MOST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, THOSE WHO ACTUALLY ATTEND SERVICES, DID NOT VOTE FOR “CATHOLIC” JOE BIDEN

 Most truly religious people voted for “Protestant” Donald Trump, including practicing Catholics:

Copied from the Deacon’s Bench:

SURVEY: MOST WHITE AMERICANS WHO ATTEND REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES VOTED FOR TRUMP

From Pew: 

Similar to past elections, religion played an important role in the 2020 U.S. presidential contest: Republican candidate Donald Trump continued to garner strong support from White evangelical Protestants, while Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated backed the Democratic candidate and eventual winner, President Joe Biden.

But religious identity alone does not tell the whole story. Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of 2020 validated voters.

As in previous years, voters who frequently go to religious services – defined as those who attend at least monthly – were more likely to vote for the Republican candidate in the most recent presidential election, while less frequent attenders were more likely to back the Democrat.

Overall, 59% of voters who frequently attend religious services cast their ballot for Trump, while 40% chose Biden. Among those who attend services a few times a year or less, the pattern was almost exactly reversed: 58% picked Biden, while 40% voted for Trump.

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ABOUT SIX-IN-TEN WHITE CATHOLICS WHO ATTEND MASS MONTHLY OR MORE OFTEN (63%) SUPPORTED TRUMP IN THE 2020 ELECTION, WHILE 36% SUPPORTED BIDEN.

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However, these patterns vary by race. Frequent religious service attenders’ preference for Trump was apparent among White voters but largely absent among Black voters. (Due to limitations in sample size, results among Hispanic and Asian Americans could not be analyzed separately.)

About seven-in-ten White, non-Hispanic Americans who attend religious services at least monthly (71%) voted for Trump, while roughly a quarter (27%) voted for Biden. Among White Americans who attend religious services a few times a year or less, far fewer voted for Trump (46%), while around half (52%) voted for Biden.

Among Black, non-Hispanic adults in the U.S., by comparison, there is no such link between attendance and vote choice. Nine-in-ten Black Americans who attend religious services monthly or more voted for Biden in 2020, as did a similar share of Black voters who attend services less often (94%). Just 10% of Black frequent attenders and 5% of Black infrequent attenders voted for Trump.

And there’s this:

About six-in-ten White Catholics who attend Mass monthly or more often (63%) supported Trump in the 2020 election, while 36% supported Biden. Less frequent Mass attenders expressed less support for Trump (53%) and more support for Biden (47%)…

… Biden, meanwhile, gained some ground among White Catholics, garnering 42% of that vote, or 11 points more than Clinton did in 2016.

Read it all. 

FROM RORATE CAELI

THE POPE MAKES A NEGATIVE JUDGMENT AGAINST DEMOCRAT AND “CATHOLIC” JOSEPH BIDEN

This certainly confirms our American bishops who have the prophetic wear with all to make a judgment on our Democrat “Catholic” President Joseph Biden and judging him ineligible for the reception of Holy Communion.

 The Pope speaks (copied from the Deacon’s Bench):

POPE ON WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN: ‘I DON’T WANT TO JUDGE, BUT…’

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From Crux: 

In a new interview, Pope Francis appears to criticize the handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan by the United States that triggered scenes of chaos and violence at the Kabul airport, saying that while “I don’t want to judge” nevertheless “they didn’t take into account all the eventualities.”

In a brief fragment of the interview released today, the pope does not mention the United States or any other nation by name.

The remarks come in a 40-second excerpt released by the Spanish broadcaster Cope, ahead of the full 90-minute conversation Wednesday. In that longer exchange the pope is expected to address many issues, from his health and rumors of his resignation to the legalization of euthanasia in Spain earlier this year.

Cope journalist Carlos Herrera, who said he was able to secure the interview with the help of the radio’s Vatican correspondent Eva Fernandez, shared a 40-second fragment on his show this Tuesday in an attempt to lure listeners for the full interview…

…On the withdrawal, the pontiff apparently is critical.

“The way you negotiate a withdrawal, an exit, from what we’ve seen here, they didn’t take into account, it seems, I don’t want to judge, [but] they didn’t take into account all the eventualities,” the pope said.

