Father Stephen Somerville - Requiescat in pace

Updated with funeral arrangements...

Father Stephen Somerville passed to his eternal reward last night, (December 12, 2015) around 11:00 P.M. Father was a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto. He recently suffered two serious strokes, he was 86.

Father Somerville was also a musician and composer. He wrote the Good Shepherd Mass for the English liturgy in 1965 which was adapted in 1970 for the bowdlerised Gloria and Sanctus and then corrected back by St. Michael's Choir School in 2011 with his permission. I enjoy every opportunity to sing his Responsorial Psalms in CBWII which are finely crafted based upon his authority in chant at St. Michael's Choir School. Last weekend was the 50th anniversary of his first conducting of the Tenor/Bass Choir of St. Michael's at the annual Massey Hall Christmas Concert. I have great memories of singing Handel's Messiah standing beside him in the Bass section a number of years ago in Etobicoke and singing his corrected Gloria translation (later modified by the Choir School) with him at the piano just a few years ago when visiting him at St. Bernard's Convalescent Home. Father Somerville was also the Chaplain on the set of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

The ICEL rebuke

He was well-known as "Canada's liturgist" having participated on the International Committee for English in the Liturgy (ICEL) which translated the Missal of Paul VI into English from the original Latin. It is important to know that the English translation used from 1965 to 1969 of the modified 1962 Roman Missal was a faithful translation. The Novus Ordo Missae was translated by ICEL using a translation method called dynamic equivalence. Father John Zuhlsdorf began his blog from years of writing in The Wanderer highlighting the grievous textual errors in the Missal, now corrected, and which still exist in the Liturgy of the Hours.

In his later years, Father Somerville regretted his work on ICEL. He came to the conclusion that the virtual abolition of the Roman Missal of 1962 was a grievous error; but not only that, but the translation of the Latin of the Novus Ordo Missae was "damaging" to the Faith. He issued his rebuke of ICEL and an apology for his participation in their now repudiated and disgraced work in what is known as The Somerville Letter.

The suspension

Father Somerville began assisting at the Holy Mass with the Society of St. Pius X in Toronto on a periodic basis to cover for their vacations. Following a much publicised series of communications with the then Monsignor and Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Toronto, the now laicised banker and investment advisor, John K. Murphy, then Cardinal Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic known for his over-eager suspensions of conservative and orthodox priests, suspended Father Somerville after consultation with the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. To be fair to Ambrozic, Father Somerville left him little room to proceed in any other direction. Summorum Pontificum was still five years away and the lifting of the excommunications on the SSPX bishops, even further.

To his credit, Cardinal Thomas Collins has brought back many of these good men, victims of the so-called "conservative" Ambrozic's vengeance. Yet, even in Father Somerville's retirement, this was not possible as he continued to refuse to follow the previous Cardinal's demands, which had been made public by him, leaving Cardinal Collins with little room to find a solution to Ambrozic's suspension.

I spoke to Father Somerville about it once. It saddened him greatly; but he insisted that he could "not retract what he fundamentally believed to be true." Ironically, it was on our way to the lounge in the convalescent home where he would play on the piano as I sang his revised, revised Gloria in English for the corrected translation in 2011. The irony and contradiction were not lost upon me.

Funeral arrangements are pending but it is known that Father requested that his funeral rites be undertaken at the Society of St. Pius X Chapel in Toronto. Sadly, it will mean that the priests of the Archdiocese will probably not be able to attend. 

If, magnanimity and mercy were to prevail, his funeral would be held at St. Paul's Basilica with St. Michael's Choir School so loved by Father Somerville (and his late brother Father Peter Somerville) with the Society of St. Pius X Toronto Pastor given "faculties" for a day to celebrate the funeral rites with the Cardinal in attendance, all in the spirit of the worldwide facilities for the SSPX from Pope Francis for the Sacrament of Penance. It is the Year of Mercy, after all. 

Rest in peace good Father. I was happy to have known you a little, sang with you, sang Mass for you and visited with you. Thank you for all you did, your Responsorial Psalms are still the best!

