Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Meatless Fridays Restored In England And Wales
The English and Welsh bishops are bringing back meatless Fridays.
OK USCCB, time to follow suit. The idea of "substituting another penance," has been a farce. No one does it.
Time to go back to meatless Fridays for the sake of He Who died on the Cross on a Friday for youf sake and for mine. It is a very simple and easy way to restore Catholic identity.
OK USCCB, time to follow suit. The idea of "substituting another penance," has been a farce. No one does it.
Time to go back to meatless Fridays for the sake of He Who died on the Cross on a Friday for youf sake and for mine. It is a very simple and easy way to restore Catholic identity.
Labels: Restorationists
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sometimes It Seems As If Nothing Goes On For Weeks, Or Months At A Time...
Then suddenly there is a day like yesterday, in which many developments significant to all Catholics take place.
The headline grabber was that the Holy Father accepted the cure of a French nun of Parkinson's Disease as a miracle attributed to the intercession of Ven. Pope John Paul II, which means that a beatification for the late Holy Father will be held on Divine Mercy Sunday, which is May 1st, in Rome.
Santo Subito indeed.
I take Dymphna's point about the rapidity of this beatification. I guess if you are John Henry Newman you have to wait 100+ years to be beatified.
Part of that is that there are tons and tons of people who pray for the intercession of John Paul II, while very few even know who John Henry Newman is. Therefore, John Paul had the advantage of many more possible opportunities.
Of course the blessed in Heaven don't care really about when or if the Church officially declares them a Servant of God, a Venerable, a Blessed, or a Saint. They see God. They don't need a title. I hope there are billions in Heaven, in the presence of God, who we don't even know about, for whom there has never been any official cause commenced.
John Paul II will be a saint, perhaps even before another man ascends the Throne of Saint Peter. Maybe Mother Theresa of Calcutta, too.
They will both be officially recognized as saints before other worthies like Emperor Charles of Austria, Sister Lucia of Fatima, Father Solanus Casey, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Fra Angelico, Pope Pius XII, Sister Anna Catherine Emmerich, Father Frederick W. Faber, Monsignor Ronald Knox, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, the Martins, or Pier Giorgio Frassatti.
Perhaps the more significant story was the creation of the first Ordinariate for Anglican converts in England. Three former Anglican bishops were ordained Catholic priests, and named the first priests of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, and the ordinariate was placed under the patronage of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman.
The structure in now in place. Soon, it is is my ardent wish, there will be more people swimming the Tiber than strolling the streets of London on a pleasant Spring day.
Worry about the church buildings plundered from Rome 500 years ago later. Way later. Bring in the souls now. If you are waiting for the Church of England to start handing back to us churches that were ours in 1510, like many of the great cathedrals or Saint Patrick of Patrington, don't hold your breath.
Five months ago, if I had to list the major accomplishments of Pope Benedict to date, I would have said Summorum Pontificum, and the Compendium of the Catechism. And I would throw in "Reform of the Reform" and rearranging how Vatican II is thought of, in the context of a Hermaneutic of Continuity. It is hardly even known to most Catholics, but the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart, the Feeneyites, have been ushered back into full communion.
Now there is much more to say about accomplishments.
Future? Ordinariates in every English-speaking country. The conclusion of the dialogue with the Society of Saint Pius X. Some sort of movement with the Orthodox. A similar treatment for genuinely Christian Lutherans who are finding themselves isolated in a more left-leaning church like the Anglicans now have. And I think the Reform of the Reform is going to need a more formal structure and statement than just the example of papal Masses. In the meantime, I expect Summorum Pontificum to continue to do good work in the field of Catholic worship. I expect to see significant growth in the number of priests and bishops who say the traditional Mass, and encourage it.
I think Pope Benedict will leave a much more tradition-oriented Church behind him, and I think that is a very good thing. God, please grant him a good ten more years to work in very good health.
The headline grabber was that the Holy Father accepted the cure of a French nun of Parkinson's Disease as a miracle attributed to the intercession of Ven. Pope John Paul II, which means that a beatification for the late Holy Father will be held on Divine Mercy Sunday, which is May 1st, in Rome.
Santo Subito indeed.
I take Dymphna's point about the rapidity of this beatification. I guess if you are John Henry Newman you have to wait 100+ years to be beatified.
Part of that is that there are tons and tons of people who pray for the intercession of John Paul II, while very few even know who John Henry Newman is. Therefore, John Paul had the advantage of many more possible opportunities.
Of course the blessed in Heaven don't care really about when or if the Church officially declares them a Servant of God, a Venerable, a Blessed, or a Saint. They see God. They don't need a title. I hope there are billions in Heaven, in the presence of God, who we don't even know about, for whom there has never been any official cause commenced.
John Paul II will be a saint, perhaps even before another man ascends the Throne of Saint Peter. Maybe Mother Theresa of Calcutta, too.
They will both be officially recognized as saints before other worthies like Emperor Charles of Austria, Sister Lucia of Fatima, Father Solanus Casey, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Fra Angelico, Pope Pius XII, Sister Anna Catherine Emmerich, Father Frederick W. Faber, Monsignor Ronald Knox, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, the Martins, or Pier Giorgio Frassatti.
Perhaps the more significant story was the creation of the first Ordinariate for Anglican converts in England. Three former Anglican bishops were ordained Catholic priests, and named the first priests of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, and the ordinariate was placed under the patronage of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman.
The structure in now in place. Soon, it is is my ardent wish, there will be more people swimming the Tiber than strolling the streets of London on a pleasant Spring day.
Worry about the church buildings plundered from Rome 500 years ago later. Way later. Bring in the souls now. If you are waiting for the Church of England to start handing back to us churches that were ours in 1510, like many of the great cathedrals or Saint Patrick of Patrington, don't hold your breath.
Five months ago, if I had to list the major accomplishments of Pope Benedict to date, I would have said Summorum Pontificum, and the Compendium of the Catechism. And I would throw in "Reform of the Reform" and rearranging how Vatican II is thought of, in the context of a Hermaneutic of Continuity. It is hardly even known to most Catholics, but the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart, the Feeneyites, have been ushered back into full communion.
Now there is much more to say about accomplishments.
Future? Ordinariates in every English-speaking country. The conclusion of the dialogue with the Society of Saint Pius X. Some sort of movement with the Orthodox. A similar treatment for genuinely Christian Lutherans who are finding themselves isolated in a more left-leaning church like the Anglicans now have. And I think the Reform of the Reform is going to need a more formal structure and statement than just the example of papal Masses. In the meantime, I expect Summorum Pontificum to continue to do good work in the field of Catholic worship. I expect to see significant growth in the number of priests and bishops who say the traditional Mass, and encourage it.
I think Pope Benedict will leave a much more tradition-oriented Church behind him, and I think that is a very good thing. God, please grant him a good ten more years to work in very good health.
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Raymond, Cardinal Burke, If You Please
I'm overjoyed at the elevation of Archbishop Raymond Burke to the status of Prince of the Church. And moving up Archbishop Ranjith and the newly-appointed Archbishop Koch (an improvement over Kaspar) are great moves, too.
I just wish and pray that the Holy Father were more consistent with his appointees. Wuerl?
Come on, dear Holy Father, this is the time to pack the next conclave with Cardinals who share your views on liturgy, tradition, doctrine, and the structure and discipline of the Church. That way, your policies, programs and world view will be locked in and perpetuated, not just by your immediate successor, but by all of your successors in the Papacy. We are not just talking about your legacy, but about the survival of the Church.
I just wish and pray that the Holy Father were more consistent with his appointees. Wuerl?
Come on, dear Holy Father, this is the time to pack the next conclave with Cardinals who share your views on liturgy, tradition, doctrine, and the structure and discipline of the Church. That way, your policies, programs and world view will be locked in and perpetuated, not just by your immediate successor, but by all of your successors in the Papacy. We are not just talking about your legacy, but about the survival of the Church.
Labels: Restorationists
Monday, October 18, 2010
Slaves Of the Immaculate Heart Regularized
NEWS RELEASE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: C. J. DOYLE
(781) 251-9739
CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE HAILS CHURCH
RECOGNITION OF SAINT BENEDICT CENTER
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today hailed the appointment of Father David Phillipson of the Diocese of Manchester as Chaplain of the Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire. The decision to appoint a diocesan priest with faculties as chaplain, made with the approval of Rome, means that the last major community of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary---the religious order founded by the late Father Leonard Feeney in 1949---has now received official recognition by the Church.