Read more.

MARCH 16, 2013

 The photo I post below, while a work of art and thus to be appreciated, conveys sentiments about the hierarchy of the Church as out of touch and not with much to do. It’s a princely life or at least a church caricature of it.  

When I was a seminarian in the late 1970’s, I remember being scandalized when I learned that the retired Cardinal of Baltimore, Cardinal Sheehan had a chauffeur and a Cadillac limousine to boot.

And when I visited Philadelphia for the first time, I was shocked to see the mansion in which a lone cardinal lived in the most exclusive part of Philadelphia.

Both of these shocking images were a far cry from what I experienced of the Catholic Church in humble Augusta, Georgia and the Diocese of Savannah. 

And thus this is what Pope Francis said three days after his election as the Supreme Pontiff:

 VATICAN CITY — On his election to the papacy, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose to name himself after Francis of Assisi because the 12th-century saint "is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation," Pope Francis said Saturday.

"How I would like a church that is poor and for the poor," he told about 5,000 journalists gathered for an audience with the pope.

That’s a far cry from the sentiments of this image:

THIS PHOTO IS MOST PECULIAR!

 Do you see how peculiar it is? The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated on a post-Vatican II altar cube! How do you tell the difference between the Epistle Side of the Altar and the Gospel Side of the altar and the middle of the altar? Peculiar indeed!

BOMBSHELL! OR WAS IT? POPE BRUSHES OFF RUMORS ABOUT HIS RESIGNATION OR TERMINAL ILLNESS, BUT DID HE?

 

From Crux:

In recent public appearances, he (the pope) seemed fully recovered, but in an audience with Catholic legislators during the weekend he began his speech by apologizing for the fact that he would remain seated while reading his speech, arguing that he’s still recovering from his surgery.

When pressed about a possible resignation, Francis said: “Whenever a pope is sick, there’s a breeze or hurricane of conclave,” referring to the process through which popes are elected.

DID HE OR DIDN’T HE?

There’s a brouhaha over the Prayer of Saint Michael in a Chicago Archdiocesan Church. At first, it was reported that Cardinal Cupich had ordered that it not be said after Mass. There is a video of the priest saying he is at peace and will comply with the good Archbishop’s request.

Later, though, there is a disclaimer by the pastor of the parish that the good Cardinal did not actually request this.

What is the truth?

Be that as it may, I am not opposed to local bishops supervising what happens during Mass or afterward as they are the primary liturgists of the diocese. They should not allow liturgical abuses and certainly would suspend and defrock a priest who consistently celebrates an illicit Mass that is more than likely invalid as well. 

But it just so happens, that on Facebook, one can view last Sunday’s “Mass” from Saint Sabina Church in the Archdiocese of Chicago. I put “Mass” in quotations, because in no way does this “Mass” resemble the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the vernacular and with inculturation. 

I don’t even think the Mass was valid. Fr. Celebrity had no Roman Missal on the altar and completely made up a “Eucharistic Prayer” that in no way resembles any of the myriad of Eucharistic Prayers that can be found in the Roman Missal of the latest incarnation of the 1970 version. 

And yet, there is a complaint about the Prayer to St. Michael being prayed after Mass in one Chicago parish and absolutely nothing said over a more than likely invalid Mass in the same archdiocese where this has happened for decades. 

Fortunately, St. Sabina was less than 1/3 full and mostly aging parishioners the majority of whom were women. 

SURREAL! FROM MAY OF 2013

 It seems the Italian bishops despised Pope Benedict snd eventually got their way. All this was foreseen in 2013 in this eye opening blog post.

From the Eponymous  Flower:

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Why Pope Won't Fire Marini: "Put the Treasure of Tradition to Use"

Pope Francis and the Liturgy: Episcopal Indiscretions - Why Guido Marini Was Not Fired

(Rome) Italy's bishops met from the 20th to the 24th of May in their Spring General Assembly. Pope Francis previously received bishops in their ad limina visit. On the 13th of May this was the case for the bishops of Apulia, who then became talkative about what the Pope had said them.

ACTS OF GOD—DO CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN THIS?

Hurricane Ida, about to become a category five hurricane, is about to hit Louisiana on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. There will be devastation and death.

