“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.” ― St. Antony the Great
We've just discovered hidden in the storehouse and just in time, some of those Francismastree ornaments from 2017. What better way to give due honour and glory to Bergoglio the Ingrate and to celebrate the new Feast of Francismas than to give all due honour and praise to his new mission against rigidity and his taking on the anti-messianic role as the Non Salvator Mundi by purchasing one of these for your FrancisMasTree?
Get your new Francismastree Ornament while supplies last.
Cardinal Collins has issued an update and letter of instruction to all priests in the Archdiocese of Toronto pertaining to Christmas and the situation with the diktats of Premier Douglas Ford. The Cardinal indicates that over this past week he has "reached out directly to Premier Ford with a request to open all of our parishes at 30%
capacity for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day." He told the Premier that not one case of the China Virus "has been directly traced back to the church
as the origin of transmission." The request was denied by Premier Ford.
I suppose that is something and he should be commended.
Collins acknowledges that lawsuits by businesses and other places of worship, Pastor Peter Youngren's actions as reported previously on this blog, being the prime case. It will be interesting later today when the decision of the court on the Youngren suit is issued. I am not optimistic given the history of our judges in these matters but one never knows. The equality rights provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of the Constitution of Canada would seem to be pretty clear that if a couple of hundred can be at Costco, ten in a church is not reasonable or equitable. If Youngren is successful will the Cardinal reopen the churches to 30% capacity and public Mass as the courts might rule or will he bow to the diktats of the Premier and the "virtuous" public health officials to remain in their good books.
The Cardinal recognizes "the essential nature of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our spiritual strength
as Christians, and the importance of Christmas." He continues that he wants "to provide an opportunity for the faithful
who wish to do so, to spend time, even if briefly, at their local parish and, where possible, to receive
Holy Communion," yet there will be no public Mass on Christmas, at least not for you. "Of course, all priests are offering Mass for the people every day, which is a basic dimension
of the priestly office," says Collins, in a what is nothing more than a gross example of clericalism. The priest has his Mass but there is "no Mass for you!"
The "Four Ends of Mass" are adoration, thanksgiving, atonement and petition. Nowhere in this age old definition of the Holy Sacrifice is receiving Holy Communion mentioned. It is attending Mass that is our duty to God and our need. Holy Communion, as the Cardinal explains, can always be given outside the Holy Mass, today, tomorrow on Christmas Eve or the Day. Is this not happening? Are people not requesting or are priests denying Holy Communion?
So rather than give God his due, the Cardinal is telling us that even a layman can clericalise and lead the Holy Communion Service and get you in and out in "7 or 8 minutes." Just about the same time it takes to pick up a Big Mac and fries at McDonald's.
This is nothing more than a complete and utter abandonment of duty as an Apostle of Jesus Christ, a cowardly betrayal of the faithful and an example of the worst kind of assembly theology and clericalist arrogance. It as if they don't believe that the Mass has any worshipful or efficacious value outside of receiving Holy Communion.
Cardinal Collins! In your leaked webinar you spoke of "collateral damage." This is about your "collateral damage." Some of those who have died from this "collateral damage" are your flock.
Doug Ford is not our friend no matter how many times he repeats it. You are to be our Shepherd, our spiritual father, where are you? Open our churches now. Give us back the Mass at the previous limits, now! The spiritual struggle added to by those suffering loneliness, despair and depression is profound.
Cardinal Collins: Stop it now!
You are complicit in the suffering of people. You are complicit in this spiritual murder of your flock. You are complicit in the literal murder by the government diktats because you are not standing up to protest it and to defy it and to demand that they come and arrest you and your priests for defending our rights.
Julian Assange, in 2011, was warning the United States State Department that classified documents were circulating and could cause damage to America or specific individuals.
"Our view is that it is more your problem than ours but we have called the State Department and the (United States) Embassy for over a day trying to explain the urgency and they have not called back other than this call."
Open the floodgates Mr. President. Burn it all down.