The Catholic Action League called the appointment "a joyous event for traditional Catholics throughout New England, the United States, and the entire Catholic world."
Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle stated:"Traditional Catholics, particularly those in Boston, have been waiting sixty-one years for this news. The motu proprio liberating the immemorial Latin liturgy, the lifting of the excommunications imposed upon the four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X, and now the recognition of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary---who continue to hold and teach the traditional understanding of the doctrine extra ecclesiam nulla salus---all represent milestones in the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. In the first five years of his papacy, Benedict has labored to restore orthodoxy, embrace continuity and bring traditional Catholics in from the cold."
"The Holy Father, and all those responsible for this just, long awaited and felicitous decision, deserve the gratitude of faithful Catholics everywhere."
Though I have never been to the Saint Bendict Center in New Hampshire, I have been to the one in Still River frequently (not as often as I'd like). The Still River center was regularized even before Summorum Pontificum, as it provided the
Ecclesia Dei indult Mass for the Worcester Diocese. You see the nuns of the community passing out back issues of From The Housetops, my favorite Catholic periodical, here in Boston from time to time.
I have been praying that the Feeneyites be brought into full communion most regularly lately, and am overjoyed at this development.
Anglicans are beginning to respond to the Apostolic Constitution. Now, let's get the SSPX back into the fold with its priests and bishops regularized, and let's get official approval for Papa Stronsay.
Next up, all the Eastern Orthodox. Reinforcements on the Right!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: C. J. DOYLE
(781) 251-9739
CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE HAILS CHURCH
RECOGNITION OF SAINT BENEDICT CENTER
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today hailed the appointment of Father David Phillipson of the Diocese of Manchester as Chaplain of the Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire. The decision to appoint a diocesan priest with faculties as chaplain, made with the approval of Rome, means that the last major community of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary---the religious order founded by the late Father Leonard Feeney in 1949---has now received official recognition by the Church.
The Catholic Action League called the appointment "a joyous event for traditional Catholics throughout New England, the United States, and the entire Catholic world."
Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle stated:"Traditional Catholics, particularly those in Boston, have been waiting sixty-one years for this news. The motu proprio liberating the immemorial Latin liturgy, the lifting of the excommunications imposed upon the four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X, and now the recognition of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary---who continue to hold and teach the traditional understanding of the doctrine extra ecclesiam nulla salus---all represent milestones in the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. In the first five years of his papacy, Benedict has labored to restore orthodoxy, embrace continuity and bring traditional Catholics in from the cold."
"The Holy Father, and all those responsible for this just, long awaited and felicitous decision, deserve the gratitude of faithful Catholics everywhere."
Though I have never been to the Saint Bendict Center in New Hampshire, I have been to the one in Still River frequently (not as often as I'd like). The Still River center was regularized even before Summorum Pontificum, as it provided the
Ecclesia Dei indult Mass for the Worcester Diocese. You see the nuns of the community passing out back issues of From The Housetops, my favorite Catholic periodical, here in Boston from time to time.
I have been praying that the Feeneyites be brought into full communion most regularly lately, and am overjoyed at this development.
Anglicans are beginning to respond to the Apostolic Constitution. Now, let's get the SSPX back into the fold with its priests and bishops regularized, and let's get official approval for Papa Stronsay.
Next up, all the Eastern Orthodox. Reinforcements on the Right!
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Lovely Video
Thursday, July 08, 2010
The Traditional Mass In New England
The following information on the availability of the traditional Mass in the New England states is from WikiMissa:
MASSACHUSETTS
Archdiocese of Boston, diocese of Springfield, diocese of Worcester, diocese of Fall River
Archdiocese of Boston
01801 - WOBURN - St Catherine of Siena Chapel 237 Lexington Street, Room 7 (lower level) - BOSTON
Sun 6:00 pm
Pho (508) 643-3199
SSPX (Fr Kevin Robinson)
01844 - METHUEN - St. Monica Parish 214 Lawrence Street
Wed 7pm
Masses subject to last-minute cancellation. Call to confirm.
Other Sacraments according to the 1962 Rituale available upon request.
Pho (978) 683-1193
http://www.stmonicamethuen.org
Diocese (Fr Patrick Armano)
01901 - LYNN - St. Joseph Parish - Convent chapel 43 Green Street
Masses suspended July 2010 due to clergy moving away.
Pho (781) 599-7040
http://www.latinmassnorth.org - http://uvboston.org
01960 - PEABODY - St Adelaide Parish 708 Lowell St
Every Sunday 1 pm
1st Sat 9 am
Confessions usually available about 20 minutes before Masses
Pho (978) 535-1985
http://www.latinmassnorth.org
Diocese (Fr David Carr Lewis, Fr Raymond Van de Moortell, Fr Massimiliano Camporese)
02019 - BELLINGHAM - St Brendan Parish 382 Hartford Ave
2nd Sun 12:30 pm
Pho (508) 966-0260
Diocese (Fr David Mullen)
02118 - BOSTON - Holy Cross Cathedral (Tridentine Chapel - Lower Level) 75 Union Park St
Sun 11 am
1st Fri 7:30 pm
Feast Days 7:30pm, including Holy Thursday, Good Friday
Pho (617) 542-5682
http://uvboston.org
http://www.seekandfind.com/directory/holy-cross-cathedral_2664.html
Diocese (Fr Kevin O'Leary)
02128 - EAST BOSTON - Sacred Heart Parish 43 Brooks Street
Mon 7 pm - call
Pho (617) 567-5776
Diocese (Fr Wayne Belschner)
02301 - BROCKTON - Chapel of Our Savior 475 Westgate Drive
Fri : 2nd 7:00 PM
Pho (508) 583-8357
Diocese
02346 - MIDDLEBOROUGH - Sacred Heart Church 340 Centre Street
Sun 12:30 pm
http://middleborough-tlm.blogspot.com/
Pho (508) 947-0444
Diocese (Fr Jason Worthley)
02464 - NEWTON UPPER FALLS - Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church 270 Elliot Street
Sun 12 pm
Mon, Sat 9 am - Tue, Thur 5:30 pm - Wed, Fri 12:30 pm
Pho (617) 244-0558
http://www.maryimmaculatenewton.org
Diocese (Fr Charles Higgins)
Diocese of Springfield
01376 - TURNERS FALLS - Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish 84 K Street
Tue call
Pho (413) 863-4748
Diocese (Fr John Lessard Thidodeau)
Diocese of Fall River
02659 - SOUTH CHATHAM - Our Lady of Grace Church Rt.137
Sun 1 pm
Pho (508) 945-0677
Diocese (Fr Neilson)
02743 - ACUSHNET - St. Francis Xavier Parish 125 Main St
Thu 5:30 pm
Pho 508-995-7600
http://www.sfxacushnet.org
Diocesan
02746 - NEW BEDFORD - St Anthony of Padua Church 1359 Acushnet Ave
1st Sat 8 am
Pho (508) 993-1691
http://www.saintanthonynewbedford.com
Diocese
02601 - HYANNIS - Francis Xavier Church 347 South St
Sun 1 pm
Pho (508) 775-0818
Diocese (Fr. Andrew Johnson)
Diocese of Worcester
01083 - WARREN - St. Paul Parish 1082 Main St
Sun 10:30 am
Pho (413) 436-7327
Diocese
01467 - STILL RIVER - Convent Chapel of St Anne's Chapel 254 Still River Rd
Sun 9:30 am, 11 am
Mon-Fri 7 am; Sat 8am
Pho (978) 456-8017
http://sistersofstbenedictcenter.org/
Diocese
01467 - STILL RIVER - Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 282 Still River Rd
Sun 7:30 am (Low), 9:00 am (Sung)
Mon-Sat 8:30 am
Pho (978) 456-8296
http://www.saintbenedict.com
Diocese
01420 - FITCHBURG - St. Joseph's Church 49 Woodland Street
Sun 12:30 pm (Confessions at 12pm)
Pho (978) 345-7997
http://www.latinmassfitchburg.blogspot.com
Diocese
RHODE ISLAND
¤ Diocese of Providence
Diocese of Providence
02878 - Tiverton - Holy Ghost Church 316 Judson Street
1st Sunday of each month - 12:00 Noon
Monday's during Advent & Lent - 5:00 PM
Phone (401) 624-8131
http://www.HolyGhostCC.org
Diocese (Fr. Jay A. Finelli)
02889 - WARWICK - St. Timothy Parish 1799 Warwick Ave
Sun 12:45 pm (High Mass)
Wed 12:00 pm
Fri 12:00 pm
Pho (401) 739-9552
Diocese (Fr Barry M. Meehan, PhD? and Fr Michael J. McMahon?)