Covid 19 has killed hundreds of thousands and made many more just plain sick.

Earthquakes hit the rich and the poor, Haiti comes to mind.

Volcanos spew destruction and death.

Is global warming man made or an Act of God?

I ask; you answer.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PONTIFICAL MASSES? WILL THE NEW PAPAL MASTER OF CEREMONIES BE SOMEONE TRAINED BY BISHOP GUIDO MARINI?

 With Pope Benedict’s papacy being erased/canceled as it concerns liturgy and continuity, just who will replace Bishop-Elect Guido Marini? What changes will there be in papal liturgies? Will the Benedictine altar arrangement disappear?

And yikes, Bishop Elect Marino certainly has aged, but in his case, he doesn’t look well…is it stress over the canceling of Pope Benedict’s liturgical vision?

In an unusual Sunday announcement, Pope elevates (and moves) Msgr Guido Marini, 56 – his lead Master of Ceremonies inherited from B16 – to bishop of Tortona, at the peripheries of +Guido’s native Genoa; no successor named as Pontifical MC.

Master of Papal Liturgical Ceremonies named bishop of Tortona, Italy

Pope Francis has named Monsignor Guido Marini as the new Bishop of Tortona in northern Italy.

By Vatican News staff reporter

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Guido Marini, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Genoa, as Bishop of the Diocese of Tortona, Italy. Monsignor Marini has been serving as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations.

Curriculum vitae

Monsignor Guido Marini was born in Genoa on 31 January 1965. After graduating from high school he entered the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Genoa, where he obtained a Baccalaureate in Theology. Ordained a priest on 4 February 1989, he continued his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he obtained a doctorate in utroque iure (in both canon and civil law). In 2007 he obtained a Bachelor's degree in psychology of communication from the Pontifical Salesian University.

He has been: personal to Cardinals Giovanni Canestri (1988-1995), Dionigi Tettamanzi (1995-2002), and Tarcisio Bertone (2002-2003); Lecturer in Canon Law at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy - Genoa Section and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (1992-2007); elected member of the Presbyteral Council (1996-2001); Canon of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (2002-2007); Director of the Diocesan Office for Education and Schools (2003-2005); Spiritual Director at the Archiepiscopal Seminary (2004-2007); Archiepiscopal Chancellor; member by right of the Diocesan Presbyteral Council and member of the Episcopal Council (2005-2007). Since 2007 he has been Prelate of Honour of His Holiness.

He became Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations in 2007 and was confirmed in the post by Pope Francis in 2013. Since 2019 he has also been in charge of the Pontifical Musical Chapel.

For the academic year 2018-2019, he was Invited Lecturer in Papal Liturgy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo. Since his ordination to the priesthood, he has also carried out his ministry in the context of preaching spiritual exercises, spiritual direction, accompanying various youth groups, and as a spiritual assistant to various religious communities.

I AM AWAY FROM MY PARISH THIS WEEKEND CONCLUDING MY WEEK OF ONGOING FORMATION, BUT LOOK AT WHAT OUR PAROCHIAL VICAR AND COORDINATOR OF RELIGIOUS FORMATION PLANNED AND ARE EXECUTING THIS VERY SATURDAY WITH ABOUT 40 IN ATTENDANCE

Truly Present: A Retreat for Eucharistic Adorers
Saturday, August 28, 2021
9:00am – 6:00pm ● St. Anne Catholic Church

Opening (Fr. Robert Phillips)

Main Church

The day begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Fr. Robert will lead an introductory prayer and offer a time of silent adoration.

Talk #1: Truly Present (Fr. Robert Phillips)

Holy Family Hall Room 2A/B

What is the “Eucharist”? What do we learn about the Eucharist in the Bible and in the Tradition of the Church? Why do we believe what we do? What did the first Christians believe about the Eucharist? How can we know that Christ is Truly Present in adoration?

Guided Reflection

Retreatants will receive a copy of the reflection questions and choose their location: Holy Family Hall, Outside, or Main Church.