It is long past time for all of us to call upon Toronto's Archbishop, Thomas Cardinal Collins, to defy the government diktats of the Province of Ontario and open the churches now for public worship to thirty percent. Now, let's be specific. The Government of Ontario and its Premier Douglas Ford did not close churches, not this time. They ridiculously limited attendance to ten, which in reality, when one includes the priest, would be eight or nine at the most. But you know, "it's just not worth it." The Cardinal has reacted to the inane limit of ten and the view of those around him of the worth of it and eliminated public Mass altogether. He has said that churches may remain open for private prayer at the discretion of the pastor. I know pastors that are doing this and are hearing confession, some in cars or driveways of their flock. Others, specifically in my neighborhood, are shut tight to keep the China Virus away.
Disgraceful. Not even in Poland did the communists shut down the churches, but in Toronto in 2020? Well, our spineless episcopal hirelings have done it themselves. Marx will be smiling from Hell.
There is no significant evidence or scientific data of any kind that the China Virus has been transmitted in churches. Maybe a few here and there, that's it. Data shows that only one-percent of China Virus infections have come from restaurants, it must be even less from churches where we all face the same direction, or Tina's Department Store on Royal York Road in old Mimico. They have no web page, no ability to see their fine Italian wares and other merchandise. I never remember them not being there, fifty maybe sixty years! The closures are irrational. Yesterday, we witnessed Ontario's two top doctors (see below https://voxcantor.blogspot.com/2020/12/breaking-news-cardinal-thomas-collins.html having a little laugh at Tina's expense or Mr. Giovenco's shoes a few stores away. These stores could easily limit to one or two customers at a time. This argument now is the same all across Canada and the United States. We all know it, but nobody is listening.
They say, "follow the science." What science? This is a hoax on all of us. Not the virus, the virus real, the response is insane. The virus is real, I have never disputed that. It is almost one year to the day that I was struck with the most vicious in my life. I should know soon on the results of my participation in a massive study of Canadians for antibodies. I believe that I had the China Virus. But never would I expect that because I had it, or whatever it was, that Tina should have her business closed down or you couldn't attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Wash your hands, wear a mask inside in close quarters, stay away from sick people, take your vitamins.
We will know by Friday whether the lawsuit brought about by evangelical pastor Peter Youngren has been successful. If it is, and all he is asking is a restoration to the thirty percent capacity limit, will Cardinal Collins restore the public Mass or will he still act as a puppet on the string of those who have subsidized the diocese and buy tables to the Cardinal's Dinner?
Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla has a necessary read on Rorate Caeli blog. The dangers to souls and to the future of the Church and the conclusions he draws for America are identical here. I have said and written the same thing, many people have found something better to do on Sunday morning and many others think that they are at Mass when watching on a computer or television screen. These people will not return. Others are angry and will not return. But we are not alone as Roman Catholics in this - even the local Orthodox edifice in my neighbourhood has on its outdoor sign, "Church closed until further notice." Even them.
Yet, through all of this, there is one Catholic Church in Toronto, Peel and York Regions that soldiers on. Daily Mass with no more than ten, massive bookings for Confession and Holy Communion. A little church on a residential street formerly owned by Baptists and under the direction of the Society of St. Pius X.
I hear from priests daily on what I am writing. They urge me to keep going, not to stop. I tell none of them of the other and I assure you, there are many. I ask for their prayers, that is all. I can tell you, they are working. They are hearing confessions, some from cars, they are providing the sacraments and doing what they can under the restrictions imposed by the Cardinal. Not all are cowering in their rectories, but many are. If your priest is not available to you I can't even guarantee that an email to archbishop@archtoronto.orgnorthern.region@archtoronto.orgeastern.region@archtoronto.orgbishop.boissonneau@rogers.com or even to the spox, Neil MacCarthy neilm@archtoronto.org, will change anything, but I urge you to try.
The other day a priest told me what I already suspected, that the post-China virus Church in Toronto is facing devastation. How sad that the last year of Cardinal Collins' tenure in Toronto will be one of desolation caused by his own decisions. He speaks often of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. How eloquent he was at Our Lady in Guelph upon receiving the red hat and returning to his boyhood parish where he served the Mass - "ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam." He did it at the Oratory when ordaining deacons a few weeks ago just before he shut it down. So much talk of More and Fisher.
Maybe he should act like them instead of just talking about them.
