Bergoglio's unleashed demons in full rage in St. Peter's Basilica

As you gaze upon this abomination that took place in St. Peter's Basilica in October 2019, reflect for a moment on what has happened in the year and a half since. Think of the diabolical experimentation on bat viruses that leaked out from a laboratory in  Wuhan whether accidentally or intentionally. Think of the deaths of people, the suffering and the economic toll on hundreds of millions because of the actions

of a Satanic regime whom the man in white in the above photograph, and his minions, laud. Remember, for a moment, how this malefactor, Bergoglio, sold out the faithful Catholics of China and how it has worked out for all Christians there since. It has not gone so "well." Think of the infringement of civil and religious rights imposed by our governments and worse, adhered to by our corrupt, weak, effeminate and ineffectual Shepherds. Contemplate for a moment how the Bishop of Rome, the alleged successor of Saint Peter, the alleged Vicar of Christ, presided in the garden as shown at the right where people bowed down in worship to pagan idols. Look at the backside of the Satanic priest in brown robes, a Franciscan, but not a son of St. Francis, more a son of Satan - for no priest of Jesus Christ truly called would ever bow down to a pagan idol and no Pope would ever tolerate it, let alone be present at it. 

Now consider this event, the actual enthronement by the Bishop of Rome on a symbol of the Pachamama idol on the High Altar of St. Peter's Basilica, an altar over the very tomb of Peter and dedicated only for the re-presentation of the Sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ, not the worship of a demon, "For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons but the LORD made the heavens."

As the pagan brought this abomination up to the Altar of God, the Master of Ceremonies, a weak and cowardly man named Guido Marini, looked at the Bishop of Rome and took the idol and placed it where you see it above. If Marini had any courage he would have dropped it to smash into a thousand pieces. (As an aside, it even violates the General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM 305) and the traditional liturgical rubrics, flowers are not to be placed "on" the mensa of the altar as distinct from a gradine.)

Did you know that since that Sunday in October 2019 the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has not been offered by the Bishop of Rome on that High Altar of God? Not one. 

A demon has taken over the Temple of God because of evil men. That demon is now in full flight. 

St. Peter’s Basilica – Individual morning Masses SUPPRESSED | Fr. Z's Blog (wdtprs.com)

On the demand of the new Archpriest of the Basilica or Bergoglio himself, the Secretary of State has issued a directive that "private" Masses (they were never private, people could attend), are no longer permitted at the many side altars in the Basilica. This effectively renders the offering of the Holy Mass according to the traditional Missal impossible. One chapel below, the Mass can be offered, but for how long. Concelebration is the norm. Regular and normative concelebration is wrong in every way. It is fewer Masses, fewer atonements to the Father by the Son through the Holy Spirit for our sins. Fundamentally, this is the elimination of the traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. 

Bergoglio is not our friend, not our Shepherd. He has inflicted enormous harm on the Church and on the faith. May God deliver us. 

St. Peter’s Basilica – Individual morning Masses SUPPRESSED | Fr. Z's Blog (wdtprs.com)

About that CDF survey on Summorum Pontificum ...

You are no doubt familiar with the recent public release of a survey to bishops from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on the situation and development of Summorum Pontificum. Many are seeing this as an omen of bad things to come and are losing their heads.

I do not share this conspiracy theory. Not that I trust anything coming out of the Vatican, notwithstanding. 

Let me just briefly comment on the Archdiocese of Toronto and three of its suffrage dioceses of Hamilton, London and St. Catharines. There are nearly thirty priests whom I know who on Sundays or other days or at least privately, offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the traditional Rite and I am not referring here to the Society of St. Pius X which operates at least four chapels in Toronto, New Hamburg, Orillia and St. Catharines. In the Diocese of London there are two growing communities in Windsor and St. Thomas. In St. Catharines, the Fraternity of St. Peter and a sprinkling of ad hoc diocesan Masses. In Hamilton, the Mass is every Sunday in Kitchener and Hamilton and less frequent in Brantford. In Toronto proper there are five every Sunday plus at least three other parishes where at least once a week, a priest offers the traditional rite. The Triduum had been held for six years, though the planned one this past March, was of course, cancelled. The Cardinal Archbishop, Thomas Collins, has always been supportive. Many of the Ordinandi of the last decade have offered the Holy Mass according to the traditional Form. This is not going to change and there are, I believe, eight ordinations this year for Toronto. There is no gain for this Archdiocese to attack these communities. 

There is a lot of hysteria in this matter. Don't buy into it.

For more sanity, I refer you to Father Zuhlsdorf.

https://wdtprs.com/2020/04/wherein-fr-z-muses-about-the-survey-sent-to-bishops-about-summorum-pontificum-rant-and-suggestions/

More on the suppresson of public Sunday Mass in Toronto ... use your heads, people!

