own special intentions as we all strive for holiness in our role as members of the Church Militant. On this first Saturday of July we focus on charity towards our neighbor in featuring the Second Joyful Mystery for the Second Saturday
From the root of Jesse to the Annunciation souls waited for the Messias and, good to His Promise, God delivered. The Incarnation remains such a wonderful mystery in the divine insemination by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Immaculate Ark of the Covenant, who is the Blessed Virgin Mary by way of her divine Spouse thanks to the heavenly Father she would bear His only-begotten Son. Her humble fiat, recorded for all posterity in St. Luke 1: 26-31 and confirmed by her cousin St. Elizabeth in the same chapter, verses 41-56 is only magnified the more by Mary's magnificent Magnificat. The Holy Trinity knew exactly what They were doing in choosing Mary from all time to be the holy living tabernacle for the Son of God. No other receptacle would do to usher in the Savior through the Gate of Heaven, Mary Immaculate as we see in step Twenty-Two The Prophecy Fulfilled We urge you to click the Rosary banner above for the Second Saturday in the Fifteen Saturdays Rosary Crusade organized by Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P. to do our part for the salvation of souls by bringing souls to the true Catholic Faith and Sacraments, for the welfare of our country, and for our own special intentions as we all strive for holiness in our role as members of the Church Militant. On this first Saturday of July we focus on charity towards our neighbor in featuring the Second Joyful Mystery for the Second Saturday
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To fortify why the CONciLIAR church is the false church, see key Papal Decrees that preceded it in pre-Vatican Two times by true Popes who solidly condemned the V2 false 'popes' who have spit in Heaven's Face. God will not be mocked. See for yourself what the infallible, perennial Magisterium of the Church has decreed:
Papal Coronation Oath Pope Agatho Unam Sanctam Pope Boniface VIII Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio Pope Paul IV Quo Primum Pope St. Pius V De Defectibus Pope St. Pius V Satis Cognitum Pope Leo XIII Apostolicae Curae Pope Leo XIII Lamentabili Sane Pope St. Pius X Pascendi Dominici Gregis Pope St. Pius X Oath Against Modernism Pope St. Pius X Mortalium Animos Pope Pius XI Humani Generis Pope Pius XII Sacramentum Ordinis Pope Pius XII If the above Papal Decrees have not convinced you, then for more evidence that the Chair is VACANT and that Vatican Two and all that has followed is Anathema sit as St. Paul asserts in Galatians 1: 8-9, see these on-line books and sources: Answering Objections of the Sedevacantist Position John 23 - Anathema sit Fr. Louis Villa NikitaRoncalli Franco Bellegrandi The Robber Church Patrick Henry Omlor Is the Pope Catholic? Hutton Gibson Paul VI...Beatified? Fr. Louis Villa The Enemy is Here - Vol. I Hutton Gibson The Enemy is Still Here - Vol. II Hutton Gibson The Enemy is Still Here - Vol. III John Paul 2 - Anathema sit Fr. Luis Villa Heresies of John Paul 2 Documented by previous True Popes & Scriptures Fr. Sylvester Berry in 1921: "Satan will Persecute the Papacy" Novus Ordo Watch Fr. Sylvester Berry warned in 1927: "Satan will set up a False Church Novus Ordo Watch Syllogism of Sedevacantism Michael Cain The Chair is Still Empty Gregorius Sedevacantism: A Quick Primer Fr. Anthony Cekada Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen in 1948: "Satan will set up a Counter-Church which will be the Ape of the Catholic Church" Novus Ordo Watch Why Sedevacantism? Fr. Anthony Cekada and a plethora of other evidence provided by NovusOrdoWatch.org What You Need To Know About Jorge Mario Bergoglio Novus Ordo Watch Conspiracy! Meet Six High-Profile Traditional Catholic Conspiracy Nuts Novus Ordo Watch Continuously Denying The Catholic Faith Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Trying to Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Compare and Contrast Plethora of links by Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Freemasons and the Conciliar church by John Kenneth Weiskittel Papacy and Freemasonry Msgr. Jouin Francis' Heresy regarding the Jews Novus Ordo Watch Francis' Heresy about Faith without Works Novus Ordo Watch The "Bad Popes" Argument fails everytime Novus Ordo Watch Pope Leo XIII Quashes Popular "Recognize-and-Resist" Position Novus Ordo Watch Numerous Popes before V2 warned of the Freemason Plot against the Church Novus Ordo Watch Is the question of the pope: "Just an opinion"? Bishop Donald Sanborn Null and Void: Why "Pope" Francis is Not a Valid Priest and Not a Valid Bishop Novus Ordo Watch