The Chief and Associate Chief Medical Officers of Health were caught yesterday on a hot-mic; and what did these "virtuous" health care professionals in public health, you know, the ones who couldn't stand the sight of blood and finished of the bottom of their class, like Joe Biden, and that wanted a 9-5 job with lots of pay and benefits where they could tell people what to do, say? You know, those ones. The same ones that care so much about our dying seniors that they happily give them murder/suicide when they get too lonely from lockdowns. The same ones. Yeah, those ones, those same "virtuous" ones according to His Emasculatedness, I mean His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto and Prince of the Holy Catholic Church. The same ones that intimidated him into dropping the Holy Sacrament on the hand and then badgering him to shut down Holy Mass or no more ticky or boppy to keep the charade going.
Yeah, those ones. Those "virtuous" ones who care so much about you and me and the poor barber down the street. Heck, you don't need to take my word for it. Here it is from their own secret webinar which someone mysteriously made available and sent up to the clouds for all to see.
The President of the United States, Donald John Trump`s 2020 Christmas address to America. Amazing how it was on all the media last night. Would that our Catholic Trudeau would come up to half of this man.
Note the Nativity Scene.
The prospect of Joseph Biden as President makes me want to hurl. Almost as much as when Bergoglio came out on the loggia.
The Bishops of the United States of America have said that there is no moral issue in taking the rushed and poorly tested China Virus despite "their remote connection to morally compromised cell lines."
“In view of the gravity of the current pandemic and the lack
of availability of alternative vaccines, the reasons to accept the new COVID-19
vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are sufficiently serious to justify their use,
despite their remote connection to morally compromised cell lines,” said the
bishops. Taking one of those vaccines, said the bishops, “ought to be
understood as an act of charity toward the other members of our community.” US Bishops Approve Use of Coronavirus Vaccines with ‘Remote Connection’ to Abortion| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)
In the leaked webinar video Cardinal Collins refers to the "common good." Will Collins and his Canadian episcopal colleagues join our American friends and urge Canadians to take a vaccine that has either been tested using fetal stem lines or actually developed from the stem lines of an aborted child?
When I die, I don't want this child to come to me with Jesus at my judgement admonishing me for aiding from her murder.
We reported earlier that evangelical Christian Pastor, Peter Youngren has taken the Government of Ontario to court under the equality rights provision of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"If Pastor Youngren is successful, will you open churches for Mass?"
Will you publicly thank him for having the testicular fortitude to do what you would you and your spineless episcopal hireling have not done, because you lack something which our Italian friends like to call, 'cojones?"
Why will you not join him in this legal fight? Is it because the Archdiocese of Toronto is taking millions of dollars of Canadian government bailout?
Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, and after today in Bolton, Woodabridge, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Newmarket, Markham, Schomberg, Aurora and Snowball, there is:
Notwithstanding this abomination, let us all Gaudete!
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. Let
your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous; but
in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all
understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:4-7
"This is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied
not, and said plainly, 'I am not the Christ.' And they asked him, What art thou
then? Art thou Elias?And he said, 'I am
not.'Art thou the prophet?And he answered, 'No.' Then said they unto
him, What art thou? that we may give an answer unto them that sent us. What
sayest thou of thyself? And he said, 'I am the voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness: make straight the way of the Lord."
York Region (for my American readers, these were formerly known as Counties) is now under the lockdown diktat of Ontario Politburo General-secretary Douglas Ford effective Monday at 12:00 A.M. York joins Toronto and Peel Region in the imposed lockdown. As with many places in the United States of America, Walmart and Costco remain open but the Main Street dress shop or shoe store remain closed. Home Depot can sell a stove or washer but Bad Boy and The Hudson's Bay Company, cannot. It is illogical. What is also illogical is that the population centres are the three cities in the south Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham as well Newmarket and Aurora with the rest of York being bucolic countryside, rural farms and villages. Why wipe out what is left of Schomberg (including the Latin Mass) or the hamlet of Snowball?
To his credit, last evening Cardinal Thomas Collins issued a letter wherein he states:
"It is increasingly frustrating for all of us to see certain
businesses open while others remain closed and that some, including places of worship, appear to be
severely restricted with little evidence to suggest they are a cause of transmission. Earlier this week,
I communicated these concerns directly to Premier Ford."
