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It’s the 14th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 22nd Sunday of the Novus Ordo.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation?
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it is growing. Of COURSE.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
I have some thoughts about the Sunday Epistle reading posted at One Peter Five.
A taste:
Be clear about something: Jews would have in large part agreed with Paul about how burdensome the Law was. As the chosen people rebelled against God and disrespected His covenants, God imposed more and more laws to the point that it was nearly impossible to obey them, eventually 613 in all, 365 negative and 248 positive. The weight of such a meticulous obedience to so many laws was to help them to long for the freedom from the Law that would come with the Messiah. The yoke of the Law was a burden, yes, but it was also a way for God to channel and direct the people. Try plowing a field with un-yoked oxen. The yoke is also a gift, as correctives can be. Heavy, but helpful.
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Our sermon was about St Benedict Joseph Labre.
It mirrored a sermon by St John Crysostom about the disdain of worldly wealth.
For some reason the SSPX chapel instead celebrated the feast of St. Pius X yesterday…I’m left scratching my head on that one. [Hmmm… what is that group named, again? SSPX… hmmm…]
Anyway, Father gave a great sermon explaining how modernists beat around the bush in pushing their agenda. Any half-catechized Catholic would walk away from what they preach otherwise.
He explained exactly what an encyclycal is and exactly how the Saintly Pope quashed out the heresy. He explained also that we fight it today and how we must simply continue to practice authentic, orthodox Catholicism.
The homily contained ZERO Pope-bashing, Vatican II-bashing or specific names. It was simply why modernism is wrong.
In the 5 years since I first set foot in that chapel, I’ve only heard about 3 barbs against what came after the counsel, all brief in passing. Right after Traditionis cusdtodes what published, the then-priest stressed the need to pray for all of our bishops. We may get frustrated, but if we resort to name calling and don’t pray for ALL clergy at ALL ranks, then we’re not really being Catholic ourselves.