02905 - CRANSTON - St. Paul Church 30 Warwick Avenue
Tue 8 am
Pho (401) 461-5734
Diocese (Fr Albert P. Marcello, III)
02895 - WOONSOCKET - St Joseph Church 1200 Mendon Road
Fri 9 am in Lent, excl. Good Friday
(Feb 27, Mar 6, 14, 21, 28, Apr 3)
Pho (401) 766-0626
Diocese (Fr Michael Woolley)
02906 - PROVIDENCE - Holy Name of Jesus Church 99 Camp Street
Sun 7:30 a.m. (Lady Chapel), 11 am
Sat 8 am
Pho (401) 272-4515
http://members.cox.net/holynamechurch
Diocese (Fr Joseph Dos Santos)
02914 - EAST PROVIDENCE - St Martha Church 2596 Pawtucket Ave
Sun 5 pm
Pho (401) 494-4060
Diocese
02914 - EAST PROVIDENCE - Sacred Heart Parish 100 Taunton Ave
Last Sun 11:00 am
Pho (401) 434-0326
Diocese
CONNECTICUT
Archdiocese of Hartford, diocese of Bridgeport, diocese of Norwich
Diocese of Bridgeport
06608 - BRIDGEPORT - Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church 79 Church Street
Sun 10:15 am
Pho (203) 333-7003
Diocese (Msgr Joseph Pekar)
06850 - NORWALK - St. Mary's Catholic Church 669 West Ave
Sun 9:30 am
Wed 7 pm
Pho (203) 866-5546
http://www.stmarynorwalk.net
Diocese
06902 - STAMFORD - Sacred Heart Church 37 Schuyler Ave
1st sun 1:30 pm
Pho (203) 324-9544
Diocese (Fr Sherman Gray, Fr John Pikulski)
06905 - STAMFORD - St Gabriel Church 914 Newfield Ave
Sun 12:30 pm
Pho (203) 322-7383
Diocese
Diocese of Norwich
06469 - MOODUS - St Bridget of Kildare Church North Moodus Rd
Sun 12 pm
Pho (860) 873-8623
http://www.mooduslatinmass.org
Diocese (Fr Gregoire Fluet)
Archdiocese of Hartford
05611 - NEW HAVEN - St Stanislaus Church 9 Eld Street
Sun 2 pm
Pho (203) 562-2828
http://www.saint-gregory.org
Diocese
06051 - NEW BRITAIN - Church of St Mary 544 Main Street
Sun 4 pm
Pho (860) 229-4894
http://www.saintmarynb.org
Diocese
06074 - WINDSOR - St Lawrence Mission 1001 Foster Street - HARTFORD
Sun 3:45 pm
Pho (860) 644-5799
SSPX (Fr John Pfeiffer)
06082 - ENFIELD - St Martha Church 214 Brainard Road
Sun 12 pm
Pho (860) 745-5616
Diocese
06702 - WATERBURY - Immaculate Conception Church 74 West Main Street
Sun 6 pm
Pho (203) 574-0017
http://www.theimmaculate.com
Diocese
06877 - RIDGEFIELD - St. Ignatius Retreat House 209 Tackora Trl
Sun 9:00 am
Daily 7:15 am
Pho (203) 431-0201
SSPX (Fr Gerardo Zendejas)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Diocese of Manchester
03457 - MUNSONVILLE - Our Lady of the Snows North Shore Rd., Granite Lake
2nd or 3rd Sun 1:00 pm
Phone (603) 847 3361 or (603) 847 3362
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
..... - SALEM - St Francis Xavier Cabrini Mission
Phone (603) 764 52 18
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
03282 - WENTWORTH - St Anne's Chapel Ellsworth Hill Rd.
Sunday 9:30 am except 3rd 1:00 pm
Daily mass 8:00 am
Phone (603) 764 52 18
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
03060 - NASHUA - St Patrick Church 29 Spring Street
2nd & 4th Sun 1:30 pm
Pho (603) 882-2262
http://www.unavocenh.com
Diocese (Fr Martin Kelly)
03431 - KEENE - St Margaret Mary Church 33 Arch Street
3rd & 5th Sun 3 pm
Pho (603) 352-1311
http://www.unavocenh.com
Diocese (Fr Daniel Lamothe)
03755 - HANOVER - St Denis Parish 29 Lebanon Street
1st & 3rd Sun 9 am
Call
Pho (603) 643-2166
Diocese (Fr Becket Soule)
03801 - PORTSMOUTH - Immaculate Conception Church 98 Summer Street
1st Sun 11 am
Fri 12 pm
Pho (603) 436-4555
http://www.corpuschristinh.org
Diocese (Fr Michael Kerper)
MAINE
Diocese of Portland
04101 - PORTLAND - Immaculate Conception Cathedral Chapel 307 Congress St
Sun 12 pm
Pho (207) 773-7746
http://portlandcathedral.org
Diocese (Fr James Nadeau)
04240 - LEWISTON - Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 27 Bartlett Street
Sun 8 am
Pho (207) 777-1200
Diocese
04553 - NEWCASTLE - St Patrick Church 32 Pond Road
2nd sun 12:30 pm
Pho (207) 563-3240
http://stpatricksnewcastle.org
Diocese (Fr Stephen Mulkern)
Vermont
Diocese of Burlington
05033 - BRADFORD - Our Lady of Perpetual Help 113 Upper Plain
Sat 4 pm
Pho (802) 222-5268
http://www.vermontparishes.org/parishes/?church=8
Diocese (Fr Philip LaMothe?)
MASSACHUSETTS
Archdiocese of Boston, diocese of Springfield, diocese of Worcester, diocese of Fall River
Archdiocese of Boston
01801 - WOBURN - St Catherine of Siena Chapel 237 Lexington Street, Room 7 (lower level) - BOSTON
Sun 6:00 pm
Pho (508) 643-3199
SSPX (Fr Kevin Robinson)
01844 - METHUEN - St. Monica Parish 214 Lawrence Street
Wed 7pm
Masses subject to last-minute cancellation. Call to confirm.
Other Sacraments according to the 1962 Rituale available upon request.
Pho (978) 683-1193
http://www.stmonicamethuen.org
Diocese (Fr Patrick Armano)
01901 - LYNN - St. Joseph Parish - Convent chapel 43 Green Street
Masses suspended July 2010 due to clergy moving away.
