Published on Jan 9, 2015 - Santo Niño devotees offer a liturgical dance to our Holy Infant during the first day novena held in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand. The Sinulog Dance is dance of worship offered by the Filipino people to our Holy Child Jesus Christ.
This is what Adoration looks like at the same Cathedral.
Will Pope Francis do anything about this? How can the Church be a "hospital" to the hurting, if the clergy are nitwit clowns incapable of celebrating a Mass without liturgical abuse??
These obscene masses must end, they are abominations to our Lord! Are all these Catholics (including the clergy) idiots who have no idea what the Mass is or do they know and simply not care? Are these Catholic clergy PURPOSELY working to insult and profane the Lord and His Mass? Are they that evil? Or simply that stupid?
I pray they will one day soon have the faith and wisdom to know what they are doing is wrong, the fear of the Lord so they repent of what they've done, and the will to make reparations for it.
By Connecticut Catholic Corner I have a question today about an accident I witnessed during a televised Catholic Mass. This morning I found myself up at the crack of dawn. Unable to fall back to sleep I decided to start my day by tuning in to our local Catholic Mass on television. Today, Father Joseph Devine of St. Rose of Lima parish in Meriden, Ct was celebrating the Mass on ORTV (Office of Radio and Television).
A recording of the Mass can be seen HERE. Since each television Mass is sold on DVD it is not available to download or upload to this blog, so going directly to the link is the only option to view the entire 30 minute Mass. The reason I am mentioning this is because of what happened during this morning's Mass. The priest accidentally dropped the consecrated Host into the Cup,
then fished the soggy Consecrated Host out of the Cup...
...placing the soggy Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ on the paten. He then breaks off a piece, placing it in the Cup, and soon eats PART of the soggy Host leaving several soggy pieces of the Host on the paten.
He then places a small soggy piece of the Consecrated Host into the hands of a gentlemen... (so the Blood of Christ is now on the hands of this gentleman)
and then LEAVES the rest of the soggy Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ on the paten, covering it with linen and removing it from the altar. You can see the soggy Host in the image below being covered up.
Should he have not eaten the entire soggy Consecrated Host? Should he have wiped the Blood from his wet fingers on the cloth? Is there another way this is handled when something like this occurs? I was truly expecting him to eat the entire Host quickly before it could fall apart. I'd love to hear from a priest how such an accident is properly handled. In Christ, Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner Source: http://www.ortv.org/streaming/TV%20Mass%20stream.htm Video: http://dv2.discovervideo.com/play/?vod=17340
By Connecticut Catholic Corner UPDATED If you heard a church was including hand-clapping, standing ovations, dancing, flag waving, jumping up and down and lots of applause for the choir singing Gospel music all as part of their "unique" worship, would a Catholic Basilica be the first thing to come to your mind? Mine neither. Watch the (I think) deacon jumping up and down like a kid who has to go potty really badly, while the priest just grooves out clapping his hands to the beat next to him. *sigh*
Published on Jul 30, 2014 Basilica of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk is the only African American Basilica in the country. The music director and the rector talk about their unique music direction and worship.
So much for universal.
Quote: Packed with worshippers, it’s even more remarkable: the only African American basilica in the country, a place where an overwhelmingly black flock is led by a white priest with Irish roots and the formality of ancient rituals pulses with stand-up-and-shout soul. “This is a Catholic Mass,” said the Rev. James Curran, “but done unlike anything you’ve ever seen. There are times when I have to look down to see if my feet are still on the ground.”
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In the last census, of the 66 million Americans who said they were Protestant, 20 million were black. Of the 68 million who said they were Catholic, only 2 million were black. More than 1,000 of them attend St. Mary’s. Many are like Bomar, a “converted Catholic” instead of a “cradle Catholic,” and they’ve brought their heritage with them – the fiery gospel ways of African American denominations. That union meshes the pageantry, reverence and flickering candles of the Roman Catholic service with a worship style that’s full of movement, flavored by a full-throated choir, punctuated by “AMEN!”
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Music plays a rich role. The choir sways in unison, belting out hymns, backed up by drums, a violin, even a horn section. Palms raise, lips and hips move, riding notes that swell to the domed rafters. Sermons are interrupted by applause – and finished off with a standing ovation.
... I've "been there and done that" in my past as a Protestant. I was thrilled to find REVERENCE and DEVOUT WORSHIP in the Catholic Church. I am nothing but saddened by what I see here. This feel good hand clapping foot stomping is NOT worshiping God- it's delighting the people. They are allowing their Mass to be turned into something that focuses on THEM and what THEY are enjoying. That is what we used to call a "praise service", but it is not what Mass is supposed to be. In Christ, Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner PS- save the "you're a racist" crapola, this is about how to PROPERLY WORSHIP GOD IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH - it isn't about skin color.