At the same time, His Eminence again goes beyond Ford's inane reduction of church capacity to ten by eliminating public worship in these regions. The Cardinal reiterates that over 13,000 Canadians have died of SARS-CoV-2 which originated in Wuhan, China. The Cardinal states that he recognizes the "significant spiritual suffering that these restrictions have placed both upon our clergy and the faithful that look to us for guidance and direction." He continues that he hopes we will "soon be able fully (sic) to resume public worship." He also states that "we have demonstrated our ability to safely worship together."
Again, this writer reiterates the same as before, there is no reason to close the public celebration of Mass. Abide by the provincial diktat and protest it. It is worth the challenge of limiting the congregation and at the same time, take the province to court.
The Cardinal has again advised that churches remain open for public prayer at the pastor's discretion. Obviously, this is happening, right?
Toronto Catholics, are your churches open?
Are you able to receive the Sacraments privately?
Advise me at voxcantoris@rogers.com if your pastor is not accessible and we will report it directly to the chancery and here.
O God in heaven, FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT, deliver us from the evil Bergoglio, smite him and confound him in his actions.
Flea from this Bergoglio. Nearly eight years now we have endured this man, this mocker of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Mother. Catholics now lulled by his "Year of St. Joseph." Nothing this man does his good. It is a fraud, a charade, a veil so you think he is still Catholic. Never flea the Catholic Church but flea this Bergoglio. The man is a fraud. I now believe that he is an atheist.
The unleashing of God's wrath is upon us and it can no longer be held back. This false Vicar of Christ, this unbelieving atheist monster, Jorge Bergoglio has unleashed the restrainer with his worship of idols. Those complicit bishops and cardinals are easy to find. We know who they are. They have stopped you from going to Mass and they are about to cancel your Christ's Mass.
Was it not bad enough when he permitted the blasphemous lie that the two pregnant idols were Holy Mary and St. Elizabeth or that this satanic image is "Our Lady of the Amazon?" (no such venerated title). He did not denounce these claims. Was it not enough that he blasphemed Our Lady on the Immaculate Conception in 2015? No, it was not enough. For it was on the great Feast of Our Lady that this evil monster was partnering with relations of the Rothchild's and with Sachs and others in this Vatican Council for Inclusive Capitalism which even links to their social media.
How much more proof do we need, and for you, there is no Mass!
O God in heaven, FATHER SONAND HOLYSPIRIT, deliver us from the evil Bergoglio, smite him and confound him in his actions. Send us a holy shepherd who will fight and lead your people.
The "Progressive" Conservative government of Manitoba has just been dealt a blow, backing down after threats of a lawsuit, now permitting a drive-in church with people in their cars. Ridiculous that one must be in a car but the point is made.
Cardinal Collins, bullies back down. You know that. I did you a favour and did it to Rosica, and what thanks did I get?
"WISE MEN WEAR MASKS! So do good shepherds! This year's
Christmas Crib at the Chancery has a COVID-19 pandemic addition. The Magi and
the shepherds, who are not part of the Holy Family "bubble" are
wearing masks! Since they cannot follow the social distancing protocol, the
masks are mandatory! Thanks to the Christmas decorators for reminding us of our
responsibility to care for one another especially during these dangerous times!" Latest Heart to Heart from Bishop Crosby, OMI - Diocese of Hamilton (hamiltondiocese.com)
Dangerous times? I'd like to find a good shepherd with a mask or without. There is only one, The, Good Shepherd. The rest of these immuno-compromised, episcopal-effetes are "hirelings" at best and "wolves in sheep's clothing" at worst.
This is the same Douglas Crosbie, OMI, who as Pastor at St. Joseph's Ottawa presided over and encouraged his congregants to harass four priests attempting to found an Oratory of St. Philip Neri at St. Brigid's Parish, now an event centre. I know, I was there. The same bishop that brought along two "co-pastors" whatever that means, plucking them out of Labrador and installing them in two historical Hamilton parishes. "Co-Pastors."
Peter Youngren is an evangelical Christian pastor in Toronto. His worship centre is known as the Toronto Celebration Church. If you view Youngren's video, he shows what we all know is happening in Catholic churches. Seating is spaced and numbers restricted to 30%, sanitation is all around. There is no evidence that the China Virus has been spreading in churches or synagogues or mosques for that matter.