Cardinal Collins of Toronto has suppressed public Mass for at least, tomorrow, the Third Sunday of Lent. Churches will not be closed, they will be open for prayer, many will have Holy Hours and Adoration. This is to prevent the assembly of 250 or more.  While some may see this as draconian, I think we need to put this in some perspective. Daily Mass is not prohibited because of the smaller numbers. The suppression is week by week. Further, priests will offer "pro populo" and consume the Holy Sacrifice. That is what it is important. Our attendance is secondary, this has always been the case. It is only necessary to receive Holy Communion once per year. 

Friends, let us put this in perspective. 

Yesterday, 250 people in Italy died from this China Virus, yes, that is what this is, China Virus or Wuhan Flu. Do you want this here? For reasons which will eventually be known, Italy was caught off guard, most likely not taking it seriously enough in the early stages. Italy has the most elderly population in Europe which is why the death rate is so high and now it is out of control in Spain. Do you want Nonna and Papa to drop dead here too before their time?

This writer is 63, has asthma and chronic bronchitis. On December 19 past, my lungs filled with a bacterial infection and my fever on Christmas Eve was 102. A week later, it migrated to my heart developing into pericarditis and when in hospital over New  Year's they gave me Influenza A which manifested a week later. Where do you think I will be if this thing comes to me? Now, I am doing everything I need to do for my immune system from Vitamin C and D to Chaga Mushroom Tea and Oil of Oregano.

On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Douglas Ford, the Premier of Ontario, has ordered all publicly-funded (Catholic included) schools to close for two weeks following next week's scheduled March Break. In turn, the school boards have closed child-care centres and the City's other gathering places. This is a brilliant move in the public interest. What he has done is put schools in a kind of self-quarantine. People are going to travel next week and rather than bring this disease back to the schools after March 23 where it will explode, they can get sick at home. Further, if anyone in the system has it, it will be known by the beginning of April and the spread will have been drastically reduced and the curve, flattened. 

The issue must be to flatten the curve. We must lower the peak which has not yet come. We must spread out critical illnesses because our health system will not be able to handle it and doctors will decide who will live and who will die based on age and conditions. Do you want this? 

So, let's be understanding in all of this. For some perspective on these matters you can read Hilary White @hilarityjane. Formerly of Toronto, Hilary lives in Italy and is experiencing it first-hand and has some surprising thoughts on the need for cancelling public Mass.  

DEATHS IN ITALY ARE DOUBLING EVERY DAY! ITALY IS 10 - 12 DAYS AHEAD OF NORTH AMERICA.

Data from China and Iran cannot be trusted. The regimes are corrupt and evil. Italy is the example of what is really going on. Italy is our canary and the epicentre of our data-points.

My question for you is this; are you prepared to risk your health and that of your family by attending Mass and bringing something home to them possibly killing your elderly parents or neighbour or yourself? Are you prepared who may be carrying the virus without knowing to infect someone else leading to their illness and perhaps death? 

Yes, yes, I know, it is a communist plot engineered by the globalist cabal. Well, it was started by a heinous communist state and culture that promoted the development of markets and slaughter of exotic animals that man was never meant to consume in deplorable conditions. China should be condemned for this. So should our own governments and corporate elite who off-shored our manufacturing including pharmaceuticals to this rogue regime of pathetic God-hating brutes. 

China did this and should be condemned by other nations for its barbarism and evil.

Before you condemn Cardinal Collins, he did not ban Holy Communion or force you to receive in the hand as the derelict bishops of Hamilton or Peterborough have done.

You don't need to receive and consume the Holy Sacrifice at Mass, the priest does. The Mass is Atonment to God, not your receiving of the Most Holy Sacrament or even your attendance. The Archbishop of Toronto has dispensed you from attending Holy Mass on Sunday, it is not a sin to miss.

Now, if you insist you have one option in Toronto but the church is very small and seats 120 and is already cheek by jowl and cannot hold you so you'll be outside on the lawn because I expect the hall will also be full. The Church of the Transfiguration is on Aldgate Avenue in the south Etobicoke community in Toronto and is a Chapel of the Society of St. Pius X. Mass is proceeding, regardless of the announcement by Cardinal Collins. But I think one and all need to be prudent and not overwhelm that little community and leave it alone for those who already attend and who sit cheek by jowl  every week.

You can go to Hamilton diocese starting from Oakville but Holy Communion is being enforced in the hand (OF WHICH THE BISHOP HAS NO AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE). The bishop there made no distinction to exclude the Latin Mass from this unauthorised decision. The people there will distribute leaflets on how to make a spiritual communion, the people will not receive.

YOU MUST NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION IN THE HAND AT THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS - EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN RITE. -- GOT THAT? IF THE PRIEST DOES NOT DISTRIBUTE HOLY COMMUNION DO NOT HARASS HIM FOR IT. CLEAR?