Talk #2: Things to Do in Adoration (Dcn. Will Cook- tentative)

Holy Family Hall Room 2A/B

What are some things that we can do in adoration? How do we maintain reverence before the Blessed Sacrament? What do we do when we become distracted or restless? What can we do to prepare for adoration? How should we structure our time?

Lunch: Provided by Knights of Columbus

Holy Family Hall Main Hall

Tables will be labeled with “hours.” Participants are encouraged to sit together with other adorers in their same hour and get to know them.

Testimonies

Holy Family Hall Main Hall

Participants have been invited to share stories of answered prayers and miraculous healing. Presenters will include Mr. Stephen Fischer, Mr. Jesse Watkins, and Dr. Hilda Irizarry.

Breakout Sessions

Meditation for Beginners (Fr. John Paul Heiser, OSB)

Holy Family Hall Room 2A/B

Learn what it means to meditate and how to incorporate the practice into your prayer life. Fr. John Paul Heiser, a Benedictine monk, will explain the basics of meditation to help you get started.

Praying with Scripture (Mrs. Melinda Stubbs)

Holy Family Hall Room 5A/B

Dive into the treasures of the Holy Bible. Learn how to start reading scripture, how to interpret and understand what you read, and how include regular scripture reading in your everyday life.

Adoring with Children (Ms. Renee Singleton)

Holy Family Hall Room 3

Explore ways to introduce children to Eucharistic Adoration and discover creative solutions to common difficulties. Learn about available resources and how to structure time spent in adoration with children.

Talk #3: Eucharistic Miracles (Fr. Drew Larkin)

Holy Family Hall Room 2A/B

What do we mean by the phrase “Eucharist Miracles?” What are some examples of Eucharistic Miracles, both in historical and modern times? How does the Church determine that a miracle is real? Can the study of Eucharistic Miracles enhance our prayer life, especially in Eucharistic Adoration?

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Fr. Robert Phillips)

Main Church

Priests will be available for confession. Resources will be provided, including those for adoration and for confession. After the Blessed Sacrament is reposed, retreatants are invited to stay for the 5:00pm Vigil

ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF PRIESTS LEARNING HOW TO CELEBRATE THE 1962 ROMAN MISSAL IS THAT IT HELPED THEM TO CELEBRATE THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE 1970 ROMAN MISSAL BETTER

No matter which way the priest faces the altar, Mass is prayer to God led by the High Priest who is Jesus Christ sacramentally made present in the ordained priest. 

Ask any priest who celebrates both forms of the one Latin Rite, and he will tell you that it has improved his fidelity to the newer missal and makes him more conscious to show forth the prayerful aspect of the Mass in its orations whether he faces the congregation or not. 

As everyone knows, I am in favor of ad orientem for the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but that position needs approbation from the bishop or else people are literally yanked around depending on the priest or the bishop. 

For example, in my previous parish for at least three years if not more, one of our five weekend Masses was celebrated ad orientem. It was like all the other Masses except the Liturgy of the Eucharist was ad orientem. At that same normal Sunday Mass, once a month the EF Mass was offered. I really think that the majority in attendance thought the only difference was that the Mass was in Latin. 

After I departed, that Mass returned to being like all the other ones, facing the people for its entirety. 

Ad orientem for the 1970 Roman Missal must be explained and explained well, especially to my generation of Catholics who think that ad orientem excludes them and makes them feel as though the priest has turned his back on them. But isn’t that the problem, that my generation of Catholics think that when the priest faces them, they are being spoken to as though the orations of the Mass are like the homily, directed to them. Of course that is wrong thinking, isn’t it? 

Whether or not EF Masses which have been in place for several years or months can continue is one question. But the second question is answered, no new ones will be allowed and most bishops are not giving permission to newly ordained priests to celebrate the 1962 Missal any longer. 

THUS IT IS INCUMBENT ON BISHOPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE 1970 ROMAN MISSAL BE CELEBRATED IN THE MOST FAITHFUL WAY POSSIBLE AND THE MOST PRAYERFUL WAY POSSIBLE. 

