Pope Leo XIV reshapes Holy Week to what it should be - Silere non Possum

The Italian blog, Silere non Possum, has an important announcement. Pope Leo XIV will return to the proper celebration of the Sacred Triduum with a proper morning Chrism Mass and a proper Holy Thursday Mass in the Lateran Basilica of St. John, the actual Cathedral of Rome. Since 2013, we have endured the Begoglian liturgical insult and innovation of ignoring the liturgical norms and dignity and proper worship of God and the sorrow of the Triduum. The narcissistic, attention-seeking sham of foot washing and attendance at prisons and other places, to say nothing of the debasement of the ceremony and the intent, appears to be, thankfully, over.  Laus Deo!

The ritual of Washing of the Feet in the Usus Antiquior is not part of the Mass; it is a ritual that was undertaken at another time of the day. It was a superior washing the feet of inferiors and took place in cathedrals or monasteries, convents or even in a palace with the King washing the feet of his subjects. In the Novus Ordo, the rite was and remains optional. It allowed for the washing of the feet of the laity, but originally women,n which was altered by Bergoglio. Many priests, not wishing to deal with the matter of women, simply option it out. As part of the debatable wisdom of the 1955 Holy Week reform in the Usus Antiquior, it was inserted as an option in the Holy Thursday liturgy, but only for men and could include laity. The traditional manner for the Pope would be to wash the feet of priests, canons, or deacons in the cathedral, thus reflecting Our blessed Lord washing the feet of His apostles, or first bishops, as a sign of service. The idea of washing the feet of prisoners, women, moslems, as an example, as Bergoglio loved to do for attention, was a great thing -- on any other day of the year. Yes, wash the feet of the poor on any other day and not in front of cameras. Such a humble pope he was.

Patience friends. Pope Leo XIV is not Francis II; he is Leo XIV. Resetting takes time.

 
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Fiat, voluntas tua

⁴² Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.

⁴³ And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴ And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.

⁴⁵ Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest; behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁶ Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me.

Could you not watch on hour with me?

^{Matt. 26:36} Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.

³⁷ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad.

³⁸ Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.

³⁹ And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴⁰ And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?

⁴¹ Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak.

He was troubled in spirit

^{John 3: 21} When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit; and he testified, and said: Amen, amen I say to you, one of you shall betray me.

²² The disciples therefore looked one upon another, doubting of whom he spoke.

²³ Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

²⁴ Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him: Who is it of whom he speaketh?

²⁵ He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him: Lord, who is it?

²⁶ Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

²⁷ And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly.

²⁸ Now no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him.

²⁹ For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor.

³⁰ He therefore having received the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night.

³¹ When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

³² If God be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself; and immediately will he glorify him.

Mandatum

John 13 Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus knowing that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this world to the Father: having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

² And when supper was done, (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,)

³ Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and goeth to God;

⁴ He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself.

⁵ After that, he putteth water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

⁶ He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

⁷ Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

⁸ Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me.

⁹ Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.

¹⁰ Jesus saith to him: He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all.

¹¹ For he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore he said: You are not all clean.

¹² Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to them: Know you what I have done to you?

¹³ You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am.

¹⁴ If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.

¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.

¹⁶ Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him.

¹⁷ If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.

¹⁸ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me.

¹⁹ At present I tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

²⁰ Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.