...at least this doesn't appear to be happening DURING Mass although the news article covering the story seems to indicate Fr. Pepe often breaks out his dance moves(see link below) in and outside his parish church.
Quote: "Masses are packed, often with queues forming outside the church, all thanks to the priest Father Pepe who delights the congregation by performing the sevillanas – a traditional dance linked to flamenco.Father Pepe – full name Jose Planas Moreno – hitches up his white cassock, raises his arms above his head and kicks his heels in the aisles. Female worshippers in the district of Campanilla take it in turns to dance with 66-year-old Father Pepe. Videos of a recent mass taken on the local feast day and uploaded on to YouTube has gone viral on social networks and spread Father Pepe's fame far beyond his parish."
Some important
quotes to think about before you read this post…
"According to
their knowledge, competence and prestige which they possess, [the Christian
faithful] have the right and even at the times the duty to manifest to the
sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church
and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful"- Canon Law 212 Section 3
"Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is
to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it,
is no less a sin than to encourage them." -Pope St. Felix III
"When all this is considered there is good reason to fear lest this great
perversity may be as it were a foretaste, and perhaps the beginning of those
evils which are reserved for the last days; and that there may be already in
the world the "Son of Perdition" of whom the Apostle speaks (II.
Thess. ii., 3). Such, in truth, is the audacity and the wrath employed
everywhere in persecuting religion, in combating the dogmas of the faith, in brazen
effort to uproot and destroy all relations between man and the Divinity! While,
on the other hand, and this according to the same apostle is the distinguishing
mark of Antichrist, man has with infinite temerity put himself in the place of
God, raising himself above all that is called God; in such wise that although
he cannot utterly extinguish in himself all knowledge of God, he has contemned
God's majesty and, as it were, made of the universe a temple wherein he himself
is to be adored. 'He sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself as if he
were God' " (II. Thess. ii., 2). -Pope St. Pius X, E Supremi
"If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their
subjects, even in public." -St. Thomas Aquinas
"The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or
rather the cowardice of the faithful."-Pope St. Pius X
"When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds
with an air of novelty."- St. Clement of Alexandria
Progressive “Catholics”
as they call themselves (they don’t like to be called “liberal” anymore) are on
the march and growing INSIDE our Church.
They are not just in our laity, but also within our clergy as you will
see.
During this year’s
2013 WYD they heard Pope Francis say, “… I want to
see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the
mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools
or structures. Because these need to get out!"
And from that
they have determined that Pope Francis is going to “decentralize” the Catholic
Church and make way for all new theology- gay marriages, women priests,
abortion, birth control, a democratic Catholic Church where the laity vote for
bishops and popes and more.
Yes, that is
what they want.
*facepalm*
They look to
Hans Kung (who in my opinion SHOULD have been excommunicated and tossed OUT on
his backside decades ago for the HERETIC he is) for his view of Vatican II and
how the Catholic Church of the future should be:
“While no reasonable person will expect
that all reforms can be effected by one man overnight, a shift would be
possible in five years….But today the direction should be made clear again: not
a restoration to pre-council times as there was under Pope John Paul II and
Benedict XVI, but instead considered, planned and well-communicated steps to
reform along the lines of the Second Vatican Council,” says Hans Kung” [quote
from CatholicChurchReform.com]
Their plan is essentially to turn the Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church into another protestant denomination while
maintaining the title “Catholic” and claiming the Vatican.
Unfortunately, (again) SOME Catholic Bishop’s
turn a blind eye to this heresy and do…well, NOTHING. *Examples to follow*
Pope Benedict XVI (among some controversy
at the time) sat down to dinner with Hans Kung, a well known euthanasia
supporter. Kung, while forbidden from
TEACHING Catholic theology (a true blessing, trust me!),still retains priestly
faculties because neither his Bishop nor any Pope has revoked them.
*sigh*
Is it ANY wonder why we have Catholics the
likes of Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden publicly declaring they ARE Catholic
while at the same time FLAUNTING their heretical beliefs without a Bishop in
site to stop them?
THAT my friends is what is wrong with the
Church today- rotten heretics IN the Church.
"The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of
the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful."-Pope
St. Pius X
For a Bishop, to NOT correct heretical
beliefs in the Church is to allow them to grow and spread like a disease.
What can we think of this?
Are the Bishops too lazy?
Maybe some.
Are SOME of the Bishops themselves corrupt
and holding heretical beliefs?
Yes.