HOW MANY BISHOPS WILL ENCOURAGE AD ORIENTEM FOR THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST AND KNEELING FOR HOLY COMMUNION? THAT IS THE KEY TO AUTHENTIC RENEWAL OF THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE 1970 ROMAN MISSAL

AND IF THE BISHOP DOES NOT FEEL IT PRUDENT TO AUTHORIZE AD ORIENTEM FOR THE ORATIONS OF THE MASS, WILL HE ENCOURAGE THE BENEDICTINE ALTAR ARRANGEMENT SO THAT THE PRIEST FACES THE CRUCIFIX AT THE ALTAR WHICH THEN BECOMES THE SYMBOLIC EAST—FACING JERUSALEM, GOLGOTHA, WHERE CHRIST SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR US ON THE CROSS, WHERE HE WAS BURIED, WHERE HE ROSE, WHERE HE ASCENDED, WHERE HE SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST AND WHERE HE WILL RETURN AT THE CONSUMMATION OF THE WORLD. 

THE NEW CHIEF CHAPLAIN AT HARVARD IS AN ATHEIST

 At least he’s honest about it. Pray for his conversion. I am sure he’s a good man and does some good works, but the right faith and the right good works are necessary for salvation.

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON HAS BEEN INAUGURATED!

In Christian charity, let the presidential debates begin!

INTERESTING! THE LUTHERANS IMPLEMENT TRADTIONIS CUSTODES IN REVERSE AND THE PRESBYTERIANS PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF VATICAN II

 

ARE WE IN THE MIDST OF THE FINAL CONSUMMATION OF THE WORLD AND IF SO, WHY ISN’T THE CHURCH, BEGINNING WITH THE POPE, PREACHING WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES ABOUT IT?

 

FINAL CONSUMMATION

Definition

The end of the present world and its renewal as the final conclusion of the work of Christ. As all enemies of the kingdom of God are conquered, he will surrender the overlordship to God the Father (I Corinthians 15:24), but without losing his own dominion founded on the hypostatic union. With the end of the world there begins the perfect sovereignty of the Holy Trinity, which is the object of the whole creation and the final meaning of all human history.

My comments: All people, including Christians, are in a terminal condition. We die daily either by some kind of tragedy related to war, violence, accident or suicide. People die daily due to terminal disease, age or injury. We are terminal.

But not only is all life in a terminal condition in one way or another and no matter what we do to mitigate that terminal condition and delay it, we and all created things to include this earth of ours is in a terminal condition. 

That doesn’t mean that we don’t try to mitigate things to extend life. Healthy lifestyles, avoiding greed and gluttony, taking care of our environment and the planet are all a part of waiting the final consummation and the return of Christ at the end of time to judge the living and the dead and to enact the resurrection of the body to join the soul in her place of “just reward.” 

Can we stop the destruction of our bodies and the planet on which our bodies are sustained? Ultimately, no, just as Christ did not stop (although He had the power to do so) the greatest suffering any human person as ever experienced and the death penalty for that suffering. But in His Divine Person, Jesus, with two natures, human and divine, brought out of His consummation the resurrection for Him and all who are a part of Him through the Church He founded and the Sacraments He instituted. There is no other way. 

This young graduate of the Jesuit Boston College thinks abstinence from meat will save the planet in some way. No, it won’t. The planet is headed toward its final consummation no matter what mitigating actions we take to delay it. We have to stop being in denial about one of the most important aspects of Catholicism, the final conclusion of everything in order to share fully in Christ’s victory. Even “time” is terminal—ultimately as we fight the losing battle to save “time” we must accept the fact that “time” is coming to its final conclusion too. No green new deal will save us from this reality, only Jesus Christ!

Let’s go back to a stricter fasting and abstinence as was the case up until 1958. Not to save our bodies from its terminal condition but to save our immortal souls for the destination Christ has in mind for us, heaven, not hell, so that when the final consummation occurs, our bodies, recreated from the dust and clay of the earth may be joined to our souls wherever they may be. 

Press the title for the excellent suggestion of going back to abstinence although he recommends it for the wrong reason:

It’s time for Catholics to go back to no meat on every Friday (not just during Lent)

Doug GirardotAugust 23, 2021

O MY, A PRESIDENT OUT OF HIS LEAGUE; IT IS PAINFUL TO WATCH…COMPLETE RELIANCE ON TELEPROMPTER

What a debacle…how do you spell Biden’s Afghanistan? Waterloo. God bless those who have died. What a mess. Wasn’t any of this foreseen? 