This is the only recording of his beautiful L'arche hymn which I have been able to find. The lyrics follow:

Lord Jesus, of you I will sing as I journey.

I’ll tell all my brothers about you wherever I go.

You alone are man's life and his peace and his love, 

Lord Jesus, of you I will sing as I journey.

Lord Jesus, I’ll praise you as long as I journey.

May all of my joy be a faithful reflection of You.

May the earth and the sea and the sky join my song.

Lord Jesus, I’ll praise you as long as I journey.

As long as I live, Jesus, make me your servant,

To carry your cross and to share all your burdens and tears;

For you saved me by giving your body and blood.

As long as I live, Jesus, make me your servant.

I fear in the dark and the doubt of my journey,

But courage will come with the sound of your steps by my side,

And with all of my brother you saved by your love,

We’ll sing Your dawn at the end of our journey.

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the soul of Thy servant Stephen, Thy priest, whom in this life Thou didst honour with the sacred office, may rejoice in the glory of heaven for evermore. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord, we pray Thee that the soul of Thy priest, Thy servant Stephen, which, while he abode in this world, Thou didst adorn with sacred gifts, may ever rejoice in a glorious place in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.   

O God, Thou didst raise Thy servant Stephen to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ, according to the Order of Melchisedech, giving him the sublime power to offer the Eternal Sacrifice, to bring the Body and Blood of Thy Son Jesus Christ down upon the altar, and to absolve the sins of men in Thine own holy Name. We beseech Thee to reward his faithfulness and to forget his faults, admitting him speedily into Thy holy presence, there to enjoy forever the recompense of his labours. This we ask through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord. Amen.

Eternal Rest grant unto him O Lord and may perpetual light shine upon him.

May he rest in peace. Amen.

Father Somerville after Solemn Mass at Martyr's Shrine, Midland, Ontario
Photo courtesy of Carl Vanderwouden

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Stephen Somerville
            Born April 1, 1931; ordained priest by Cardinal McGuigan of Toronto May 26, 1956;

died December 12, 2015, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Visitation at Humphrey’s Funeral Home,

1403 Bayview Avenue (at Davisville) Toronto,

on Wednesday, December 16, 2 - 4 pm,    

Fr. Emanuel Herkel will lead the Rosary at 3 pm.

6 - 8 pm – Prayers by Fr. Brian Clough (Toronto Diocese).

Traditional Latin Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the Church of the Transfiguration (SSPX)

11 Aldgate Ave, Toronto, ON 

on Thursday, December 17^th at 11 am

followed by reception at the church hall. 

416-503-8854 (Church)   416-251-0499 (Priory)

There will also be a Novus Ordo Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 520 Sherbourne St, Toronto,

on Friday, December 18^th at 10:00 am, celebrated by Fr. Brian Clough

 Internment will follow at St. Augustine’s Seminary - Our Lady of the Clergy Cemetery.
 As an organist, conductor, composer and singer of church music; as an ardent birdwatcher and camper; as a writer, a mentor and pastor of souls, Father Somerville was in all things a priest of Jesus Christ.

Requiescat in pace

Stonewall Dolan - What are you hiding? Why did you let the sadomasochistic sodomite priest to defame Our Lord?

BEHOLD, THE SODOMITE SADO-MASOCHISTIC THIEF

Cardinal Dolan, you deserve wherever this leads and may it lead to your downfall and a cleansing.

How dare you, after all that has gone on with homosexuals in the priesthood raping and sodomising young boys and men, yes, HOMOSEXUALS DID IT, -- how dare ignore the faithful and allow this filthy pervert who paid to have someone urinate in his mouth, offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

What sacrilege.

What filth. Trading the Precious Blood for urine! Did you felch him too?

And a thief on top of all the perversion.

I truly hope this brings you down and all those sodomites with you.

NEW YORK PRIEST ACCUSED OF LOOTING PARISH FUNDS TO FUEL DRUG-CRAZED SEX PARTIES WITH MALE WHORE - HAS HIM URINATE IN HIS MOUTH!

