9 June: Bl Anna Maria Taigi – mystic, wife, mother

Today is the feast of Bl Anna Maria Taigi (+1837).  Her tomb is in San Crisogono, just across the Tiber in Trastevere.    She was a wifre and mother and then a tertiary of the Trinitarians.  During her life she received locutions from the Lord.  For many decades after her death she was incorrupt.  She was praised highly by St. Vincent Pallotti (a saint of my neighborhood).

She foretold the two World Wars and made predictions about “3 days of darkness”.

“After the three days of darkness, St. Peter and St. Paul, having come down from Heaven, will preach in the whole world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and will settle upon the cardinal who is to become Pope. Christianity, then, will spread throughout the world. He is the Holy Pontiff, chosen by God to withstand the storm. At the end, he will have the gift of miracles, and his name shall be praised over the whole earth.”

“Whole nations will come back to the Church and the face of the earth will be renewed. Russia, England, and China will come into the Church.”

San Crisogono:

 

Bl. Anna Maria Tiagi is here.

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 10th Ordinary) 2024

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 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, or the 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time?

Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross: HERE  A taste…

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There are so many ways to intoxicate the mind available in this technological jungle which is filled with roaring and slithering.  Peter wasn’t just talking about wine.  He was also talking about the allurements of the world which the pagans indulged in.  He would be today, if I may be so bold, talking about these little telescreens in our hands.  Have you seen how some people watch their phones?  It borders on obsessive adoration.  Is there a more effective lion of soul-ripping teeth than something which can pour evil and addictive images along with sheer idiocy into our minds like hot and old running cocaine?  These are dangerous times for the life of the mind and for the health (salvation) of souls.

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The vestition of new members of the Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims and Convalescents, which was founded by St. Philip Neri.

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Meanwhile, white to move and mate in 3.

Nice people! Great service!

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In Norway, Magnus emerged victorious in the open section. Ju Wenjun prevailed in the women’s section. Alas, Ding Liren in his last battle against Firouzja drew in classical with 1 hour and 37 on his clock and then, in armageddon, resigned with more time on his clock than he started with. In the last round Carlsen had to win his armageddon against Fabiano to knock Nakamura mathematically out of the possibility of catching him.

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Is this a joke?

This… given the topic, one is forced to ask, “Is this a joke?”

Notice anything?

There is at least one person in there who is not funny. And two whose inclusion is appalling. (Not mutually exclusive.)

The must be some confusion about “James Martin”, which doesn’t include “SJ”. There is a chap in the UK who has a Saturday morning program, named James Martin. However, this invitee is listed as American.

Maybe some one can explain this.

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The Beauty of Tradition

I warmly recommend that you savor a smartly written piece by Anthony Esolen at Crisis.   It is a devastating critique of modernity’s moral vagueness.

Some tastes…

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The vagueness is like a noxious spreading mist. When you don’t have a firm grasp on what simply is good and what simply is evil, but resolve them into pleasant or unpleasant attitudes, you won’t be likely to write the greatest novels or direct the greatest films. Sigrid Undset could not be a vague “I’m OK, You’re OK” modern church lady and still write Kristin Lavransdatter, The Master of Hestviken, and all the other golden works she has given us.

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Having finally read Kristan, I get that.

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What has most baffled me about the miserable saga of Marko Rupnik is not that such a monster could exist. Monstrous evil is common enough in human history. But the stubborn persistence of awful taste is something else; it is not like hammering someone else’s foot, but like hammering one’s own, deliberately, over and over. Somehow, there were still people in high ecclesiastical places who thought that Rupnik’s soulless pseudo-primitive human figures were capable of moving anybody.

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Did you know that the Vatican is STILL using Rupnik’s trash for their liturgical ceremonies news.  This can’t be an accident.

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When you are not interested in the actual arguments someone makes, because the pursuit of truth at all costs does not excite you, you do not sharpen your mind; and lassitude sets in. So those who love tradition must have all the strong arguments and must attract the most powerful minds, if only because the attitude of those on the other side hamstrings the intellect. If it does not matter whether an argument is coherent but only whether the person making it has the authority to demand that you accept it, then expect the argument to be coherent only occasionally and by happenstance.

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Also, try his book…

No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men

US HERE – UK HERE

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“Heresy thrives on a combination of amnesia, anarchy and novelty.” ACTION ITEM! VIDEO!

I was given a manuscript of a new book by Bp. Schneider to look over. It is about heresies. Just as he put out a book about the truths of the Faith that are to be believe, now he has a book about errors to be avoided.   More about this book later.

That leads me to something that really perked my ears.

I have an action item for you.

I just finished watching a video of a talk given in Cleveland by Peter Kwasniewski about “Why Latin is the right language for Roman Catholic worship.”

The radical progressives who waged war against Latin in the mid 20th century knew very well what they were doing. They wanted to blow up the bridge that connected Catholics with their heritage their tradition their collective memory. The vaunted modernization of the Church could be carried out only if the past were forgotten, sealed inaccessibly behind a wall of incomprehensibility. The loss of Latin has therefore had ramifications far beyond the sanctuaries of our churches even if that is where we most notice its presence or absence. Heresy thrives on a combination of amnesia, anarchy and novelty. The liturgical crisis is only one part of the larger crisis of Catholic identity which has more to do with language than most people realize.

Peter knocks dinger after dinger out of the park in this talk. He says many of the things I’ve been saying over the years in a concise speech, deftly reasoned, fluidly connected.

