POPE FRANCIS IS INSULTED BY BELGIUMS ULTRA HETERODOX CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AS IT CONCERNS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH

High altitude press conference shows how angry he is at heterodox Catholics  after all he has done to coddle them. Will there be a Vatican visitation of this university????

Annachiara Valle (Famiglia Cristiana)

Thank you, Holy Father. Yesterday, after the meeting at the Catholic University of Louvain, a statement was released where, I read, “The University deplores the conservative positions expressed by Pope Francis on the role of women in society.” They say that it's a bit restrictive to talk about women only in terms of motherhood, fertility, and care, and that indeed this is somewhat discriminatory, because it is a role that also belongs to men. And related to this, both universities have raised the issue of ordained ministries in the Church.

First of all, this statement was released at the moment when I was speaking. It was pre-written, and this is not moral.

Regarding women, I always speak of the dignity of women, and in this context I said something that I cannot say about men: the Church is woman; she is the bride of Jesus. Masculinizing the Church, masculinizing women is not humane; it is not Christian. The feminine has its own strength. In fact, women—I always say—are more important than men because the Church is female; the Church is the bride of Jesus. If this seems conservative to those ladies, then I am Carlo Gardell (a well-known Argentinian tango singer, ed.). It's not understandable… I see that there is an obtuse mind that does not want to hear about this.

Woman is equal to man. In fact, in the life of the Church, woman is superior because the Church is feminine. Regarding ministry, the mysticism of woman is greater than ministry. There is a great theologian who studied this, asking which is greater: the Petrine ministry or the Marian ministry. The Marian ministry is greater, because it is a ministry of unity that involves others; the other is a ministry of management.

The maternal nature of the Church is the maternal nature of a woman. Ministry is a much lesser ministry, meant to accompany the faithful, always within a maternal nature. Various theologians have studied this, and say this is a real thing; I don't say modern, but real; it is not outdated.

An exaggerated feminism, which means that women are chauvinists, does not work. One thing is a masculinism that is not okay; another is a feminism that is not okay. What works is the feminine Church being greater than the priestly ministry. And this is not often considered.

But thank you for the question. And thank you all for this journey and for the work you have done. I'm sorry that time is tight here. But thank you, thank you very much. I pray for you; you pray for me. Pray on my behalf!

OF COURSE MY BLOG IS AN EDITORIAL PLATFORM, BUT LET ME EDITORIALIZE TO VATICAN NEWS AND ANDREA TORNIELLI, NO ONE CARES ABOUT SYNODALITY!

Why does the Vatican need Andrea Tornielli to write an editorial on synodality? It is ridiculous to say the least that editorials are needed from the Magisterium of the Church to make a case for this, that or the other. Let me say that again, it is ridiculous as is synodality and the confusion, bureaucracy and endless meetings it has wrought for an elite few of all classes in the Church with a good smattering of heterodox clergy and laity.

And a Vatican strapped for cash wastes, like drunken soldiers, monies best spent to assist the poor around the Vatican. 

The pope is doing damage control in Belgium where only about 2% of Catholics go to Mass, yes, you read that correctly, 2% to 6% of Catholics there go to Mass and you have the damn president of the Catholic University there tell the pope that no universal truths are needed in the Church and people of any gender of the LBGTQ+++ ideology of whatever marital status should be ordained priests. The nerve.

And so Tornielli tells us that the pope wants to bring people closer to the Church. Is the Belgian model a model of success for the Church?

Thus the pope says we can’t go backwards to a time when we had 90% of Catholics at Mass or forwards to a Church that kills itself like in Belgium. 

Perhaps the pope should fire everyone in the Vatican, resign and call a conclave? But will that help? Only by the grace of God!

From Vatican News:

The purpose of the Synod and 'fashionable' reforms

Our Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on Pope Francis' words to the clergy and religious of Belgium about the second session of the Synod on Synodality, which takes place in October.

By Andrea Tornielli - Brussels

What is the priority of the Synod that is about to begin? What is the main and most important purpose of the Church's synodal reform?

From Brussels, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Koekelberg, where he met with bishops, clergy, religious, and pastoral workers, Pope Francis outlined an answer by posing a question.