SODOMITE SADOMASOCHIST THIEF PRIEST RESIGNS!

SPECIAL REPORT FROM CHURCH MILITANT 

BREAKING NEWS; MARY WAGNER ARRESTED AT TORONTO ABORTUARY

Mary Wagner has been arrested. The Canadian pro-life missionary entered an abortuary this morning in Toronto's west end at Jane Street and Bloor Street to pass out roses to the women there and to speak to them about their baby and letting it live.

There is no law in Canada against abortion. Under the current government, there is no hope for there to be one as it is aggressively pro-abortion, notwithstanding the Prime Minister being a baptised Catholic. Mary was arrested last December at the same clinic for the same action on behalf of the unborn. 

Barona was there and has the full report.

BREAKING NEWS: Mary Wagner was arrested this morning at a Toronto abortion facility

A killing factory in an innocuous looking medical building

This morning, on December 12th, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, our dear sister in Christ, Mary Wagner, was arrested by Toronto Police for entering the Bloor West Village Women's Clinic - an abortion facility -and gently suggesting to expectant mothers to opt for life, rather than go through with killing their baby.

G--spot Papacy

You just can't make this stuff up.

Secrets of the G-spot unravelled… by the Vatican: Catholic university overseen by the Church to host conference about the secrets of the female body

• Augustinian Patristic Institute will host meeting of aesthetic gynaecologists
• The society's president is world renowned surgeon Dr Alexandros Bader
• He claims to be able to enhance women's G-spots, improve their sex life
• Conference delegates will also be greeted to audience with Pope Francis

By Jay Akbar For Mailonline

Published: 16:52 GMT, 11 December 2015 | Updated: 20:36 GMT, 11 December 2015

A Catholic university linked to the Vatican will host a conference of gynaecologists who claim to be able to 'amplify' women's G-spots to kickstart their sex lives.

The Augustinian Patristic Institute, near St Peter's Square in Rome, will host the first meeting of the European Society of Aesthetic Gynaecology in April next year.

The society is headed up by Dr Alexandros Bader, a world renowned surgeon, who boast of being able to 'enhance' a woman's G-spot on his website.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3356294/Secrets-G-spot-unravelled-Vatican-Catholic-university-overseen-Church-host-conference-secrets-female-body.html#ixzz3u6kWuShi
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Heresiarch Cupich again distorts the Truth - states that people in homosexual unions may receive Holy Communion

During the October Synod on Adultery and Sodomy, Pope Francis appointee to the Metropolitan See of Chicago Blase Cupich (pronounced soup-itch), created a firestorm with his heterodox commentary on homosexuals receiving Holy Communion. He had done it again, this time in the secular press in Chicago as reported by LifeSiteNews.

Referring to the "internal forum" and whether it could be used to permit a person actively engaging in the sin of sodomy, Cupich said:

“When people who are in good conscience working with a spiritual director come to a decision, then they need to follow that conscience. That’s the teaching of the Church. So in the case of people receiving Communion in situations that are irregular that also applies. The question then was: Does that apply to gay people? My answer was: they’re human beings too. They have a conscience. Thy have to follow their conscience.”

The "internal forum" reference in the Synodal final report, which is only a recommendation to the Pope, refers to adulterers, those Catholics who do not have a decree of nullity and are living in an adulterous relationship whilst validly married to another. The "internal forum" was not, in that document, a permission to go forward for Holy Communion, though it is being used  by some to be in fact that. Cupich is manipulating what happened in this regard to extend it to people with same-sex attraction who are not living chaste lives. 

If Cupich wanted to be specific about this, he could be. Any person who is in a state of mortal sin cannot receive Holy Communion. He could state the Church's magisterial teaching, he refuses. The only conclusion that one can make is that he doesn't believe the Church's teaching on the Holy Eucharist and its intricate connection to the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation and St. Paul's admonition about eating unto "ones own condemnation."