Another option is a little further west into the Diocese of London where the situation is very prudent. No chalice, no hand-shake, no holy water (usually a filthy petri dish at the best of times and best avoided - bring your own), recommended but not forced communion in the hand. The Diocese of St. Catharines is also reasonable. 

Rather than attending Costco to get in a fight over the roll of toilet paper that is not there, you might all drive to Holy Angels in St. Thomas, Ontario for the traditional Latin Mass which is at 1:30. 

If not, pray the Mass at home, the office and enjoy your family time and stay out of the stores. 

Besides, you should always have three months of food on hand. Let this be a lesson for next time to be a prepper.

Lepanto was a victory by Our Blessed Mother - Toronto Latin Mass on Our Lady of the Rosary

Italian bishops do Bergoglio's bidding and bolwderdize the Novus Ordo and demand an end to Summorum Pontificum!

The Italian bishops, eight years after the English speaking world finally adopted the 2002 Roman Missal and the correct translation, have issued their incorrect translation.

Bowing to Bergoglio's dictates, the Italian bishops have changed the words of the The Lord's Prayer to "do not abandon us to temptation." It is completely wrong. As Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement writes;

The Greek verb in question “eisenenkēis” does not mean “abandon.” It is a form of a highly irregular verb [1] “eispherō – to bring in, lead-in, carry in, introduce.” No dictionary lists “abandon” or any synonym thereof as a translation. It is as if Christians have not been praying “lead us not into temptation” in countless languages for over 19 centuries, as if no one has ever bothered to consider what these words mean, and comment on them. It is impossible to believe that pastors with the cure of souls in Italy (or anywhere else) are suddenly besieged by anguished parishioners, tormented at the thought that the Eternal Father might be leading them into temptation. But even if that were the case, is it really an improvement to suggest that God cannot lead us into temptation, but can abandon us in it?

Further, they have not translated "bonae voluntatis" correctly in the Gloria.  The current Italian, “pace in terra agli uomini di buona volontà – peace on earth to men of good will” is to be replaced by “pace in terra agli uomini, amati dal Signore – peace on earth to men, loved by the Lord.”

They have refused to translate the actual Latin "pro multis" as "for many" and will continue to use "per tutti," or, for all, in direct defiance of Pope Benedict XVI.

If that is not enough, they have stated that Benedict XVI had no right to issue Summorum Pontificum, that it was illegal and that the Missal of John XXIII, an alleged Saint, was actually abrogated by another alleged Saint, Giovanni Montini.

Make no mistake that this is on the order of the dictator, Peronist on the Seat of Peter. It is a shot over the bow to the traditional orders, the ICRSS, FSSP, etcetera, and the many, many diocesan priests and communities. 

If Bergoglio and his filthy minions want war, they've got it.

This is not 1965 or 1968 and I am not my mother and father.

Other reading.

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2018/11/ask-father-could-latin-be-suppressed-wherein-fr-z-rants/

https://whatisupwiththesynod.com/index.php/2018/11/16/hatred-of-the-ancient-liturgy-always-means-hatred-of-the-ancient-faith-and-love-of-homoheresy/

https://whatisupwiththesynod.com/index.php/2018/11/16/the-purge-goes-all-in-italian-bishops-meeting-the-ancient-mass-should-be-repealed-pope-ratzinger-made-a-mistake/

Sorry Cardinal Sarah, I'm not buying what you're selling!

You are probably familiar with how Cardinal Sarah, in his earnest attempt to keep the "Reform of the Reform" alive, was slapped down last year over the "ad orientem" posture matter. I wrote then that the idea of the ROTR was dead and that the "bastard rite" was not reformable. 

The tools needed to put lipstick on the pig are already there. The mock of the Mass brought to you by Giovanni Montini already has all that which is necessary to bring it more in line with the traditional. Use the Graduale Romanum of 1975 for the chant, face east, use incense, Penitential Rite A and the Roman Canon (EPI), incense, and so on. But this is all window dressing, it is lipstick on a pig. The fundamental problems remain in the Offertory, the theology behind that Missal and, yes the Lectionary.

Others have written erudite articles on this. Dr. Shaw, Father Zuhlsdorf and more, Father Raymond J. DeSouza has come out backing it and then, backed off. You can read them.

I'm a little behind on this post, so there is no sense me rehashing them, but I will give a few of my thoughts, given my over thirty years of work in both "forms" of the Roman Rite.

• The one improvement that could benefit the traditional Lectionary is the structured Advent weekday readings. This follows the ancient Lenten lectionary in the traditional rite where each day has prescribed readings rather than ferial or Sunday repetition.
• An Old Testament Lesson could be added to Sundays and First Class Feasts.
• There are no other benefits, notwithstanding Sacrosanctam Concilium.

The loss would be greater. Embers. Rogations. Vigils. Octaves, the yearly repetition of beautiful Catholic doctrine. The Mass is not a bible study.