God bless our troops placed needlessly in harms way by this debacle and eternal rest to all who are dying because of the president’s incompetence. 

HOW MANY ACTIVE CATHOLICS IN THE CHURCH WANT THE PATH POPE FRANCIS HAS CHOSEN FOR HIS PAPACY, A RESET OF THE CHURCH TO RETURN TO THE EARLY 1970’S SPIRIT OF VATICAN II AND THEN TO WALK FORWARD FROM THAT AS THOUGH THE PAPACIES OF SAINT POPE JOHN PAUL II AND EMERITUS POPE BENEDICT XVI NEVER EXISTED?

I have been saying for quite some time that the Church is still in the battle of which interpretation of Vatican II that will be followed. There are two schools of thought from the same generation of aging Catholics many of whom have one foot in the grave. They are symbolized by the schools of thought of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. There is hardly any continuity between those two in any meaningful way. And certainly Pope Francis has done almost everything he could do from day one to distance himself from the papacy of Pope Benedict and to reverse almost everything that the Emeritus Pope and the sainted Pope John Paul II tried to accomplish in wake of Pope Francis’ school of thought developed right after Vatican II and which they heroically tried to reverse. 

I never dreamt that a new pope following these two great popes would be able to reverse their trajectory. But has His Holiness Pope Francis actually reversed it?

As I mentioned, these two schools of thought are from the same dying generation and mostly held by septegenerians  and octogenarians. I am very much of Pope Benedict’s school of thought. I appreciate much of what Vatican II wanted to accomplish. I despise its spirit of rupture though that is promoted subsequent to the Council and teaches that Vatican II wanted this, that and the other when there is absolutely no indication of it when one looks for it in the Council documents.

A retired archbishop in Argentina captures my sentiments exactly. TJM brings this to our attention:

There is an excellent article at Rorate by Archbishop Emeritus Aguer which I think you would enjoy reading. 

https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2021/08/op-ed-with-traditionis-custodes-francis.html#more

Here is a snippet from his article:

The current Pontiff declares that he wishes to pursue even further the constant search for ecclesial communion and to make this purpose effective, he eliminates the work of his predecessors by placing arbitrary limits and obstacles to what they established with intra-ecclesial ecumenical intention and respect for the freedom of priests and faithful! It promotes ecclesial communion in reverse. The new measures are a regrettable step backwards.

My comments: With Pope Francis, I have always experienced a return to the radical days of theology that I experienced at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore of the late 1970’s. I really believed that everything that Pope Francis desires was to be implemented by my generation of priests by the turn of the century, twenty-one years ago. But because of the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict, that did not happen.

I thought it was a new trajectory and would continue, but we’ve hit a road block.

Let me be clear. I do not reject the perennial magisterium of the Church or Vatican II. I have studied all the documents of Vatican II and these seem traditional to me. It’s the spirit of Vatican II that I have difficulty with because you can’t nail it down, it shifts with the blowing winds, just as progressive Catholics do. That’s why there has been no successful attempt at schism because they are all over the place unlike the Eastern Orthodox and the SSPX (yes, I know they are not quite in full schism, but they are organized enough and all the same page to effect one!). 

Once this aging group of bishops and clergy are gone (I am in this category) what do you think the younger generation of Catholics, John Paul II Catholics who also loved Benedict will do?

How many younger Catholics, even those well into their 40’s and early 50’s think Pope Francis school of retrograde theology is the way forward? 

1863 or 2021: SAME CHURCH, SAME ORGAN, SAME PRIESTHOOD AND THE SAME MASS

 This photo of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass could just as well been 1863 at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Augusta. But it was this past Sunday’s Traditional Latin Mass in 2021. How cool is that!

LET THE RUMORS OF RESIGNATION OR TERMINAL CANCER RUN WILD

This is copied from Rorate Caeli and often their rumors prove true, eventually:

Socci: "A Buzz in the Vatican: A Conclave is in the Air"

A BUZZ IN THE VATICAN: A CONCLAVE IS IN THE AIR. HOW AND WHY POPE BERGOGLIO COULD LEAVE

Antonio Socci

Libero

August 23, 2021

In the Vatican, there is an ever greater mention of a new Conclave. Pope Francis would in fact have expressed his intention to leave.