Cupich went on to state his clear objection to Canon Law 915 that Holy Communion is to be denied to those “obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin." Cupich said: 

“It’s not up to any minister who is distributing the Eucharist to make a decision about a person’s worthiness or lack of worthiness. That’s on the conscience of those individuals,”

There is no test at the communion rail (wherever it exists) to receive, it is indeed a matter of the person's conscience and the Minister of the Eucharist, the priest or deacon (I do not sanction the use of EMHC'), cannot know a stranger. However, if they know that the person is "persevering in manifest grave sin" then they must deny Holy Communion. Further, Cupich refers to the "internal forum" which is essentially, spiritual direction - therefore, it must be clear in that "forum" that the person must not present themselves for Holy Communion. Cupich does not say this, in fact, he does the exact opposite but in enough ambiguity to deny that he gives a blanket permission. The fact is, he does give permission with the use of "conscience" and his media interview is scandalous and even more confusing to the faithful.

There must be a reason why these men are so emphatic and persistent about giving in on every front to the sodomite mafia. One wonders what Cupich's reason might be. The late Cardinal George died in his bed, as he expected. He said that his successor would "die in jail." If Cupich does, will it be defending the faith? 

The current leadership of the Catholic Church is anti-semitic

In the Gospel according to St. Mark, Our Blessed Lord said:

"Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned."

And again according to St. Matthew :

"Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

Nowhere did he say, “except for your ethnic brothers and sisters, the Jewish people because they are all okay and don’t ever have to believe in me or be baptized to be saved.”

What would our "Hebrew" Catholic brothers and sisters think of this such as Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, OSB, (Rosalind Moss) founder of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope? What about the author of Salvation is from the Jews Roy Shoeman, or Brother Bob Fishman a Third Order Franciscan? What about St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) or Cardinal Lustiger, the former Archbishop of Paris; what must they think of this?

It would seem to me then; that to not pray for the conversion of and to not evangelise our Jewish brothers and sisters is actually the worst thing we could to them and frankly, anti-Semitic. 

If we really love the Jews we should be preaching to them that the Messiah has come and will come again and His name is Yeshua!

What must our Blessed Lord Jesus think of these men who have taken control of His Holy Church. His blood was shed for the Jewish people and the whole world. He came first to them. Not all of them rejected Him as most of the early Christians were Jews. Yet the Church, mandated to convert the world, has done a grievous harm to our Jewish "elder brethren," by failing to carry it out to them.

I cannot imagine being these men when the Lord will call them to account for leaving Muslims, Buddhists, Hindu's and especially, His Chosen People in darkness.

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/10/vatican_issues_new_document_on_christian-jewish_dialogue_/1193274

My Anonymous friend, I must be getting to you.

My friend,

How courageous of you to leave me such a nice note; and to not disclose who you are reveals much about you. I will not be releasing your comment on the post, I will post it right here. Hitler died in "communion?" 

You really are stupid. Your snide, petulant, puerile and satanic inspired mutterings are very familiar to me and they say much about you.

Perhaps you would like to "come out" 

Why waiting for your excommunication, my dear Vox? You're an excommunicated person already, technically, an apostate. You refuse to submit to the Pope. You sweat hatred for him! You even want him to drop dead! So, my friend, be yourself. Go to a para-Catholic, para-Protestant group of apocalyptic freaks somewhere and wait for... I don't know what. I'd not recommend the SSPX, because Fellay is now, you know, of "him". Fellay was coopted by Francis. Enjoy your religious freedom to switch to a new Church as you do with your clothes, the same principle which you pretend to despise. Isn't it good to have freedom from any persecution from the Holy Office? Well... Kudos, Vatican II! My friend, if even Hitler had died in communion with your pre-Conciliar Church, why should you wait for excommunication?  

My readers can respond to your pathetic calumny should they choose to waste more time on you than the minute and a half it took me to post this.

Update:

Well, it is sure a day for the haters.