When one reads the Divine Office, particularly even with the 1961 revisions, one sees the intricate connections between the Office and the Mass. It is especially evident in the Divino Affaltu and the Sanctoral cycle. The readings in the Office are related to the readings of the Mass and the chants of the Mass are also intricately woven in to the readings.

At one time, I hoped for a unified calendar and lectionary. That was when I worked with both, "forms". I see now that folly.

The calendar is the other challenge put forth by the good Cardinal, and I do not doubt his sincerity, but it is simply not possible. The modern must give way to the traditional. The traditional feast days for saints would require restoration. What about the Embers, the Rogations, Vigils, Octaves, Christ the King?

No, get back to paying attention to bringing the Novus Ordo back where it belongs, at least to the point of the "1965 Missal."

But get your hands off the traditional.

Sung traditional Latin Mass - Canadian Forces Base Borden

For those near CFB Borden, there will be a sung Latin Mass for the Pentecost Ember Wednesday at 12:00 noon at St. Joseph's Chapel.

For more on the Ember Days, please visit:

http://www.fisheaters.com/emberdays.html

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2009/09/ember-day-tempura/

Rubrical reminders from Una Voce Toronto - because we're "rigid"

Posted today at www.unavocetoronto.blogspot.com

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Let us review some terms and basic rubrics for the Traditional Latin Mass, also known in modernist circles, as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. There is charity in truth and there is peace and unity in truth. There is no charity in silence and appeasement. It is incumbent upon those who work in the sacred liturgy to humble themselves to what the Church expects.

The commentary below is written with "referential authority." That is to say, the authority comes not from this writer but from the documents from the which the information is gleaned and condensed. The referred documents are Tra le sollecitudini, Mediator Dei, Da Musica Sacra et Sacra Liturgia and Rubricarum. The notorious Musica Sacra of 1967 is prohibited in accord with Summorum Pontificum and Universae Ecclesiae.

Read Mass or Missa Lecta

Commonly referred to as “Low” Mass, this form of Mass is more properly referred to as a “Read Mass.” This comes from its Latin name, Missa Lecta. The Mass, in history, would have always been Solemn (see below), but as parishes and villages developed away from monasteries and cathedrals; and as mendicant Orders such as Dominicans and Franciscans, journeyed to preach, priests would desire to offer the Holy Sacrifice for themselves and the souls they found on their journeys. The Missa Lecta was developed for this purpose. It is a quiet and contemplative Mass with one server only, though two can be “tolerated.” The Mass is entirely in Latin, though, in accord with the legitimate Law as prescribed by Pope Benedict XVI, in Universae Ecclesiae the Lesson(s), Epistle and Gospel may be said in the vernacular from an approved translation (at the time of 1962) from the Altar without first being read in Latin. There is normally no music permitted.

Read Mass with Music

Music is not permitted in a Read Mass except in specific circumstances and certain specific rubrics. In fact, a more proper word than permitted would be tolerated, in its classic sense. One may have an organ prelude or postlude and organ music at the Offertory or during Communion in those times of the year where organ music is not prohibited and no solo organ music is permitted in the Mass during Advent, except on Gaudete Sunday or in the season of Lent on Laetare Sunday. No solo organ music is permitted at anytime at a Requiem Mass. Organ music may be used at a Requiem Mass only to support the singing and only if absolutely necessary to even do that. Music or hymn singing may be used at a Read Mass in the following manner. A hymn may be sung as a processional and the recessional and these may be in the vernacular. A Latin hymn may be sung at the Offertory and the Communion but it may not be the text of the Proper of the Mass which must be read by the priest aloud and heard by the faithful in attendance. A hymn may be sung in the vernacular at the Offertory and Communion provided it is connected with the liturgical action. For example, the Offertory hymn could be, “See Us Lord, About Your Altar,” or, “Lord, Accept the Gifts We Offer.” At Communion, the hymn, if in the vernacular, must be a hymn to the Blessed Sacrament or be a hymn of Thanksgiving.  The Gloria and Credo cannot be sung at any Read Mass.  A Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei may be sung if they are short, for example, Mass XVI or Mass XVIII, never Mass IX or VIII the Missa de Angelis. These are two long and delay the priest. All singing must conclude so that the action of the Priest is not delayed and the audible texts are not covered by music. The Priest does not sing the Collect or Postcommunion nor any other oration, nor does he chant in any way the salutations, nor do the people respond in chant. These are only said.

Sung Mass—or Missa Canata or Solemn Mass—Missa Solemnis

All Propers must be sung, there are no exceptions. The Epistle and Gospel must be sung, there are no exceptions. All salutations and response are sung, there are no exceptions. If the priest cannot sing the melismatic tones of the Lesson, Epistle or Gospel, then he can chant them recto tono, on the same note. If the Schola cannot manage to sing the Proper chants with the melisma, then it is permissible to sing them in psalm tone, or recto tono. They can also be sung in Polyphony when considered appropriate. At the Offertory and Communion, Latin motets or hymns can also be sung, but only after the Proper Antiphon.