The "Canonization" of John Paul II: Decision Time for Traditionalists Novus Ordo Watch by Mario Derksen Secrets of LaSalette Bishop Mark Pivarunas,CMRI on a true vocation Bishop Donald Sanborn on The Pendulating Papacy Fr. Julian Larrabee on Missions of Nigeria Fr. Michael Oswalt on why he left the V2 to become a true priest Bishop Donald Sanborn's 2013 London Conference on the SSPX Fr. Anthony Cekada on invalidity of 1968 Episcopal Consecrations Fr. Julian Larrabee with Mass for Immaculate Conception Bishop Daniel Dolan's Sermon for the Immaculate Conception End of Mass Recession as it should be Benediction of the Most Blessed SAcrament Bishop Williamson on Globalism in 2010 Bishop Williamson's 2009 interview - Part I Bishop Williamson's 2009 interview - Part II Bishop Williamson 2013 talk on division in the Church Mass in the Vatican with Pope Pius XII (Italian) Pastor Angelicus Pius XII (Italian) Life of Pius XII (Italian) Last Years of Pius XII (Italian) The SSPX, "Resistance," and Sedevacantism Bishop Donald Sanborn 'Pope' Francis and Sedevacantism Bishop Mark Pivarunas, CMRI The links above and below provide almost daily updates. The two above can be trusted totally, while we urge a mild caution on the two below because of their refusal to admit Francis is a false pope. For other sites that provide the tenets of the Faith but are not daily, we refer you to Click Here We encourage you to learn more about the Traditional Latin Mass - the true Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in these videos at this link because each time you worthily assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in person, you gain graces that are placed in a "golden chalice", so to speak, and is offered to God to be weighed in substance when you stand before Him at your Particular Judgment. The more you have filled this chalice, the better will it go for your spiritual welfare in eternity, enhanced by your cooperation with grace. Know the Mass To assist all in striving toward holiness, click on the Confessional to your right to review your transgressions through a thorough Examination of Conscience When One Cannot physically assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass we provide additional prayers that can be supplemented with the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and the PROPER OF THE DAY to enable you to better prepare yourself at home. Of course, this never replaces actually being there, but it is much better than attending the Novus Ordo services. Therefore we have gleaned from The Key of Heaven prayers to say at home. It is very comforting to know that the Holy Mass is offered for us even when we are not actually present. But to enjoy the benefits which it procures, we must by a SPIRITUAL COMMUNION become partakers of the altar from which we are temporarily banished. Here we provide prayers in preparation for fulfilling assistance in absentia in addition to the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and PROPER OF THE DAY. PRAYERS IN ABSENTIA Prayer Before the Crucifix Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself upon my knees in Thy sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul I pray and beseech Thee that Thou wouldst fix deep within my heart lively sentiments of Faith, Hope and Charity, with true repentance for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment, whilst with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within myself and mentally contemplate Thy five most precious Wounds; having before my eyes the words which David in prophesy spoke concerning Thee, O Good Jesus: "They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones." Plenary Indulgence, Condition: ConfessionCommunion One Our Father One Hail MaryOne Glory be... Pope Pius IX, July 31, 1858
Answering Objections of the Sedevacantist Position John 23 - Anathema sit Fr. Louis Villa NikitaRoncalli Franco Bellegrandi The Robber Church Patrick Henry Omlor Is the Pope Catholic? Hutton Gibson Paul VI...Beatified? Fr. Louis Villa The Enemy is Here - Vol. I Hutton Gibson The Enemy is Still Here - Vol. II Hutton Gibson The Enemy is Still Here - Vol. III John Paul 2 - Anathema sit Fr. Luis Villa Heresies of John Paul 2 Documented by previous True Popes & Scriptures Fr. Sylvester Berry in 1921: "Satan will Persecute the Papacy" Novus Ordo Watch Fr. Sylvester Berry warned in 1927: "Satan will set up a False Church Novus Ordo Watch Syllogism of Sedevacantism Michael Cain The Chair is Still Empty Gregorius Sedevacantism: A Quick Primer Fr. Anthony Cekada Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen in 1948: "Satan will set up a Counter-Church which will be the Ape of the Catholic Church" Novus Ordo Watch Why Sedevacantism? Fr. Anthony Cekada and