Pho (781) 599-7040
http://www.latinmassnorth.org - http://uvboston.org
01960 - PEABODY - St Adelaide Parish 708 Lowell St
Every Sunday 1 pm
1st Sat 9 am
Confessions usually available about 20 minutes before Masses
Pho (978) 535-1985
http://www.latinmassnorth.org
Diocese (Fr David Carr Lewis, Fr Raymond Van de Moortell, Fr Massimiliano Camporese)
02019 - BELLINGHAM - St Brendan Parish 382 Hartford Ave
2nd Sun 12:30 pm
Pho (508) 966-0260
Diocese (Fr David Mullen)
02118 - BOSTON - Holy Cross Cathedral (Tridentine Chapel - Lower Level) 75 Union Park St
Sun 11 am
1st Fri 7:30 pm
Feast Days 7:30pm, including Holy Thursday, Good Friday
Pho (617) 542-5682
http://uvboston.org
http://www.seekandfind.com/directory/holy-cross-cathedral_2664.html
Diocese (Fr Kevin O'Leary)
02128 - EAST BOSTON - Sacred Heart Parish 43 Brooks Street
Mon 7 pm - call
Pho (617) 567-5776
Diocese (Fr Wayne Belschner)
02301 - BROCKTON - Chapel of Our Savior 475 Westgate Drive
Fri : 2nd 7:00 PM
Pho (508) 583-8357
Diocese
02346 - MIDDLEBOROUGH - Sacred Heart Church 340 Centre Street
Sun 12:30 pm
http://middleborough-tlm.blogspot.com/
Pho (508) 947-0444
Diocese (Fr Jason Worthley)
02464 - NEWTON UPPER FALLS - Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church 270 Elliot Street
Sun 12 pm
Mon, Sat 9 am - Tue, Thur 5:30 pm - Wed, Fri 12:30 pm
Pho (617) 244-0558
http://www.maryimmaculatenewton.org
Diocese (Fr Charles Higgins)
Diocese of Springfield
01376 - TURNERS FALLS - Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish 84 K Street
Tue call
Pho (413) 863-4748
Diocese (Fr John Lessard Thidodeau)
Diocese of Fall River
02659 - SOUTH CHATHAM - Our Lady of Grace Church Rt.137
Sun 1 pm
Pho (508) 945-0677
Diocese (Fr Neilson)
02743 - ACUSHNET - St. Francis Xavier Parish 125 Main St
Thu 5:30 pm
Pho 508-995-7600
http://www.sfxacushnet.org
Diocesan
02746 - NEW BEDFORD - St Anthony of Padua Church 1359 Acushnet Ave
1st Sat 8 am
Pho (508) 993-1691
http://www.saintanthonynewbedford.com
Diocese
02601 - HYANNIS - Francis Xavier Church 347 South St
Sun 1 pm
Pho (508) 775-0818
Diocese (Fr. Andrew Johnson)
Diocese of Worcester
01083 - WARREN - St. Paul Parish 1082 Main St
Sun 10:30 am
Pho (413) 436-7327
Diocese
01467 - STILL RIVER - Convent Chapel of St Anne's Chapel 254 Still River Rd
Sun 9:30 am, 11 am
Mon-Fri 7 am; Sat 8am
Pho (978) 456-8017
http://sistersofstbenedictcenter.org/
Diocese
01467 - STILL RIVER - Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 282 Still River Rd
Sun 7:30 am (Low), 9:00 am (Sung)
Mon-Sat 8:30 am
Pho (978) 456-8296
http://www.saintbenedict.com
Diocese
01420 - FITCHBURG - St. Joseph's Church 49 Woodland Street
Sun 12:30 pm (Confessions at 12pm)
Pho (978) 345-7997
http://www.latinmassfitchburg.blogspot.com
Diocese
RHODE ISLAND
¤ Diocese of Providence
Diocese of Providence
02878 - Tiverton - Holy Ghost Church 316 Judson Street
1st Sunday of each month - 12:00 Noon
Monday's during Advent & Lent - 5:00 PM
Phone (401) 624-8131
http://www.HolyGhostCC.org
Diocese (Fr. Jay A. Finelli)
02889 - WARWICK - St. Timothy Parish 1799 Warwick Ave
Sun 12:45 pm (High Mass)
Wed 12:00 pm
Fri 12:00 pm
Pho (401) 739-9552
Diocese (Fr Barry M. Meehan, PhD? and Fr Michael J. McMahon?)
02905 - CRANSTON - St. Paul Church 30 Warwick Avenue
Tue 8 am
Pho (401) 461-5734
Diocese (Fr Albert P. Marcello, III)
02895 - WOONSOCKET - St Joseph Church 1200 Mendon Road
Fri 9 am in Lent, excl. Good Friday
(Feb 27, Mar 6, 14, 21, 28, Apr 3)
Pho (401) 766-0626
Diocese (Fr Michael Woolley)
02906 - PROVIDENCE - Holy Name of Jesus Church 99 Camp Street
Sun 7:30 a.m. (Lady Chapel), 11 am
Sat 8 am
Pho (401) 272-4515
http://members.cox.net/holynamechurch
Diocese (Fr Joseph Dos Santos)
02914 - EAST PROVIDENCE - St Martha Church 2596 Pawtucket Ave
Sun 5 pm
Pho (401) 494-4060
Diocese
02914 - EAST PROVIDENCE - Sacred Heart Parish 100 Taunton Ave
Last Sun 11:00 am
Pho (401) 434-0326
Diocese
CONNECTICUT
Archdiocese of Hartford, diocese of Bridgeport, diocese of Norwich
Diocese of Bridgeport
06608 - BRIDGEPORT - Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church 79 Church Street
Sun 10:15 am
Pho (203) 333-7003
Diocese (Msgr Joseph Pekar)
06850 - NORWALK - St. Mary's Catholic Church 669 West Ave
Sun 9:30 am
Wed 7 pm
Pho (203) 866-5546
http://www.stmarynorwalk.net
Diocese
06902 - STAMFORD - Sacred Heart Church 37 Schuyler Ave
1st sun 1:30 pm
Pho (203) 324-9544
Diocese (Fr Sherman Gray, Fr John Pikulski)
06905 - STAMFORD - St Gabriel Church 914 Newfield Ave
Sun 12:30 pm
Pho (203) 322-7383
Diocese
Diocese of Norwich
06469 - MOODUS - St Bridget of Kildare Church North Moodus Rd
Sun 12 pm
Pho (860) 873-8623
http://www.mooduslatinmass.org
Diocese (Fr Gregoire Fluet)
Archdiocese of Hartford
05611 - NEW HAVEN - St Stanislaus Church 9 Eld Street
Sun 2 pm
Pho (203) 562-2828
http://www.saint-gregory.org
Diocese
06051 - NEW BRITAIN - Church of St Mary 544 Main Street
Sun 4 pm
Pho (860) 229-4894
http://www.saintmarynb.org
Diocese
06074 - WINDSOR - St Lawrence Mission 1001 Foster Street - HARTFORD
Sun 3:45 pm
Pho (860) 644-5799
SSPX (Fr John Pfeiffer)
06082 - ENFIELD - St Martha Church 214 Brainard Road
Sun 12 pm
Pho (860) 745-5616
Diocese
06702 - WATERBURY - Immaculate Conception Church 74 West Main Street
Sun 6 pm
Pho (203) 574-0017
http://www.theimmaculate.com
Diocese
06877 - RIDGEFIELD - St. Ignatius Retreat House 209 Tackora Trl
Sun 9:00 am
Daily 7:15 am
Pho (203) 431-0201
SSPX (Fr Gerardo Zendejas)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Diocese of Manchester
03457 - MUNSONVILLE - Our Lady of the Snows North Shore Rd., Granite Lake
2nd or 3rd Sun 1:00 pm
Phone (603) 847 3361 or (603) 847 3362
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
..... - SALEM - St Francis Xavier Cabrini Mission
Phone (603) 764 52 18
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
03282 - WENTWORTH - St Anne's Chapel Ellsworth Hill Rd.
Sunday 9:30 am except 3rd 1:00 pm
Daily mass 8:00 am
Phone (603) 764 52 18
Fr D'Cruz (Friend of SSPX)
03060 - NASHUA - St Patrick Church 29 Spring Street
2nd & 4th Sun 1:30 pm
Pho (603) 882-2262
http://www.unavocenh.com
Diocese (Fr Martin Kelly)
03431 - KEENE - St Margaret Mary Church 33 Arch Street
3rd & 5th Sun 3 pm
Pho (603) 352-1311
http://www.unavocenh.com
Diocese (Fr Daniel Lamothe)
03755 - HANOVER - St Denis Parish 29 Lebanon Street
1st & 3rd Sun 9 am
Call
Pho (603) 643-2166
Diocese (Fr Becket Soule)
03801 - PORTSMOUTH - Immaculate Conception Church 98 Summer Street
1st Sun 11 am
Fri 12 pm
Pho (603) 436-4555
http://www.corpuschristinh.org
Diocese (Fr Michael Kerper)
MAINE
Diocese of Portland
04101 - PORTLAND - Immaculate Conception Cathedral Chapel 307 Congress St
Sun 12 pm
Pho (207) 773-7746
http://portlandcathedral.org
Diocese (Fr James Nadeau)
04240 - LEWISTON - Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 27 Bartlett Street
Sun 8 am
Pho (207) 777-1200
Diocese
04553 - NEWCASTLE - St Patrick Church 32 Pond Road
2nd sun 12:30 pm
Pho (207) 563-3240
http://stpatricksnewcastle.org
Diocese (Fr Stephen Mulkern)
Vermont
Diocese of Burlington
05033 - BRADFORD - Our Lady of Perpetual Help 113 Upper Plain
Sat 4 pm
Pho (802) 222-5268
http://www.vermontparishes.org/parishes/?church=8
Diocese (Fr Philip LaMothe?)