“The synodal process,” he said, after listening to a testimony, “must involve returning to the Gospel. It is not about prioritizing 'fashionable' reforms, but asking: 'How can we bring the Gospel to a society that is no longer listening or has distanced itself from the faith?' Let us all ask ourselves this question.”

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No "fashionable" reforms, then. Neither is there place for agendas that—on the one hand—advocate for functional changes but end up clericalizing the laity, nor those that—on the other hand—aim to restore a past era influenced by neo-clericalism.

Both are perspectives that ultimately downplay the urgent and fundamental question that Pope Francis has reiterated: the proclamation of the Gospel in secularized societies.

Both of these perspectives end up forgetting the sole true purpose of any reform in the Church: the salvation of souls, the care of God's holy faithful people.

By putting the Pope's question back at the center, which was the reason for the Second Vatican Council, and by placing the well-being and care of God's people at the center, it becomes clear that synodality is the way to live communion in the Church.

It is not an additional bureaucratic task for clergy and laity who adopt it reluctantly and only in words, remaining in practice still tied to models from a century ago. It is not the passepartoutthrough which to justify every worldly initiative.

Instead, synodality is the full expression of a lived communion. We can only bear witness to our brothers and sisters when we are aware that we are all loved by God and when we joyfully live the Gospel, conscious of the fact that—whatever our role in the Church—we are called by the Other, and it is He who guides His Church.

DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND FURTHER

 Many have died and more are to be counted due to Hurricane Helene. In my Diocese of Savannah, Valdosta, Georgia has been devastated. 

Please pray for all the victims and for a quick recovery!

My hometown of Augusta has been devastated. No one in my Diocese of Savannah has ever seen something like this.

Augusta is 140 miles from the Georgia coast and over 300 miles from the Gulf coast from where this hurricane arrived.

Here are photos behind my sister’s home in Augusta:

Other photos from around Augusta today, Friday 27th:

I graduated from here in 1976, then known as Augusta College and today as Augusta Univerity:

Waffle Houses use to not have locks on their doors as they never close and stay open during catastrophes like hurricanes:

People trying to get in to Krogers to buy groceries!

This is down the road where my mom lived:

BEAUTIFUL BEJEWELED CHASUBLE DONATED TO HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND IT IS EXACTLY MY STYLE!

 Nice jewels and fabric, sober and deliciously noble:

SAINT HILDEGARD, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH AND HER CATHOLIC FAITH FORMED BY THE PRE-VATICAN II CHURCH OF THE 12TH CENTURY AND THE MYSTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MASS OF THAT PERIOD

This Form of the Mass:

 gave us St. Hildegard of Beingen:

 Pope Benedict XVI raised Saint Hildegard to the honor of Doctor of the Church. She was/is indeed a bright light shining in the darkness of her time and our own. While an academic and great theologian, she was also a mystic.

Her mysticism, which is always a part of adoration, must have been nourished by the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass of her time. She did not complain that no one could understand the Latin, Greek and Hebrew of the Mass and that the silent Roman Canon prevented Catholics from hearing the priest pray it. 

No, for her the sacred silence within the context of active prayer, albeit silent Latin, was a contemplative and mystical experience leading to authentic adoration. She did not have to dissect the Mass as the Mass is in progress, trying to understand and hear every part of it, no she had to enter into the Grandeur of God and His Real Presence and the Presence of the Church Militant, Suffering and Triumphant which is the experience of every Mass. 

While the Mass was being celebrated, she did not want a didactic experience of it, but rather an experience that would lead her to contemplation and mysticism and thus to authentic adoration. The Pre-Vatican II Mass of her time enabled her to do this and to become a great saint and doctor of the Church!

From Franciscan Media:

Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Story

Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian—where to begin in describing this remarkable woman?

