Comments on an interesting new liturgy. Yesterday a post was made to the internet, which has caused over 150 people so far to visit the Vatican In Exile. We are linking the post here and would like to comment briefly. This does not imply endorwement of this website1 The liturgy in the first Youtube frame is quite fascinating and in line with the New Pagan Rite of the Novus Ordo. The final blessing is I bless you in the name of the Creator, the Redeeemer and the Sanctifier. The liturgical dance is reminiscent of the ealry 1970's and the many liturigical experiments, which were authorized as part of the developing the Novus Ordo.
Also there is a picture of one of the Antipope Gregorys. For those who are not familiar there are three and a half. The one pictuted, Clemente from Palmar de Troya, Spain is the first to acutally claim to be Gregory XVII. The second is a seer in St. Jovite, Canada, who believes in women priests among other aberrations. The third is a self-proclaimed Gregory XIX, because ofthe other two Gregorys. The half is the claim that Joseph Siri was elected on October 26, 1958. However, Siri himself never claimed to be Pope and the theory rests on evidence that would not be acceptable in a canonical court, and therefore must be dismissed as another attempt to deceive the elect.
May 15: Recommended reading.
We were questioned about how many books We have read ont eh subject of Ascetical Theology, that is the science of the Saints. And so We compiled a list and are past forty such works, which relate to the necessary science of the saints.With this in lind, We have a recommendation where people should start. We recommend all start by reading AND STUDYING The Art of Prayer, which We have posted to the Internet.
We are also posting books at Catholic Research. More details later.
LAST UPDATED 5/15/2008
Intention of the Pope for May: That all may cultivate and expand their prayer life
Even from simple Christians, from the ordinary faithful, Christ expects detachment (from the world). To be happy, He tells them, they must have the spirit of poverty, they must be clean of heart, they must weep for their sins and suffer persecution for justice' sake. (Matthew 5:1-10) How then can we presume to preach detachment and self-sacrifice to others unless we practise it ourselves? The world has perhaps never hungered and thirsted as it does in our days after wealth, amusements, pleasures, comfort, enjoyment. Can it well dispense with the antidote and stimulus of our good example? (Cardinal Mercier in his Retreat to Priests)
For whom the Lord loveth, He chastiseth: (Proverbs 3:12)
Let us accept the Will of God, even if it is a hard saying.
Speaking of Saint Teresa, Rev. Jeagher in The Virtue of Trust says: Truly, spiritual dryness in no way diminished her loving trust in Jesus. On the contrary, for this she had an especial love in that it gave her the opportunity of pleasing Jesus without experiencing pleasure herself.