Labels: Restorationists
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Masses And Services In the Extraordinary Form At Boston's Cathedral Of the Holy Cross For Holy Week
March 31st, WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK (Spy Wednesday)
7PM Traditional Latin Tenebrae, Gregorian Chant Lower church, all are welcome, 3 sets of the Office for Thursday (anticipated) , come for all or some. (approx 7-10:00pm). Confession will be offered as the Office is sung, 6:30-8:00pm
NOTE 7:30 PM Office of Tenebrae, O.F. is upstairs, lasts approx 1hr
April 1st, HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 PM Maundy Thursday – Traditional Latin Mass, Celebrant, Fr Jason Worthley
Mandatum, Procession to the Altar of Repose and Stripping of the Altar
April 2nd, GOOD FRIDAY
7:30 PM Veneration of the Cross and Mass of The Pre-Sanctified- Traditional Latin Mass, (Lower Church), Celebrant, Fr Thomas Buckley.
April 4th, EASTER SUNDAY
11:00 AM Latin Mass (Lower Church)
7PM Traditional Latin Tenebrae, Gregorian Chant Lower church, all are welcome, 3 sets of the Office for Thursday (anticipated) , come for all or some. (approx 7-10:00pm). Confession will be offered as the Office is sung, 6:30-8:00pm
NOTE 7:30 PM Office of Tenebrae, O.F. is upstairs, lasts approx 1hr
April 1st, HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 PM Maundy Thursday – Traditional Latin Mass, Celebrant, Fr Jason Worthley
Mandatum, Procession to the Altar of Repose and Stripping of the Altar
April 2nd, GOOD FRIDAY
7:30 PM Veneration of the Cross and Mass of The Pre-Sanctified- Traditional Latin Mass, (Lower Church), Celebrant, Fr Thomas Buckley.
April 4th, EASTER SUNDAY
11:00 AM Latin Mass (Lower Church)
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, January 07, 2010
A Late Christmas Gift
">I just came across the Flickr photostream of "Greater Boston Tridentine."
This is a rich treasure trove of over 1000 pics of the traditional Mass and its settings in the Greater Boston area. The Cathedral and its Lower Church (why are TLMs always relegated to the basement?), Mary Immaculate of Lourdes with the wonderful Father Higgins, Saint Adelaide's in West Peabody (the parish I lived in geographically and would have grown up in if it had a school: it didn't, so 27 of the first 30 years of my Catholic life were spent in the adjacent parish, Our Lady of the Assumption, Lynnfield), St Columbkille's for First Fridays, and Holy Rosary in Lawrence are all well represented.
The only ones I did not see represented were the new Saturday morning Low Mass in Lynn and the, and the Monday evening Mass at Sacred Heart in East Boston.
The latest pics are from last night's Solemn High Mass at Saint Adelaide's, West Peabody.
Here are a couple to whet your appetite:
This is a rich treasure trove of over 1000 pics of the traditional Mass and its settings in the Greater Boston area. The Cathedral and its Lower Church (why are TLMs always relegated to the basement?), Mary Immaculate of Lourdes with the wonderful Father Higgins, Saint Adelaide's in West Peabody (the parish I lived in geographically and would have grown up in if it had a school: it didn't, so 27 of the first 30 years of my Catholic life were spent in the adjacent parish, Our Lady of the Assumption, Lynnfield), St Columbkille's for First Fridays, and Holy Rosary in Lawrence are all well represented.
The only ones I did not see represented were the new Saturday morning Low Mass in Lynn and the, and the Monday evening Mass at Sacred Heart in East Boston.
The latest pics are from last night's Solemn High Mass at Saint Adelaide's, West Peabody.
Here are a couple to whet your appetite:
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, October 01, 2009
The Traditional Mass At Boston College
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Trinity Sunday 2009
From The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, OSB:
ON the day of Pentecost the holy apostles received, as we have seen, the grace of the Holy Ghost. In accordance with the injunction of their divine Master,1 they will soon start on their mission of teaching all nations, and baptizing men in the name of the holy Trinity. It was but right, then, that the solemnity which is intended to honour the mystery of one God in three Persons should immediately follow that of Pentecost, with which it has a mysterious connection. And yet, it was not until after many centuries that it was inserted in the cycle of the liturgical year, whose completion is the work of successive ages.
Every homage paid to God by the Church’s liturgy has the holy Trinity as its object. Time, as well as eternity, belongs to the Trinity. The Trinity is the scope of all religion. Every day, every hour, belongs to It. The feasts instituted in memory of the mysteries of our redemption centre in It. The feasts of the blessed Virgin and the saints are but so many means for leading us to the praise of the God who is One in essence, and Three in Persons. The Sunday’s Office, in a very special way, gives us, each week, a most explicit expression of adoration and worship of this mystery, which is the foundation of all others, and the source of all grace.
This explains to us how it is that the Church was so long in instituting a special feast in honour of the holy Trinity. The ordinary motive for the institution of feasts did not exist in this instance. A feast is the memorial of some fact which took place at a certain time, and of which it is well to perpetuate the remembrance and the influence. How could this be applied to the mystery of the Trinity? From all eternity, before any created being existed, God liveth and reigneth, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. If a feast in honour of that mystery were to be instituted, it could only be by fixing some one day in the year, whereon the faithful would assemble for offering a more than usually solemn tribute of worship to the mystery of Unity and Trinity in the one same divine Nature.
The idea of such a feast was first conceived by some of those pious and recollected souls, who are favoured from on high with a sort of presentiment of the things which the Holy Ghost will achieve, at a future period, in the Church. So far back as the eighth century, the learned monk Alcuin had had the happy thought of composing a Mass in honour of the mystery of the blessed Trinity. It would seem that he was prompted to this by the apostle of Germany, Saint Boniface. That this composition is a beautiful one, no one will doubt that knows, from Alcuin’s writings, how full its author was of the spirit of sacred liturgy; but, after all, it was only a votive Mass, a mere help to private devotion, which no one ever thought would lead to the institution of a feast. This Mass, however, became a great favourite, and was gradually circulated through the several Churches; for instance, it was approved of for Germany by the Council of Selingenstadt, held in 1022.
In the previous century, however, a feast properly so called of holy Trinity had been introduced into one of the Churches of Belgium--the very same that was to have the honour, later on, of procuring to the Church’s calendar one of the richest of its solemnities.
Stephen, bishop of Liege, solemnly instituted the feast of holy Trinity for his Church, in 920, and had an entire Office composed in honour of the mystery. The Church’s law, which now reserves to the holy See the institution of any new feast, was not then in existence; and Riquier, Stephen’s successor in the See of Liege, kept up what his predecessor had begun.
The feast was gradually adopted. The Benedictine Order took it up from the very first. We find, for instance, in the early part of the eleventh century, that Berne, the abbot of Reichna, was doing all he could to propagate it. At Cluny, also, the feast was established at the commencement of the same century, as we learn from the Ordinarium of that celebrated monastery, drawn up in 1091, in which we find mention of holy Trinity day as having been instituted long before.
Under the pontificate of Alexander II, who reigned from 1061 to 1073, the Church of Rome, which has frequently sanctioned the usages of particular Churches by herself adopting them, was led to pass judgment upon this new institution. In one of his decretals, the Pontiff mentions that the feast was then kept in many places; but that the Church at Rome had not adopted it, and for this reason: that the adorable Trinity is, every day of the year, unceasingly invoked by the repetition of the words: Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto; as likewise by several formulas expressive of praise.