Requiem Mass

The musical rubrics apply to a Requiem Mass as to the degree above.

Holy Mother Church has determined the above rubrics in order to ensure the proper dignity of the Mass. When we work within the Laws of the Church, there is peace and understanding and serene contemplation of the holy actions taking place before us.

When we deviate from these for pastoral or other reasons or through pressure, we create confusion and disunity and distress and these are not from the Holy Spirit; we insert our own desires into the liturgy, where it does not belong. None of us are masters of the Liturgy of God, we are rather, its servants. We must do our work in truth and humility, we must submit to the mind of the Church and we must reject any inculturation and pastoral provision that deviates from the truth.

At no time is a guitar permitted during a Traditional Latin Mass. It's been done!

There is no evidence that Fr. Franz Gruber, S.J. ever permitted Stille Nacht on guitar at a Midnight Mass due to a broken organ. This is “fake news.”

At no time is it permitted to sing anything in the vernacular in a Sung or Solemn Mass. Processional and recessional hymns take place outside of Mass. Mass begins with the Introit and ends with the Ite.  Any reference to what occurred between the great wars in Europe in Germany, Belgium or Holland should be understood in the context of dissent and diabolical disorientation that lead to the complete upheaval of the holy liturgy.

Lest one doubt the above, be assured that every educated Catholic in proper Church music and liturgy according to its venerable tradition is aware of these rubrics and knows where to find the sources. If they are not, then they are unqualified to do the work and they need to become educated. Let those who labour for the love of true worship of the LORD in the timeless liturgy understand the need to maintain consistency, peace and serenity in the work before us. This peace and serenity can only be achieved if we work within that which we are given. By humbling ourselves to the timelessness, we will achieve peace in our work. It is when deviations occur that we bring disunity and cognitive dissonance to the holy work before us.

Una Voce Toronto

Pope Bergoglio corrected - Two forms of one Roman Rite does not equate with "exception!"

Pope's are not correct every time they spew happy water from their mouth or pass frankincense. They are not infallible on everything they say. This papolatry has done enormous damage to the Church,

I was personally insulted when the Bishop of Rome made negative references towards the traditional Latin Mass and those who attend it. I find him depressing to the point of nausea. His insults and arrogance is unbefitting of the Vicar of Christ and Bishop of Rome. 

What kind of Pope insults Catholics as this man?

St. Pio of Pietrelcina being "rigid' and "hiding something"

Now, none other than the great liturgist, Nicola Bux, throws a polite challenge:

FQ: Don Nicola, is the traditional Roman rite an exception?

Nicola Bux: That's  not what  the Motu Proprio by Pope Benedict XVI says. Rather, one reads explicitly that the two rites have the same dignity. This is what the Pope writes, not me. Therefore, we can not say with the document at hand, that it is an exception, unless one wants to come to a conclusion which is directed against the pope's document.

Read the rest at:
http://eponymousflower.blogspot.ca/2016/11/don-nicola-bux-contradicts-pope-francis.html

Archbishop of Zagreb bans Cardinal Burke from Offering Holy Mass in the Traditional Rite!

GloriaTV is reporting that the Archbishop of Zagreb, Josip Cardinal Bozanić has barred Raymond Cardinal Burke from offering the Holy Mass according to the traditional rite, what Benedict XVI referred to in Summorum Pontificum as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. 

https://gloria.tv/article/EgW3Vpp9G8Gw3NhPmPTuBZXcN

On Twitter, Edward Pentin is stating that the "organizers arranged the whole thing without informing" the chancery or archbishop. This may be what he has been told from them.

First, no cardinal, no bishop can ban the offering of Holy Mass according to the traditional rite. However, a bishop does have the right to refuse another bishop entry into his diocese without his permission. At the rank of Cardinal, this is different; Cardinal Burke needs no permission to enter any diocese as he is a, Cardinal. The complication comes in with Zagreb's archbishop also being a Cardinal.

If the organizers did not advise the chancery, that was their mistake. It was imprudent and foolish.

The Archbishop of  Zagreb, however, has acted inappropriately and needlessly created an ugly situation that did not need to happen.

There is a new phrase in Rome, and Cardinal Burke has become a verb.

He was "burked" and now so too, has the Mass.

The Archbishop of Zagreb owes Catholics an explanation and Cardinal Burke, an apology.

Society of St. Pius X in New Hamburg growing - what is it saying about the Diocese of Hamilton?

New Hamburg is a lovely old Ontario town just west of Kitchener which prior to the great European family fight that killed 20,000,000 was called Berlin; it has a large historical German population.

The Society of St. Pius X purchased an unused elementary school a few years ago and a solid community has grown around it. An old woodshop was converted to a lovely little chapel. They have just announced the purchase of a Martin Luther worship centre, ironically called St. Peter's Lutheran Church, with the intent to turn it into a Catholic Church. 

