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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Father, I have to admit I had a chuckle when I read this and realized you were an “official pitchman” so to speak. Just like your action alerts for Buy a Priest a Beer Day always bring me a smile.
It got me thinking…ever since the crackdown of the TLM a lot of Catholics, myself included, have focused on preservation efforts and been loaded with frustration. I’m not saying we should change our stances or cease needed resistance. But…
Maybe we all need to increase our charitable attitudes towards one another. That would include not only still bringing joy to one another, but also bring joy to those on “the other side”. You know, be willing to say the Rosary WITH someone who is part if the Charismatic Catholic movement (providing their intentions are rooted in orthodox doctrine). This is not to say begin endorsing or compromising. I’m just saying that being charitable might reap fruits.
Fr. Pieroni, SSPX tends to the chapel I attend. He is hands down the strictest priest I’ve ever encountered.
(Ironically, I find it refreshing due to the fact that when I was a teenager our local NO priest was what my Dad called a laughing hyena.)
Nonetheless, Fr. Pieroni, in all his strictness hit on 2 points I recall which involve the need for charity: forgiveness to our transgressors and praying for our bishops, including the Holy Father. The latter was right after Traditiones Custodes was issued. His homily was intense and often loud, but it ended on the need for charity.
One rule of thumb I always use if I’m say on a trip and wind up in a liberal-leaning parish for Mass: even if the priest is doing a stand-up routine for his homily, never assume that the person next to is not holy. They may be a far holier soul than I in spite of the surroundings. I’m not God and can’t know what’s in their heart.
This isn’t to say I’d remain in the building if it turned out to be a “pride Mass” or the like. I’m not saying become apathetic. In that case charity begins with prayer.
With all that said I hope you and all the other posters on this board have a blessed and joyful day.
Today’s “Daily Rome Shot #417” is of the Palazzo Lancellotti and a fountain in the adjoining Piazzetta san Simeone ai Coronari. These are all located just beyond the northern tip of the Piazza Navona.
The fountain was made in 1589 by Pietro Gucci on a design of Giacomo della Porta. It was previously in several places around Rome and finally placed in this piazzettta in 1973.
The palazzo was built for Cardinal Scipione Lancellotti (1527-1598) who was a diplomat who served several popes, before and after he became a cardinal in 1583. He participated in five papal conclaves over 14 years as a cardinal. He is buried with several members of his family in the chapel dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi in St. John Lateran.