Meanwhile, the feast went on gaining ground, as we gather from the Micrologus; and, in the early part of the twelfth century, we have the learned abbot Rupert, who may justly be styled a doctor in liturgical science, explaining the appropriateness of that feast’s institution in these words: ‘Having celebrated the solemnity of the coming of the Holy Ghost, we, at once, on the Sunday next following, sing the glory of the holy Trinity; and rightly is this arrangement ordained, for, after the coming of the same holy Spirit, the faith in, and confession of, the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, immediately began to be preached, and believed, and celebrated in Baptism.’
In our own country, it was the glorious martyr, St. Thomas of Canterbury, that established the feast of holy Trinity. He introduced it into his archdiocese, in the year 1162, in memory of his having been consecrated bishop on the first Sunday after Pentecost. As regards France, we find a Council of Arles, held in 1260 under the presidency of archbishop Florentinus, solemnly decreeing, in its sixth canon, the feast of holy Trinity to be observed with an octave. The Cistercian Order, which was spread throughout Europe, had ordered it to be celebrated in all its houses, as far back as the year 1230. Durandus, in his Rationale, gives us grounds for concluding that, during the thirteenth century, the majority of the Latin Churches kept this feast. Of these Churches, there were some that celebrated it, not on the first, but on the last, Sunday after Pentecost; others kept it twice: once on the Sunday next following the Pentecost solemnity, and a second time on the Sunday immediately preceding Advent.
It was evident, from all this, that the apostolic See would finally give its sanction to a practice, whose universal adoption was being prompted by Christian instinct. John XXII, who sat in the Chair of Saint Peter as early as the year 1334, completed the work by a decree, wherein the Church of Rome accepted the feast of holy Trinity, and extended its observance to all Churches.
As to the motive which induced the Church, led as she is in all things by the Holy Ghost, to fix one special day in the year for the offering of a solemn homage to the blessed Trinity, whereas all our adorations, all our acts of thanksgiving, all our petitions, are ever being presented to It: such motive is to be found in the change which was being introduced, at that period, into the liturgical calendar. Up to about the year 1000, the feasts of saints marked on the general calendar, and universally kept, were very few. From that time, they began to be more numerous; and there was evidence that their number would go on increasing. The time would come, when the Sunday’s Office, which is specially consecrated to the blessed Trinity, must make way for that of the saints, as often as one of their feasts occurred on a Sunday. As a sort of compensation for this celebration of the memory of God’s servants on the very day which was sacred to the holy Trinity, it was considered right that once, at least, in the course of the year, a Sunday should be set apart for the exclusive and direct expression of the worship which the Church pays to the great God, who has vouchsafed to reveal Himself to mankind in His ineffable Unity and in His eternal Trinity.
The very essence of the Christian faith consists in the knowledge and adoration of one God in three Persons. This is the mystery whence all others flow. Our faith centres in this as in the master-truth of all it knows in this life, and as the infinite object whose vision is to form our eternal happiness; and yet, we know it only because it has pleased God to reveal Himself thus to our lowly intelligence, which, after all, can never fathom the infinite perfections of that God, who necessarily inhabiteth light inaccessible.4 Human reason may, of itself, come to the knowledge of the existence of God as Creator of all beings; it may, by its own innate power, form to itself an idea of His perfections by the study of His works; but the knowledge of God’s intimate Being can come to us only by means of His own gracious revelation.
It was God’s good-pleasure to make known to us His essence, in order to bring us into closer union with Himself, and to prepare us, in some way, for that face-to-face vision of Himself which He intends to give us in eternity. But His revelation is gradual: He takes mankind from brightness unto brightness, fitting it for the full knowledge and adoration of Unity in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity. During the period preceding the Incarnation of the eternal Word, God seemed intent on inculcating the idea of His Unity, for polytheism was the infectious error of mankind; and every notion of there being a spiritual and sole cause of all things would have been effaced from the earth, had not the infinite goodness of God watched over its preservation.
Not that the old Testament Books were altogether silent on the three divine Persons, whose ineffable relations are eternal; only, the mysterious passages, which spoke of them, were not understood by the people at large; whereas, in the Christian Church, a child of seven will answer those who ask him, that, in God, the three divine Persons have but one and the same Nature, but one and the same Divinity. When the Book of Genesis tells us that God spoke in the plural, and said: ‘Let Us make man to Our image and likeness,’ the Jew bows down and believes, but he understands not the sacred text; the Christian, on the contrary, who has been enlightened by the complete revelation of God, sees, under this expression, the three Persons acting together in the formation of man; the light of faith develops the great truth to him, and tells him that, within himself, there is a likeness to the blessed Three in One. Power, understanding, and will, are three faculties within him, and yet he himself is but one being. In the Books of Proverbs, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus, Solomon speaks, in sublime language, of Him who is eternal Wisdom; he tells us--and he uses every variety of grandest expression to tell us—of the divine essence of this Wisdom, and of His being a distinct Person in the Godhead; but how few among the people of Israel could see through the veil! Isaias heard the voice of the Seraphim, as they stood around God’s throne; he heard them singing in alternate choirs, and with a joy intense because eternal, this hymn: ‘Holy! Holy! Holy! is the Lord!’ But who will explain to men this triple Sanctus, of which the echo is heard here below, when we mortals give praise to our Creator? So, again, in the Psalms, and the prophetic Books, a flash of light will break suddenly upon us; a brightness of some mysterious Three will dazzle us; but it passes away, and obscurity returns seemingly all the more palpable; we have but the sentiment of the divine Unity deeply impressed on our inmost soul, and we adore the Incomprehensible, the sovereign Being. The world had to wait for the fullness of time to be completed; and then, God would send into this world His only Son, begotten of Him from all eternity. This His most merciful purpose has been carried out, and the Word made Flesh hath dwelt among us. By seeing His glory, the glory of the only-begotten Son of the Father, we have come to know that, in God, there is Father and Son. The Son’s mission to our earth, by the very revelation it gave us of Himself, taught us that God is eternally Father, for whatsoever is in God is eternal. But for this merciful revelation, which is an anticipation of the light awaiting us in the next life, our knowledge of God would have been too imperfect. It was fitting that there should be some proportion between the light of faith, and that of the vision reserved for the future; it was not enough for man to know that God is One.
So that, we now know the Father, from whom comes, as the apostle tells us, all paternity, even on earth. We know Him not only as the creative power, which has produced every being outside Himself; but, guided as it is by faith, our soul’s eye respectfully penetrates into the very essence of the Godhead, and there beholds the Father begetting a Son like unto Himself. But, in order to teach us the mystery, that Son came down upon our earth. He Himself has told us expressly that no one knoweth the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal Him. Glory, then, be to the Son, who has vouchsafed to show us the Father! and glory to the Father, whom the Son hath revealed unto us!
The intimate knowledge of God has come to us by the Son, whom the Father, in His love, has given to us.11 And this Son of God, who, in order to raise up our minds even to His own divine Nature, has clad Himself, by His Incarnation, with our human nature, has taught us that He and His Father are one; that Theyare one and the same Essence, in distinction of Persons. One begets, the Other is begotten; the One is named Power; the Other, Wisdom, or Intelligence. The Power cannot be without the Intelligence, nor the Intelligence without the Power, in the sovereignly perfect Being: but, both the One and the Other produce a third Term.
The Son, who had been sent by the Father, had ascended into heaven, with the human Nature which He had united to Himself for all future eternity; and lo! the Father and the Son send into this world the Spirit who proceeds from Them both. It was a new Gift, and it taught man that the Lord God was in three Persons. The Spirit, the eternal link of the first two, is Will, He is Love, in the divine Essence. In God, then, is the fullness of Being, without beginning, without succession, without increase; for there is nothing which He has not. In these three eternal Terms of His uncreated Substance, is the Act, pure and infinite.
The sacred liturgy, whose object is the glorification of God and the commemoration of His works, follows, each year, the sublime phases of these manifestations, whereby the sovereign Lord has made known His whole self to mortals. Under the sombre colours of Advent, we commemorated the period of expectation, during which the radiant Trinity sent forth but few of Its rays to mankind. The world, during those four thousand years, was praying heaven for a Liberator, a Messiah; and God’s own Son was to be this Liberator, this Messiah. That we might have the full knowledge of the prophecies which foretold Him, it was necessary that He Himself should actually come: a Child was born unto us,13 and then we had the key to the Scriptures. When we adored that Son, we adored also the Father, who sent Him to us in the Flesh, and with whom He is consubstantial. This Word of life, whom we have seen, whom we have heard, whom our hands have handled in the Humanity which He deigned to assume, has proved Himself to be truly a Person, a Person distinct from the Father, for One sends, and the Other is sent. In this second divine Person, we have found our Mediator, who has reunited the creation to its Creator; we have found the Redeemer of our sins, the Light of our souls, the Spouse we had so long desired.