His argument is based upon equal treatment under Canada's Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For my American readers, our Constitutional rights are not absolute as in the United States of America, they can be limited as in the case of hate-crime legislation limiting freedom of expression. There is also a provision for a province to opt-out of a supreme court decision using what is called the "notwithstanding clause" which has been used primarily by the liberal-fascist Province of Quebec, in defending its language laws.
However, the clause that is vital is 15 on the matter of Equality Rights and is relevant as one considers the permit of Costco and Walmart, American corporate conglomerates to open while the mom and pop retailer is closed, it is relevant that The Bay and Bad Boy cannot open to sell a washer or dryer or refrigerator, but Home Depot can. Why these retailers have not launched a Charter challenge is not certain. Pastor Youngren bases his argument on this:
15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law
and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without
discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical
disability.
This is the very argument that Thomas Cardinal Collins has and has failed to use. He has failed to lead the Assembly of Bishops of Ontario, some of whom have implemented regulations that are even illegal under the Ontario health regulations, such as demanding evidence of a medical mask exemption. He has failed us.
Collins is in a unique position. He could rally all religious leaders. In a grand gesture of ecumenical action and inter-religious dialogue he could have summoned Protestant, Jewish and Muslims to jointly petition Ford for change or the courts for relief. He has failed to do anything but reduce the inane limit of Ford's ten, even in an auditorium the size of Youngren's or St. Clare of Assisi in Woodbridge of the same size, to zero by banning all public worship of God.
It is tempting to write that Collins is a disgrace to the episcopacy but sadly, he is typical of the weak, effeminate and fearful regime that has planted itself in control of the Church in Canada.
Would that we had someone such as Pastor Youngren.
TORONTO — A church in Toronto's northeast corner has filed a
constitutional challenge over Ontario's COVID-19 health regulations.
The Toronto International Celebration Church says in court
documents that it intends to question the constitutional validity of the
Reopening Ontario Act.
The notice of application says that the church is
challenging the provincial health guideline that limits weddings, funerals, and
religious services to 10 or fewer people in regions of Ontario that are under
lockdown like Toronto and Peel Region.
Peter Youngren, the founding pastor of the church, says in
an online video that the church's congregation are not COVID-19 deniers and
that they have carefully adhered to public health restrictions.
"At a time when many are suffering with isolation,
depression, and a sense of despair, the most loving thing a local church can do
is throw its doors wide open while maintaining public health standards,"
said Youngren.
He said that his church's auditorium has capacity for 1,100
people and a maximum attendance of 10 doesn't seem equitable compared to liquor
stores and big-box retailers that are still operating at close to capacity.
"We are deeply concerned about equal treatment under
the law," said Youngren. "We want every business and institution,
including churches, to receive unbiased treatment."
The application argues that lockdown restrictions go against
the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees freedom of
conscience and religion as well as freedom of peaceful assembly.
Michael Bryant, executive director of the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association and former attorney general of Ontario, said he applauded
the constitutional challenge.
“The limitation on this charter right has the
proportionality of a sledgehammer," said Bryant.
"This constitutional challenge is much needed to engage
the judicial branch in our democracy, so we will seek to be heard by the
Court."
Documents filed to Ontario's Superior Court of Justice note
that before Toronto was moved to a renewed lockdown on Nov. 23 the Toronto
International Celebration Church complied with regional guidelines and operated
at 30 per cent capacity.
The legal documents also say the church ensured congregants
wore masks in its building and kept members of different households at least
two metres apart.
Given the building's regular seating capacity, the documents
say that the stricter regulation "represents a 99 per cent reduction on
the number of worshippers who may attend an in-person service at the
church."
Lawyers for the church told the attorneys general of Ontario
and Canada in a letter that they will be moving immediately to secure a motion
date for an urgent injunction.
Nicko Vavassis, a spokesman for Ontario's Attorney General,
said that the ministry received the notice of application and that it was being
reviewed but any further comment would be inappropriate as the matter is before
the court.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec.
9, 2020. John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press
THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
COMMEMORATION
OF SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DOUBLE,
FIRST CLASS / WHITE
From
all eternity Father, Son, and Holy Spirit chose Mary to be the Mother of the
Word Incarnate. It was unthinkable that she be defiled by sin, in any way or
for the least second of time. Therefore, in the instant of creating Mary's
person, the Trinity made her immaculate. This grace, like every other grace
granted since the fall of Adam, was given her through the merits of Christ. She
was truly saved, redeemed, not from an evil already present, but from an evil
that threatened.