This December, among other things, he will turn 85, which is the same age as that of Benedict XVI at the time of his resignation. But the reason for Bergoglio's resignation would not primarily be his age, but the state of health that came under the spotlight in a sudden and unexpected way with his surgery, last July 4, at the Gemelli Hospital.

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RORATE CAELI’S AND OTHERS’ SOUR GRAPES

 I hate to state the obvious to Rorate Caeli and other neo-trads, but the laity are not the hierarchy and priests are not bishops and bishops are not the pope. Pope Francis has shown His Holiness’ hand in terms of his desire to promote the spirit of Vatican II in which the Traditional Latin Mass embodied in the 1962 Roman Missal of the Latin Rite stands in the way. But His Holiness is the pope, the Supreme Pontiff and the Universal Pastor and synodality not withstanding, His Holiness can be a religious “dictator” as that is what Supreme Pontiff implies. He’s got the unbridled authority.

In the article I post below, there is sour grapes expressed by Rorate Caeli and the author of the article that some bishops, to include the pope, do not want a reform of the reform or to allow some EF sensibilities brought to the OF Mass as they were once called recently.

Thus, I would recommend to all priests who have been celebrating the EF Mass in their parishes to make that Mass time slot in the OF as EF as possible where allowable by their bishop. That means that the new Missal is celebrated in Latin with EF sensibilities but without forgoing the rubrics and General Instruction of the Roman Missal of 2011. 

Where bishops will not allow an all Latin OF Mass, ad orientem, then have the Benedictine altar arrangement as seen at papal Masses to this day, chant the propers in Latin even if everything else is in the vernacular and make sure there is good choreography of all the liturgical participants and exquisite vestments. It’s not too hard to do this even if the bishop denies other aspects of EF syncretism. 

BUT, AND THIS. IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUT, IN BOTH EF AND OF MASSES THE ONE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST IS BROUGHT FORWARD IN AN ETERNAL AND GLORIOUSLY RISEN WAY, AN UNBLOODY WAY, AND THE GLORIOUS, RISEN AND SACRAMENTAL REAL PRESENCE OF THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY OF THE RISEN CHRIST IS MADE PRESENT. 

Don’t forget that!

Is Traditionis Custodes calling for more Latin?

 Cross-posted from LMSChairman.

A number of American writers claim that Traditionis Custodes should spur priests to make their celebration of Mass more reflective of the liturgical tradition. Others commentators, including a number of bishops implementing it, apparently think the opposite.

Those in favor of the first interpretation can cite a couple of passages from the Letter to Bishops which accompanied Traditionis Custodes. Pope Francis quotes Pope Benedict complaining about liturgical abuses—“unbearable distortions”; later he remarks:

Whoever wishes to celebrate with devotion according to earlier forms of the liturgy can find in the reformed Roman Missal according to Vatican Council II all the elements of the Roman Rite, in particular the Roman Canon which constitutes one of its more distinctive elements.

The Roman Canon being Eucharistic Prayer I in the reformed Missal.

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 This is actually Deacon Greg Kandra’s EWTN adventure. But it is mine too! I was on for the full hour on “Mother Angelica Live” in 1998 to discuss the recent renovation/restoration of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Augusta. After the show, I received emails from all over the world some asking me to become their liturgical consultant! It was to laugh. I stayed in the same house and saw all the places Deacon Greg Kandra photographs:

MY EWTN ADVENTURE

WOW! A $22 MILLION ON CHURCH ON DANIEL ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, DIOCESE OF CHARLESTON

Named for rebellious teenager who became a saint, $22M Catholic church rising on Daniel Is.

• By Warren L. Wise wwise@postandcourier.com
• Aug 21, 2021
 

This new church is near Charleston, South Carolina’s Low Country coastal region is booming! No interior designs though. 😕

A rendering of the new St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church  on Daniel Island shows it at nightfall and daytime . Franck & Lohsen Architects/Hord Architects/Provided:

This is how it looks today:

Read the story here.