PREPARING FOR HOLY SMOKE AND AN ORTHODOX POPE!
Silere non possum reports the following (with my excellent commentary in red):
Vatican City - This morning, in the New Chamber of the Synod, the eighth preparatory General Congregation of the College of Cardinals took place, in view of the next conclave.
- Ecclesial communication was also discussed, highlighting the need to make the transmission of the Gospel effective and coherent at all levels: from parish ministry to the Roman Curia. Other important topics addressed during the morning include:
- The duty of testimony and unity, in the light of the words of the Gospel: "With this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love each other". (Of course Pope Francis papacy caused quite a bit of disunity, also called, division, schismatic countries, like Germany, and overall anger and rage in many laity. God willing the next pope will bring inner unity and thus healing to the Church after Pope Francis’ papacy).
- The centrality of the liturgy in the life of the Church. (Hopefully, the good cardinals discussed how Pope Benedict XVI strived to do this, especially with Summorum Pontificum and the influence of Traditional and Modern Forms of Mass on each other).
- The importance of canon law as a guarantee of justice and ecclesial order. (This certainly implies that Pope Francis did not respect canon law and justice and ecclesial order was based upon his whim. He called those who follow Canon Law, like Cardinal Burke) doctors of the law which is a mocking and derogatory comment about canon law lawyers and those who want clarity in doctrine, morals and Canon Law).
- The relationship between synodality and collegiality, and their implications for the mission and presence of the laity in the Church. (Pope Francis has diminished the role of local bishop and the college of bishops as collaborators with the Pope in the three fold mission of the Magisterium (pope and bishops together) to teach, govern and sanctify the Church. Incorporating laity into the mix-mash of inane synodality as practiced and promoted by Pope Francis has corrupted the teaching authority of the college of bishops).
-A hermeneutic of the continuity between the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. (And I hope they are reading Pope Benedict’s Christmas elocution to the Roman Curia about the proper interpretation of Vatican II in continuity with what preceded the Council. The hermeneutic of continuity, completely neglected or destroyed by Pope Francis, especially canceling the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, must, I repeat, must be recovered by the next pope).
- The role of the Eucharist as the source and culmination of the missionary action of the Church. (Not sure what this means, and would like to see a recovery of Pope Benedict XVI Eucharistic theology, style and ethos).
This morning, moreover, the firefighters of the Vatican City State installed the chimney on the roof of the Sistine. Inside the Chapel, the preparatory work continues for May 7, the day on which the purples will enter the Conclave.
Silere non possum
AND, YES, PLEASE MAKE THE CARDINALS REREAD AND STUDY POPE BENEDICT’S CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ON THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF VATICAN II AT ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE TIME WHICH YOU CAN READ
3 comments:
Agree with your excellent commentary, Fr. AJM.
All starts with believing the eucharist is the real presence, the food we need to live lives of holiness leading towards salvation. Liturgy is the chief source of communal engagement for Catholics regardless of rite, flip-flopping with each new papacy is a dangerous precedent that's been set and I honestly feel that instead of embarking on hopeless interpretation/reinterpretation regarding VII, let's just have VIII, get the house in order and move on with the Church's orthodox and salvific mission. If after 50+ years we still cannot or will not agree on VII's message and mandate, let's just be done with it already. This pastoral, not ecumenical council has been deified by some to the point of being nauseating, at least to me. The Church needs to again focus on ALL it's people, not the perceived cool kids in the back of the bus. Traditionalists are as important as Easterners who watch what goes on worrying if/how it will effect us. This obsession with worldliness leads to endless churn and unnecessary distraction from core mission, the deposit of faith, prayer, eucharistic nourishment etc. that's sensationalized in traditonal media and lamented on social media.
Traditionalists and the TLM folks will be the last Catholics standing. The heterodox, pervert, leftwing weirdos the Francis wing loves will not be around to keep the Church going.
If the pontificate of Francis did nothing else, it reminded me that people could live their lives without concerning themselves about what a pope was saying or doing at any given time--because following him was too painful to put up with on a daily basis.
I have spent the last several days reading several news sites with various stories about the upcoming conclave and, invariably, every anti-Catholic crank on the web is posting insanely stupid comments about the Catholic Church and positing their conspiracy theories about why it is an abomination.
So for relief, I come here. Instead of relief, we have MORE speculation about who is going to be the next pope or wishful thinking that he will be orthodox once again. I'm not saying the next pope won't be, but the fact is WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE about what will happen or who will be elected.
Pray? Absolutely
Make predictions? Not a good idea.
Publicly air our wish list? Nobody cares.
Just pray.
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