INTROIT
Isa. 61:10
I
will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God, for He
has clothed me with the garment of salvation and covered me with the robe of
justice, like a bride adorned with her jewels.
Ps.
29:2. I will extol You, O Lord, for You have upheld me, and have not let my
enemies rejoice over me.
V.
Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O
God, by foreseen merits of the death of Christ, You shielded Mary from all
stain of sin and preserved the Virgin Mother immaculate at her conception so
that she might be a fitting dwelling place for Your Son. Cleanse us from sin
through her intercession so that we also may come to You untainted by sin.
Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration
of the 2nd Sunday of Advent
O
Lord, stir up our hearts to accept the message of Your only-begotten Son, so
that, through His coming on earth, we may serve Him always with a pure
intention; who lives and rules with You . . .
EPISTLEProv. 8:22-35
The
Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from
the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was
made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the
fountains of waters as yet sprung out. The mountains, with their huge bulk, had
not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth: He had not
yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
When
he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass,
he enclosed the depths: When he established the sky above, and poised the
fountains of waters: When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law
to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the
foundations of the earth; I was with him forming all things: and was delighted
every day, playing before him at all times; Playing in the world: and my
delights were to be with the children of men.
Now,
therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear
instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth
me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
GRADUALJudith 13:23; 15:10
By
the Lord the Most High God you are blessed, O Virgin Mary, above all women upon
earth. V.
You are the glory of Jerusalem, you are the joy of Israel, you are the honor of
our people.
Alleluia,
alleluia! V.Cant. 4:7
You
are all fair, O Mary, and there is in you no stain of original sin.
Alleluia!
GOSPELLuke 1:26-28
At
that time, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David: and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto
her: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among
women."
OFFERTORY
ANTIPHONLuke 1:28
Hail,
Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women.
Alleluia!
SECRET
Accept
this saving host, O Lord, which we offer you on the feast of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We firmly believe that she was shielded
from all stain of sin by Your prevenient grace; may we be freed from all our
faults through her holy intercession. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration
of the 2nd Sunday of Advent
O
Lord, let our humble offering of these prayers and sacrifices appease You for
our sins. We have no merits of our own to depend on; so assist us with Your
aid. Through Our Lord . . .
COMMUNION
ANTIPHON
Glorious
things are said of you, O Mary, for He who is mighty has done great things for
you.
POSTCOMMUNION
O
Lord our God, may the Sacrament that we have received heal in us the wounds of
that sin from which blessed Mary alone was preserved by her Immaculate
Conception. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration
of the 2nd Sunday of Advent
We
have just been nourished with Your Body and Blood, O Lord. Teach us through
this Sacramental rite to despise the things of earth and to yearn for the
things of heaven. Through Our Lord . . .
PEOPLE of Sion, behold the Lord shall come to save the
nations: and the Lord shall make the glory of His voice to be heard, in the joy
of your heart. Ps. Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest
Joseph like a sheep. ℣. Glory be to the Father.
But you won't here it because Cardinal Thomas Collins has decreed that there will be:
Please enjoy this setting of the Introit by Heinrich Isaac, 1450-1517.
Feel free to go to the video of the Cardinal's meeting with priests from two weeks ago. You'll want to listen starting around 40 minutes for His Excellency, Mr. MacCarthy reminding the priests to get their technology in tip-top shape and get the robo calls ready for pre-authorised giving.
Premier Douglas Ford, in moving Toronto and Peel Regions into the grey lockdown category and perhaps soon York Region, has arbitrarily reduced church capacity to ten, even if the church holds a thousand. It is ludicrous and idiotic and without a basis in science. As you know, Cardinal Collins then one upped him and reduced it to zero for Mass, only allowing ten in to pray privately.
I wrote a few days ago, "No Mass for you, it's just not worth it." Vox Cantoris: NO MASS FOR YOU! - IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT. Some criticised this writer for thinking so poorly of His Eminence. "Do you really think he believes the Mass is not worth it?"
Well, I will let you be the judge.
In a memorandum to all parishes today issued by the Cardinal through the communications office to all parishes for dissemination which was made available to this writer, I am proved correct.