Born into a noble family, she was instructed for ten years by the holy woman Blessed Jutta. When Hildegard was 18, she became a Benedictine nun at the Monastery of Saint Disibodenberg. Ordered by her confessor to write down the visions that she had received since the age of three, Hildegard took ten years to write her Scivias (Know the Ways). Pope Eugene III read it, and in 1147, encouraged her to continue writing. Her Book of the Merits of Life and Book of Divine Works followed. She wrote over 300 letters to people who sought her advice; she also composed short works on medicine and physiology, and sought advice from contemporaries such as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Hildegard’s visions caused her to see humans as “living sparks” of God’s love, coming from God as daylight comes from the sun. Sin destroyed the original harmony of creation; Christ’s redeeming death and resurrection opened up new possibilities. Virtuous living reduces the estrangement from God and others that sin causes.

Like all mystics, Hildegard saw the harmony of God’s creation and the place of women and men in that. This unity was not apparent to many of her contemporaries.

Hildegard was no stranger to controversy. The monks near her original foundation protested vigorously when she moved her monastery to Bingen, overlooking the Rhine River. She confronted Emperor Frederick Barbarossa for supporting at least three antipopes. Hildegard challenged the Cathars, who rejected the Catholic Church claiming to follow a more pure Christianity.

Between 1152 and 1162, Hildegard often preached in the Rhineland. Her monastery was placed under interdict because she had permitted the burial of a young man who had been excommunicated. She insisted that he had been reconciled with the Church and had received its sacraments before dying. Hildegard protested bitterly when the local bishop forbade the celebration of or reception of the Eucharist at the Bingen monastery, a sanction that was lifted only a few months before her death.

In 2012, Hildegard was canonized and named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI. Her liturgical feast is celebrated on September 17 at the promulgation of Pope Francis.

BREAKING NEWS: VATICAN INDIRECTLY APPROVES MEDJUGORJE APPARITIONS!

 

Vatican offers cautious green light to Medjugorje devotion

“Many positive fruits have been noted in the midst of a spiritual experience, while negative and dangerous effects have not spread among the People of God,” the synthesis said.

However, the DDF insisted that the approval of devotion does not constitute “a judgment about the moral life of the alleged visionaries” and that any spiritual gifts received by a person “do not necessarily require those involved to have moral perfection.”

The DDF also urged a certain caution, saying, “Although we find many positive elements that help to heed the call of the Gospel, when we consider the overall set of messages tied to this spiritual experience, some people believe that certain messages contain contradictions or are connected with the desires or interests of the alleged visionaries or others.”

Read the Crux story here.

ORTHODOX AND HETERODOX ARE FLUMMOXED BY TWO OFF-THE-CUFF REMARKS OF POPE FRANCIS: IS HE HAVING JOE BIDEN MOMENTS?

 

As it concerns the cognitive issues of Joe Biden, his are more from an inability to speak or clearly express his thoughts. With Pope Francis, it is diarrhea of the mouth, everything and anything comes out. But now, cognitive issues due to age may be causing it to become explosive. 

Normally, the heterodox National Catholic Reporter would never condemn something Pope Francis has said or done. But Sean Michael Winters is appalled at what Pope Francis said about the American Elections during his high altitude news conference. Appalled at Pope Francis, I say, is Sean Michel Winters. You can read his rant HERE!

In the orthodox corner, Archbishop Chaput clearly critiques what Pope Francis has said about all religions as a path to God. Should we expect our popes to be precise, sober and orthodox in their verbal teachings, even when off-the-cuff? You bet! Silence is golden when a world leader, who is the pope, chooses only to teach with a text in front of him and to stay quiet when tempted to spew forth random thoughts he heard during the 1970’s. 

You can read what the orthodox Archbishop Chaput wrote HERE.

At the end of every one of Pope Francis apostolic journeys, he steps on all the good will of his trip and the good things he taught or preached by saying things that are explosively controversial. All the hard work of the pilgrimage is sidelined and people only talk about the controversy he creates at the end of his trips.

Have you read any commentary on anything worthwhile he said during his two weeks away?

Most of these apostolic journeys are tourist events. Throngs of people, acting like excited tourists, come out to see in person a tourist attraction. There is the joy of tourism and seeing things in person that a tourist sees. Shouldn’t Catholicism be about something more and the papacy too?

SHOULDN’T MORE RESOURCES AND SUPERVISION BE PLACED ON HOW WELL THE NOVUS ORDO IS CELEBRATED RATHER THAN ON HUMONGOUS EUCHARISTC CONGRESSES?