Congratulations to the Society on this growth and work towards the restoration of the Catholic faith.

The Diocese of Hamilton and its Bishop will be held accountable some day for the hardship of the Catholics in Waterloo, Kitchener and Hamilton.They have had the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite bounced around from parish to parish and from time to time and in Hamilton, to a ridiculous twice per month and wherever, to ridiculous times of day!

Please friends, support the work of Una Voce Hamilton. They are committed and hard-working. They are friends of this writer -- priests and laity; but they have been waging an uphill fight from the get-go with little to no support. At the same time, let us appreciate and pray for the wonderful work being done by the priests of the Society in New Hamburg and Toronto where a third Sunday Mass has also been added even though they are only two kilometers from two Sunday Masses at the Oratory.


The day will come friends, when the Church will apologise for what it did to Marcel Lefebvre. The unjust suspension of the 1970's under Paul VI and excommunication under John Paul II and on that day he will be known as Venerable Marcel Lefebvre and his cause will begin. 

History will look back and agree that the Holy Ghost was working through that great man with the serene countenance. When we look at the realities today, it can no longer be denied.

Catholics of Sudbury - Get thee to the Latin Mass!

Let us rejoice with some good news for the Catholics of Sudbury, a vibrant city in northern Ontario which has given, or I should say, sold to the world much of what it sits on. A few months ago, I had heard through some contacts there and in the liturgical movement in Canada that after many years, a traditional Latin Mass was to be held regularly. 

A reader has kindly sent me there new web page. The community is known as the Mater Dei Latin Mass Community and Mass it twice per week; a Read Mass on Wednesday at 5:00 P.M. and a Sung Mass with incense on Sundays at 5:00 P.M. The Masses are offered at St. Casimir's Church at 210 Paris Street.  

The community has a Facebook page and their web page which can be found at http://www.materdeiparish.ca/.

God bless the people who have made this possible.

+JMJ+
My friends, greetings! My name is Fr. Vince Fiore.
Please take a moment to read this. Thank you.
Installed by the Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, I am the new pastor of the MATER DEI LATIN MASS COMMUNITY in Sudbury, Ontario.
Mater Dei (Mother of God) is a brand new community that will offer a weekly option of attending the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass in the Traditional Latin Rite on Sundays at 5:00 P.M., beginning:
When: Sunday, 17 January 2016
Where: St. Casimir Church, 210 Paris Street, Sudbury, Ontario (parking lot in back, accessible from Van Horne, then Solidarity Lane).
Attending Mass in the Traditional Rite FULFILLS THE CATHOLIC SUNDAY OBLIGATION TO ATTEND MASS.
We are very excited and are diligently working to be able to offer to Almighty God the fullness of the splendour of this extraordinary Liturgy which, thanks to Dr. David Buley, professor of Music Education at Laurentian University, includes an exquisite integration of Gregorian Chant.
A Low Mass will be offered weekly as well, at St. Casimir on Wednesdays at 5:00 P.M.. This is also often referred to as a 'quiet Mass', that is, without the chanting and incensing one would normally experience at a Sunday High Mass and other 'High Feast Days'.
Sacrament of Penance (Confession) will be made available before Mass on Sunday and Wednesday at 4:00 P.M..
We are totally dependent on the generosity of others. Please remember the Mater Dei Latin Mass Community in your prayers. As usual, a collection will be taken up at the Sunday Masses, please give as generously as possible. Thank you.
As well, please consider Mater Dei as a charitable option, monthly or as regular as possible. It is amazing, as you know, how quickly and wildly costs will mount. Tax receipts will be issued. Donations can be made out and sent to:
Mater Dei Latin Mass
c/o 21 Ste. Anne Road
Sudbury, Ontario
P3C 5P6
This is a Diocesan-wide initiative. Please feel free to come and experience the Divine Liturgy as the Saints you know and love would have known it.
Do not have concerns such as "I won't know what to do", or, "I don't understand Latin". To follow along, resources will be provided. Myself, the servers and the musicians are learning, too. So, be at peace and know that we will be growing in this endeavour together. Very exciting!
We are currently working on our website.
Thank you to Almighty God and Our Lady for this extraordinary opportunity!
Thank you and Dominus Vobiscum! (The Lord be with you!)
Please help spread the word!
Through Him, With Him, and In Him,
Pater Vincenzo Fiore
(Father Vince Fiore)
Mater Dei, ora pro nobis! Mother of God, pray for us!

The Holy Name of Jesus - Blasphemed by the world, disregarded by the Modernist Church

According to the wreckers and the Pope who aided and abetted these criminals - Paul VI, today is either the Second Sunday after Christmas or where the Bishops think you're too lazy to go to Mass on the actual Epiphany, the Twelfth Day of Christmas on January 6, it is the transferred Epiphany. The joke of this is that it can be as early as January 2 and, as it will be in 2017, on January 7, actually the day after the actual date of Epiphany.

