Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday of Advent “Rorate” – 2020

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.

Also, are your churches opening up? What was attendance like?

For my part,…

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#ASonnetADay – 122. “Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain…”

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About that demon cult bowl placed on St. Peter’s altar… WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL NOW?

Demon cult bowl which Francis put on St. Peter’s altar.

At the time, I was even more horrified than when the sacrilegious pagan Pachamama worship rite took place in the Vatican Garden as the Synod was opening up in October 2019.

What shocked me, outraged me and truly worried me even more was what happened during the Mass at the close of the Synod.  A bowl with symbols and flowers associated with the demon Pachamama was placed, at the explicit direction of Francis, on the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the offertory, over the bones of St. Peter.  At the time I mused that this would not bode well and opined that Easter would not be celebrated there.

Not only no Easter, Francis commanded that the title Vicar of Christ be demoted to a “historical title”.  My post HERE

Sure enough.  The Wuhan Devil came.  Hand in hand…. rather… claw in claw with Pachamama the sacred liturgical worship which is what that altar is for, was removed.

Today I see a piece at LifeSite by Maike Hickson.

A symbolic sign after the Pachamama worship at St. Peter’s: Papal Altar unused for months now

December 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Something happened in the Vatican in the last months that has been largely overlooked: the High Altar of St. Peter’s – the Papal Altar, which is situated right on top of the tomb of St. Peter himself – has been left unused now for many months. Professor Armin Schwibach, a Vatican Correspondent who has lived in Rome for more than three decades, describes it as a “symbolic emptiness.” This fact comes in light of the coronavirus lockdowns, but also after Pope Francis, in October 2019, welcomed a bowl with earth dedicated to the false goddess Pachamama and placed it, against the liturgical rules, on that very altar.

Professor Armin Schwibach, a professor of philosophy in Rome and Rome Correspondent of the Austrian Catholic website Kath.net, posted on Twitter on December 17 a photo of the High Altar at St. Peter’s Basilica – the Papal Altar at which, generally, and this for centuries, only the Pope offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – and he himself then commented: “The emptied and today unused papal altar. Now a kind of perceptible hole in the middle of the basilica.”

LifeSiteNews reached out to Professor Schwibach, asking him to explain the meaning of his commentary and photo. He told LifeSite that since the corona lockdown in the Vatican, the Pope has never offered the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass on this altar anymore. Instead, Pope Francis has offered Holy Mass, for example on Easter of this year, on the altar of the Chair of St. Peter, which is situated behind the high altar of the basilica, and only with a small congregation present. Here is a video of that Mass. The first minutes show how the High Altar is empty, and the altar behind it is being used. Also on December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis celebrated Mass on that other altar behind the High Altar, passing by the Papal Altar without visibly bowing to it. For all these months now, the Papal Altar has been abandoned, creating a “symbolic emptiness,” in Schwibach’s words.

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The significance of the absence of the Pope at the Papal Altar lies not only in the fact that it is the papal altar per se and links the current Pope directly with St. Peter himself. It also lies in the fact that Pope Francis had, on October 27, 2019 – at the closing Mass of the Amazon Synod – placed on that very same altar a highly controversial bowl of plants that had been offered up to the false goddess Pachamama at the beginning of the Amazon Synod. Many saw in this bowl an occult sign, an offering to a demon, that was scandalously placed on God’s altar on which the Pope offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

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Not long after this scandalous event, Pope Francis decided not to be called anymore in the 2020 Vatican Yearbook “Vicar of Christ,” giving this title the character of merely being a “historic title.” Instead, he placed his personal name on top of his entry, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. In the 2019 Yearbook, his entry was still entitled “Vicar of Jesus Christ.” Professor Schwibach at the time commented on twitter: “It seems that they continue to dismantle everything.”

Here a summary of the events since last year’s Amazon Synod: First the Pope had blessed a sacrifice that had been offered to a false god, and then he placed it on the very altar on which he usually offers the Son of God to God the Father. In the 2020 Yearbook, he declines to be called “Vicar of Christ.” The coronacrisis breaks out, which is then being used by government authorities to close down churches and restrict Mass attendance, along with the Pope’s collaboration and approval. Then the Pope stops altogether celebrating Mass on that very same Papal Altar on which he had earlier placed the Pachamama bowl. His Christmas Vigil Mass is not even a midnight Mass, but will take place at 7.30 p.m., due to the existing curfew rules in Italy (even though the Vatican is its own city-state and the Pope is its head). The result of these papal acts are that now in many places in the whole world the Christmas Midnight Mass, commemorating the birth of the Christ-Child, has been cancelled. One may ask whether there is a connection between all of these events: that is to say, from the Pachamama bowl on the Papal Altar to the cancellation of the Christmas Midnight Masses in many parts of the world.

Professor Schwibach has caught up to the rest of us… or perhaps he is just being reported now.

The fact remains that a demonic cult bowl was placed on the altar of St. Peter’s after a dreadful pagan demonic worship rite took place in the Vatican Gardens, during which a shaman of a false demon religion seems to have put a curse on Francis’ hands with dirt from the cult bowl.

