(From: Le Forum Catholique)

From Ross Douthat in the New York Times…

E.g., regarding Francis’ message of “forgiveness” for his first, scandalous appointee:

“Christianity and Catholicism insist that no sin is is beyond forgiveness, and that true repentance washes away even the worst stain. But for people in positions of ecclesiastical authority, the obligation to forgive and forget is complicated by the obligation to protect the faithful and satisfy the demands of justice … and too often, far too often, the theology of forgiveness was invoked by authority figures in Catholicism as a justification for returning priests to ministry, for hoping that pathologies could be cured in the confessional, and then for refusing to do the appropriate thing when confronted with the consequences of these decisions and resign. …But the danger facing the church in the future is not an exact replay of the sex abuse scandal. Rather, it’s a perpetuation of a model of church governance in which any scandal — sexual, financial, you name it — is met with forgiveness but not with penance, with apologies but not accountability.”

A new twist for youth masses.

The pilgrimage does not appear to have been a hit – there seem to be as many celebrants and photographers as “youth” present.

(Thanks to le Forum Catholique)

Church in Nova Scotia, 2005

(above and Below) Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark, 2013

The famous Abbey of Cluny – once the largest church in the West.

We are grateful that a reader at Le Forum Catholique has compiled materials on St Hugh of Cluny HERE -in French, of course!

And, as we previously may have mentioned, the parish with the name of our patron in Philadelphia is closing in the ongoing meltdown there

A most important interview!

Froa discussion of the interview see HERE.

Solemn High Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Tuesday, July 16th at 7:30 PM
Church of Saint Gabriel
914 Newfield Avenue
Stamford CT

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Procession to the Lady Altar following Mass
Investiture in the Brown Scapular

Refreshments in the Parish Meeting Room

Since the election of Pope Francis the drumbeat of comment – now euphoric in regard to the future, now critical in regard to the immediately preceding papacy – from the progressive Catholics has steadily increased. What was spoken of behind closed doors before is now said out loud. For these forces feel empowered by Pope Francis. Perhaps he could be the man will erase the policies of Pope Benedict – and of John Paul II as well – and return the Catholic world to the chaotic experimentation in liturgy and morality of the 1960’s and 70’s? On his part Pope Francis is doing very little to restrain these voices who grow ever louder.

In the most recent example, Cardinal Lehmann of Mainz, leader of the German progressive episcopate, spoke out against the expansion of the Traditional liturgy in the “Tridentine rite” at a German Eucharistic conference in Cologne. In an interview with the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger the Cardinal stated:”I have the impression that the whole enthusiasm for Latin has a lot to do with prestige and the pretenses of a supposed cultural elite.” After giving a tendentious account of the recent history of the “extraordinary Form,” Lehmann claimed the increased availability of the Traditional mass has not been matched by increased demand. Lehmann is of the view that “a more intensive juxtaposition of both liturgical forms is not meaningful today – also because it has not grown from below.”

It is good that Catholics hear what the “princes of the Church” think when they feel empowered to speak out loud. “It has not grown from below” when the entire impetus for the Traditional Mass has come from the laity and committed priests wholly outside the power structures of the Catholic Church. “Demand has not grown” when Lehmann and his cronies have done everything in their power first to block Summorum Pontificum and then to discourage those wishing to make use of it. “Pretenses of a supposed cultural elite” when the Vatican and German episcopate spend fortunes trying to ingratiate themselve with the practitioners of “modern art.”

One point of Lehmann’s struck me and confirmed one of the missions that this Society has developed – although it was not its original purpose at all. We do publish a lot of photographs of traditional services – both of those we sponsor and those supported by others. It establishes a pictorial record of what has gone on in this area as Summorum Pontificum has been implemented. Now if, God forbid, gentlemen like Lehmann gain the upper hand here, their first claim will be that nothing ever happened – that no one attended the traditional mass when it was available. Pictures “worth a thousand words” will make that more difficult than usual to sustain.

Source:

(thanks to Kath.net)

The Student Schola of St. Mary Church, Norwalk will be singing a Missa cantata at the Carmelite convent in Brooklyn for the feast of the Sacred Heart this Friday at 11:30 a.m.  Fr. Michael Barone is the celebrant.    The monastery is  at 341 Highland Boulevard, just off the Jackie Robinson Parkway.

Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, New York
Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Kyrie Rector cosmi pie (plainsong, mode ii)
Gloria: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (Palestrina)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Pater cuncta (Mass XII)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Finally correcting the (deliberate?) errors and tendentious passages – courtesy of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales.

HERE are the original Latin, the Vatican translation and the new LMS translation. And HERE is an explanation from the LMS chairman with examples.