Confused yet?

Well, it is also January 3, which means that in the Ordinary Form of the Mass according to the same wrecked Missal of Paul VI, it is the Holy Name of Jesus but it is an Optional Memorial, if January 3 was to fall on a day other than Sunday. Now, some more confusion? It was actually not part of the Missal of Paul VI, he did not seem to care enough about this Feast and approved the Bugnini calendar that displaced it all together. When Pope St. John Paul II issued the revised Roman Missal requiring the proper translation, he restored this Feast to the appointed day of January 3 as the "Optional Memorial." Imagine that, an Optional Memorial on the Holy Name of Jesus! Well, at least it is in the Missal in two languages at least, Latin and English. Friends, the rest of the world has still not implemented the Roman Missal 2002 of John Paul II which restored this and other Feasts and was required to be properly translated under his authority as expressed in Liturgiam Authenticum. Imagine, in Italian, Spanish, French, German and so on, this Feast to the Holy Name does not exist in their calendar or Missal!

Now, if you have escaped all of the liturgical insanity described above and you follow according to the Roman Missal of 1962, the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the Sunday after the Octave and before Epiphany, is the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, which coincidentally, is January 3 this year and is the same in the OF, except it is displaced by either the Second Sunday after Christmas or Epiphany of the Lord.

On the Octave Day of Christmas - the Circumcision of the Lord in the EF and Mary, Mother of God in the OF, the Gospel was about Our Blessed Lord being taken to the Temple on the 8th day for his naming and circumcision. Therefore, it was natural that the Church would take this "empty" Sunday and use it to exalt His Most Holy Name.

Some day, this will all get fixed. One calendar, one Lectionary and a reformed Ordinary Form Missal which would be essentially what the Ordinariate now has - the "Tridentine Mass" in English with a restoration of these great Feasts and end to the transfer to Sunday of at least Epiphany and Ascension, a return to the Pentecost Octave (OF) and the lost Epiphany Octave (EF and OF) and a restoration of the Gesima Sundays, Rogations and Embers.

Let us pray that it be sooner rather than later. In the meantime, read and listen below what they Paul VI stole from you.

The Office Hymn for today is Jesu Dulcis Memoria dating from the 12th century and ascribed to the prolific hymn writer, St. Bernard of Clariveaux.

IESU, dulcis memoria,

Jesu the very thought of  Thee,

dans vera cordis gaudia,

with sweetness fills my breast,

sed super mel et omnia,        

but sweeter far Thy face to see,

eius dulcis praesentia. 

and in Thy presence rest.

Nil canitur suavius, 

Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,

nil auditur iucundius, 

nor can the memory find

nil cogitatur dulcius,   

a sweeter sound than Thy blest Name,

quam Iesus Dei Filius. 

O Saviour of mankind!

Iesu, spes paenitentibus,

O hope of every contrite heart

quam pius es petentibus!

O joy of all the meek,

quam bonus te quaerentibus!

to those who fall, how kind Thou art!

sed quid invenientibus?

how good to those who seek!

Nec lingua valet dicere, 

But what to those who find? 

nec littera exprimere: 

Ah this nor tongue nor pen can show:

expertus potest credere,

the love of Jesus, what it is

quid sit Iesum diligere.  

none but His loved ones know.

Sis, Iesu, nostrum gaudium,

Jesu, our only joy be Thou,

qui es futurus praemium:

As Thou our prize wilt be:

sit nostra in te gloria,

Jesu, be Thou our glory now,

per cuncta semper saecula.

Forever through eternity.

Amen.    

                         

Traditional Latin Masses in Toronto, this Epiphany and beyond

A regular commenter in a post two below left the following:

"But are all these blog visits changing anything for the better? There is no increase in the number of TLM's in Toronto and beyond." 

The writer of this comment, "Karl Rahner, Jr." and I welcome his input, has previously opined that my style and the content of this blog detracts from any work that I engage in for the purposes of spreading interest in the Extraordinary  Form of the Roman Rite. Further, there are a few others out there who with ignorance, arrogance and puerile petulant pride use phrases such as "radical traditionalists" and "trads-behaving badly" and other such silliness and opine that those terrible people, whomever they might be, actually hurt he cause of promoting the traditional Mass. Some of these, try to link Vox personally to a problem that does not exist because in my other life, I am President of the Toronto Traditional Mass Society-Una Voce Toronto.

Anyone who believes that this writer, or any blogger for that matter, has that much power ascribes something which does not exist. More importantly, it is an insult to the Holy Spirit who has through the work of many hands beginning in Econe, preserved the Holy Mass in the traditional form, to this day where others have been able to take up the cause. To state that this blog hurts the cause because someone might be offended, is simply poppycock. If anyone hurts the cause, it is those who throw around such language as "radical traditionalists" and "trads behaving badly" and other such puerile silliness. Good grief, to be Catholic is to be traditional!