I am not opposed, in principle, to mega Eucharistic Congresses as the USA recently had and others countries are having. 

I just don’t think it is going to improve the Novus Ordo Mass in rank and file parishes where irreverence, banality, chattiness and casualness reign and where music mimics secular ditties to set to religious words, sometimes referring only to the greatness of God’s people or a morality ditty rather than praising God from whom all blessings flow.

Bishops, local bishops, should be the ones supervising and requiring his priests to do the following:

1. Maintain silence in the church prior to Mass and anytime it is open for private prayer and devotions.

2. Chant or say the Scriptures which are the Introit, Offertory and Communion antiphons that are prescribed for the day (I am sure most bishops, God willing, would crack down on a parish where the Liturgy of the Word is substituted with poetry or other religious readings.)

3. Make sure that anthems and hymns are Catholic and are prayers not ballads. And make sure they don’t sound like secular ditties set to religious words.

4. While I think kneeling for Holy Communion and receiving on the tongue will do more to return Catholics to understand the reverence due to the Real Presence of Christ and enhance belief in transubstantiation, at least make sure that Holy Communion received in the hand is done so reverently and not on the run!

5. Institute the formal ministries of acolyte and lector for adults 21 and older. And make sure these are the ones chosen for Communion Ministers and Lectors and that they go through a formal process of formation prior to receiving these formal ministries which Pope Francis has expanded!

6. Do the red and read the black and don’t ad lib, be chatty or give more than one homily outside of the place where homilies are to be given and bishops must model this especially at their cathedral and when they travel for Mass in parishes!

DID PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ENDORSE PRESIDENT TRUMP?

 Perhaps this is what President Biden truly believes or subconsciously he is striking out at those democrats who overthrew him in an election year political Ouster.

Certainly it is an endorsement of the republican candidate, a try at an attempt to rally votes  against Harris in a political settling of scores:

I AM PUZZLED WHY THERE ARE SO MANY VIEWING MY BLOG IN HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE!

 I can’t figure it out; how about you?

This is today’s top three viewers with Hong Kong way out there at almost 40,000 views!

Hong Kong

39.6K

United States

2.48K

Singapore

2.12K

A LAYWOMAN’S TAKE ON POPE FRANCIS’ HIGH ALTITUDE PRESS CONFERENCE

This was a comment from a former parishioner of mine commenting on my Facebook post on this topic:

I’m a bit surprised to hear the Pope’s statements, to me it sounds unclear, as if the 2 issues are equivalent in gravity. I think the Catholic Catechism is pretty clear on this.

Abortion Catholic Catechism 2258, 2261, 2263, 2270-2274, 2322-2323 Abortion is never ok, no matter the reason.

Voting CC 2240 - must exercise the right to vote with educated decision

Immigration CC 2241 - migrants must follow laws of adopting country and country has right to support its own citizens and have laws regarding migration 

Also, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1974 “Declaration on Procured Abortion,” declared that “the first right of the human person is his life. He has other goods and some are more precious, but this one is fundamental —  the condition of all the others. Hence it must be protected above all others.”  https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html

DID POPE FRANCIS INDIRECTLY ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENCY?

Maybe I am reading my own bias into the pope’s words, but when he says Catholic voters must choose the lesser of two evils, meaning the persons and policies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, no one in the USA is advocating for the direct murder of migrants; they are advocating for legal immigration and the deportation of those who enter illegally. No one is advocating for the gunning down of illegal migrants to keep them out of the USA or to murder them once they are here. It might be cruel to send them back or keep them out depending on what they face in their country of origin, but it isn’t direct murder. 

Abortion is direct murder, not just sending the baby out into the cold to fend for herself in a hostile environment. 

Thus of the two evils the pope presents, direct murder is a greater evil than deportation or strict laws for immigration. In other words, the migration issue is the lesser of the two evils.

Indirectly, Pope Francis in advocating that US Catholics choose the lesser evil of the two presidential candidates, has endorsed Donald Trump as the lesser of two evils. 