Now, no Masses at the heart of the last vestige of Christendom.

HERE IS A STRONG ADMONITION

The young Austrian man who took the pagan idols out of the church and threw them in the Tiber had the right instinct.

Objects that are cursed, that are used in demonic rites, etc., maintain their influence long after the fact.

These objects, to be overthrown, should be broken, burned and the ashes or fragments put into running water, such as a river.  This is the advice of exorcists.

This is real stuff, friends.   No joke.

That damned bowl… WHERE IS IT NOW?   Who has it?  Was it kept in Rome at St. Peter’s?  Did it go back to some place in South America?

WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL?

 

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Daily Rome Shot 29

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COFFEE WARS! (video)

I have for some years had an affiliate link for Mystic Monk Coffee.   You buy their coffee (and your TEA) through my link and you get good coffee and you help the Wyoming Carmelites build their spectacular monastery.   And, too boot, it is near to where my mother grew up and where I spent some of my childhood summers.  All good.   That link is HERE.

Over there, maneuver over to their “Sampler” page.  They have 2 oz samplers that make excellent stocking stuffers.  Also, there are a few people who are in charge of buying coffee for their offices: they use my link for Mystic Monk Coffee and everyone benefits.

That said, Mystic Monk has a little competition in my mind and heart right now.   A while back I received some Black Rifle Coffee from a reader off my wish list.  It’s good.  The company is vet owned and operated.

And these guys work really hard, as the following video demonstrates.

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I’m waiting for the monks to post their own version.

So, Black RifleMystic Monk.

This isn’t an either / or dichotomy, of course.

You know you need coffee….

Also, could I – please – remind you to use my affiliate link to enter Amazon when shopping online?  Links for these USA and the UK are on the sidebar.

 

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My View For Awhile: Home Again

My list of things to do is checked off, so I am heading home.

On my first day I was able to link up with two friends over nice meals.

Yesterday, I walked over to the White House for a Christmas Party.   The decorations were amazing, as usual.  On the ground floor in the library, I saw this amusing ribbon on a tree which said that the right of citizens to VOTE shall not be abridged.

The Nativity Scene.

A nice little tree.

I am a huge fan of Sr. Diedra Byrne and the feeling is mutual.  We had a great chat.

Among the nice folks were some popular and good commentators from Fox and EWTN.    Nice to catch up with them.  A couple of great priests from the area, whom I’ve know for quite a while.  Really good men.  We had a discussion about the liceity of receiving vaccinations.

It was not nearly as crowded this year, for obvious reasons.   Great food, as always.

On the way out the young moon was super bright and Saturn and Jupiter are just a smidgeon apart now.

Afterwards, supper with another friend, a truly impressive guy.  It was nice to have a leisurely evening with him.   AG Barr was across the way.  He was cordial.

A slow morning and lunch at the club before heading to the airport.

 

The streets of DC are relatively empty.  It’s strange.

The airport is pretty much empty too.  There were two people going through security and I was one of them.

More later.

UPDATE

LAST LEG!

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WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai

The O Antiphons: 18 December – O Adonai

LATIN: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.

ENGLISH: O Lord and Ruler the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: come, and redeem us with outstretched arms.

Scripture References:
Exodus 3
Micah 5:2
Matthew 2:6

Relevant verse of Veni, Veni Emmanuel:

O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty, and awe.

Adonai” is “LORD.” It was the Hebrew word that the Jews used when they found the four-lettered word for God’s name which they held to be too sacred to pronounce aloud. The four letter word for God’s Name, the Tetragrammaton, is still venerated by us to the point that Holy Church asks us not to use it in liturgical song.

Christ is Lord, Lord of Creation. We sang this yesterday in the antiphon “O Sapientia“. Christ is also Lord of the Covenant with the People He chose.

The Lord made covenants with Noah, Abraham, and Moses. He guided them and all the People. He gave them Law. He protected and feed them. The Lord delivered them from bondage to Pharaoh and unending slavery. He went before them with arm outstretched.

This was all a pre-figuring of the great work of redemption that Christ would work on the Cross. He redeemed us His People from Satan and the eternal damnation of hell.

He once appeared clothed in the burning bush that was not consumed by fire.

He is about to appear again clothed in flesh in our liturgical celebration of Christmas.

He will appear again one day in the future to judge the living and the dead.

He appears to us each day in the person of our neighbor.

What amazing contrasts we find in our Lord! He came in thunder and lightening to give the Law on Mt. Sinai. He comes now in swaddling clothes. He will come again in glory. He comes humbly in the appearance of Bread and Wine.

He still goes before us with outstretched arm and our foes are put to flight at the sight of His banner!

Shall we hear the Benedictines of Le Barroux sing the O Antiphon and Magnificat?

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#ASonnetADay – 121. “’Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed…”

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Daily Rome Shot 28

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And I’ll just add this, which a friend sent.  It seems a fitting accompaniment.

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