Now, let us look at Toronto, since that was the matter raised.

On Epiphany upcoming, there will be two Read (Low) Masses and one Sung and one Solemn in the Archdiocese of Toronto celebrated in diocesan churches by diocesan priests. This does not include the Society of St. Pius X which has recently had to add a third Mass to its Toronto Chapel Sunday schedule.

On Immaculate Conception last there were five and two of them were Solemn and one was Sung and in 2014 there were actually six with three being Solemn.

I can also report that there is another parish in the east of the Archdiocese that has implemented a Latin Mass very Friday evening with three out of four Ordinary Form celebrated "ad orientem" and one, Extraordinary showing the "two forms of one Roman Rite" as Pope Benedict XVI so desired in parishes and another in the east on the First Saturday.

Not only that, but one of Toronto's oldest personal ethnic parishes has a traditional Mass every Saturday morning except on the First Saturday when it is in the Ordinary Form.

Now, I can remember as recently as 2007 prior to Summorum Pontificum except for two crumbs under the "generosity" of Cardinal Ambrozic there were two Sunday indult Masses in diocesan churches On Feast days other than the two Holy Days of Obligation, there were none. Zero, Nada, Zilch! In fact, Ambrozic refused anything further lest he give be seen to give support to something which he did not. Yes, that letter is on file with Una Voce Toronto.

Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate (Thomas Card. Collins)

Under Cardinal Collins, the facts are the total opposite and for that, he is to be thanked and commended as is the current Chancellor, Father Ivan Camillieri. Both have been supportive. In fact, your writer had the distinct opportunity and grace to have been the prime organiser under Una Voce Toronto and the Schola Director for the Music for the Mass pictured at the right and below. In those pictures are the Cardinal, a Latin Mass Chaplain-Associate Pastor, a Pastor or two, a Priest of Opus Dei, other Associate Pastors, a newly ordained diocesan priest and Seminarians of Toronto and thirty priests and monsignors in choir.

If the question is of Sunday, there are four every Sunday, not including the SSPX. One Sung, one Solemn and two Read. It would be wonderful to have more but let us look at some issues that impede the growth that have nothing to do with this blog or my writing - truly, some give too me too much power, 

The Archdiocese of Toronto has a policy of no changes to a Sunday schedule without episcopal permission. No additions of Masses, particularly in other languages, no reduction, no supplanting of one language or rite over another. There is no problem in this; changing languages and mass times can have a deleterious affect on parishes without proper consultation. As for schedule an Extraordinary Form Mass, to remove an OF for an EF would be upsetting and controversial. We don't need to see what happened to our parents and grandparents repeated. Further, in many parishes where there have  been EF Masses, the Sunday schedule is already jammed with five or six Masses. This has not affected the growth of the traditional rite because there is no demand at this time for more, nor the people who could sustain it. Everyone who truly desires the Mass on Sundays in the Archdiocese of Toronto can get to it within 45 minutes and that includes the outer reaches of the Archdiocese. Is this great? No, but so it is better than it has been and as younger priests come along, it will continue to grow. 

Further, we have organised a Triduum the last two years and there will be one in 2015 in Toronto in a Diocesan Chapel with the blessing of the Chancellor and Seminary! The fact is, while the loss of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter was regrettable, the diocesan priests have filled the gap, the Cardinal Archbishop and his Chancellor have been supportive and it is my belief that we are in fact, better off notwithstanding the current lack of a "personal parish." The fact is, if we look at where the FSSP exists in Canada, - St. Catharines, Ottawa, Calgary, Quebec City, with the exception of Vancouver, these are the only places where the traditional Latin Mass is offered. It has become a ghetto. The loss of the FSSP in Toronto is proving to be a blessing in disguise as priest and laity have stepped up and pushed ahead. 

The situation in Toronto is actually better than most places in Canada, and is not dissimilar to that elsewhere. The growth of the traditional movement is happening and it is sustainable and it is not going to be stopped. To suggest that this blogger or any other hurts this growth is preposterous and I won't stand for it when the growth is there for all to see.

Fundamentally, the growth must be organic for it to take root in people's hearts and minds. We don't need 1950's Catholicism a mile wide and an inch deep.

Sunday Masses in the Extraordinary Form in Toronto

St. Patrick's Schomberg, Sung Mass at 9:00AM

St. Vincent de Paul Toronto, Read Mass at 9:30AM

Holy Family Toronto, Solemn Mass at 11:00AM

St. Lawrence the Martyr Scarborough, Low Mass with organ and hymns at 1:00PM

Other days and Feast Days

Immaculate Conception Port Perry, 7:00 PM Last Friday of the month

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Toronto, 9:00AM Saturday except First Saturday

St. Isaac Jogues Pickering, 11:00AM First Saturday

St. Patrick's Phelpston 7:20 PM on Feast Days

St. Joseph's Mississauga 7;30P M on Feast Days