Don't worry, my dear Vox! As a friend, I just don't want to see your liver exploding for so much angry. Maybe you should take some medicine. You can even take pills of Misericordina which are more holistic.Anyway, when you swallow them, do little by little. With so much hatred out of your skin, you can either choke or have a sudden demonic manifestation.Accepting, for example, you shouldn't teach about adultery because you're an adulterer, it can really help you to live a more peaceful life. After all, you, my friend Vox, you're a beneficiary of the same ecclesial divorce which you decry, aren't you?If you were Orthodox, you could live in peace with your consciousness. You wouldn't get rid from your current state of adultery, but you could partake the Eucharistic gift (in a condition of mitigated fornication). Maybe you would conclude that it is better than partake with Burke, who is a forerunner to consecrate a mutilated person.

Former Muslim "Christians" terrorise Catholics at Mass!

There is a disturbing report from a television station, KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Parishioners are terrified after protesters have disturbed Mass at several Catholic churches across the valley.

 

The group, Koosha Las Vegas, includes members who clearly identify themselves as former Muslims turned Christians. They’ve been entering churches during services, shouting at Catholics that they need to repent now or else, and filming the acts and posting them on the internet.

 

The videos make clear the group has been active on the Las Vegas Strip and several other places around the valley; they’re often seen with large signs and megaphones. The difference now is that they’re going into houses of worship and causing disturbances. Parishioners tell Action News it’s made them fear for their lives.

 

“Repent, and turn to Jesus Christ. Pope is a Satan! Pope is a Satan! Mary statue is a Satan!” the man behind the camera can be heard shouting.

 

The videos are taken by the very people passing out the pamphlets and shouting during mass in at least 3 incidents confirmed by police. The Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas confirmed to Action News “multiple disturbances at several of their properties”.

First, it is great that these Muslims have determined that they've been following a false religion. The fact is, they are still not following the true Religion and have not been baptised and are still in the clutches of Satan.

Catholicism is the only choice for conversion, redemption and salvation.

The bigger question is this. What is it in the mind of these young men beyond the still spiritual darkness that causes this kind of anti-social behaviour? 

My Muslim brothers and sisters. You cannot stay within the death cult of Islam and find salvation. You will go to Hell. Come to Christ, come to Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man. He is the only Way. Come to Him, but come to Him in the fullness of the Truth, the Catholic faith.

Donald Trump's suggestion is already Law!

Rare, if ever, it would be that I should use this blog to comment on a political election. I've done it recently for necessary reasons here in Canada and I've frequently called Barrack Hussein Obama a malefactor. However, this needs to get out there in the interest of fairness, justice and truth.

Donald Trump has come under severe criticism for his suggestion that, if elected as President, he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States of all Muslims. "Fascist" he's called. "It is against the Constitution" they say.

Oh yeah?

Well, thanks to Rush Limbaugh, or if he is not your style, National Review, let's take a look at this, it is on page 121 Title 8 Aliens and Nationality of the U.S Code paragraph 1182 and you can read it yourself online in PDF at the U.S Government Publishing Office "Keeping People Informed." 

It was passed into law in 1952 under a Democrat President named Harry Truman and a Democratic Party controlled Congress. It was last used by President Jimmy Carter during the American hostages kidnapped by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the real fascists. 

As Mark Twain once said mockingly: "never let truth get in the way of a good story."

Open Letter to Pope Francis From a Former Member of the Roman Curia

OnePeterFive has obtained the permission and full translation of the original publisher of an "Open Letter to Pope Francis From a Former Member of the Roman Curia. It is signed "A Chaplain of Your Holiness," meaning, it was written by a Monsignor. To protect his superiors, he has determined it necessary to stay anonymous.