We’ve seen the proof of that not only in the clergy abuse tragedy, but
also in (too many to count) dioceses where liturgical abuses occur (who can
forget Father Fred Bailey and his Halloween Masses where he dresses like Barney
the dinosaur and has women dressed as red devils handing out the Eucharist to
people like trick-or-treaters) and in some areas with entire parishes are
working hard to ensure gay marriage by having parades and fund raisers right
under the Bishop’s noses. Either those
Bishops are completely clueless or they just don’t care. Either way, they are inept and are failing
Holy Mother Church and Her commission from Jesus.
Here is Father Fred Bailey (still going
strong with his Bishop’s blessing)
http://youtu.be/khco_N-uEOY
Sadly there are many, many more like him in
our Church.
From liturgical abuses to flat out heresy,
some of our Bishops are COMPLETELY failing in their duties as Bishop to CORRECT
parish priests AND the laity. Other
Bishops are PUBLICLY PROMOTING HERESY!
Yes, it’s true.
Some examples of what I mean…
“At a conference in Pittsburgh, sponsored by New Ways Ministry, Bishops
Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit and Matthew Clark of Rochester, New York,
encouraged homosexuals to be active in the Church, and suggested that in time
the Catholic Church would approve homosexual unions. “ And from the same article: “Sister Margaret Farley of Yale Divinity School made the astonishing assertion:
"None of the sources of Christian ethics, I would argue, yields reasons to
condemn homosexual acts or relationships as such." What sort of people would participate in such
an assault on Catholic tradition? The answer to that question highlights the danger
to the Church. Francis DeBernardo, the head of New Ways Ministry, told a
reporter that nearly half of the people attending the conference were Catholic
priests or nun, and perhaps as many as 75 percent of the participants were
engaged in some form of religious education or diocesan ministry. So the people
who are being encouraged to distort the Church's teachings will now go back to
their own diocesan jobs, and spread the message of dissent.”
This “Jesuit”
University promotes the “gay agenda” that the Church officially rejects!
“Several official departments at the University of San Francisco
not only encouraged students to take part in the city’s LGBT (Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgender) Pride Parade on June 30 but also provided free t-shirts
to students and their guests who signed up to march.According to the Pride
Parade site, the University of San Francisco LGBTQ Caucus for Faculty/Staff
marched behind Planned Parenthood and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.”
More from the same article:
“Ironically, the University lists the McCarthy Center on its websiteextolling
its mission as a Jesuit university. It states, “Experience Jesuit Values at
USF.”
"Not to oppose error is
to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect
to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage
them." -Pope St. Felix III
**Now I know
some of you don’t like me defending Michael Voris, but let me just interject
something here.
Michael Voris’
internet show was previously called “RealCatholicTV.com” because it stuck with
OFFICIAL “real” Catholic teachings backed up by the catechism. The Archdiocese of Detroit demanded that
Voris not use the word “Catholic” any longer because under Canon Law 216 ‘no undertaking is to claim the name
'Catholic' without the consent of competent ecclesiastical authority’, so in
the end Voris changed the title from “RealCatholicTV” to “ChurchMilitantTV”. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Voris ]
Now here’s the
rub… WHY do SOME Bishops target Catholic laity who ARE teaching and sharing
official Church doctrine, yet turn a blind eye- or WORSE -SUPPORT Catholics who
PUBLICLY oppose official Church doctrine?
Why?
Why are “Catholic”
Universities supporting things that contradict Catholic teaching? Why are Pro-Abortion “Catholic” politicians
allowed to cause scandal by publicly receiving Holy Communion regardless of
THAT Canon Law #915 that forbids it? [Canon Law #915 http://www.ewtn.com/library/CANONLAW/burkcompol.HTM]
Did no one
see these sparks of heresy growing into a forest fire?
Have we
learned NOTHING from heresies in the past?
Heresy does
not fade away. It must be STAMPED OUT.
Like the
flame in the forest, you MUST put it out or it will burn down the forest.
The Catholic
Church today has a forest fire taking up its real-estate and most people are
too blind to see the flames around them.
Others, (like me) are choking on the black smoke that is billowing out
of Her and we want to help.
We want our
Bishops to STAMP OUT the heresies, stop clergy abuse, stop scandal and stop
fanning the flames with their “If we ignore it, it will go away” approach.
It won’t go
away.
On the “CatholicChurchReform.com”
website, a recent blog post ran with the Martin Luther King “I have a dream”
speech and wrote their own “dream speech” for how they would like the Holy Catholic
Church to be. (Warning: you might want to vomit, so don’t read this on a full
stomach)
“I dream of a Church that is inclusive of all faiths.