Having passed through the mysteries which He Himself wrought, we next celebrated the descent of the holy Spirit, who had been announced as coming to perfect the work of the Son of God. We adored Him, and acknowledged Him to be distinct from the Father and the Son, who had sent Him to us with the mission of abiding with us. He manifested Himself by divine operations which are peculiarly His own, and were the object of His coming. He is the soul of the Church; He keeps her in the truth taught her by the Son. He is the source, the principle of the sanctification of our souls; and in them He wishes to make His dwelling. In a word, the mystery of the Trinity has become to us, not only a dogma made known to our mind by revelation, but, moreover, a practical truth given to us by the unheard-of munificence of the three divine Persons: the Father, who has adopted us; the Son, whose brethren and joint-heirs we are; and the Holy Ghost, who governs us, and dwells within us.
Let us, then, begin this day, by giving glory to the one God in three Persons. For this end, we will unite with holy Church, who in her Office of Prime recites on this solemnity, as also on every Sunday not taken up by a feast, the magnificent Symbol known as the Athanasian Creed. It gives us, in a summary of much majesty and precision, the doctrine of the holy Doctor St. Athanasius, regarding the mysteries of the Trinity and the Incarnation.
Athanasian Creed
Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith.
Which faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
And the Catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity,
Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance.
For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost.
But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.
The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated and the Holy Ghost uncreated
The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet they are not three Eternals, but one Eternal.
As there are not three Uncreated nor three Incomprehensibles, but one Uncreated and one Incomprehensible.
So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Ghost almighty.
And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God.
And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord.
And yet not three Lords, but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord,
So are we forbidden by the Catholic religion to say, There be three Gods or three Lords.
The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.
The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created, but begotten.
The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.
And in this Trinity none is before or after other; none is greater or less than another;
But the whole three Persons are coeternal together and coequal, so that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshiped.
He, therefore, that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man;
God of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man of the substance of His mother, born in the world;
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting,
Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood;
Who, although He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but one Christ:
One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God;
One altogether; not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person.
For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ;
Who suffered for our salvation; descended into hell; rose again the third day from the dead;
He ascended into heaven; He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies and shall give an account of their own works.
And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil, into everlasting fire.
This is the Catholic faith; which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, February 12, 2009
BC Does Something Catholic, For A Change
Nice first steps.
Now actually having the theology department teach nothing but Orthodox Catholicism, and moving that 70% Catholic figure of the student body back to over 80% would be doing even more.
Nevertheless, this alum is pleased.
Now actually having the theology department teach nothing but Orthodox Catholicism, and moving that 70% Catholic figure of the student body back to over 80% would be doing even more.
Nevertheless, this alum is pleased.
Labels: Restorationists
Saturday, January 24, 2009
What Does The Lifting Of the Excommunications Mean?
Father Z makes it clear that there still remains significant distance to be covered before the SSPX is in perfect communion with Rome.
It is still best to attend licit traditional Masses if you can (and I have trouble understanding situations where you cannot, at least here on the East Coast, where there are usually a half dozen licit traditional Masses within commuting distance).
For my part, I spend a goodly part of Good Friday at an SSPX chapel. I don't take communion at the Mass of the Pre-Sanctified. And there is no question of confession there. I take care of that earlier in Holy Week with the Franciscans. It is difficult to find the full panoply of traditional Good Friday devotions anywhere else. All the parishes have to do Novus Ordo Good Friday devotions, and they can't be duplicated. And, as far as I know, there are still no personal parishes in New England devoted exclusively to the Usus Antiquor.
It is still best to attend licit traditional Masses if you can (and I have trouble understanding situations where you cannot, at least here on the East Coast, where there are usually a half dozen licit traditional Masses within commuting distance).
For my part, I spend a goodly part of Good Friday at an SSPX chapel. I don't take communion at the Mass of the Pre-Sanctified. And there is no question of confession there. I take care of that earlier in Holy Week with the Franciscans. It is difficult to find the full panoply of traditional Good Friday devotions anywhere else. All the parishes have to do Novus Ordo Good Friday devotions, and they can't be duplicated. And, as far as I know, there are still no personal parishes in New England devoted exclusively to the Usus Antiquor.
Labels: Restorationists
Excommunications Of SSPX Bishops Remitted By the Holy See
The excommunications of the four men consecrated by bishops of the SSPX by the late Archbishop Lefebvre in 1988 have been remitted by the Holy Father, in order to strive towards greater unity, and as an act of charity.
Let us hope and pray that full, complete, lasting, and perfect communion with the Holy See can be agreed to in the near future. There are still significant issues dividing the SSPX from Rome. But with wisdom and good will, I think these can be overcome to the satisfaction of at least 90% of the SSPX.
This is a time for rejoicing, as we are closer to full communion with our friends in the SSPX than we have been in 20 years.
Let us hope and pray that full, complete, lasting, and perfect communion with the Holy See can be agreed to in the near future. There are still significant issues dividing the SSPX from Rome. But with wisdom and good will, I think these can be overcome to the satisfaction of at least 90% of the SSPX.
This is a time for rejoicing, as we are closer to full communion with our friends in the SSPX than we have been in 20 years.
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rampant Rumors Re The SSPX Excommunications
Various respected bloggers have reported that the lifting, cancellation, or annulment of the excommunications of the four men acting as bishops of the SSPX is about to happen, today, tomorrow, this weekend, or at least very soon.
I pray daily for the SSPX (and the Traditional Anglican Communion, and the Eastern Orthodox) to be brought into full, complete, perfect, and lasting communion with Holy Mother the Church. I hope this step in the process of regularizing the status of the SSPX brings peace and unity, as well as strengthening the constituency among lay Catholics for the licit celebration of the Traditional Mass.
Pray for the Holy Father.
I pray daily for the SSPX (and the Traditional Anglican Communion, and the Eastern Orthodox) to be brought into full, complete, perfect, and lasting communion with Holy Mother the Church. I hope this step in the process of regularizing the status of the SSPX brings peace and unity, as well as strengthening the constituency among lay Catholics for the licit celebration of the Traditional Mass.
Pray for the Holy Father.
Labels: Restorationists
Monday, November 10, 2008
A Place Of Retreat, A Place Of Sanctuary
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus, unlamented, let me die;
Steal from the world,
And not a stone tell where I lie.
Alexander Pope, Ode on Solitude
This is Skellig Michael, the remote island monastery off the coast of Ireland, where Western Civilization was preserved at the time of the barbarian invasions of Europe at the time of the fall of the Roman Empire. The monks retreated to this desolate, windswept rock, and there kept up the classical traditions of learning and copied Greek and Latin texts that would otherwise have been lost in the upheaval on the Continent.
I am drawn to this place, and I think many of us are.
The whole trend of culture and politics in the West for the last 40 years has made a retreat from the decline of Western Culture by a remnant of civilized people very desirable. Many feel that a new barbarian invasion has occurred, and has engulfed Europe and the US. Massive waves of immigrants from less developed parts of the world, the almost inescapable liberal/socialist effort to force the the people born in the First World to tolerate, accept, pay for, and inculturate with the new immigrants, many of whom are not Christian, makes us feel like strangers in our own country. Assimilation into the existing culture of the US and the West? Don't make me laugh!
And then there is the culture. Rock was bad enough. But now there is the vile thing called RAP, and hip-hop. Abortion. Euthanasia. Declining standards of morality. Declining standards of educational achievement and knowledge. Gun control. Bilingualism. Affirmative Action and quotas. High crime. Rampant and unchecked drug use. The nanny state at its worst. Exorbitant taxation and regulation. Public disorder. Divorce. Feminism. Sodomy and the rise of a sodomites' rights movement. A society that seems to be spiraling out of control.
The results of this year's US elections accelerated this feeling that the public square is dangerously out of control and that withdrawal is the only viable option.
