Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this traditional 2nd Sunday of Advent (Novus Ordo), or, in the Vetus Ordo, the Feast Immaculate Conception?
Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
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I went to the TLM in Tokyo for the feast of the Immaculate Conception & 2nd Sunday of Advent at the old Cathedral of St. Joseph. These Latin masses are organized by Una Voce Japan. The church was full and most of the laity were Japanese, with a few foreigners here and there. The priest is French.
The sermon: Father emphasized that although Mary was conceived free of original sin, God did not give her perfect knowledge. She had to trust God and ponder several mysteries in her heart, which she did with humility and charity. These are the virtues we must cultivate using the graces given to us by God.
Our Diocesan Latin Mass Parish is changing the Sat. Vigil Paul IV English Mass to Latin. Nobody was attending the English version.
All the other Masses are TLM.
Attended the 8am Mass Sunday . Noticeable increase in attendance the last couple weeks.
Please pray for the Archbishop of Dubuque to provide the only Latin Mass community in the archdiocese with a holy priest knows the Latin Mass. The community is a personal parish that lost its pastor to suicide just two days before Thanksgiving. Requiescat in pace, Fr. Conway. Immaculata, ora pro nobis.
In our Diocese the bishop has declared Monday a Holy Day of Obligation to observe the transferred Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Our FSSP parish is maintaining the traditional observance on Sunday but is also making Monday a Holy Day of Obligation where the mass of the Second Sunday of Advent will be offered (as would be normal for a ferial weekday).
At our Sunday Mass we heard that although the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was only declared in the 19th century, the Church had believed it early on. The title of Mary as Theotokos, God bearer could only apply if Mary was pure of the stain of sin since God could only be in the presence of one that is pure, which is why we must be purified in Purgatory before being in the presence of God in Heaven. At the apparition at Lourdes, an undeucated peasant girl reports Mary’s title as the Immaculate Conception, a term that Bernadette could not possibly come up with on her own, unless told this by the Blessed Mother herself.
I should note that it is a good thing that I listened to today’s Adventcazt and Fr. Troadec’s advice about being patient since after I had typed in my comment above, the computer decided that I wasn’t logged in (although I was) and deleted my comment so I had to type it in again. Arrgh! At least the advice kept me from saying some choice words that I might need to go to confession for.
Missa cantata (TLM), Immaculate Conception. After the bishop’s great homily last week, we got another one. Father started with stating that while the Blessed Virgin is free of sin, we are not but we must strive to be. He then went on about Confession and instructed the faithful about good and bad ways to confess. One of the things he stressed we should avoid was scrupulosity. What he said about a good confession was, in my own words, to come prepared, be brief, and be gone.