POPE FRANCIS CALLS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TWO EVILS AND AMERICAN CATHOLICS MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS…

Pope Francis calls abortion murder of the innocent unborn human being and throwing migrants out a mortal sin. Pope Francis said Catholics have a decision of conscience in the two candidates for US presidency in choosing between the lesser of two evils.

Anna Matranga (CBS News)

Your Holiness, you have always spoken in defence of the dignity of life. In Timor-Leste, which has a high birth rate, you said you felt life pulsing and exploding with so many children. In Singapore, you defended migrant workers. With the US elections coming up, what advice would you give a Catholic voter faced with a candidate who supports ending a pregnancy and another who wants to deport 11 million migrants?

Pope Francis:

Both are against life: the one that throws out migrants and the one that kills children. Both are against life. I can’t decide; I’m not American and won’t go to vote there. But let it be clear: denying migrants the ability to work and receive hospitality is a sin, a grave sin. The Old Testament speaks repeatedly of the orphan, the widow, and the stranger—migrants. These are the three that Israel must care for. Failing to care for migrants is a sin, a sin against life and humanity.

I celebrated Mass at the border, near the diocese of El Paso. There were many shoes from migrants, who ended poorly there. Today, there is a flow of migration within Central America, and many times they are treated like slaves because people take advantage of the situation. Migration is a right, and it was already present in Sacred Scripture and in the Old Testament. The stranger, the orphan, and the widow—do not forget this.

Then, abortion. Science says that at one month after conception, all the organs of a human being are present. Everything. Having an abortion is killing a human being. Whether you like the word or not, it’s murder. The Church is not closed-minded because it forbids abortion; the Church forbids abortion because it kills. It is murder; it is murder!

And we need to be clear about this: sending migrants away, not allowing them to grow, not letting them have life is something wrong, it is cruelty. Sending a child away from the womb of the mother is murder because there is life. And we must speak clearly about these things. “No, but however...” No “but however.” Both things are clear. The orphan, the stranger, and the widow—do not forget this.

CBS Reporter:

In your opinion, Your Holiness, are there circumstances in which it is morally permissible to vote for a candidate who is in favor of abortion?

Pope Francis:

In political morality, it is generally said that not voting is ugly, it's not good. One must vote. And one must choose the lesser evil. Which is the lesser evil? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know; each person must think and decide according to their own conscience.

SPLENDID SINGAPORE PAPAL MASS AND POPE FRANCIS ONCE AGAIN SNATCHES DEFEAT OUT OF A VICTORIOUS PAPAL APOSTOLIC JOURNEY BY CREATING UNNECESSARY CONTROVERSY OVER ISSUES SETTLED UNDER VATICAN II'S LUMEN GENTIUS AND THE PAPAL MAGISTERIUMS OF ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II AND POPE BENEDICT XVI...

Pope Francis Mass in Singapore on Thursday for the Memorial of the Holy Name of Mary:

This is a very nice Novus Ordo Mass. Although it is in Singapore, the Mass is in English and uses the chants for the Gloria, Sanctus, Mystery of Faith and Agnus Dei in English that are in the English Roman Missal and mimic the Latin Chants. It is nice to hear these and the sobriety of these English chants. 

Overall this papal trip has been a success as have been most of Pope Francis' apostolic journeys.  The pope seems to have been energized by getting out of the Vatican where His Holiness has created a mess. But this seems to be His Holiness modus operandi and even in East Timor he asked once again, has he did on his first apostolic journey to Brazil, that the young people go and make a mess. It must be a South American thing?

But, as usual, at the end of his papal voyage of two weeks, His Holiness creates another mess yet again! Pope Francis created more controversy on his last day in Singapore by promoting a kind of neo-universalism neo-heresy. He said all religions lead people to God.  This was said off-the-cuff and thus cannot be seen as a magisterial teachings and it does contradict the more formal teachings of Vatican II, of St. Pope John Paul II and of Pope Benedict. 

Vatican II actually states that God can be revealed in most religions when what they teach and believe is consistent with Catholic doctrine. Vatican II also teaches that Catholicism is the true Church but Protestants are in partial or more partial communion with the True Church when they teach and believe what the True Church teaches and believes. 

