Gregory Dippipo at New Liturgical Movement nails this latest move in the war against traditional Catholicism by Pope Peron:
Far be it from me to suggest that it is also as if he were trying to convince himself of something which he knows in his heart of hearts not to be true.
It is easy to be discouraged in circumstances such as these. Do not be discouraged. Before many of you were even born, “aggiornamento”, the “updating” of the Church, had degenerated into a desperate, exhausted attachment to the childish novelties of the 1970s, and “collegiality” into heavy-handed papal crushing of an ecumenical council. The appointment of the bishops as “guardians of the tradition” has met the same pathetic fate in less than six months. The post-Conciliar revolution is dying and afraid, and so it has struck out and done harm. It will continue to strike out and do harm, but every time it does so, it confesses its own failure, weakness, and fear. When it is gone, by the grace of God, you will still be here, and so will the most authentic expression of the Roman Church’s lex orandi.
This pontificate cannot persuade and doesn’t inspire. All Pope Francis has left is the exercise of raw power— and I fervently hope he finds he has less of that than he thinks.
My own parish holds six Sunday Masses: three NOs in English, one in Spanish, and two TLMs.
Some of us Latin Mass-goers help out at the NO Masses by serving, lectoring, or being ushers (especially in summer, when it’s harder to staff those early morning Masses). And we certainly pitch in with the K of C, the maintenance, various parish charities and the school.
But somehow this ham-handed Pope sees this mutually supportive community as something to be stamped out. It’s astonishing in its stupid cruelty. And if a majority of the TLM-goers in my parish decide they must look elsewhere for their Mass, I don’t know if my parish could stay afloat.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnabout_Intruder :
“Turnabout Intruder” is the twenty-fourth and final episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. …
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In the episode, a woman switches bodies with Captain Kirk and then tries to take over command of the Enterprise. …
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Spock tries to free “Lester” but is stopped by a security team led by the impostor Kirk, who accuses Spock of mutiny and orders a court-martial. Once on trial, Spock argues that Captain Kirk is really in the body of Dr. Lester. “Kirk” suggests that Spock’s real goal is to take command himself and offers to drop charges if Spock will desist. Spock refuses, and “Kirk” flies into a hysterical rage.
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Shocked by Kirk’s behavior, McCoy and Chief Engineer Scott confer secretly in the corridor. Scott believes that if Spock is acquitted, the “captain” won’t let the decision stand, making it necessary to mutiny. “Kirk”, having monitored their conversation, declares McCoy, Scott, Spock, and “Lester” guilty of mutiny and condemned to death. …
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On the bridge, Chekov and Sulu, having witnessed the trial, determine to resist the “captain”, and refuse to obey his orders. Loudly accusing them of mutiny, “Kirk” falls into his chair, and an image of Lester emerges from his body …
We can see the fruits of the Novus Ordo with the departure of countless millions of souls from the Church. Now we have an ‘ape of the church’, a false church. This is to further destroy the Church and to give the demonic an even freer reign. This false church is in bed with the ‘new world order’ and is leading no one to heaven.
Also the timing of this document is for the greatest hurt to the faithful. It goes along with the many ‘slaps’ against Our Lady on her feast days.
Being Sunday and all..I thought a bright spot could be highlighted in this cloudy papacy that Frank has made for himself and the Church.
Get ready…
At least we haven’t reached this stage of pastoral love;
https://www.westernjournal.com/lutheran-church-drag-queen-take-pulpit-sunday-service-read-book-kids/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=patriotupdate&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance&ats_es=f4976a10563bcac8011f998b7d3588de
See.
It could be worse.
Rejoice everybody.
Christ is coming.
Darkness is vanishing.
Clouds?
We will always have obstructions that dim the Light but they don’t last.
Thank God.
Just saying . . .
A survey, conducted by YouGov, placed Trump at number 13 for the world’s most admired man. The Pope was below him at number 16 and Clueless Joe further down in 20th place.
Bizarrely, among the top ten are Xi, Putin, Obama, two soccer stars and some globalist billionaires – Gates and Jack Ma.