In the Vetus Ordo, it’s the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. In the Novus Ordo, it is the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary (Ordered) Time. Green vestments are back. This year, not only do the Collects coincide in both rites, Vetus and Novus, but the same Gospel is read: the Wedding at Cana. It’s a liturgical unicorn.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation?
Share the good stuff. Quite a few people are forced to sit through really bad preaching. Even though you can usually find – if you are willing to try – at least one good point in a really bad sermon, that can be a trial. So… SHARE THE GOOD STUFF which you were fortunate enough to receive!
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it is growing. Of COURSE.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news? We really need good news.
I have some thoughts posted at One Peter Five.
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[W]herever the Christian faith is held and the Christian life is lived, there will be persecution. Persecution is also leveled within the Church and not just from without. It is not unfair to say that the treatment of Catholics who desire the traditional form of the Roman Rite, the Vetus Ordo, are intentionally targeted with persecution. It is hard to see it otherwise. All the fine talk about accompaniment, listening, dialogue and diversity are little better than weasel words, since these proposed ideals are specifically denied those who desire the traditional liturgical worship rooted in more than a millennium. All manner of ludicrous antics and even idolatry and blasphemy can be perpetrated by the “in” side. People who desire to kneel in adoration, pray in the Church’s official language which the Council Father’s commanded to be retained, and apply decorum in vesture and gesture, are publicly dressed down by their pastors, accused of being – despite their youthful age – self-centered retrograde nostalgics who are probably mentally ill.
In Matthew 23:2, Jesus refers to the “seat of Moses” to condemn the religious leaders of Israel. He tells His followers to listen to them but not to follow their example.
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Attendance was sparser than usual at our 10:30 AM High Mass due to a pending snow storm. Normally almost every pew is full.
Our homily was about chastity. God gives us things that are pleasurable to the senses such as wine and marital relations. However in a world without God that only leaves us to chase after these pleasures for their own sake. With chastity we put these things in their place because we love God and therefore use them as He intended.