I can remember when Francis was elected pope, very quickly the heterodox right starting panicking that Pope Francis was going to turn upside down the Church as Pope Benedict had led it. It started immediately when Pope Francis abandoned the tradition of the Mozzetta and papal stole and only put a stole on for his first blessing after he asked those before him to bless him. And then he immediately got rid of the stole. Those who love papal traditions and trappings that transcend the man who is elected, were aghast as they should have been.
What happened 13 years ago is happening again today with the election of Pope Leo XIV. He does not disdain the trappings of the institutional papacy. The heterodox left is freaking out, not only over the Mozzetta and papal stole, which Leo wears so impeccably, but also because he now uses an upgraded vehicle for transportation and will live in the Apostolic Palace instead of the Vatican Motel VI.
Leo is also very clear. They know he will not have a magisterium of off-the-cuff homilies and interviews and act like a pop psychologist decrying the mental illness of backwardists. The Vatican will NOT have to do damage control over some of the things that they had to do when Francis spoke.
There will be a solid papal magisterium as there has been with all other popes except Francis.
Pope Leo condemns liturgy as spectacle and superficial!
Finally, Pope Leo as a priest and bishop decried that over the last 60 years, the liturgy has been transformed or celebrated as a spectacle rather than as a Mystery. For him a spectacle is superficial and distracts from the true nature of the Liturgy as people discovering the Mystery of Christ, not technical spectacles.
I would suspect that Pope Leo appreciates the TLM for its superb enablement of priests and laity to experience the solid foundation of Jesus Christ in the Mystery of the Mass, not some kind of man made spectacle of light and thunder.
This is an example of superficial spectacle and entertainment that moves the Mass away from Christ and Mystery!:
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Here is how to handle the vile Satanic attacks initiated by folks who have "melted down" in regard to His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV:
The following excellent spiritual advice is from yesterday's homily by Father Davis Yallaly, SJC, of St. John Cantius Church (Chicago):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMkD0Prmug0&t=1797s
From the 26:40 mark to 27:15 mark:
"Others have already begun to tear him down, which is a great shame. No, it's more than a shame. It is a diabolical scheme aimed at scattering the flock. So, I beg of you, please do not listen to those voices."
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Let us also form a spiritual shield around holy Pope Leo XIV to protect him from the Satanic attacks that have been lodged against His Holiness.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I don't read right or left wing satanic diatribes any more than I glance at Mark's empty pope-worship posts agonizing over profaning of his god, I have my own opinion, and really don't care what others think, and am free to criticize any man I see doing wrong whether my lawn guy, car mechanic, local or national political office holder, priest, bishop or pope, as I worship God, not an institutional power structure....when it's wrong, it's wrong.
MY, leave it to the pope and other bishops to deter what is Satanic. The use of the word, schismatic-like is better.
Also, for the record, I had zero problem with Francis dressing as he pleased, nor have I any problem with a new pope eschewing the pomp of office and living simply and humbly, but only saw Francis as an enemy of the Church with his acts and intentional obfuscation in order to remake the religion in his and his clique's own image, and his imperiousness showing his humility only a sham for public consumption.
As for our new pope's old words and their weight, as he flatly stated later, there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. With his new independence, I can only hope he now sees even more water under the bridge since last he said that.
"There will be a solid papal magisterium as there has been with all other popes except Francis." To be more precise, such magisterium as there is will be more solid -- less ambiguous, less "wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more." Perhaps, though, there will be very little magisterium. Historically, some Popes have done very little teaching, whether due to the short time they were in office, or due to the circumstances of the day, or even because they were not much concerned about teaching.
I think back to the first few times I tried making an omelet. I knew I wanted the eggs to be thoroughly cooked, so I used high heat, only to discover I had to flip the eggs while the top was still runny or the bottom would burn, resulting in scrambled eggs. To make an omelet, I have to use lower heat for a longer time so the eggs will set all the way through. That might be a good analogy for the type of papacy we should hope for. He'll have to apply some heat -- enough to get the job done, but not too much or too fast, so that we get the necessary cohesion.
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