a plethora of other evidence provided by NovusOrdoWatch.org What You Need To Know About Jorge Mario Bergoglio Novus Ordo Watch Conspiracy! Meet Six High-Profile Traditional Catholic Conspiracy Nuts Novus Ordo Watch Continuously Denying The Catholic Faith Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Trying to Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Compare and Contrast Plethora of links by Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey Freemasons and the Conciliar church by John Kenneth Weiskittel Papacy and Freemasonry Msgr. Jouin Francis' Heresy regarding the Jews Novus Ordo Watch Francis' Heresy about Faith without Works Novus Ordo Watch The "Bad Popes" Argument fails everytime Novus Ordo Watch Pope Leo XIII Quashes Popular "Recognize-and-Resist" Position Novus Ordo Watch Numerous Popes before V2 warned of the Freemason Plot against the Church Novus Ordo Watch Is the question of the pope: "Just an opinion"? Bishop Donald Sanborn Null and Void: Why "Pope" Francis is Not a Valid Priest and Not a Valid Bishop Novus Ordo Watch The "Canonization" of John Paul II: Decision Time for Traditionalists Novus Ordo Watch
The links above and below provide almost daily updates. The two above can be trusted totally, while we urge a mild caution on the two below because of their refusal to admit Francis is a false pope.
For other sites that provide the tenets of the Faith but are not daily, we refer you to
We encourage you to learn more about the Traditional Latin Mass - the true Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in these videos at this link because each time you worthily assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in person, you gain graces that are placed in a "golden chalice", so to speak, and is offered to God to be weighed in substance when you stand before Him at your Particular Judgment. The more you have filled this chalice, the better will it go for your spiritual welfare in eternity, enhanced by your cooperation with grace. Know the Mass To assist all in striving toward holiness, click on the Confessional to your right to review your transgressions through a thorough Examination of Conscience
To assist all in striving toward holiness, click on the Confessional to your right to review your transgressions through a thorough Examination of Conscience
When One Cannot physically assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass we provide additional prayers that can be supplemented with the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and the PROPER OF THE DAY to enable you to better prepare yourself at home. Of course, this never replaces actually being there, but it is much better than attending the Novus Ordo services. Therefore we have gleaned from The Key of Heaven prayers to say at home. It is very comforting to know that the Holy Mass is offered for us even when we are not actually present. But to enjoy the benefits which it procures, we must by a SPIRITUAL COMMUNION become partakers of the altar from which we are temporarily banished. Here we provide prayers in preparation for fulfilling assistance in absentia in addition to the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and PROPER OF THE DAY. PRAYERS IN ABSENTIA
Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself upon my knees in Thy sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul I pray and beseech Thee that Thou wouldst fix deep within my heart lively sentiments of Faith, Hope and Charity, with true repentance for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment, whilst with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within myself and mentally contemplate Thy five most precious Wounds; having before my eyes the words which David in prophesy spoke concerning Thee, O Good Jesus: "They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones."
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in tabernacles throughout the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in unison with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners. O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament! O my Jesus, it is for love of Thee, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for the conversion of poor sinners.
O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament!
O my Jesus, it is for love of Thee, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for the conversion of poor sinners.
The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
And the Word was made flesh. And dwelt among us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Ecce ancilla Domini. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Et Verbum caro factum est. Et habitavit in nobis.
Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.