The letter is a direct and frontal wake-up call to the Pope and to us. I will give the headings but for the rest, please visit OnePeterFive. 

http://www.onepeterfive.com/open-letter-to-pope-francis-from-a-former-member-of-the-roman-curia/

Holy Father,

On the occasion of your Christmas Allocution in 2014, you called on your curial employees to make first an examination of conscience. Indeed, Advent is an occasion to reflect upon the promises of God and what He expects from us. You claimed that your employees had to be an example for the whole Church, and you then listed a several “illnesses” from which, in your view, the Curia is now suffering. At the time, I had considered this statement to be rather harsh – yes, even unjust – against so many in the Vatican whom I know personally – while you were talking, instead, as if you knew the Vatican, but either only from the outside or only from above. Nevertheless, this speech of yours has actually inspired me to write this letter to you. Following your own example, I shall omit to speak about all the good that you are doing and are speaking and I shall thus only list those aspects of your exercise of the papal office which seem to me to be problematic:

1. An emotional and anti-intellectual attitude of yours which is often tangible and which has difficulties in dealing with theories and doctrines

The alternative to the Teaching Church is the Arbitrary Church, and not the Merciful Church. Among not a few of your own chosen employees and close counselors, there is to be found a true lack of competence, both in teaching and in theology; these men .. think rather all too often in pragmatic and political terms. ...

2. Authoritarianism

You are distancing yourself from the wisdom which is preserved in the Church’s traditional discipline, in Canon Law, and also in the historical practices of the Curia. Together with your disdain for (supposedly) theoretical teaching, this propensity leads to an authoritarianism of which even the founder of your Order of Jesuits, St. Ignatius himself, would not approve. ...

3. A populism of change

Today, it is popular to call for change. However, especially the Successor of Peter has to remind himself and others of that which changes only slowly, and even more so of that which does not change at all. Do you really believe that the approval which you receive from the opinion-makers in the realm of politics and of the media is a good sign? ...

4. Your own conduct is seen as a critique of how your (often canonized) predecessors have lived, talked, and acted

I cannot recognize how this attitude comports with the humility which you have so many times invoked and demanded. ... Your conduct implicitly proposes the idea that you intend to re-invent somehow the Petrine Office. ...

5. Pastoralism

Only recently, you said that you especially like those parts of the papacy where you can act like a pastor. Of course, neither a pope nor a pastor should raise any doubts as to whether the Church is following the teaching of Christ ...

6. Exaggerated display of the simplicity of your own way of life

Of course, you want to set an example – but is it better for you yourself to take care of all kinds of daily chores? ...

7. A particularism which often subjugates the goals and purposes of the Universal Church under the viewpoints of only a part of the Church

This attitude appears nearly comical with regard to a pope. ...

8. An urge for constant spontaneity

A lack of professionalism is not a sign for the working of the Holy Ghost. Expressions like “to breed like rabbits,” or “Who am I to judge…?”  ...

9. Lack of clarity about the interconnectedness of religious, political, and economic freedom

Many of your statements indicate that the state should rule more, control more, and be responsible for more areas, ... history has proven wrong the idea that the state can take care of everything. ... The welfare state can also become too powerful, and with it, too paternalistic, authoritarian, and illiberal.

10. Meta-Clericalism

On the one hand, you show very little interest in the clergy, on the other hand, you criticize a clericalism which is more of a phantom than something that is real. .... Like me, many others have difficulties with the way you sometimes talk and act. But that can be fixed, if it becomes clear that you listen to what others have to tell you. Unfortunately, I know that you are not yet capable of dealing well with such criticism – that is why I do not put my name on this letter. I want to protect my superiors against your wrath, especially the priests and bishops with whom I have worked for many years in Rome and from whom I have learned so much. You might want to work on taking away such fears – from me and from others – or, even better, to make such letters as this one superfluous, namely, by learning something from others.

In this spirit, may you have a blessed and contemplative Season of Advent!

A Chaplain of Your Holiness

And you thought the Sodomy Synod was the end of it - silly you.

Are you, dear Catholic, prepared to tithe to support the wives and many, many children of non-contracepting (tongue firmly planted in cheek) Catholic married clergy? 

What happened to being wed to the "Bride of Christ?"

So, it is all up for grabs.

Communion for adulterers. 

Nice words for sodomites

Married men ordained to the priesthood.