“Offering public Masses when the civil authorities set a
limit of only 10 people (in practice, that would mean 8 or 9 parishioners)
creates numerous challenges to do so in a fair manner.”
I agree, it does present numerous challenges.
Others that think it presents challenges are the good priests at the Church of the Transfiguration under the jurisdiction of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X. They agree with the Cardinal and Mr. MacCarthy, it does present numerous challenges. They have told me so.
There is, however, one big difference.
To them, it is worth it.
Oh, by the way. You all know the origin of the meme, No Mass for you, right?
Sent: December 4, 2020 1:32 PM To: Office of Public
Relations & Communications Subject: Memo from Neil MacCarthy - Question & Answer Document re
Archdiocese of Toronto & Covid-19 Restrictions
To: All
Priests, Parishes, Catholic Pastoral Centre & Satellite Office Staff
From: Neil
MacCarthy, Director, Public Relations & Communications
Date:
December 4, 2020
Re:
Q & A document regarding Archdiocese of Toronto & Covid-19 restrictions
I am attaching
a document that you are welcome to share or utilize as appropriate with answers
to frequently asked questions we have been receiving in recent days. I am
including two versions – both the Microsoft Word and PDF versions in the event
you wish to cut and paste responses for a bulletin or other communication tool.
I hope this is
helpful in providing accurate information regarding the approach of the
archdiocese during this period of pandemic. We are also monitoring
announcements this afternoon from the Province of Ontario and will share
additional information, if necessary.
Thank you for
your tireless efforts during these challenging days.
Are you there my friends? Are you ready to fight? Have you girded your loins for battle? Are you a Miles Christi or are you so numbed by all of this that you have nothing to say, believe that there is nothing you can do? Have you been so deprived of the Holy Mass and Holy Eucharist so long now that you have been weakened, lost hope, given up? Are you giving in to despair? Have you forgotten your rosary? The Divine Office tab above?
Which is it, because I am confused?
I know you're there. This is you, can you find yourself? This is you as of 07:45 A.M. this morning from midnight.
Just over a week ago, this blog broke through 8,000,000 page views and is now up nearly 42,000 since. I know you're there, I know you're reading. I don't write this to praise myself or seek acknowledgement, I am truly wondering what you are doing? You are reading, this I know, but you are not commenting - are you acting? Have you used the email addresses? Have you reached out to your parish priest?
Have you been so beaten up, so betrayed, so disappointed in those who govern you in Church and State that you have just accepted it, you've just given up? I hate to draw the comparison but am I just "a voice crying in the wilderness."
Have you written the Cardinal? Publish it in the combox? Have not but wish to tell him something? Write it in the comments and I will turn it into a post.
Tell us your parish where the priest is not opening the church for private prayer up to a maximum of ten. Where are you not able to have a priest hear your confession, provide you Holy Communion?
Where?
Where is the priest hiding with his video games or whatever else he does when he should be wearing the small of the sheep? We will out them, we will make the Cardinal aware of their negligence.
Trust me, the Cardinal has read these posts, the public letter. I know if for a fact. So have those around him. He will not be moved, at least, not yet. But we can continue to hold him accountable in this life for taking away from you, the Holy Mass and Holy Communion. We will publicly make it clear how you have been abandoned. And yet; not one of you has written.
So, what one must conclude is that it is not happening, that our priests are meeting all your needs, all your spiritual care. Or they are not and you just don't believe that there is anything you can do. Or you just don't care anymore. Is that the case? Is that what you want Cardinal Collins to know - that you don't care, that this is just okay?
Which is it Toronto Catholics? Are you ready to have the Cardinal shutter your churches for Christ's Mass? It is about to happen, you know, you can count on it. York Region is next and you will have no Mass on Christmas. It does not need to be this way, we know what to do.
Can you believe it? Do you get it now? He took Lent, Holy Week, the Triduum, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi. You missed all of it. Now they've taken Advent, you don't think that the Apostle of Christ, the "Pope in Toronto" as he has referred to himself is about to demolish Christmas Mass? He has already declared Mary, Mother of God - Feast of the Circumcision/Octave on January 1, not obligatory. Did you know that?
How much more are you prepared to take?
You have a combox. Out the priest right there, out the parish. You can remain anonymous.
Don't let them grind you down. It is what they want.