He spins out in his own words the phrases that I use often, such as “We are our rites”, “Liturgy is doctrine”.

I invite you to listen to the talk.

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Before I leave you to it, also take note of how he obliterates the absurdly ignorant proposition that people who attend the Vetus Ordo can have all the smell and bells and vestments and chant and Latin in the Novus Ordo.

Firstly, that’s just dumb. The content of the prayers of the rites are different. However, Peter has another approach which was quite good in explaining how that doesn’t work. He starts with the premise that the Novus Ordo was created for maximum comprehensibility. You should be able to see, hear, and grasp everything without effort. There are microphones, the priest faces the people, the vernacular is used, only one thing happens at a time. Of course this has nothing to do with “worship” in the history of humanity and the transcendent. When people say, you can have the Novus Ordo in Latin,

“they’re completely missing the point. The Novus Ordo in Latin falls between two stools to use a saying of Joseph Shaw’s. It has neither the instant accessibility for which it was designed nor the grandeur, solemnity, symbolic richness and ceremonial depth of the Tridentine rite which augments our awareness of mystery and our receptivity to truth that cannot be put into simple linguistic packages. So the Latin Novus Ordo fails. It fails from both angles.”

The Q&A is also good, and extensive.  My experience in giving talks – back when people still wanted me to give talks!  LOL! – people often enjoy the Q&A as much as if not more than the talk.

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In the Norway Chess battle, yesterday the struggling world champ Ding Liren brought down Hikaru Nakamura, which helped Magnus stay on top of the standings.  I was delighted to watch Magnus beat Alireza Firouzja.  Today is the last day.  Pragg, mathematically, still has a chance to win.

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White to move and mate in 3.

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ASK FATHER: Can we eat meat today, Friday, Feast of the Sacred Heart or must we abstain?

People have asked about Friday abstinence from meat for today, Feast of the Sacred Heart.

Canon 1251 of the Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church says:

Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Today, 7 June 2024 is…

a) a Friday, in fact a 1st Friday
b) the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and as such
c) a Solemnity (Novus Ordo calendar – 1st Class in the Vetus Ordo), and therefore it is
d) NOT a day for obligatory abstinence from meat, etc.

Some printed trad calendars not withstanding, we go by the Code of Canon Law.  And that’s the Code as it is now, not as it was or as we think it ought to be.

Hence,…

If you want to eat meat today, you can do so with a light heart, even if it goes straight to your left anterior descending.

If you don’t want to eat meat today, you can abstain with a light heart, even if it is vegan.

Obligatory abstinence on such a joyful feast as today is seems contrary to our Catholic identity.

I think I’ll be a “glad trad” today and have a cheeseburger for lunch.

 

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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Acts of Consecration and of Reparation

Today, Feast of the Sacred Heart, would be a great day for the Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart.

Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thine altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but, to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy most Sacred Heart.

Many indeed have never known Thee; many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy sacred Heart.

Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to Thy Father’s house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.

Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism, and refuse not to draw them into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy towards the children of the race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life.

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: “Praise be to the divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honor for ever.” Amen.

Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, animated with a desire to repair the outrages unceasingly offered to Thee, we prostrate before Thy throne of mercy, and in the name of all mankind, pledge our love and fidelity to Thee.

The more Thy mysteries are blasphemed, the more firmly we shall believe them, O Sacred Heart of Jesus!

The more impiety endeavors to extinguish our hope of immortality, the more we shall trust in Thy Heart, sole Hope of mankind!

The more hearts resist Thy Divine attractions, the more we shall love Thee, O infinitely amiable Heart of Jesus!

The more unbelief attacks Thy Divinity, the more humbly and profoundly we shall adore It, O Divine Heart of Jesus!

The more Thy holy laws are transgressed and ignored, the more we shall delight to observe them, O most holy Heart of Jesus!

The more Thy Sacraments are despised and abandoned, the more frequently we shall receive them with love and reverence, O most generous Heart of Jesus!

The more the imitation of Thy virtues is neglected and forgotten, the more we shall endeavor to practice them, O Heart, model of every virtue!

The more the devil labors to destroy souls, the more we shall be inflamed with desire to save them, O Heart of Jesus, zealous Lover of souls!

The more sin and impurity destroy the image of God in man, the more we shall try by purity of life to be a living temple of the Holy Spirit, O Heart of Jesus!

The more Thy Holy Church is despised, the more we shall endeavor to be her faithful children, O Sweet Heart of Jesus!

The more Thy Vicar on earth is persecuted, the more will we honor him as the infallible head of Thy Holy Church, show our fidelity and pray for him, O kingly Heart of Jesus!

O Sacred Heart, through Thy powerful grace, may we become Thy apostles in the midst of a corrupted world, and be Thy crown in the kingdom of Heaven. Amen

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INDULGENCE ALERT – Feast of the Sacred Heart

Today, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the faithful can gain a plenary indulgence by the public recitation of Iesu dulcissime (Act of Reparation) (Ench. Indulg., al. conc., 3). All other recitations gain a partial indulgence.

Priests and Bishops! Have PUBLIC recitation!

Do not be afraid to bend yourself down before God especially and also to the angels and saints our intercessors and patrons and be simply pious.

Man was made to be pious.

This is the essence of religion, without which we are empty shells: to give due reverence to God. The sin of our first parents came from trying to be the opposite of pious: self-sufficient self-gods. That was defiance of due piety.

We can drift into the same emptiness of life by neglect of piety and devotion, neglect of fostering the habits of devotion.

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