What's next Jorge?

Excommunicate me now.

http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351189?eng=y&refresh_ce

The Next Synod Is Already in the Works. On Married Priests

In mid-February Pope Francis will go to Chiapas, where hundreds of deacons with their wives are pushing to be ordained as priests. And in the Amazon as well the turning point seems to be near. It was all written down in the agenda of Cardinal Martini

by Sandro Magister

ROME, December 9, 2015 - While waiting for Pope Francis to rule on communion for the divorced and remarried, which two synods discussed and split over, there is already a glimpse of the theme of the next synodal session: married priests.

The selection of the theme is up to the pope, as happened with the past synods and will take place with the next, independently of what will be proposed by the fourteen cardinals and bishops of the council that acts as a bridge between one assembly and the next.

And that married priests will be the next topic of synodal discussion can be gathered from various indications.

Pagan satanic worshippers take over St. Peter's Basilica

Muslims take over St. Peter's Basilica - immediately deny Jesus Christ, subjugate women

"Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also. As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father." 1 John 2: 22-24.

Surah 9:30

Sahih International: The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded? 

Pickthall: And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they! 

Yusuf Ali: The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! 

Shakir: And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away! 

Muhammad Sarwar: Some of the Jews have said that Ezra is the son of God and Christians have said the same of Jesus. This is only what they say and it is similar to what the unbelievers who lived before them had said. May God destroy them wherever they exist! 

Mohsin Khan: And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allah's Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth! 

Arberry: The Jews say, 'Ezra is the Son of God'; the Christians say, 'The Messiah is the Son of God.' That is the utterance of their mouths, conforming with the unbelievers before them. God assail them! How they are perverted! 

Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion

“Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you.”

1 Peter 5:8-10

St. Peter's Basilica burns - invaded by Arabians on camels

Oh sorry, it was a desert sunset projected on to the Temple of God with the approval of Jorge Bergoglio, the Pope of Rome.

What an abomination and disgrace. People died today at the hands of Islamists. Babies murdered in the womb. This is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and our Pope and his minions have disgraced Her feast and the Church. 

The Pope should be ashamed of this joke.

I guess I'll be excommunicated for this.

So let it be written.

So let it be done.

So mote it be, eh?

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In reparation for the blasphemous display in Rome - Eia, mea labia

In reparation for the blasphemous display at St. Peter's Basilica and in honour of the glorious and ever Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception, I am honoured to present here for your peace and edification and mediation a hymn with original music composed by my good friend Jon Parr Vijinski and sung by Marie Parr.

It shows the beauty of our great God and Lord's creation interspersed with artwork of the Blessed Mother with the text selected from the "Little Office of the Immaculate Conception" (Officium parvum Conceptionis Immaculatae). 

The Remnant speaks

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Year of Mercy Begins Featured

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O MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN, PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE

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An Urgent Appeal to Pope Francis to Either Change Course or Renounce the Petrine Office 

December 8, 2015
Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Your Holiness:
Pope Celestine V (r. 1294), recognizing his incapacity for the office to which he had so unexpectedly been elected as the hermit Peter of Morrone, and seeing the grave harm his bad governance had caused, resigned the papacy after a reign of only five months. He was canonized in 1313 by Pope Clement V. Pope Boniface VIII, removing any doubt about the validity of such an extraordinary papal act,confirmed in perpetuity (ad perpetuam rei memoriam) that “the Roman Pontiff may freely resign.”
A growing number of Catholics, including cardinals and bishops, are coming to recognize that your pontificate, also the result of an unexpected election, is likewise causing grave harm to the Church. It has become impossible to deny that you lack either the capacity or the will to do what your predecessor rightly observed a pope must do: “constantly bind himself and the Church to obedience to God’s Word, in the face of every attempt to adapt it or water it down, and every form of opportunism.”

http://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/2198-the-year-of-mercy-begins

Go ahead and excommunicate me

Who is this Archbishop Fisichella that dares threaten the Catholic faithful who may criticize the Pope with excommunication? As outrageous as it seems, that is exactly what he has done. On this eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Year of Mercy begins. As part of this special Year, the Pope has appointed 800 priests and given them personal faculties with no interference permitted by any diocesan bishop when these priests enter a diocese. They are to forgive sins reserved to the Holy See.