Many are trying to find their own Skellig Michaels by moving to gated communities, where they need not fear crime so much. Many are retreating from the declining standards and liberal indoctrination of the schools (both public and parochial) by homeschooling. Yet others are trying to combine these two by building Catholic communities, like Ave Maria.
But today, with the modern world's vastly expanded means of forcing itself on all of us no matter where we are, are even these means effective? I doubt that anyone can ever insulate themselves from the disorder of the world as effectively as the monks at Skellig Michael did. States are trying to reign in homeschooling. God help you if your gated community isn't racially balanced. Move to an island, like the monks did? Well, you had better pay allegiance to the ever-extending hand of Caesar Obama. And don't even think about acquiring guns!
I wish it were so simple as just to move to islands and live there, cut off from the world. But the world won't let us. Now more than ever, we need some sort of Skellig Michael, a refuge, a place of sanctuary. But no such place can exist in the modern world.
Thus, unlamented, let me die;
Steal from the world,
And not a stone tell where I lie.
Alexander Pope, Ode on Solitude
This is Skellig Michael, the remote island monastery off the coast of Ireland, where Western Civilization was preserved at the time of the barbarian invasions of Europe at the time of the fall of the Roman Empire. The monks retreated to this desolate, windswept rock, and there kept up the classical traditions of learning and copied Greek and Latin texts that would otherwise have been lost in the upheaval on the Continent.
I am drawn to this place, and I think many of us are.
The whole trend of culture and politics in the West for the last 40 years has made a retreat from the decline of Western Culture by a remnant of civilized people very desirable. Many feel that a new barbarian invasion has occurred, and has engulfed Europe and the US. Massive waves of immigrants from less developed parts of the world, the almost inescapable liberal/socialist effort to force the the people born in the First World to tolerate, accept, pay for, and inculturate with the new immigrants, many of whom are not Christian, makes us feel like strangers in our own country. Assimilation into the existing culture of the US and the West? Don't make me laugh!
And then there is the culture. Rock was bad enough. But now there is the vile thing called RAP, and hip-hop. Abortion. Euthanasia. Declining standards of morality. Declining standards of educational achievement and knowledge. Gun control. Bilingualism. Affirmative Action and quotas. High crime. Rampant and unchecked drug use. The nanny state at its worst. Exorbitant taxation and regulation. Public disorder. Divorce. Feminism. Sodomy and the rise of a sodomites' rights movement. A society that seems to be spiraling out of control.
The results of this year's US elections accelerated this feeling that the public square is dangerously out of control and that withdrawal is the only viable option.
Many are trying to find their own Skellig Michaels by moving to gated communities, where they need not fear crime so much. Many are retreating from the declining standards and liberal indoctrination of the schools (both public and parochial) by homeschooling. Yet others are trying to combine these two by building Catholic communities, like Ave Maria.
But today, with the modern world's vastly expanded means of forcing itself on all of us no matter where we are, are even these means effective? I doubt that anyone can ever insulate themselves from the disorder of the world as effectively as the monks at Skellig Michael did. States are trying to reign in homeschooling. God help you if your gated community isn't racially balanced. Move to an island, like the monks did? Well, you had better pay allegiance to the ever-extending hand of Caesar Obama. And don't even think about acquiring guns!
I wish it were so simple as just to move to islands and live there, cut off from the world. But the world won't let us. Now more than ever, we need some sort of Skellig Michael, a refuge, a place of sanctuary. But no such place can exist in the modern world.
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, November 06, 2008
I Had Always Wondered If I Was Doing It Correctly
You know how at Benediction, the priest lifts up the monstrance, and makes the Sign Of the Cross over the congregation? When do you bless yourself? I see people doing it as soon as the priest starts to make the Sign Of the Cross, and others who wait until the priest has maneouvered the monstrance so that it is facing their side of the pews. Meanwhile, others still wait until the priest is done.
Father Z. explains that there is no hard and fast rule in the rubrics at all about when the congregation is to bless themselves, and that it is not even required.
OK, so no more glaring at people who do it at a different time than you do, or who don't do it at all. Sometimes, I think those angry little glares we throw around the church are more harmful than bushel-loads of perceived liturgical abuses.
Father Z. explains that there is no hard and fast rule in the rubrics at all about when the congregation is to bless themselves, and that it is not even required.
OK, so no more glaring at people who do it at a different time than you do, or who don't do it at all. Sometimes, I think those angry little glares we throw around the church are more harmful than bushel-loads of perceived liturgical abuses.
Labels: Restorationists
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Feast of the Holy Relics
I only own 1 relic, a humble 3rd class relic, a piece of cloth rubbed against something once used by St. Padre Pio. It is contained in a holy card that I keep in my 1959 St. Joseph Daily Missal on the page for September 23rd, which is both St. Pio's feast and the anniversary of my mother's death.
I am therefore in awe of the relics Father Z owns.
I am therefore in awe of the relics Father Z owns.
Labels: Restorationists
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Selections From The Imitation Of Christ
Courtesy of Catholic Church Conservation (btw, what happened to Chris Gillibrand?)
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Our Angel Guardians
OK, no mention of the Guardian Angels would be complete without Hansel and Gretel, the image in a million homes and instantly familiar to almost all Christians. Now we move past this chestnut to other, better traditional images of our Guardian Angels at work.
I have often thought, though it is utterly inadequate, and probably impossible, that I would love to sit down with my Guardian Angel, and chat about things over a cigar and a glass or two of Drambuie, and a darned fine steak. A meaningless impulse, since Angels probably do not consume things like that. But, one born of gratitude and love, nevertheless.
One notion about Angels that I am pretty sure we need to dispel is that Angels are the souls of people who have died, gone to Heaven, and "earned their wings." Frank Capra, God love him, really planted that one firmly in the American psyche in It's A Wonderful Life. But it is wrong. Angels are a separate order of creation. People do not become Angels. They can become Saints. Not Angels. Angels never were people living on earth. Saints were. Therefore, we ask for the intercession of "All the Angels and Saints." We are praying for the prayerful assistance of two different and non-overlapping groups.
People who thrive off popular culture over the last 20 years or so have gone absolutely ga-ga over Angels. Most of what we see about them is sickly-sweet and sentimental in the extreme. And even in these very traditional Catholic images of Guardian Angels, the people they are guarding are always depicted as children. Why are there no good traditional depictions of Guardian Angels watching over adults? My own upbringing did not emphasize the presence of our Guardian Angels. But I have felt the presence of mine strongly as an adult, and never more than in the last 5 years.
The powers of our Guardian Angels are impossible for us to fathom. They work in numerous ways. I know I have benefited from my Guardian Angel's power to delay me with something that annoys me, but delays me just enough to keep me from some catastrophe, like a wild car wreak.
The number of ways in which my own Guardian Angel watches out for me is incomprehensible. He must be working non-stop, and working not just in my vicinity and on what I am concentrating on at the moment, but in numerous vicinities and numerous spheres of my existence simultaneously. The power of the Guardian Angel to protect me in so many ways all the time is, while awesome to me, just a pale shadow of the power of God.
In a family, the various Guardian Angels of the household must cooperate with each other in interesting ways. They must be very sad when families break up.
We, each of us, owe our Guardian Angel thanks in so many ways, we can never adequately express it. Our Guardian Angel has done more for us than even our earthly parents. And, unlike our earthly parents, our Guardian Angel is always there until the moment we die, and probably still protecting us in Purgatory. Thank you, Guardian Angel. I love you.
Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and to guard, to rule and to guide.
Amen.
Labels: Restorationists
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
O Mother of Sorrows, by the anguish and love with which thou didst stand beside the Cross of Jesus, stand by me in my last agony. To thy maternal heart I commend the three last hours of my life. Offer these hours to the Eternal Father in union with the agony of our dearest Lord. Offer frequently to the Eternal Father, in atonement for my sins, the Precious Blood of Jesus, mingled with thy tears on Calvary, to obtain for me the grace to receive Holy Communion with most perfect love and contrition before my death, and to breathe forth my soul in the actual presence of Jesus.
Dearest Mother, when the moment of my death has come, present me as thy child to Jesus; say to Him in my behalf: "Son, forgive him, for he knew not what he did. Receive him this day into Thy kingdom."
Amen.
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