When they come to share in our liturgy they are also welcomed to share the
Eucharist with us. I have a dream. I dream that the Church will become
less clerical encouraging more of a voice from the people of
God. I dream that the baptized faithful are encouraged to take an active
role in the selection of their bishops in every diocese throughout
the world. I have a dream. As we face a shortage of priests to lead our Church,
I dream of a time when celibacy would be optional and when women
would be given an expanded role in the Church. I dream of a Church that
encourages the faithful to exercise their conscience in matters of faith and
morals. In such instances as the use of birth control or divorce and
remarriage, the faithful would be encouraged to receive
the Sacraments if their conscience guides them to do so. Already,
with the election of Francis, I no longer have to dream of a Church that recognizes
that Jesus died for all who do good, not just for Catholics. I no longer have
to dream of a Church that embraces atheists and those who love and share their
lives with those of the same sex. Pope Francis is giving me hope. I have a
dream that reform is coming to our Church and that we, as members of the
Church, will have a part in supporting the pope to bring this about. I have a
dream.” [Source: http://catholicchurchreform.com/blog/?p=43]
This “dream” is
NOT the Holy Catholic Church that Christ created. This “dream” is just another protestant
denomination – but progressives are NOT happy with merely creating ANOTHER
protestant denomination- no. They want to FORCE the real Church to change for
them.
Sound
familiar?
True Marriage
- gay “unions” – gay “marriage”. They
wanted the term “marriage” so the nation had to REDEFINE what “marriage” meant.
Now these
progressives what to REDEFINE what the Catholic Church is!
*head
explodes*
The Apostles
didn’t ignore the heretics and wish them away.
Neither did the Council of Trent.
So why are
heretics IN the Church TODAY not dealt with as in the past?
Too high
up? Too much trouble? Not enough good men willing to take on the
task of REALLY “cleaning house” within the Church? I don’t know the answer or even if there is
ONE answer. That’s far above my pay
grade, as the saying goes.
What I think
is, we don’t need ONE good Pope to do it.
We need ALL practicing laity and the GOOD clergy- together, from laity to deacon to parish priest to Bishop to SPEAK
UP! Point your fingers at the heretics
IN and OUT of the Church and let them be known!
Or as the
Council of Trent put it… “LET HIM BE ANATHEMA!”[Meaning excommunicated]
Do you have a
wonderful Bishop? Tell the world about
him!
Pray for
him! Thank him! Ask God to strengthen him so that he can do
what Christ calls him to do. And then
thank God you have that Bishop!
We have great
and wonderful Bishops and they MUST have our support.
Do you know a
progressive “Catholic”? Teach him/her
the TRUTH. It might not be entirely
their fault they are “progressive”!
"When lies have been accepted for some
time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty."- St. Clement of
Alexandria
If they
belong to a liberal leaning/progressive parish they are being spoon fed heresy
and it’s corrupting their thinking.
You can
change that! You can put out the fire of
heresy and keep it from spreading to others.
Plant the
seeds of Truth every chance you get. You
just might be the ONLY one they hear the Truth from. You can change a person’s life and lead them
to the path of salvation simply by telling them the Truth of God’s Word.
And don’t
neglect to correct the “progressive” clergy either. Just because they are
clergy doesn’t mean you can’t approach them with your concerns.
Write them letters
filled with quotes from the catechism, Saints and Popes showing them the Truth
of the Church.
"According to
their knowledge, competence and prestige which they possess, [the Christian
faithful] have the right and even at the times the duty to manifest to the
sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church
and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful"- Canon Law 212 Section 3
And remember…
"When all this is considered there is good
reason to fear lest this great perversity may be as it were a foretaste, and
perhaps the beginning of those evils which are reserved for the last days; and
that there may be already in the world the "Son of Perdition" of whom
the Apostle speaks (II. Thess. ii., 3). Such, in truth, is the audacity and the
wrath employed everywhere in persecuting religion, in combating the dogmas of
the faith, in brazen effort to uproot and destroy all relations between man and
the Divinity! While, on the other hand, and this according to the same apostle
is the distinguishing mark of Antichrist, man has with infinite temerity put
himself in the place of God, raising himself above all that is called God; in
such wise that although he cannot utterly extinguish in himself all knowledge
of God, he has contemned God's majesty and, as it were, made of the universe a
temple wherein he himself is to be adored. 'He sitteth in the temple of God,
showing himself as if he were God' " (II. Thess. ii., 2). -Pope St. Pius
X, E Supremi
Are we
fighting against the “Son of Perdition” or FOR him?
Catholics
must FIGHT FOR YOUR FAITH. Don’t let the
progressives gain any more ground. Teach
TRUE Catholicism! Call out the
heretics! Expose the lies being fed to
the mass AT our Masses and beyond.
As Sacred
Scripture says (which is the motto of this blog) “Do not allow what you
consider good to be spoken of as evil.” Romans 14:16
Our Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church IS GOOD as are Her teachings. Don’t let anyone
tell you anything less.