Well, it is not to forgive sins but to lift the canonical penalty for the offenses which one could be excommunicated.

They will tell you that it includes women who have procured an abortion, but this is not the case. Long ago, this authority was delegated to the bishops and then to the priest in most places of the world so that women suffering from post-abortive distress would seek the spiritual salve of the Sacrament and return to the faith. Yes, that is mercy.

But what are the others?

Profanation of the Holy Eucharist to be sure is a most heinous crime. How many still pour the Precious Blood down the sink, let alone a sacrarium and equally as blasphemous, whether out of ignorance or disbelief in the Real Presence. But these are not held accountable as it happens in the course of the team of "Eucharistic Ministers." The wording is "one who throws away the consecrated species or, for a sacrilegious purpose, takes them away or keeps them”; 

What others?

Well, what layman has broken the seal of the confessional? 

Since the laity are not priests well, it doesn't apply; specifically, a confessor who directly violates the sacramental seal”; and a confessor who absolves “an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue.” 

Have you consecrated a bishop lately or received it without a papal mandate? Perhaps they can show some mercy to Bishop Richard Williamson as I know no other but him.

But here is the big one.

"A person who uses physical force against the Roman Pontiff."

Fisichella now says  “I would say that we need to understand well ‘physical violence,’ because sometimes words, too, are rocks and stones, and therefore I believe some of these sins, too, are far more widespread than we might think.” 

Who is he speaking of? 

What on earth are these 800 priests to do? How many penitents are there in these categories for the Holy See to lift the canonical penalties?

Reading Fisischella, one realises how fishy this year of false mercy really is. Perhaps he might wish to consult one of the world's leading Canonists, Dr. Edward Peters.

A blessed Punch a Heretic Day to you, a.k.a. The Feast of St. Nicholas

 I can think of a few I'd like to slap.

"As Arius vigorously continued, Nicholas became more and more agitated. Finally, he could no longer bear what he believed was essential being attacked. The outraged Nicholas got up, crossed the room, and slapped Arius across the face! The bishops were shocked. It was unbelievable that a bishop would lose control and be so hotheaded in such a solemn assembly. They brought Nicholas to Constantine. Constantine said even though it was illegal for anyone to strike another in his presence, in this case, the bishops themselves must determine the punishment. The bishops stripped Nicholas of his bishop's garments, chained him, and threw him into jail. That would keep Nicholas away from the meeting. When the Council ended a final decision would be made about his future.
Nicholas was ashamed and prayed for forgiveness, though he did not waver in his belief. During the night, Jesus and Mary his Mother, appeared,* asking, "Why are you in jail?" "Because of my love for you," Nicholas replied. Jesus then gave the Book of the Gospels to Nicholas. Mary gave him an omophorion, so Nicholas would again be dressed as a bishop. Now at peace, Nicholas studied the Scriptures for the rest of the night."

I saw Santa punching Arius

I saw Santa punching Arius

in the council chambers at Nicaea.

He just couldn’t stand

to hear the heretic expand

his theory how Our Blessed Lord

was not much more than just a man.

Then I saw Santa grabbing Arius

by the beard to pull him off his chair.

The other bishops were justified,

in assuming this was undignified

throwing Santa in a cell for the night.

I saw Jesus and His Mother

come to Santa praying in his chains.

Christ asked, “Why are you here?”

“All for my love of You.”

Off fell the chains and to him was given

the pallium and the Gospels.

St. Nick went back up to the chamber

amazing everyone at the sight.

They said, “It must have been righteous anger!”

“It is Arius we must excommunicate.”
"The Son is consubstantial with the Father."

http://jonasthedunce.blogspot.ca/2014/12/i-saw-santa-punching-arius.html