What Pope Francis said off the cuff can be described by saying "yes, but". But he doesn't describe the "but"! He doesn't give any nuanced teaching about his grotesque generalization. That is sad and I suspect someone will correct His Holiness by expanding on "yes, but" that the Holy Father failed to do. 

This is a more formal papal magisterial teaching by St. Pope John Paul II which you can read HERE, DOMINUS IESUS.

This is what Crux says the pope said off-the-cuff:

SINGAPORE – In a line that may once again stir reaction in more traditional Catholic quarters, Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up a three-day visit to Singapore, a country with large pockets of at least five different faiths, that “all religions are a path to God.”

“They are like different languages in order to arrive at God, but God is God for all,” the pope said, who had set aside his prepared text and spoke largely off the cuff. “Since God is God for all, then we are all children of God.”

The pontiff made his remarks during a interreligious meeting with young people held at a Catholic junior college, just prior to departing Singapore for his return flight to Rome.

Such rhetoric has stirred controversy in the path among more conservative Catholics who fear that it calls into question Catholic doctrine on Christ as the lone savior of the world and also undercuts missionary efforts to bring people to the faith.

WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, IS GOING ON WITH HONG KONG????

 My most recent statistics! Even Indonesia reads my most humble blog!

Hong Kong	9,080
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Hong Kong

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United States

2.89K

Singapore

596

Canada

213

Ireland

123

United Kingdom

72

Indonesia

70

Australia

64

Germany

43

Japan

26

Czechia

23

Russia

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Netherlands

20

Israel

16

France

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Philippines

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South Korea

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Austria

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Cyprus

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Other

770

IF I COULD BUILD A CHURCH THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE IT AND YES, THIS IS A NEW CHURCH!

 The Inmaculata Church in the USA of the SSPX!

What do you think? Please note how clean it is, in terms of not being over decorated with plants, flowers, banners and other nonsense like candles placed in weird places. Also please note, how beautiful the altar cloth is and that it is correctly placed and doesn’t look like someone slept on it or trying to mimic a tablecloth on a kitchen table. 

The Novus Ordo Mass could be celebrated in this church without changing one single thing. If only, if only, if only, the Novus Ordo Mass when manufactured by a papal committee with an agenda, had not had that agenda, but stated that the Novus Ordo should be celebrated in churches with no changes to the sanctuary, meaning that the Liturgy of the Eucharist would be ad orientem, even if the Introductory and Concluding Rites would be from the chair and the Liturgy of the Word as it is done in the Novus Ordo. 

What a shame that that the Novus Ordo liturgical theologians destroyed the sanctuaries and entire naves of churches in the 70’s creating such resentment and anger and the loss of Catholics fed up with the iconoclasm going on in their parishes. This accounts, in large part, to the decline of the number of Catholics who actually attend Mass today! 

A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR PAPAL MASS IN EAST TIMOR…

 Does anyone know what language is spoken in East Timor? I suspect there is more than one. But the Eucharistic Prayer seems to me to be in Portuguese as I can understand some of it with a combination of Spanish, Italian and Latin sounds but with a distinct accent by the celebrant that almost sounds Slavic. 

The hymns are of their culture I presume, but the parts of the Mass are exuberantly chanted by all with the traditional Greek Kyrie and Latin Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. These are quite beautifully sung and remind us of the universality of the Roman Rite when Greek and Latin are used for these parts. I felt at home with these people in East Timor with the Latin Chants, although their other music was foreign to me and a bit jarring from my perspective.

OUR BLESSED MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY AND THE 16TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST AT SACRED HEART CHURCH IN SAVANNAH

 The genius of the TLM is that when a feast day falls on a Sunday or is of such importance, that it would be “right and just and helpful for our salvation” to celebrate both on a Sunday, is something the Modern Mass would do will to recover.

At Savannah’s TLM for the 16TH Sunday after Pentecost, I was able to prayer not just the Collect for the 16TH Sunday, but also the Collect for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is also extended to the Post Communion Prayer.

Also, feasts like the Immaculate Conception or others celebrated earlier in the week can be celebrated again in the same fashion at the following Sunday Mass as an external feast. 

Here are some photos from the Nativity of the Blessed Mother on the 16TH Sunday after Pentecost, yours truly celebrant: